WTF with Marc Maron (it's a podcast)

from what I've heard so far, his interviews with female guests have been wayyyy more interesting than male guests

I've been wondering if I should see Maron in Chicago next week. The thing is, I like him as an interviewer, but I'm not so sure I like him as a stand-up. I would see a live WTF in a heartbeat, though.

Also, I like his new glasses.

You should go see that jazz trumpeter/optometrist!

it's weird that after listening to countless hours of wtf i don't have a sense of what his stand-up is actually like. i mean, i certainly have an idea in my head of what it's like from hearing him talk about it, but i haven't heard any of it (all the madison shows were sold out).

Well, I've seen him do appearances on Conan and Ferguson. But I also have to imagine that a headlining show for him is somewhat different from a four-minute TV routine.

His Not Sold Out cd is fantastic. One of my favorite stand-up sets/albums ever. But the two cds since then have been a little tough to get through. He was definitely not in a good place in life when those were recorded, though, and he seems to be less grumpy/introspective now (if that seems possible), so I'd definitely be up for seeing him live.

His standup is very conversational & natural, I really enjoyed it. A lot if it is expanded off pre-interview WTF but still really funny. He did a pretty amazing bit about a fight with his girlfriend that made me cry a little even as I was laughing.

I always want to say something to him but it's usually pretty early and he is sitting alone and probably waiting for the caffeine to kick in, so I chicken out.

idk man, given the choice I'd say hello before he shits his pants

yes maybe

i've been watching maron on cable specials since the 90s, always thought he was a v good comic. kind of funny to me that he's achieved such a following as an interviewer now.

Saw one of the Madison shows and it was highly worthwhile. As you might expect his act is not heavy on the jokes. Fair amount of audience work. Completely in keeping with the podcast.

Oh, that sounds promising then!

He just killed on Jimmy Fallon. (Not stand-up, regular guest segment.)

I watched the Green Room episode with Maron, Shandling, Apatow and others last night. He's gold on that, and getting to see some of his body language during interactions and lulls there, where's he's not interlocutor nor compere - and reading lots into it because of how well I "know" him from WTF - makes me wonder how much of that might come through all the time, and what was just because he wasn't in 'charge'

Maron's on the Slate Culture Gabfest this week.

Just watched the Green Room episode. Based on the size of the avi, I was expecting it to be an hour. It was only 30 minutes. Feel slightly cheated, particularly because Bo Burnham wasted valuable time playing his dumb song.

yeah the show comes and goes very quickly, especially since you just know they edited down from a much longer bull session

I listened to the Dmitri Martin episode today...that was a really good, natural conversation. No real bombs dropped, but just engaging and interesting.

now i'm imagining marc maron as funkmaster flex

D. Martin did a good Adam Carolla episode too.

I'm 20 minutes into the Dice Clay one, and Dice is already repeating his stories, which are about how great he is, and Maron is giggling in adoring, unchallenging delight like he always does with someone who was working when he was a doorman. Is it worth listening to any more, or skipping to the bit with his son?

Yeah, to me ADC is equivalent to Gallagher or worse, but Maron was starstruck so nothing interesting came of the interview.

What a missed opportunity that was. Dice needed to be called out on his sexism just like Gallagher was called out on his homophobia. And Keyes OTM: how is ADC not as much of a joke as Gallagher?

Dice's homophobia is grosser than Gallagher's, from what I've heard (have never heard anything of Gallagher material beyond WTF and that great review of his Spanish-language gig where he didn't bother to learn Spanish; heard some awful Dice stuff in high school)

the aubrey plaza one was pretty adorable (+ that crazy stroke story)

Yeah, I just finally started listening to this with the San Antonio one, which was nearly enough to make me give up on it straight away, but thankfully I hung around for the Plaza one and found out why these are pretty highly regarded.

I dug the San Antonio one!

Yeah, I listened to about 15 minutes of San Antonio before throwing in the towel.

I quit on the San Antonio one early too.

ADC is such a dick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5k-uH3kDOQ

he's kept up his "I look exactly like John Travolta" concept by getting bald and fat, I see

Pretty sure Gallagher is an honest to goodness right winger. Don't know about the Diceman.

Everyone who liked ADC when they were teenagers is just as embarrassed about that fact as those who once liked Gallagher. "Hey, I was 14; I thought anti-gay jokes/smashed fruit was funny!"

What a missed opportunity that was. Dice needed to be called out on his sexism just like Gallagher was called out on his homophobia. And Keyes OTM: how is ADC not as much of a joke as Gallagher?

man i think andrew dice clay has been a joke for the last two decades. maron takes him more seriously than most other people in the world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgvQ8ahTnq8

1990

the interview-with-himself/birbiglia one is really great.

i thought i already knew him so well! but there are surprises here; it's a different voice, somehow.

the aubrey plaza one was alright but I really hate how maron handles interviews

Maron was extra-dickish in the Aubrey Plaza ep, but Plaza was more interesting than I would've guessed.

yea totally, the only time I've actually enjoyed his interviewing style is when for whatever reason the interviewer seems like they're completely breaking his spirit, which, I guess, is really only the patton oswalt one

jimmy shubert one today is good & candid, just ramble-y rehashing of kinison days, etc

I liked Aubrey Plaza's story of being an SNL intern, because my friend was also one back around 2001, and her experience sounds about the same--never really talking to anyone on the cast (though she says Tina Fey was nice to her), weird encounters with guest hosts (Ben Stiller made the staff stand outside in the cold during a promo shoot because he didn't like being watched, Lucy Lawless walking up and saying "Hi. Did you come in here off the street?)

In all fairness, Lawless said that to Elliott Smith, too.

Just bought a ticket for his Nashville show in September. YAY! Years of being a fan and I'm finally in a position to see him live. :D

i had to stop the most recent live one three times, cause bob ducca was making me laugh so hard in public.

Yeah, lots of stifled laughter in my office on Monday (I'm not the only person in there who listens to WTF).

Dug up the early interview with Zach Galifanakis, and - novelty of the ludicrous narrated intro aside - this is awful. Zach's trying to give a good interview, and Marc's just totally distracted and I guess caught up in his own shit. Really interesting to reflect on his growth as an interviewer (esp with delicate subjects) not just through to "Marc today", but in terms of his middle-early period, even up to Louie CK.

feel like the dud-ness of the Galafianakis interview is mostly because it was done on a movie set between takes. hard to dig too deep into anything when there's constant interruption. i did lol at Zach telling Marc about funny situational jokes he's made and then realizing how silly that was and how he should make that guy one of his stand-up characters. "let me tell you about this joke i told these people once..."

or more "let me tell you about how i made these people laugh with a joke once."

i liked the zach g interview because it was really funny, but galifianakis is so married to his clown persona that i find it hard to imagine him giving a 'real talk' interview to maron anyway

That happened during the period I wasn't following the show (I was there in the beginning when it was really sloppy, and then came back on board around the time of the Mencia shitstorm). Lots of old ones I need to hear at some point.

Stanhope was a pretty insubstantial interview today, yet a fun listen all the same.

Carol Liefer on Monday's show was pretty funny, because I'm so accustomed to hearing her be clean for tv, that hearing her drop an f-bomb or whatever was O_O