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I have never called but maybe I should keep my 5-year-old up late to call in tonight.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 18:51 (eight years ago) link
It happens so infrequently but I love when kids call in. Particularly the one kid (who I presume Tom knew) who called in as Molly Molesworth and a dying old man.
I have never called in either, because I'm already pretty good at the self-administered variety of masochism.
― Telephone Meatballs (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 18:54 (eight years ago) link
I've only ever listened live once or twice but yeah I would need a really good on-topic story before I'd even think about calling.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 18:56 (eight years ago) link
feel like you can call without an agenda/story tonight with a baby or Grammy
― a (waterface), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 19:00 (eight years ago) link
Reminder: Tom and Jon on The Simpsons tonight.
― Chris L, Sunday, 13 March 2016 15:12 (eight years ago) link
Thank you for reminding!
― Going To Town On Aunt May's Mezze Platter (Old Lunch), Sunday, 13 March 2016 15:29 (eight years ago) link
I've been trying to find a particular Wurster call for a while now but haven't been able to manage (even searching through the detailed recaps): guy calls and says he's taking Oldzonareveren to prematurely age to get back at his dad? Feel like he called himself a Yearlie maybe? Think the call was from the last few years of the show (think the call ended with either a bomb or someone falling asleep after some Blue). Does this ring a bell for anyone?
― ヽ(´ー`)┌ (CompuPost), Sunday, 13 March 2016 19:45 (eight years ago) link
Tom is co-hosting Prove it All Night's WFMU marathon show on Saturday. PLEDGE!!!!
― tokyo rosemary, Friday, 18 March 2016 15:17 (eight years ago) link
great ep this week, julie klausner always seems to bring out the best in Tom. best musical performance of the new version of the show. the woody allen riffing at the end was the obvious highlight but I also loved Tom's imitation of Barack Obama reading Dilbert to the American people.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 15 July 2016 17:43 (seven years ago) link
hey i've been out of the loop on this
is wurster still phoning in?
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 15 July 2016 20:43 (seven years ago) link
Yes. He does take a couple shows off when touring requires.
― Three Word Username, Friday, 15 July 2016 20:46 (seven years ago) link
wish there was still a 'best show gems' podcast :/
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 15 July 2016 20:48 (seven years ago) link
There is! It's part of the Best Show podcast feed, not a separate podcast, but it's called Best Show Bests.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 15 July 2016 20:50 (seven years ago) link
YEEEEEE HAWW!!!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 15 July 2016 21:06 (seven years ago) link
Saw from Tom's feed that Alan Vega died; would kill to have a supercut of all Frankie Teardrop Challenge talk.
― ヽ(´ー`)┌ (CompuPost), Sunday, 17 July 2016 03:40 (seven years ago) link
good god the woody allen/pokemon riffing at the end of this week's. woody allen watching soon-yi playing pokemon go on a pop tart was all-time hilarious.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Monday, 18 July 2016 03:32 (seven years ago) link
glad to hear tom advocate the same "barb from stranger things is overrated" perspective I was pushing on ILX a couple of weeks ago. i feel vindicated.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 1 September 2016 19:15 (seven years ago) link
also it's been nice seeing pretty much every Half Hour of Power regular show up on Difficult People this season
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 1 September 2016 19:18 (seven years ago) link
I died at his riff on "that Belle and Sebastian song, 'Rooty Tooty Fresh 'n Fruity'" during the Scottish guy's call in the most recent ep
― VC, Friday, 2 September 2016 02:59 (seven years ago) link
Last couple of weeks have been great. The Beach Boys flashbacks are hilarious, Sal from Impractical Jokers was a good sport last week, and there were some hilarious "duh" calls this week.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 29 September 2016 14:54 (seven years ago) link
big changes:
best show 24/7 channel soonno more ads, he's taking donations insteadtom's getting a dog
― na (NA), Wednesday, 14 December 2016 18:31 (seven years ago) link
Whoa, guess I better get caught up if I'm gonna listen all day every day (finally made my way through all of the WFMU shows only to fall a year behind on the new show).
― The Pleasure Principal (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 14 December 2016 19:21 (seven years ago) link
no more ads is exciting for me, tom is terrible at getting through the ads, obviously hates doing it, and i bet he'll make way more money from straight donations anyways
― na (NA), Wednesday, 14 December 2016 20:10 (seven years ago) link
"Best Show: support the show, brah"
― JRN, Wednesday, 14 December 2016 20:43 (seven years ago) link
the uhh yeah dude guys got like $10,000 a month when they started their patreon, kind of a good model maybe?― nerd shit (Will M.), Wednesday, 2 December 2015 16:33 (one year ago) Permalink
― nerd shit (Will M.), Wednesday, 2 December 2015 16:33 (one year ago) Permalink
Best Show is set to pass the El Chapo Trapo chaps on committed donations, proving once again it's the VU of podcasts, only 2,000 listeners, most insanely devoted, and half of them with podcasts of their own.
― imho tep (sanskrit), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 02:07 (seven years ago) link
klausner, davenport, AND clements in studio tonight, should be a good one
― na (NA), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 17:18 (seven years ago) link
I don't understand Patreon, but is Scharpling now earning 19k a fucking month (that's the Patreon tally at present)? Jesus, what a sweet deal that is...
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 20:05 (seven years ago) link
minus the costs of producing the show, but yeah. i consider it back pay for doing the show for about 14 years for essentially nothing.
― na (NA), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 20:21 (seven years ago) link
He's got a staff and costs -- it's still pretty great!
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 20:35 (seven years ago) link
i made this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c45X1PHm1g
― na (NA), Friday, 3 February 2017 17:52 (seven years ago) link
haha nice work, been listening through the 2010/2011 episodes recently and almost every week theres a joke about the ridiculousness of a trump presidency that is now just tragic.
― devvvine, Friday, 3 February 2017 17:59 (seven years ago) link
As I noted on I guess the S&W thread, many of Wurster's old characters that were hilarious because they were such outrageous caricatures of awfulness are now kind of depressing because they're fairly accurate renderings of certain American citizens.
― Transformed From The Norm By The Nuclear Goop (Old Lunch), Friday, 3 February 2017 18:22 (seven years ago) link
What Were Once Caricatures are Now Portraits
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Friday, 3 February 2017 19:40 (seven years ago) link
I love the Best Show 24/7 streaming station he has now. It's good to hear shows from like 2000-2001, when it was truly bizarre and unexpected
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 3 February 2017 19:45 (seven years ago) link
tom scharpling on the first episode of "the podcast for laundry" with brett davis is good if you miss angry/flustered tom from the earlier hollywood handbook episodes
― na (NA), Monday, 10 July 2017 20:59 (six years ago) link
i was wary of james murphy on the best show after some of those post-relaunch interviews of celebrities who tom doesn't know personally, but it was a really good ep. they are obviously simpatico, and having him in the studio instead of on the phone probably helped.
― na (NA), Thursday, 10 August 2017 20:31 (six years ago) link
i really really enjoyed that!
― flippy bard (Will M.), Thursday, 10 August 2017 20:36 (six years ago) link
book
https://www.vulture.com/2019/01/the-best-show-tom-scharpling-memoir-book.html
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 24 January 2019 01:37 (five years ago) link
Rot
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 24 January 2019 01:58 (five years ago) link
I really like how Tom’s affection for RAtM and Limp Bizkit closely mirrors Ronald Thomas Clontle’s musical evolution in Rock, Rot and Rule.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, 9 August 2019 23:52 (four years ago) link
I thought Tom's assessment of RaTM as either the best bad band or the worst good is rather astute.
― Come and Rock Me, Hot Potatoes (Old Lunch), Saturday, 10 August 2019 00:18 (four years ago) link
'worst GOOD band' rather
And finally the Andrew Dice Clay interview sees it’s standalone light of day. Assuming it coincides with his first unintentional on-air fbomb
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, 10 August 2019 06:01 (four years ago) link
Tom accidentally swearing on 7/24 is a real joy
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 14:36 (four years ago) link
part of the joy of tom going on hollywood handbook is hearing him swear
― na (NA), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 14:44 (four years ago) link
I really like how Tom’s affection for RAtM and Limp Bizkit closely mirrors Ronald Thomas Clontle’s musical evolution in Rock, Rot and Rule.― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, August 9, 2019 7:52 PM (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, August 9, 2019 7:52 PM (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink
Ha true, not to mention "the Music Scholar" bit!
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 15:33 (four years ago) link
Argh, that’s the one I meant!
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:35 (four years ago) link
Thanks to Rock Rot & Rule I now use 'rotting' as a verb for sorting through records to decide if they're worth selling.
― crumhorn invasion (Matt #2), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:37 (four years ago) link
AP Mike's latest song, On Broadway, is unbelievably good, heavy, deep stuff. Go to his bandcamp page if you haven't heard it.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 21:45 (four years ago) link
the Greg Cartwright solo set on newest "Best" is so, so good
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 17:09 (four years ago) link