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
Agreed, incredible. I had just gone back into the archives to listen to it recently before it popped up on Bests a few days later, funny enough.
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 17:14 (four years ago) link
yeesh what's going on
not feeling this "slice of life"
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 20:56 (four years ago) link
what's the deal? i'm months behind
― devvvine, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 21:13 (four years ago) link
I haven't listened, but Mike and Dudio and someone else have been filling in for Tom while he's busy (up until this week where he did an episode from LA)
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 21:19 (four years ago) link
tom was on hollywood handbook again this week if you need your scharpling fix
― na (NA), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 21:20 (four years ago) link
It's with great sadness that we say goodbye to a beloved friend of the show, Robert "Avalanche Bob" Cribbie. It was an honor to be a small part of his life and he will always be a part of Best Show history.RIP to a true original who never gave up.https://t.co/XDbpQYmsah pic.twitter.com/JJotS239Yg— The Best Show (@bestshow4life) November 21, 2019
RIP
― na (NA), Thursday, 21 November 2019 19:03 (four years ago) link
did i skip every single one of his calls after the first few? yes, i did. but still, RIP
― na (NA), Thursday, 21 November 2019 19:04 (four years ago) link
RIP to a true Weirdo
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Thursday, 21 November 2019 19:09 (four years ago) link
SKIBBLABBLEDIBBADABBADIBBASKABBLABBLABBADACKADIGGASKABBARRRrest in peace, Avalanche.
― War Crimes Tribunal of the Network Stars (Old Lunch), Thursday, 21 November 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link
there was one call where tom actually got him to talk about his past for a while and it was really interesting, i wish they had done more of that
― na (NA), Thursday, 21 November 2019 19:11 (four years ago) link
oh no!I'd like to hear that call
― maffew12, Thursday, 21 November 2019 19:12 (four years ago) link
― maffew12, Thursday, 21 November 2019 19:13 (four years ago) link
Probably was the same episode where I remember Pat Byrne thinking out loud on air about figuring out how to reissue his 50s recordings
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Thursday, 21 November 2019 19:19 (four years ago) link
yeah sorry i have no idea when it was. probably a few years ago.
― na (NA), Thursday, 21 November 2019 19:41 (four years ago) link
Aww, RIP
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Thursday, 21 November 2019 20:25 (four years ago) link
Got a real kick out of AP Mike asking him if he had ever been on a snowboard before a few weeks back.
― spastic heritage, Thursday, 21 November 2019 21:30 (four years ago) link
That actually kind of irked me...maybe in the very beginning Tom did a little of that sort of thing, but even when he made fun of him he went out of his way not to embarrass him—he was sweet and mostly patient. That Mike dig seemed like punching down—he obviously was not a snowboarder. Anyway RIP yodel diddy doo
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 22 November 2019 00:19 (four years ago) link
it was because he was yodeling about snowboarding wasn't it? Those things have been around a minute..
― maffew12, Friday, 22 November 2019 01:10 (four years ago) link
Yes, that’s why. That was the whole joke—he was glomming onto snowboarding to create a niche.
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 22 November 2019 01:25 (four years ago) link