This ep with Rob Delaney is rough going, just got to the part where he talks about the NHS and his attitude toward Democrats and it picked up a bit.
Hey Chapo guys, maybe just let guests lead the conversation instead of shoehorning them into your bits?
― El Tuomasbot (milo z), Monday, 24 April 2017 19:28 (six years ago) link
the healthcare dude was the only one I've heard where they mostly sat and listened
― a landlocked exclave (mh), Monday, 24 April 2017 19:32 (six years ago) link
Come on, they have to show the guest comics how funny they are.
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Monday, 24 April 2017 19:37 (six years ago) link
Delaney is the type of person that uses the term "dumpster fire" frequently and sincerely.
― flappy bird, Monday, 24 April 2017 19:44 (six years ago) link
Adam Curtis too, iirc
― International House of Hot Takes (kingfish), Monday, 24 April 2017 19:50 (six years ago) link
have yet to hear that one, I want to actually pay attention so I've held off
― a landlocked exclave (mh), Monday, 24 April 2017 20:13 (six years ago) link
i thought Adam Curtis came across as a dreadful tosser in that interview - lots of do you see explaining obvious stuff and not much new insight delivered with a great deal of pomposity? maybe it's just the english cringe on my part. i've got a load of these backed up on my podcast list and am trying to work out whether i just fuck it, and delete them or listen to them. the tone's pretty erratic as people have said.
― Fizzles, Monday, 1 May 2017 13:37 (six years ago) link
It was rich listening them make fun of Marc Maron's podcasting tics when 50% of the live show was made up of "Family court...stolen valor...family court"
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Monday, 1 May 2017 17:09 (six years ago) link
the harvard bracket ep was fun. i was a little disappointed this joke didn't get made:
No results found for "chappaquiddick trap house".
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― goole, Monday, 1 May 2017 17:12 (six years ago) link
i've discovered Cum Town and it's better tbqfh
― flappy bird, Monday, 1 May 2017 17:14 (six years ago) link
idk those dudes creep me out. i gave it a couple listens and there was like 1 solid laugh to every three uses of "retard" or w/e
― goole, Monday, 1 May 2017 17:16 (six years ago) link
it's an acquired taste, cum town
― flappy bird, Monday, 1 May 2017 17:16 (six years ago) link
yeah........
like, i sent a close female friend of mine (big bernie fan, loves matt stoller, very committed and constantly furious politically, keeps her eye on NY district court for wall street cases etc) that nymag story about pisspiggranddad in syria, like, "lol isn't this nuts???" and she in all seriousness replied, "i don't want you to ever send me stories about men like this."
so yeah this whole style does have its limits
― goole, Monday, 1 May 2017 17:25 (six years ago) link
that makes sense. at its best, Cum Town reminds me of 90s-00s Howard Stern, and the Stern show will always be a non-starter for many, many people.
― flappy bird, Monday, 1 May 2017 17:27 (six years ago) link
I don't know if it's just me but I really hate "live show" versions of podcasts.
― ryan, Monday, 1 May 2017 17:39 (six years ago) link
There's a live music venue in my neighborhood where acts like Vince Gill and Pat Metheny and a million tribute bands usually play. I looked at the upcoming events recently and nearly every week there's a live show for a podcast scheduled.
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Monday, 1 May 2017 17:47 (six years ago) link
yeah i hate that shit, besides missing the visual element, they're just shallower and not as funny.
― flappy bird, Monday, 1 May 2017 17:51 (six years ago) link
lots of podcasts don't seem to get that rapport between 3 people ≠ rapport between 3 people and a packed room watching them. at least the chapo ones don't tend to involve the audience, i had to stop listening to mbmbam live shows bc i got sick of the audience members' constant attempts at being funny/impressing the hosts.
― oiocha, Monday, 1 May 2017 18:09 (six years ago) link
virgil texas retweeted me and holy shit it's almost scary how popular they are on twitter, my tweet has almost 1000 likes and 300 retweets
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 May 2017 18:58 (six years ago) link
they were all really popular on twitter before the show even started. i wasn't aware of them until after the election but some friends of mine knew virgil from several years ago
― flappy bird, Monday, 1 May 2017 19:00 (six years ago) link
live podcast shows are fun to go to but not to listen to imo
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 1 May 2017 19:05 (six years ago) link
love my dry boys but all the live show chapo eps are absolutely excruciating – plus the fact that they're so good at ragging on Theranos/Peter Theil et al but seem to have no self-awareness about doing them at Genius HQ is annoying
― Jay Elettronica Viva (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 1 May 2017 19:15 (six years ago) link
the thing that bugs me the most is when they devolve into boring & lame nerd/fanboy nonsense (simpsons, kubrick, coen bros) after rightfully ragging on people constantly invoking harry potter and 1984.
― flappy bird, Monday, 1 May 2017 19:35 (six years ago) link
the only live show i've heard of theirs is the harvard bracket ep and i thought it was fine!
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Monday, 1 May 2017 19:36 (six years ago) link
i like when that guy heckled Will for saying Obama was absolutely useless and horrible
― flappy bird, Monday, 1 May 2017 19:37 (six years ago) link
What's hilarious to me is Matt's voice and cadence is exactly like King Buzzo's
― Jay Elettronica Viva (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 1 May 2017 19:39 (six years ago) link
btw can someone fill me in on why they're called 'dry boys'
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Monday, 1 May 2017 19:44 (six years ago) link
some kind of MRA joke i think
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Monday, 1 May 2017 19:47 (six years ago) link
'dry boys' is the new 'master of my domain'
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Monday, 1 May 2017 20:39 (six years ago) link
I'd assume it's an insult for non sex-havers
― a landlocked exclave (mh), Monday, 1 May 2017 20:40 (six years ago) link
see also: dry-dick randos
― a landlocked exclave (mh), Monday, 1 May 2017 20:41 (six years ago) link
in the chapo canon it's cool to not have sex as long as one is doing so voluntarily
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Monday, 1 May 2017 20:41 (six years ago) link
Volcel vs incel, as it were
― International House of Hot Takes (kingfish), Monday, 1 May 2017 20:45 (six years ago) link
yeah this seems right (having never done the former, can't imagine I ever actually would tbh)
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 1 May 2017 21:03 (six years ago) link
dry boys don't just not have sex, they keep all of their seed to maintain their essence. i think it's some reddit nofap nonsense
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Monday, 1 May 2017 21:29 (six years ago) link
my favorite use of the -cel thing is this brutal felix tweet from february:
"hoverhanding incels have always run this nation"https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C46GepmXAAA7LMS.jpg
― flappy bird, Monday, 1 May 2017 21:31 (six years ago) link
In the Harvard one? I was quite surprised by there being even bigger outrage amongst the audience when the Kennedys were brought up.
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 2 May 2017 08:00 (six years ago) link
Here's an interview they did in Boston with a reporter of the Harvard Crimson that the editors decided not to run.
https://medium.com/@matthewjwatson/the-dirtbag-left-at-harvard-an-interview-with-chapo-trap-house-e5fca62780dc
Kid just starts asking them about Neoliberalism and Harvard's place in it, which seem like a good, localized way of drawing in people.
― Bio-Digital Jezza (kingfish), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 18:20 (six years ago) link
I've purged all of these guys and their fellow travelers from my life and Twitter feed and I'm much happier for it. More power to 'em but I just can't maintain that level of jaundice and make it through the day.
― evol j, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 19:28 (six years ago) link
Ive only been listening for a couple weeks but this new ep is trash. Its neither funny nor interesting.
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 19:43 (six years ago) link
you should listen to cum town
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 19:45 (six years ago) link
Or the Katie Halper Show
― Bio-Digital Jezza (kingfish), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 22:42 (six years ago) link
the harvard interview is p good, the Shining ep was bad (I did like the live Harvard ep though - much better / more novel gimmick)
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 4 May 2017 01:56 (six years ago) link
in terms of less histrionic Chapo alternatives, Dead Pundits isn't bad, though I find the host a bit irritating. Their recent ep with Angela Nagle was really good and covered some different ground from her Chapo ep.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 4 May 2017 02:16 (six years ago) link
Their site finally went live:
https://thetrap.fm/
― Bio-Digital Jezza (kingfish), Thursday, 4 May 2017 02:33 (six years ago) link
I'm glad it's not a tricked-out Outline Magazine-style Web 17.0 monstrosity
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 4 May 2017 02:37 (six years ago) link
why would you want a less histrionic Chapo
― Jay Elettronica Viva (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 4 May 2017 02:45 (six years ago) link
new premium episode is great, classic drive by of douthat, brooks, and stephens
― flappy bird, Thursday, 4 May 2017 05:37 (six years ago) link
Halper good, as is Delete Your Account, but both are more serious bizniz politics than Chapo.
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 4 May 2017 09:02 (six years ago) link
I mean, *I* don'yy, but I can imagine it could grow wearying for some.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 4 May 2017 10:45 (six years ago) link