loool
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
I loved loved loved the Brooks, Reiner and Dick Van Dyke interviews. The Shelly Berman one was interesting too, though he seemed like a much tougher interview. I would love more of those old Hollywood guys.
would love him to get into some of the Laugh In cast or Carol Burnett etc.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
BOB NEWHART
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
i think he's talked about wanting to interview those guys (jerry lewis, newhart, etc), just needs someone to hook it up
― precious bonsai children of new york (Jordan), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:38 (eleven years ago) link
if he interviews lewis i just want them to be dicks to each other for an hour. probably wouldn't happen though :(
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
yeah newhart would be great. and lewis. all of em!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:50 (eleven years ago) link
Carol Burnett and Bob Newhart ftw! I'd probably listen to Jerry Lewis's if it were to happen, but a lot of that guy's shine has worn off for me since I was a kid.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
oh and Dick Cavett's on my wishlist too. I could listen to him talk all day
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:53 (eleven years ago) link
oh i don't like lewis at all. i just know he's a notoriously difficult interview so i think the results would be interesting.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
i know maron doesnt do uk comedy but its a shame he is missing out on a bunch of classic era comedians from over here. python, being an easy, worldly example.
― tell me more (a hoy hoy), Friday, 24 May 2013 07:06 (eleven years ago) link
god if only someone could finally get Pythons interviewed
― ¬╡▫ ▫╞⌠ (sic), Friday, 24 May 2013 07:34 (eleven years ago) link
ok sure but that is just one name out of like 50 who its a shame maron doesnt know exists
― tell me more (a hoy hoy), Friday, 24 May 2013 07:47 (eleven years ago) link
Enh, as good as the Stewart Lee WTF interview was, I don't really want to listen to Maron bluffing his way through interviews with any more UK comedians than he chooses to already. I'd much rather a UK comedian who was as equally incisive and well-connected as Maron started their own podcast to work their way through the history of British comedy. Struggling to think of anyone who might fit the bill, though.
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 24 May 2013 09:32 (eleven years ago) link
Richard Herring is doing an ok job but i dont like the live audience thing
― tell me more (a hoy hoy), Friday, 24 May 2013 09:56 (eleven years ago) link
John fuckin' Fogerty on Monday!
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 24 May 2013 21:44 (eleven years ago) link
Maron's a huge CCR-head, so I'm partly expecting this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAh9x5-5ffo
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 24 May 2013 21:56 (eleven years ago) link
Psyched for Fogerty!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATH0yKZMwlQ
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 25 May 2013 01:45 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 25 May 2013 02:34 (eleven years ago) link
That's hilarious.
(and "Proud Mary" is similarly mono)
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, 25 May 2013 02:37 (eleven years ago) link
ha ha i've had an ongoing debate with a friend about the MIB ep of WTF, where i side with MIB and think that maron was being a dick and she sides with maron and thinks that MIB was being a dick. that's what happens when two comedians with dick personas get together i guess.
Ha was this friends jw? (not Jon Williams)
― i, norbit (jaymc), Saturday, 25 May 2013 03:26 (eleven years ago) link
friend
yes
― congratulations (n/a), Saturday, 25 May 2013 14:24 (eleven years ago) link
lol this Pamela Adlon episode is filthy, but also hilarious.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
this guy's show is ... not good. he may v well be a funny guy, but his acting is leaden.
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 22:34 (eleven years ago) link
(talking abotu the TV show)
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 22:35 (eleven years ago) link
I've only seen the first two, but I haven't been in a rush to see the ones since then.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 22:35 (eleven years ago) link
yeah I hate to say it but it feels kinda, idk, desperate?
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
whatever it is, I'm not feeling it.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 22:38 (eleven years ago) link
I watched the one about the dead animal under the house and made a mental note to never watch the show again.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 22:38 (eleven years ago) link
I liked Marc more when I'd only see him on Conan occasionally, and when he'd release a new album, and when he was just on the radio and/or in the early days of WTF. I even like WTF now. But I think the tv show was one step too far. I'm starting to feel suffocated by his neuroses and generally lifesucking presence.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 22:40 (eleven years ago) link
i agree, he's better in an off-the-cuff medium rather than scripted
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
Same one I saw. Thought it was okay, but that was several weeks ago and I haven't made an effort to go back and seek out more, so I suppose that says something.
(xpost)
― i kant believe it's not buffon (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
I liked the two I saw. Didn't see the dead animal one. I like the show. I like the interviews. I like some of his rambling. But I don't like his standup.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
I like his standup more than his podcast or his tv show
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 23:00 (eleven years ago) link
^ this
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 28 May 2013 23:49 (eleven years ago) link
this guy is a terrible interviewer. strictly amateur hour.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 00:27 (eleven years ago) link
But I think the tv show was one step too far. I'm starting to feel suffocated by his neuroses and generally lifesucking presence.
That presence is what I love about his standup and the podcast. I just don't believe it translates to the television format very well, especially in a Louie/Curb Your Enthusiasm context when reality and fiction are mixed up. I like the stories when they come from him directly, but the TV character is a dick.
Greenberg comes up in the Noah Baumbach interview and I think that's likely a big influence on the show.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 00:44 (eleven years ago) link
show is p much what I expected, maybe a little better/funnier
― ¬╡▫ ▫╞⌠ (sic), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 01:25 (eleven years ago) link
idk its sorta disappointingly exactly what i expected, but maybe thats cuz im in too deep w/ the podcast
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 01:40 (eleven years ago) link
Absolutely, I enjoyed the hell out of it. She's a great interview and he didn't even get a chance to summon up any bitterness or resentment. And she works with Louie C.K.!
What is the opposite of "sold" because that's what you just did to me for his show.
― Frances HELL NAW (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 04:59 (eleven years ago) link
What is the opposite of "sold" because that's what you just did to me for his show
Sorry, but the connection is there
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 06:02 (eleven years ago) link
I used to listen to Phil Hendrie a lot, but I haven't ever heard his podcast and hearing him cut loose like he is on WTF is really new to me. Love it.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 30 May 2013 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
oh wow i was listening to phil hendrie like 20 years ago, thanks for the tip
― ʎqןıs (gr8080), Friday, 31 May 2013 15:05 (eleven years ago) link
Tommy Stinson interview pretty great! He seems to roll with Maron pretty well on pretty much any topic. There's nothign particularly revelatory or amazing...I think just the fact that it's Tommy kinda puts the interview over the top :)
so many lols in the GNR portion of the interview. Maron asks him how long he's been with GNR, and Tommy says, 'Since 1998'. And Maron goes, 'Wow! That long?" and he gives the most defeated 'Yeah' you've ever heard, it's priceless.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 7 June 2013 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
I loved when maron asked"so you guys made Chinese Democracy, and what other albums?"
― mimicking regular benevloent (sic) users' names (President Keyes), Friday, 7 June 2013 17:09 (eleven years ago) link
omg I laughed so hard at that
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 7 June 2013 17:09 (eleven years ago) link
like Maron's style in that interview was just hilarious. The only way it could have been better is if he had said 'So, Bob. Is still around? What's he up to these days?"
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 7 June 2013 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
you guys played covers in concert? really?
― mimicking regular benevloent (sic) users' names (President Keyes), Friday, 7 June 2013 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
the ep of his show feat the Gersh and her kid w/a podcast was pretty funny. still not entirely sold on the show, he has a thing or two to learn about line readings.
― Bathory Tub Blues (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 7 June 2013 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
xp Hahaha vg
That actually happened to a friend of mine. He asked a musician about one of his former collaborators: "So what's Jimmy doing now?" Loooonnnng pause. "He's dead, man."
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, 7 June 2013 19:03 (eleven years ago) link