I'm interested in the people he interviews! Like you said, Wuhl's Rodney stories were amazing. But yeah yeah, I'm over Marc big time.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 23 September 2013 19:54 (ten years ago) link
Wuhl's career was so terrible I kinda don't want to listen for fear I'll like him. But Rodney stories...
― les nessmonster (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 24 September 2013 03:09 (ten years ago) link
^^^
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 24 September 2013 03:24 (ten years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o9-tuoaZU-w/T5dajxVnz8I/AAAAAAAACiI/jGLj-0-WgVw/s1600/knox1ft.jpg
That will forever be the start and finish of my associations for Robert Wuhl. There was four(!) copies of that card in the first pack of Batman trading cards I ever bought.
― JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 24 September 2013 03:59 (ten years ago) link
Haven't listened yet, but Curt Kirkwood!
― how's life, Tuesday, 1 October 2013 08:42 (ten years ago) link
Or Kirk Curtwood, even.
― how's life, Tuesday, 1 October 2013 12:27 (ten years ago) link
!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 1 October 2013 13:41 (ten years ago) link
wuhl was really great talking abt nicholson getting advice from john wayne -- lol @ "no.....one.....talks......slower......than.....i........do"
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 1 October 2013 14:36 (ten years ago) link
am a little ways into the kirkwood interview -- it's nice! he sounds SOOO nervous though, it's kinda cute. makes me like him even more
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 1 October 2013 15:51 (ten years ago) link
The Monty Hall interview is stellar. I love the old comedy/show biz guys he gets - the interviews with Mel Brooks, Dick Van Dyke and Hall are just great, and you realize just how talented those dudes were, and how hard they worked back in the day.
Also - Maron has a healthy amount of respect/ reverence for those guys, so his interruptions are kept to a minimum.
― Survivalist Compound Row (B.L.A.M.), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 17:17 (ten years ago) link
i've been listening to jeff garlin's podcast, it's a nice change of pace from maron, but maron's episode is actually the funniest one so far. maybe that's when he's at his best comedically (for my tastes anyway), in conversation but when it's not his show so he's free to be a dick.
― festival culture (Jordan), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 17:21 (ten years ago) link
also if you think maron interrupts his guests, you have no idea.
I liked the Kirkwood interview for his input, but was pretty dissatisfied with Maron's end of things. "What do you think of Captain Beefheart?" "What do you think of Frank Zappa?" He just didn't ask very many great questions. Curt was amiable and gracious. Hope he's doing alright though. At points, he sounded like he was struggling a little to speak or something.
― how's life, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 17:36 (ten years ago) link
Loved the Kirkwood interview but "So, do you know how to pick?" cracked me up.
― brio, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 17:51 (ten years ago) link
maron's episode is actually the funniest one so far. maybe that's when he's at his best comedically (for my tastes anyway), in conversation but when it's not his show so he's free to be a dick.
Maron being a dick on Walking The Room is hilaires
― I'm not a rockist, I just hate Rap-A-Lot (sic), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 18:05 (ten years ago) link
garlin & walking the room appearances are a+
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 23:58 (ten years ago) link
The first Garlin episode with Larry David was A++, I generally can't handle his interruptions with other guests though. So much worse than Maron.
― sofatruck, Thursday, 3 October 2013 02:49 (ten years ago) link
i liked the Lena Dunham conversation
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 3 October 2013 03:07 (ten years ago) link
I've interviewed Curt before, and he was super fun to speak with. Just talked and talked and talked.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 3 October 2013 03:15 (ten years ago) link
He seems like a lovely kinda guy
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 3 October 2013 04:35 (ten years ago) link
I had to stop listening to the Henry Rollins appearance on Garlin. He really enjoyed laughing at his own jokes and only seemed vaguely aware of who Henry Rollins was.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 3 October 2013 04:40 (ten years ago) link
the colin hay one is weird, like listening to 2 strangers talk in a departure lounge
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 3 October 2013 04:52 (ten years ago) link
Veg OTM that Lena Dunham convo was great. The recent Bob Odenkirk one was pretty good too. And of course LD.
― "Max's Original Starship" Vol. 3 (sunny successor), Monday, 7 October 2013 16:10 (ten years ago) link
Garlin is Baron Von Festival
― 6 Tuesdays on every Tuesday. This is called dumpy pants. (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 7 October 2013 16:57 (ten years ago) link
The other interview podcast I listen to alongside WTF is Alec Baldwin's.
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 7 October 2013 17:02 (ten years ago) link
i cant stand that podcast even though i love alec baldwin.
― No more kisses (sunny successor), Monday, 7 October 2013 17:10 (ten years ago) link
i was really psyched for the Baldwin one but it bums me out that the conversations are so short and weirdly edited with voiceover and shit
that Dick Cavett convo should have been 2 hours at LEAST
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 7 October 2013 18:05 (ten years ago) link
I've listened to a few of Jeff Garlin's podcasts now, and they're pretty good (even the JJ Abrams one is good for gossipy showbiz anecdotes), it's just a shame that they're recorded before an audience. Richard Herring's Theatre Podcast is the same, and the problem with this format is that both guest and host end up forever going for a gag, as opposed to the slightly more conversational WTF. But whatever.
― hewing to the status quo with great zealotry (DavidM), Monday, 7 October 2013 19:21 (ten years ago) link
true im not a fan of all the 'oh oh do the one where x x and x'
― No more kisses (sunny successor), Monday, 7 October 2013 20:03 (ten years ago) link
Every time I think I'm done he gets someone like Laura Dern who overwhelms his tics and knocks it out of the park.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 14:46 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, that was a great one. Probably one of the best.
I love that he still has great difficulty remembering when things happened in the eighties, though. i.e. there is NO WAY Blue Velvet could've come out in 1981.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 15:17 (ten years ago) link
Drug abuse does a number on your perception of time.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 15:22 (ten years ago) link
I think it's more that he's in denial about how old he is. Laura Dern was talking about being a teenager when she starred in Blue Velvet so he decided he must have been in high school then too.
― brio, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 15:40 (ten years ago) link
what up what the fuckers, what the fuckanettes, what the fuckanauts
― Mordy, Monday, April 18, 2011 9:45 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i hate this every time
― HOOS it because...of steen???? (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 16:11 (ten years ago) link
I enjoyed him saying "what the fuckCanucks" the other week when I was actually in Toronto and saw him twice
― I'm not a rockist, I just hate Rap-A-Lot (sic), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 16:56 (ten years ago) link
lock the gates
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 17:09 (ten years ago) link
are we doing this?
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 17:56 (ten years ago) link
someone should do a WTF bingo card with all his tics and go-to stories.
"there's no plan b""who were your guys?""Old Dad""tubes"
― brio, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 18:08 (ten years ago) link
so what's lorne like
― von kelson, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 18:19 (ten years ago) link
"yeah i've played there"
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 18:20 (ten years ago) link
Pow!
― jbn, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 18:23 (ten years ago) link
lol @ who were ur guys
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 18:26 (ten years ago) link
"If you just keep doing it long enough in Canada (or UK), they just give you your own TV show"
at least a half-dozen Canadian comedians have politely told him this isn't true by now.
― brio, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 18:26 (ten years ago) link
haha that too
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 18:36 (ten years ago) link
Maron to trick-or-treaters: "So, who is your guise?"
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 18:42 (ten years ago) link
"Oh yeah, he was the real deal."
― Lover (Eazy), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 18:48 (ten years ago) link
also boring discussions about where in New Jersey Maron's family is from relative to where in New Jersey the guest's family is from, followed by discussions of where in Florida their respective relatives live now
― brio, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 19:00 (ten years ago) link
when he talks about "jewing it up" with a guest
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 19:46 (ten years ago) link
lol @ polyphonic
― hopping and bopping to the krokodil rot (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 19:47 (ten years ago) link
England and his go-to Stewart Lee story
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 22:17 (ten years ago) link