Unexpectedly really liked the Shatner episode― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, August 15, 2023 4:59 AM (four weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, August 15, 2023 4:59 AM (four weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
I feel like the ones with really old guests have a history of being good, even (especially?) when it's a really old person I haven't heard of.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 14 September 2023 20:10 (eight months ago) link
(Richard) Curtis is currently working on another festive release, an untitled film starring Melissa McCarthy, Paapa Essiedu, and Marc Maron, about a workaholic father who tries to win his family back in time for Christmas with the help of a magic genie.
I haven't listened to the podcast for a while, has he mentioned this at all?
― soref, Monday, 18 September 2023 10:50 (eight months ago) link
I want to know if he's playing the workaholic father, the magic genie, or someone else
― soref, Monday, 18 September 2023 10:52 (eight months ago) link
Considering all the voice acting he’s been doing, I’d guess he’s the genie
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 18 September 2023 10:56 (eight months ago) link
my guess is
Melissa McCarthy = magic geniePaapa Essiedu = workaholic fatherMaron = someone else, maybe Essiedu's boss or something
― soref, Monday, 18 September 2023 10:58 (eight months ago) link
i still love this show but gotta say, the Hannah Einbinder one was near-unlistenable, just this terrible anti-chemistry
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 04:00 (eight months ago) link
That one was definitely off. Of course, a big part of the problem is Maron's big on getting detailed origin stories, and Einbinder...doesn't remember hers.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 04:22 (eight months ago) link
...and so he tries to coax something, and we end up with that long awkward af thing about her high school lesbian experiences.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 04:25 (eight months ago) link
Really felt a generation gap in that ep, I didn't really hear where I could fault either of them - they just both seemed to want very different conversations and Marc's usual tactics didn't really work to pull it back in.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 14:18 (eight months ago) link
Boy, I felt the total opposite, I thought the vibe of that interview was adorably uncle-y!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 14:24 (eight months ago) link
yeah she seemed totally into the vibe to me
― vashti funyuns (sic), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 16:31 (eight months ago) link
I don't think she wasn't into it, it just felt like they were flailing at different conversations and didn't end up in one place long enough to dig in.
Really curious to hear how the Chevy Chase one went, predicting a 25 minute intro from Maron before he even gets to it.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 17:22 (eight months ago) link
^^Dropped today. Only a 16 minute intro (Maron's cool aunt died, which he addresses)
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 25 September 2023 18:21 (eight months ago) link
Yeah, it wasn't as much of an intro as I expected, but then again the interview itself was less combative than I expected. Chase still clearly a dick that had no interest in discussing most of what Marc wanted to talk about, but it was pretty tame.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 25 September 2023 18:27 (eight months ago) link
true, kind of amazing how Chevy seems fundamentally incapable of delivering a joke anymore (a decades-long case of the comedy yips if you will), and is in complete denial about his reputation and career.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Monday, 25 September 2023 18:33 (eight months ago) link
clearly a dick that had no interest in discussing most of what Marc wanted to talk about
Frequently asked myself "is he joshing or just senile?" during the interview.
Chase is definitely showing his age (turning 80 next month) in the worst ways. He was way more coherent in his Gottfried pod interview from 2015. He tells those same Caddyshack/Rodney stories there, and it's like night & day.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 25 September 2023 20:49 (eight months ago) link
Just saw on FB a click bait thing from The Independent re:his new comments about Community.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 26 September 2023 12:58 (eight months ago) link
I think most of us, as we get older, just become more like ourselves. Clearly, this is the case with Chevy Chase.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 26 September 2023 13:15 (eight months ago) link
I think most of us, as we get older, just become more like ourselves.
God I hope not.
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 26 September 2023 15:45 (eight months ago) link
I think most of us, as we get older, just become more like Chevy Chase
― soref, Tuesday, 26 September 2023 15:49 (eight months ago) link
Well, I'm Chevy Chase, but you're not.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 26 September 2023 15:56 (eight months ago) link
In the future, we'll all be Chevy Chase for 15 minutes
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 26 September 2023 15:57 (eight months ago) link
As Donald Trump has convincingly shown, many people have a secret or not so secret desire to be a toxic asshole.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 26 September 2023 15:59 (eight months ago) link
Given his comments about how he was always the "star of the show" or "the best", I just think he's a huge narcissist that was "fortunate" enough to come up in entertainment in an era where white male behavior like that was tolerated, if not encouraged. As society evolved, no one ever really challenged his toxic behavior, they just quit calling him in for projects and/or cutting him out of them and, like any entitled performer of his era, he refuses to do any self-reflection that might cause him to put 2 and 2 together about why his career stalled out.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 26 September 2023 17:14 (eight months ago) link
Well, I'm Chevy Chase, but you're not.― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, September 26, 2023 11:56 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, September 26, 2023 11:56 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
'Cause that's impossible, that's im
― peace, man, Tuesday, 26 September 2023 18:07 (eight months ago) link
I subscribed to Maron+ a couple months ago to get the bonus episodes where Marc and his girlfriend talk about movies sometimes, but leading up to the Chevy episode he and Brendan have set the stage for it in their bonus episodes so well—what happened before and after the tape was rolling—that I kind of don't need to listen to the actual interview (I'm a Chevy Chase hater anyway, so I likely was never going to).
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 27 September 2023 03:04 (eight months ago) link
'Cause that's impossible, that's im― peace, man, Tuesday, September 26, 2023 1:07 PM (nine hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― peace, man, Tuesday, September 26, 2023 1:07 PM (nine hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
thank you for this
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 27 September 2023 03:41 (eight months ago) link
Haven't listened to this in ages but I'm curious about Laraaji and John Wilson.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Sunday, 12 November 2023 18:23 (seven months ago) link
Loved the Paul Giamatti episode (#1500). Really showed what the show can be.
― underwater as a compliment (Eazy), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 05:17 (five months ago) link
agree, great vibes from minute one
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 05:42 (five months ago) link
Marc was pumped about how well it went
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 05:56 (five months ago) link
Yeah that was a fun listen, Giamatti was so giddy
― jaymc, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 13:35 (five months ago) link
Did you guys listen to Matt B. Davis? Very old-school ep with escalating tension between Marc and guest, you get to hear two guys who can be kind of assholes rubbing their scars against each other, I loved it
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 15:36 (five months ago) link
Yeah, I just listened to that one the other day, even though he teased it ahead of time I really didn't expect it to get as tense as it did.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 15:40 (five months ago) link
yeah it was great oldschool wtfbut i wanted to email marc afterward to tell him: gah Matt is a bully, fuck that guy
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 16:06 (five months ago) link
every once in a while i will check in with this podcast based on the guest -- and then will be reminded why i never listen. this dude WON'T SHUT THE FUCK UP. LET YOUR GUEST FINISH HIS SENTENCE. god what a jerk!
― budo jeru, Saturday, 25 May 2024 18:06 (two weeks ago) link
He did a decent job not stepping on A. Whitney Brown's toes last week.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 25 May 2024 20:36 (two weeks ago) link
God, if you hated a new episode for that reason, please don't listen to anything before, like, four years ago. xp
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 25 May 2024 23:50 (two weeks ago) link
I generally listen to every WTF episode whether I know the guest or not. Sometimes I'll skip if I really don't want to hear a particular guest talk for an hour (Neal Brennan and Tiffany Haddish was a rare week where I skipped both), but I also skip ones where it's been made extremely clear that the interview was an uncomfortable one. That means I'll probably never listen to the Ben Kingsley ep.
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 25 May 2024 23:53 (two weeks ago) link
I listened to some of the Kingsley episode just now. Pretty awkward. It seemed like Ben has all of his stories set down word for word and didn’t necessarily dig Maron’s interruptions and attempts to connect.
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Sunday, 26 May 2024 00:34 (two weeks ago) link
The Tiffany Haddish ep was pretty illuminating and the Daniel Stern was interesting too
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Sunday, 26 May 2024 01:08 (two weeks ago) link
ben kingsley best maron episode of all time
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Sunday, 26 May 2024 01:36 (two weeks ago) link
i absolutely love WTF, have listened for years and years, he's a great host and has the best conversations of any regular podcast interview person, except maybe tyler cowen
however, how to love WTF as i do:
skip 100% of interviews with musiciansskip 100% of interviews with "thinkers"skip 100% of interviews with authorsskip 90% of interviews with directorsskip 50% of interviews with actors (you can tell within 5 min)skip 0% of interviews with other stand-ups
― sean gramophone, Sunday, 26 May 2024 02:09 (two weeks ago) link
yes, stand ups are most reliable
― 145 feet up in a Jeffrey Pine (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 26 May 2024 02:47 (two weeks ago) link
The Tiffany Haddish ep was pretty illuminatingI tapped out of this v early, did she talk about her comedy paedo video lawsuit or The Int3rnational Alma Mat3r School Of Asc3nsi0n Bless3d Univ3rsity?
― bae (sic), Sunday, 26 May 2024 02:55 (two weeks ago) link
totally agree that the standup eps are the best but I like the musician ones, I can't explain why since there's so much of Maron fan-stammering about the albums and then asking the musician "So you met xxxx?" but for some reason I like them anyway
I skip the ones where they talk about politics but it can be unpredictable which ones those are
Tiffany Hadish was just weirdly "People were unfairly mad at me for drunk driving, why are people like that"
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 26 May 2024 03:34 (two weeks ago) link
skip 0% of interviews with other stand-ups
lol these are always skipped regardless of podcast, comedians are some of the least interesting people on earth
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 26 May 2024 03:53 (two weeks ago) link
with WTF musicians and maybe some oddballs like a chef are the only ones I don't immediately archive
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 26 May 2024 03:55 (two weeks ago) link
every actor interview is a free ~*MasterClass*~
― 145 feet up in a Jeffrey Pine (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 26 May 2024 04:32 (two weeks ago) link
I tapped out of this v early, did she talk about . . . The Int3rnational Alma Mat3r School Of Asc3nsi0n Bless3d Univ3rsity?― bae (sic), Saturday, May 25, 2024 9:55 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
What's this?
― JRN, Sunday, 26 May 2024 05:20 (two weeks ago) link