most recent episode was killer. Vance's prog-rock obsession is hilarious

last 3 or 4 have been real good after a relatively weak couple months

Houshphandzadeh wrote:most recent episode was killer. Vance's prog-rock obsession is hilarious

last 3 or 4 have been real good after a relatively weak couple months

"Are you anything like Queensryche"

The exchange with the Canadian kid was pretty funny too

I read great shit about the last couple weeks and got burned because my iTunes settings weren't right. But I've gotten into the habit of searching for the Wurster segment and giggling in public every week

I didn't particularly enjoy the 11/29 Scharpling -- save for the part about his Black Friday adventure -- but somehow those three hours flew by

Thought of Phandz when Scharp hung up on that dude who hates the NBA

that was a good one. Vance still kills me. and it never gets old when he gets someone to say "Hang up on m-" as he hangs up on them. don't know how people fall for it still

Houshphandzadeh wrote:that was a good one. Vance still kills me. and it never gets old when he gets someone to say "Hang up on m-" as he hangs up on them. don't know how people fall for it still

Loved him rope a doping the Canadian Glenn Beck kid

I don't know how I'm gonna keep working these three hours in every week, but so far so good

Working my way through the archives, I heard a thing between Scharpling and a high school buddy who fell into a pyramid scheme and was selling these awful CD longboxes. The memory of those had me in stitches. Can't believe that was a thing

pacino wrote:todd glass show. DOWNLOAD NOW

YES. Just found the Rory Scovel and Norm MacDonald episode from 12-12-11 with the fake buffet commercials upfront. I started crying in laughter when he got to the dinosaur names.

Glass is great as a host. He has a short attention span and is really silly.

Goddamn, five guests on the Simmons pod today

Wow. Todd Glass on WTF. I don't want to say too much, but listen to it.

I used to have the WTF app on my phone, I bought it just to hear the Gallagher show, but now I listen to Maron via Stitcher (my favorite app in the whole world). I'll have to give that a listen.

todd glass is the man

Well, I def didn't see that coming. WTF FTW?

Actually, WTF is a cultural phenomenon now, as much as a podcast can be one. The Norm episode was fantastic, I've listened to it a few times. Maron is remarkable in that, he's not really a very funny comedian, but he's completely reinvented himself and established a culture on his podcast that is truly unique and special.

gr wrote:Maron is remarkable in that, he's not really a very funny comedian, but he's completely reinvented himself and established a culture on his podcast that is truly unique and special.

Agreed. I'd love for him to continue branching out beyond comedians

I feel like that culture is either ass-kissing or petulance depending on the profile and cache of the guest. There was half a dozen times in the Norm interview where Maron tries to lead him in one direction, Norm disagrees, and then Maron acts like that was the point he was heading toward the whole time. But then a guy like Demetri Martin who isn't on the top of his game right now, Maron tries to goad him into trashing his own stuff and acts indignant when he won't.

They are really interesting listens, though, so I guess it's remarkable that an unlikable host can make for a good interview

i think maron sucks and i'm in the minority, but i love todd glass. so whatever.

maron's interview with rogan was horrible. he kept trying to call him a sellout and then talks about how 'angry' he is/was.

pacino wrote:i think maron sucks and i'm in the minority, but i love todd glass. so whatever.

maron's interview with rogan was horrible. he kept trying to call him a sellout and then talks about how 'angry' he is/was.

You're gonna hold the Joe Rogan one up as some kind of litmus test?

yeah, i don't like maron much, but he gets (not through his antagonistic ways) people to open up somehow

bill cosby was on fallon last night. no one seems to talk about him, but he's still got it. it's amazing...i was laughing the whole time. i saw him maybe 8 years ago and he talked for 2 hours and it was non-stop hilarity.