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A Fistful of Dicks posted:This. Cyber Thug was the closest thing available with at least one black comedian and a distinctly urban vibe. Goddamnit, someone bring it back! Beyond that, I'd just be happy with more black comedians showing up as guests. There's DAG, Don Glover, Wyatt Cenac, and...? Frankly, I'd rather hear an interview with any member of the Wayans family rather than another dreary Tig Notaro bit. Cedric the Entertainer and Bernie Mac both wrote interesting books about some of their experiences in touring, working their way up through the clubs, and lots of other stuff. Particularly with Bernie Mac I would have loved to hear some unedited, free conversation about those experiences. If you listen to a lot of interviews with comedians (regardless of color), a lot of them who were born in the 60s and 70s talk about being heavily influenced by Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, and later, Eddie Murphy, even if their own styles are totally different. How is it that we hear Tracy Morgan on NPR but not on WTF? I don't know what Chris Rock is up to at the moment, but he seems like a natural host. He had his own late night show on HBO, and on top of that, gets to draw on stories from standup, SNL, working with Louis CK, long affiliation with Adam Sandler, making movies both good and bad, having his own TV sitcom, etc. A broad comedy resume, a good talent for jokes and storytelling...
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benito posted:I don't know what Chris Rock is up to at the moment, but he seems like a natural host. He had his own late night show on HBO, and on top of that, gets to draw on stories from standup, SNL, working with Louis CK, long affiliation with Adam Sandler, making movies both good and bad, having his own TV sitcom, etc. A broad comedy resume, a good talent for jokes and storytelling... You're going to want to clear some time in your schedule this Friday. http://www.hbo.com/#/comedy/talking...XIyMgIAblQXOA==
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t3ch3 posted:You're going to want to clear some time in your schedule this Friday. It's at this point I tip over my King piece, shake your hand, and help rearrange the chess board for the next match. I'd somehow not heard of that at all, despite having HBO. I still think Chris Rock would be great for a podcast or a Sirius show or something. If not him, hell, Mos Def or somebody? Bill Cosby's in his own class and his days of guest-hosting the Tonight Show are long gone. Eddie Murphy is... has anyone gotten a real, honest interview out of him in the past 20 years? Steve Harvey's busy with the Feud, don't know what Cedric is up to these days, Jamie Foxx and Will Smith are too busy with Hollywood. There's got to be someone out there that fits the bill. I'd almost say Tim Meadows, who I think can be legitimately funny, but I don't know if he's got what it takes to draw a crowd.
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benito posted:Beyond that, I'd just be happy with more black comedians showing up as guests. There's DAG, Don Glover, Wyatt Cenac, and...?
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Apr 20, 2011 02:02
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Can I suggest the Field Negro Guide to Arts & Culture? It's got W. Kamau Bell and Vernon Reid from Living Colour(the band). Episodes have been appearing very sporadically but I found it pretty funny and interesting.
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Apr 20, 2011 02:13
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I enjoy How Did This Get Made pretty well, but man do I ever hate the write-in segments. Even Paul was sort of rushing through them this week. It's almost as bad as call-in shows on NPR.
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Creflo Chronicle posted:I enjoy How Did This Get Made pretty well, but man do I ever hate the write-in segments. Even Paul was sort of rushing through them this week. It's almost as bad as call-in shows on NPR. Yea I like how even they've realized it blows. Still, this one was a great episode just for all the 'wait is THAT what they were trying?!' moments.
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RightClickSaveAs posted:He mentions at the beginning of the show how he feels self-conscious about not having more black comics on, and it's one of those things he'd like to change but they just don't cross paths or play the same circuits generally. It's been a while since I listened to that episode, but basically they get into that, and how comedy in a more general sense is split up pretty heavily. I had to deal with some of this self-segregation stuff back when I was doing corporate training, and I generally pointed it out and made fun of it, comparing the whole thing to an 8th grade dance where the boys and girls are sticking to opposite ends of the gymnasium. Somebody's got to make the first move, and if an external force isn't there to push people together, I say the onus is on the guys running the existing podcasts. Like last week when The Nerdist podcast did a whole Black Dynamite showing and followup Q&A? Solid. Jay Pharaoh has been a big hit on SNL with his impressions, and he basically got the job based on his YouTube videos. Kenan Thompson still gets the spotlight, but I'd love to see Jay talk about how he developed his various voices like when Carlos Alazraqui talked about it on WTF. This really isn't a huge personal deal with me as a white guy, but since we've got this whole new medium that is producing a ton of great new comedy as well as commentary and history on the art form, I wish it included a broader spectrum of comedy traditions.
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holy crap did anyone enjoy bobcat goldthwait on WTF as much as I did? I never knew he opened for Nirvana but those stories were hilarious, on top of his performance artist dad and biker brother with a friend who's name is 'Low Life'.
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Kodo posted:holy crap did anyone enjoy bobcat goldthwait on WTF as much as I did? I never knew he opened for Nirvana but those stories were hilarious, on top of his performance artist dad and biker brother with a friend who's name is 'Low Life'. Yeah Bobcat is great. I urge anyone to go see him if he plays nearby, because he's still got it.
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Kodo posted:holy crap did anyone enjoy bobcat goldthwait on WTF as much as I did? I never knew he opened for Nirvana but those stories were hilarious, on top of his performance artist dad and biker brother with a friend who's name is 'Low Life'. I've never seen his standup or any of his movies but I loved his WTF episode. Great storyteller and very funny too.
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Apr 20, 2011 14:49
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Bobcat told this hilarious story on a recent Carolla Live podcast about being on a plane with a bunch of Special Olympians that had one of the engines go out mid flight. It must have been a bad crowd since a bunch of them were booing at both the story and Carolla's follow up joke about wanting an X-games for the Special Olympics. I thought it was really god damned funny. 
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Apr 20, 2011 14:56
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I just want to mention that the newest Thrilling Adventure Hour is loving hysterical. Paul F. Tompkins is a delight as always, but Paget Brewster and Tom Lenk completely steal the show. edit: Specifically the turn it takes about 14 minutes in is amazing. Reformed Pissboy fucked around with this message at 17:38 on Apr 20, 2011 |
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Apr 20, 2011 17:24
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Just listened to MBMBAM's first live show and they knocked it out the loving park. I'm seriously impressed by these guys.
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Apr 20, 2011 18:08
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Just heard the new Nerdist with Andy Samberg. It was a lot more laid back than I would have expected. It was a pretty serious conversation overall. It was enjoyable for sure, just didn't feel like the same nerdist vibe to me.
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Kabraxis posted:Just heard the new Nerdist with Andy Samberg. It was a lot more laid back than I would have expected. It was a pretty serious conversation overall. It was enjoyable for sure, just didn't feel like the same nerdist vibe to me. Its so much better with Jonah being a bitch and that other guy they're seemingly dragging into comedy.
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Apr 20, 2011 18:18
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Bunk Rogers posted:Its so much better with Jonah being a bitch and that other guy they're seemingly dragging into comedy. On that note, I've been listening to Nerdist for several months and it seems to me that Jonah's been getting worse in the last month or two. It seemed like his dickishness was always kinda harmless and fun, but now it just seems kinda hateful.
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Apr 20, 2011 22:21
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Brian Posehn was great on Who Charted today. "Grandpa Metal doesn't like this!"
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Kabraxis posted:On that note, I've been listening to Nerdist for several months and it seems to me that Jonah's been getting worse in the last month or two. It seemed like his dickishness was always kinda harmless and fun, but now it just seems kinda hateful. I dunno about Jonah, but I stopped listening to The Nerdist for a little while after they went on some self improvement kick and spent hours talking about their fat bodies and how they turned their lives around and brought on some boring dude to talk about motivation. Chris actually mentioned some of the complaints he got about that podcast, with one saying that it "sounded like an hour-long advertisement." And god drat is Brad Meltzer a boring blowhard. He was terrible on Adam Carolla's podcast too.
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Kabraxis posted:On that note, I've been listening to Nerdist for several months and it seems to me that Jonah's been getting worse in the last month or two. It seemed like his dickishness was always kinda harmless and fun, but now it just seems kinda hateful. Jonah is (was?) a really good friend of mine, and has definitely been going through some changes over the last year or so.
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Vertigus posted:I dunno about Jonah, but I stopped listening to The Nerdist for a little while after they went on some self improvement kick and spent hours talking about their fat bodies and how they turned their lives around and brought on some boring dude to talk about motivation. Chris actually mentioned some of the complaints he got about that podcast, with one saying that it "sounded like an hour-long advertisement." Yeah, that's about where I gave up too. ENJOY YOUR BURRITO 
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So I got today's Who Charted because I love Posehn, but really does howard kremer have like...a disability? Like, the show is pretty good, the interaction is great but I can't stand his voice.
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shotgunbadger posted:So I got today's Who Charted because I love Posehn, but really does howard kremer have like...a disability? Like, the show is pretty good, the interaction is great but I can't stand his voice. That's funny, Howard's weird voice is one of the things I like about the show 
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Creflo Chronicle posted:That's funny, Howard's weird voice is one of the things I like about the show Like, I don't fly into a rage, I'm downloading the rest because basically my like of every other aspect of the show outweighs me not liking his voice but it just grinds on me for some reason.
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shotgunbadger posted:So I got today's Who Charted because I love Posehn, but really does howard kremer have like...a disability? Like, the show is pretty good, the interaction is great but I can't stand his voice. If it helps just picture Chuckie from Rugrats and it suddenly makes the show much more entertaining.
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I kind of felt the same way at first, but Howard's weird voice and non sequiturs have really grown on me, to the point where he usually delivers the funniest moments of the show for me.
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I was in the standby line for CDR last night, and managed to get seats on the stage, and who ends up showing up? Whitest Kids u Know, Nick Swardson, Sarah Silverman, Chris Hardwick (who sat down next to us during his set, and asked questions to me and my fellow Canadians who had travelled to CDR), Chelsea Peretti, Amy Schumer, and loving Aziz Ansari. I had watched Aziz's Letterman interview, and he didn't repeat a single joke. He was testing out bits for his new special he's gonna record in DC. And one of 2 Indians sitting on stage in the audience, Aziz pointed out to the first Indian and said "That brown guy is really excited!" then he looked at me, and said, "That other brown guys is SUPER excited and he's got a BEARD!" I was pretty much in heaven. that and I had seen Conan earlier in the day and yelled out at Pardo that I love NNF while he was warming up, and he was very grateful. Then security told me to be quiet.
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Furnace posted:I was in the standby line for CDR last night, and managed to get seats on the stage, and who ends up showing up? That security guy obviously wasn't a gentleman
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Furnace posted:I had watched Aziz's Letterman interview, and he didn't repeat a single joke. He was testing out bits for his new special he's gonna record in DC. Did he mention when or where this special is going to be? Can't find any info on his site.
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Apr 21, 2011 05:13
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The Best Show has just been home run after home run lately. I look forward to that one thing more than any other weekly thing.
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shotgunbadger posted:Like, I don't fly into a rage, I'm downloading the rest because basically my like of every other aspect of the show outweighs me not liking his voice but it just grinds on me for some reason. Yeah, I feel the same way about Chris Hardwick. But Howard just sounds like a goof to me, it's one of my new favorites. And Kulap is so hot 
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SansWetware posted:The Best Show has just been home run after home run lately. I look forward to that one thing more than any other weekly thing. It really has. I know it was a couple weeks ago, but the Beatlesfest stuff was HYSTERICAL
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NecronSchmecron posted:I thought Tom Lennon and Ben Garant actually wrote that one? Am I wrong? Possibly. It was based on a book but apparently the movie is a lot different, so yes. Speaking of, I am seeing Tom Lennon and Matt Besser tomorrow plus free beer! I just downloaded every single CDR without hearing it first. I hope I like it.
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Maarak posted:Did he mention when or where this special is going to be? Can't find any info on his site. He tweeted about it last week.
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Beef Jerky Robot posted:That security guy obviously wasn't a gentleman I knew I had one chance to get Pardo's attention, so I went with "YOU FASCINATE ME!" and it worked. loving Pardo said my goddamn name and invited me back to his for a hot tub session. I told him I would bring the Salza.
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Furnace posted:He tweeted about it last week. drat! missed that. Ticketmaster is loving me over and not working.
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Furnace posted:that and I had seen Conan earlier in the day and yelled out at Pardo that I love NNF while he was warming up, and he was very grateful. Then security told me to be quiet. You're lucky. I was at a recording of Late Night with Conan O'Brien about a hundred years ago (the guests were Tom Brokaw, Norm MacDonald, and Angie Everheart) and a couple people got dragged out after the warm-up for yelling poo poo out. Someone else tried disrupting the show during Tom's segment, yelling about cutting BOCES funding or something, and a whole chunk of the crowd got ejected, even though it was only two people. They're really super strict about the crowd during late night talk show recordings, with David Letterman's show being the most rigid. They had to restart Brokaw's segment, and the first thing he said after sitting down was "You've got such a well behaved audience", and the crowd cracked up. It was neat, seeing it on TV and being part of some stupid inside joke.
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The new Tell Em Steve Dave is a goldmine of incredibly hosed up storys from Bryan's past. I loved the "Two people had to die so I could live this life" line
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Apr 21, 2011 09:14
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New podcast to add to the ever growing list of comedy podcasts. http://youhadtobetherepodcast.tumblr.com/ One of the hosts is a writer on Jimmy Fallon's show blog. I didn't know she had a podcast until I got this email quote:As many of you are aware, me and my pal Nikki Glaser have a podcast called You Had To Be There. So far we've done 16 episodes that we're really proud of! The concept is simple: we invite one comedian, one musician, and a small audience of friends to hang out in my Brooklyn apartment. It's always a good time, and no topics are off limits. It will feel like you're hanging out with us, except with none of the awkward requests for spooning afterwards. I'm listening to it now.
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Nikki Glaser is so awesome. She was also at CDR the other night, and she killed.
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