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I will probably finally up my donation high enough to get a Best Show premium if next years marathon pack includes an EP of Tom's Frankie Teardrop mashups.
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Aug 24, 2013 18:03
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What was the clip from where it's some psycho going off about how cops should be able to execute random "animals"?
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Aug 24, 2013 20:34
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NESguerilla posted:What was the clip from where it's some psycho going off about how cops should be able to execute random "animals"? It's from a radio station called Jersey 101.5. From what I remember, it was talk radio with some oldies/classic rock tossed in every once in a while. It got tons of weirdo's like that calling in all the time and it sounds like it is being broadcast out of someone's garage. I assumed Tom came across it while driving one day and got a hold of the clip.
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Aug 24, 2013 20:46
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Laughed so hard when I saw this. Well done that caller. Somebody needs to start a campaign to get Tom to host that show, it would be glorious.
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Aug 27, 2013 00:52
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Wow, this week's episode might be the worst one I've ever heard.
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Aug 29, 2013 18:52
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Transistor Rhythm posted:Wow, this week's episode might be the worst one I've ever heard. Why? Is Tom just getting angry at all the callers for being boring again like last week? I haven't listened to it yet.
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Aug 29, 2013 18:58
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Aug 30, 2013 20:56
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I hate to say it but I am REALLY over Gary the Squirrel. That voice is literally the most grating noise I have ever heard and Tom has just run that character into the loving ground at this point. It was funny for maybe the first week or so, but it's seriously been like 2 years now I just want to fast forward through the Gary parts at this point. Also, agreed that was one of the worst episodes in years.
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Not too surprised that Tom took a night off, it seems like he was getting really worn out. I agree that Gary the Squirrel is getting to be really tedious lately... I never listen live so lately I'm just skipping ahead to the point where I hear Tom speaking in a regular voice again. The audio collage is pretty epic though, and one of the best thing he's done in a while.
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Rush Hour Renegade posted:It's from a radio station called Jersey 101.5. From what I remember, it was talk radio with some oldies/classic rock tossed in every once in a while. It got tons of weirdo's like that calling in all the time and it sounds like it is being broadcast out of someone's garage. I assumed Tom came across it while driving one day and got a hold of the clip. It's Tom who called in to mess with the station. And the other call in to Alan Colmes' show is probably also Tom
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Sep 5, 2013 19:40
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I was giggling like an idiot in the grocery store the other night when Tom was telling the story about how he flips off the abortion protester every day. BEEP BEEP "Finally someone on my side... oh it's him again." He's so good at painting a picture, and I always get a kick out of Tom acting like a juvenile delinquent. The last couple of shows weren't very good as a whole, but they had quite a few laugh out loud moments. Tom sounds pretty worn out right now, like those last couple of shows before he took a month or so off. At least in those shows he was starting to lose his temper with his bad callers rather than whining about them. e: You can hear the exact moment he hits his breaking point last time, when he's yelling at a guy on the phone and calling him an "elitist douchebag" for liking college basketball. You can almost hear him slumping into his chair after he hangs up on him. DangerDummy! fucked around with this message at 04:49 on Sep 6, 2013 |
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Transistor Rhythm posted:Wow, this week's episode might be the worst one I've ever heard. I thought the summer started off strong with the Pigpen stuff and the continuing Frankie Teardrop collage, but it has really dropped off a bit overall over the past month. It feels like the summers have been dead periods for the show over the past couple of years. That being said, the callers have been pretty bad for a while. I think the guests have generally been good and the S/W bits this year have, at times, been some of the strongest I've heard, but there don't seem to have been any consistently good callers from what I've heard of the show this year.
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Sep 9, 2013 19:18
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I agree about callers. I'm pretty done with Frankie Teardrop. The Pigpen collage stuff this summer has been killer though. And I loved a lot of the guests
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Juttman posted:I agree about callers. I'm pretty done with Frankie Teardrop. The Pigpen collage stuff this summer has been killer though. And I loved a lot of the guests I tried the Frankie Teardrop thing. It's not that interesting. Neat song, though. The collage continues to be my favorite new thing Tom does.
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Sep 10, 2013 06:01
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Did they stop putting the Rest Show in the RSS feed?
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GoutPatrol posted:Did they stop putting the Rest Show in the RSS feed? I found a weird back door to it a couple days ago when I was digging around. I was having a drat tough time finding it through my usual links for some reason, though. If anyone out there shares Tom's fascination with Morton Downey Jr., or if his recent interview with one of the directors piqued your interest, "Evocateur" is now up on Netflix instant watch. It was okay, but nothing earth-shattering. I enjoyed it more as a trip down memory lane than anything else. It ended up being a lot drier than I expected.
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Oct 7, 2013 07:26
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I think the latest episode (last week's) is the best in a while. Tom trying to shoot down everything Kindler loves was hilarious. The guy is so good at making people seem like buffoons.
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DangerDummy! posted:If anyone out there shares Tom's fascination with Morton Downey Jr., or if his recent interview with one of the directors piqued your interest, "Evocateur" is now up on Netflix instant watch. It was okay, but nothing earth-shattering. I enjoyed it more as a trip down memory lane than anything else. It ended up being a lot drier than I expected.
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Oct 11, 2013 05:23
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I have a friend that runs a bar and tries to get a listening party together a couple of weeks ago on the night that there was no Best Show. I guess one of the guys that showed up was from out of town and was friends with Tom. Tom ended up calling them and thanking them for having the party and apologized for not doing a show that night. Pretty cool.
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Oct 13, 2013 20:49
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Oh no, the Show is coming to an end.  12/17/13. The final Best Show. What a loving run.
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Oct 30, 2013 05:00
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CaptainPsyko posted:Oh no, the Show is coming to an end. poo poo, that was tonight's news??!
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Oct 30, 2013 06:12
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Yeah, I'm really bummed though Tom's obviously right that it was an unreasonable and unsustainable thing to do for no money at all (indirect exposure and such aside).
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Oct 30, 2013 06:16
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Wow, that's unbelievably depressing. Just knowing every week that I had a new, unlistened to Best Show on my phone always made me goddamn delighted. I am excited for how insane the last show is going to be though. Three hour sound collage?
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Oct 30, 2013 11:51
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Oh poo poo. Why is it all the good WFMU shows have to end. Except Seven Second Delay which I was certain was going to end years ago, but you know whatever I ain't gonna complain about that one.
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Oct 30, 2013 12:06
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I haven't heard this week's episode yet, but man... I'm just glad that it's ending on a peak. I'm assuming the last episode may be one last Christmas party? Somehow it's comforting to me that the show will be ending before he stops playing Led Zeppelin. Once it's over I still have 9 more years of shows to go through. Anyone know how to convert .ram files to mp3?
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Oct 30, 2013 12:46
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I've listened in and out over the past couple of years. I can't believe he means it now. Is there a way for him to go the paid podcast route since that's why he's ending it on WFMU?
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Oct 30, 2013 16:38
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That really sucks. I dropped off listening to shows recently but I always appreciated the show. Wonder if he'll do a WTF/Marc and Tom Show about it?
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Oct 30, 2013 19:05
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Vertical Lime posted:I've listened in and out over the past couple of years. I can't believe he means it now. Is there a way for him to go the paid podcast route since that's why he's ending it on WFMU? I can't see this working. So much of the crazy energy that makes the show work is being live and taking real phone calls.
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Oct 30, 2013 19:07
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Oct 30, 2013 19:07
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This is really affecting me. This show means a lot to me. I'm gonna miss hearing Tom's hilarious take on the world weekly. Also, his new show with Chris Gethard didnt get picked up by if , so who knows what the future holds. I know he'll do great things though, cus he is a comedic genius and clearly a hardworking guy.
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Oct 30, 2013 21:18
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Oh man I haven't even listened to the episode yet, but this is a lot to take in. I haven't missed an episode in nearly 7 years and it's become way more than just a show to me. Like, it's just become part of life. I kind of thought he was just going to keep doing it forever.
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Oct 30, 2013 22:11
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Tom Scharpling and Jon Wurster have in fact pulled me out of depression before by being hilarious so yeah I'm taking this pretty hard too.
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Oct 30, 2013 22:58
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I'd hate to see WFMU go under as a result of this. I've always feared that when The Best Show ends then the money will stop coming in. Hopefully Tom will come back to do a show during the annual pledge drive.
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Oct 31, 2013 00:30
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Oct 31, 2013 00:34
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Rush Hour Renegade posted:I'd hate to see WFMU go under as a result of this. I've always feared that when The Best Show ends then the money will stop coming in. Hopefully Tom will come back to do a show during the annual pledge drive. Oh god, the pledge drive... As bad as we feel, I bet Ken Freedman is taking it twice as hard.
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Oct 31, 2013 01:12
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A friend of mine posted, "It's like Calvin & Hobbes is ending all over again" and he was 100% on. As happy as I am for Tom, this is so, so sad.
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Oct 31, 2013 02:17
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I learned about The Best Show in like 2011 and even though I haven't been the most faithful listener, I've always loved the idea of this great comedy show broadcasting out from New Jersey in the late night with all my favorite musicians and comedians. I rediscovered Led Zeppelin because of this show. I really started taking music knowledge seriously because of Scharpling's impressive recall of every bands' members, lyrics, and album covers. I started to idolize this guy. I'll really miss him. Gonna make an effort to listen to every episode before now and the end live. I have to call in before the show is over because it's been a fantasy of mine from when I started listening.
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Oct 31, 2013 05:01
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9N3MacZfwg
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