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I've been listening to Tom Scharpling on WFMU since around 2003. Dude made my Tuesday night on so many occasions. This must be what it felt like for our parents when Cheers or M*A*S*H went off the air. Sad but understandable - and hey, we'll always have the memories.
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http://www.buzzfeed.com/perpetua/signs-youre-from-newbridge The #bestshowforlife hashtag on twitter continues to be pretty goddamn awesome.
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Oct 31, 2013 18:33
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I kind of hope that S&W spend the next 7 shows slowly killing off all of Newbridge.
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Oct 31, 2013 18:37
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Groucho Marxist posted:I kind of hope that S&W spend the next 7 shows slowly killing off all of Newbridge. You mean, like every call ending in an explosion?
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Oct 31, 2013 19:49
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Poopy Palpy posted:You mean, like every call ending in an explosion? I demand deaths by laser whipping.
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Oct 31, 2013 22:41
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The only ending that could ever really for would be for Tom to report live from the Barging of Roy Zeigler.
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Oct 31, 2013 22:44
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I laughed hard at the idea someone posted on another site that Jon should just call in as himself, have it be just them chatting about their calls over the years for a few minutes, then in true Wursterian style let some weird things slip and slowly peel away the veneer to reveal that he is a disgusting creep who secretly hates Tom.
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Oct 31, 2013 23:21
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Honestly I hadn't even thought of how I wouldn't hear Wurster being an amazing weirdo anymore since I first heard the news of Tom's retirement from the Best Show. Now I'm sad all over again. I hope they don't barge Roy. He's afraid of the wooder.
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Nov 1, 2013 07:33
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DangerDummy! posted:I hope they don't barge Roy. He's afraid of the wooder. Its so silly, but i really would feel awful. As ridiculous and selfish as these characters are, I really care about PBR. Hes so loveable, and he makes me proud to be a philly-ite in a weird way.
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Nov 1, 2013 14:58
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From Tom's Twitter:quote:Thank you for the awesome outpouring if love for the show! But I AM NOT DEAD and I AM JUST GETTING STARTED. Don't bury us yet!
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Nov 2, 2013 03:22
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DangerDummy! posted:Honestly I hadn't even thought of how I wouldn't hear Wurster being an amazing weirdo anymore since I first heard the news of Tom's retirement from the Best Show. Now I'm sad all over again. I would say the chances of them not continuing to do Sharpling and Wurster bits are slim to none. They'd probably just be released sporadically as albums on iTunes these days. I think they have actually been doing that schtick since before the best show.
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Nov 2, 2013 04:17
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NESguerilla posted:I would say the chances of them not continuing to do Sharpling and Wurster bits are slim to none. They'd probably just be released sporadically as albums on iTunes these days. I think they have actually been doing that schtick since before the best show. My hazy recollection of their history from an interview from Tom I read is that it started during the Best Show era. Their first bit, which eventually became famous from an album release, was Wurster rating celebrities and bands with a really silly metric, and pissing a bunch of callers on live radio with it. I wish I could remember the name of the bit, but it's very similar to "Biz, Buzz, or Bust".
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Nov 2, 2013 07:34
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DangerDummy! posted:My hazy recollection of their history from an interview from Tom I read is that it started during the Best Show era. Their first bit, which eventually became famous from an album release, was Wurster rating celebrities and bands with a really silly metric, and pissing a bunch of callers on live radio with it. I wish I could remember the name of the bit, but it's very similar to "Biz, Buzz, or Bust". It was called Rock Rot and Rule and it's loving hilarious. It's one of the only mixes of actual callers and Wurster bits out there. He pretended to be an author who wrote a book rating what bands sucked and what bands didn't with no credentials and trolled a bunch of music nerds that called in. Didn't know if that was the first thing they did or not, but either way it's worth mentioning because it's great. Edit: It's also one of the only times you will hear one of their bits before everyone was in on the joke. It was more of a straight up troll than just a comedy sketch. veni veni veni fucked around with this message at 07:44 on Nov 2, 2013 |
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Nov 2, 2013 07:40
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Juttman posted:Its so silly, but i really would feel awful. As ridiculous and selfish as these characters are, I really care about PBR. Hes so loveable, and he makes me proud to be a philly-ite in a weird way. NESguerilla posted:It was called Rock Rot and Rule and it's loving hilarious. It's one of the only mixes of actual callers and Wurster bits out there. He pretended to be an author who wrote a book rating what bands sucked and what bands didn't with no credentials and trolled a bunch of music nerds that called in.
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Nov 2, 2013 08:30
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That whole Capt. Bayonne vs Dr. Cronut segment ... Holy gently caress! 
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Nov 6, 2013 13:47
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Illinois Smith posted:That whole Capt. Bayonne vs Dr. Cronut segment ... Holy gently caress! I can hear the horrible ray-gun noise just looking at that
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Nov 6, 2013 14:49
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Insane show last night. Oh yeah, Tom is doing a voice in the new Cartoon Network show Steven Adventure: he's in episode 2 (/episode 1 part 2) as the main character's Dad. The show is pretty drat good so far, Tom is really, really good in it + he even has a song.
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Nov 6, 2013 20:26
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I loved the philly prison story. These last six are going to rule.
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Nov 7, 2013 01:40
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urk the quack posted:I can hear the horrible ray-gun noise just looking at that Just listening to the show now and I'm laughing like a lunatic every time I hear that raygun. It sounds like something deflating.
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Nov 7, 2013 18:04
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Anyone else just planning on starting over from the beginning and listening to one show a week for the next 13 years?
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Nov 8, 2013 08:20
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I'm a cuple episodes behind on the podcast, has Tom reveiled what he's going to do after the show? Is he going to TV?
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Nov 17, 2013 05:42
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I love how Wurster's taking it up a notch in these last few episodes. Instead of calling Tom a 'dink-nits' or whatever, he just goes straight to 'jackass'.
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Nov 18, 2013 18:52
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SuppressdPuberty93 posted:I'm a cuple episodes behind on the podcast, has Tom reveiled what he's going to do after the show? Is he going to TV? Chris Gethard has his own cryptic announcement coming on this week's installment of his show. I hope this means IFC finally picked up his and Tom's show.
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Nov 20, 2013 01:04
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WoG posted:I love how Wurster's taking it up a notch in these last few episodes. Instead of calling Tom a 'dink-nits' or whatever, he just goes straight to 'jackass'. The best "Wurster taking it up a notch" on record is this. It was never broadcast, so Philly Boy Roy's language got a lot more troubling: "Scharpling & Wurster present the Merge Records 20th Anniversary Roundtable Discussion!" http://www.scharplingandwurster.com/?p=194
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Nov 20, 2013 01:37
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The link appears to be dead... I'm intrigued though. You have a reup?
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Nov 20, 2013 02:29
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Tom beginning to Bad Company a second grader on this show just made me laugh so hard. Amazing run of terrible callers. Holy poo poo, Jason from Huntsville, Alabama is in studio, pretty easily the best regular caller of recent years. GraPar fucked around with this message at 04:13 on Nov 20, 2013 |
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Nov 20, 2013 03:55
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PepeSilvia posted:The link appears to be dead... I'm intrigued though. You have a reup? I don't. If someone has it, please post it. It's fantastic - the ending is the only time "the baddies" accomplish something they've been talking about for a long, long time.
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GraPar posted:Tom beginning to Bad Company a second grader on this show just made me laugh so hard. Amazing run of terrible callers. Saw a pic of that on AP Mikes facebook. Jason looks absolutely nothing like I expected. I guess that is always the case with radio though. Who would have ever thought Spike looked like Wesley Willis?
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Nov 20, 2013 08:06
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Spike doesn't look like Wesley Willis at all. Because they're both black and Spike is a little overweight? I have no idea what you are talking about
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inferis posted:Spike doesn't look like Wesley Willis at all. Because they're both black and Spike is a little overweight? I have no idea what you are talking about Could be worse. Spike used to describe himself as looking like Malcolm Jamal Warner.
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Nov 21, 2013 02:37
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroszek lol
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Nov 22, 2013 01:58
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SuppressdPuberty93 posted:I'm a cuple episodes behind on the podcast, has Tom reveiled what he's going to do after the show? Is he going to TV? Tom's actually already getting his foot in the door, he's a voice actor on Steven Universe, he plays Steven's dad. Also Chris Gethard's announcement was that TCGS is going to be filming a pilot for comedy central so that's cool.
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Nov 24, 2013 08:45
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That video Kurt Vile was talking about really is the best loving thing ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqY6mXULzpw
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Nov 24, 2013 10:49
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I'm a week late, but Tom telling the caller that he was rooting for his death was one of the funniest things I've heard in a while. At least he wasn't mean about it.
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Nov 27, 2013 07:58
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gently caress yeah, I was hoping Hodgman would show up in the studio for a last time.
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Nov 27, 2013 13:55
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DangerDummy! posted:I'm a week late, but Tom telling the caller that he was rooting for his death was one of the funniest things I've heard in a while. At least he wasn't mean about it. Agreed. I dont laugh out loud often, but that had me laughing like an idiot. Tom is such a pro at comedy. I feel like he is an utter genius at finding ridiculous/funny things about anything.
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Nov 27, 2013 21:04
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NESguerilla posted:That video Kurt Vile was talking about really is the best loving thing ever. lol
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Nov 29, 2013 07:32
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The actual video for the song Billy Joel plays in that video is also pretty peak off-the-rails style Billy Joel absurdity as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhJg1finpyU Although I grew up on LI and I like Billy Joel more than I'd really like to admit...
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Todd Barry just mentioned on Twitter that he'll be on the Best Show tonight (I'm excited though I know some people around here aren't the biggest fans)
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het posted:Todd Barry just mentioned on Twitter that he'll be on the Best Show tonight (I'm excited though I know some people around here aren't the biggest fans) Patton Oswalt mentioned that he and Julie Klausner will be on, so it's going to be a great show even if you hate Todd Barry.
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