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WrathOfBlade posted:You miss out on like 95% of the humor in the Wurster calls until you've been listening for a while and can pick out all the callbacks and meta-jokes. I wouldn't go that far. I was pretty much a fan of his call ins instantly.There are plenty of call backs but they usually were funny to begin with anyways.
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This is late but man Keith and the Girl were awful.
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Oct 2, 2015 04:47
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To my shame, it took me half a dozen Wurster calls to get on board with their style. Big Bill and Little Bill did the trick: https://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=1&show=36270&archive=61585
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Oct 2, 2015 04:52
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I haven't listened to the show in awhile though I think he still is very funny. The forced interviews every week really turned me off. Tom is no Charlie rose and his guests are boring to me. I have no interest in the guy who created aqua teen hunger force. I miss his celeb friends who would call in earnest because they like the show not this forced thing to get new listeners. Maybe I'll check back in in a year or so
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Oct 2, 2015 06:38
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He used to pride himself on not having celeb guests every week and I wish he would go back to that, to that natural flow of the show that he cultivated since Clinton was in office
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Oct 2, 2015 06:41
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tumor looking batty posted:He used to pride himself on not having celeb guests every week and I wish he would go back to that, to that natural flow of the show that he cultivated since Clinton was in office I definitely think he doesn't dedicate as much of the show to taking calls as he used to but that was a trend that started the last few years on WFMU.
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Oct 2, 2015 07:59
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Eight Dollars posted:This is late but man Keith and the Girl were awful. Super bad. Dragged that whole show down.
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Oct 2, 2015 10:15
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Eight Dollars posted:This is late but man Keith and the Girl were awful. The straightforward call-in shows are still the best, but the interviews can be good when Tom has some kind of common ground with the person and can get a good rapport going. I'm sure most of the "celeb friends" started as normal guest spots.
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Oct 2, 2015 12:27
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Yeah I generally skip over the interviews these days, especially if they're on the phone. I love KITH but I had no interest in listening to Kevin on a crackly phone talking to Tom. Same goes for the Aqua Teen guy, a show I think I watched twice when I was a teenager. The show is definitely at its best when it's a straightforward call-in show. This week's episode was good - no celebrities, solid topic, good Wurster call, and a sound collage.
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Oct 2, 2015 16:06
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oh yeah and considering how bad and boring the Keith and the Girl people were on the Best Show, I cannot imagine how they manage to put out like 5 podcasts a week or whatever it was they said
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Oct 2, 2015 16:07
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I liked Keith & The Girl. They have a humongous audience and brought Tom on to help promote the new show, and it was cool of him to return the favor. They're a lot more coarse than Tom, but it's fun to hear him play different styles.
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Oct 2, 2015 16:49
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I really want more guests who come to the studio and take calls with Tom, Kindler would be spectacular for that.
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Oct 2, 2015 17:03
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Illinois Smith posted:I really want more guests who come to the studio and take calls with Tom, Kindler would be spectacular for that. This. These are the best guests.
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Oct 2, 2015 17:06
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I really have to go back some time and re-listen to my first few shows (the first episode I ever heard was the Gathering of the Juggalos) because I'm pretty sure I didn't realize until the fourth one that the JW calls were A) fake and B) all the same guy.
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Oct 2, 2015 17:26
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The Bunk posted:I really have to go back some time and re-listen to my first few shows (the first episode I ever heard was the Gathering of the Juggalos) because I'm pretty sure I didn't realize until the fourth one that the JW calls were A) fake and B) all the same guy. A very memorable moment with my dad was when during a road trip, I played the Bruce Springsteen book bit without introducing it. He had no knowledge of the best show besides it being a radio program [We might have listened to the "list of ranking everything" before hand, I don't remember]. He wasn't paying that much attention, but I think it took to the wearable motorcycle t-shirt to realize it was fake. I was astonished that it took him that long.
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Oct 2, 2015 17:43
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The Bunk posted:I really have to go back some time and re-listen to my first few shows (the first episode I ever heard was the Gathering of the Juggalos) because I'm pretty sure I didn't realize until the fourth one that the JW calls were A) fake and B) all the same guy. You're not alone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvABt2uXRzY
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Oct 2, 2015 17:48
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I tracked down the very first Philly Boy Roy call a while ago out of curiosity. He actually interacted with callers ala Rock Rot & Rule and basically everybody seemed to believe he was an actual person. What do you guys think are good clips for getting new people into the show? Gathering of the Juggalos is a great one. I think Tom's recap of Beatlefest did it for me.
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Oct 2, 2015 18:11
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WrathOfBlade posted:I tracked down the very first Philly Boy Roy call a while ago out of curiosity. He actually interacted with callers ala Rock Rot & Rule and basically everybody seemed to believe he was an actual person. I think "Sucks" might be good as a barometer if the show ['s fake calls] is for them or not.
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Oct 2, 2015 18:13
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CaptainPsyko posted:This. These are the best guests. WrathOfBlade posted:I tracked down the very first Philly Boy Roy call a while ago out of curiosity. He actually interacted with callers ala Rock Rot & Rule and basically everybody seemed to believe he was an actual person. Illinois Smith fucked around with this message at 19:13 on Oct 2, 2015 |
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Oct 2, 2015 19:02
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WrathOfBlade posted:I tracked down the very first Philly Boy Roy call a while ago out of curiosity. He actually interacted with callers ala Rock Rot & Rule and basically everybody seemed to believe he was an actual person. His takedown of the Billy Crystal's Jazz Man Katrina bit, it's Tom at his curmudgeonly peak.
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Oct 2, 2015 19:51
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The Bunk posted:I really have to go back some time and re-listen to my first few shows (the first episode I ever heard was the Gathering of the Juggalos) because I'm pretty sure I didn't realize until the fourth one that the JW calls were A) fake and B) all the same guy. I listened to almost the entire "Music Scholar" before I realized it was a bit when I recently started getting into this show.
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Oct 2, 2015 21:30
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AndrewP posted:I listened to almost the entire "Music Scholar" before I realized it was a bit when I recently started getting into this show. Do you mean to have me believe that Madness didn't invent Ska? 
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Oct 2, 2015 22:23
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Maarak posted:To my shame, it took me half a dozen Wurster calls to get on board with their style. Big Bill and Little Bill did the trick: https://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=1&show=36270&archive=61585 Also the Best Show Gem that really got me into the show was actually not a Wurster call, but Jon Benjamin calling in as a Regional Sales Director for Smirnoff Ice, it's hilarious though unfortunately not necessarily representative since I think Benjamin didn't do a lot of those?
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Oct 2, 2015 23:27
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Benjamin, Matt Walsh and a third guy whose name I can never remember are all over the first year or so of the shows (the first archived one is just two hours of them trying to kill eachother in the studio with Wurster calling in a few times) and then by 2002 they changed it to mostly Scharpling / Wurster bits.
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het posted:Seconding this, the concept is simple and classic and Jon and Tom do a great job with it I once tried to count the number of times Benjamin name checked Smirnoff Ice and it made the whole bit twice as funny.
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Oct 3, 2015 04:25
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Maarak posted:I once tried to count the number of times Benjamin name checked Smirnoff Ice and it made the whole bit twice as funny. put some coffee liquer in it you got a smirnoff ice mexican jam band edit the first one I ever listened to was the first podcast episode and I fell in love with this strange man grumbling about Ringo immediately, the next ones I listened to were Tom and PFT discussing the Gathering and the next day's Rabid B Hatchetman call e2: listening to big bill/little bill for the first time and its killing me BENGHAZI 2 fucked around with this message at 22:48 on Oct 3, 2015 |
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Oct 3, 2015 22:33
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The topic part this week where Tom tells Mike to only put women through and just gets more and more annoyed with the parade of dudes is magic.
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Oct 7, 2015 21:07
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Agreed, I also liked Mike and Gary's new show.
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Oct 8, 2015 15:58
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tumor looking batty posted:I haven't listened to the show in awhile though I think he still is very funny. The forced interviews every week really turned me off. Tom is no Charlie rose and his guests are boring to me. I have no interest in the guy who created aqua teen hunger force. I miss his celeb friends who would call in earnest because they like the show not this forced thing to get new listeners. Maybe I'll check back in in a year or so lol
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Oct 14, 2015 02:36
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Yay, Nathan's back next week! I don't think Julie Klausner is funny at all but she really brings out the best in Tom's impression game.
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Illinois Smith posted:Benjamin, Matt Walsh and a third guy whose name I can never remember are all over the first year or so of the shows (the first archived one is just two hours of them trying to kill eachother in the studio with Wurster calling in a few times) and then by 2002 they changed it to mostly Scharpling / Wurster bits. Andrew Earles was the other caller
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Oct 15, 2015 05:38
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Illinois Smith posted:Yay, Nathan's back next week! Julie Klausner reminds me of Laurie in the sense that she isn't really that entertaining on her own, but she really amps Tom up to be extra funny so I always look forward to her. I wonder what ever happened to Laurie. Edit: actually I felt the same way about PFT. He was probably the best of anyone in that regard, but I usually didn't find him all that funny.
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Oct 15, 2015 05:49
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Oct 15, 2015 22:18
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I relistened to Nathan's last appearance and the half of the show that turns into Shingles Going Steady is one of my favorite call-in stretches of the show.
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Oct 16, 2015 00:59
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Are we talking about Nathan Fielder here? I'm not caught up yet.
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Oct 16, 2015 01:05
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yeah he was going to be on this week but then I think he had to reschedule for next week (I still have about 75 minutes left of this week's so maybe I'm wrong and he shows up, but earlier in the ep Tom said "next week instead")
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Oct 16, 2015 16:51
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Didn't the show get started late this week? I couldn't listen live, but it shows up as a half hour shorter than usual in iTunes. Maybe they missed his availability window.
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Oct 16, 2015 18:58
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That's exactly it. The show started about an hour late due to tech difficulties and Dudio then arrived and got things going. Nathan's recent visit to CBB has me pretty excited to hear from him, especially if he deals with callers.
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Oct 17, 2015 00:53
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I'm usually not a big fan of Tim Heidecker but him calling in as the Muppets insider was brilliant.
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NESguerilla posted:Julie Klausner reminds me of Laurie in the sense that she isn't really that entertaining on her own, but she really amps Tom up to be extra funny so I always look forward to her. I wonder what ever happened to Laurie. She also stopped calling into 7 Second Delay around the same time as the Regular Caller Ban, iirc.
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