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WrathOfBlade posted:Hayes hit at something last week when he brought up the show being for the listener vs. for the guest - most of the time when the Best Show veers into the bad radio zone it's because Tom is desperately trying to placate an Eff Pea who may or may not get the show. Yeah he's always been a real kiss up to anyone famous enough to fill up a bar, with the exception of Michael K and Kevin Smith. It's been the weakest part of the show for as long as I've tuned in. I Love Michael K though.
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Binowru posted:Ugh I'm sure Neil Hagerty is a fine musician but these weekly calls are so dull. I skip them entirely because they're boring as hell.
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Illinois Smith posted:I don't think the people he has on the show now are any more really famous than during the WFMU days. Also Tom doing awkward phone interviews isn't a new development. I'm sure the early pages of this thread have plenty of posts bitching about Todd Barry's calls. When was the Bob Odenkirk call? It was either right before the show ended on WFMU or not too long after they started over. The Neil Hagerty stuff is pretty boring but I generally enjoy the Kurt Vile talks even though I don't care about his music too much.
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Illinois Smith posted:I don't think the people he has on the show now are any more really famous than during the WFMU days. Also Tom doing awkward phone interviews isn't a new development. I'm sure the early pages of this thread have plenty of posts bitching about Todd Barry's calls. i forgot about those
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Dr.Radical posted:When was the Bob Odenkirk call? It was either right before the show ended on WFMU or not too long after they started over. It was before the show ended and probably the biggest get. Or Steve Albini lol
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Oh god I forgot about Steve Albini. That call was pretty amazing just because it was weird. Who was the guy on a few weeks ago? I forgot his name but he was a great guest and I hope he is on more. The one with the Yelp reviews.
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... do you men Hayes? The guy who was on this week too?
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Does Andy Kindler count as a guest? Because Andy Kindler is great. Especially when he's interacting with Gary the Squirrel. Especially in this episode of The Fogelnest Files that I'm currently re-listening to for like the 3rd time.
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WrathOfBlade posted:Does Andy Kindler count as a guest? Because Andy Kindler is great. Especially when he's interacting with Gary the Squirrel. Especially in this episode of The Fogelnest Files that I'm currently re-listening to for like the 3rd time.
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Hayes is loving terrible and I'm starting to feel alienated at his continued presence on the show. He is EXACTLY the type of smug Harvard-background comedian that Tom otherwise rails against.
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Are you just gonna keep posting this every six months? You're right though, it's super out of character for Tom to be friends with a guy like Hayes. He normally prefers hanging out with Yale men.
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I'll just repost thisSeltzer posted:The other thing that has put me off a bit is the fact that the show is kind of becoming like every other podcast where there's a celebrity I don't care about plugging something every episode. Before he almost always brought on people he had a rapport with but now there's a lot of long drawn out conversations with disinterested/annoying guests During the Paul Rudd interview Tom actually sounded uncomfortable and out of character, it was weird. I don't really have an opinion on hayes but I'm against the type/amount of guests in general. Have there been any good Wurster calls lately, I've really checked out on the show for awhile and the last good one I remember was the baseball drug racket call. Lastly I don't know poo poo about music yet I find the Wurster calls hilarious, I don't think that's a prerequisite at all and I don't know how you can listen to the Best Show and not enjoy Wurster phone ins.
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Transistor Rhythm posted:Hayes is loving terrible and I'm starting to feel alienated at his continued presence on the show. He is EXACTLY the type of smug Harvard-background comedian that Tom otherwise rails against. I understand where you're coming from, but Hayes is not that different from Paul F. Tompkins or John Hodgman back when they were essentially cohosts. Did you have issues with them as well? Tom and Hayes are both primarily writers who portray exaggerated characters on their niche podcasts. They both write on the same show and are geographically separated from the bulk of the alt-comedy scene. Even if it doesn't seem like 'Best Show Tom' would like Hayes, there are obvious reasons why they would be friends outside of their respective podcasts. All I'm saying is at least they have rapport with one another and are not completely boring when they talk to one another on the show, which beats out pretty much every other post-revival Best Show guest.
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Likewise, Tom is loving hilarious every time he's on Hollywood Handbook. Hayes doesn't guest on the Best Show because he's a celebrity, he does it because he's a funny dude that Tom can joke around with.
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Plus Tom's "I'm Joe Lunchpail" thing is just a total joke. He's certainly now low brow comedy. I havent listened to last weeks, but I really like Haye's because he doesn't just seem to be on there to promote something and he's fairly funny imo.
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Getting new people into the show is tough when even I feel like every Wurster call should be half as long
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Transistor Rhythm posted:Hayes is loving terrible and I'm starting to feel alienated at his continued presence on the show. He is EXACTLY the type of smug Harvard-background comedian that Tom otherwise rails against. Have you considered that Tom doesn't actually feel that strongly about his punching bags? I'm not even a Hollywood Handbook fan and I find Hayes to be reliably quick and well-suited for the show.
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Thom and the Heads posted:Getting new people into the show is tough when even I feel like every Wurster call should be half as long wait..... Whhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
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Thom and the Heads posted:Getting new people into the show is tough when even I feel like every Wurster call should be half as long Hey show him some respect you piece of fuuudge
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Seltzer posted:I'll just repost this when a guest is in the studio and they take calls, its always good
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I think the show has been great lately. The weirdo candy bar episode was great and the long wurster call as the country singer last week was incredible.
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Since Wurster came back, his calls have been completely amazing. Does anyone else think that he was the insulting voice synthesizer for those three or four weeks when there was no JW call?
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Transistor Rhythm posted:Since Wurster came back, his calls have been completely amazing. Does anyone else think that he was the insulting voice synthesizer for those three or four weeks when there was no JW call? No.
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Tom and Hayes have a good rapport and can riff on things with each other pretty well which makes for a good guest. What surprised me was how I actually enjoyed Tim Heidecker's call when he wasn't doing a schtick. I find most of his calls to be hacky but maybe that's his meta commentary on hacky comedians. He's just so crazy who knooooows! I think the show has been more or less good lately. The Wurster calls have been great so that evens out the show topics that are often times not so great. The new crop of regular callers aren't bad either. I like them a lot more than the regular callers from before the ban.
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Oh sure, so do I. There were some good regular callers from before but I just prefer the new ones. Every Avalanche Bob call is a gift that we should appreciate.
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Dr.Radical posted:Tom and Hayes have a good rapport and can riff on things with each other pretty well which makes for a good guest. What surprised me was how I actually enjoyed Tim Heidecker's call when he wasn't doing a schtick. I find most of his calls to be hacky but maybe that's his meta commentary on hacky comedians. He's just so crazy who knooooows! Did anyone really stop calling after the Ban other than Laurie and Julie? The only notable post ban regular I can think of is Fred, who is great.
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NESguerilla posted:Did anyone really stop calling after the Ban other than Laurie and Julie? The only notable post ban regular I can think of is Fred, who is great. Jason from Huntsville is also post-ban and reliably brings out a great tom.
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Jason has been around since way before the ban.
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NESguerilla posted:Jason has been around since way before the ban. I recall him calling regularly during the ban though. (and I started listening regularly maybe... 6 months to a year before that, so I could definitely be wrong?)
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iirc he was (the only person) exempt because Tom likes him so much. I could be remembering wrong but I could have sworn he was around for years before the ban.
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tumor looking batty posted:What should we rename the thread to? Your favorite podcast sucks.
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NESguerilla posted:Did anyone really stop calling after the Ban other than Laurie and Julie? The only notable post ban regular I can think of is Fred, who is great. Some of them still called every once in awhile but not almost every week like they used to. I like Fred, Avalanche Bob, Tom has funny rapport with that Holden kid, Toronto's Sex Dwarf Alex is alright. I guess it also depends on what you consider regular.
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NESguerilla posted:Did anyone really stop calling after the Ban other than Laurie and Julie? The only notable post ban regular I can think of is Fred, who is great. As far as regulars go, I've always loved Jason and his thing about his son being on Tom's Ark was really good stuff Seltzer posted:I miss spike a lot NESguerilla posted:Plus Tom's "I'm Joe Lunchpail" thing is just a total joke. He's certainly now low brow comedy. I havent listened to last weeks, but I really like Haye's because he doesn't just seem to be on there to promote something and he's fairly funny imo. Binowru posted:Likewise, Tom is loving hilarious every time he's on Hollywood Handbook. Hayes doesn't guest on the Best Show because he's a celebrity, he does it because he's a funny dude that Tom can joke around with.
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Ah, how could I have forgotten about Larry Da Perv? He was a good old regular. The evolution of his relationship with Tom tickles me. At first Tom really hated the character and then just eventually accepted it and treats him as if he's a real person. Edit: Also just hearing Tom say "Larry Da Perv" in a sort of "I really hate saying this but this is his name" way always makes me laugh. Dr.Radical fucked around with this message at 07:30 on Jul 1, 2016 |
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I could swear Larry calls now and then. He wasn't all that frequent in the last few years of WFMU anyway.
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Flip Yr Wig posted:I could swear Larry calls now and then. He wasn't all that frequent in the last few years of WFMU anyway. Yeah, he's called 2 or 3 times into the new show.
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Kinda weirded out by how the panel on this week's HHOP seemed to earnestly believe AP Mike was being haunted by undead hipsters
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