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Cast Iron Brick posted:I really don't care for the Sklar bros. too much. Last time they performed at my school, they did CDR the day after. The entire episode they just grabbed bits from their show. It was embarrassing. How is that embarrassing
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bananasinpajamas posted:How is that embarrassing Comedians must be able to generate completely new material each day as if channeling the very muses.
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Oct 19, 2010 14:48
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Bo-Pepper posted:Comedians must be able to generate completely new material each day as if channeling the very muses. Plenty of great comedians go on that show and are able to improvise and react without resorting to their material.
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Oct 19, 2010 15:07
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Cast Iron Brick posted:Plenty of great comedians go on that show and are able to improvise and react without resorting to their material. Yeah I sure can't stand it when professional comedians "resort to their material."
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Oct 19, 2010 15:20
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Cast Iron Brick posted:Plenty of great comedians go on that show and are able to improvise and react without resorting to their material. I doubt that's entirely true. We just aren't entirely privy to all their material or what's spinning through their minds at the time. For example, Paul F. Tompkins, who is likely the best podcast guest and improviser that I've heard, referenced Uatu the Watcher in two different shows (including his own podcast). I don't see this as weakness, but people when improvising tend to use what's at the top of their heads. Also, I didn't hear this particular Sklar Bros bit you;re talking about, but comedians also tend to fall back on material when improvising if the current back and forth just isn't working. No matter how good you are, sometimes it just sucks. I think CDR is as good an example of that as any. Are the Sklar Bros the best comedians ever? Nah. They've never done it for me. But I don't necessarily see the addition of known material into an improv flow to be the end of the world.
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Oct 19, 2010 15:21
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Bo-Pepper posted:Paul F. Tompkins God knows I love him, but I've heard Paul F Tompkins do the same gag where somebody asks him a question and he'll say "I have time for two more _______ related questions," as though he's holding a formal press conference, on like five different podcasts. It's still always funny.
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Oct 19, 2010 15:43
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Just wanted to say I thought the Zuckerburg bit was really funny, even if those songs and the Lennon thing kinda sucked. It's like 85% the Kermit voice though.
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Oct 19, 2010 16:14
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Does anyone else like Hollywood Babbleon? Its become my favorite out of all of the Smodcast stuff.
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Boinks posted:Does anyone else like Hollywood Babbleon? Its become my favorite out of all of the Smodcast stuff. I enjoy it because its nice to hear Kevin talk to someone who isn't a close personal friend he hasn't known for 20 years, and its nice to hear Ralph able to get Kevin back on track on whatever topic they strayed from.
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Oct 19, 2010 16:23
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The Midget bait and switch on DLM was spectacular. The "Jackass Alums" category in the Len Malton game was also great. "...So it's really just Johnny Knoxville movies."
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Oct 19, 2010 17:38
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Mister J posted:God knows I love him, but I've heard Paul F Tompkins do the same gag where somebody asks him a question and he'll say "I have time for two more _______ related questions," as though he's holding a formal press conference, on like five different podcasts. He said this while he was playing a french character a few weeks and I started dying.
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Oct 19, 2010 18:13
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Were people saying that Mike Birbiglia was boring on Nerdist? Because I'm really enjoying this show. Even though he does talk like he just downed a bottle of Quaaludes.
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Strange Matter posted:Were people saying that Mike Birbiglia was boring on Nerdist? Because I'm really enjoying this show. Even though he does talk like he just downed a bottle of Quaaludes. I think they were complaining about him on CDR. I haven't heard it, but I'm a big fan of his stories.
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Strange Matter posted:The Midget bait and switch on DLM was spectacular. Yeah it was more than "Oh poo poo Wee Man is actually funny!" for me. Doug was on fire, pretty much all the midget jokes were funny, and that comedian Myq was really understated or whatever but the entire episode I was just grinning.
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Strange Matter posted:Were people saying that Mike Birbiglia was boring on Nerdist? Because I'm really enjoying this show. Even though he does talk like he just downed a bottle of Quaaludes. I like Birbiglia a lot, but I will say it was very slow. It doesn't help that Hardwick always seems really shower adoration on most of his guests, which isn't a bad thing in and of itself, but it tends to put the guests into "Oh, thank you so much" mode which stifles the conversation sometimes. Cast Iron Brick posted:The entire episode they just grabbed bits from their show. It was embarrassing. I know what you mean, but generating new material at such a fast rate is really hard for most people. For example, how many top-tier comedians working today have you heard go on and on about how amazing they think it is that Louis C.K. will abandon his old material and come out with a new hour EVERY YEAR? Some people are really quick in a conversation, (oddly enough I've been taken aback at how sharp and funny non-comedian Jon Hamm is) but if you're working cold then most people will go with what they know (or are touring on). Plus everybody has their standby bits that they can bust out anytime (or what Pardo calls "The Skeleton"). E: I guess a lot of it is a product of our technology. Now in a given week you could hear a comedian on five different podcasts, late night TV, etc. whereas back in the day you might see a comic a few times a year and you might not know they're doing the same stuff. A PRIZED MULE! fucked around with this message at 06:58 on Oct 20, 2010 |
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Oct 20, 2010 06:54
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The Banned posted:Seeing Marc Maron with the girlfriend tomorrow at Trees in Dallas. I'm pretty excited. Haven't seen a show there since I saw Arcade Fire in late '04 or early '05, can't remember. Any other goons going? How was it? I've seen a life WTF, but never his stand up (aside from the albums).
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j8910 posted:How was it? I've seen a life WTF, but never his stand up (aside from the albums). I saw him when he was in Boston. His act is really great. He's used some of his material on his and other podcasts, so some of it may be familiar. However for the most part it would be new material you may not have heard before.
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Oct 20, 2010 13:32
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I finally queued up the CDR with Cosby-Bukowsky. On the one hand I feel like I'm missing part of the self-explanatory joke of the character, but on the other hand I really don't care.
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Oct 20, 2010 14:06
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So I finally listened to episode one of The Podcast Eating Contest. It's just as silly as the title implies. They pretty much have a loose theme or subject they stick to. It's very much all improve. Fans of improve comedy will like it. There are clunkers though that they still run with that can get mildly annoying, but they drop it fairly quickly. Some people will get this, but I'd say these guys are like a bunch of slightly funnier and quicker Matt Belknaps from NNF. Matt Belknap as of late, not early "Defensive Man" Matt.
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Oct 20, 2010 15:20
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Cast Iron Brick posted:Plenty of great comedians go on that show and are able to improvise and react without resorting to their material. I'm pretty sure every comedian that goes on CDR as themselves (as opposed to a character) does some of their material. Scott even sets up the bits (and will even turn that into a joke if it's a particularly obvious setup and the guest isn't getting it). Even the characters have bits prepared for the show. The live WTF yesterday had some awesome uncomfortableness, and Eddie Peppitone is always great in small doses.
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For a halfway decent comedian, Eddie Pepitone just doesn't "get it" half the time. He seems to build brick walls when people improv with him. I like the podcast he's on, but he is a clunker machine.
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NecronSchmecron posted:For a halfway decent comedian, Eddie Pepitone just doesn't "get it" half the time. He seems to build brick walls when people improv with him. I like the podcast he's on, but he is a clunker machine. Are you saying he needs to be a Yes Ander, and not a No Butter?
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DangerDummy! posted:Are you saying he needs to be a Yes Ander, and not a No Butter? No, what I'm saying is that he can't believe it's not butter.  How'd you like that poo poo "No, but"?
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The_Rob posted:CDR 76.2 with Zach Galifanakis is up on earwolf now. 5, 4, 3, nose, 1
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Steve Slavery posted:5, 4, 3, nose, 1 poo poo like that is why I love Scott Aukerman. and then you hear that countdown we are all so familiar with.
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I'm listening to the WTF episode with Dane Cook, and I have to say it's definitely raised my opinion of him. I still don't love his comedy, but it's good to see he's a normal human being underneath there who seems like fundamentally a good guy.
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soru posted:I'm listening to the WTF episode with Dane Cook, and I have to say it's definitely raised my opinion of him. I still don't love his comedy, but it's good to see he's a normal human being underneath there who seems like fundamentally a good guy. Yeah after that episode I really changed my opinion on Dane Cook. I don't love his stand up either, but he seemed like a nice guy who maybe let his ego get ahead of him a few times in his life. He didn't seem like a bad guy at all.
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I've had similar tragedy effect my life like Dane did. He still has a bit of an ego, but he certainly has changed his views a bit after his parents died. It was weird to relate, but it definitely changed the way I look at him too, though I may still not be a fan. Mencia still is and always will be a oval office, though.
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That was such a great episode. I did love how Marc was ribbing him a little bit about the "you've stolen my ESSENCE" thing, but at the end of it you really feel like you get a different perspective on the guy.
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Another episode released of Larry Miller's drinking stories. I think he has a problem 
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RightClickSaveAs posted:That was such a great episode. I did love how Marc was ribbing him a little bit about the "you've stolen my ESSENCE" thing, but at the end of it you really feel like you get a different perspective on the guy. I remember how brutal Marc was that episode because he had JUST stopped smoking. Made that interview even better.
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Conrad_Birdie posted:I remember how brutal Marc was that episode because he had JUST stopped smoking. Hey hey. He quit smoking long ago. He ditched Nicotine. I need to re-listen to those confrontation episodes. Cringe worthy, but fun.
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So Tom was back on the Best Show and I was so happy the entire time. He played 40 minutes of Bowie and took calls from listeners, but it was still just about my favorite thing I have heard in a good long while. I love him because absolutely nothing gets by him and he just does not let things go. Hoping for some Wurster genius next week, but this took the edge off my Best Show jonesing for sure.
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NecronSchmecron posted:Hey hey. He quit smoking long ago. He ditched Nicotine. I need to re-listen to those confrontation episodes. Cringe worthy, but fun. Oh yeah, my mistake. But man, he was just so on edge for those few episodes after that, you could literally hear it in his voice.
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Adam Carolla's show/interview with Mike Rowe is terrific. I prefer the show style episodes, but this was gold.
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NecronSchmecron posted:No, what I'm saying is that he can't believe it's not butter. Were I a robot, the logic paradox contained therein would surely be the end of me. Were I. That said, Eddie Pepitone sucks at improv. DangerDummy! fucked around with this message at 08:28 on Oct 21, 2010 |
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So glad The Best Show is back, though I'm still waiting for it to be up on iTunes. Also, I checked out Podcast Eating Challenge on this thread's rec and I like it.
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Song For The Deaf posted:I'm going to plug another one of my podcasting projects, since it seems to be in line with the thread:
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Civil posted:Adam Carolla's show/interview with Mike Rowe is terrific. I prefer the show style episodes, but this was gold. The amount of stupidity in this interview was at an all time high... relationship with dirt? What the hell are they talking about? The technology that allows some of us to not be dirty when we come home from work didn't exist 100 loving years ago. The reason our GDP was high 100 years ago has little to do with people being dirty, it's because we were PRODUCING things.
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