comedy podcast thread

[andrei]

have you guys seen the benson interruption tv show yet, btw?

kind of weird seeing a stage show like that translated to this format, but i think mostly because it feels almost insistently stripped down. which i also admire and enjoy. wonder if, with this and matt besser's this show will get you high and stuff (and john oliver's standup show earlier), if comedy central's trying to go for more stage-based/cheaper programming. it'd be dope if more ucb shows made it to air and stuff. why isn't there a weekly asssscat already?

[Asian Santa Baby]

when do you guys find the time to listen to podcasts, btw?

I put it on just before I go to sleep.

[badhat]

i spend 15-20 hours a week on my bike alone.

[grammatron]

I also listen while biking. It's great.

[andrei]

oh, there you go

as a man who has a non-steering-based commute, i just read on the subway and play jams at work, so having chances (or the will) to sit somewhere and listen to hourlong convos is some infrequent shit

[Jouster]

Almost all of my podcast listening is done when I'm walking my dog. Get a dog, andrei.

[gambra]

I just have them on while on the net. In saying that I can;t make it through a full three hours of The Best Show anymore unless I'm listening live..

[Albus]

carolla is frustrating cuz i think hes one of the sharper guys in comedy... just his ability to riff on anything at the drop of a hat and have something amusing to say about it, but the un-PC thing gets so grating sometimes.... its like... ok we get it dude


but god its amazing how prolific his show is.

I've been a pretty consistent Carolla fan for about 10 years but you're right. I still listen every day though and take the good with the bad. Its too ingrained in my daily routine for me to ever quit now anyway. His stand-up/the live shows are not his strong point either. He's just a solid radio guy.

[Julius Sumner Miller]

hardwick really just seems like the best dude

Really? I am having a hard time believing that the guy who hosted that awful 90s MTV show with Jenny McCarthy is the best anything.

[badhat]

it was a job

hes a big scifi dork who makes comedy music and writes for wired

he got paid to do a dumb gameshow on MTV and now he has a sense of humor about it

[Jouster]

He had a sense of humor about it then, too. He wasn't that different on that show.

[universe]

I keep reading this thread title as 'comcast poverty thread'

[Disturbed]

why isn't there a weekly asssscat already?

http://www.ucbcomedy.com/podcasts/asssscat/rss

[Buddy Glass]

Digging the new Greg Proops podcast. I disliked him for years based on my recollection of Whose Line Is It Anyway? but he is awesome as a podcast guest and host. It's called The Smartest Man in the World.

[Cronos]

have you guys seen the benson interruption tv show yet, btw?

kind of weird seeing a stage show like that translated to this format, but i think mostly because it feels almost insistently stripped down. which i also admire and enjoy. wonder if, with this and matt besser's this show will get you high and stuff (and john oliver's standup show earlier), if comedy central's trying to go for more stage-based/cheaper programming. it'd be dope if more ucb shows made it to air and stuff. why isn't there a weekly asssscat already?

Really should go with only one or two comedians for a 20 min show.

[Joe Batters]

I like Nerdist and I also listen to Smodcast. Not sure how the board skewers towards Kevin Smith. I remember a lot of hate, but the Smodcast is always hilarious.

[bucky]

has the sound quality on the nerdist gotten better? i probably listened to episodes 1-3 and stopped because it was impossible to hear on the train.

[Joe Batters]

Comedy Death Ray was also pretty good, but it's been a while since I've listened. They broadcast on Friday's at noon. Not the easiest time to listen. For me, anyway.

[thornhill]

The Nerdist has been one of my favorite discoveries of the year. I had kinda forgotten Hardwick existed until I saw him on TV and just downloaded an episode out of curiosity. I don't often get a chance to listen to this stuff, but it's usually at the top of my queue. The live episode with Craig Ferguson is great. The Mythbusters one, too.

[Disturbed]

Nerdist has better sound now, Comedy Death Ray Radio is the greatest and you don't have to listen live (it's not even done live anymore, the podcast goes up Wednesday), SModcast is further proof that Kevin Smith needs to man up and suck a cock already, Proops is great (his album Elsewhere is worth a listen, as is his appearance on CDRR)

[pinkerton]

yes it is more or less a professionally done show now and not a recording of 3 guys in a room talking at a macbook

[neopolitan]

[neopolitan]

[pinkerton]

thanks for posting those, both are still hilarious, especially bjork

[spix et chicho]

i listened to this at the airport during a layover a couple weeks ago and just about lost my shit in front of everyone

[badhat]

gelman's "apology" radio play is just as good

[andrei]

why isn't there a weekly asssscat already?

http://www.ucbcomedy.com/podcasts/asssscat/rss

this is audio only, though, no?

like what's even the point of that

[Disturbed]

It is.

It's still really funny, is the point. It's not like there's tons of physical comedy. The sound quality is bootleg-level on some of them (and will never be great since nobody's mic'd) but they seem to have figured it out since.

[badhat]

i keep finding myself saying "hey bros" ala adam scott on CDR

[G_S]

I woke up at like 4 this morning and put that on to go back to sleep but it took awhile cuz I couldn't stop laughing