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Hope you liked the little snippet before, it was just something I cut to give an idea of our interview. (also for alert listeners, there is a callback to it in the main episode!)
It was a fun one. For the game segment, I challenged comedy-fan Caity to the popular meme of describing some drama tv shows she doesn’t watch based on the gifs seen on the Tumblr Dash. There’s also mentions of cats, pizza, and Batman, for people who like those. (Runtime of 51:00)
Description:
For episode 11, Rachel visits with her friend Caity about her time as a student of two major Chicago institutions, as well as her comedy fandom and love of Amy Meredith Poehler. Get this writer’s thoughts on the buzzed-about Shades of Grey.
Find out about Chicago-style popcorn, what made Caity’s mom realize she had a funny daughter, and why Happy Feet makes for some unhappy hands.
Links:
- Present-wrapping Vlog
- Caity’s fellow Columbia College alumni
- O-Ke-Doke Popcorn
- Schur/Scott/Wittels twitter antics
- https://www.google.com/ - go here instead of bothering people with questions!
It’s comforting that in every episode of Star Talk Radio in which they appear together, Eugene will accuse Neil of being high.
Great episode, not to take away from the Bell House ones, but PFT’s presence definitely adds :) I like how he just calls things out left and right.
I have now apprehended 2/3rds of the KGB
For episode 09 of Pretend You’re Famous, my guest was Kayfabe a/k/a Kurtis. It was a fun conversation and I really learned a lot. Like, did you know he had a cat? I did not. And much more. (49:44 runtime)
Episode Description:
Get ready to mark out for podcasts with Rachel and guest Kurtis. Topics include high school days, haunted houses, the KGBCast, Wet Hot American Summer, other podcasts we listen to, and of course wrestling. Learn some cool jargon, as well as the secret carny roots of this entertaining sport. Find out how his name and the first movie he saw in a theater are related. You might even write some hurt/comfort fic about hospitals if you feel inspired.
What happens when Danielle stops being polite and starts getting real?
“A day late, a buck short, I’m writing the report”
Yesterday my brain was too full of mush to edit and upload a podcast so here it is now! I had a really fun chat with Danielle from Comedy Nerds United on the show this week. Please check it out, I think it is very funny.
Episode Description:
Rachel’s guest this week, Danielle, is not just a comedy nerd on the internet, but also in real life! Listen and learn about her experiences studying improv and sketchwriting, as well as her work for the Hello Giggles website. We go WAY back to her roots on an island, discuss her high school adventures caught on tape, dwell on some accents, and talk about the art of the playlist. Miss D.R. tries Rachel’s D.R. quiz, and we round out the episode with a peek behind the sexiest cougar on the internet.
You know what's fun? Listening to a cool pal on a podcast.
I just posted Jenna’s episode to the Pretend You’re Famous feed. Check it out! We had a couple audio problems but I think this turned out to be a fun one.
Links:
- Poehler Party
- Mark Buffalo
- @ComeAlongSong twitter
- Peanut Butter Jenna Time
- people we gave shoutouts to.
(Jenna gets different art b/c I am a kind considerate person)
Description:
Rachel is joined by tumblr’s comealongsong, the delightful Jenna. Topics include found object art, art therapy, Doctor Who, the new shows Best Friends Forever and Don’t Trust the B in Apt 23, Jenna’s Amy Poehler fansite, and going from Princeton, NJ to the VA Coast (to paraphrase South Pacific/Missy Elliot). Listen to some great behind-the-scenes talk from the Melissa McCarthy SNL episode, and try your hand at a Jenna/Jenna quiz.
Some shocking stuff on the Judge John Hodgman podcast this week.
(Source: maximumfun.org)
Artist: John Hodgman and Jesse Thorn Album: Judge John Hodgman podcast Track: dumbness
Customer Reviews
Funny and Informative? How can this be? ★★★★★
by Certainly not Gavin
Rachel does an amazing job with these interviews, which she manages to do both earnestly and with a quick wit! Well done! Great podcast answer to late night chat shows!
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I seem to have a review from someone who is NOT my most recent Pretend You’re Famous guest. How nice of that not-Gavin person.
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pretend-youre-famous/id506221397 (even if you don’t use iTunes, this is a regular http:// link so you can go there to read episode descriptions and hear a preview)
RSS: http://www.rsspect.com/rss/pyfpodcast.xml
Directory of mp3 files if you think you’re cute or s/t: http://www55.pair.com/rachelpi/pyf/
Here is Gavin's episode. Please to be enjoying it.
Gavin/Operationfailure and I had a lovely chat on Saturday and I wrestled it down into a 50-minute podcast for your ears. There might be a couple meows, but I edited out the part where Calypso and Trin were fighting in a Panera bag. Thanks to all who have downloaded and listened so far. I try to keep these a reasonable length so I am sorry if I had to cut out some gold.
Episode Description:
The G in KGBCast stops by to combo break our streak of female guests. Gavin talks about New York (City and State), his high school theater roots, business parties on piers, his various jobs, some feelings, who the good child was in his family, and of course Batman. Don’t miss the 5 famous Gavins that have or have not influenced his life, as well as a return to a fun segment from our very first episode. There is even an “origin story” of sorts for the KGBCast.
Chart Exclusive!
- Moshe: Have you ever caught a glimpse of yourself having sex in the mirror while you're having sex?
- Howard: Yeah, it's not, it's not good.
- Moshe: It's HORRIBLE.
- Kulap: No, no.
- Moshe: It's like, who am I kidding?
- Howard: Yeah, you're not--
- Moshe: What is happening?
- Howard: That proves that God did not invent mirrors.
- Moshe and Kulap: [laughter]
- Kulap: I didn't know that was up for discussion!
- Howard: A lotta people. Hotly contested debate.
- Kulap: About mirrors.
Me and CarolineEAnd, podcasting hand in hand
because “over a halfway decent Skype connection” doesn’t rhyme
I got to chat with Earwolf employee Caroline for my show Pretend You’re Famous! She doesn’t have to pretend too much; I mean she has dogsat for Rocky Aukerman. We had a great visit and I got to learn about her time at Earwolf, and working on the Comedy Bang Bang TV show. I didn’t get her to bust out any tunes, but she did sing the praises of many of her comedy hero/ines, and her very own mom, who shaped her comedy worldview, and always let her watch The Simpsons. (Time: 50:50)
Episode Description:
Rachel is joined by Earwolf’s own Intern Caroline! Hear how the nickname has stuck from her days in Louisiana writing episode descriptions, to these days, where she lives in LA as a full-fledged Earwolf (and Comedy Bang Bang TV show) employee. Other topics include a youth spent in song, Kate Bush, when working in comedy is MORE sensible than continuing in your college major, Ryan Gosling, the future of podcasts, how not to see Stella live, why LA food beats Houston’s, and who made Caroline weep from her very presence. Plus, learn her least favorite “Caroline” song (the answer may surprise you).
If you are wondering, the theme music I have started using since the last episode is the intro to “Pennants,” by Steve Howe.
