scoldylox asked: Question: Would the Comedy Bang Bang podcast be good to listen to while running? I.e., is it engaging? And does it have smaller segments or is it just like one big thing? I'm asking instead of listening to it myself, because I like to delegate.
It usually is one big thing for the first…third? Or like it will start out with just Scottabot and one guest, and then they bring in the other guest (someone doing a character). Then they will get into games like Who Said It, What Am I Thinking, Hollywood Facts, and of course Would You Rather. If Harris Wittels is there, they have Harris’s Foam Corner. It can get pretty goofy - like I’ve never laughed so hard I’ve fallen off the treadmill but I did once have to leave my desk and go to the “Mother’s Room” the first time I heard Bob Ducca’s list of ailments. I think it’s really engaging. Start with a PFT episode, maybe the one with him and Gillian Jacobs. Or one with Jessica St. Clair as Marissa Wompler (Womp up the Jamz!)
If you’re looking for a show with segments, Who Charted definitely has that: Movie Chart, Music Chart, and then Guest Chart. Pop My Culture also has segments - the free-form interview and then Cole and Vanessa each have their own questions.
I’m publishing this so other peeps can give their thoughts on how it is to run and listen to CBB, or other shows they recommend for running.
Ken Marino worrying he had actually angered a wizard on Pop My Culture brought a tear of joy to my eye.
“I thought you were saying I really did anger a wizard, and I got really frightened”
This week in Rush mentions on podcasts
- Doug Loves Movies - Black/Mantzoukas/Hill/Glaser (Friday 7/6)
Michael Ian Black forcefully states that “the rock band Rush” is the best Rush you can have (compared with the new Joseph Gordon Levitt bicycle movie, “Premium Rush.”) Jason Mantzoukas agrees, and Doug chimes in saying, “I like Rush, I like high-pitched things.” - Comedy Bang Bang #166 (Monday 7/9)
Harris Wittels asks “Is that Neil Peart [Pert]?” upon hearing Scott Aukerman beatboxing in his song with Chelsea Peretti.
I listened to both of these today & was a little grumpy I hadn’t been alerted before. So here is my alert - for everybody else. Harris also mentioned Yes on an Analyze Phish once, that was cool.
As Steve Winwood might say, I'm back in the Pod life again!
Scheduling has been kind of a bear this month so I decided to have a repeat guest on my show. I was delighted to interview Jill some more and discuss further topics. There’s an interesting theme of this one, with Jill buying or being bought items that lock her into physical activity. Can you find all three? Plus more cat talk OF COURSE THERE IS MORE CAT TALK. (Runtime 50:36)
Our inaugural guest, Jill, comes back with more stories to share. This world traveller and marathon runner still finds time to know a lot about cyborgs, androids, and robots! Learn the order of operations in a Triathlon, what cats sound like on a hardwood floor, and how going to Columbia can actually help you skip the customs line at the airport.
Links:
- Hainan
- Monkey Island
- Improv4Humans on Cyborgs
- Japan’s cat island, lots of pretty dirt cats here
- Corn candy
The Yellow Rose of Texas is more yellow since she stopped using shampoo
My interview with Lauren was really fun, I think I talked too much but hopefully you will enjoy this episode anyway! Texas week has been extended to 12 days I guess because here is our third Texas-related guest in a row. We laugh a lot and you actually get to hear me sing at the beginning. And then towards the end we get into Dalmatian Chat. (runtime 50:43)
Since everything is bigger in Texas, our Texas week is bigger than the standard seven-day week. I met this episode’s guest, Lauren, when she was still living in California, posting comments on assetbar. Now she lives in Austin and writes humorous yet informative articles for the likes of The Hairpin and Slate dot com. Join us as we discuss webcomics, atheism, where to get your terrible book published if you have the cash, and animal movies. This episode might have cusses, so make sure your damn wiener kids aren’t listening. Lauren shares her love of The Black Keys, her non-love of shampoo, and the cliche advice that is actually useful.
Links:
- @LaurenEOneal
- Conan meets Irish schoolchildren
- All of Lauren’s Hairpin articles (Including Eurovision, cleaning your hair without shampoo, contraceptives, and DIY beauty products)
- Jack White is a Feminist on Slate.com
- The Achewood strip with “I’m going, ‘What?’”
- Bloom County creator Berkeley Breathed’s first strip, The Academia Waltz, was published in The Daily Texan, and the University of Texas at Austin.
- Harry and Tonto - Carney actually won the Oscar for his performance.
Comedy Bang! Bang!: Best Bro Hang
The bros are back in town! Andy Samberg, whose film That’s My Boy opens this weekend, and Scott’s weed dealer Bro have reunited, and this time they have a good rapport (unless you were to ask Bro about it). The boys talk Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, Bro’s paradise, and Woody Allen. Plus the debut of a new feature, “Bobby Moynihan Talk.” This is a good week to be a bro!
It's podcast time agai-hain!
As Texas week continues on Biography Pretend You’re Famous, here is my interview with Bryan! Bryan is one of the hosts of the KGBCast, an Austinite, and a big time rock ‘n’ roller. This interview was enjoyable even though I kept not believing things he was telling me. Also I got to use a “move it along” chime in Garageband which was fun. A must-listen if you’ve already heard Gavin and Kurtis’s interviews, to get the 3 sides to every story that Extreme promised us back in the day. Actually we seemed to mention a lot of past guests (G, K, Kelly, Jill, Cynthia) and a maybe future guest (Kath?!?!?) (EDIT: I just remembered, the charcoal suicide thing is prevalent in Hong Kong, not Korea. Proven racist by the best racist prover of all, facts.)
Runtime 49:56
Description:
Here at PYF, we’re not superstitious, but we are a little stitious, so it was great to have Bryan as our guest for the 13th episode. We talk Texas, his cooking, his own show the KGBCast, and of course KISS! Also, bass players finally get their due in the game/quiz segment. In this interview Bryan mentioned no less than 3 things that I thought he was making up; can you find them all? Bonus - the ultimate question - 70s or 80s?
Also, since I am not eligible, I want to invite my listeners to get in on the KGBCast’s sweet Mega-Megabrain Comics Giveaway! Please check out their show, it always makes me laugh and they cover a wide range of pop-culture and “real life” topics.
Say, "Yes, and" to listening to this podcast!
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.
