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The Best Show on WFMU => Show Discussion => Topic started by: cleveland jonah on January 02, 2009, 12:35:10 PM
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Thoughts?
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Julie Klausner.
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Michael Cera
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Chris Lilley
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Especially as Jonah (who tugs at my heartstrings).
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Eric Bogosian.
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Alan Partridge
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Kevin Smith.
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Conan O'Brien
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Crispin Glover. Jeff Conaway. Mickey Dolenz. Chris Martin. John Hodgeman, every 5th Tuesday.
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Jon Benjamin
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Kevin Smith.
I feel stupid -- I didn't notice that this was already an option at the top of the thread. I didn't even notice it was a proper poll.
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Jon Benjamin
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April 13, 2004: Basketball Oracle Hoopstradamus Calls In, Tom Makes Fun Of An Old Lady, And An In Studio Appearance By Home Movies' Loren Bouchard And Jon Benjamin. | Listen (http://www.wfmu.org/listen.ram?show=10987&archive=12764)
February 4, 2003: Officer Tom At The Movies, With Officer Tom's Year In Review. Also, A Very Meta Conversation With 'Old School' Star Matt Walsh And Jon Benjamin. | Listen (http://www.wfmu.org/listen.ram?show=6496&archive=6066)
It has been a long time, though.
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Jim Cramer
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Donald Trump
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I would like to see Human Giant on again.
I would like to see Ben Gibbard/Death Cab For Cutie on the show again.
People who have not been on the show before: Doug Benson, Conan O'Brien, David Cross, Louis CK
Todd Barry should be on the show every week.
And for the sick fantasies: Jimmy Pardo, Kevin Smith
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Don Rickles?
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Good one Dave. By the way, DfK's annual Christmas stories should be a staple. I guess the Dirtbombs story was not Christmas-themed, I just enjoy the stories.
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Ultimate Guest: John Zorn
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Just imagine Herzog having no idea what's going on and trying to interrogate one of the citizens of Newbridge.
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Alan Partridge
Just dont mention Courtney Love or it might get uncomfortable like another radio interview he did.
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trembling eagle
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trembling eagle
Maybe a push up contest during the next drive?
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The Higgins Boys and Gruber, am I right, Omar?
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How could I forget? Clark!
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Jim Cramer
Winner!
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(http://arblogger.com/InsaneClownPosse.jpg)
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neil diamond
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I would like for Tom to have these mystery enemies he frequently twitters about on the show.
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Eugene Mirman to promote his new book. Neal Pollack when his book comes out, or perhaps earlier. Julie Klausner when her book comes out. These aren't fahntasy guests though as much as people Tom could have on. A fahntasy guest for me would be Andy Kindler.
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I would like for Tom to have these mystery enemies he frequently twitters about on the show.
The haters?
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I would like for Tom to have these mystery enemies he frequently twitters about on the show.
The haters?
The bosses appear to have joined the haters.
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I would like for Tom to have these mystery enemies he frequently twitters about on the show.
The haters?
The bosses appear to have joined the haters.
Yeah, that one takes a lot of reading between the lines. Subtle and disconnected from his emotions are not things that describe Tom.
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I think it would be fun to have an ancient comic who's still alive on the show. Maybe Don Rickles, I don't know. I'm pretty sure Milton Berle is dead.
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Don Rickles?
I should have read the thread. Math minds think alike (except when they don't).
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A fahntasy guest for me would be Andy Kindler.
Who's that? Did he invent the e-book or something?
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My fahntasy: It is the last Best Show, ever. Tom gets a call from Jon Wurster as....Jon Wurster. Totally normal. They talk about all of the joy and all of the laughter of the past many years.
Then maybe, after about 20 minutes of normalcy, Wurster lets slip something about bodies stacked like firewood in his basement, and things go totally south.
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Karl Lagerfeld
http://jezebel.com/378030/10-things-karl-lagerfeld-could-do-without (http://jezebel.com/378030/10-things-karl-lagerfeld-could-do-without)
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Of the names in the poll, I'd be most excited for a Best Show featuring special guest Kevin Costner, where there would be multiple allusions to Mr. Brooks, but the movie itself would never directly come up. Later, Kevin Costner & Modern West would play a song or two in the studio, with Tom giving whispered play-by-play during the performances. There would also possibly be calls from Newbridge residents who keep confusing Swing Vote with Swing Kids.
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Karl Lagerfeld
http://jezebel.com/378030/10-things-karl-lagerfeld-could-do-without (http://jezebel.com/378030/10-things-karl-lagerfeld-could-do-without)
I love this man, even though Karl Lagerfeld Confidential was kind of boring.
HIGHLIGHT! This sign adorns the walls of the men's bathroom at Chanel's headquarters in Paris:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3105/3139931307_1894599078.jpg?v=0)
Or, "Pissing everywhere isn't very Chanel." It's true!!
This guy is the Howard Cosell of fashion, he tells it like it is.
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I'm pretty sure Milton Berle is dead.
He is. And what's more, he never calls, he never faxes...
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My fahntasy: It is the last Best Show, ever. Tom gets a call from Jon Wurster as....Jon Wurster. Totally normal. They talk about all of the joy and all of the laughter of the past many years.
Then maybe, after about 20 minutes of normalcy, Wurster lets slip something about bodies stacked like firewood in his basement, and things go totally south.
My fantasy (What a disturbing way to start a sentence that is) is for an April 1 show where JW guest-hosts and Tom portrays that evening's Newbridge callers.
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Just imagine Herzog having no idea what's going on and trying to interrogate one of the citizens of Newbridge.
Imagine Herzog trying to get to the "ecstatic truth" of Spike.
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Could be me, but I am not a huge fan of guests. Ted Leo and PFT are great because they roll with it and obviously listen to the show so they can roll with changes in Tom's various attitudes to callers and residents of Newbridge as they happen and then they just talk about stuff. Most guests though, there is a easing in period which isn't as fun. Not a compliant since callers (myself included) have the same problem. Its just that Tom can't and wouldn't want to hang up on them when they are being awkward or weird.
My dream guest is Andy Daly again, only this time in character as a Newbridge resident. Or any in-studio appearances by Newbridge residents.
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My fahntasy: It is the last Best Show, ever. Tom gets a call from Jon Wurster as....Jon Wurster. Totally normal. They talk about all of the joy and all of the laughter of the past many years.
Then maybe, after about 20 minutes of normalcy, Wurster lets slip something about bodies stacked like firewood in his basement, and things go totally south.
I don't know, this seems a little mundane to me, unless it turned out to be true.
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Just imagine Herzog having no idea what's going on and trying to interrogate one of the citizens of Newbridge.
Imagine Herzog trying to get to the "ecstatic truth" of Spike.
this is exactly why i voted herzog; im doing a lot of imagining.
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My fahntasy: It is the last Best Show, ever. Tom gets a call from Jon Wurster as....Jon Wurster. Totally normal. They talk about all of the joy and all of the laughter of the past many years.
Then maybe, after about 20 minutes of normalcy, Wurster lets slip something about bodies stacked like firewood in his basement, and things go totally south.
I don't know, this seems a little mundane to me, unless it turned out to be true.
Reason #3,689 why I am not a comedy writer.
But I must admit to liking the idea of the mask being pulled off - having the big reveal - and then finding out the guy wearing the mask is a character himself.
Do I get a brownie point for not using the word "meta?"
Oops.
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I know hes a love him or hate him guy and not even on the list but what about Chuck Klosterman?
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Rhoyda Ziegler
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My fahntasy: It is the last Best Show, ever. Tom gets a call from Jon Wurster as....Jon Wurster. Totally normal. They talk about all of the joy and all of the laughter of the past many years.
Then maybe, after about 20 minutes of normalcy, Wurster lets slip something about bodies stacked like firewood in his basement, and things go totally south.
I don't know, this seems a little mundane to me, unless it turned out to be true.
Mundane was a pointlessly harsh word, and not what I meant. I believe "earnest" would be closer to the effect I wanted.
My apologies to JonFromMaplewood for this affront; I am under a lot of stress, and things aren't flowing as they should.
Reason #3,689 why I am not a comedy writer.
But I must admit to liking the idea of the mask being pulled off - having the big reveal - and then finding out the guy wearing the mask is a character himself.
Do I get a brownie point for not using the word "meta?"
Oops.
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I think comedian Sean Cullen would fit in well on the Best Show.
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Werner Herzog would kill as a guest. Tom's people should get in touch with his representation. Werner does interviews for indie fanzines and blogs all the time. I bet it would be nothing for him to stop by the FMU studios next time he is in New York. Or at the very least phone in an interview and take some calls. That would be a hoot.
Julie from Cincinnati should guest host. Spike doesn't want to taint his mystique so him doing a show aint gonna happen. Maybe Tom could have a fund raiser to get her up to NJ? Julie would be infinitely better than the H-Man. But if she hosts I want advance notice. I've got a tab of Bart Simpson acid I've been saving.
A couple of other fantasy guests: Jon Stewart...Artie Lange
Oscar-nominee Joaquin Phoenix was rescued from his car wreck last week by German cult director Werner Herzog.
The 31-year-old Walk the Line star overturned his car on a canyon road above Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood after his brakes failed and he collided with another vehicle.
Phoenix was saved because he was wearing his seat-belt, but has revealed he was helped from the wreckage by the 63-year-old, who has a home nearby.
The actor says, "I remember this knocking on the passenger window. There was this German voice saying, 'Just relax.' There's the airbag, I can't see and I'm saying, 'I'm fine. I am relaxed. Finally, I rolled down the window and this head pops inside. And he said, 'No, you're not.'
"And suddenly I said to myself, 'That's Werner Herzog!' There's something so calming and beautiful about Werner Herzog's voice. I felt completely fine and safe. I climbed out. I got out of the car and I said, 'Thank you,' and he was gone."
German director Werner Herzog was shot by a crazed fan during a recent interview with the BBC.
The 63-year-old was chatting with movie journalist Mark Kermode about his documentary Grizzly Man, when a sniper opened fire with an air rifle.
Kermode explains, "I thought a firecracker had gone off.
"Herzog, as if it was the most normal thing in the world, said, 'Oh, someone is shooting at us. We must go.'
"He had a bruise the size of a snooker ball, with a hole in. He just carried on with the interview while bleeding quietly in his boxer shorts."
An unrepentant Herzog insisted, "It was not a significant bullet. I am not afraid."
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My fahntasy: It is the last Best Show, ever. Tom gets a call from Jon Wurster as....Jon Wurster. Totally normal. They talk about all of the joy and all of the laughter of the past many years.
Then maybe, after about 20 minutes of normalcy, Wurster lets slip something about bodies stacked like firewood in his basement, and things go totally south.
I don't know, this seems a little mundane to me, unless it turned out to be true.
Mundane was a pointlessly harsh word, and not what I meant. I believe "earnest" would be closer to the effect I wanted.
My apologies to JonFromMaplewood for this affront; I am under a lot of stress, and things aren't flowing as they should.
Reason #3,689 why I am not a comedy writer.
But I must admit to liking the idea of the mask being pulled off - having the big reveal - and then finding out the guy wearing the mask is a character himself.
Do I get a brownie point for not using the word "meta?"
Oops.
No worries, broheem! I certainly don't write on the FOT board with the expectation that all responses will be hugs and lollipops. Mundane. Earnest. They both are reasonable responses.
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The Man-Thing.
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No question, Dane Cook. But only if Cook was told ahead of time that the Best Show is a HUGE supporter of his and he is legitimately blindsided by the brashness he will face.
Tom: "Let's start off with an easy one: do you REALLY like Metallica?"
(http://images.hollywoodgrind.com:9000/images/2008/4/dane-cook.jpg)
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The Man-Thing.
The Giant-Sized Man-Thing?
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3274/2544834465_0e65da70b6_o.jpg)
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That's the one. Whatever knows fear burns at the Man-Thing's touch, but Tom knows no fear! The Man-Thing will just have to burn callers over the phone.
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More funny ladies.
Thanks!
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More funny ladies.
Thanks!
I think Maria BamalamaBamford is way over due.
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Of the four suggested, I'd most like to hear Herzog. But I think a show with Olivia Munn would be hilarious, because I'm sure that Tom's gentlemanly inclinations would make for a very awkward conversation. Especially if they discuss why she should be taken out of the Hate Pit. Or Olivia would eventually start shouting at Tom and he'd have to call the police to get her to leave the studio.
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pft...women.
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Andy Breckman
I'll also support Todd Barry returning to the show anytime.