Tom vs. Jimmy Pardo?

[Gentleman Jim]

To be fair, Jimmy admits almost every episode that his music taste is abysmal.

Listen harder, then.  He comments on it often, usually something along the lines of "I know I have shit taste in music," or "I like the worst music in the world."

You guys must not be listening very closely. He admits it CONSTANTLY.

Yeah you guys don't know what you're talking about -- Pardo is EXTREMELY self-deprecating about his taste in music (as well as many other things) and he is constantly made fun of by the show's guests.  He still loves what he loves, but he knows it's ridiculous.

I think I'm starting to see a pattern here. 

Perhaps I should spend less time paying attention to other cars on the road and more time analyzing the self-awareness of the host of my 4th favorite podcast.

[ericluxury]

First off, who cares that his music taste is bad? He doesn't play music and usually when its brought up, it's to service telling a story rather than an advocation of the music. The point is being funny, and its a very funny program.

Secondly, why are you defensive? You said something inaccurate, and others clarified and you use that to take a shot at the podcast. Not very gentlemanly.

[Gentleman Jim]

I didn't mean to sound defensive or sarcastic, but I can see how it would.  I meant for it to sound overly earnest; a fine line, I know.   Gotta make use of the winking emoticon in the future.

[Jason]

AST thread.

[Jouster]

http://aspecialthing.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=6458

[Swami]

Well said, sir!  I would say I might not be pro-kid, but I'm definitely anti-anti-kid.

I like kids. My kids. Everyone else's? Not so much.

[JonFromMaplewood]

I am very new to Jimmy Pardo.  And so far, he seems really clever and funny.

But that show is missing the thing that made me listen to the Best Show in the first place.  Silence.

Tom is like no other DJ I have ever heard when it comes to pacing. He doesn't rush. He doesn't sound like there is a gun to his head or that he is getting paid by the word.   The first time I tuned into the Best Show, all I heard for about five seconds was the old background music playing quietly and then this voice speaking like no broadcasting convention applied to him.  I was floored.  Who IS this?  Who does he think he is?  Did someone leave the back door of WFMU open and let someone without an FCC license into the studio...and luck out because this guy is funnier than the whole writing team of "Your Show of Shows" combined?

I don't know if I'll stick with Jimmy Pardo. So far, so good.  But I am sure I will be listening to the Best Show as long as it is on the air, because even if you don't listen to a word Tom says (although of course, that is not recommended), it sounds like no other show out there.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

I am very new to Jimmy Pardo.  And so far, he seems really clever and funny.

But that show is missing the thing that made me listen to the Best Show in the first place.  Silence.

Tom is like no other DJ I have ever heard when it comes to pacing. He doesn't rush. He doesn't sound like there is a gun to his head or that he is getting paid by the word.   The first time I tuned into the Best Show, all I heard for about five seconds was the old background music playing quietly and then this voice speaking like no broadcasting convention applied to him.  I was floored.  Who IS this?  Who does he think he is?  Did someone leave the back door of WFMU open and let someone without an FCC license into the studio...and luck out because this guy is funnier than the whole writing team of "Your Show of Shows" combined?

I don't know if I'll stick with Jimmy Pardo. So far, so good.  But I am sure I will be listening to the Best Show as long as it is on the air, because even if you don't listen to a word Tom says (although of course, that is not recommended), it sounds like no other show out there.

i completely agree.  ive attempted to get a guy at work to listen to TBS (he currently listens to howard stern and adam carolla...yucgh), but he thinks Tom is boring. 



slow, not funny, dead air, boring.

[dave from knoxville]

For me, Tim and Eric are like Howard Stern, and Tom is like Groucho Marx as the Buddha.

[Stan]

I didn't mean to sound defensive or sarcastic, but I can see how it would.  I meant for it to sound overly earnest; a fine line, I know.   Gotta make use of the winking emoticon in the future.

 I thought your post was funny, but then again I pictured you saying it wearing a dress and eating dog food from a can.

[Kibblesmith]

I am very new to Jimmy Pardo.  And so far, he seems really clever and funny.

But that show is missing the thing that made me listen to the Best Show in the first place.  Silence.

I think 'Never Not Funny' is an amazing show, but that observation is pretty much the exact reason I never compare the two. The tone/pacing are crazily disparate. I can usually listen to the previous night's Best Show or a selection from the archives while I'm working, but for NNF I need to be in the mood to party, and usually end up lapsing on the weekly update and listening to three - five episodes in one sitting.

I don't really think of the two talents behind them as being all that comparable to each other either, other than both having a podcast and messageboard presence. However, as with every comparison ever made between two things ever, I would like to see them fight.

No weapons (found objects okay).

[John Junk]

NNF is going pay format.  Tom's still the hero of the disenfranchised. 

He does it all for free!

[Gentleman Jim]

Stan wrote:

I thought your post was funny, but then again I pictured you saying it wearing a dress and eating dog food from a can.

Thanks, Stan.  I pictured you typing this while playing a 7 string bass with the strap hiked up to your nipples.

And since it's been 4 years and it looks like those wussies won't ever do another show with me, the truth can come out:  It was Old El Paso refried beans with an Alpo label taped over it.  I may do that again some day just to watch people retch.

[Stan]

Stan wrote:

I thought your post was funny, but then again I pictured you saying it wearing a dress and eating dog food from a can.

Thanks, Stan.  I pictured you typing this while playing a 7 string bass with the strap hiked up to your nipples.

And since it's been 4 years and it looks like those wussies won't ever do another show with me, the truth can come out:  It was Old El Paso refried beans with an Alpo label taped over it.  I may do that again some day just to watch people retch.

 Good times.

[dave from knoxville]

The first three episodes I heard were OK, but I get tired of the potty language. Now that it's changed to Never Not Free, I need another podcast to replace it (as loathe as they were to take donations, I would have been much more likely to stick with it under that arrangement.) Any suggestions?