when youre friends don't like TBS

[Miss]

I find that my friends just don't have the patience to get to the good stuff.

Also, The Best Show is really hard to listen to in a group of people. They are always talking over the show. So I stopped inviting them over to listen to it with me. I like to actually listen to the show. haha.

[yesno]

I find that my friends just don't have the patience to get to the good stuff.

Also, The Best Show is really hard to listen to in a group of people. They are always talking over the show. So I stopped inviting them over to listen to it with me. I like to actually listen to the show. haha.

Ha.  I get into trouble all the time back home when listening to the Best Show live, because fiancee will start talking and it must be pretty clear from my expression that I don't like it.

And whenever I'm listening to something talky on headphones, same thing-- I think she just finds it rude that I pause the thing I'm listening to, take them off, talk, and then put them back on.  She says she doesn't want to "bother" me.

[AllisonLeGnome]

I'm used to having friends who don't share a lot of my somewhat weirder interests. I do have one friend with similar taste in nearly everything who likes the Scharpling & Wurster bits but not really the rest of the show in general.

[Emerson]

September 6, 2005. I turned on WFMU out of boredom, which turned to utter fascination. I had a dull office job at the time, which allowed me to plumb the archives.

My Joe Frank fandom led me to 'FMU, which I've listened to, on and off, for a decade. As I got familiar with TBS, I noticed connections to a lot of my other interests, particularly Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist. I still have fairly irresolute tastes in comedy - TBS has been more of an on-ramp to that than vice-versa.

I've never tried to convert anyone. TBS has such a complex internal logic that I wouldn't think any less of anyone who just didn't have the time. I stopped listening for about a year, and completely lost track, particularly with all of the chat and message-board infighting that spills over into the show. Nevertheless, I've found that a lot of my old friends listen, too, and I always enjoy discovering that bit of common turf.

[AllisonLeGnome]

Addendum to my previous post: That same friend is also as obsessed as I am with Tom's rendition of "Under Pressure-" to the extent that we both know the entire song mostly from listening to it, since neither of us actually has the original song.

[mokin]

Addendum to my previous post: That same friend is also as obsessed as I am with Tom's rendition of "Under Pressure-" to the extent that we both know the entire song mostly from listening to it, since neither of us actually has the original song.

That is such a great moment. I listen to it a lot, too. I never really paid much attention to the lyrics before, but you can't help but do that with Tom's version. He's right. David Bowie wins.

[Itslikeimsayin]

Is it too much to ask for someone to edit the name of this post to remove the e from youre?

[Son of Dorvid]

Add three apostrophes to your username and we'll talk, chief...

...would be a good comeback had I started this thread.

[wwwes]

Addendum to my previous post: That same friend is also as obsessed as I am with Tom's rendition of "Under Pressure-" to the extent that we both know the entire song mostly from listening to it, since neither of us actually has the original song.

I'm that way about Tom's rendition of "Someone Saved My Life Tonight". I can no longer hear that song without breaking out into a grin. That and, of course, the opening bars to "Wise Up".

[jbissell]

I was listening to a couple of old episodes while on a long drive with my parents yesterday and my mind was completely blown when my dad (who is a fan of your typical corny dad humor) couldn't stop laughing at all of the Wurster calls. This is especially confusing since all of my friends that are comedy fans don't care much for the show.  Guess it really is hardhat radio.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Is it too much to ask for someone to edit the name of this post to remove the e from youre?

It's driving me crazy too, but if I were Jason, I'd change it to "you're" out of spite.

[Miss]

yeah it's been driving me nutso too

[namethebats]

One of my co-workers is a Ted Leo fan, so I got him to listen to "The World Is A Turlet," but I don't think he's made the leap into checking out the rest of the show.

[Steeley Chris]

One of my co-workers is a Ted Leo fan, so I got him to listen to "The World Is A Turlet," but I don't think he's made the leap into checking out the rest of the show.

I got into the show because of Ted Leo. It was the rap battle episode, and I've never looked back. But yeah, I tell my friends about but they don't care.

[ughwhy]

Who needs friends? Trade them all in for an orange crate.