Anybody listening to the Comedy and Everything Else podcast?

[erechoveraker]

I have to have background noise all the time when I work or I go nuts/lose focus/get distracted and do other stuff besides work - like post on message boards. In exchange though I think the last movie I saw in the theaters was There Will Be Blood, and I torrent/tivo most of the TV I occasionally watch.

[Gilly]

I have the kind of job where I can just sit at my desk with headphones on posting on message boards all day.

My job gives me the time to surf the nets all day but I can't listen to anything.

[chrisfoll577]

I have the kind of job where I can just sit at my desk with headphones on posting on message boards all day.

i have a similar job, though i don't have access to the internet at my computer (i work on an 'intranet'). i can just plug in my headphones and tear through eight hours of bbc, best shows, npr, technology, comedy, history and sports podcasts when i'm not listening to music or audiobooks.  i honestly don't know i'd be able to stay sane at my job without my ipod.

[yesno]

altec lansing im207. Awesome work speaker. Small, great sound, battery powered, great industrial design (no unnecessary buttons or controls).

I've been listening to music all day at a low volume from one of these at work.

[Trembling Eagle]

who's still listening?

[yesno]

It never updates.  And when it does it's not been that great.

A Best Show reinvigorated by the H Man will wipe all of these "podcasters" off the face of the earth.

[Pete Velcro]

It's good until they get all serious. Not that I can't handle a nice debate every once in a while, but they take on issues that are pretty obvious and easy.

I don't know, I think that beating children is a pretty good idea.  And I love Sinbad.

I can handle when Todd gets all serious because he can make nuanced, original points that you don't hear every day. Jimmy Dore on the other hand, when he starts talking politics and religion, is just spouting generalizations to me, with no jokes--it's boring.

The Mike Schmidt podcast is way too bleak. I think he's he's a comic prodigy. He's quick as hell and a great joke writer, but I find his personal life too disturbing.

Podcasts I like are the Dork Forest, I Love Movies, Filmspotting, Elvis Mitchell, and Never Not Funny has just gone through the roof entertainment wise since they started charging--totally awesome.

[Trembling Eagle]

It's good until they get all serious. Not that I can't handle a nice debate every once in a while, but they take on issues that are pretty obvious and easy.

I don't know, I think that beating children is a pretty good idea.  And I love Sinbad.

I can handle when Todd gets all serious because he can make nuanced, original points that you don't hear every day. Jimmy Dore on the other hand, when he starts talking politics and religion, is just spouting generalizations to me, with no jokes--it's boring.

The Mike Schmidt podcast is way too bleak. I think he's he's a comic prodigy. He's quick as hell and a great joke writer, but I find his personal life too disturbing.

Podcasts I like are the Dork Forest, I Love Movies, Filmspotting, Elvis Mitchell, and Never Not Funny has just gone through the roof entertainment wise since they started charging--totally awesome.

You said it on Mike Schmidt I don't get why he's so bent on doing the single person podcast, I hope he breaks down and gets some more people.

[jbissell]

It's good until they get all serious. Not that I can't handle a nice debate every once in a while, but they take on issues that are pretty obvious and easy.

I don't know, I think that beating children is a pretty good idea.  And I love Sinbad.

I can handle when Todd gets all serious because he can make nuanced, original points that you don't hear every day. Jimmy Dore on the other hand, when he starts talking politics and religion, is just spouting generalizations to me, with no jokes--it's boring.

The Mike Schmidt podcast is way too bleak. I think he's he's a comic prodigy. He's quick as hell and a great joke writer, but I find his personal life too disturbing.

Podcasts I like are the Dork Forest, I Love Movies, Filmspotting, Elvis Mitchell, and Never Not Funny has just gone through the roof entertainment wise since they started charging--totally awesome.

You said it on Mike Schmidt I don't get why he's so bent on doing the single person podcast, I hope he breaks down and gets some more people.

I actually don't really mind him doing it by himself, it sets him apart from the "couple of comedians getting together and talking about whatever" format. Not all the episodes are homeruns, but there are enough great moments to keep me checking it out every week.

[todd]

Comedy and Everything Else: I like it, but it never updates. And Todd's neurosis are what make him funny, but he does get a little too serious sometimes.
40 Year-Old Boy: He's hilarious, but I can't take the guy-talking-to-himself shit. It's depressing.
Never Not Funny: This season has been a home run so far. Jimmy is great, and they even got Patton on last week! It was great.

[Trembling Eagle]

Comedy and Everything Else: I like it, but it never updates. And Todd's neurosis are what make him funny, but he does get a little too serious sometimes.
40 Year-Old Boy: He's hilarious, but I can't take the guy-talking-to-himself shit. It's depressing.
Never Not Funny: This season has been a home run so far. Jimmy is great, and they even got Patton on last week! It was great.

And he mentioned Tom Scharpling

this whole comedy podcast genre is a little incestuous

[todd]

And he mentioned Tom Scharpling

this whole comedy podcast genre is a little incestuous

Oh yea, I forgot about the Best Show plug on NNF.

[ericluxury]

40 Year-Old Boy: He's hilarious, but I can't take the guy-talking-to-himself shit. It's depressing.

I wouldn't expect Best Show fans to necessarily like 40YOB, but I hardly ever find it depressing. When he gets on himself, I usually relate enough that its not so depressing. I often find that funny enough. And that usually fits into the part of the show I love, which is when he tells stories.
The only time I find the show off-putting is when he gets very angry about his wife. I also understand and relate to that, but I can imagine his wife listening. There are couples that fight and say things like that to each other (and I'd imagine Schmidt and his wife are that way), but at least then its saying that to the person. People also say awful things about their spouses when they are venting to friends, but hearing him do what sounds like a combination of venting to friends, confronting her and trying to be funny is real creepy.

[Trembling Eagle]

I'd like to preface this....

[erechoveraker]

I'm fully off the GlassDore since this thread started, listening to one of the ones after Norm, or maybe the Doug episode, and I'd just had it - unsubscribed! (although I keep checking for updates to see if there are any good guests to lure me back in, the comedy podcast junkie that I am)

However, I've recently gotten back into NNF and catching up on S3 some. I'm very quickly remembering why I got off board with it in S2 though, (no, not the premium. although that didn't help. and Jimmy calling people faggots all the time doesn't help either) but Patton plus his Scharpy plug made for a nice episode.