I have to say as an avid WTF listener - heard just about all of them in their entirety - that last week's interview with Will Franken made me sad.
Was it just me, or was it super depressing and seeped in unspoken denial and weirdness?
How so? I thought it was a little dull, and when Franken did voice bits it made me wonder if he was delusional in his egotism (i.e., the voice bits weren't all that funny, which made me think he was either overstating his arrogance, or his arrogance was real but unjustified). But then again he didn't strike me as all that arrogant in the interview, and his routines might be much better than the few minutes I heard on WTF.
Anyway, I'm curious what led you to this if you feel like explaining further...
I dunno... Maybe it was the way Maron somehow seemed less than thrilled to talk to him, more tolerating the hour long talk rather than being truly interested.
Perhaps it was Franken was all "you're better than a shrink, this is the biggest breakthrough of my life!" and all that. On the surface, his experiences didn't seem terribly different from the range of hardships that most WTF guests reveal, but I just got the feeling that despite acknowledging them he hasn't learned a whole lot from them.
Maybe, on the other hand, it was just the rainy weather that day and I felt sort of crummy?