Comedy Podcast Poll

You Look Nice Today is the only one of these I listen to, and I like it a lot, so YLNT

WTF is the best, CDR is the funniest, Best Show Gems gets lifetime achievement.

WTF for all tiiiiiiime

my second : Bugle
my third fave: Walking The Room for disgusting lols

I like a lot of these but anything other than the Bugle seems crazy.

Uhh Yeah Dude is the best

write in for car talk

Car Talk's a freakin radio show!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if this was 2 months ago id say maron in a heartbeat but im a bit burnt out on it tbh

am probably enjoying doug loves movies & never not funny the most right now, also like comedy & everything else

lots of these ive never listened to tho

I've tried to listen to a lot of these but they usually front load the shows with endorsements and babble so I give up.

WTF is good but I like listening to Doug Loves Movies more because I'm a dork and like to play along with the Leonard Maltin game. Last year Grady posted a bunch of uh yeah dude clips and I spent a couple days watching/listening to everything I could find by those guys and loving it but then totally forgot about them.

cosign w Keyes. just because you CAN make a podcast endless doesn't mean you should.

i listen to music

music http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-rolleyes007.gif

I also voted for uhh yeah dude. Bought tickets for the 4/8 live show yesterday..

Voted Bugle. I love WTF but can't bring myself to voted Maron. Underrated: Keith & The Girl but its daily and who the fuck has the time to listen to an hour a day?

i listen to music

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, April 1, 2011 9:57 AM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i don't remember if i responded to this the last time you and some dude said you don't listen to podcasts, but podcasts are really designed for people who commute to work, and i assume that you guys aren't really commuting anywhere

"i listen to music" vs "i have a real job"

I don't listen to a lot of podcasts on my commute, b/c it takes away from reading time, but I do listen to them at the gym.

Been listening to the Best Show for a couple of months but it's finally sunk in and it is the most hilarious thing I'm currently regularly tuning into.

Mouse wearing a cape, etc.

the jon wurster calls are brilliant

The one where he comes into the studio as the bandmate of "Buzz" Obama and tells all the former presidents' secrets for about 45 minutes was absolutely relentless.

I enjoy Best Show a lot...maybe that's my #4 favorite.

Of these I listen to:
The Bugle (definitely the one I will be voting for)
Judge John Hodgman (about to give up on this, the funny moments don't make up for the absolute smugness of the callers)
SModcast (very hit or miss, but I'm not getting into more Kevin Smith arguments on the internet)
Best Show Gems (love this, plan to start listening to the full show, but its hard for me commit that much time to podcast listening in one go)

Can someone make maybe a compilation of representative bits from each of these podcasts -- kind of like academy award screeners, but maybe 2-5 minutes long each? One thing I've always hated about polls is the lack of handicapping for the less popular choices, and it'd be great to hear a sampler anyway.

Lesser known ones worth checking out--

Thrilling Adventure Hour (old time radio parody with revolving cast--Paul F. Tompkins, Aubrey Plaza, etc.)
Superego (scripted sketch comedy)
Mike Detective (Rob Huebel and others--written by Scott Aukerman)

Could you make some excerpts of those?

Are you serious? Just download one and listen.

Unfortunately with a lot of these it would be really tough to gauge through just 2-5 minutes. I mean, a lot of the best stuff from Best Show require lots of context to really hit home with the humor.

The Mike Detective episodes are only 5 minutes apiece anyway

Some of these I separate from straight comedy shows. Like, WTF and Nerdist or even NNF are far more about the interaction/conversation with the guest, as opposed to stuff like Sklarbros or CDR or DLM which is built on bits.

And then you have shows like UYD or Bill Burr or even Greg Fitzsimmons where it's just the guy and maybe a buddy talking directly at you, emptying their head.

"lot of the best stuff from Best Show require lots of context to really hit home with the humor."

i've listened to hours of this and i'm thinking a fan who has listened to far more hours could figure out which select five minutes could do a better job of selling it than the hours I listened to.

also downloading each individual podcast, even if they are only 5 minutes long themselves, is actually too much to ask of anyone. for example, how many people here have heard every one of the poll choices?

go listen to music

A lot of these podcasts have "Best of 2010" or whatever episodes so those may be good starting points.

also downloading each individual podcast, even if they are only 5 minutes long themselves, is actually too much to ask of anyone.

This is just a poll on ILE you know.

this poll still matters more than the comedy grammys

Phillip: I listen to a few podcasts, I have by no means listened to all of the podcasts listed here but know of most of them, have tried listening to quite a few of them and given up, but I feel okay in voting for WTF as my favorite.

It's not an SAT. No-one's going to ask you to write 500 words on what you know about each one of them. Relax :)

(unless I missed the essay portion of this poll in which case I'm totally screwed)

haha i wish there was an exam portion. if you haven't heard some threshold number of different podcasts, and you end up voting for the most popular ones, the vote should be weighted less, because those guys have an unfair advantage. like that weird canadian rule that forces music videos to be 50% canadian.

I fear there's no saving you from yourself, Philip

how about this, I'll put together a sampler of the ones I'm familiar with (which are unfortunately the most popular ones) and we can collectively add more until there's a full set?

OK I just made some to start off:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/gzj74d

Excerpts from:
The Best Show (Tom vs. Rick from Poster Children)
WTF (Maron vs Tom from Best Show)

The one where he comes into the studio as the bandmate of "Buzz" Obama and tells all the former presidents' secrets for about 45 minutes was absolutely relentless.

yes, this was amazing, such a different vibe when Wurster's in the studio instead of on the phone

a few others that I enjoy from time to time:

Am I Right
The Biggest Mistake
Eardrop
Totally Laime Podcast
Pop My Culture

http://www.sendspace.com/file/comdez

another "best-of" podcasts pack:
-the best joke from this one mike detective podcast I downloaded (there is probably a better joke, but this is the only episode I heard)
-jesse thorn asks ian mackaye about todd barry's fugazi joke (I spliced in todd barry's fugazi joke in place of jesse's paraphrasing)
-terry gross fights gene simmons
-al franken tells terry gross his gene simmons tennis story

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this is a crime:

Comedy Death Ray Radio 1

seriously, WTF is not all that, guys

oh man I was the only doug loves movies vote?

wtf is good but I feel like it's really hit or miss

So is Doug Loves Movies.

Shocked at the turnout for CDR! I would've thrown it a bone if I'd known this was the showing it would get...

i thought i voted doug <3s movies too so hmm

Tbh you might have. I feel like I post in polls but often forget to vote in them so maybe that was you and I didn't vote at all. :/

My faves are basically:

1. The Bugle
2. Comedy Death Ray
3. The Pod F. Tompkast
4. The Best Show Gems
5. Mike Detective
6. Superego
7. Thrilling Adventure Hour
8. WTF

Who were the 3 votes for Adam Corolla?

Dave Matthews Band of comedy

kingfish prob one

I voted for Carolla cuz I didn't think he'd get any votes from u stuffed shirts, plus he owns

Uhh Yeah Dude 2
Comedy Death Ray Radio 1

gross

Yeah, I've been listening through the Comedy Death Ray catalog this week--Jesus Christ: Bob Ducca, Don Dimelo, the I-Brain story, Marisa Wompler, Jesse Ventura, Bill Cosby Bukowski, Huell Howser, Ice-T. Amazing.

Listened to a bunch of Comedy Death Ray yesterday while driving home from work. Oh my god. I was laughing so hard that I probably should have pulled over.

I like the WTF interviews, but it's the episodes I've heard have not been overbearingly chucklicious, and if they were, it was the guests who made them that way, not Maron.

WTF isn't very funny ime. I mean, that's okay, it's not why I listen to it, but there are definitely funnier podcasts out there.

it's definite a podcast about comedy, not a comedy podcast

listened to a little bit of doug loves movies yesterday, it was amusing but didn't seem that special

the live WTFs are funnier, if that's what you're looking for

I didn't vote on this poll at all. I stopped listening to Carolla months ago when he shifted formats away from the interviews, which were far more compelling than adapted morning zoo shows.

I think it was his show with Adam Curry last year which I was finally fed up with him. You had on a guy who Adam could have easily gotten 90-120 mins of interesting, compelling stuff out of(shared history and whatnot), and they talked for 20 minutes before moving to another bit.

Uhh Yeah Dude is the best

― ℳℴℯ　❤＼(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Friday, April 1, 2011 3:24 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark

tam tam i am happy you are a UYD fan

New PFT podcast out today

http://www.earwolf.com/episode/a-dennys-parking-lot/

(I haven't heard it yet)

listen to 2 Dope Queens yall

Ah, memories