Curt
Tuesday 12th August 2014 2:26am
Ottawa
6,604 posts
I seem to listen to Podcast more regularly than TV shows these days.
My subscriptions (that are comedy based) are:
1. Smodcast: One of the grand daddies of Podcasts. Essentially Kevin Smith and his producing pal Scott Mosier get stoned and make up random stories based on articles they've read. I think it's hilarious but a lot of people find it annoying. Overall it's one of my favourites.
http://smodcast.com/channels/smodcast/
2. Hollywood Babble On: Another Kevin Smith Podcast that's set in front of a live audiences with his good buddy Ralph Garman. This show is much more structured with segments and popular requests from listeners. This is one of the few Podcasts my wife will listen too (she doesn't really think Smith is funny) as she finds Garman's imitations like Arnold singing Children's songs very funny.
They were recently in the UK so check out those episodes.
3. The Nerdist: With Chris Hardwick, Jonah Ray and Matt Mira (all comedians in the alternative LA scene) interview actors celebrities but primarily comedians and comedy writers. Their all host episodes are also usually funny (there are a few recent ones that really sucked as they all seemed upset with each other over something personal).
4. Star Talk Radio: The brilliant Neil deGrasse Tyson talks mostly space but he is also smart enough to know he need help in the funny department do he brings on a slew of great comics to help him.
5. Comedy Bang Bang: Tons of my favourite comics just trying to make each other laugh. Hosted by Scott Aukerman. It's also a very weird but funny show now on IFC.
Those are my 5 must listens. I also listen very regularly:
- Edumacation (science and comedy with again Mr. Smith)
- You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes
- Welcome to Night Vale : not exactly comedy but I find it funny.
- 'The Champs' with Neil Brennan (the other half of The Dave Chappell Show)