By Brendan McLaughlin | October 4, 2010 at 10:44 am | 2 comments
Anyone who listens to the podcast, WTF With Marc Maron has been waiting intently for this moment, and it’s finally here: this week, Maron reconnects with and interviews his longtime friend and fellow comic, Louis C.K. Maron’s been voicing his desire to have C.K. on the show...
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By Punchline Magazine | September 20, 2010 at 1:49 pm | 5 comments
“Live tweeting” by comedians and other celebrities is not uncommon. Louis C.K., for example, just gained some attention by drunkenly live tweeting some pretty raunchy things about Sarah Palin. And, now, thanks to Marc Maron we have the latest noteworthy installment of this...
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By Brendan McLaughlin | September 2, 2010 at 12:00 pm | No comments
Another booking coup for our favorite podcast: this week on WTF with Marc Maron, the comedian turned podcast king interviews writer/director Judd Apatow. In this special two-part interview, the second of which just went live online, Marc and Judd cover a range of topics,...
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By Becca Scheuer | July 28, 2010 at 1:48 pm | No comments
What happens when a comedian steals a joke? In most industries, creative material is effectively policed by Intellectual Property (IP) laws, putting a type of copyright on original material. However, in the chapter "Intellectual Property Norms in Stand-Up Comedy,” which will...
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By Becca Scheuer | July 1, 2010 at 3:02 pm | No comments
The Seattle music and arts festival Bumbershoot recently announced its jam-packed comedy lineup for the September event. Boasting both national acts and up and coming comedians, Bumbershoot will have a comedy stage South, West, and North in addition to its main music stage and...
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By Mike Blejer | July 1, 2010 at 12:13 pm | 16 comments
I just listened to Marc Maron's incredibly enlightening Dane Cook interview from this week’s episode of WTF with Marc Maron. It got me thinking about my own experiences getting into comedy under the shadow of Cook.
Shortly after I started doing stand-up, I was talking shit...
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By Becca Scheuer | June 7, 2010 at 11:26 am | 2 comments
In the last few months, Marc Maron's podcast WTF has blown the hell up, thanks, in part to high profile -- not to mention, expertly crafted -- interviews with Robin Willians and Carlos Mencia, the latter of which got mentions on Entertainment Weekly and Huffington Post and...
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By Dave Mindich | May 25, 2010 at 9:42 am | 14 comments
Scottish newspaper Daily Record jumped on Ricky Gervais’ case on May 23 for using the term “mong” in a bit onstage he did during his a recent UK tour stop. He was referring to Britain’s Got Talent champion singer Susan Boyle.
For those of you who, like myself, had no...
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By Punchline Magazine | April 26, 2010 at 8:26 am | No comments
On Friday, we posted some previews of Marc Maron's interview with Robin Williams. Now, comedy fans, the entire episode of WTF, Maron's popular podcast wherein the interview is housed, is up. And you should get there immediately. But if you missed the previews on Friday...
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