Mar 23, 2011
Greetings to comedy aficionados and, especially, comedy podcast aficionados! As the creator and host of Succotash, the Comedy Podcast Podcast, I wanted to let early birds who dig this stuff in on the beginning birth pangs of my new show.
My goal is to create an audio offering akin to TV's version of "The
Soup" (or Chris Hardwick's "Web Soup" on G4) but one dedicated to
just comedy podcasts (or podcasts featuring comedians - there
is a difference...)
Here's my "dress rehearsal" — a version of the show that I slapped
together myself on my Mac, using a primitive version of Audacity,
an old Logitech USB microphone and one sleepless night. I'm using
this to pull the pieces of the puzzle together. And it's working!
(I THINK to get it at this point,
you need to click on the title of THIS blog item to get to the
download. Let me know if that doesn't work and I'll try something
else.)
So far I have blessings from a bunch of podcasting comedian
friends, including Greg Proops, Dean Haglund, David Feldman, Cole
Stratton, Kelly Carlin, and Kevin Pollak, with more jumping onboard
daily that are happy to allow me to use snippets and highlights
from their most current offerings. (The hope is that listeners,
both new and old, can use Succotash to learn what's going on in the
world of comedy podcasts. Then they can grab a taste and go get
themselves a full and tasty download at their leisure.)
I've got friend Scott Carvey composing an original theme for the
show — the tune you'll hear on the test episode is just a
placehold, appropriately entitled "Succotash" by the Bel-Airs. And
I'm meeting with another buddy this week to talk about him
producing the episodes in his state-of-the-art studio.
And YOU can serve a vital part of the Succotash process — should
you choose to accept the responsibility — by letting me know what
I'm missing, forgetting or not including. There are a lot of comedy
podcasts out there and I can't listen to them all. So drop me a
line at marc@SuccotashShow.com to let
me know where to go.
Finally, although I'm hosting this puppy, my real hope is to
feature some guest comedians along the way. Both the ones who are
doing such a great job posting and hosting their own podcasts but
also those comics who are fun to have drop in and share a few
minutes talking about comedy, their careers, and their take on
state of comedy today.
That's about it. Love to have you download and listen to this test
episode of Succotash, although I'll beg you to please remember that
this is nothing more than a crude rendition, a run through, a dress
rehearsal of what I'm hoping the final product will sound like.
Your comments and criticisms are welcome, with in comment form on
this blog or by email. You can also visit and like the Succotash
Show page on Facebook and follow us @SuccotashShow on Twitter!
Cheers,
Marc Hershon