Apr 23, 2011
I want to thank the early listeners to our Succotash premiere
episode for their kind words on Facebook, Twitter and the like. And
I also feel the need to give a humble bow to a couple of great
comedy resources who have their fingers on the pulse of the podcast
side of things.
First, PlopList rolled out a gracious welcome yesterday:
Succotash Serves Up Comedy
Podcast Highlights
Yesterday saw the launch of Succotash - The Comedy Podcast Podcast.
Writer, cartoonist, reformed comedian performer and friend to
comedy, Marc Hershon started the new show to highlight the best of
comedy podcasts in an audio format. Succotash strings together
short audio highlights from a variety of shows (no longer than 5
minutes each) interspersed with Hershon's plugs for the shows and
some brief editorial commentary.
The first episode plays likes a public radio style recap show.
Highlights include WTF With Marc Maron, Pop My Culture, Comedy
Death-Ray Radio, The Adam Carolla Show, The Smartest Man In The
World, Mike & Tom Eat Snacks and a few others.
Succotash is conceived as a primer for the potential uninitiated
comedy podcast listeners out there. It's a simple concept, perhaps
born out of the growing interest in the medium, especially when it
comes to the comedy format. Another sign of comedy podcasts
building on their garage band empire?
No word yet on the interval or whether or not the various shows
receiving the highlight treatment will become willing partners of
the show. Hershon hints at the heavy workload of putting the show
together. This could prohibit a regular release. It's not on iTunes
yet but you can still listen to the inaugral episode and keep track
through the Succotash blog. Looking forward to see how the show
develops.
Then, earlier today, we got a nice welcome from Punchline
Magazine:
Punchline Magazine analysis: the comedy podcast goes
postmodern
Due to the recent surge in popularity, It was only a matter of
time, but now it’s official: the comedy podcast has gone
postmodern.
Yesterday, via the Plop List, a wonderful hub of everything related
to comedy podcasts, the arrival of Succotash - The Comedy Podcast
Podcast was announced. As you might figure with the label “comedy
podcast podcast”, host/producer Marc Hershon plays several clips
from popular podcasts including WTF with Marc Maron and Comedy
Death Ray Radio with interstitial commentary on the clips.
Basically, it’s a highlight reel of the best of the best in the
comedy podcast world.
As evidenced by Rolling Stone’s recent Top Ten Comedy Podcasts of the
Moment list and the ease of producing and uploading,
proliferation in the medium has developed with the biggest names in
comedy all the way down to open mic comedians having their own
podcasts. The Soup with Joel McHale came about as there was too
much wildly popular bad TV that begged to be parodied on American
television; the Soup filled a demand for all of it to be sorted
out. On a more “positive tip” Succotash may have come about because
comedy podcasts have reached/are very close to reaching a fever
pitch that requires the same sort of wrangling, though in
admiration rather than in satire.
Whether this development will change the way in which comedians
broadcast their thoughts and opinions — like paintings and movies
did when their respective art forms moved into their postmodern
periods — has yet to be seen. But, at the very least, the medium of
the comedy podcast is moving forward, and more importantly, getting
way funnier.
Thanks to the folks at both of those comedy resource points. Now
that we now we've been noticed, we'll be on our best behavior!