Sep 17, 2015
Yes, ‘tis I, Marc Hershon, your host and third base coach for Epi115 of Succotash, the Comedy Podcast Podcast. And this is yet another Succotash Clips episode.
Been a while since we’ve sat down at the Succotash microphones and had a good long yackfest with someone. But that’s about to change, as I am on the eve of making the Kessel Run from San Francisco to Los Angeles, in order to make it into town for the 4th Annual Los Angeles Podcast Festival this weekend. If you’re in the Southland and want to check it out, the shindig is at the Sofitel in West Hollywood, right across from the humungoid Beverly Center. You can get tickets and information at http://LAPodfest.com
I’m anticipating a whole lot of talkin’ going on, both from folks talking to me in the SquareSpace Podcast Lab AND from me talking to podcasters on their shows. I have some specifics about some of that action coming up when we get to the Tweetsack segment later on in the show.
Podclip Roundup
Clips featured this episode have been snippeted from: Chillpak Hollywood Hour, Illusionoid, The JV Club, The Manchild Show, The Red & Jay Show, Studious Studs, The Bitter Sound, and Tiny Odd Conversations. There's also a special teaser for the ManBuyCow Podcast! (If you’re a comedy podcaster and would like us to include a clip from your show, you can use our direct upload link to get us your 3-5 minute MP3 clip – it’s http://hightail.com/u/succotash.)
We also have a classic commercial for Henderson’s Too Cool For S'cool Pants, a Burst O’ Durst with political comedian & social commentator Will Durst, musing about what some of the presidential candidates may have been up to during their summer vacations, and a new song about spiders from frequent contributor Abner Serd.
Good Cause Alert!
Our old buddy Ethan Dettenmaier, host of Combat Radio, has a new project out to raise much-needed money for social services, called Combat Radio Halloween. It’s got a bunch of crazy good talent on it, reading spooky stories and generally ripping All Saints’ Day a new a-hole. Download YOUR copy of Combat Radio Halloween by clicking over to http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/combatradiohalloween
Clips
Chillpak Hollywood
Hour
Dean Haglund & Phil
Leirness
I included a clip from Chillpak HOllywood
Hour this week, hosted by podcast royalty Dean
Haglund and Phil Leirness, not just
because they amuse me but because they employed this
show's proprietary coinage of the term tweetsack. There's
a bit of echo on Dean's side of the conversation in this clip -
apparently, co-hosting form Sydney, Australia is not without it's
audio aberrations. (There's a plan, incidentally, to have yours
truly as a Skyped-in guest for their episode next week to report on
the Podfest and also to give a review of Ear Buds, the new
documentary about podcasters and podcasting that will debut at the
Podfest on Friday night.)
The JV
Club
Janet Varney with guest Kelly
Carlin
The last time we had Ms. Janet
Varney grace our microphones was almost a year ago at LAST
year’s LA Podfest. I just saw her in a rough cut of a new movie
we’re talked about here before: Diani and Devine Meet The
Apocalypse. And she’s hilarious, as always. You hear her voice
all over the place, including as the voice of Korra in The
Legend of Korra, and as the voice of Nerdist.com. She’s 170
episodes into her podcast, The JV Club, where she mostly
interviews women of show business — except during her Boys Of
Summer series, which just ended. Her latest guest is also a friend
and past guest of Succotash — dating back to Episode 9, no
less — and it’s none other than Kelly Carlin, who
has been touring with her one-woman show, A Carlin Home
Companion: Growing Up With George. She and Janet sharing some
things in common, including being the only child in their
respective families.
Illusionoid!
Paul Bates,
Lee Smart & Nug Nahrgang
One of my favoritest shows
ever, Illusionoid!, just kicked off their 5th year and 5th
season of podcasting. The Terrific Trio from Toronto — Paul
Bates, Lee Smart, and Nug
Nahrgang — still the best name in podcasting — runs a
fantastic improvised sci-fi themed show that is consistently funny.
I just reviewed the episode this particular clip is from for
Splitsider.com and
Huffington
Post. The episode is called “Day Million”, and features three
owners of a copy store that has somehow existed for over 2000
years…and their lone customer on this fateful day.
ManBuyCow
Rufus &
Howard
We normally don’t play promos for podcasts on
Succotash because, well, I think clips make better promos
than…promos. BUT I have been waiting patiently enough for the
return of the ManBuyCow Podcast with
Rufus and Howard. Season 3 is
imminent and there’s finally word that it’s almost
here.
The
ManChild Show
Vintendo, Pistol Pete, Nicole Cole, Rev. Sir
Chano, Jessie BoomBattz
From ManBuyCow we go
to The Manchild Show. We’ve been getting a lot of Twitter
action from @PistolePeteMC, who is one of the hosts of
Manchild. He tells me that, since he’s come onboard, he’s
been trying to steer the show away from some of comedy’s
low-hanging fruit — which I assume is a metaphor for testicle
jokes. Pete really wanted me to play something from their next
episode but it’s not ready yet. So I’m playing the clip I harvested
from their previous installment because, well, who knows? The
network may punch our ticket and we’ll be out of here before the
next show starts.
Tiny Odd
Conversations
Travis Clark and Brandy
Clark
We haven’t played anything from Tiny Odd
Conversations for a bit, which means we completely missed out
on celebrating their Episode 200. If you haven’t caught TOCpod,
it’s with our friends Travis and Brandy
Clark, a delightful couple from Los Angeles. First of all,
kids, congrats on hitting your Epi 200! And second of all, this
clip has Trav and Brandy ruminating about: How do parents manage to
let their kids try all sorts of sports and activities without being
fabulously rich? (I manage to catch up with the Clarks pretty much
every time I get to LA, so I know that they’ve been busy and
getting their episodes out regularly has been tough. Believe me, I
know what that’s like, and I don’t blame ‘em a
bit.)
Red & Jay Show
Red &
Jay
Red and Jay are back! Red and Jay are back! I
actually don’t know who these guys are, but according to their
homesite, they're five episodes in after being off for a year.
There’s not a lot of info on these guys on their site, just their
first names. Or nicknames, maybe? I don’t know. But I DO know they
are opinionated. About stuff that some of us probably don’t even
thing a lot about. In the snippet we harvested, they’re going off
about HR. Human Resources, that is…
The
Bitter Sound
Davian Dent & Matt
Bubbles
One of the staunchest supporters of this show
and what we do here — namely, let YOU know about comedy podcasts —
is Davian Dent over in the UK. He’s involved in a
couple of podcasts, including Strange Times and his own
The Bitter Sound, a show that’s an ongoing experiment and
experience in audio wonderment. The ol’ BS has been down
for a bit, but it’s coming back, baby! And Davian, along with his
sometimes sidekick, Matt Bubbles, created this
preview of a piece of the upcoming first show of his new season
just for you…and it's one of the more disgusting uses for the
"theater of the mind" in recent memory.
Studious Studs
Shaq Scott
and Terrance
Next up is a clip from the Studious
Studs podcast with Shaq Scott and
Terrance. I found these guys because they’d
re-tweeted something of ours. Found out they’re into their second
season, after taking a break for the summer. Their website
describes the show as “A weekly podcast that sits down and
discusses life's obstacles and events in a very funny way.” Okay,
I’ll buy that. This clip clues us in on what the guys have to say
about a recent Chris Brown concert.
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Until the next time we invade your earholes, thanks for passing the Succotash!
— Marc Hershon