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A Plane Ticket that Changed Everything

Hey WTFers, WTFbuddies, WTFaneers, WTFniks people who have been on board since before WTF, all of you –

Well, Toronto was great. I hadn’t been there in ten years. If you listen to this week’s show you’ll know that I have some fond and some not so fond memories related to the last time I was there. It involves a passionate affair and a plane ticket that changed everything–including the locks on my apartment.

Thanks to all of you that came out and thanks for the presents–books, Yam bread, fresh tapped Maple syrup, cat toys, CDs and a little WTF Marc Maron paper doll thingy. I had a great time, you were great crowds and Yuk Yuks is an amazing club.

Now, onto Ireland. I haven’t been to the festival in Kilkenny in about ten years. The last time I was there I was newly sober which I think is against the law there. Now, I am very sober. We’ll see if they let me into the country. I remember it being a beautiful place, one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. I think there is a castle there as well–which I may try to move into. It would be so much nobler to do the podcast from a keep surrounded by a moat than in the garage. Though, I love the garage. We’ll see how it goes. I hope there are enough WTFuckers there to help me take and hold the castle.

This week’s shows are great. The live one from UCB was a treat because I have known Laura Kightlinger forever and I haven’t seen or talked to her in years and she is truly one of the funniest people alive. Dylan Brody disappeared from my life for years as well. He was never really in it but I knew who he was. Funny and smart guy.

Enjoy.

Maron

This Week on WTF.

Live WTF at the UCB - Episode 77

Laura Knightlinger

Brenden Walsh

Moshe Kasher

Eddie Pepitone

Jim Earl

Dylan Brody - Episode 78

The Purple Onion and Pristine Decay

Hey WTFers, WTFbuddies, WTFaneers, people who have been on board since before WTF, all of you –

Holy shit! The Purple Onion shows in San Francisco last week were amazing. Sorry if you couldn’t make it. The place has such an awesome history–Lenny Bruce, Pryor, Woody Allen, Mort Sahl, The Smothers Brothers and Phyllis Diller all performed there in the club’s heyday. I found the history a little intimidating. I was happy to be in such a comedically haunted room, but it was a lot of pressure in my mind. So, I just thought how incredible it was that all those great performers had to have had at least one or two shitty sets there. Then I was comfortable.

The other interesting thing about The Purple Onion that the owner, Mario, was telling me is how the club is still in the exact same condition that it was in the ’50s and ’60s. I commended him on respecting the history of the club. But it isn’t really about respect per se. He went on to tell me that he hasn’t really fixed or replaced anything–ever. Because of the club’s landmark status, if he keeps it pristine in its decay–it can remain the way it is. It’s about money. If he fixes anything he has to update the entire club. He pointed out that there is no handicap ramp. The club is in a basement. He said when someone in a wheelchair shows up, they go old school–get a couple of guys and carry them down. So, I guess if you are wheelchair bound and come to a show at The Purple Onion, you get two old-timey treats–the original club and a frightening journey down a steep staircase.

BTW. Hey, Toronto–see you next weekend. (All others TBA)

Maron

Also: There’s a live WTF Taping this Friday at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in LA at 8pm with Laura Kightlinger, Moshe Kasher, Brendon Walsh, Jim Earl, and Eddie Pepitone.

Tickets are just 8 bucks.

This Week on WTF.

Jim Norton- Episode 73

I have known Jim Norton for years. He is honest, filthy, unique, and hilarious. I wanted him to be all those things and he was. Enjoy. Topics include: being peed on, whores, transvestites, parents, being liberal, censorship, etc. Good stuff. Gritty and real and funny.

For more Jim Norton:

www.eatabullet.com
Official Jim Norton iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad app
New CD - Yellow Discipline

Tracy McMillan

Tracy McMillan is someone I kind of knew from friends we have in common. When her book came out, I Love you and I’m Leaving You Anyway, I had to have her on. It is a memoir about having a father who was a pimp and spent most of his life in jail and a mother who was a whore. Tracy grew up in foster homes. The book is funny and revealing and gets to the heart of a lot of relationship dynamics that we can all relate to.

For more Tracy McMillan:

www.tracymcmillan.com
I Love You and I’m Leaving You Anyway

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Upcoming Shows

April 9 & 10
Marc with Eddie Pepitone
Tempe, AZ
MADCAP Theater

April 13
Comedy Death Ray
Los Angeles, CA
UCB Theater

April 15
Believer Book Release
w/ Larry Doyle, Daniel
Handler and Eugene Mirman
San Francisco, CA
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April 22-24
Bridgetown Comedy
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a live WTF taping
Portland, OR
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April 27
Marc with Janeane Garofalo
Philadelphia, PA
Theater of the Living Arts

April 29
Live WTF Taping with
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Greg Giraldo,
Morgan Murphy,
and Tom Shillue
New York, NY
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April 30 & May 1
Marc with Janeane Garofalo
New York, NY
Comix

This week on WTF:

Episode 61- Dave Hill

Marc and Dave discuss Japan, the morality behind Happy Endings, and doing comedy in prison.

Check out Dave online at www.davehillonline.com.

Episode 62- Myq Kaplan

Marc and Myq sit down and get into linguistics, veganism, puns, words and being small.

Also Myq’s new CD Vegan Mind Meld will be available on April 27th

Big Ol’ Bag of Candy: February 22-28

BY POP-ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN

Here’s what going down the week of February 22-28

Chris Hardwick will be at the San Francisco Punch Line from February 24-27. Get tickets here
Also, be sure and check out Chris’s new podcast The Nerdist on iTunes.
Chris Hardwick on Twitter

Check out Hannibal Buress’ weekly show every Sunday at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn.

Winter Warm Up with Eugene Mirman
WINTER WARM-UP
To kick-off the 2010 Friends of Celebrate Brooklyn membership campaign, Brooklyn resident, Eugene Mirman, will be hosting an evening of comedy and music with fellow comedians Kristen Schaal, Michael Showalter, Marc Maron, and Kumail Nanjiani. Become a Friend of Celebrate Brooklyn! at the show and enter a chance to win some great prizes! For more info visit www.bricartsmedia.org/celebrate.
Saturday, February 27

From Greg Berhendt:
Greg Behrendt’s Litttle Room Disaster at Largo On Tuesday Feb 23rd On Tuesday FEB 23rd comes a show even more disasteous than the last one! It features Al Madrigal, Chris Fairbanks, Andrew Donnelly and music by Paul Doucette! And no I’m not “Shitting you.” All of these people have agreed to participate in what is becoming Los Angeles’ most upsetting night of underutilized talent and dreams gone awry! EXPECT MORE THAN STANDUP! It’s an evening that includes sketch, music, pictures from magazines, pathos and ennui all of it hosted by ME (Greg Behrendt)! So if you have your act together come down and judge the crap out of us! So go here 366 N La Cienega Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90048 For reservations (310) 855-0350

Laugh Night: A Benefit for Art Share Los Angeles, a night of standup comedy in downtown LA. Feb 25t Five headlining comics will be taping standup sets for The Sound of Young America, and all ticket proceeds benefit ArtShare LA, which provides free arts instruction to Los Angeles students. Art Share was recently featured in the Los Angeles Times at Art Share’s historic warehouse theater in downtown Los Angeles.
Comics performing include: Greg Behrendt Donald Glover Karen Kilgariff James Admonian Holly Mills Nick Adams

Witstream.com Show
Thursday, February 25
Hosted by Michael Ian Black
Line Up:
Doug Benson
Josh Fadem
Rob Delaney
Chelsea Peretti
Steve Agee
Get tickets here

Maria Bamford comes to the Dirrty
Maria Bamford at the Laughing Skull Lounge in Atlanta
February 25—28
Get tickets here

WTF Podcast
Join Marc Maron and this week’s guests:
Monday - Comic Kumail Nanjiani talks about growing up in Pakistan.
Thursday- Live WTF from UCB LA w/ Laurie Killmartin, Jackie Kashian, Eddie Pepitone and Jim Earl

WTF Home Page

Rebecca Corry will opening for the acclaimed Puppetry of The Penis at the Coast Playhouse in LA Thursday, February 25 at 8:00 and Sunday, February 2 7:00 and 9:30.
Get tickets here

PRCM 2009 In Pictures

2009 In Photos from poprockcandymountain on Vimeo.

Music “Never Think” by Robert Pattinson

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