Comedy: Stand-Up, Improv, Sketch, Podcasts • Page 120

Earwolf CEO posted this on reddit:

Looks like all the Best Ofs are back up for free from the paywall

 

Howl sucks, the idea sucks, the paywall sucks, fuck earwolf

 

Is Scott not really involved with Earwolf anymore?

 

Interested in My Favorite Murder and The Last Podcast on the Left. Will do MFM from the beginning since its manageable. Is LPOTL worth running through completely, or can I pick and choose?

 

And while I get needing to make money of your hard work and whatnot there are just so many podcasts out there that pay for certain ones just doesn't seem super worth it to me at least.

 

I think Howl should have came out with the premium shows or w/e and a donation option that's more explicit than the old Earwolf one. I can't get behind a paywall at all, but if it's a necessity this was a horrible way to roll it out

 

I got real addicted to MFM at first but leveled off around 30 something, I should get back into it

 

TBS says there are no plans to switch Conan O’Brien’s late-night show to a weekly format

TBS head is denying that Conan is changing anytime soon which is a huge relief, I still watch him every night and the weekly news earlier today devastated me

 

I picked and chose episodes about topics/stories that sounded interesting with LPOTL. Took me a bit to get accustomed to their style of humor and while not all their bits are 100% my thing I enjoy the podcast overall. Very well researched and lots of good further reading/viewing recs.

 

I understand the decision to put archives of Earwolf shows behind a paywall and I'll continue to pay for Howl but it always sucks when something that's free and widely available is suddenly not anymore. At least we had like an 18 months heads up.

 

How does the archive work on something like Downcast? Do I need to listen on the Howl/Stitcher app if I want to hear old episodes, or can they play on Downcast?

 

I hope this is the case, but it sounds like it was at least a discussion they had as the denial was kind of 'nothing as of now' and 'nothing is changing in 17.'

They do mention his contract is up in 2018, so I'm wondering if maybe in discussions for his next contract, that is something they're talking about doing.

 

If you're a Howl subscriber, there are unofficial Howl.fm feeds. You can login and use the URLs in your podcast app, I think.

 

Heads up Hollywood Handbook still has their whole catalog for free on itunes so there's still time to download them and moving them to a flashdrive

 

And you all called me crazy for backing up my Earwolf shows when they announced the pay wall.

Has anyone been to Jenny Slate's show Big Terrific? I'm thinking of going next Friday, but it's a little expensive and I'm not quite sure what to expect.

 

I don't know why anybody would think that's a crazy thing to do. We've known for over a year that the archives were going behind a pay wall, it makes sense to download them and keep them somewhere if you don't want to deal with the paywall.

 

yeah, when Max Silvestri was moving to LA they did a sendoff show with him, Gabe Liedman, Joe Mande and Jenny, it was a lot of fun, I think they did like 20-30 minutes each or so

 

U2 announced a Joshua Tree 30th anniversary tour. Possible UTU2TM episode?

 

New Jim Gaffigan special goes up on Netflix tomorrow.

 

And we're probably getting an album in the fall, they're going to get so many replies on Twitter

 

Gil's character on CBB is so good

 

Mitch was prefect in Other People.

 

Anyone watch The UCB Show on Seeso? I've been meaning to check it out for a while and I just heard that S2 is coming out on Thursday.

 

I watched a few episodes and it was good but it didn't leave much of a lasting impact on me. Not enough to go back and finish the season anyway.

 

That sucks. I had high hopes for it. Guess I'll just start S2 of B$P instead.