Would you pay to hear Ricky Gervais?
I have to admit that I haven’t kept up with The Ricky Gervais Show podcast as much as I wanted to. OK, I only started listening yesterday. In fact, yesterday was the first time I put any podcasts on my iPod. I’m catching up on Ricky Gervais now, and I’m already considering paying for the show when they start charging for the podcasts next week.
I have to wonder a bit about the logistics of paying for podcasts. If I’m getting it through Audible, is it really a true podcast? Also, I’m afraid I’m going to lose one of the best features of iTunes and podcasts, which is the fact that there’s generally something new waiting for me when I unplug my iPod to leave for work in the morning.
For $7 you’ll get four episodes, which isn’t a bad price, but it would be nice to get hour-long shows instead. A half hour of Karl Pilkington just goes by too fast.
The Uber Geeks have a good discussion going on the topic.
Latest Uber Geeks podcast hits the netwaves
It slipped under my busy radar yesterday, but for some good geeky listening, point your iPods toward The Über Geeks and catch their latest podcast.
I’d tell you what topics they cover, but there’s so many that it would be easier for you to just go over there and read about it yourself. It weighs in at 64 minutes, so that’s over an hour of work you won’t have to do. This one doesn’t feature yours truly, but you can only ask for so much.
Super domes
Bald dudes have been kicking some serious ass lately.
If you watched “The Daily Show” last night, you might have noticed shiny-topped Rob Corddry, typically the best correspondent on the show, filling in for host Jon Stewart. Stewart is great and all with his clever wit and sarcasm, but the weird thing is Corddry was a breath of fresh air to a show getting a tad bit stale, even if his Hitler-Anne Frank joke went over like Danish cartoons in the Muslim world and his Will Arnette interview was way too buddy-buddy (they do get points from mentioning the Burlington Mall though).
Now comes news that Corddry has landed the title role in Fox’s pilot “Becoming Glen,” which is described by the Hollywood Reporter like this:
“Becoming Glen” centers on a successful fortysomething man who looks back at 1994, when he was a 32-year-old slacker (Corddry) living with his parents and spending all his time lying on the couch watching TV.
OK, a little “Get A Life,” but still, Corddry’s involved. Continues after the jump »
Crap Filter on TUG Radio
Here’s a little Friday science I’d like to drop on unsuspecting visitors. At some point today, I, Chris Coleman, will be appearing on Episode No. 2 of the TUG Radio podcast over at TheUberGeeks.net. We’ll be discussing all things Crap Filter and all things über-geeky. It’ll be fun, so stop on by. I fully expect you to subscribe to it for all future episodes, put it on your iPod and then listen to it as you ride the L train to Bedford Avenue.
Oh Ricky!
You may have missed the news last week, but Ricky Gervais, the comedy genius behind The Office, has a new podcast for Guardian Unlimited starting today.
When Ricky Gervais was asked to name the funniest man alive, he said, “my friend Karl Pilkington. The trouble is, I don’t think he knows he’s being funny”.
Each week, award-winning comedians Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant rummage around in the mind of Karl Pilkington to prove he’s not just the village idiot, he’s beaten off all competition to take the national title.
Join Ricky and Steve as they help Karl wrestle with such burning issues as:
“Jellyfish - do we need them?” “How could an infinite number of monkeys type the complete works of Shakespeare if they’ve never read it?” “Why do you never see an old bloke eating a Twix?”
Burning issues indeed.
OK, so maybe I’m completely lost, but I have people who assure me that such things constitute humour across the pond. But don’t take it from the promotional text. Take it from me, somebody who has seen every episode in Season 1 of The Office. That should be reason enough to check out.
A quick note: As of 3 a.m. Eastern, the podcast isn’t available yet, so keep checking.
