Keeping it simple with Todd Glass.
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January 6th, 2010 at 7:41 pm
Just a comment about college students and comedy.
I attend one of the largest universities in the country, and one that is very stereotypically jock-esque and party-centric. I’ve done upwards of 50 comedy shows in the town, and I bring up to 30 friends each time. My friends always prefer comedy that is smart and meta and fun and alternative and silent to young attractive kids doing song parodies and doing their bits about dating and the difference between black people and white people.
One night barely any of my friends could make it, and one of the campus sororities was having a girls-night-out at the club I was performing at. I got huge laughs and total attention, and the guy who went after me (who was attractive and talked about sports and drinking and sex) cleared the room. So, I think with the correct publicity, and at the right venue, a Jimmy Pardo or Todd Glass or any other NNF-type comic show would be well attended and enjoyed.
January 6th, 2010 at 8:13 pm
I squealed like a 7 year old girl when I saw Todd Glass was the guest this episode. I’m serious, sitting working from home and I check my downloads…. “Toooood!!!” I’m an idiot. Todd never disappoints on NNF, and this episode was no exception. Thanks for starting the new year off with some serious funny.
January 6th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
Haven’t listened to the episode yet, but my excitement at seeing the earnest Mr. Glass’s name on the marquee reminds me that I nearly drove off the road listening to Thin Pig. This is also making me reflect on how much NNF has shaped my laugh-seeking pursuits in the past year. Please, buy Todd Glass’s album, but be cautious as you listen when operating heavy machinery.
January 7th, 2010 at 7:58 am
About a third of the way through the episode. Great job thus far. Just had to comment that, and I don’t mean to be pedantic, but I guess I am, MILF, being nothing but initials, is an acronym standing for Mothers-I-Like-you-get-the-picture. It’s up there with the great ones like RADAR, SCUBA, SNAFU, and FUBAR.
Now please, more dick jokes.
January 7th, 2010 at 7:59 am
Oh, and is anyone else getting wickedly slow download times through iTunes? The video episodes take 2-3 hours to download, and the audio about 45 minues per.
The bandwidth getting squeezed coming over to Canada?
January 7th, 2010 at 9:17 am
We’re still working on getting the server settings right so that download speeds are back where we want them to be — turns out it’s a bit of trial and error. Thanks for your patience!
January 7th, 2010 at 9:48 am
Todd is one of my favorites. I get so excited every time I see his name as the guest. I watch on my ipod while I am at work, and I had to stop this episode at least 15 times so I could wipe the tears since I was trying not to laugh out loud. By far this is the best episode of the season. Thanks, guys. You are the best.
January 7th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
Todd Glass is my favorite guest of the season EVERY season.
January 7th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
Wednesday turned out to be a nice 1-2 of Todd Glass. Did you guys catch him on Tosh 2.0?
January 7th, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Todd Glass! I know you!
January 8th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Someone already pointed out that MILF is, in fact, an acronym, so I’ll just say … Great show, and one of the funniest Todd Glass podcast appearances I’ve ever listened to.
Two thoughts:
a) It was nice that Todd had the opportunity to show his appreciation to the CAEE listeners, but it was still a little frustrating to have the whole thing discussed without even a HINT of an explanation for what happened. Yes, yes, I’m aware that it’s really none of my business, but that doesn’t make me any less curious, and to make pretend that you’re “addressing” it without actually, you know, addressing it, seems a little pointless. The subtext that I read into Jimmy’s frequent re-assertions that “we’re friends with you both” was that there was actually some sort of falling out between Todd and Jimmy, though . . .
b) Fingers crossed that this whole Leno/Tonight Show re-programming silliness doesn’t affect Jimmy’s job at all. It would really and truly suck for him to have this great, stable gig yanked out from under him because NBC can’t figure out how to get rid of Jay Leno . . .
January 8th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
First of all, another great show. It never stops amazing me how funny Jimmy is busting Todd’s chops and no laughs harder at it than Todd. I know we’ve all heard a comic make fun of a fellow comic - with respect - and then say, “Trust me no one would find that funnier than the guy I’m making fun of” or something to that effect. With Todd it’s totally true.
Second of all…
Matt: “Did they have cheese?”
Jimmy: “I don’t know who that is.”
Answer: Urkel. It was basically Steve Urkel.
And I’ll have you know Jaleel White’s people are not happy about it.
And by that I mean the black community, now hear me out…
January 8th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
I know I sound like a whining baby, or an incompetent, but how are you guys listening to this? I still can’t get more than the first 20 mins or so downloaded. It’s not the end of the world, I have plenty of JJG and SYA to listen to, but I REALLY like Todd Glass, so it’s obviously frustrating. Is there another website to go to that I have missed like when there was trouble with the Mark Maron episode? Thanks for the help. I love the podcasts.
January 8th, 2010 at 7:45 pm
Casey- There are three different ways you can get the video: iTunes, streaming, or through the feed. If none of those work…keep trying I guess. Sometimes I have to try the videos 3 or 4 times before they load completely.
January 8th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
I just re-listened to the episode and the comments regarding the recent lack of questions of the week or Judge Jimmy stood out. I kinda enjoy the lack of them. It makes the show seem longer when the ending isn’t so plainly in sight.
January 9th, 2010 at 2:02 am
I love when Todd cracks up at Jimmy’s teasing. Also gotta love it when Jimmy looks directly at the camera. Cracks me up. And I can’t wait to see Oliver and Jimmy do a routine together when Oliver gets old enough. I have a three-year-old myself and LOVE Oliver stories. Keep up the great work, guys. You make us laugh every week.
January 9th, 2010 at 6:23 am
How do we feel about giving up our seat for an obese person?
In regards to giving up seats for any lady, part of me always feels like I am coming off as trying to hit on them. Thus, I will only do it for an elderly person (with or without sneaks)
Will Baby Oliver be allowed to eat meat?
Why is Mr. Pardo boycotting McDonalds?
January 9th, 2010 at 10:18 am
todd levine’s parents might be interested:
http://www.disneylandclub33.com/
January 10th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
I really miss Todd and his prefacing :’(. I wish he would write a book on life advice because I’ve never heard anyone put so much heart and honesty in their words as Todd does.
And I agree with Caroline, we just had Michael Ian Black at our college and the show went fine. Buffalo seriously needs a decent comedy club so we can get names like Todd Glass and Jimmy Pardo (except he won’t come to the east coast for some reason).
Has anyone established that Jimmy, Todd, and Stef are still good friends despite him leaving CaEE?
January 11th, 2010 at 10:11 am
I think Joel McHale must have a surplus of short jokes from his writers at the Soup, because all he does on that show is make fun of Ryan Seacrest’s size too. Is he even that big? Oh well, keep up the feud and it’ll help both your careers, just like gangsta rappers.
Jimmy’s Other Feuds = Chelsea Handler, Sheryl Crow, Gin Blossoms, cooking meat, Dwayne Wise, Marissa Tomei, Tupac?
January 11th, 2010 at 10:22 am
Don’t forget Billy Joel.
January 11th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
And George Lopez.
January 11th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
And Greg Fitzsimmons
Oh wait, that’s Andrew and Matt.
I don’t want to include “lol”, but I feel like I might need to, lest someone takes me seriously. I realize that sometimes guests just don’t work out blah blah blah.
January 12th, 2010 at 5:25 pm
For those of you following the Conan-Leno-NBC thing, Conan just posted his official letter, I copied it from NY Times:
People of Earth:
In the last few days, I’ve been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a second feeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I’ve been getting paid to do what I love most and, in a world with real problems, I’ve been absurdly lucky. That said, I’ve been suddenly put in a very public predicament and my bosses are demanding an immediate decision.
Six years ago, I signed a contract with NBC to take over “The Tonight Show” in June of 2009. Like a lot of us, I grew up watching Johnny Carson every night and the chance to one day sit in that chair has meant everything to me. I worked long and hard to get that opportunity, passed up far more lucrative offers, and since 2004, I have spent literally hundreds of hours thinking of ways to extend the franchise long into the future. It was my mistaken belief that, like my predecessor, I would have the benefit of some time and, just as important, some degree of ratings support from the prime-time schedule. Building a lasting audience at 11:30 is impossible without both.
But sadly, we were never given that chance. After only seven months, with my “Tonight Show” in its infancy, NBC has decided to react to their terrible difficulties in prime time by making a change in their long-established late night schedule.
Last Thursday, NBC executives told me they intended to move the “Tonight Show” to 12:05 to accommodate the “Jay Leno Show” at 11:35. For 60 years, the “Tonight Show” has aired immediately following the late local news. I sincerely believe that delaying the “Tonight Show” into the next day to accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting. The “Tonight Show” at 12:05 simply isn’t the “Tonight Show.” Also, if I accept this move I will be knocking the “Late Night” show, which I inherited from David Letterman and passed on to Jimmy Fallon, out of its long-held time slot. That would hurt the other NBC franchise that I love, and it would be unfair to Jimmy.
So it has come to this: I cannot express in words how much I enjoy hosting this program and what an enormous personal disappointment it is for me to consider losing it. My staff and I have worked unbelievably hard, and we are very proud of our contribution to the legacy of “The Tonight Show.” But I cannot participate in what I honestly believe is its destruction. Some people will make the argument that with DVRs and the Internet, a time slot doesn’t matter. But with the “Tonight Show,” I believe nothing could matter more.
There has been speculation about my going to another network but, to set the record straight, I currently have no other offer and honestly have no idea what happens next. My hope is that NBC and I can resolve this quickly so that my staff, crew, and I can do a show we can be proud of, for a company that values our work.
Have a great day and, for the record, I am truly sorry about my hair; it’s always been that way.
Yours,
Conan
January 12th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
1. I hadn’t seen that letter, so thanks for posting it Mariano.
2. Are server issues ok at this point? I waited a few days before I could complete the download for this episode.
3. “Son of a fucking shit!” - Great quote for the Season 7 explicit intro!
January 12th, 2010 at 6:35 pm
conan proves in the first 3 words why he really is from another planet comedically
January 12th, 2010 at 7:19 pm
Conan is a class act.
January 13th, 2010 at 6:19 am
Todd’s laugh makes my day.
January 13th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Here’s the status of our server: things are stable but may still be on the slow side for another few days, especially when the new episode goes up (soon). We’re putting the audio out first this week in hopes that this will lighten the load and speed things up, but once the migration we’ve undertaken is complete we will supposedly be back to the speedy downloads of yesteryear (2009).
January 15th, 2010 at 11:24 pm
we can all agree that Matt saying “Did they have cheeeese?” is going to be in the intro of next season right??