Comments on: 8 Preview: This American Parody

8 Preview: This American Parody

mathowie — Tue, 08 May 2007 16:50:05 -0800

Apropos of nothing: a preview of this week's upcoming podcast.

By: achmorrison

achmorrison — Tue, 08 May 2007 17:00:31 -0800

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Ira must be a pancake.

By: pb

pb — Tue, 08 May 2007 17:05:41 -0800

I've often thought the Metafilter Podcast could use a Glassing.

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 08 May 2007 17:09:08 -0800

Ha!

By: ericb

ericb — Tue, 08 May 2007 17:27:13 -0800

"Today on the MetaFilter Podcast, stories of people putting their tongues on things..."

Ooh, this should be very interesting!

By: sequential

sequential — Tue, 08 May 2007 17:27:44 -0800

The ending was great. Thanks for the laugh, I really needed it. Is the whole episode going to be done like this or is this just some fun?

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Tue, 08 May 2007 17:28:17 -0800

Now I want to see Matt and Ira in a cage match.

Wait, I've wanted to see that for years.

By: caddis

caddis — Tue, 08 May 2007 17:29:08 -0800

Well, along the lines of putting your tongue onto the iBook charger, I once played with a 220 volt fixture in Ireland. It had one contact on one end and another contact on another end of a long bulb which looked like a fluorescent, but was really just a long incandescent. Somehow I got my right hand on one contact and my left on the other, yes this is conduction right through the heart, and I hadn't even been drinking (I was 12, although I did get Guiness on that trip). The resulting jolt threw me across a bed and perhaps even knocked my out. After thanking God for leaving me on the planet, I am left with a healthy respect for electricity (there might have been other incidents which involved melting objects rather than personal shocks that contributed to this). I have eyed the iBook connector but I don't think I could ever put that on my tongue. Bully for you Matt. By the way, we are coming out with a new medicine and are looking for test volunteers.....

By: Rock Steady

Rock Steady — Tue, 08 May 2007 17:38:11 -0800

Fucking great. Note perfect. Someone needs to get this to Ira toot sweet. Has there been a This American Life about TAL parodies?

By: jack_mo

jack_mo — Tue, 08 May 2007 17:48:01 -0800

If you have no idea what This American Life is this sounds just like the usual podcast, only with better production values.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Tue, 08 May 2007 17:51:40 -0800

So I've been meaning to do this for about three weeks, since I saw Ira Glass give a talk. He came off as kind of weird because he walked around with an ipod and would actually play plinky music behind himself as he talked as if he was on the show. I was fascinated with his trademark delivery and I started doing impressions of him for friends, by thickening up my tongue and nerding up my voice a bit more. I need to keep working on it though.

Anyway, once I interviewed Jesse, I knew I had a perfect set of quotes for a TAL-style intro. Much to my chagrin though, once I had the idea, I found out on Friday that a comedy group had done a better job of the same joke (show 1, show 2) already.

So this was just something for shits and giggles, a one-off thing but once I was done with it I figured I'd share.

By: niles

niles — Tue, 08 May 2007 18:31:39 -0800

genius.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Tue, 08 May 2007 18:43:15 -0800

You goofy bastard, you.

By: yhbc

yhbc — Tue, 08 May 2007 19:11:54 -0800

Matt, trust me (and I mean this in the very best way possible); you do not need to nerd your voice up any more.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Tue, 08 May 2007 19:25:56 -0800

"Today on the MetaFilter Podcast, stories of people putting their tongues on things..."

Do these people have licker licenses?

By: trip and a half

trip and a half — Tue, 08 May 2007 19:41:35 -0800

Loved "Ack One"! Can't wait for the rest of the acks...

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Tue, 08 May 2007 20:12:18 -0800

I favourited this so hard, it hurts.

When are you going to interview me for the podcast? I do a very decent David Sedaris.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Tue, 08 May 2007 21:09:59 -0800

Metatalk: nerding up my voice a bit

By: O9scar

O9scar — Tue, 08 May 2007 21:50:50 -0800

Well, you got the giggles out of me, so well done.

By: wemayfreeze

wemayfreeze — Tue, 08 May 2007 22:32:03 -0800

Bravo. Loved it.

By: ORthey

ORthey — Tue, 08 May 2007 23:23:57 -0800

I'm all up over this thing!

Also, this is freaking brilliant. Awesome.

By: macadamiaranch

macadamiaranch — Wed, 09 May 2007 05:26:04 -0800

I think they moved TAL from 1PM to Noon on Saturdays in Chicago so Ira wouldn't say "One o'Cock" anymore in the promos.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Wed, 09 May 2007 08:20:12 -0800

Why, macadamiaranch?

By: onlyconnect

onlyconnect — Wed, 09 May 2007 10:50:01 -0800

Funny!!!

By: cgc373

cgc373 — Thu, 10 May 2007 22:26:09 -0800

I wanted to type the first comment in a new category. Do I win anything?

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Mon, 14 May 2007 21:15:49 -0800

Hilarious. Or are you trying to get the Hodge's attention???

I'll work on my Sarah Vowell, just in case. Her vocal style would do the ladytastes story justice, I'm sure.

By: Miko

Miko — Fri, 25 May 2007 12:28:31 -0800

Fanamatastic. This is a great demonstration of how intentional the sound of a radio show is -- from vocal intonation to pacing to production style, you've got it down pat.

he walked around with an ipod and would actually play plinky music behind himself as he talked as if he was on the show.

Now, that's just scary. He has obviously made the soul transformation from man to product.