In this clip from last week’s episode of “Maron,” we met Marc Maron’s dad Larry, played by television legend Judd Hirsch. The onetime doctor was stripped of his medical license and is now peddling a vitamin supplement called “Maron’s Mix” that promises not only five hours of energy but also 72 hours of erection. He…
On last week’s episode of “Maron,” we met Marc Maron’s dad Larry who is played by television legend Judd Hirsch. Larry is a piece of work. He lives in an RV fueled on harebrained ideas and get-rich-quick schemes. Larry more or less annexed his RV as part of Marc’s home, with little more than an…
While we’re all used to seeing Fred Armisen play Garth, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or Ian Rubbish on “Saturday Night Live,” on last Saturday’s episode of SNL, his Portlandia co-star, co-creator and co-writer Carrie Brownstein showed up on stage at Studio 8H, too. Carrie joined Fred for the final sketch of SNL’s season finale. Fred was playing…
Earwolf podcast network has a lot of incredible podcasts, like Comedy Bang! Bang!, Bret Gelman’s Gelmania, By The Way, In Conversation with Jeff Garlin, Sklarbro Country, The Fogelnest Files with Jake Fogelnest, Who Charted? and, of course, Pod Cats. Pod Cats stars Marc Maron’s cats Monkey, Boomer and LaFonda (as voiced by Eddie Pepitone, Sean…
A new episode of “Maron” airs Friday at 10/9c.
The second season of “Comedy Bang! Bang!” kicks off on Friday, July 12 at 10PM ET/PT with 20 all new episodes and a jaw-droppingly impressive line-up of guests. The first ten episodes of the slightly surreal talk show will air from July 12 – September 13, followed by a short fall hiatus before picking back…
Tonight at 10/9c there’s an all new episode of “Maron.” On the show’s debut episode, Marc and podcast guest turned erstwhile sidekick Dave Foley tracked down an internet troll and walked straight into his Dungeons & Dragons game. Last week, Marc faced down questions about his masculinity from Denis Leary and handled getting a dead…
This Saturday on IFC, catch The Buzzfeed Block with two awesome movies paired like a fine wine and a T-Bone (local, organic) steak. This week we’re showing two movies starring people featured on BuzzFeed’s “People Who Kick Serious Ass” list: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Harrison Ford. Tune in at 8/7c for “Collateral Damage” starring AH-NOLD as…
Marc Maron tweeted this about his recent media tour in support of his new television show, “Maron,” and his memoir, “Attempting Normal”: I think we’re all handling the me blitz pretty well. — marc maron (@marcmaron) May 3, 2013 Personally, we feel like we could have a “Maron” media blitz forever, because there are few…
On Monday on WTF, Marc Maron talked to director Noah Baumbach about his latest movie, “Frances Ha,” which touched a real nerve with Marc, as did Noah’s other films like “The Squid and the Whale,” “Greenberg” and “Margot at the Wedding.” They talked about why Noah’s movies cut so close to the bone, plus Noah…
As any Portlandia fan knows, the show’s star and creator Fred Armisen has to get the gear. He’s technology obsessed, which can occasionally cause trouble for him like that time when he got stuck in a technology loop. Even though he knows the risks, Fred loves gadgets and is usually on the forefront of most…
Our adopted comic Chris Gethard is a pretty understated guy, so even though he has some big exciting news to announce, he just kind of whispered into the ether a.k.a. published it on The Chris Gethard Show blog. Luckily we have our TCGS Google alert, put his blog on our RSS feed, follow him on…
Finding the perfect pair of pants can be a long, lonely life’s work. In his memoir “Attempting Normal,” Marc Maron talks about his desire to find a pair of pants that mimic the perfect pair he wore as a kid. He wrote, “When I was a kid and my mom bought me Levi’s, they were…
Marc Maron is a man of simple pleasures. As we know. But when he can’t have one of those simple pleasures, there are a few more that he likes to engage in and is that too much to ask? No it is not and Marc will happily tell that to anyone who asks …even if…
Sometimes you’re the man for the job, and sometimes you’re not. And then some other times Dennis Leary peer pressures you into pretending that you’re the man for the job, when you are really really not. That’s what happened on last week’s episode of “Maron” where Dennis shamed Marc Maron into pretending that he could…
Here’s the deal: Every Friday we show a new episode of Marc Maron’s semi-autobiographical scripted comedy “Maron” and you watch it. Then Marc will tell you what inspired the episode in a peek behind the scenes in a web series we’re calling “Off the Marc.” In the wake of the so-called Dead Possum episode (which…
Here’s what to watch this week on IFC: Monday Start your week out right with a double feature of terror. Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” starts at 8/7c starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall and some of the scariest twins ever cast in a movie. Stick around for “Evil Dead 2″ at 11/10c when Bruce Campbell battles…
Right now you can watch a clip from this week’s episode of “Maron,” before it airs tonight at 10/9c. In the clip, Marc is suffering from something many of us suffer from: Embarrassing Dad Syndrome. Marc’s dad, Larry – played by the incomparable Judd Hirsch – mortifies Marc by barging into the garage during his…
Welcome to the first episode of Pod Cats with Marc Maron’s cats Monkey, Boomer, and LaFonda. Marc Maron may hate a lot of things, but he loves cat. Since Marc and his beloved trio of cats spend a lot of time together, it isn’t much of a surprise that they’ve started to develop some of…
“Maron” airs on IFC on Fridays at 10/9c.
This Saturday at 8/7c, tune in for the BuzzFeed Block. This week BuzzFeed has crafted a list sure to send chills down the spines of some of you OCD types: “21 Signs That You’re A Control Freak.” Go ahead and send that one to your roommate and see if he wants to keep yelling at…
We wanted to take this opportunity to remind everyone that Sunday (yes, this Sunday) is Mother’s Day. Don’t worry there’s still time to get the florist to overnight some flowers to the woman who likes to remind you during dinner that she changed your diaper for two years of her life that she is never…
Scott talks Between Two Ferns and The Lonely Island.
During his continuing media blitz, Marc Maron dropped by “Conan” to discuss his new scripted comedy show, “Maron,” which airs Fridays at 10/9c. As fans of his show or his WTF podcast know, Marc has a lot of issues, but sharing is not one of them. That’s why a chapter in his book, “Attempting Normal,”…
