WTF with Marc Maron (podcast)

[Mayonegg]

The Rogan/Dick relationship is endlessly interesting to me. Andy paints a much more negative picture of NewsRadio-era Joe Rogan on WTF than what I've heard from him before. Although, to be fair, what I heard before was on Rogan's podcast or the NewsRadio DVD commentaries.

I hope they work together again, they have pretty great chemistry.

[nathansmart]

... Andy Dick.

Which is a fun episode if you know all that went on during Bridgetown this past weekend.

can you elaborate?

[A_S]

can you elaborate?

Check out the recap of the Persona! show.

The rest of the weekend pretty much went the same way.

[sparklepicnic]

Where would one get Lovitz's take on things? I would very much like to hear what he has to say on the subject (or, actually, on anything. I'm curious about real Lovitz).

[BFH]

Where would one get Lovitz's take on things? I would very much like to hear what he has to say on the subject (or, actually, on anything. I'm curious about real Lovitz).

You could ask his wife... Morgan Fairchild.

[SeanX3]

That was one of my favorite episodes to date. What a fascinating nut.

[fevre]

I've heard many of Andy's Loveline appearances, he's always a great guest with compelling stories. Granted he tends to downplay his culpability, so I agree that "hearing the other side" of his stories is always interesting.

Although I can back up one of his claims. At an MTV taping of Fear Factor long ago, Rogan was a brazen misogynist every time the camera stopped.

[Umlaut]

This really made me miss Phil Hartman a lot all over again. To imagine the greatness we were deprived of having him leave so early... I never stop being sad about it.

[JustinGoff]

The Rogan/Dick relationship is endlessly interesting to me. Andy paints a much more negative picture of NewsRadio-era Joe Rogan on WTF than what I've heard from him before.

Dave Foley was on the Joe Rogan Experience a couple months ago and seemed to echo Rogan's claim that the cast of News Radio was like a big family, so I suspect Dick was exaggerating at least a little on WTF.

[spriest]

http://www.popeater.com/2011/05/03/andy-dick-arrested/

[Barrabus]

So, I'm guessing the Dick episode was recorded a while back, and held over whilst legal checks were made (Billy Idol's wife etc)? Because the earlier Rogan ep references this.

Fascinating stuff. I'm going to check out Dick's appearance on the JRE next.

[ozbug]

Where would one get Lovitz's take on things? I would very much like to hear what he has to say on the subject (or, actually, on anything. I'm curious about real Lovitz).

Lovit was on Larry King about 3 years ago after he was in a fight with Dick. I looked on YouTube but couldn't find it but maybe there is another source out there.

[LATaurus]

http://www.popeater.com/2011/05/03/andy-dick-arrested/

So ironic.... Andy said in the interview that he felt he was going to be sober for a "long stretch" or something to that effect....

[Barrabus]

Lovit was on Larry King about 3 years ago after he was in a fight with Dick. I looked on YouTube but couldn't find it but maybe there is another source out there.

The AV Club interviewed him for (a great) Random Roles last year:

NewsRadio—“Max Lewis/Fred/Mike Johnson” (1997-1999)

JL: [Long pause.] Ah, I don’t want to talk about that.

AVC: Not at all?

JL: [Long pause.] Nah.

Later, during a Small Time Crooks reminiscence:

JL: And by the way, I feel lucky that I’m working at all. I don’t take any job for granted. I enjoy this. I don’t take this interview you’re doing with me for granted. It’s all enjoyable for me. It’s all part of it. And you know, you’re asking me about NewsRadio… All I’ll say about NewsRadio is it was not... [Pauses.] It’s just that Phil was like my brother, and it was horrible what happened. So it was not… [Pauses.] Whatever, that’s enough about that.

[Guy]

Where would one get Lovitz's take on things? I would very much like to hear what he has to say on the subject (or, actually, on anything. I'm curious about real Lovitz).

Lovitz told me all about it in an interview I did with him in 2007. Usually I transcribe all my interviews and post them here: http://comedycouch.com/interviews.htm But it's not there; just another interview I did with him a year earlier. Must have been that I didn't have time to transcribe the whole thing because the story was due, and then I didn't get around to it. But I just found the relevant notes in my computer. Here's what he said back in 2007. If I ever find the micro cassette I recorded it on, I'll go back and transcribe the whole thing:

The thing with Andy where I smashed his head into the bar five or six times, that’s totally false. They keep repeating it because it was quoted in the Post by Jamie Masada, who wasn’t even there. He was in New York when it happened. And then Jamie goes, ‘I didn’t say that.’ I didn’t take him by the hair and smash his face. I would have kept hitting him but the bodyguard stopped it.

He said the worst thing to me that he could possibly say. That’s what he does to people. And usually they’re just in shock. And the first time he said it, I was.

‘I put the Phil Hartman hex on you. You’re the next one to die.’

He was trying to instigate stuff. He gets punched out all the time.

You just don’t say that to me.

Phil was like my older brother. I idolized him. And he was murdered and it was horrible. Basically I was depressed for five years. I did stuff but I kinda withdrew socially. It was horrible. And then one day I remember I was standing in front of my garage and I said, ‘I’m still alive.’ That’s when I started doing stand-up, to be honest.

He’s a moron.

I just lost my temper. Anyone else would have. Believe me.

If he was 6-5 and 300 pounds, I don’t know what I would do. I still might punch the guy.

I’m not proud of it. I don’t go around bragging about it.

Not one person has come up to me and gone, ‘Why did you do that? You shouldn’t have done that?’ Everybody thanked me.

[RoyalDutchOfDukes]

My God, I want to beat the dude who wrote that shitty email to Marc on the new live ep to death with a bottle of Coke.

[LATaurus]

Lovitz told me all about it in an interview I did with him in 2007. Usually I transcribe all my interviews and post them here: http://comedycouch.com/interviews.htm But it's not there; just another interview I did with him a year earlier. Must have been that I didn't have time to transcribe the whole thing because the story was due, and then I didn't get around to it. But I just found the relevant notes in my computer. Here's what he said back in 2007. If I ever find the micro cassette I recorded it on, I'll go back and transcribe the whole thing:

The thing with Andy where I smashed his head into the bar five or six times, that’s totally false. They keep repeating it because it was quoted in the Post by Jamie Masada, who wasn’t even there. He was in New York when it happened. And then Jamie goes, ‘I didn’t say that.’ I didn’t take him by the hair and smash his face. I would have kept hitting him but the bodyguard stopped it.

He said the worst thing to me that he could possibly say. That’s what he does to people. And usually they’re just in shock. And the first time he said it, I was.

‘I put the Phil Hartman hex on you. You’re the next one to die.’

He was trying to instigate stuff. He gets punched out all the time.

You just don’t say that to me.

Phil was like my older brother. I idolized him. And he was murdered and it was horrible. Basically I was depressed for five years. I did stuff but I kinda withdrew socially. It was horrible. And then one day I remember I was standing in front of my garage and I said, ‘I’m still alive.’ That’s when I started doing stand-up, to be honest.

He’s a moron.

I just lost my temper. Anyone else would have. Believe me.

If he was 6-5 and 300 pounds, I don’t know what I would do. I still might punch the guy.

I’m not proud of it. I don’t go around bragging about it.

Not one person has come up to me and gone, ‘Why did you do that? You shouldn’t have done that?’ Everybody thanked me.

I'm so confused.

Didn't Andy say that Jon said to him: "I'm putting the Phil Hartman hex on you." ??

And it sounds up there like Jon is saying that Andy was the one who tried to put the Phil Hartman hex on Jon.

Either way it's not a great thing to say but now it looks like they are both pointing the finger at each other for saying it.

Or am I reading the above incorrectly?

[SeanX3]

Between Burr/Fitzsimmons/Maron/Costello podcasts, I'm overdosing on the Baston aaccent right now, but that was still great and she was lovely.

[RoyalDutchOfDukes]

If Andy said Lovitz said it to him, he's full of shit, I remember every account of it I read when it happened attributing the "hex" thing to Andy saying it to Jon and pretty much everyone saying "Yeah, Andy had it coming."

[LATaurus]

thanks, I am probably not remembering what I heard on the podcast correctly...

man I wish Phil Hartman was still alive. That guy was hilarious.