I'm one or two podcasts behind. He spoke of shooting the pilot shortly after it happened. I liken the concept to a live-action Dr Katz, wherein a loose (largely improvised) story wrapped around comics talking about their lives.
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 12:45 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > The pilot Maron made for a TV show based on his podcast has been picked up > for ten episodes by IFC. > > I listen the selected podcasts weeks and sometimes months after they are > posted, so I don't know if he announced this already this week, it may be > old news. > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/17/wtf-with-marc-maron-coming-to-ifc_n_1355493.html?ref=entertainment&ir=Entertainment > > ************************** > Last June, Marc Maron announced that he shot a pilot for a TV > semi-adaptation of his podcast "WTF." On Saturday, Laughspin cites insiders > that IFC plans to officially announce soon that the cable channel has picked > up a full ten-episode season of the show. > > Maron's show (currently untitled, but possibly also called "WTF") will join > another podcast-turned-TV show on IFC's lineup, "Comedy Bang! Bang!", an > off-kilter talk show with Scott Aukerman and Reggie Watts. The game show > "Bunk," hosted by Kurt Braunohler, will also see its premiere next summer, > and IFC's breakout comedy hit "Portlandia" will return sometime this year as > well. > > In the pilot for Maron's show, which IFC did not ask to be reshot, Maron > plays himself -- a grizzled comedian who hosts a podcast called "WTF," where > he interviews his comedy colleagues from his garage (the pilot was even shot > in his actual house). Although Laughspin reports that no casting has been > confirmed, Ed Asner played Maron's father and Ken Jeong played himself as a > podcast guest in the pilot episode. The episode was directed by Academy > Award winner Luke Matheny and cowritten by Duncan Birmingham. (SNIP) > > IFC will make a formal announcement of the series during their upfronts on > Tuesday, according to Laughspin's sources. We will report more information > at that time. > > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
