Comments on: The Maria Bamford Show

The Maria Bamford Show

quintessencesluglord — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:25:26 -0800

Some good, some great, some really cute (mildly nsfw)

By: heydanno

heydanno — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:38:46 -0800

That pug was pretty cute.

By: nola

nola — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:45:18 -0800

I love her work.

By: YoungAmerican

YoungAmerican — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:52:45 -0800

The Bammer is absolutely 1000% awesome. I reccomend this episode of the "Never Not Funny" podcast on which she is a guest. (Here's a direct MP3 link if you prefer.) She's really one of the funniest comics around.

By: McLir

McLir — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:03:14 -0800

Big Maria Bamford fan here. My first exposure to her brilliance was this excellent interview from Morning Sedition [MP3].

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:08:19 -0800

That was the first time that I have ever been exposed to her. I liked her. Funny. I like that she seemed totally unafraid to appear cheesy and corny and hokey and whatnot. Too many comedians these days are too busy trying to be a cool guy to make anyone laugh. Even when they are telling jokes about liking Star Trek they are still trying to be cool. Not her. She embraced total dorkiness without reservation. I like that. Thanks.

By: fleetmouse

fleetmouse — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:08:50 -0800

Does she do the voice for that cartoon cat who talks about politics? The cat who asks rhetorical questions and asnswer them "Well... "? Anyways this is good. While at super deluxe visit baby cakes.

By: Blingo

Blingo — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:13:42 -0800

She is great. And, a super live performer. Her impressions of her family just kill me, and you'd think since she's such a good mimic she would pick a different voice as their natural voice. Great post.

By: DU

DU — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:15:01 -0800

Maria Bamford = awesome

By: basicchannel

basicchannel — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:18:44 -0800

Maria Bamford = awesome.

By: doift

doift — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:21:43 -0800

Best ever.

By: papercake

papercake — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:23:52 -0800

I stumbled on her standup late one night taking a stab at Comedy Central. She is the funny.

By: Justinian

Justinian — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:26:30 -0800

Praise? PRAISE? What have you all done with the real Metafilter?

By: OrangeDrink

OrangeDrink — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:27:23 -0800

Yay! Comedians of Comedy will rise! Been watching this for a bit. I'm happy it was posted to the blue. Thanks sluggy.

By: Zinger

Zinger — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:35:45 -0800

Praise? PRAISE? What have you all done with the real Metafilter? < gratuitous snark>< /gratuitous snark> There ya go.

By: porn in the woods

porn in the woods — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:41:27 -0800

Yay, Maria! I was just watching her on the Comedians of Comedy Tour DVD earlier today. She is also fantastic on Tim and Eric, Awesome Show, Great Job!

By: kuujjuarapik

kuujjuarapik — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:53:24 -0800

well, that's art.

By: TheNewWazoo

TheNewWazoo — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:54:38 -0800

Is anyone else really, really, really reminded of zefrank? Same expressions, same mannerisms, same voices...

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:59:30 -0800

I like her stuff, actually I REALLY like her stuff, but she's had the same material since I first saw her in 1998 or something. Having said that, the last link really is new and different. It's very good, and it sucks that there's really no venue for it. Whatever happened to the network variety show, anyway? Would people REALLY rather watch someone eat a scorpion on a hoagie bun than a little song and dance routine? Really?

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:00:18 -0800

No traditional venue, I should say.

By: McLir

McLir — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:08:42 -0800

Since I've been on her mailing list, she has not toured Michigan. Can any of my Detroit-area peeps give a shout out for her to come her?

By: Camofrog

Camofrog — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:15:48 -0800

She's very funny. The third link was like Sarah Silverman, lite.

By: ryanhealy

ryanhealy — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:16:51 -0800

Maria's an original. Totally brilliant. There's also some good footage of her stand-up on Patton Oswalt's "Comedians of Comedy" documentary.

By: CynicalKnight

CynicalKnight — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:15:08 -0800

I am up to my eyepits in talent watching these.

By: BlackLeotardFront

BlackLeotardFront — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:19:23 -0800

No sir.... I don't like it.

By: mullacc

mullacc — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:31:58 -0800

I've heard the material in the first video dozens of times now, but the other two were good stuff. Thanks for the links.

By: Jon Mitchell

Jon Mitchell — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:13:46 -0800

I...I...have nothing at all bad to say about this. Uniformly excellent. She really is very, very good. Thanks!

By: maryh

maryh — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:31:21 -0800

My only beef is that I'm getting a really choppy download on my mac. Content-wise, this is some good stuff. Her cutter/former schoolmate from the first link is still giving me some chills. Wow.

By: eclectist

eclectist — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:54:25 -0800

Didn't we just have a post about how we're drowning in quirk?

By: davejay

davejay — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:05:06 -0800

Dammit, I didn't enjoy this. Just when I thought I knew how to fit in with the cool kids...

By: brautigan

brautigan — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:59:13 -0800

I laughed, like, no times.

By: tomcooke

tomcooke — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:46:46 -0800

I liked these, thanks.

By: sweetwildandmad

sweetwildandmad — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:44:55 -0800

OMG I have Unwanted Thoughts Syndrome too! I <3 you Bammer!

By: squirrel

squirrel — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 07:35:58 -0800

Meh.

By: Doohickie

Doohickie — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 07:50:21 -0800

Dammit, I didn't enjoy this. Just when I thought I knew how to fit in with the cool kids... Hang out on the dark fringe. That's were the real cool kids are anyway. She's nuthin special, and she is a little over the top with the enunciation and facial expressions on the tight camera angles. Besides, I'm too old for quirky. /curmudgeon

By: YoungAmerican

YoungAmerican — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:12:39 -0800

Uhm... w/r/t Maria and Ze Frank... no. Both are make web video using tight camera shots, but much of Maria's show is adapted from her standup... material she's been doing for years. I know Maria a bit, and I am 100% confident she has no idea who Ze Frank is. (Nothing against Ze, btw)

By: YoungAmerican

YoungAmerican — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:18:16 -0800

Maria is starring in a FOX late night pilot, which features a lot of other really great people, and it's taping next week. There may still be some (free) tickets available, instructions are here.

By: pinothefrog

pinothefrog — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:14:25 -0800

She makes me want to kill myself, but I liked this one.

By: JHarris

JHarris — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:13:55 -0800

These are awesome, good post!

By: mrgrimm

mrgrimm — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:43:37 -0800

Ugh. No. Obviously, taste is subjective, especially in comedy, but not for me at all. The dark song was painfully bad. I don't like Patton Oswalt either, so maybe I'm just different. I can see the stylistic similarities, but she's nowhere near as funny as Ze Frank, imo. More dorky, less clever.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:37:22 -0800

I can't take a dump!!