This is a very special week. E3 has proven to be one of the best in years, and if that weren’t enough, we have another installment of our weekly feature, Podcasters’ Favorite Podcasts. Okay, these things aren’t exactly equal, but this is a big one.
Ryan Davis of the Giant Bombcast is here sharing his favorites this week and we couldn’t be happier. If you say that you are not familiar with this podcast, we don’t believe you. It is probably literally impossible that you are on this site and don’t know the Bombcast. There is not much else to say, the Giant Bombcast is the best of the best and here are Ryan’s best of the best.
Ryan Davis [Giant Bomb | @taswell]
1. Never Not Funny (http://www.pardcast.com/)
The first podcast I ever listened to with any regularity, I subscribed immediately after watching NNF host Jimmy Pardo absolutely kill while hosting Match Game Live at the SF Sketchfest a few years back. It’s a loose, conversational format where working comedians spend 90 minutes trying to crack each other up. Each week welcomes a different guest, usually someone involved in the LA comedy scene. Fun Fact: There’s also a video version of NNF, which is recorded by Andrew Koenig, better known as Boner from Growing Pains.
2. I Love Movies (http://ilovemovies.blip.tv/)Hosted by comedian Doug Benson, this podcast is recorded live at the UCB Theatre in LA. The format’s recently been extended to 45 minutes, allowing the often stoned Benson more time to ask his guests about the movies they’ve seen recently and indulge in some goofy riffing. There’s a healthy crossover in the guests here and on NNF, but Benson seems to get more non-comedy people in the mix. Every episode culminates in the Leonard Maltin Game, where Doug challenges his guests to name a movie with the fewest, most obscure cast clues possible.
3. Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show (http://kevinpollakschatshow.com/)
I’m using a pretty loose definition of the word podcast here, but I think there’s a real shaggy charm to this, which is essentially a low-budget chat show. Pollak ain’t no Charlie Rose, but there’s an intimate feel to it, and he manages to coax a certain candor out of his weirdly eclectic show-biz guests.
Like this? Try it yourself and share your favorites in the comments.
