Episode 56 – Scott Aukerman, Man of a Thousand Voices (that all sound kinda like Bryan Ferry but not really)
Scott Aukerman
It’s a guest episode, being recorded in Jimmy’s dining room
Matt has had a cold since the live show (Episode 55)
Jimmy and Matt agree that they should seal themselves off from humanity
Mike says hi to Italy, and has gotten email from a fan there
Jimmy is half-Italian, so he knows half as much as real Italians
Scott Aukerman is here in a lips with fangs hoodie
Jimmy once dressed in a ridiculous amount of White Sox related layers, on stage, then shed them one by one as the show progressed. He also once rolled his shirts sleeves up higher after every joke. Comedy!
The word Jimmy used really WAS “dunce”
Scott’s yearly non-vacation: Comic-Con!
Jimmy astutely observes that there are things to do on vacations
Kulap wanted to buy Scott airline tickets to Minnesota, home of her old job Hulk Hogan’s Pastamania
Jimmy talks about his anti-vacations
Obsessive scheduling on vacation is exhausting
All about Jackie Kashian in Venice
Introduction music at comedy clubs, including, but not limited to The Curley Shuffle, Whatsamatta U, that Y’all Ready for This song, and The Fly
Attention comedy club MCs: please do not harass the audience by telling them they are not doing a good enough job at being an audience
Mike makes a Tex Avery reference that only Matt gets
Scott went to school to be a texaverist
Scotts favorite stores: Pets & Music; Video Luggage; Beads & Things (the “Things” being pool tables)
Sewing machines cost, like, $10,000 or something!
Having a baby gives you extra time so you can sew all the clothes for it
Playing the Clearlake room where Buddy Holly was scheduled to appear before… well… you know
Never Not Funny: a room full of mumble-mouths
Mike wants a retroactive dead pool
Scott as inside info on Courtney Love, his dead pool pick
Scott has something called “MySpace pages” for himself and Comedy Death Ray
Mike’s dead pool choice: Mike Tyson
Scott now realizes that he does impressions of English pop stars from the 80s
Brian Ferry, Julio Iglesias, Martin Fry, and Carol Channing are all perfectly impersonated
Scott got to sit onstage when Morrisey performed on Jimmy Kimmel. BONUS: shirt-throwing
Jimmy and Pat were onstage when Neil Diamond was on Kimmel
A fan was too nervous to meet the guys after the live show
Never Not Funny: The most accessible jackasses on the planet
Never Not Funny Volume I CD is now on sale [I can’t wait to hear Volume II!]
The NNF CD is a good way to introduce people to podcasting and CDs
Learning about new technology
Mike loves the NBC tour
Jimmy’s dead pool pick: Scott
Jimmy has never felt more ALIVE!
Do things still taste good to anosmia sufferers?
Career advice for comics
Dressing in costumes for auditions
Matt dressed as an iPod to audition for his role on Never Not Funny
Childhood Scott was in a Christian gymnastics team, due to his great athleticism
Cartwheel-a-thon!
Jimmy’s paper route and baseball playing conundrums
Jimmy’s KFC audition, which he lost to Jason Alexander
Scott’s “What are you doing here?” audition
Jimmy’s audition for the WB
Scott’s sabotaged audition for a pilot: “He’s a writer, not an actor!”
Scott’s worst audition: for Garry Shandling’s What Planet are You From? One line: No
Milke’s Mexican sports-drink gross-fat-guy audition
Mike turned down a thong-wearing part in a sequel commercial
Jimmy’s dead pool pick: Estelle Getty
Matt’s pick: Andy Griffith
Jon Cryer on Mister Show
Scott, producer of a monks vs. fat kids sketch, screams at the fat kids
Child actors
Scott’s shy audition for the kid’s version of The Joker’s Wild
Dealing with kids
Scott thanks Jimmy for having him as the first return guest, even though he wasn’t
Scott’s dead-on Popeye impression leaves everyone stunned
Dick Van Dyke and drunken performing
At the Avacado Grill, be sure and order The Pardo
Ohhhh! An update on the tee shirt inventory!
On…. The podcast
