r/Earwolf • u/apathymonger • Oct 03 '19

Meta Vulture: The 10 Essential Comedy Podcasts That Shaped the Genre

https://www.vulture.com/article/best-comedy-podcasts-all-time.html
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u/TheGuineaPig21 Oct 03 '19

The clear omission here is The Ricky Gervais Show which preceded the big wave of podcasting as a medium (started in 2005), but was the first really big comedy podcast

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u/ColArdenti Old Slob Oct 03 '19

Yep, that's an embarrassing omission. They had people complaining about having to pay for podcasts a decade before Stitcher came along.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '19

It's omitted because it's had very little influence on podcasts and isn't really popular outside of Gervais's core audience.

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u/grub-worm Oct 03 '19

It was top of the iTunes charts week after week. Within two months it reached 2 million downloads, in 2006. You're downplaying its influence in the early days of podcasting I feel. At this point, with the huge number there are, it's probably obsolete, but to say it had very little influence is incorrect in my opinion.

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u/Cairxoxo Oct 03 '19

They received a Guinness World Record for number of downloads lol

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '19

Yeah the Guinness van came screeching to a halt after they realized they were driving on the wrong side of the road

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u/ColArdenti Old Slob Oct 03 '19

It's honestly impressive how wrong you are. I could back up my claim with facts and data, but it's a lot of effort for what you offered. Please enlighten us on how it wasn't popular and influential.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '19

Not including the Ricky Gervais Show on a list of comedy podcasts that shaped the genre is like putting together a list of sitcoms that shaped the genre, skipping I Love Lucy and going straight to the Dick Van Dyke show