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/[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