About this episode

Maria Bamford makes her first appearance on The Best Show, discussing her documentary and new film, while Devon Bryant talks about his music project, and Jason Gore & Geoff Garlock return to chat about their podcast.

Legendary standup comedian and actor MARIA BAMFORD makes her first appearance on The Best Show! Maria and Tom discuss classic TV, the new Judd Apatow-produced documentary about Maria, her role in the new film Micro Budget , medicine and more! Musician and audio engineer DEVON BRYANT comes to the studio to talk with Tom about his musical project PAINKILLER THE PIGEON, as well as his work as a podcast engineer! And finally, JASON GORE & GEOFF GARLOCK of the hit podcast 108.9 THE HAWK return to the Best Show! They chat with Tom about his legendary appearances on the Hawk, and they continue a conversation from last week with a new caller about THE BARENAKED LADIES! This is one for the books, folks! SUPPORT THE BEST SHOW ON PATREON! WEEKLY BONUS EPISODES & VIDEO EPISODES! https://www.patreon.com/TheBestShow WATCH THE BEST SHOW LIVE EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT 6PM PT ON TWITCH https://www.twitch.tv/bestshow4life FOLLOW THE BEST SHOW: https://twitter.com/bestshow4life https://instagram.com/bestshow4life https://tiktok.com/@bestshow4life https://www.youtube.com/bestshow4life THE BEST SHOW IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST https://thebestshow.net…

People in this episode

Host: TOM SCHARPLING

Guests: MARIA BAMFORD, DEVON BRYANT, JASON GORE, GEOFF GARLOCK

Topics covered

• comedy
• standup
• music
• podcasting
• film
• television

Keywords

• Maria Bamford
• Tom Scharpling
• Devon Bryant
• Judd Apatow
• 108.9 THE HAWK
• Micro Budget
• comedy podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PAINKILLER THE PIGEON, 108.9 THE HAWK, Judd Apatow

Books & works: Micro Budget

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