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" I've always been fascinated with radio and broadcasting. I did fake radio shows as a kid, where I was a DJ and stuff like that. "
Scott Aukerman
Always
Radio
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" I think that 'Mr. Show' was a huge influence on me. It was literally the reason I started doing comedy, because I was asked to do a bit at The Comedy Store, and B.J. Porter and I went to see Bob and David - who I'd never heard of - do a live show, which was one of the shows that got them the 'Mr. Show' show. "
Scott Aukerman
See
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Live
" When I was growing up, I wanted to do Letterman and I loved that live, in-studio model. I still would do something like that. "
Scott Aukerman
Growing Up
Growing
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" When I was younger, I definitely had more of a dream, as they say on 'American Idol,' that I would have my own show. I always thought that that was something that would happen, that eventually I would just get my own show because anyone who wants their own show should get their own show. "
Scott Aukerman
Say
Dream
Thought
" The power of podcasting is pretty remarkable. It is such an amazing way to mobilize fans. It's almost like they're part of your family. They probably listen to you more than they listen to their own families. I know that's true for me. So there is a real bond there. "
Scott Aukerman
Bond
Power
Me
" The podcast was kind of an afterthought, because I was just excited about being on the radio. Then I found that the podcast listenership is some 20 times what people are listening to on the radio. "
Scott Aukerman
Excited
Kind
Radio
" I was always a big fan of Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner's '2000-Year-Old Man' sketch. I think it's one of the biggest influences on the podcast, definitely. You'd never say Carl Reiner was the funniest dude on there, because he's just teeing it up, but he knows what questions to ask to lead to great improv. "
Scott Aukerman
You
Questions
Say
" The best sketch shows are from a group of tight-knit people who've worked together for a really long time. "
Scott Aukerman
Time
Long
Best
" I think comedians should focus on what makes them happy, what art form fulfills them the most. Don't be calculated about it and say, 'Okay, I'm gonna tweet, and I'm gonna podcast, and I'm gonna do standup, and one of those things is going to lead me to my own TV show.' I don't think that should be the goal. "
Scott Aukerman
Happy
Goal
Think
" I was a standup comic, which doesn't necessarily mean you interact with people all that much. In fact when I did shows, I wouldn't talk to the audience very much. Then my friend offered me a radio show, and I thought, you know, I'll try talking to people and see what kind of interviewer I was. "
Scott Aukerman
Friend
Thought
People
" After I did 'Mr. Show,' I was basically just a writer for a while. I was really young, and I kinda was like, wow, I'm 27 and I was already on this iconic show, and now I can just coast. But no one likes coasting, because you have to fill your day with stuff. "
Scott Aukerman
I Can
Young
You
" I came to one of the first Comic Cons in 1985, when it was just people trading back issues of comic books. "
Scott Aukerman
Back
Issues
People
" Working on 'Comedy Bang Bang,' we're there from 10-7, and that's a pretty light day compared to most other TV shows. Other shows, it's like 10-10. "
Scott Aukerman
Day
TV
Pretty
" I grew up loving David Letterman and Pee-wee Herman, but as far as live performance comedy, all I knew were the Jerry Seinfeld-type comedians of the world, and that's what I thought live performance comedy was all about. "
Scott Aukerman
World
Thought
Up
" I probably could be a world-class screenwriter by now if I had spent the kind of work I devote on Comedy Death-Ray to that. But I do okay, in that regard. I mean, my stuff gets bought, so it's all right. "
Scott Aukerman
Work
Right
Okay
" I get inspired when I look at Tom Lennon, who did 'Reno 911!' for six seasons while writing huge movies and directing and also doing other pilots; he did that FX pilot, the 'Star Trek' thing. "
Scott Aukerman
Doing
Look
Movies
" Not everyone can be as successful a performer as myself, who gave 10 great performances the first time I ever did comedy, and then toiled in obscurity for years. "
Scott Aukerman
Myself
Comedy
Great
" I'm probably doing puns more than anything in my life. "
Scott Aukerman
Life
Doing
Anything
" I think you're a better comedian when you're in the moment and you're kind of reacting to what's happening like a real person instead of doing rote memorization. "
Scott Aukerman
Better
Kind
Doing
" Most of the stuff I've written has never even gotten made. It's par for the course. It's a great living, but it also gets very frustrating. "
Scott Aukerman
Stuff
Great
Living
" I look back on our productivity in the 'Mr. Show' days, and think, 'We probably could have worked harder.' "
Scott Aukerman
Our
Days
Show
" What I love about comedy is breaking down the barrier between the audience and the performer. "
Scott Aukerman
Audience
Breaking
Comedy
" After the comedy boom of the '80s, there was a certain formula that comedians had to do and could do in order to be successful touring comedians, and those were mainly observational comedians who had a very strict structure of what made an act, and I think it was very performance oriented. "
Scott Aukerman
Think
Comedy
Performance
" Podcasts feature comedians being as funny as they can be in a non-censored situation. It's really akin to standup in a way. When you go see a comedian in standup, that is the most pure, unadulterated form of their art. "
Scott Aukerman
See
You
Art
" Doing the podcast, the whole reason to do it is just because I can do whatever I want. "
Scott Aukerman
Just Because
Doing
I Can
" I remember when I first started, the first movie I wrote that didn't get made I was aghast. 'Wait a minute, that's not how this is supposed to work. You write a move and it gets made!' "
Scott Aukerman
Remember
You
Started
" That's one of the benefits of working with a smaller network like IFC. You're awarded more trust, but trust that I really earned. "
Scott Aukerman
Working
Trust
More
" If you look at Earwolf, we've tried to have a really diverse stable of hosts. Even my show can get a little 'dudey' sometimes. "
Scott Aukerman
Look
Little
Even
" The big problem in translating is that we had to translate the language. People may not know that we record the podcast in Japanese, translate it to English and then actors play us on the podcast. I'm not actually Scott Aukerman, I'm the actor who plays his voice on the podcast. Unfortunately, it's cost prohibitive on a television show. "
Scott Aukerman
Voice
Problem
People
" I came into the 'Comedy Bang! Bang!' TV show with a level of confidence that I don't think I would've had if I hadn't been doing the podcast for three years already. I certainly had to figure out in those three years the sense of humor I wanted to do and the way to talk to celebrities without being incredibly intimidated by them. "
Scott Aukerman
Humor
Think
Doing
" I'm a huge Bob Hope fan, up until about the late '50s. I've seen so many of his movies up until then, and they're a big influence on me and a big influence on Woody Allen, who is basically just ripping off Bob Hope for his first five or six movies. "
Scott Aukerman
Hope
Movies
Me