The 50 Funniest People In Brooklyn
Maggie Serota, Daniel Ralston, Tom Scharpling: @MaggieSerota, @DanielRalston, @Scharpling
When Tom Scharpling isn’t hosting everyone’s–literally everyone’s–favorite radio show, The Best Show on WFMU (Oh god, which we hear this morning is ending in December!), or executive producing eight seasons of wildly acclaimed television shows like Monk, or directing pretty much every single good music video that’s been made over the past few years, or working on any number of projects with fellow funny person John Hodgman, he’s hosting the Low Times music podcast alongside Maggie Serota and Daniel Ralston. The trio conducts long, meandering and deeply entertaining interviews with contemporary music figures. They’ve had on everyone from Ezra Koenig and The Thermals to Blake Schwarzenbach (Jawbreaker, others) and Guy Picciotto of Fugazi. What’s remarkable about the whole affair is how quickly and seamlessly they give you the feeling you’re all just sitting around a table at a bar, making jokes and telling stories.