Sep 1, 2025 · 1 hr 19 min · 11 segments
Despite his two previous appearances on WTF, Tim Heidecker was not someone Marc felt truly comfortable around. In fact, Marc was intimidated by Tim. But as they’ve gotten older and connected over…
Marc MaronHost
Tim HeideckerGuest
How are you, What the Fuckers, What the Fuck Buddies, What the Fuck Nicks? What's happening? I'm Marc Maron.
And I remember at the beginning of this show, when we were doing it in the old garage, when I'd moved it to, uh, to Island Park, and it was still just a garage.
There was just clutter in there and a table and my MacBook, and these big clunky microphones.
You know, T.S. Eliot may have done it with coffee spoons, but for me, it's been SM7s, SM58s, on stage and in my garage.
I remember at the beginning where I, I thought ads would diminish what we were doing.
I, I don't really ever call myself punk rock, and I don't see myself as punk rock, but I do remember it was a big adjustment for me to actually start doing ads on the show.
I just wanted to do this thing that, that not many people were doing, and it was all new, and I thought ads would clutter it up, and I made an exception for Just Coffee, and I made an exception for Adam & Eve 'cause they seemed like scrappy companies.
But obviously, over time, it became clear that not unlike other broadcasts, that, y- you know, ads were going to generate revenue.
We tried a lot of different ways to generate revenue, but I do remember, not only was it a big concession for me personally on some level to do ads, but also that I did not want to be seen as an interviewer.
The first few years of this show were fraught with me realizing that the show's kind of impact was about me having conversations with people, and it was just...
I, I just was like, "But I'm a comic." And that's really where the monologues came from.
I, I knew they didn't have to be funny, but at the beginning, I was gonna try to be funny every time, but then I realized it's a much broader kind of outlet or medium for me to explore who I am.
I have measured my life through this microphone and through the microphones I use on stage in a very real way.
How are you, What the Fuckers, What the Fuck Buddies, What the Fuck Nicks? What's happening? I'm Marc Maron.
And I remember at the beginning of this show, when we were doing it in the old garage, when I'd moved it to, uh, to Island Park, and it was still just a garage.
There was just clutter in there and a table and my MacBook, and these big clunky microphones.
You know, T.S. Eliot may have done it with coffee spoons, but for me, it's been SM7s, SM58s, on stage and in my garage.
I remember at the beginning where I, I thought ads would diminish what we were doing.
I, I don't really ever call myself punk rock, and I don't see myself as punk rock, but I do remember it was a big adjustment for me to actually start doing ads on the show.
I just wanted to do this thing that, that not many people were doing, and it was all new, and I thought ads would clutter it up, and I made an exception for Just Coffee, and I made an exception for Adam & Eve 'cause they seemed like scrappy companies.
But obviously, over time, it became clear that not unlike other broadcasts, that, y- you know, ads were going to generate revenue.
We tried a lot of different ways to generate revenue, but I do remember, not only was it a big concession for me personally on some level to do ads, but also that I did not want to be seen as an interviewer.
The first few years of this show were fraught with me realizing that the show's kind of impact was about me having conversations with people, and it was just...
I, I just was like, "But I'm a comic." And that's really where the monologues came from.
I, I knew they didn't have to be funny, but at the beginning, I was gonna try to be funny every time, but then I realized it's a much broader kind of outlet or medium for me to explore who I am.
I have measured my life through this microphone and through the microphones I use on stage in a very real way.
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