The New Podcast!

We just finished a brand new Bob Narley Show Podcast. Thanks to the help of some great friends, and lots of hard, work we finally got it online. This latest Podcast checks in at around 24 minutes, much longer than the last two.

I have to send out a big thanks to my good friend Christopher Paul, whom I attend Second City Classes with, and one of my oldest and closest friends Rusty Hunt. Both of these guys donated several days worth of their precious free time in order to help complete the parody Podcast’s that are featured throughout the last show.

Over the last few months I have had several associates of mine who still work in radio comment that it would be in my best interest to discontinue the Podcasts while talking with Chicago radio stations about the possibility of an air shift. Their logic was that a prospective Program Director might misinterpret the Podcast as the type of show I would be looking to do on the air. I took their advice and laid low for several months, however I have now decided that I really don’t give a damn what anybody thinks, I just want to have some fun.

So, here we go again. This show took several weeks worth of free time from my friends, who have absolutely no experience in comedy audio or radio. In fact, aside from Christopher’s experience at Second City, both of the guys have never used a microphone in their life. Needless to say, my friend Rusty, who did a fantastic job as Tom in “Let’s Rate the Pot”, is still recovering from the anxiety of it all.

I’m hoping that my fellow Podcasters are not too offended by my introduction comments regarding 99% of all Podcasts being absolutely bush league and boring. Hey, let’s face it, it’s true! Thank God for the 1% that absolutely kick ass. Truth is, I even appreciate the crappy Podcasts because I know how hard it is to do an audio show, especially with any originality.

So, this Podcast of the Bob Narley Show was themed around crappy Podcasts. Listening back to the many episodes that are featured, I couldn’t help but want to redo many of them and edit them for time. That’s the radio guy in me, trying to make something that has nothing to do with radio become radio friendly.

Yes, I made plenty of mistakes, and yes, I hate hearing them, but I decided to let them play as they were recorded. Let the mistakes go! Learn from them. It’s a great starting place and I know that just like all of my other characters and comedy productions, they will grow over time.

Radio listeners of my old show might not follow the humor of parodying such a new media as Podcasts. People who are already familiar with Podcasts will surely get the joke on a totally different level. Hey man, it is what it is. Something funny that none of us take to seriously. I hope everyone enjoys it as much as we all did in making it.

I can’t wait to do the next show. We already have about ½ of it produced and in the can.