Mike David / Red Bar Radio / Jules Felker David - "Where we at with Red Bar?"

[Its Vladi Bby]

Who else do you guys like that has that specific Redbar kinda vibe?

Kevin Scampoli to me should have been a lot more popular than he is. The guy has IT. Unfortunately his shows are sort of about wrestling which is very niche. But I stopped watching for years and would still tune into his shit.

Unless a podcast serves a very specific niche I can't stand most of them. It's the same hack gay bullshit no matter what I find.

 

[deleuzeon]

I mostly get my foolswatching kicks from Kino Casino these days since they actually do shows somewhat regularly. It's not the same vibe, it's way more manic and there is no feminine balance (actually a big part of the Redbar dynamic in my opinion), but it satisfies my strange urges to hear people get comedically trashed for hours on end.

For a while I followed a few Youtube channels like Podcast Cringe and 2Lazy2Try and so on, Mike has shouted out most of them by this point but they're basically just Youtubers who have taken up Mike's roster of fools, covering them on a daily basis. I stopped following all these channels though because I feel like all the guys Mike was picking on the last few years (the Rogansphere) not only got very boring and repetitive but also just got too much coverage of this kind. I don't want to see the same clips of Brendan Schaub saying something dumb again and again and again. And frankly none of these guys are as funny as Mike and the ten minute Youtube format sucks balls. So I stopped.

That saturation of the genre is something I hope Mike can figure out how to respond to and evolve the show. I am not a fan of the other segments he's introduced to try and replace foolswatching so far. Redbar in the Wild and so on. That one was funny right after he came back because the comedians were not expecting it and they got alarmed. But it's no longer funny. It's just an old bit, it's at the point where these dumbass comedians literally say "Redbar, love that guy" on their show and he shows their hack faces on his TV and says "thank you!" while Jules giggles.

Maybe he himself doesn't know how to evolve the show at this point. That could explain the increasing absenteeism.

 

[cheet]

While I agree, it's "good" in the same way kill tony or other podcasts are good. It's not good in the way redbar is good. Mike really tried to make it a "hang" and once you take out David Angelo and the rest of the top tier comics that Mike had on the show it stunk.

Mike was the straight man to a lot of their antics and on the flip side was like this barr Simpson esque character doing pranks in his office and obsessed with boogers and farts and kid shows. The show did ad reads and had guests and everything Mike says he'd never put on redbar ever

Like it's an amazing show but a 2007 and 2017 episode are miles apart in format and if Mike wasn't a NLO fag he'd have change the name.

Plus it's easy to make comedy out of being broke losers, especially back then when any entry level job was enough to afford living in "the big city" and being able to bar hop and shit like that.

Mike was always the funniest guy in the room. As much as I love the David Angelo era and found Dean Claritin, Brido, etc. and Mike to have good chemistry, Mike carried the show in every way, shape, and form. At his best, he was a multitalented, lovable maniac who outclassed every comedian who stepped foot into his studio. My biggest issue with the current state of the show no doubt reflects Mike’s real life issues, in that it’s slow, self-serious, and a buzzkill. Where’s the levity and joy? What happened to Mike’s sense of humor?

 

[Get the rope Macaulay!]

Mike was always the funniest guy in the room

no he wasn't. he was mr.boogers and him sperging out over the comedians telling jokes and the various audio problems was very Opie-esque.

It took Mike years of inner thought and hanging out with guys like Sven who taught him shit like fools sip and body language stuff for him to become who he is in 2015-

Mike even says in a 2012 episode that he hates listening to that era because he was overweight, his girlfriend was cheating on him, he had a shit job and he had to constantly go off on rants about boogers because the other comedians wouldn't play along and would sometimes just sit quietly.

He also felt like he had to fill up two hours of content 3 times a week which meant acting weird and doing dumb bits for air time. Dean Carlsen and him worked well in 2007 because of them mocking others in the comedy scene, but the Monty stuff scared mike hard and he basically dropped him shitting on other comedians or shows for years, which is when it started to suck.

the only "good" episodes thereafter was stuff like Dean's car saga.

 

[cheet]

no he wasn't. he was mr.boogers and him sperging out over the comedians telling jokes and the various audio problems was very Opie-esque.

It took Mike years of inner thought and hanging out with guys like Sven who taught him shit like fools sip and body language stuff for him to become who he is in 2015-

Mike even says in a 2012 episode that he hates listening to that era because he was overweight, his girlfriend was cheating on him, he had a shit job and he had to constantly go off on rants about boogers because the other comedians wouldn't play along and would sometimes just sit quietly.

He also felt like he had to fill up two hours of content 3 times a week which meant acting weird and doing dumb bits for air time. Dean Carlsen and him worked well in 2007 because of them mocking others in the comedy scene, but the Monty stuff scared mike hard and he basically dropped him shitting on other comedians or shows for years, which is when it started to suck.

the only "good" episodes thereafter was stuff like Dean's car saga.

I think you’ve said booger in this thread more than Mike did in over 20 years of shows.

 

[Get the rope Macaulay!]

I think you’ve said booger in this thread more than Mike did over 20 years of shows.

so you were just bullshiting me, you've never listened to pre-2015 mike. he literally said it over 100 times one show just because someone complained.

 

[cheet]

so you were just bullshiting me, you've never listened to pre-2015 mike. he literally said it over 100 times one show just because someone complained.

I skipped most of 2012-‘16. At some point the juice just wasn’t worth the squeeze.

 

[Get the rope Macaulay!]

I skipped most of 2012-‘16. At some point the juice just wasn’t worth the squeeze.

this was a 2007 episode, either the one with him going to subway and getting a drink entirely of boogers or the one after that, he also said it a lot by accident in the one where he goes to the gym and its booger related gags for an hour because the co-host wasn't giving him anything to work with.

Agree on 2012-2016. he was also really into the culture war in 2015-2017 that shit doesn't age well

 

[deleuzeon]

he was also really into the culture war in 2015-2017 that shit doesn't age well

Very true. Mike might be the only eceleb I can think of who put on the Trump hat for a while and then took it right off later. Not because of Trump, but just deciding it's cringe to be on a side.

Do you remember that episode, I think from Season 18, where it ends with like a 2 hour drunken COVID argument? Jules was totally blacked out and she just kept being pro-vaxx while Mike, also trashed but not quite as bad, tried to manage her, knowing tons of his audience is anti-vaxx. That was one of the more memorable moments of recent years. Every podcast host pair has an on-air fight eventually and it's funny that Redbar's was about such non-Redbar topics.

 

[cheet]

this was a 2007 episode, either the one with him going to subway and getting a drink entirely of boogers or the one after that, he also said it a lot by accident in the one where he goes to the gym and its booger related gags for an hour because the co-host wasn't giving him anything to work with.

Agree on 2012-2016. he was also really into the culture war in 2015-2017 that shit doesn't age well

Right, and I think the Subway call was actually a clip from a year or two before. He also had the “retards smell like boogers” bit, but we’re talking about, what, 10,000 hours of shows or something like that? I think Max from Honduras had more airtime, and certainly, Dean from Australia.

Do you remember that episode, I think from Season 18, where it ends with like a 2 hour drunken COVID argument? Jules was totally blacked out and she just kept being pro-vaxx while Mike, also trashed but not quite as bad, tried to manage her, knowing tons of his audience is anti-vaxx. That was one of the more memorable moments of recent years. Every podcast host pair has an on-air fight eventually and it's funny that Redbar's was about such non-Redbar topics.

Excited to hear that. Jumping around in the archives initially was a mistake.

And yeah, even Dick and Sean had a couple heated arguments about that, and as far as I know they never had one on the air before or after.

 

[Get the rope Macaulay!]

I think the Subway call was actually a clip from a year or two before

nope not the subway call. just him telling a story about going to subway, he tells one about once a month in 2007 about him going to subway and boogers.

and certainly, Dean from Australia

its crazy he still uses the same handle from 16 years ago. especially when he talked about how much he hated his kid and was technically cheating on his wife with ladies online back then.

And yeah, even Dick and Sean had a couple heated arguments about that, and as far as I know they never had on the air before or after

Its such a weird thing to bring up, especially when the left said "your body your choice" for so long. Almost like it was completely bullshit.

 

[raisinlove]

Dean Carlson was always a good straight man. He was young but he did more in his life before 20 than Mike ever accomplished. He had every right to be depressed about losing his construction job and having to work at Sears. Mike was unnecessarily cruel to him and he had every right to give up while on the show when Mike was just using him to project his own insecurities on, Mike just never saw the irony in his "i'm rich" phase off of listeners paying for his grubhub.

Contrast this with Mike's pre-cheating love of Mike Stanley who was always a fucking deranged angry loser alcoholic who blamed his DUI on everyone else and Mike used his jail time to exploit listeners for money. Shit pretty much the entire show has always been how Mike can scam listeners for the easiest way possible, funny how people who actually worked for a living were all the ones to call him out on it.

Hell Mike's whole "i hate comedians" shit is basically based on being jealous of not having talent himself, despite most comedians having clear reasons to hate them anyway.

 

[Akashic Retard]

Dean Carlson was always a good straight man. He was young but he did more in his life before 20 than Mike ever accomplished. He had every right to be depressed about losing his construction job and having to work at Sears. Mike was unnecessarily cruel to him and he had every right to give up while on the show when Mike was just using him to project his own insecurities on, Mike just never saw the irony in his "i'm rich" phase off of listeners paying for his grubhub.

Contrast this with Mike's pre-cheating love of Mike Stanley who was always a fucking deranged angry loser alcoholic who blamed his DUI on everyone else and Mike used his jail time to exploit listeners for money. Shit pretty much the entire show has always been how Mike can scam listeners for the easiest way possible, funny how people who actually worked for a living were all the ones to call him out on it.

Hell Mike's whole "i hate comedians" shit is basically based on being jealous of not having talent himself, despite most comedians having clear reasons to hate them anyway.

So you’re Dean Carlson?

 

[xertruglia]

so you were just bullshiting me, you've never listened to pre-2015 mike. he literally said it over 100 times one show just because someone complained.

Gonna get a lot of hate for this. I think "boogers" is still funny. I know. Sorry! Kill me. Tie me to a cross and stab my spleen with a spear. Still makes me giggle.

Hell Mike's whole "i hate comedians" shit is basically based on being jealous of not having talent himself

I have to disagree with this but just because it implies comedians have talent. Comedians are just funny people. There are lots of funny people. Not all of them quit their job to make the same jokes over and over in front of drunk people. The funny guys who don't sign up for that are usually funnier. There's something about constantly trying to squeeze that shit out of you that just makes it worse and worse over time. You shouldn't ever have to think about being funny.

I think if he was jealous it's just about money.

 

[Its Vladi Bby]

Dean Carlson was always a good straight man. He was young but he did more in his life before 20 than Mike ever accomplished. He had every right to be depressed about losing his construction job and having to work at Sears. Mike was unnecessarily cruel to him and he had every right to give up while on the show when Mike was just using him to project his own insecurities on, Mike just never saw the irony in his "i'm rich" phase off of listeners paying for his grubhub.

Contrast this with Mike's pre-cheating love of Mike Stanley who was always a fucking deranged angry loser alcoholic who blamed his DUI on everyone else and Mike used his jail time to exploit listeners for money. Shit pretty much the entire show has always been how Mike can scam listeners for the easiest way possible, funny how people who actually worked for a living were all the ones to call him out on it.

Hell Mike's whole "i hate comedians" shit is basically based on being jealous of not having talent himself, despite most comedians having clear reasons to hate them anyway.

Can you point me to what era this is in the archives?

 

[raisinlove]

the only good era of red bar radio (2005 - 2011ish)

 

[Get the rope Macaulay!]

Can you point me to what era this is in the archives?

Dean Carlson was on from the 2nd half of 2007 until the first month of 2010. so about 400 episodes. at 2hr a piece.

the only good era of red bar radio (2005

i know for a fact you don't have more than 5 episodes from the 2005/2006 era Bridenstein

 

[Tramadol]

Kevin Scampoli to me should have been a lot more popular than he is. The guy has IT. Unfortunately his shows are sort of about wrestling which is very niche. But I stopped watching for years and would still tune into his shit.

If KF had the user numbers it does now back during Scampoli's burning bridges arc, we'd have a thread on him similar in length to this. Scampoli is an emotional disaster and couldn't stop himself from crashing out. He really is the Redbar of Wrestling

 

[Get the rope Macaulay!]

You know what really ruins these episodes from like pre-2018. Mike's annoying faggy way of hiding the fact that he's fucking illiterate by playing it up. "NO GUYS I'M MARK DAVID" "I'M WEARING JANES!" "I DONT DO ADS, THESE COMPANIES JUST PAY ME IN PRODUCT, THEREFORE I'M NOT BEING PAID BY THEM" "ITS RED BEAR/ RADBEER/ RAPE BEES"

Imagine having a show and being so insecure about your inability to read but not taking a reading class or anything like that. just force numerous memes instead. Also how much Mike has been trying to throw his awful rap album under the rug, like he admits to fucking over his audience in numerous ways and openly doesn't do the show and won't give excuses because he knows how pathetic his audience is now.

he can't remember the correct name of literally anything, like does he have dyslexia and was too much of a pussy to get help for it? i don't think he's correctly named a single piece of media in the 10 hours of episodes i've watched this week of his pre-wife show.

 

[niggernomicon]

Begun to feel my initial transition phase from fan to hater of the show. It's an inevitability, but the one show a month shit is just ridiculous

Hey fellas, what should I buy with the $45 I didn't waste on scarsclub? 2 episodes in 4 months, what a joke.

openly doesn't do the show and won't give excuses because he knows how pathetic his audience is now.

100% go check out the Reddit to see what breed of terrible these latest fans are. A few months back I clicked through the profile of some Redditor who said her "boyfriend was a huge fan" and it was this fat disgusting woman posting selfies and posting in literal cuck subs. OOF.

he can't remember the correct name of literally anything, like does he have dyslexia and was too much of a pussy to get help for it?

I wonder if he has legitimate brain damage from drugs/drinking combined with years of doing nothing but watching brainrotting bullshit. Also, I've seen in the DSP thread lots of discussion about how social isolation gives you brain damage. He definitely used to seem sharper. Now it's more in fleeting moments, with a lot more senior moments.