"Matt Lieber is a weekend with good weather and no plans."
January 18, 2018 6:17 PM Subscribe
Some podcasts have odd credits for staff at the end of each episode. MeFi favorite, "Reply All" is the most consistent with this, as at the end of every episode, producer Matt Lieber is [something really pleasant]. I've also heard this on other podcasts--"Snap Judgement" is the example that immediately springs to mind. I get that this is a nice kind of tribute to someone who is instrumental in creating the podcast. What I want to know is, when/how did this start?
"Special thanks to our boss, Mr. Torey Malatia, who..."
(preview: dammit, too slow)
posted by Flannery Culp at 6:24 PM on January 18, 2018 [2 favorites]
(preview: dammit, too slow)
posted by Flannery Culp at 6:24 PM on January 18, 2018 [2 favorites]
The culinary adventures of John
posted by zamboni at 6:30 PM on January 18, 2018 [5 favorites]
BugsyLawlor?
posted by zamboni at 6:30 PM on January 18, 2018 [5 favorites]
Car Talk would fill its credits with a bunch of punny made-up names for various staff members, which are listed in full here, but also invented credits for real people, such as producer Doug "the subway fugitive, not a slave to fashion, bongo boy frogman" Berman; John 'Bugsy' Lawlor, "just back from the ..." [every week a different eating event with rhyming foodstuff names]; David "Calves of Belleville" Greene; Catherine "Frau Blücher" [insert horses neighing, per Young Frankenstein] Fenollosa and Carly "High Voltage" Nix.
On preview: great Lawlor supercut above from Zamboni
posted by Sunburnt at 6:32 PM on January 18, 2018 [6 favorites]
On preview: great Lawlor supercut above from Zamboni
posted by Sunburnt at 6:32 PM on January 18, 2018 [6 favorites]
Response by poster: Right, I know about Torey Malatia and Car Talk’s punny credits. What I’m asking about specifically is the metaphor as credit. Sorry if I wasn’t clear before.
posted by Fuego at 6:35 PM on January 18, 2018
posted by Fuego at 6:35 PM on January 18, 2018
So we're looking for audio shows which have credits, in which people are complimented using metaphors?
posted by zamboni at 6:48 PM on January 18, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by zamboni at 6:48 PM on January 18, 2018 [2 favorites]
All great radio hosts have a signature sign off.
posted by chrchr at 9:58 PM on January 18, 2018 [4 favorites]
posted by chrchr at 9:58 PM on January 18, 2018 [4 favorites]
Have you tried contacting Reply All and asking them how the Matt Lieber credit came about, and perhaps which if any other podcast inspired it?
I tried researching that question directly, and did find this reddit thread in /r/gimlet which purports to list all of the Matt Lieber credits, and the longest post list was updated as recently as 3 months ago.
posted by Sunburnt at 10:18 AM on January 19, 2018
I tried researching that question directly, and did find this reddit thread in /r/gimlet which purports to list all of the Matt Lieber credits, and the longest post list was updated as recently as 3 months ago.
posted by Sunburnt at 10:18 AM on January 19, 2018
Isn't one of the Alexes on MeFi? I remember them posting on a FanFare thread about Reply All.
posted by Flannery Culp at 10:37 AM on January 19, 2018
posted by Flannery Culp at 10:37 AM on January 19, 2018
yes, Alex Goldman is at the very least a very long time reader of (Ask) Metafilter. From listening to their show (Reply All) I guarantee they would answer this question if it was brought to their attention.
posted by mmascolino at 10:54 AM on January 19, 2018
posted by mmascolino at 10:54 AM on January 19, 2018
Response by poster: zamboni: sort of. What I'm looking for is the origin of a very specific type of credit. On many podcasts the credits go something like this:
"Podcast is edited by Jane Doe, with audio engineering by Joe Schmo. Our intern is Mary Smith and our logo is by Ann Brown. John Johnson is the feeling you get when you get something right on the first try. Podcast is distributed by Peoria Public Media and recorded at Podunk Studios. On our next episode..."
Matt Lieber's credit on Reply All is the most consistent example of this, but I've also heard Snap Judgment credit their producer this way, and this has also shown up a couple of times on The Heart and a few other Radiotopia podcasts.
mmascolino: I've seen Alex Goldman pop up on other threads, is there a way to tag a user? Not sure if he accepts memail.
posted by Fuego at 1:30 PM on January 19, 2018
"Podcast is edited by Jane Doe, with audio engineering by Joe Schmo. Our intern is Mary Smith and our logo is by Ann Brown. John Johnson is the feeling you get when you get something right on the first try. Podcast is distributed by Peoria Public Media and recorded at Podunk Studios. On our next episode..."
Matt Lieber's credit on Reply All is the most consistent example of this, but I've also heard Snap Judgment credit their producer this way, and this has also shown up a couple of times on The Heart and a few other Radiotopia podcasts.
mmascolino: I've seen Alex Goldman pop up on other threads, is there a way to tag a user? Not sure if he accepts memail.
posted by Fuego at 1:30 PM on January 19, 2018
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posted by Lyn Never at 6:23 PM on January 18, 2018 [5 favorites]