Scott Aukerman
Scott Aukerman
Scott Aukermanis an American writer, actor, comedian, television personality, director, producer, and podcast host. Starting as a writer and performer in the later seasons of the sketch series Mr. Show, Aukerman is best known as the host of the weekly comedy podcast Comedy Bang! Bang! as well as the IFC original television series of the same name. Aukerman is the co-creator of Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis and co-founder of the Earwolf podcast network...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth2 July 1970
CitySavannah, GA
CountryUnited States of America
When I was younger, I definitely had more of a dream, as they say on 'American Idol,' that I would have my own show. I always thought that that was something that would happen, that eventually I would just get my own show because anyone who wants their own show should get their own show.
There's definitely something about the structure of 'Caddyshack' that is unique that no one has ever been able to achieve since then.
At the end of Season Four of 'Mr. Show,' instead of doing another season, everyone just thought they wanted to go and do a movie. Kind of like Monty Python. Monty Python went right into 'And Now For Something Completely Different,' and everyone kind of compared 'Mr. Show' to Monty Python.
The big problem in translating is that we had to translate the language. People may not know that we record the podcast in Japanese, translate it to English and then actors play us on the podcast. I'm not actually Scott Aukerman, I'm the actor who plays his voice on the podcast. Unfortunately, it's cost prohibitive on a television show.
After the comedy boom of the '80s, there was a certain formula that comedians had to do and could do in order to be successful touring comedians, and those were mainly observational comedians who had a very strict structure of what made an act, and I think it was very performance oriented.
When I was growing up, I wanted to do Letterman and I loved that live, in-studio model. I still would do something like that.
What I love about comedy is breaking down the barrier between the audience and the performer.
Most of the stuff I've written has never even gotten made. It's par for the course. It's a great living, but it also gets very frustrating.
If you look at Earwolf, we've tried to have a really diverse stable of hosts. Even my show can get a little 'dudey' sometimes.
I look back on our productivity in the 'Mr. Show' days, and think, 'We probably could have worked harder.'
I came to one of the first Comic Cons in 1985, when it was just people trading back issues of comic books.
Comedy is really best when watched with other people, and I don't really understand people who sit at home watching comedy movies on Netflix.
I have new bodyguards ever since I got a TV show. I didn't know, but it's a lot like becoming president. They tell you every single secret, like who shot JFK. When you have a TV show, they not only tell you who shot JFK, but they assign you bodyguards.
I'm probably doing puns more than anything in my life.