SPOILER WARNING: The following article gives away some of the best bits from Marc Maron’s latest stand-up special, Panicked. If you have not yet used your HBO Max subscription to check it out, instead of heckling me about it, just proceed with caution if you continue to read on.
I have always admired Marc Maron as a comedian, almost more than I enjoy him as the host of the influential podcast, WTF, which he is ending in 2025 after 16 years. However, given the intensely neurotic behavior that he bases a lot of his bits on and his aversion to comic book films (despite having a role in Joker), he has never been a person I could easily say I identify with… until now.
