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Hosting Keith Malley Chemda Khalili RSS katg.com/rss katg.com/rss/tv Updates Weekdays Debut March 8th, 2005
Genre Comedy Website keithandthegirl.com Keith and The Girl, abbreviated as
KATG, is a popular comedy
podcast that began on March 7th 2005. It is hosted by comedian
Keith Malley and singer
Chemda Khalili, an unmarried couple living in
Queens, New York. Chemda is of Persian descent whilst Keith's exact origins are unknown, but believed to be eastern European. In the show, which usually has a length of an hour or more, Malley and Khalili discuss their lives and current events in humorous and unrestrained fashion. As described by Keith and Chemda themselves in the show's tagline, "Keith and his girlfriend talk shit".
Keith and The Girl has been able to consistently achieve a top-ten ranked podcast at Podcast Alley.
[1] The show has over 50,000 listeners and in excess of 1 million monthly downloads as of June 2008.
[2] The show's media files are hosted on
LibSyn/Wizzard Media, returning after a short period of being hosted on
TalkShoe. The podcast's popularity has peaked at times to the 5,000th daily traffic rank according to
Alexa.
[3] Recently they received the award for best Podcast in the Mature Comedy Category, and also People's Choice, for best Podcast of the year.
[4] Keith and Chemda's stated aim for the podcast is for it to become their main source of income. Keith and Chemda were also children's entertainers at one time, but have since retired from the profession. They also sell show merchandise through the show site. Items such as t-shirts, hoodies, flasks, lighters, keychains, Keith's standup CDs/DVDs, as well as music CDs that Chemda has appeared on, can be purchased from their
store.
In March 2007, Keith Malley claimed that the summation of all
PodShow shows totaled a mere 12,000 downloads a day, and suggested that PodShow had squandered the funds obtained from
venture capitalists. Malley challenged PodShow to "prove him wrong", and later suggested that PodShow had attempted to hurt the standing of his show on the list of podcasts on
Digg.
[5] Keith and Chemda have broken records for longest non-stop talkshow, with their
75 Hour Marathon show. This record was previously held by their first Podcast Marathon, the Keith and the Girl 74 Hour Marathon.
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[edit] Features Some of the regular features of
Keith and The Girl include:
- Prayer: Shows traditionally opened with a prayer taken from the Somerset Daily American. However this changed beginning show 520 with the prayer now being written by a listener or, if no suitable prayer is submitted, by either Keith or Chemda. The Daily American is the newspaper of Keith's hometown. If the show has a guest or guests, they will usually read the prayer. It is closed with the Hebrew exclamation L'Chaim (to life).
- Guest Co-hosts: Many comedians that Keith and Chemda met have also become friends and regular guests including Jesse Joyce, Ray DeVito and Pat Dixon. Friends from within Keith and Chemda's personal circle of friends are also featured such as Adam Brown, Lori Shepard, Spooky, Lauren Hennessy, Matthew Bray, and Brother Love. Celebrity gossip queen Patrice is featured every Thursday to dish out the celebrity dirt.
- Live shows: All shows are recorded live and broadcast over the Internet using a Shoutcast feed. Shows are announced via the forums, Twitter, and through the fan-made Keith and The Girl iPhone application. Listeners of the show are able to listen to the live feed and discuss topics with others in the chatroom, as well as submit comments to the hosts using a web feedback form. Listeners are also able to call-in to the show.
- Celebrity Interviews: Several celebrity guests have been featured on the show. Refer to celebrity guests below for complete listing.
- Strange News: Keith reads (or sometimes plays audio clips of) unusual news and events. Keith also tends to add in his own one-liners and other comments into the stories, in such a way that they often seem to be part of the stories. Chemda is often tricked into thinking this is the case.
- Clown Monday: Stories from the hosts' day jobs at children's parties. Parties are usually held on weekends, hence a Monday recap. This segment is now defunct because Keith and Chemda no longer rely on children's parties as a source of income
- Suck-A-Dick Wednesday: A derivative of Opie and Anthony's "Whip 'em Out Wednesday", where if a woman sees the "WOW" sticker, she is supposed to flash her breasts. Keith one-upped the idea so that if a female encounters another listener wearing a KATG shirt, she is morally obliged to give him a blow job. Since the original show, Suck a Dick Wednesday,[6] many listeners have called or written in relating their personal stories. These include a 13 year-old who was the inspiration for another show's title Baby's First Blow Job.[7]
- Gossip Thursday: Regular guest Patrice visits the show every Thursday to bring the latest celebrity gossip.
Less-frequent show elements include relationship advice to listeners' letters, mail and calls from listeners and other podcasters, road shows from on location (or reports afterward), prank calls, and comedy clips for review and discussion.
[edit] Recurring themes "Bear vs Beer" Keith Malley discussing his unusual accent
Problems listening to this file? See media help. Some frequent topics of the show include:
- Accents: New listeners often are confused by Keith strange pronunciation of words. This is due to the Pennsylvanian accent that Keith has.
- Keith's upbringing: Keith and company discuss his childhood in a small town, with a religious father. Mention of Chemda's upbringing is much less frequent. Sometimes guests offer their upbringings in comparison.
- New York stories: Happenings, personal and impersonal, in New York City. Includes Keith's early life after arriving from Somerset, working as a waiter.
- Clown Jobs: Appeared often in early episodes of the show, as Keith and Chemda were formerly children's entertainers. Clown job stories are now a rarity on the show.
- Showbiz stories: Aside from Gossip Thursday, the show often discusses podcasting, comedy, music, television and movies, and the state of their respective industries. Industry guests often provide significant contributions.
- Relationships: The relationships of Keith and Chemda, Keith when he first moved to New York, guests, pertinent listeners, and relationships in the news.
- HUAR (Humans United Against Robots): News and discussion of advancing robot technologies and their implications.
- Race, sexuality, and religion: The show has a controversial take on issues such as race, sexuality and religion. This includes the game "guess the race" (beginning with episode #2 Introduction to Racism)[8] where Keith reads a news story, often a crime, and invites guests or callers to name the race of the alleged perpetrator. A casual listener could easily take offense to these aspects of the show and a number of listeners have written either to the show directly or on the forums complaining of racism and homophobia. Supporters of the show would point out that the much of what is said is an ironic take on stereotypes and parodies simple prejudice (this form of performance can be found in a range of current podcasts such as Fox in the City). The show also features a number of Black guests and regulars such as Patrice, who occasionally defend Keith and Chemda's personal stance on these matters.
- Glitter: Keith and Chemda both hate glitter due to the fact they were constantly asked to use it during their clown jobs, and the fact that they can never remove it when they are finished.
- Shooter McGavin: Refers to the "finger guns" gesture performed by the character of the same name in Happy Gilmore, and any other obnoxious behavior from so-called "hotshots". It has come to be associated with the use of technical jargon and trivialization of important information by these "hotshots" as a way of avoiding scrutiny.
- Computer problems: As the talk show is delivered via the Internet a number of issues, such as saving or uploading audio files, arise. Being such a top-ranking show new podcast producers often email Keith requesting advice regarding podcasting, often obvious questions which information can be found by doing a web search.
- Nerds: Keith often professes his dislike for the 'nerds' that frequent podcasting, tech, and sci-fi conventions. He makes frequent references to them, often using a nerd voice to impersonate them. Recently, Keith started to use what is known as the 'nerd slurp' along with a voice that is a copy of the sound someone makes when they are wearing a retainer. Chemda, Patrice, and the general listening audience are usually disgusted by it.
- PodShow: Keith and Chemda have had issues in the past in dealing with Podshow, and its founder Adam Curry. One of the most downloaded episodes of the show was when Keith and Chemda acquired a podshow contract, and read the private document live on the air. In September 2008, Keith delivered an ultimatum for PodShow (now renamed Mevio) to remove all links to KATG from its site, because he claims that Mevio is using the downloads to KATG to pad their download stats even though KATG is not featured on the site.[9]
- Taste Test: Keith, often along with frequent guest Brother Love, visit various strip clubs and gentlemen's establishments and review them on the air.
- Andy Rooney: Keith enjoys mocking the often nonsensical Andy Rooney of the CBS News program 60 Minutes. Keith enjoys making fun of how Andy has only a limited number of topics that he talks about, how he jumps from topic to topic without any segue whatsoever, and how he complains about not understanding something even though Andy works for one of the biggest news corporations in the world and could easily ask someone and find out.
- Cindy Adams: Keith also enjoys mocking Gossip columnist Cindy Adams, who likes to end her column with her musings about the great city of New York, with the phrase “Only in New York, kids, only in New York.” Oftentimes these musings have nothing to do with New York specifically, they become comical when Keith reads them with, what he assumes is, Cindy Adams raspy, cigarette-ridden voice.
- What Do We Do Now?: From their experiences in dealing with uncooperative customer service calls such as AOL, Chemda devised this phrase to get results in any customer service situation. When it appears that there are no other routes to obtaining your desired results, simply pause, say "What do we do now?", then hold for their response. The idea is to make the customer service representative so uncomfortable in this awkwardness that they will scramble to find some sort of result. Keith, Chemda and the listeners often share their success stories in this phrase. This phrase is featured on the back of the black T-shirt sold at the Keith and The Girl store.
- Serioso: A term coined by Chemda to describe a long-term romantic partner. A serioso relationship is more mature than the adolescent-sounding boyfriend-girlfriend, but not as formal as a fiancé/fiancée relationship. Following that awkwardness that often comes from being over 30 and unmarried, Chemda decided this new term needed to exist as a short way of saying "Someone that I've been dating and/or living with for many years, well into my adulthood. We are not married, however we live our lives as any other couple, both romantically and financially."
- Party! Super Party!: A term first coined by Keith as a joyous cheer to be shouted at any event when you are surrounded with good friends, food or drinks and are genuinely having a great time. It is customary to take a shot of liquor after the cheer to solidify the merriment. Traditionally, the cheer begins with one person shouting "Party!", and all other participants join in to complete the cry. An entire episode of KATG TV was dedicated to the cheer. Merchandise has been made that feature the phrase as well.
[edit] Keith and The Girl TV Keith and The Girl TV began in late
November 2007. It is a branch off of the original format of an hour to an hour and a half of talk and is focused more on short 3-5 min comedy shorts or skits that usually feature a topic or guest of the previous week's show or news.
[10] Topics have included internet phenomena such as
2 Girls 1 Cup and
The Cinnamon Challenge, to the inner workings of the main KATG show. The show is said to update every Monday morning and is downloadable through the shows website or via
iTunes. This however occurs irregularly and you will find that they update this on a bi / tri monthly or even less frequent basis. Like the show it was inspired by, KATG TV frequently ranks within the top 5 on Podcast Alley. The show has since been merged into the main KATG feed.
[edit] Book “What Do We Do Now? Keith and The Girl’s Smart Answers To Your Stupid Relationship Questions” is Keith and The Girls relationship book, soon to be released on March 9th, 2010.
Editorial Reviews
“Finally, a modern relationship book for the modern relationship.
Keith and the Girl’s Smart Answers to Your Stupid Relationship Questions is an R-rated, utterly honest Q&A book culled from the best and funniest questions posed by Keith and the Girl devotees, including:
- My boyfriend joined the military and is being shipped off for an unknown amount of time. I’m young and I want to move on. Am I a bad person?
- Why does my boyfriend always adjust himself in public?
- My wife dresses like a slut. How do I make her stop?
- My boyfriend’s number one friend on MySpace is his ex. Should I be concerned?
With he-said, she-said advice that is both raw and honest, Keith and the Girl’s Smart Answers to Your Stupid Relationship Questions is sure to appeal to the podcast’s legion of fans, and attract a brand-new audience tired of the tried-and-not-so-true relationship manuals.”
http://www.KATG.com/book/ [edit] CDs and DVDs [edit] Chemda: [edit] Keith Malley: [edit] Keith and The Girl [edit] Keith and The Girl iPhone Application The official Keith and The Girl free iPhone/iPod Touch application created by fan Doug Russell allows fans to listen to the show live, send in instant feedback, call the show, as well as follow Keith and Chemdas Twitter accounts.
[edit] Guests [edit] Past guests include [edit] Podcast or friend guests [edit] Awards - Blogger's Choice Awards 2008 - Best Video Blogger (Winner)[11]
- Podcast Awards 2007 - Peoples Choice (Winner)
- Podcast Awards 2007 - Best Mature Podcast (Winner)
- Svenska Podradiopriset 2007 - Bästa Utländska Kanal (Winner)
- Blogger's Choice Awards 2007 - Best Podcast (Winner)[12]
- Podcast Awards 2006 - Best Mature Podcast (Nominated)
- Podcast Awards 2005 - Best Mature Podcast (Nominated)
[edit] See also [edit] References - ^ "Top Rated Podcasts". Top 20 Rated Podcasts (11/2007 - All). http://podcastalley.com/top_podcasts.php?num=20&genre=0&year=2007&month=11. Retrieved 2006-11-16.
- ^ "Businessweek". Don't Quit Your Day Job, Podcasters. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_15/b4029078.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
- ^ "Related Info for: keithandthegirl.com". Traffic Rank for keithandthegirl.com. http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/keithandthegirl.com?h=300&range=3y&site0=keithandthegirl.com&size=Medium&w=610&y=t&z=3. Retrieved 2007-11-16.
- ^ PodCastAwards.com
- ^ "KATG claims Podshow has only 12,000 downloads a day". keithandthegirl.com. http://tinfinger.blogspot.com/2007/03/katg-claims-podshow-has-only-12000.html. Retrieved 2007-03-01.
- ^ katg.libsyn.com
- ^ katg.libsyn.com
- ^ katg.libsyn.com
- ^ katg.libsyn.com
- ^ Keith and The Girl - TV
- ^ [http://bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/33338 2008 winners | Blogger's Choice Awards]
- ^ 2007 winners | Blogger's Choice Awards
[edit] External links Retrieved from "
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