WTF Uncovered - Maria Bamford

**Marc Maron** (0:06)
Okay, let's do this. It's another episode of WTF Uncovered, which is things that my producer, Brendan McDonald, found in a box underneath his bed. There's gonna be a few different things.
Like next week, we're gonna do an Uncovered, which is basically, it is an actual WTF interview that never aired due to circumstances I will explain on the show. But today's Uncovered is a little bit like the last one, last Friday's. It's a lot like it. These are segments from another unaired pilot episode for The Marc Maron Show, a radio show we did on KTLA in 2006 These were done for the GM of the radio station to get our spot, which we already had, I think in retrospect. I think he was just making us jump through hoops because he hated the idea that he would give me a show, but there was some sort of deal made that was above him, and it was gonna happen anyways, but these were, this is the second of two pilots that we did for The Marc Maron Show. Now on this one, you will hear again, Jim Earl is my sidekick, the wonderful and cranky Jim Earl, and the guest was actually Maria Bamford. Now this is 2006 This is a while ago.
And it's earlier Maria, but still perfectly and beautifully Maria. And this was also the first time we used Eddie Pepitone, who some of you may know. We used him as an investigative reporter. He did an investigative reporter segment. This was radio, we did segments, we did funny things.
So enjoy this. Enjoy this WTF Uncovered with Jim Earl, Maria Bamford, and the amazing Eddie Pepitone from 2006

**Jim Earl** (1:59)
Live from Burbank, California, home of Eve Plumb, the only Brady who likes sex, it's The Marc Maron Show. And now a man who sleeps in Grover Cleveland's bathtub, Marc Maron.

**Marc Maron** (2:17)
Good evening, geniuses, philosopher kings and queens, working class heroes, progressive utopians with no sense of humor, lurking conservatives. I'm Marc Maron. Thank you, little Jimmy Earl, for the lovely introduction.

**Jim Earl** (2:31)
Oh, you're welcome.

**Marc Maron** (2:31)
Yeah, I'm very excited about tonight's show. Very excited, it's been a big day out there. Here's some real news, Jim. Here's some local news.
Ralph's supermarket chain has been nailed by federal prosecutors with more than 50 criminal charges, including identity fraud, money laundering, and obstruction of justice. All right, now, I don't know if you were here, but I was here. It was before I moved to New York and then came back. There was a big strike where 60,000 union clerks walked off the job. I mean, I had a shop at Vaughan's, it was horrible.
Apparently, Ralph's illegally rehired some of those striking workers. See, what happens is when there's a lockout, the supermarket chain says, we don't need these workers, we're in dispute with the union, they're out. But what Ralph's did is they paid, they illegally rehired some of those striking workers, they paid them with checks using fake names and fake social security numbers and had the workers cash the checks at the stores. Now the Kroger company that owns Ralph's has of course laid the blame on the few store managers, the bad apples, the old corporate bad apples, just a few bad apples, thus trying to avoid the corporate level responsibility. But there's more to this story and with a little help from our investigative reporter, Eddie Pepitone, who's been on the scene all day at the courthouse. What can you tell us today, Eddie?

**Eddie Pepitone** (3:44)
Thanks, Marc. Hey, what the hell is this? I shop at Ralph's, Vonn's and Albertson's. I come to find out they are owned by the same company. Hey, how about calling it one name? How about Ralph's, huh? This way I don't get confused, all right? So Ralph's, Vonn's and Albertson's rehired locked out workers. So they locked these guys out, then illegally rehire them. Here's an idea, don't fire them in the first place. If you're gonna lock someone out, lock them out, all right? My wife locks me out frequently because she says I can't feel my feelings, which I dispute because she pisses me off, all right? And anyway, we have three entrances to the house and when she locks me out, they are all inaccessible. Doesn't matter how cold it is or if I'm feeling woozy from having some beverages and I shouldn't be driving or if I'm pleading with her that I will change.
When she locks me out, that house is impenetrable. I don't know how she does it. I think she's getting a little aside from a locksmith, but my keys do not work. I repeat, my keys do not work. So why does Ralph's let people back in after locking them out? Is a major corporate supermarket conglomerate, a transnational corporation more compassionate than my wife?