So, i seen your comment and thought "hmm. I wonder what that's about." having seen a good deal of these. But man- you are right. Next level on this one. :)

Peter Steinle

@Carlo Roca That was my favorite part

chaton20

3y↑500

This explains it. “After graduating college in 1995, Mantzoukas was granted a Watson Fellowship, traveling throughout North Africa and the Middle East studying religious and transcendental music for nearly two years.”

New Groove Vinyl Club

3y↑33

Yeah he talks about it on his episode of WTF with Marc Maron. He admits he had no idea what he was doing lol and almost seemed surprised that he did looking back on it. Mantzoukas is an interesting dude. He is also deathly allergic to eggs which is like an insanely rare allergy and includes both raw and cooked eggs.

amazingabby25

3y↑1

He’s incredible

amazingabby25

3y↑7

New Groove Vinyl Club Im sure not a lot of people,believe him either. And they likely put his life in their idiotic hands. working as a waitress in California, like 40% of the customers said they had an allergy....and many just didn’t like something...stuff like “I’m allergic to gluten”...we go through the whole,process of fixing the dinner on a separate plate....orders a very much gluten cake for dinner. Or I’m allergic to tomamos....”makes them a special salad after spending 10 minutes decontaminating the kitchen”...then orders a pasta with tomato sauce...of course we took them all seriously, but I know having a friend who has celiac people often don’t. I can’t imagine how terrifying it would be to be that allergic to eggs. I’d probably eat only at vegan places OR just order shit like steak or lobster. Eggs are so much fucking stuff.

Rachel Fink

6y↑2K

this is probably one of the most interesting and entertaining whats in my bag

najtrows

5y↑20

Jason is great. Any Podcast he is on is made so much better by his energy

Brian Christian

4y↑3

This dude is a riot!

Eamon Sherry

Agreed! Love the way it was put together.

gustavo dummel

For sure, my man

ssp

You’re right, I saved it so I can go back to find these groups.

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shiftyslc

6y↑318

This man could do a music podcast and I would listen to every single episode. Hilarious with a huge depth of knowledge on things I know nothing about. He's the best!

GVRYPVRFITT

6y↑10

He does one about terrible movies called How Did This Get Made with Paul Scheer it's comedy gold.

Carl Loewenguth

CBB Radio!

DM R

6y↑626

Was dying laughing at the Dave Anderson edit. Well done. The editing deserves an award

Clay

4y↑1

i cant stop laughing

sarcasmpersuasion

6y↑401

Jason is one of the smartest people in comedy, and I could listen to him talk about pop culture for days. The man talks substance always

Raust

6y↑1.5K

This guy is putting Amoeba to work. Sheeeeeeit.

instrumentalcase

6y↑7

Raust you gotta listen to his podcast, how did this get made

shannon m. townsend

4y↑3

He gutted their inventory, haha. Couldn't fit any more in the bag was when he stopped. My man

grayghost

6y↑596

Just give him a key to the store and a monthly music workshop to where he just sits and educates whoevers interested in learning new music.

Jack Goodson

6y↑387

How well-rounded Mantzoukas is, is just unfair.

Assassin De La Saucisse.

4y↑18

If you want to be cool stop whining about fairness and start being cool.

Fabrizio Carelle

6y↑449

This was an incredible episode, what a legend

bondagegel

6y↑139

I remember seeing Jason in the early 00s at the Upright Citizens Brigade theatre and thinking he was one of the most brilliant improv performers I'd ever seen. So glad he's been able to have a long and successful acting career.

Kurt Christensen

6y↑38

I always go and check out the full albums after watching these, and even thought I think I have a pretty wide range in my musical tastes, this one really expanded my horizons. Khuun Narin is awesome, and reminds me a lot of Kruangbin which is havily influenced by Thai Music.

Amoeba

6y↑4

That’s awesome! Thanks for the feedback. Happy listening.

dgstruzyk

6y↑39

I was literally switching back and forth from this to Apple Music, listening to the albums he recommended. They are really good. Especially the Hop Along and My Bloody Valentine records. Both bands are new to me.

Carter Allison

3y↑1

Ha same

augusts1

MBV is an epic band as you well know by now. They're early music is surprisingly poppy. It's fascinating to hear their musical evolution from those early days to their shoegaze albums. Seen them live twice on their 1st comeback tour, once in San Francisco & then at Coachella Fest.. I'll never forget lying in the field at the edge of the crowd watching the stunning starlit sky at night w/their mesmerizing, psychedelic music playing. Good times!

chaton20

3y↑16

Hats off to this guy for selecting such an eclectic and amazing mix from especially non-western countries. Thank you thank you!

McDoink

5y↑12

This is the best What's In My Bag, hands down. Super interesting picks and great presentation. Also the editing is top shit.

Amoeba

5y↑1

Hey, thanks! And thank Jacob.

Fabiano Escher

1y↑2

Very nice episode. And great to see the reference to Gal Costa. She's really a queen in Brazilian music.

Amy Peters

6y↑18

He went past it very quickly, but I think he has a valid point about vocals as an instrument being more important than the actual lyrics of a song. If you listen to shoegaze music, and a great deal of music that is inspired by it currently, very often you can't even tell what they are saying. The vocals are very low in the mix and colored with reverb and other effects to give them a sort of ethereal, atmospheric quality, and they become just another part of the whole sonic picture. Many artists do not publish their lyrics on the album sleeves because they would prefer listeners to be moved emotionally by the music in its entirety rather that just the text. I used to get frustrated when I opened a new record and there were no lyrics printed, but now I understand why artists do that and I'm on board for the most part.

GarriFree

6y↑138

I love that he artistically directed what clips just proves how musically and visually creative this weirdo is. What up jerks

Braden Bieler

6y↑12

Jason's music taste is one of the most unique I've ever seen.

Daniel MacDonald

6y↑35

So great. Please have Jason back every month!

sparksoffyou

5y↑100

Jason got a scholarship to study music globally and it shows. The specific topic was like music and bringing people spirituality and godliness or something.

Rebecca O'Keeffe

6y↑28

Jason studied world music in college. Of course he's gonna have exquisite taste.

ben mattingly

6y↑30

I can't believe I almost didn't click on this one because it wasn't a musician. What a fun ride. Hats off to the Amoeba people who edit these things too!

Amoeba

6y↑9

Hey, thanks!

YesGregYes

6y↑6

Jason Mantzoukas is such a brilliant improvisor that he can improvise with a bag, literally.

#AmoebaMusic

Kevin Connery

6y↑79

Honestly was hesitant to watch since he’s not a musician even tho I love him in 99, but this is one of the dopest WIMB ever hands down!

Kate

5y↑15

He studied music in college and plays the drums. He auditioned for the Blue Man Group back in the day. He definitely knows what he's talking about!

Jonas Boone

4y↑1

Katie you made my year with that fact

Waldo

3y↑2

Also another fun fact after graduating college he was granted a watson fellowship and spent two years travelling throughout north africa and the middle east studying and recording religious and transcendental music. Oh, and he didn't just audition for the blueman group, he had 6 auditions and callbacks - they were actually seriously interested in him, not only did he audition but they asked him back multiple times - and he probably had a good shot, he chose not to finish the full audition process so he could travel and record music from abroad (the blueman group didn't turn him down, it was his choice). He chose to spend 7 months in morocco studying and recording gnawa music instead of finishing the audition process.

Saying he auditioned for the blueman group is a huge understatement. He has more experience with really obscure music than most musicians.

WonderWaageRadio

2y↑1

I don't know how Zouks does it. He just slots into literally any format. What an icon.

sortilegus

5y↑3

I love this man. Also, whoever edited this video deserves an award.

Manny Lopez

3y↑9

Jason Mantzoukas always seemed like a spiritually open-minded but overall crazy insane dude and this video just confirms it 🤣

heyyoitsmebrian

2y↑3

i wish this guy had his own show .... NF or youtube or anything .... this guys GOLD in everything he does. anytime he does a 1 off on any tv show i go check it out asap

Joseph Blumenberg

6y↑12

God...I love this guy...absolutely hilarious and has great taste in music

SUN WARRIOR

3y↑37

He actually looks just like his musical taste. It's awesome.

Patrick

that amazing moment when you hear a sample from a song you know in its original context and you can’t help but smile 😊Kaytranada sampled that Gal Costa record at 3:08 in one of his most popular songs!

Graham Kristensen

4y↑26

How to tell if a show is good:

1. See if Jason Mantzoukas has appeared in at least one episode.
2. That's it. There's no step 2.

John Cornwell

3y↑1

Maximum Derek

jensssskljhdkhs

6y↑5

Great dude, great picks, great editing - great episode! Also, the Dave Anderson bit is comedy gold

willsi

6y↑10

Jason on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" is utterly amazing! Honest Jon's love, and amazing other picks. Damn, this might be my favorite "What's in My Bag," ever.

Rardyprice

6y↑5

hands down the most interesting and diverse what's in my bag episode ever made, fantastic suggestions and I look forward to checking them out! :)

JJ

4y↑8

That was the most enlightening What's in My Bag I've ever seen... what a list I just made from this. Thank you Jason! And anyone reading this should really --, nay, MUST listen to How Did This Get Made podcast with Jason, Paul Scheer and June Diane Raphael... hilarious

WelfareChrist

5y↑3

His suggestions were all absolutely great. I didn't even know big thief had a recent record. Best one yet.

Dee Supyo

3y↑1

Jason is a treasure.
So composed and descriptive.
Night and day from his acting on " The League" where he was crazy as fuck.
GREAT EPISODE.

gooberweevil

6y↑83

I love seeing the editor get into Jason's silliness.

Bassist1996

4y↑9

God, knowing his favorite record of all time is Loveless by My Bloody Valentine makes me an even bigger fan of this guy.

Sebastian Kramer

2y↑5

I saw this so many times over the years and now I just realized that he didn’t talked about all the records that was in his bag. You can see covers of more albums on the sofa. I’m curious about what else he bought that day.
In 13:40 you can see Mm.. Food by MF Doom and in 9:06 is another one

Joyce Slaton

6y↑19

I love love love How Did This Get Made so clicked on this -- had no idea Jason Mantzoukas had such incredible taste in music, I got a lot of good recommendations from this video. Will point out that Zouks is, as always, wearing a white shirt and jeans. AS ALWAYS.

FloraNB

5y↑1

I love how he just keeps going and going. After the first six I was thinking "So mainly African/Asian/South American folk and experimental stuff huh? Okay, cool". And a lot of people pick about 5 records and that's it but he just proceeds to show a variety of other kinds of music and a bunch of weird-ass films. Good times.

Lynn Wade

2y↑1

i was so into this video learning new things, laughing, and then he pulls out big thief and it made me so excited. this dude knows what he’s talking about. i’ve been a big fan of Jason now i’m just a bigger fan and i cant wait to listen to these albums

The TRANZ13NT

I love how varied peoples tastes in music are, that's what makes this series great!!! This side of him is so different than his usually irreverent roles lol

J-Luke Chesteen

6y↑72

I wonder if he walked into the store saying, "I'm going to put your editing team to the test!"

Amoeba

6y↑40

It certainly felt like it.

Sam Squanch

5y↑1

Jason is a funny dude. I see through his musical taste where his comedy comes from

Amanda Elliott

4y↑8

Jason needs his own talk show

Jamie Beeden

2y↑1

Goddamn, Jason has exquisite musical taste.

Alejandro Ramirez

6y↑2

besides the characters he sometimes plays he seems really chill. He likes a wide variety of music and some of those world music picks would be amazing for hip-hop producers.

M0b 5PaWn

6y↑1

Damn, this is essentially all of what’s in my bag condensed into one episode. So good 👌

MaputoNation

What I would give to hang out with Jason Mantzoukas and listen to records all day. He’s got the best taste in music!

Jeff G

3y↑2

This is probably the best What's in my bag I've seen. Bravo Jason and the special effects team who enhanced the vid.👍

John M

6y↑11

In a pretty recent that he did, he mentioned playing drums and percussion growing up, which led him to travel to places like Morocco to learn about the music. It was pretty cool, given that I, too, grew up studying and playing drums and percussion. He seems like a fun, funny, and interesting guy.

Alex Roberson

6y↑1

I am astounded, surprised and delighted by how eloquent and well thought out he appears here. My girlfriend thinks he’s just “Rafi” in real life so I’m glad there’s videos like this to show he’s a real person with genuine interests and passions.

Gloria - Betty Sage

3y↑1

I love how he listens to different genres and from all over the world too.
None of them obvious choices.
Love him

bluestate69

2y↑1

you cannot NOT love this guy.

L. Judo Bartlett

6y↑5

Holy crap... I'm in love with this single episode. I absolutely hate everything he spoke about, but I just couldn't stop watching and listening and now I want to go to Amoeba and spend my money.... wtf.... thank you?

Rick Kaufman

6y↑17

This is the best episode yet. Its going to take weeks to get through all this new shit to check out.

AnonymousRex

6y↑56

Always thought he was hilarious, but kind of fell in love with him here.

busdrinker

Right!!!

Chris

6y↑2

Haha the editors went to town on this one. So hilarious! Fantastic video :)

Ben Peisch

6y↑8

One of the guests that I wish had a weekly episode.

Anastasia Kot

such a cool and lovable guy! been binging his interviews on youtube and i simply adore him. great music taste too, i wasn't aware of a lot of these artists but i'll definitely give them a listen

Andrew Rubin

6y↑2

Just when you thought you couldn’t love Mantzoukas more

TaiTai

6y↑59

I like to think the editors just have a movie night together when having to get clips from the films the guest picks.

Tsavos Alliance

3y↑3

I wish I could party for one whole
weekend with Jason Mantzoukas!

Rebecca White

6y↑2

I've watched every episode of WIMB and this is hands down my all time favourite. Jason Mantzoukas, what darling soul you are. Prepare to be googled Sir x

lorut

So good...didn't fail to disappoint. MBV too? What a dreamboat.

Bingo Bazingo

5y↑2

I can tell the editor had a lot of fun in this episode.

Culprit LA

"A Prophet" IS that good, doesn't matter the advance praise. Good off-the-beaten path picks and fun personality from Mr. Mantzoukas. Editing is on point too

Agent 57

I've listened to How Did This Get Made for years and had no idea how diverse his music taste was! Got a new level of respect now!

triplesinterklaas

2y↑3

My son was watching this - Im a lifelong movie and vinyl collector - heard 3 seconds of the Electric Phin Band and was like - what's THAT? Instant cop. Great to get hipped to something deep you did not yet know.

Trevor Underwood

6y↑1

This has to be one of the best What's In My Bag episodes of all time

Evan Reinhardt

I enjoyed this video and found so much more great music than I thought I would from Jason Mantzoukas! His taste is so psychedelic

antifolkhero

6y↑1

This is one of the best interviews Amoeba has done. Love the comparison to Dan Bejar and Jose Gonzalez.

SkyGandalf

I would die so happily if Jason Mantzoukas starts a podcast with Gregg Proops about music.
Two absolutely hilarious comedians, who I never would have expected to be such bottomless audiophile treasure troves.

MTR97

I don't know if it's just me but he has the exact taste in music I assumed he had.

Matthew Healey

6y↑4

This is firmly one of the best episodes.

Paul Culverwell

6y↑1

Absolutely incredible, best episode yet! So much new music to check out now!

Christina Gina

6y↑2

Bless the editing!
I wonder how long it takes each episode to make.

Tomás Melo

6y↑2

Great episode, this guy is fantastic, what an amazing taste

Jonathan Francia

Have the rest of the cast! I want to see June's picks!

Nicholas Liepman

2y↑1

Thank you Jason, what a great list.

Soulowner.org

5y↑6

your taste in music is exquisite - thank you. never heard of most of this and it's all absurdly interesting.

redefinitive

The Friends of Eddie Coyle is a great book as well. It reads like it could be a made into a movie, no wonder it turned out well too.

flakeycakey

Jason Mantzoukas, thank you for all your awesome picks. You are the best comedian of all time.

Lambent Ort

2y↑1

I really love his taste in music

goawayinternet

man I don't comment on youtube videos but that was a good what's in my bag. jason mantzoukas is great. Awesome to see him into such diverse/great music & films

ArthurFellig

6y↑3

Sometimes I wish there was a double-like button. So good!

ModestlySpilling

6y↑73

That’s how I’ve always felt about listening to music. I find myself unfortunately just paying more attention to the melody of the vocals instead of the lyrics. Even my favorite songs I probably don’t know every word of

creekandseminole

6y↑2

ModestlySpilling same here

Meg Hilbert

Same! And I'm a vocalist...

Mat Rothwell

6y↑3

Exactly! People really give you weird looks when you tell them that. We should form a club or something.

Jesse Holland

Same

mposh

6y↑2

There are dozens of us!

scampoli25

Zouks!!!!!!! Great episode. Please have more comedians on the show.

Manda L

I'm loving his taste in music .. I want to have a listening party with him !

ADS0791

6y↑1

Great episode, this guy nailed it

Justin DeRosa

3y↑1

Full marks to the editor. Bravissimo.

James Rone

Respect. These picks are wonderful.

QuantumSpin

2y↑3

This guy is definitely getting into the good place!

Kristopher Spencer

3y↑1

Jason's got great taste and a good sense of humor.

Jordan Anderson

I revisit this video every few months and pick a couple LPs to order from my local record show. He might have the world's best taste in music.

rome8180

5y↑1

Destroyer's Streethawk is a total masterpiece. Good pick (or fake pick or whatever).

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