118. John Early: A Man With Needs

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast

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4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

John Early, recently nominated for an Emmy and a Critics Choice Award, sits down with Mike for the first time since the two of them appeared as brothers in Taylor Swift’s, “Anti-Hero” music video. The two discuss avant-garde comedy, Brittany Spears impressions, and what it means to express earnest despair in John’s new Max special, “Now More Than Ever.” Plus, the time John ran away after coming out to his best friend. Please consider donating to: https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/pac

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0:00.0	Your stuff is so wild, like it's so avant-garde, so strange.
0:05.0	It's like, how do you know something works?
0:07.8	I mean, I have to find it funny.
0:11.0	Yeah.
0:12.0	You know, I have to find, or be like fixated on the idea in a sincere way.
0:16.1	But then it also has to have this kind of like ring of like, and this feels so pretentious, for a lack of a less pretentious word poetry
0:26.8	what I'm getting is you're a poet
0:30.3	no no your words.
0:34.0	I'm going to echo back what I'm hearing.
0:36.0	No, this is the lead cliff.
0:37.0	I'm a singer, I'm a poet, I'm an artist.
0:40.0	But I'm also a man.
0:42.0	Oh, no. That's what I'm also a man. Oh, no.
0:43.0	That's what I'm hearing.
0:45.0	That's what I'm hearing.
0:47.0	That is the voice of the great John Early.
0:54.0	John Early is an incredibly talented and funny and sweet person.
1:00.0	He's got a new comedy special that came out on HBO Max called Now More Than Ever.
1:07.1	It is such a funny special.
1:08.9	It's really one of a kind.
1:10.1	It's a sort of a mix of sort of cabaret and stand up.
1:13.8	There's a band called The Lemon Squares.
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