120: Comedian Alex Edelman on Heading to Broadway!

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🗓️ 25 June 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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“Just for Us” a Jew goes to a neo-Nazi event - laughs o’plenty

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, we got a great one today, you know, for a change.
0:09.6	Alex Edelman, who opens on Broadway tomorrow with his award-winning show just for us.
0:16.4	The award was an OB for off-B-B-B-off-B-B-off-B.
0:21.2	But starting tomorrow, it's on Broadway at the Hudson Theater.
0:25.7	In between, he's taking the show to
0:28.1	Choo-Choo-Choo-Choo-Choo-Choo-Choo-Choo-Choo-Choo-Choo-Choo-Sold out.
0:32.8	Then, Zoon! Off to London.
0:35.9	Sold out.
0:36.9	Then, Zoom to Boston, sold out. Then Zoom to Boston.
0:39.4	Sold out.
0:40.4	Then chew, chew, chew, chew, chew, chew.
0:42.8	Back to New York, where it's opening on Broadway.
0:46.7	Broadway, Broadway, Broadway.
0:50.9	Broadway.
1:01.1	You can get tickets at Just For Us Show.com. Oh, and by the way, there's actually no singing in Just For Us. No, it's a hilarious show about white supremacy. Al, there's nothing funny
1:10.7	about white supremacy. Really? Well, then you haven't seen
1:15.0	just for us. See, this is a one-man show about something he did a few years ago, which is read
1:22.3	something on Twitter, inviting folks to a neo-Nazi meeting in Queens.
1:29.6	And Alex, an Orthodox Jew, goes, and it's hilarious.
1:36.3	That's right, Alex is Orthodox.
1:38.2	He keeps kosher.
1:40.1	There are a lot of Jews in comedy.
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