127. Esther Povitsky: What Is Your Comedy Attachment Style?

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🗓️ 1 April 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Mike sits down with comedian, actor, and writer Esther Povitsky to discuss her special Hot For My Name. Mike has a lot of questions about the time Esther crashed her fiancée's bachelor party in Vegas. Plus, Esther figures out Mike’s attachment style, and they discuss the differences between the LA and New York comedy scenes. All this, and jokes about adults dressed as babies, watching OnlyFans with your partner, and being outed as a comedian on the subway.

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0:00.0	The story that you tell in your special that is so funny to me is your fiance Dave had a bachelor party in Vegas and then you showed up you dropped him off at the airport and then you
0:16.0	showed up in Vegas like was it a bit I mean are you like Andy Kaufman like that's
0:21.0	such an extreme thing to do in your life.
0:23.7	Oh my God to get the Andy reference.
0:26.5	That is go, oh my god that's bigger than getting a Larry David comparison, thank you.
0:31.8	That is the voice of Esther Pavitzky. This is a really fun
0:37.2	episode today. This is a comedian who I have admired from afar for a bunch of years
0:42.4	but we've never met in person. We've a great I have admired from afar for a bunch of years,
0:42.6	but we've never met in person.
0:44.6	We have a great time.
0:45.3	You might know Esther from being on crazy ex-girlfriend
0:49.0	or her fantastic stand-up comedy.
0:51.4	She has a Comedy Central stand-up special that's on YouTube called
0:54.2	Hot for my name. It is a very cool unique concept. It is her stand-up comedy
0:59.6	intermixed with documentary footage with her parents in her hometown and her parents are real fascinating
1:08.0	characters. I love the special I think it's fantastic. We talk about that a lot on the show today. We have a great
1:14.1	conversation. By the way, thanks to everyone who came out to my shows in Colorado. So
1:18.6	much fun. Thank you. Joe Birbiglia came along and skied. Next week I'm I'll be out in Texas I'll be in
1:27.7	Tulsa Dallas Houston San Antonio and then Austin in Tulsa I'm doing a little book event in the
1:35.4	daytime at Magic City Books which is one of the great independent bookstores of
1:40.7	America and then at night I'll be at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center.
1:45.8	I'm so excited about that.
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