135. Janine Harouni: But She's Funny

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast

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4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Comedian Janine Harouni and Mike have a lot in common. They both survived severe car accidents, they have similar relationships with their parents, and they both value the quality of being vulnerable on stage. Mike and Janine discuss the process of turning a traumatic experience into a comedic story, and how Janine’s recovery from her car accident helped her better connect with her parents and inspired her to start doing comedy. Plus, jokes and stories about what it’s like being married to another comedian, Janine’s experience working at a mob-run restaurant, and why her dad wears serial killer gloves.

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0:00.0	When I first got hit by the car, they were sitting in the waiting room and there was this really lovely man who just kept talking to them the whole time.
0:07.5	And they were like, my mom was like, he was so nice, he made us feel so good.
0:10.5	And then at the end of it, when they were about to leave the doctors called us in after like you know whatever a seven hour surgery or something he was like anyway the reason I'm talking to you is if you don't know doesn't make it I have I sell t-shirts for memories I can put a
0:24.9	photograph the dates I make bumper stickers for the car and my parents were like
0:28.9	what is your life you're just here waiting for someone's loved one to die so that you can sell
0:34.7	them t-shirts.
0:37.7	That is the voice of the great Janine Haruni.
0:42.0	Janine is a comedian with a fascinating backstory.
0:45.0	She's from Staten Island.
0:46.0	She moved to London.
0:48.0	Started doing stand up.
0:49.0	She's one of a few guests on the show
0:51.0	who worked with a great theater director named Adam Brace who
0:56.9	sadly passed away.
0:58.8	He worked with Alex Edelman, he worked with Liz Kingsman, he worked with Phoebe Baller Bridge.
1:04.0	So Jeunie and I talk about Adam Brace.
1:06.0	We talk about grief.
1:08.0	We talk about comedy.
1:09.0	She does a lot of shows in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. We talk a little bit about those types of kind of long-form
1:16.7	storytelling shows. If you're able to see her live, she is a fantastic comedian. By the way, thanks everyone.
1:23.0	Came out to my Beacon Theater show in New York City.
1:25.0	It was so special.
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