137. Neal Brennan Returns: How to Be 3% Funnier

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast

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4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This week Neal Brennan returns to Working It Out in celebration of his new Netflix special, “Crazy Good.” Neal and Mike go deep on what to do when friendship isn’t reciprocated, what all comics have in common with Seinfeld, and the irrelevance of the question “Is Kevin Hart humble?” All that, plus the listener email Mike received in response to his joke about joining a cult.

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0:00.0	Love your special.
0:02.0	special.
0:03.0	No, no, you don't go, um-hmm, you go,
0:05.0	thank you.
0:06.0	Oh, well, thank you.
0:08.0	Thank you.
0:09.0	I'm going to have to coach you through a lot of this stuff.
0:13.0	Lobby special.
0:15.0	Mm-hmm. That is the voice of the great Neil Brennan.
0:22.0	We are thrilled to have Neil back on the podcast.
0:24.6	We had him back in 2021.
0:27.6	But this is the first time he was in the studio,
0:30.6	which means in addition to listening to it here, you could watch it on YouTube.
0:35.0	Neil is one of my favorite comedy people, in addition to being a stand-up comedian,
0:39.0	he is a co-creator and co-writer of the Classic Chappelle Show. Half-baked, which we talk about on the show today.
0:46.5	He has a new Netflix special called Crazy Good. It is an excellent comedy special.
0:52.1	I actually could not recommend it more highly.
0:55.6	I love talking to Neil. Thanks to everyone who's coming out to my shows on the Please
1:00.6	Stop the Ride Tour at the end of this month.
1:03.2	I will be at the wonderful Bay Street Theater.
1:06.0	I think it's pretty much sold out,
1:08.8	but go on Burbigs.com.
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