149. Bridget Everett: The Star of HBO’s Somebody Somewhere on Risking It All

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

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🗓️ 28 October 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Bridget Everett, star of the hit HBO series “Somebody Somewhere,” joins Mike on the podcast this week to discuss creative risks and processing grief and loss through their work. Plus, that time Bridget and Patti LuPone performed together at Carnegie Hall. Also, Bridget describes the most outrageous audience reactions she has received in response to performing her songs like “Titties” and “What I Gotta Do to Get That Dick.”

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0:00.0	With your live shows what's the most extreme reaction you've ever gotten?
0:04.0	This woman in Chicago one time she was like you know I sung my second song and she was like
0:10.8	you're sick you're sick. You're sick.
0:13.0	Oh, no kidding.
0:14.0	And then her friend stayed.
0:15.0	You're sick.
0:16.0	Yeah, you're sick.
0:17.0	No, I'm serious.
0:19.0	Do you remember what it was after, what song or what thing?
0:22.0	I think it was after Titties and I was getting ready to go on to what what song or what thing?
0:22.6	I think it was after titties and I was getting ready to go
0:24.6	into what I gotta do to get that.
0:27.4	Before that.
0:29.2	But her friends stayed and I went over to their table
0:31.8	and I drank her glass of champagne that she had left and I was like,
0:35.0	I mean it rattled me but in some ways like her friend's name was a victory.
0:40.0	That is the voice of the great Bridget Everett.
0:45.0	This is an exciting one.
0:48.0	This is a long overdue episode.
0:50.0	I've been a fan of her series, somebody somewhere, for a Long Time. This is the final season. It is a Peabody
0:56.0	award winning series on HBO and Max. It's a beautiful show. It's heartfelt. It's extraordinarily well written, well acted and my sister Gina, my brother Joe and I, we talk about it a lot.
1:10.0	Big hit in the Brubiglia family and we have a great great chat today.
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