153. Maria Bamford Returns: Marketable Mania

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast

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🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Mike welcomes back one of most referenced guests in Working It Out history, the legendary Maria Bamford. Mike and Maria discuss the importance of true confession in stand-up comedy, the financials of being a comedian, and why Maria works out new material one on one with strangers on coffee shops. Plus, Maria’s impression of Esther Perel, and why five-year-old Maria wanted to be called "Blueberry.” Please Consider Donating To: https://downtownwomenscenter.org/

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0:00.0	My current barn burner joke that's going very well is me.
0:07.1	There's a podcast.
0:08.5	When you're looking for health care, sometimes that's when you need to turn to a podcast.
0:12.9	Estey Parel, she is a Belgian, she's a French accent.
0:20.4	I love her so much, but she started doing her own ads.
0:27.2	And today we'll be talking with a polyamorous quad.
0:33.9	Of the four of you, do you like to be C-C'd or B-C-Ced?
0:39.3	Purple mattresses, sleep up to nine.
0:43.6	Take the firmness calculator.
0:45.6	My husband likes to sleep on his side like a seahorse.
0:49.3	I like to sleep on my dum-tum.
0:51.3	I like to sleep on my tum-tum.
1:01.6	That is the voice of the great Maria Bamford.
1:03.9	The legend, Maria Bamford.
1:10.5	Everyone who loves stand-up comedy loves Maria Bamford, myself being at the top of the list.
1:13.4	I'm a huge Bamford head.
1:17.9	She's one of the very first guests we had on the Working in our podcast back in 2020.
1:22.2	She wrote a book last year called Sure I'll Join Your Cult, which is amazing.
1:24.8	I was so happy to talk to her again. I want to thank everyone who has, first of all, the coming out to my shows.
1:29.3	The shows in Pittsburgh, actually, in Dayton and Detroit were my favorite of the whole tour.
1:35.7	Like, I think the show is getting better week over week, over week, over week, all building up to the Beacon Theater in March for the final shows,
1:46.5	The Good Life, four shows at the Beacon Theater, March 19 through 22.
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