242 - Maria Bamford
The Comedian's Comedian Podcast
Stuart Goldsmith
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2018
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
It's hard to imagine a more expressive, searingly honest and comprehensively funny comic than Maria Bamford. After a year which saw her series and new special on Netflix propel her finally to the earning that befits her talent, Maria reflects on how money, property and prestige don't solve anything, what it's like to be an ex-underdog, and whether it's possible to make a not for profit TV show. We also cover the relationship between her bipolar and her day to day happiness, and ask how you function when "weakness is the brand"...
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| 0:00.0 | Are there any words more guaranteed to strike terror into people's hearts than climate comedy? |
| 0:04.6 | Well, I thought so, and then I took my show Spoilers to the Edinburgh Festival and everyone bloody loved it, |
| 0:09.7 | including Brian Eno, if you can believe that. You can see it at the Soho Theatre from |
| 0:13.9 | the 29th of November for four nights get your tickets at Stuart goldsmith.com. |
| 0:17.6 | This episode of The Comedians comedian podcast is proud to be brought to you in conjunction |
| 0:22.4 | with Mike B biglia's new show at the Leicester Square Theatre, |
| 0:25.8 | the new one. I saw this show at Montreal Comedy Festival last year and I genuinely think it's his best. |
| 0:31.4 | I'm an enormous fan of Mike, I'm hoping to get him on the podcast soon. |
| 0:34.4 | If you're not familiar with him you might know him as the star of Sleep Walk with me |
| 0:38.6 | which was a film that he wrote and directed himself and performed in which was based on a brilliant stand-up |
| 0:44.4 | show of his. His more recent shows were called Thank God for jokes. You might |
| 0:48.3 | know him from The Lonely Island movie Pop Star Never Stop Stopping. |
| 0:51.6 | You might know him from Orange is The New Black or |
| 0:54.0 | Girls. He is just absolutely fantastic and he's coming to London this June |
| 0:58.2 | with his show The New One. The first show has already sold out. Tickets are |
| 1:02.4 | selling fast for the 9th of June at Leicester Square Theatre |
| 1:05.5 | and you can pick up those tickets for Rabbit Rabbit comedy.com. |
| 1:09.9 | I cannot stress to you how much I love Mike Babiglio. |
| 1:14.4 | The last couple of, I'm very, like Maria, I have had near misses with booking him recently |
| 1:20.5 | over the last couple of years and I am really hoping to nab him this time but |
| 1:24.8 | whether I manage to or not do not miss out go to rabbit-ravit comedy.com and |
| 1:30.1 | get your tickets to see him on the 9th of June at Leicester Square Theatre. |
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