287 - Eugene Mirman, Live at SXSW

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4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2019

⏱️ 79 minutes

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One of the godfathers of alt-comedy, Eugene Mirman is an obsessive innovator of different forms through which to be funny; laminated signs, letters to councils, lectures on how to advertise shapes and his own ten year super-commitment to a joke, the "Eugene Mirman comedy festival". As well as talking about the drafting process behind his measured absurdism, we learn how he deals with his wife's illness - both in his personal life and on stage.

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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 the 29th of November for four nights get your tickets at Stuart Goldsmith.com.
0:20.0	Imagine you, you in a nice comfy seat with your hands behind your head taking in the views
0:29.0	instead of taking on the road, maybe even taking a nap.
0:33.4	That's the bliss of getting where you need to go without worrying about driving.
0:38.8	Book your train journey via avant to westcoast kowduk and we'll take you there
0:44.7	avanti west coast feel good travel You're not. Hello and welcome to the show I'm Stuart Goldsmith. Today I'm speaking live at the
1:13.8	South by Southwest Comedy Festival in Austin Texas to one of the Godfathers of
1:18.3	Alt comedy. This is Eugene Merman. He's the founder of his own 10-year Eugene Merman comedy festival, which is one of those ideas a comic has that then for the joy of it they massively over commit to.
1:32.0	He's released a documentary or is releasing
1:34.7	that very soon about the festival and also some other aspects of his own life which
1:40.0	we will go into. You might know him as the voice of Jean from Bob's Burgers. You might know him
1:45.8	from his appearances on Archer and a lot of other shows in which he plays or voices a version of himself that has been created for him by the people who make those
1:56.8	shows that love him and want him to be in them. So he's that kind of a guy. I hope you enjoy this episode. This is the brilliant and very funny,
2:05.2	Eugene Merman. So Eugene you are here at the festival with your movie
2:19.7	which is premiering tonight this is a pre-release interview ladies and gentlemen.
2:24.2	I trust you will make a suitably appreciative noise.
2:26.4	Very exciting.
2:30.4	Yes.
2:31.4	I'm lucky enough to have seen the movie and it's an incredible, it's a wonderful and devastating piece of work and we'll get on to more about that in a moment.
2:41.0	But before we do, let's place you for people listening to
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