76. Jessi Klein: This Is the Reason For Comedy
Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out
Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast
4.8 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 July 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Jesse, you and I have known each other for approximately 80 to 100 years. |
| 0:05.0 | Yes, the length of a full person's life. |
| 0:07.0 | Hey everybody, we are back. |
| 0:14.0 | That is of course the voice of the great Jesse Klein, one of my favorite comedic voices, |
| 0:20.0 | comedians, comedic actors, actors, voice actors. |
| 0:25.0 | You may know her from her voice on Big Mouth, which I love from my buddy Nick Kroll. |
| 0:33.0 | She has written for Inside Amy Schumer and Vanessa Bayer show. |
| 0:38.0 | I love that for you, which is great. |
| 0:40.0 | She was in sleepwalk with me. |
| 0:42.0 | She sprayed me with a hose of tomato sauce and put a pizza pillow around my neck, |
| 0:48.0 | if you remember that scene from sleepwalk with me. |
| 0:51.0 | I wonder for a long time, which is why we have this great conversation today. |
| 0:55.0 | We talk about her book. |
| 0:57.0 | It's called I'll show myself out. |
| 0:59.0 | She is a two-time New York Times bestselling author. |
| 1:02.0 | I love her new book. |
| 1:04.0 | Before we begin, I just want to throw out that I'm going to be in Sag Harbor, New York, |
| 1:09.0 | with my new show, The Old Man of the Pool. |
| 1:12.0 | And then the world premiere of The Old Man of the Pool will be at the Mark Tape Forum |
| 1:16.0 | in Los Angeles for five weeks late July through August with the full lights and sound |
| 1:23.0 | and design and the design is really, really cool. |
| 1:26.0 | I'm going to be in the fall in Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Toronto for four shows. |
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