BEST OF WIO: Larry Wilmore

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast

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4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Larry Wilmore: Putting It Out There (Recorded August 2022) Larry Wilmore’s credits are endless. In Living Color, The Bernie Mac Show, The Office, The Daily Show, Insecure, and more. Now the legendary writer and performer sits down with Mike to share some of the wisdom he gained from working on all of those classic shows. Larry explains why writers never argue about endings, why his family calls him The Oracle, and why conflict was the driving narrative force behind The Office.

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0:00.0	But what's funny about writers rooms is that the things that are said are off the wall.
0:06.8	Oh, it's terrible.
0:07.8	Because you're finding the line of comedy.
0:10.1	And comedy's all about finding a line.
0:11.6	Thousand percent sure.
0:12.6	And to find a line, you get go, wheeeee over the line and then come back and sneak it back.
0:16.7	The things we said in the writers room have been living color.
0:19.8	I mean, all of us would have been arrested multiple times over the course of many years.
0:27.6	They get excavated now and we'd be arrested right now in fact.
0:34.8	That is the voice of the great Larry Wilmore.
0:37.8	This is an episode, one of my favorite episodes of all time.
0:42.2	Larry is someone who has done everything in show business.
0:46.3	He's been an actor.
0:47.4	He's been a writer, creator, producer.
0:50.1	He was such an honor.
0:51.4	He came to my show at the Mark Taper Forum last summer, the old man in the pool.
0:56.4	Then he came again on Broadway.
0:58.1	It was like beyond a suite, very supportive.
1:01.8	He's very supportive of other comedians.
1:04.6	It's a great conversation.
1:06.8	Just so you know, I have a bunch of shows coming up in small clubs where I'm working out
1:12.2	new material for the next show.
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