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It's Bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorn. There's a line in the song that Lou Reed wrote. It goes,

there's only one good use for a small town. You hate it and you know you'll have to leave. He wrote it

about Andy Warhol, who famously left Pittsburgh for New York, but to Lou Reed it applies universally.

Small Towns build character, that's about it. He's suggesting that if you're a weird artsy kid,

you need to get out of Dodge. You can't make meaningful art, you can't really be yourself unless

you're in a big city with other weirdos like you. Our next guest, Bridget Everett, is a comedian and

singer. She grew up in a small town, Manhattan, Kansas. She went to college in Arizona, then landed

in New York City. She started singing in clubs, then eventually formed a sort of comedy cabaret act.

On stage, she is hilarious and very body, but also boy, howdy, can she blow?

Bridget Everett also stars on the wonderful show Somebody Somewhere. It is a quiet and gentle

comedy set in the same Manhattan, Kansas, where Bridget grew up. She plays Sam on the show.

Like Bridget, Sam is funny, like Bridget, Sam can sing, but unlike Bridget, Sam stays put in Kansas.

Instead of fantasizing about leaving home, she finds her people. She starts singing in front of

crowds for the first time in forever, and she keeps close to her family, which as you might guess is

a mixed blessing. It's a really wonderful show. It is funny and heart-aking. It's just and she's

so great in it. I was really excited to interview Bridget Everett before I got jury duty. So,

our thanks to our correspondent, Jordan Krushiola, who filled in for me. She is a writer who has covered

film for Vulture and inverse among others. She also hosts the terrific Maximum Fun Show Feeling

scene on that show, Guests Dive Deep, into the first time they felt they really saw themselves

on screen. So, Bridget Everett, let's kick things off with a clip from Somebody Somewhere,

which just kicked off its second season on HBO. As I said, part of the arc of the show is Sam

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