Bridget Everett

Talking Pictures

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4.8 • 713 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Comedian, actor, and cabaret performer Bridget Everett and new fan Ben Mankiewicz chat about her Peabody Award-winning HBO show Somebody Somewhere as well as her outrageously fun cabaret act. Everett and Ben talk dogs, famous great uncles, and walk through the highs and lows of Everett’s endlessly promising career. Everett’s Super 8 questionnaire is a staff favorite, full of stories, inspiration, and a touching story about Turner Classic Movies. Films Mentioned Somebody Somewhere * Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder All About Eve A Letter to Three Wives Sex and the City* The Sound of Music The Wizard of Oz * Mommie Dearest Magic Mike XXL Rudy Let the Good Times Roll Dancer in the Dark Young Frankenstein *Available on Max as of 11/19 (Availability of titles subject to change) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I felt like my Joe's Pub shows would be kind of my legacy.
0:04.3	And I could have never imagined doing a show on HBO,
0:08.1	never imagine doing three seasons of it,
0:10.3	and never imagine it being something that has meant so much to people.
0:18.0	Bet Midler, Patty Lepone, Jerry Seinfeld.
0:22.1	Each one of these performers is a huge fan of comedian and singer Bridget Everett,
0:27.4	but it still took her decades to catch her big break.
0:34.1	Everett is the star of the HBO comedy show, Somebody Somewhere, currently in its third season. It's loosely based on Everett is the star of the HBO comedy show Somebody Somewhere, currently in its third season.
0:40.1	It's loosely based on Everett's hometown, Manhattan, Kansas.
0:44.4	The story follows Sam, struggling through a midlife crisis after the death of her sister.
0:50.4	Just waking up on time every day as a challenge.
0:54.1	This is Bridget Everett as Sam, talking to her neighbor who's doing construction next door.
1:00.0	Hey! Hey!
1:03.0	It's a little bit early to be doing that, isn't it?
1:06.0	Sorry. Sorry. Almost done.
1:09.0	It's, uh, it's 12.30.
1:13.6	Fuck, really?
1:15.5	Nice underpants.
1:18.2	Oh, um, they're my mom's.
1:22.3	Oh, vintage.
1:24.8	The show won a Peabody Award earlier this year.
1:28.6	This level of success is new to Bridget Everett.
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