Carmen Christopher: ‘The Bear,’ ‘The Curse’ and Chicago Comedy

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🗓️ 31 July 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Carmen Christopher is one of those comedians who you’ve definitely seen before but can’t totally be sure how you know his face. Over the past several years, he’s popped up in bit parts on show’s like ‘Shrill,’ ‘I Think You Should Leave,’ and most notably—given his born and bred Chicago roots—all three seasons of ‘The Bear.’ In this episode, Christopher talks about putting together his breakthrough, Chicago-themed stand-up special ‘Live From the Windy City,’ which arrives on the Veeps streaming platform August 1st. He also shares stories about collaborating with alt-comedy icons including Joe Pera and Tim Robinson, why he’s no longer interested in pursuing SNL after two unsuccessful auditions, that time he almost killed David Letterman, serving as a writer on Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie’s ‘The Curse’ and more.

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0:00.0	This is The Last Laugh. I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and this week on the show,
0:10.3	we have one of those guests who might not be a household name quite yet, but if you're a fan of shows
0:17.0	like The Bear, Shrill, and I think you should leave, you definitely know his face.
0:23.5	Carmen Christopher, who has a new stand-up special called Live from the Windy City premiering
0:28.4	this week, has such a well-defined and specific comedic persona that, like his frequent
0:34.9	collaborator and previous guest on this podcast, Joe Perra, you can't help but wonder,
0:40.4	is he actually like that in real life, or just seriously committed to the bit?
0:45.3	That is one of the many questions I try to get to the bottom of in this conversation,
0:50.2	which also gets into his scene-stealing moments on The Bear, and his recent gig as part of the writer's room for Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdees, The Curse.
0:59.6	But we began by talking about Carmen's new stand-up special live from the Windy City, streaming on the Veepes platform starting tomorrow, August 1st.
1:08.3	We'll hear some clips from the special during the interview, but first, here's a video he put out to promote it, featuring Joe Perra.
1:16.4	Hey, tell me, man. What's your perfect date?
1:20.0	Taking, Gail, to dinner on a walk, and hopefully back to my place and hit her with a...
1:25.8	Oh!
1:26.2	Bhr!
1:26.9	Bhr! Bhr! Bhr! and hopefully back to my place and hit her with the... Oh! I don't want to be mean, but you're trying to be like to hop to a girl, aren't you?
1:37.3	Oh, yikes, dude.
1:39.3	It's fine.
1:40.3	Who you got, Trump or Biden?
1:43.3	Okay, that's your... Who you got Trump or Biden?
1:56.0	Damn. That guy was right. I was trying way too hard to be huck to a girl.
2:01.0	But for what? I've got plenty of my own material.
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