Carol Leifer

Blocks w/ Neal Brennan

Neal Brennan

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Mental Health

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Neal Brennan interviews Carol Leifer (Standup, 'Seinfeld,' 'Hacks,' 'SNL' & Much More) about the things that make her feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how she is persevering despite these blocks. Carol's new book is called 'How to Write a Funny Speech... for a Wedding, Bar Mitzvah, Graduation & Every Other Event You Didn't Want to Go to in the First Place: https://www.amazon.com/How-Write-Funny-Speech-Graduation/dp/1797232231 ---------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Intro 00:48 Start in Show Business 5:25 Jerry Seinfeld 7:49 Improving at Standup 9:38 Moving to LA 12:51 Women in Comedy 14:51 Sponsor: Hims 16:05 Sponsor: Tushy 17:41 Bulletproof 19:71 Becoming Lesbian 26:29 Having a Kid 32:52 Sponsor: Mando 34:35 Sponsor: BetterHelp 35:53 Working 37:32 Seinfeld, Larry Sanders, Modern Family, Hacks 41:55 SNL Regrets 47:40 Career vs. Relationships 50:42 How to Write a Funny Speech 56:38 Spirituality / Mortality 59:45 Goals & Regrets ---------------------------------------------------------- Follow Neal Brennan: https://www.instagram.com/nealbrennan https://twitter.com/nealbrennan https://www.tiktok.com/@mrnealbrennan Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557 Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234 Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased). Edited by Will Hagle ([email protected]) Sponsors: Visit https://www.hims.com/NEAL for your personalized ED treatment options. Over 2 Million Butts Love TUSHY. Get 10% off TUSHY with the code [NEAL] at https://hellotushy.com/NEAL Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @shop.mando and get $5 off off your Starter Pack (that’s over 40% off) with promo code [NEAL] at Mandopodcast.com/NEAL #mandopod This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://www.betterhelp.com/neal and get on your way to being your best self. Sponsor Blocks: https://public.liveread.io/media-kit/blocks ---------------------------------------------------------- #podcast #comedy #mentalhealth #standup Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, everybody. It's Neil Brennan, and this is The Blacks Podcast. You clicked on it, so I didn't need to do that.
0:06.0	Um, my guest today is a great comedian who I've been aware of a long time. Huge comic, HBO specials, apparently the inspiration for Elaine and Seinfeld.
0:20.1	You are kidding. That is amazing.
0:22.6	We'll talk about that maybe. You have a lot of money coming your way.
0:26.6	She's here. She's great. Are you touring?
0:29.6	I'm not touring. Okay.
0:31.6	But I have gotten back into stand-up.
0:33.6	Okay. She's getting back into stand-up.
0:35.6	Yes.
0:36.6	Carol Leifer, ladies and gentlemen,
0:38.5	Carol Leifer, yes. We were just talking before I did that Star-Spangled intro that about when did you
0:49.1	get into show business. Oh my God. I got into show business really early. I was going to school at SUNY Binghamton,
1:00.1	now called Just Harper College. And I was in a theater group with my then boyfriend, Paul Reiser.
1:10.4	And he was the funniest guy I've ever met.
1:14.2	Yeah, that must have been like, because this is the 70s?
1:18.0	Yes.
1:18.6	Okay, so that's what I mean.
1:20.1	Like, it was, nobody was in showbiz.
1:22.9	Well, nobody also was in comedy.
1:25.2	Right.
1:25.8	I mean, yeah.
1:26.6	So was it like meeting on Martian?
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