Gary Gulman Goes From the Psych Ward to Carnegie Hall

The Last Laugh

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4.6 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

It’s been two years since Gary Gulman released his remarkable stand-up special ‘The Great Depresh.’ And despite a global pandemic that caused its own parallel mental health crisis, he says he’s really never felt better. The 51-year-old comedian is currently touring two new hours of material, one of which will land him at Carnegie Hall in November, less than five years after he walked out of a psychiatric ward. In this episode, Gulman opens up about how he turned things around and achieved a new level of comedy confidence that has allowed him to be vulnerable on stage in a whole new way. He also weighs in on Bo Burnham’s anxiety-themed special ‘Inside,’ previews his role in Amy Schumer’s new show, looks back at his “miserable” time on Dane Cook’s ‘Tourgasm’ and a lot more.

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0:00.0	Two years ago, my guest on today's show released one of the funniest stand-up specials I've ever seen,
0:06.9	all about his lifelong struggles with depression.
0:10.6	And that was before the world came crashing down around him.
0:14.3	If I did a show and got through a day, I would reward myself by getting a pint of ice cream. And I would
0:22.6	always say to myself, just eat half
0:24.8	the pint. But
0:26.5	invariably, I have this like
0:28.4	obsessive compulsion where I need to
0:30.6	leave a flat surface.
0:34.3	For who?
0:35.2	The day crew?
0:39.4	But I would keep eating it flat.
0:42.1	And then I'd come across a chocolate chunk and I need to excavate that.
0:46.1	And that leaves a pothole so I got to smooth that over.
0:50.3	Then it starts to melt along the perimeter and that's gelato.
0:54.0	You can't let that go to waste.
0:56.7	Before I know it, I'd hit bottom.
0:58.5	Literally and millennial literally.
1:04.4	This is the Last Laugh.
1:11.4	I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and that was Gary Gullman, one of my absolute favorite comedians, delivering one of my all-time favorite jokes on his incredible special, The Great Depresh.
1:24.2	As we discussed in today's interview, I first got a chance to meet Gary when he was promoting
1:28.9	that special a couple of years ago and just instantly found him to be an incredibly kind and
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