Iliza Shlesinger Is Not Sorry

The Last Laugh

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4.6 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Iliza Shlesinger just dropped her fifth stand-up special on Netflix. It’s called ‘Unveiled’ and finds the self-described ‘Elder Millennial’ sharing hilarious stories about her wedding and everything that led up to it. In this bonus episode, the comedian opens up about facing criticism from women who think she’s “not doing feminism right,” explains how her ‘Last Comic Standing’ win turned into a nightmare, previews her upcoming sketch series for Netflix and a lot more.

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0:00.0	I'm always up before the birds and the kids.
0:02.9	Good thing Costa Express is always up too.
0:07.0	Early starts are easier with great coffee.
0:09.7	And if I grab one for Bob, I might even get some decent company.
0:14.5	Large cappuccino for the bloc who's half asleep.
0:17.2	Oh, you legend.
0:19.6	Now that's a proper coffee.
0:21.3	Should kick in Justin Samfut, remember which end of the screwdriver to use.
0:25.1	Hmm.
0:26.3	Costa Express.
0:27.8	Quality coffee every time.
0:32.1	One thing you must know, the wedding industry is not designed to bring two loving souls together under the state
0:38.3	and or God.
0:39.3	It is designed to extract your money from your wallet, pit you against other women, and make
0:43.3	you feel like garbage fire.
0:45.3	That's what it's there for.
0:48.3	There's a litany of requirements, social, cultural, traditional, all these things. Everything's got a price tag.
0:55.4	Everything takes up time. And I'll tell you what, I paid for my wedding personally. So you can best
0:59.2	believe, I took a red Sharpie, and I went down that list of bullshit. And if it didn't involve me,
1:03.7	take it off my shoes, drinking tequila, or listening to Garth Brooks. We did not fucking do it.
1:09.5	Comedian Eliza Schlesinger gets married and cuts the bullshit.
1:13.3	It's the last laugh.
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