Jena Friedman 😬

Life is Short with Justin Long

Wondery

Comedy Interviews, Society & Culture, Tv & Film, Comedy

4.8 • 9.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2023

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Jena Friedman (Borat, Daily Show) and Justin talk about her experience as a new mother, her career as a comedian & correspondent on "The Daily Show," her new book "Not Funny," and what it was like to work opposite Sacha Baron Cohen in "Borat."

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to Life is Short, add free on Amazon Music.
0:05.3	Download the app today.
0:07.0	Gummy Bears bouncing here and there and everywhere.
0:17.9	High adventure that's beyond compare.
0:21.1	We are the Gummy Bears.
0:23.4	We are the Gummy Bears.
0:25.9	How many people whose ears perk up and think, oh my god, I haven't heard
0:29.9	that in so long?
0:31.4	80 to 90.
0:33.4	So, let's say maybe one or two percent of people listening are familiar with that.
0:37.9	Whoa, you think that many people are listening?
0:39.9	Oh, really?
0:40.9	Wait, what is that man, Vatta Math?
0:42.9	Yeah, I think that many people are listening.
0:44.9	Do you know why you're Vatta Math in part?
0:47.1	Why?
0:48.1	Because we watched a lot of TV as kids.
0:50.1	We did.
0:51.1	We did.
0:52.1	And we had regular shows.
0:53.1	We'd come home and it was like we had the familiar shows that kept us company and that
0:58.3	song that I was trying to sing, singing really poorly, was from a show called The Gummy
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