Joel Kim Booster on stand up, growing up adopted and more

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 1 July 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Joel Kim Booster is everywhere these days. Fire Island, the romantic comedy he wrote and stars in, debuted last month on Hulu. It's a modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice. His latest stand-up special Psychosexual is currently streaming on Netflix. He's also starring on the new Apple TV+ workplace comedy Loot. He talked with Bullseye in 2018 about his religious Illinois upbringing, and the parts of his career he's most proud of.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:21.3	It's Bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorn.
0:23.6	Joel Kim Booster is everywhere instead.
0:27.1	He's writing on hit shows like Big Mouth and The Other Two.
0:30.5	He wrote and is starring in the new romantic comedy Fire Island, which has been a critically
0:36.1	acclaimed hit.
0:37.1	He's also starring alongside Maya Rudolph in Loot, a brand new show on Apple TV+.
0:44.0	If you've been following Joel Kim Booster's career for the last two years, or if you've
0:47.5	listened to his stand-up comedy, all this success shouldn't be too surprising.
0:52.4	Joel is, I mean, he's great.
0:54.1	He's a hilarious, compelling actor.
0:55.8	He is a brilliant writer.
0:57.1	He is a terrific stand-up.
0:59.4	He brings a very distinct presence to the stage.
1:02.6	Goofy Confident, even kind of preposterously Goofy and Confident sometimes, and vulnerable
1:09.6	when he needs to be.
1:10.6	He's not afraid to show his flaws.
1:13.2	And he also really, sincerely loves chain restaurants.
1:17.7	When I talk with Joel in 2018, he'd just released his debut stand-up album, Model Minority,
1:23.0	and this bit from the album, Joel is talking about one of his biggest pet peeves when
1:27.0	people try to guess his nationality.
1:30.0	I do have to say I actually hate it when they guess correctly, though, because it's almost
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