Kristen Schaal Always Knew Her Voice Was ‘Special’
The Last Laugh
The Daily Beast
4.6 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 3 August 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
From her breakthrough performance as Mel the stalker on ‘Flight of the Conchords,’ to her long-running gig as the voice of fourth-grader Louise Belcher on ‘Bob’s Burgers’ to her latest role as Number Two on the Disney+ adaptation of ‘The Mysterious Benedict Society,’ Kristen Schaal never fails to bring a unique energy to the screen. And it all begins with her unmistakable voice. On this episode, Schaal looks back on her winding road from alt-comedy darling to mainstream children’s TV star, including detours writing for ‘South Park,’ serving as the “Senior Women’s Issues Correspondent” on ‘The Daily Show’ and getting a well-deserved Emmy nomination for—what else?—her voice-over work on ‘Bojack Horseman.’
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| 0:00.0 | So you may know her from Flight of the Concords, The Last Man on Earth, or The Daily Show. |
| 0:06.7 | But for the past 10 years, she has been up to no good as Louise Belcher on Bob's Burgers. |
| 0:16.7 | Red leather, yellow leather, red leather, yellow leather. |
| 0:19.8 | Um, are you talking to me? I'm warming up my instrument |
| 0:23.3 | Unbelievable I'm sorry, uh uh |
| 0:27.0 | Hey I'm sorry it's pre-show nerves come here hug for luck you freaking idiot you don't hug for luck in the theater |
| 0:34.9 | Shish shush I'm sorry baby I didn't mean it, baby. |
| 0:39.8 | You know how I get before a big show? |
| 0:42.3 | You know how I get? |
| 0:43.3 | Get off of me! |
| 0:45.3 | You're smudging my makeup! |
| 0:47.3 | You want me to go out there in front of these people with this makeup all smudged, you clumsy old... |
| 0:53.3 | Sorry, baby. |
| 0:54.8 | Come here. |
| 1:00.0 | This is the last laugh. |
| 1:02.5 | I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, |
| 1:04.6 | and that was the one and only Kristen Shaw, |
| 1:08.2 | with the equally wonderful Dan Mintz as Tina, |
| 1:13.7 | on Bob's Burgers, which somehow just finished its 11th season. |
| 1:17.3 | Kristen has been a staple of what is sometimes still referred to as the alt-comedy scene, |
| 1:22.5 | dating back to her two-person show Hot Tub with Kurt Bronler. |
| 1:27.3 | But in recent years, she has embarked on an entirely new career entertaining children, |
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