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Good One

Kristen Schaal and Her Singing, Dancing Bird

Good One

Vox Media Podcast Network

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Kristen Schaal joins Jesse David Fox to talk about the origins of one of her earliest jokes Dancing Bird. She shares why she often uses animals in her comedy and what it was like to break out as a stand-up comic using conceptual bits.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Vulture's Good One Podcasts as sponsored by HBO's crashing. Starring Pete Holmes, the new comedy series premieres on Sunday, February 19th at 1030 p.m.

0:14.7

Co-created by Holmes and Judd Apetow, the show draws on their experience as comedians offering a behind-the-scenes look at the unpredictable world of stand-up comedy. guest stars include Artie Lang, T.J. Miller,

0:20.0

Sarah Silverman, and Hannibal Burris. Again, HBO's crashing premieres February 19th at 1030 PM.

0:26.0

Take good one, a podcast about jokes, please. Take Good One of the

0:32.7

One, a podcast about jokes, please. I'm your host,

0:35.7

Vulture Senior Editor Jesse David Fox. Our guest for episode three is The

0:39.3

Incompable Kristen Schall. One of the most innovative and original comedic voices of our generation,

0:44.8

Shaw's best known for a number of standout TV roles from Flight of the Concords to Bob's

0:48.8

Burgers to The Last Man on Earth.

0:51.4

Shaw is also a tremendously unique stand of comedian, opting for genre- pushing conceptual

0:55.8

bits instead of set up punchlines.

0:58.6

In this episode, we'll hear one of those bits, Dancing Bird, which Shall opened her Comedy Central Presents special with in 2009.

1:05.1

The idea is Shall has a singing and dancing bird who will act as her comedy partner for the

1:09.4

rest of the show. The problem is, the bird's not there. The only thing you need to know, it's a fairly visual bit is when she

1:16.4

unvails the cage all she finds is a little baby bird note. Ladies and

1:21.0

gentlemen, the next thing you'll hear is Kristen Shaw saying ladies and

1:24.4

gentlemen. Ladies and gentlemen, I am so excited to introduce a special guest on

1:30.2

the show tonight. I'm so surprised that he agreed to do it. I've been working with

1:35.2

him since the early 70s off and on. But anyways, Kirk, could you bring him out

1:41.2

please? Thank you.

1:43.0

Kurt, thank you. Thank you.

1:54.0

Here it is,

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