Matt Rogers: ‘Have You Heard of Christmas?’

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4.6 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Matt Rogers can’t quite believe the year he’s had. From his first regular TV role on Showtime’s ‘I Love That for You’ to his scene-stealing work in the Hulu movie ‘Fire Island,’ the Long Island-born comedian has seemingly been everywhere in 2022. And it all culminates this December with his big holiday special ‘Have You Heard of Christmas?’ In this episode, Rogers talks about how unofficial “Queen of Christmas” Mariah Carey inspired him to become a Christmas prince and why the tears streaming down his face at the end of the performance are very real. He also shares his unfiltered thoughts about the way ‘Fire Island’ and Billy Eichner’s ‘Bros’ were pitted against each other as the year’s two gay rom-coms and opens up about what it has been like for him to watch his best friend and Las Culturistas co-host Bowen Yang become an SNL star.

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0:00.0	Please do not distract the driver while the bus is in motion.
0:05.0	Distractions include offering them the bacon from your IKEA breakfast roll,
0:11.0	or letting that bacony aroma waft through the vehicle
0:14.0	till the whole bus starts wondering if they need a second breakfast.
0:18.0	Or telling them it was just £1.60.
0:23.2	IKEA now open on Oxford Street.
0:26.4	IKEA, the wonderful every day.
0:31.9	Hey, everyone.
0:33.3	Hope you had a great Thanksgiving,
0:35.8	but I have a quick question for you. Have you heard of Christmas?
0:39.8	Santa and Jesus, they were best, best friends. They knew each other way back in college at Bethlehem.
0:53.3	They knew each other like, they were like oh oh oh oh
1:02.0	honestly I have not been to church in a very long time.
1:16.6	Have you heard of Christmas?
1:20.6	It's when Moses did the lake. Have you heard of Christmas?
1:23.6	That was the night that they made St. Nica Saint. Have you heard of Christmas?
1:37.3	This is the last laugh. I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and that was comedian Matt Rogers from his new Showtime holiday special,
1:45.6	Have You Heard of Christmas? The musical special, which premieres this Friday, December 2nd,
1:50.7	caps off an incredible breakout year for Matt, who also co-stars in Vanessa Bayer's Showtime series,
1:58.1	I love that for you, and stole the most scenes in previous Last
2:01.8	Laugh guest, Joel Kim Booster's Hulu movie Fire Island. Matt also, of course, has been co-hosting
2:08.1	the internet's favorite podcast, Las Culturistas, with his best friend and SNL star Bowen Yang
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