Nicole Byer on Netflix, Stand-Up, ‘Nailed It!’ and More

The Last Laugh

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🗓️ 4 January 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Before Nicole Byer became the Emmy-nominated face of Netflix’s family-friendly baking competition show ‘Nailed It!’ she was best known as one of the raunchiest comedians on the stand-up scene. It’s the type of juxtaposition that has drawn parallels to Bob Saget, another filthy comic who found fame on the super-saccharine sitcom ‘Full House.’ On this episode, Byer breaks down how she balances these two disparate sides of her comedy persona, sizes up her Emmy competition and reflects on the bizarrely “segregated” SNL audition in which she lost out to her best friend Sasheer Zamata.

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0:00.0	This is the Last Laugh.
0:07.0	I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and before we get back into the swing of things after the holiday season, I wanted to revisit one of my absolute favorite episodes from this past year with the always hilarious Nicole Beyer.
0:20.3	When I spoke to Nicole last summer, she had just scored her second Emmy nomination for
0:24.5	hosting the Netflix reality show nailed it.
0:27.5	As she accurately predicted, she lost that award for the second year in a row to RuPaul.
0:32.5	Now, Nicole is out with her first big, hour-long stand-up special on Netflix called BBW, which of course
0:39.4	stands for Big Beautiful Weirdo, and can also be seen in the new sitcom Grand Crew, which
0:45.0	officially premieres on NBC Tuesday, January 4th. Oh, and she was just featured on our annual
0:51.2	funniest performances episode, so you know, that's a pretty big deal as well.
0:55.3	Whether you miss this episode the first time around or just want to spend some more time in her
0:59.6	infectiously funny presence, I hope you enjoy this one. Here's my conversation with Nicole Beyer.
1:06.6	We truly, I apologize for keeping you waiting. I know you have a lot of podcasts, so.
1:10.6	Too many. And I have a job right waiting. I know you have a lot of podcasts, so I'm sure you are.
1:12.1	And I have a job right now where I'm like pretty heavy in the first three episodes.
1:16.3	So I have been working from like six to seven or eight or whatever.
1:20.8	So I don't have time during the week to record them.
1:23.2	So I'm like they're all on the weekend.
1:25.9	Yes, but I like being busy.
1:28.1	This is really a confirmation that you're the busiest, you know, hardest working person
1:33.4	in comedy.
1:34.5	You know, I try.
1:36.8	You've been shooting that NBC show?
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