One of My Faves: Stressing in My Flesh Suit (with Mike Birbiglia)

Funny Cuz It's True with Elyse Myers

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture, Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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This week, we're revisiting my interview with Mike Birbiglia. He talks about his new Broadway show “The Old Man and The Pool,” and how he makes a show about death and mortality funny. Mike gets into his creative process around joke writing, like how he got underneath the meaning behind a joke about his car accident and a drunk driver, and also tells me why he thinks performing comedy is like stripping.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's me, Steve Burns, and I'm so glad you're here because you and I go way back, right?
0:06.6	Yeah. And look at us now. Like, we're all grown up. We've got this new podcast where we talk about all this grown-up stuff.
0:12.5	And there's special guests like Jamie Lee Curtis and Bill Nye, but for the most part, it's about you.
0:19.9	I mean, it's always been about you.
0:21.9	From Lemonada Media, alive with Steve Burns is coming September 17th, wherever you get your podcasts,
0:27.1	or you can watch every episode on YouTube.
0:33.2	Lemonada
0:33.7	Hey, funny because it's true listeners.
0:39.2	Elise is still out on maternity leave, but Mike Brigglia's new Netflix special,
0:43.4	The Old Man and the Pool, is out.
0:45.4	So we wanted to reshare their conversation around creativity.
0:49.9	Why do I love telling stories?
0:51.7	Great question.
0:52.3	I would love to tell you.
0:53.4	I've always been a storyteller by nature.
0:55.8	It's because I'm not very comfortable with the back and forth of conversation, especially if it's one-on-one.
1:01.3	I just never know when the right time is to insert my thoughts. Like, what's considered being an active
1:06.2	participant in the ping and pong of conversation, and what's just considered interrupting?
1:11.9	How do you keep a healthy amount of eye contact?
1:14.7	How much is too much? How much is not enough?
1:17.2	Too much? It's intimidating. Too little. You look like you're not paying attention.
1:21.0	And if you have a beverage in your hand, how are you supposed to sip that?
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