Pamela Adlon Reinvents Herself

The Last Laugh

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4.6 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Pamela Adlon has had to reinvent herself several times over the course of her unconventional career. From child star (‘Grease 2’) to Emmy-winning voice actor (‘King of the Hill’) to creator and showrunner of her own phenomenal autobiographical series ‘Better Things,’ which premieres its fourth season on FX Thursday, March 5th. On this episode, we talk about all of that and more, including her audition for ‘Friends,’ a darkly hilarious story about Redd Foxx and why she’s still “proud” of the work she did on “Louie.”

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0:00.0	Listen, baby, your future is yours.
0:04.0	You could be anything you want.
0:06.0	You know those people that you see every day that look like they have their shit together
0:11.0	and they made all the right choices and how impossible it seems just to get to that place?
0:17.0	Well, look.
0:19.0	Look at you. You look like one of those people. And all they did was put on the clothes.
0:25.6	And honey, you can be anything you want to be. Seriously. But also, if you just get a job and get by, you're still gonna love your life.
0:38.3	Because life is good, even at its worst.
0:45.3	You came here just to say that to me.
0:48.3	Why? Was it shitty? I thought it was gonna be good.
0:56.2	It wasn't shitty. You liked it.
0:57.8	I love you.
1:02.0	I love you, too. I love you.
1:10.3	There is nothing shitty and so much to love about Pamela Abbon.
1:12.0	It's The Last Laugh.
1:14.0	I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast.
1:21.2	I am so delighted to be joined this week by the hilarious and insanely talented Pamela Abbon.
1:26.3	Next week, the fourth season of her show Better Things is premiering on FX.
1:28.2	It has been one of my absolute favorites since it first debuted just a few years ago, and somehow just keeps getting better.
1:34.3	In this episode, Pamela breaks down what you can expect from the new season, and opens up
1:39.3	about the fascinating career path that brought her to this point, from her first ever film
1:43.9	role at age 16
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