Ron Funches Gets Fit
The Last Laugh
The Daily Beast
4.6 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2019
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Stand-up comic and host of the ‘Gettin' Better’ podcast Ron Funches talks about his new special ‘Giggle Fit,’ explains why he turned down Netflix for Comedy Central, shares his uncensored feelings about Louis C.K. and a lot more.
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah. Now, do you feel bad for the people that did spend money and go to this? |
| 0:07.0 | Let me guess the answer. |
| 0:10.0 | You don't feel too bad about it. |
| 0:12.0 | I do not. If you had thousands of dollars to go on a trip to see Blink 182, |
| 0:18.0 | that's on you. That is Darwinism at his finest. |
| 0:26.7 | Hello and welcome to The Last Laugh. |
| 0:29.3 | My name's Matt Wilstein, and I'm a senior writer at The Daily Beast, and that was today's guest |
| 0:33.6 | Ron Funches in a clip from Conan that ended up being part of Netflix's Firefest |
| 0:37.7 | documentary. |
| 0:38.7 | We'll get into that and a lot more in my conversation with Ron, who earlier this year |
| 0:42.7 | released Gigal Fit, his first ever hour-long special on Comedy Central. |
| 0:47.0 | It's an aptly titled special for a comic known for his infectious laugh, something you |
| 0:50.5 | will hear plenty of on today's show. |
| 0:53.6 | Ron, who recently lost over 140 pounds, came straight from the gym to record this episode with me, |
| 0:59.0 | before heading to a session for the animated Netflix series Trolls. |
| 1:02.0 | Doing all of that in one day is something he said he could never have done when he weighed up to 360 pounds. |
| 1:08.0 | Now he's busier than ever with stand-up, voice work, and a new comic game show he just sold that he hopes will pick up where Comedy Central's at midnight left off. |
| 1:16.4 | We talked about those projects and a lot more, including why he turned down an offer for Netflix in favor of Comedy Central and why he has never been a fan of Louis C.K. |
| 1:26.2 | So let's get right to it. This is the last laugh with today's |
| 1:29.6 | guest, Ron Funches. Well, thank you for coming out. I really loved your special Giggle Fit, which |
| 1:36.8 | came out earlier this year. But I think the most recent thing I saw you in was the Firefest documentary. |
| 1:46.9 | How did you find out that you were in that? |
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