Sam Jay's Fear of Flying

Good One: A Podcast About Jokes

Vox Media Podcast Network

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Originally from Boston, longtime stand-up Sam Jay is an Emmy-nominated writer for “Saturday Night Live” -- her most notable SNL sketches include “Them Trumps,” recent “Black Jeopardy”s, and “Released Early” (from the “At Home” editions). In 2018, she made her Netflix debut on “The Comedy Lineup” and released her first stand-up album, “Donna’s Daughter.” In this episode Sam talks to host Jesse David Fox about her airplane joke, birthed from a fear of death plus an increase in air travel. She notes that most debut stand-up specials have some sort of airplane joke, but she doesn’t care; hers is still funny. You can watch Sam’s new special, 3 In The Morning, on Netflix. You can follow Sam on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Jesse David Fox on Twitter and Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:34.1	Volcher Senior Editor Jesse David Fox. Each episode a guest comes on to play a
1:39.6	clip of one of their jokes and then discusses how they wrote it and how it fits into what they're trying to do with their comedy.
1:45.0	This week's guest is Sam Jay.
1:47.0	Sam has been a writer of Saturday Night Live since 2017, where she's written Them Trumps, the most recent Black Jeopardies, and released early from the at-home editions.
1:57.0	Same is also just one of the best stand-ups, period.
2:01.0	Comedians have known this for a while now, and soon to join them as Period. What makes Sam so good is on full display in the joke you're about to hear from the special.
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