Sarah Silverman is known as one of the sharpest, most fearless voices in comedy, pushing the

art form in many new directions.

In her new Netflix special out now, called Postmortem, she talks about losing her father

and stepmother just days apart.

Tonight, she shares her brief but spectacular take on the synergy between humor and grief. My dad was the funniest in the family.

Donald Schleppy Silverman, everybody called him Schleppy,

and he owned a discount lady's clothing store called Crazy Sophie's Factory Outlet.

My dad did his own radio ads and they were terrible.

At the end he'd say, so if you care enough to buy the very best,

but you too cheap, come to Crazy Sofie's.

You're gonna hold for this plane?

I'm in show business, I know that it works.

Holding for the plane?

He made me the plane?

He made me the funniest because he taught me a bunch of swear words and stuff. He was that dad.

My mother, she was Diane Chambers from Cheers.

She said when and where and was very passionate about diction and grammar.

My stepmom, Janice, she calls herself a wicked stepmother.

Janice was, you know, nails and makeup and hair and outfits.

So she'd be like, did you talk to that boy, Jeff, from three weeks ago you told me in your history

class?

And they were both wonderful.

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