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The Last Laugh

Sarah Silverman Gets Canceled

The Last Laugh

The Daily Beast

Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Interviews, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Tv, Movies, Film

4.6661 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In the premiere episode of ’The Last Laugh’ podcast, comedian Sarah Silverman opens up about the cancelation of her Hulu show ‘I Love You, America’ as well as her thoughts on the 2020 Democratic field, former Sen. Al Franken, Louis C.K. and much more.

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0:00.0

So many people, you know, I remember seeing on Twitter like, I'm so disappointed.

0:04.6

I used to be a fan or all this.

0:06.1

And I go, look, if you're looking to me to say only things you agree with, you're setting yourself up for disappointment.

0:13.8

I mean, you can't expect that of, is there anyone in your life you're supposed to expect that of?

0:18.8

I mean, I don't know, your clergy maybe.

0:22.1

That certainly hasn't worked out super great for most of the time,

0:26.2

although I have some priest friends I really love.

0:46.2

Hey, everyone, and welcome to the very first episode of The Last Laugh, my new weekly podcast from The Daily Beast and Himalaya Media.

0:54.0

I am so excited that you've tuned in to this show today to listen to my interview with the very funny Sarah Silverman.

0:58.9

I was really excited that Sarah decided to come in and be our first guest on this show because I've just been such a huge fan of hers for a long time through everything she's done

1:03.2

in her career from starting out on Saturday Night Live and stand-up and the Sarah Silverman

1:08.6

program and up until her most recent project, which was

1:12.4

I Love You America, a weekly topical show that Hulu decided to cancel very prematurely, I would say,

1:19.2

at the beginning of this year. I wanted to talk to Sarah about what that experience was like for her

1:24.5

and kind of how she's moving forward after it. We also talked about everything from the 2020 Democratic primary

1:31.5

to her feelings about her friends Al Franken and Louis C.K.

1:36.1

And what it's been like for her to get back into stand-up

1:38.6

after everything that went down with the show.

1:40.8

So thank you so much for tuning in to listen today.

1:44.0

And without further ado,

1:45.6

this is the last laugh with Sarah Silverman. So yeah, I think, you know, I want to really jump right in

1:54.7

because earlier this year, we found out some bad news that your Hulu show, I Love You, America,

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