Sarah Silverman (Premiere)
The Last Laugh
The Daily Beast
4.6 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2019
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Comedian Sarah Silverman opens up about the cancelation of her Hulu show ‘I Love You, America’ and what it’s like to be a target of the alt-right. She also shares her thoughts on the #MeToo allegations against former Senator Al Franken and Louis C.K. and a lot more. This episode was originally broadcast as our series premiere on March 26, 2019.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone. What better way to spend this Christmas week than my listening to two Jews talk about comedy? |
| 0:07.5 | It's The Last Laugh. I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast. |
| 0:11.5 | This week, we are revisiting our very first episode with the wonderful Sarah Silverman. |
| 0:17.5 | Sarah was kind enough to sit down with me for this conversation before we even had a title for the show, |
| 0:22.7 | and it is still one of my favorite episodes. |
| 0:25.8 | Just one small thing to note, I bring up Senator Kirsten Gillibrand during our discussion about Al Franken. |
| 0:31.7 | She has obviously since dropped out of the 2020 Democratic primary race, |
| 0:35.8 | but was still very much a candidate when we recorded. |
| 0:38.9 | Otherwise, I think the episode is just as timely as when we originally released it. |
| 0:44.1 | If you've been listening to The Last Laugh all year and want to get me a Christmas present, |
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| 0:55.9 | Last Laugh Pod where I'll be posting some never-before-seen photos of me and Sarah from the day |
| 1:00.8 | we tape this episode. Okay, here it is Sarah Silverman. |
| 1:10.1 | So yeah, I think, you know, I want to really jump right in because earlier this year, we found out some bad news that your Hulu show, I Love You America, was canceled. |
| 1:24.9 | Very prematurely, I might add. |
| 1:26.8 | Thank you. |
| 1:27.3 | So sad. |
| 1:28.1 | So bummed. |
| 1:29.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:29.5 | I feel like a shell of myself. |
| 1:32.1 | So, I mean, how did you find out? |
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