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Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

Sarah Silverman

Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

NBC News

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4.54K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Sarah Silverman is known for her hard-edged, taboo-breaking standup act and her progressive political bent off stage, but her Emmy-nominated TV series “I Love You, America” shows a different side of the comedian. In this week’s “Sunday Sitdown,” Willie Geist talks to Silverman about traveling the country for that show as she tries to understand today's American divide. She also opens up about her early love of performing and her rise from the basement comedy clubs of New York City to being one of the most successful comics in the business.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey guys, it's Willie Geist.

0:04.0

Thanks for clicking on another edition of the Sunday Sitdown podcast on a Labor Day

0:08.5

weekend.

0:09.5

Always appreciate you being with us.

0:10.5

Hopefully you can take some time this week.

0:12.0

Listen through the full library, full catalog of interviews and we've got a good one.

0:16.6

We'll start you off with the always hilarious Sarah Silverman, the always edgy Sarah Silverman.

0:22.0

I don't know if we believe these.

0:23.7

Do we believe the podcast if we do.

0:25.7

There are going to be some bleeps in this one.

0:27.0

Sarah and I got together at the fabled comedy seller here in New York City down in the

0:31.2

West Village to talk about her rise from those dark basement comedy clubs to being one of

0:37.0

the biggest comedians in show business.

0:39.1

We talk about growing up in New Hampshire.

0:41.6

How she found her voice as a comedian with three older sisters.

0:45.2

She watched Steve Martin on SNL growing up and eventually landed a job on that show.

0:50.2

It didn't last long.

0:51.9

She knew she though she wanted to get into comedy when she watched Saturday at Live.

0:55.7

She also talks about her chronic bed wedding problem.

0:58.9

Actually, her memoir is called The Bed Wetter.

1:01.9

Sounds maybe like a bit of comedy on the surface.

1:05.3

But when you peel back the layers and she talks about this, she says it's actually what gave her her courage.

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