Hello and welcome to this very special bonus episode of The Last Laugh.

My name is Matt Wilstein and I'm a senior writer at The Daily Beast.

A couple of months ago, I was at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas.

And when I saw today's guest perform stand-up, I knew I had to get her on this show.

I got to see a ton of stand-up comedy in Austin this year.

The first night I got there, the Daily Show hosted a showcase for its correspondence

hosted by the great Roy Wood Jr. During that show, Ronnie Chang, who had just arrived on a flight

from Australia, did a bit about how the country needs an Asian president that killed. I saw Jenna Friedman,

who was on this podcast a couple of weeks ago, make a bunch of tech bros deeply uncomfortable with her jokes about

abortion. Ricky Veles, who used to be a contributor on Larry Wilmore's Nightly show, shared some

darkly funny thoughts about becoming a new father. But nobody I saw could touch Sam J.

Sam, who has been writing for SNL for the past two seasons,

absolutely destroyed with her jokes,

including one long riff about how women should learn how to pee standing up if they want equal pay.

It was the type of mind-bending bit that a male comic could never get away with,

but she nailed it and

the crowd could not get enough. I actually felt kind of bad for Todd Barry, a great comic in his own

right, who was forced to follow her. He really didn't stand a chance. I got to sit down with Sam the

day after that set at Rooster Teeth Studios in Austin. We didn't have a ton of time, so this episode

is a little shorter than our usual,

but I think you'll really enjoy it.

This is the last laugh from South by Southwest with my guest, Sam Jay.

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