Tituss Burgess of "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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🗓️ 1 February 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Jesse talks with Tituss Burgess, actor from "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," "30 Rock" and more. On UKS, Tituss plays a struggling, needy and desperate Broadway actor. He's transparently conniving and manipulative, but he's also sweet, charming and super lovable. He shows his tough past, his lonely circumstances and he's a real friend to Kimmy. That warmth comes from Tituss Burgess. Burgess was himself a struggling Broadway actor many moons ago, living in a basement apartment in Harlem, just like his character on TV. The last episodes of "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" are now available on Netflix.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:11.0	Hey all, it's Jesse, the host of Bullseye with Jesse Thorn. Maybe you have heard of me.
0:15.2	Quick announcement, we're really excited to share it with you. We're going to be doing
0:18.2	a very special live episode of Bullseye. It's going to be Friday, February 15th at Revolution
0:25.0	Hall in Portland, Oregon. What are you going to see? If you go to Portland, Oregon to see
0:29.8	this show, you will see me live on stage talking with folks like Corrin Tucker from Slater
0:34.2	Kinney, director Lance Bangs, writer Bill Oakley, Simpson's legend. We will also have live
0:40.0	music from Roseblood and live comedy from Katie Wen is going to be a blast and a half.
0:46.2	It's also part of a big podcast festival called Listen Up Portland. Tons of other great
0:49.9	podcasts are playing at it to our pals, the Doe Boys, among others. So again, that's Friday
0:54.9	February 15th at Revolution Hall in Portland, Oregon. 7pm tickets are on sale now. Get
1:01.0	them at ListenUpPortland.com. And thanks. I'm Jesse Thorn. It's Bullseye.
1:13.9	On the unbreakable Kineshman, Titus Burgers plays a struggling Broadway actor. He's desperately
1:19.4	new to demanding both attention and money from the show's title character. He sings at
1:24.8	the drop of a hat. He is transparently conniving and manipulative. But he's also sweet and charming
1:31.1	and lovable. He shows his tough past and his lonely circumstances. He's a real friend.
1:37.1	That warmth comes from my guest Titus Burgers. Burgers was himself a struggling Broadway actor
1:42.2	many years ago, living in a basement apartment in Harlem, just like his character on TV. Though
1:47.6	I'm sure he didn't take in any women escaping from underground sex calls like his character
1:52.6	on the show. Here's a scene from the first episode. Kimmy Schmidt, played by Ellie Kemper,
1:57.9	has moved to New York and moved in with Titus. But she is completely naive. She's never lived
2:03.4	in the big city. She also, as I mentioned before, just got out of an underground sex cult. In this
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