What Happened to Amy Schumer? The Epic Downfall
Why Are You Laughing?
Blind Mike Project
4.9 • 782 Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Amy Schumer went from comedy’s biggest star to facing widespread backlash. We cover her meteoric rise with “Inside Amy Schumer,” her Netflix “Leather Special,” accusations of joke theft from comics like Ellen DeGeneres and Patrice O’Neal, and how her political turn alienated fans. From being one of the guys on Opie & Anthony, to a genuine movie star in "Trainwreck' to seemingly irrelevant. Why Are You Laughing? is a history of comedy podcast. FOR ALL THINGS BLIND MIKEhttp://blindmike.netFOR ALL THINGS CRAIGGERShttp://www.verygoodshow.org
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| 0:00.0 | You know, I'm gonna give you a history lesson. |
| 0:02.0 | We got some dumb-ass motherfuckers floating around this country. |
| 0:05.0 | Stop laughing! |
| 0:09.0 | And when I do, start fucking. |
| 0:12.0 | Also, y'all did some nasty-ass jokes on my ass, too. |
| 0:15.0 | Funny jokes and unfunny jokes come out of the same birth. |
| 0:19.0 | You fucking guys are unbelievable. |
| 0:23.0 | Why are you laughing? |
| 0:24.6 | Evening, everybody. |
| 0:25.2 | Welcome to another episode of Why Are You Laughing, a history of comedy podcast. |
| 0:28.9 | And today, I am pleased to introduce to you the epic downfall of Amy Schumer. |
| 0:33.8 | We're revisiting our most classic fight. |
| 0:37.2 | Me and Craig's only battle on this podcast was back |
| 0:40.8 | in the joke stealing episode, which is about four and a half, five years ago now. We argued over |
| 0:46.1 | Amy Schumer whether or not she was a joke thief. I still maintain my position. I'm sure I'll get |
| 0:50.9 | some pushback again again today. But I think people misunderstood my argument. Well, I don't think Amy Schumer, Amy Schumer is a joke thief. I'm sure I'll get some pushback again today. But I think people misunderstood my argument. |
| 0:55.1 | Well, I don't think Amy Schumer, Amy Schumer is a joke thief. I do think she's guilty of many |
| 0:59.5 | comedy crimes. So I wanted to revisit this topic today because it occurred to me recently. I forget |
| 1:04.5 | why she popped into my mind recently. But it's when we had that argument over Amy Schumer |
| 1:10.4 | stealing jokes years ago, she still had somewhat level of relevance. I think she hosted the Oscars after that. Like, she, her TV show came out after that. She was still around. She's gone now. She's disappeared. She's completely irrelevant. I guess it made like minor news. She got divorced recently. But aside from that, like you don't hear from her. |
| 1:29.9 | She's not anything. |
| 1:30.7 | And she was a massive, massive comedy star. |
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