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The Sporkful

Zarna Garg Had To Tell Jokes For Her Supper

The Sporkful

SiriusXM Podcasts

Arts

4.63.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The stand-up comedian Zarna Garg spent 16 years as a stay-at-home mom. Now she sells out shows across the country and has her own special on Prime Video. In her stand-up and her social media videos, food is often a main character.

Transcript

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0:00.0

So your first comedy special just came out.

0:04.3

Congratulations.

0:05.4

Thank you.

0:06.4

I understand that in the lead up to the big taping,

0:10.4

you were less concerned about your material

0:14.1

and the performance, more concerned about what people

0:16.4

coming to the show would eat.

0:17.5

Yes, that's right.

0:18.5

I was very stressed out about it.

0:20.6

I didn't know that the taping would be in a theater

0:23.9

that would not allow food.

0:25.3

Right.

0:26.9

And I was like, all my Indians are going to come

0:30.1

and be so pissed off in a horrible mood.

0:33.2

So but I was absolutely adamant.

0:35.7

I told my producer, I said, I don't know how you're going

0:38.7

to do this.

0:39.2

But if I'm standing on stage and literally looking

0:43.0

at 500 people who haven't eaten, the mother in me

0:46.8

is not going to relax.

0:48.1

Like, we need to fix this somehow.

0:50.8

Yeah.

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