Podcast: Two Sides of a Coin
This week on The Sound of Young America: two great New York comedians.
Dave Attell is a legendarily blue standup, but he's just as respected in "alternative" circles as mainstream ones. His charmingly low-key show "Insomniac" made him famous among third-shifters and college students, but he talks with us about why he pulled the plug when it was just beginning to take off.
Michael Showalter has been a member of The State and Stella, and is currently on a national tour as a solo performer. He also wrote and directed the feature film The Baxter, and co-wrote and starred in the cult classic Wet Hot American Summer. He talks about, among other things, the relationship between comedy and semiotics.
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Dave Attell is a legendarily blue standup, but he's just as respected in "alternative" circles as mainstream ones. His charmingly low-key show "Insomniac" made him famous among third-shifters and college students, but he talks with us about why he pulled the plug when it was just beginning to take off.Michael Showalter has been a member of The State and Stella, and is currently on a national tour as a solo performer. He also wrote and directed the feature film The Baxter, and co-wrote and starred in the cult classic Wet Hot American Summer. He talks about, among other things, the relationship between comedy and semiotics.Show Transcript
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posted by Jesse Thorn at Saturday, July 22, 2006
3 Comments:
I didn't like this week's episode. I loved it. Big ups to Mike Sho.
This week's show was definitely a great one. I had the opportunity to see Michael Showalter's act in May during his east coast tour. It's incredibly unique as well as amazing. I'm glad you took the time to talk with him about it.
I found out that he was doing a show right near me a few hours after the event had already taken place. It would have been amazing to be able to go, but I think it might have been 21+ anyway.
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