Matt chats with the incredible Sarah Ashby about Maria Bamford's Special Special Special. It's a fun chat about the nature of comedy, mental health and telling jokes about your dad. Check it out along with Sarah's album Ew, What is this?
If there's anything Hannibal Buress can't make funny, I've certainly not heard about it.
Folks, it's the week of JFL42! Living in Toronto, this means I get to go to comedy "space camp" and interview some of my heroes. First up on that list of heroes is Maria Bamford.
On her first album released in 2003, Maria Bamford started her set by saying that she likes to use a lot of voices in her comedy because, "My own voice does not command the respect and the attention that I believe I deserve." At the time, this seemed like an accurate statement.
When I heard I was going to interview one of the most inventive and wonderfully obscure comedians -- Maria Bamford -- I nearly shit myself. And then I actually shit myself. After I cleaned myself up, I started to prepare for what would be a pinnacle moment in my comedy career.
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