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That even mimes. not my. ms. [laughs] >> but for me i was always a boundary pusher. i always wanted to go really far. and other people were really fighting without doing. that so i think that we have to do whats true to ourselves as comedians. the most important thing is a standup comic, is to be true to your own voice. >> well we wish you the best of luck and continue truth in whatever you do susie, thank you so much, will be looking forward to the end of season 11 there. to see who that guest ...

Standup comic or every person wants to do. but each that conversation, they said you have to be willing to call out black cis gender men. thats still difficult for me. talking about dave chappelle, i always wonder what this means when ive offended the g.o.a.t. >> will be, when we discussed this before, just about you coming on, you said oh, my gosh, both of us said, man, i dont know, this conversation, i dont know what to do with this conversation. it can be exhausting. its important, but, you k...

67% figure. should run for president again, only 44%. thats much higher than anybody else in the field. thats not a huge number for somebody who used to be the leader of the party and presumably still is. >> thats pretty soft support. doesnt mean he cant build on that. that 67% number looks pretty good. those of us who look back to 2015, 2016 say oh, theres no way he cant get a majority. he lost all the way to the nomination. i look at last night in iowa and a few weeks ago in georgia. its like ...

Cristela, let me start with you, and how it is going, particularly folks who work in entertainment, are you optimistic, pessimistic or still kind of holding your breath? >> as a standup comic, my first standup date for the end of next week and last night i went to see a screening of "in the height". >> how was it? tell me, i want to know. >> i mean it was great. if you could actually, the music, the dancing, theres certain stories that do well in theaters, and im a big horror movie fan, so i thi...

The round table is back with us, and cristela, let me start with you, and how it is going, particularly folks who work in entertainment, are you optimistic, pessimistic or still kind of holding your breath? >> as a standup comic, my first standup date for the end of next week and last night i went to see a screening of "in the height". >> how was it? tell me, i want to know. >> i mean it was great. if you could actually, the music, the dancing, theres certain stories that do well in theaters, an...

Washington [US], May 13 (ANI): Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro will star in 'About My Father', an upcoming film that is loosely based on the life of standup comic Sebastian Maniscalco.

Absolutely wipe them out first appearance coast-to-coast. thats great. >> he had a sitcom so fast he became kind of the template for what you wanted to achieve if you were a standup comic at that time. >> mommy, what took you so long? ive been waiting for your call. are you surprised, my lover? oh, hi, mr. peterson. >> success coming early in life, and quickly, it destroys a lot of people. but you just seem to grow and handle it better than almost anybody i know. >> well, i was lucky. a couple o...

This is incredible. then they go to commercial. they come back again, they bump the guest to talk more with this young comedian. >> you know, theres no greater thrill for me personally than to have somebody come out here and absolutely wipe them out first appearance coast-to-coast. thats great. >> he had a sitcom so fast he became kind of the template for what you wanted to achieve if you were a standup comic at that time. >> mommy, what took you so long? ive been waiting for your call? are you ...

If you could interview him now, because you havent spoken to him since you turned down the rnc. >> no. well, when i turned down the rnc was the last time we spoke, and i said to him, what are you doing? and i explained to him in the nicest way that it would be difficult for me. i said im not really actually comfortable being a public speaker, which im not. i dont like going up. i never was a standup comic. i dont like getting up in front of audiences. this radio studio suits me just fine. im alo...

Character, complete newcomer, standup comic, sitcom actor, also a businessman but a newcomer, totally outside politics, sweeps the parliament elections, talks about making a deal with russia, fascinating character. were getting somewhere. i interviewed the previous president three times. then it gets very, very close and i get there in early september for a conference i happen to be going to and i said can i meet him to seal the deal? thats the september 13th meeting that apparently the u.s. emb...