#Mike Birbiglia

[teedeekay]

In 2011, They Might Be Giants performed (as a trio, wearing suits) for a New York City benefit show that also included Sarah Vowell, Eugene Mirman and Mike Birbiglia.

At one point, Sarah offered her impersonation of John Flansburgh taking a nap. Check out my video for her explanation. Keep watching for a clip from TMBG's appearance in which Sarah yells at the band from offstage until John himself demonstrates the sleep pose.

It was all pretty funny, but the real payoff didn’t come until the following month when Andy Richter caught Flansy napping in the green room just prior to TMBG's first appearance on “Conan” 😂

[standupcomedyhistorian]

CHALLENGE: Can I connect Bo Burnham to every comedian in this magazine photoshoot posted by Mike Birbiglia?

Let's see...

Taylor Tomlinson: appeared at a Largo show with Bo (also featured are Pete Holmes, Joe Mande, and Whitmer Thomas)

Jacqueline Novak: appeared at a Largo show with Bo (along with her partner Chris Laker and Anthony Jeselnik). Plus, she hosts a podcast called Poog with Bo's frequent collaborator Kate Berlant!

Ramy Youssef: He and Bo have not collaborated or been pictured together that I know of.

BUT, Ramy is tight with two of Bo's good friends: Jerrod Carmichael (who executive-produced his Hulu show—and they both are in Poor Things) and Chris Storer (who has directed two of his comedy specials). So pretty closely connected!

Jenny Slate: Aside from being a frequent guest on Kroll Show (which Bo appears on as Diz, a British hooligan with songs about the royal family and soccer), Jenny performed with Bo at a Largo show in 2017.

Alex Edelman: Bo was photographed in 2022 after one of Alex's shows with Kate Berlant. Probably taking a break from working on her spectacular one-woman show!

And last but not least Mike Birbiglia: Again, I have no photos of the two, but they have tons of friends in common, and Mike speaks very highly of Bo and Inside.

He also called Bo the "Avatar of Comedy" in his Working It Out podcast episode with Kate Berlant.

So there you have it. Challenge completed! ✌🏼🐔

[brandysamantha]

[maa-pix]

[Arguing about neurodiversity online is] just such an unnecessary argument. I think it all boils down to "brains are different" and we've been brainwashed [to think] otherwise. We're just trying to undo that whilst also being exposed in such a deluge to so many different ways of thinking. [Some are] being very arrogant that their way of thinking is correct. So it's just a lot of shouty-shouty crinkle-brain on the internet which has been built on a binary so there's no actual chance for nuance. It's just zeros and ones, zeros and ones.

--Hannah Gadsby, on Mike Birbiglia's podcast, Working It Out, October 14, 2024

I'll just write down this phrase: "shouty-shouty crinkle-brain." Because that's poetry if I've ever heard it.

--Mike Birbiglia, ibid.

[jonbutter]

[addictivecontradiction]

Don't think twice, 2016

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[comeontaylorspeaknow]

𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦

[sittingonfilm]

| https://www.birbigs.com/advice |

mike birbiglia offers such generous and helpful advice on his website; it's very moving. these are tips worth reading from time to time.

and, as if that weren't enough...

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thank you, mike birbiglia.

[evermoredeluxe]

im gonna k word myself for her 🫶

[standupcomedyhistorian]

Hi, everyone!

Mike Birbiglia's new podcast episode is out, and he's got Pete Holmes on again—excellent!

This is a wonderful discussion of comedy by two greats, and Pete brings up Jerrod Carmichael's Rothaniel twice 🙌🏼

Here's a beautiful explanation of the HBO comedy special at 44 minutes in.

Pete: Do you think Jerrod Carmichael felt fantastic after he did Rothaniel? And what a fucking gift it is.

Mike: Yeah, it is a gift.

Pete: And you, when you do all your shows, I'm not just saying...

Mike: I think that special is a gift.

Pete: It is. It's a work of art!

Mike: That's an example of someone who—and if people haven't seen Rothaniel, uh, I don't want to...spoiler alert, if you read about it, he comes out of the closet in the special.

Pete: 20 minutes in.

Mike: Yeah. And...it is a gift because he doesn't have to do that.

Pete: Nope!

Mike: It only has ramifications on his life that are complicated with his mom, people who he's close to, and that's challenging. Those are real challenges. And he gives it to the audience.

Pete: That's the risk, and that's what you're trying to model...I'm trying to model to them. I say in my act, "I'm scared...of my dad." And then I also say some truth and hopefully, not consciously, but somewhere in there they're going, "we can be scared and do it anyway." And that's kinda the whole thing.

What a lovely description of Jerrod's special and the power of onstage vulnerability!

And if you want more info on Rothaniel, you have come to the right place! I was lucky enough to attend a taping (one of 4 that Bo Burnham masterfully edited together), and I have audience interviews here.

Enjoy the podcast episode, and keep it here for more comedy fun! ✌🏼🐔

[kiana-b]

Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig attending Mike Birbiglia’s broadway show “The Old Man and the Pool” in January 2023 

[kelly-clarksons]

kellyclarksonshow: Today on Kelly don't miss a special performance from Leslie Odom Jr. PLUS Mike Birbiglia and an AWESOME story from a mom creating job opportunities for adults with autism

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Taylor Swift and Mike Birbiglia on the rooftop of Electric Lady Studios in New York City recently