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When you combineComedy Bang!
Bang!andWith Special Guest, theres likely no one who has created more podcast characters thanLauren Lapkus.
Whats remarkable about these characters is how little planning goes into them.
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So weve spent a lot of time together, and theyre great.
We have such a natural rapport that I didnt expect at all.
Showwhen I was younger and never would have expected that connection to happen.
Its been so great.
And now we do our showThreedomtogether, which is so fun.
Its a very easy dynamic.
And I am really surprised by it when I think about it from the outside.
But it was a very natural progression.
And with Wild Horses thats my improv group with Stephanie Allynne and Mary Holland and Erin Whitehead.
But I didnt have a team.
So I just asked them because we were friends, but we werent all super-close.
We had a great time, and the show was so fun that we decided to keep doing it.
And now weve been doing the show every month for seven years and sometimes twice a month.
So its kind of taken off in this way that I never would have expected.
Its a really safe space where we end up sharing embarrassing stories, really personal stories.
Or if its not supported, itll be made fun of in a fun way.
So there is a truth to that.
I think a lot of times what that means also is keeping things grounded.
When I am a dollar-bill-sized elf flying around, thats notgrounded.
Were not really agreeing on the truth of the scene.
Lets keep heightening that.So it can get a bit unrealistic, but its funny.
Its two different styles of play.
So I think truth in comedy can mean different things in that way.
I remember where I was, in my little apartment, like,I got to do something tonight.
And the song that I ended up picking at the time was Fast Car, byTracy Chapman.
I just wanted it to be really depressing, and I planned to hump an audience member during that.
I ended up doing that for years.
It kind of became a thing that I was just doing all the time.
So when I got to do this special, I wanted to put that in there.
But Tracy Chapman did not approve of me using the song.
I dont know what information she was given, but she did not approve.
But then I thought of Brick, and Ben Folds did approve.
So I dont know if he was totally shocked by that or if he knew that was coming.
I think theres just this instant understanding of whats happening when you hear that song.
And then to juxtapose that with stripping is fun.
