Watch as beloved comedian Maria Bamford reveals the true joy and sense of community involved with being an L.A. standup | dG1fazBZXzZhalF1ZWc
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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:03 - For over 30 years, I've been in a very strange
00:07 food related 12 step program called Over Eater Synonymous.
00:12 - A white woman was bulimic, how did it?
00:15 (audience laughing)
00:18 - Stephen Colbert said about eight years back
00:23 I was the funniest comedian on earth.
00:25 Two years later he said, she's one of my favorites,
00:29 which is a precipitous drop.
00:31 (audience laughing)
00:32 (upbeat music)
00:35 - My mom could squeeze joy out of an AT&T
00:37 customer service call.
00:39 Sandy, I've gotta ask you, we have been on the phone
00:42 for over three hours, is your phone hot?
00:45 (audience laughing)
00:46 (upbeat music)
00:49 - To which I have to say to all 12 step cult members,
00:54 you guys, you guys, nobody wants to go,
00:56 not everybody thinks that it works
00:57 and if you're worried about what I'm doing,
00:58 there is another 12 step program for that,
01:00 I believe it is called Codependents Anonymous,
01:03 but I am not going to look it up for you.
01:07 (audience laughing)
01:09 (upbeat music)
01:12 I'm sorry, I lost interest in my own narrative.
01:17 (audience laughing)