Q&A with Amy Schumer, at the Punchline New Year’s Eve
I tried to set up a phone interview with the esteemed Amy Schumer, a very funny stand-up who finished fourth on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” in 2007 and killed during the Comedy Central roast of Charlie Sheen earlier this year. But we couldn’t work out a time. So I had to settle for a quick email Q&A to promote her two shows Friday and three shows New Year’s Eve at the Punchline. (You can get tickets here.)
Here it is:
Q: I was born in Rockville Centre, where you grew up, but never lived there.(I’m Oyster Bay High School graduate, Class of 1987). Did you luck out by actually getting to grow up there?
Schumer: No. Long Island is a dump.
Q; On the William Esper Studio Alumni website, your name is not included – yet. Where’s the respect?
Schumer: I have two movies this year. A pilot at CBS and Comedy Central. Maybe I blue balled the person who updates the site or maybe they still just think of me as a comic. Either way. It’s cool.
Q: It has now been more than four years since you did “Last Comic Standing.” In retrospect, what was the greatest benefit of doing that show?
Schumer: The tour that followed. It was comedy boot camp. I bombed in 42 cities across our great country. All my worst fears about performing came true. So by the end, I was fearless.
Q: Was there any downside?
Schumer: I probably gained weight. A four-month tour will do that to you.
Q: Who invited you to be on the Charlie Sheen roast?
Schumer: Comedy Central
Q: Did you know Sheen before the roast?
Schumer: Nope. I met him the night before. He had a party for all the roasters. I like him
Q: Your style of humor seemed to work well on a roast. What was your favorite joke you did?
Schumer: The one in said off the cuff. When Mike Tyson was heckling me with that crazy speech impediment I asked “Is his interpreter here?”
Q: Have you seen Steve-O since the roast? [She made a joke about his late friend Ryan Dunn, who got drunk and killed himself in a car accident: “I truly am — no joke — sorry for the loss of your friend Ryan Dunn. I know you must have been thinking it could’ve been me. And I know we were all thinking, 'Why wasn’t it?' ”] Do you think he was really that upset with what you said or was that all blown out of proportion?
Schumer: I have not seen him. I didn’t think it would upset him. The editor chose to cut to him looking really sad. Maybe he was. That wasn’t my intention.
Q: Is doing a New Year’s show any different from doing a show on any other day in your mind?
Schumer: Yes. New Year’s shows have a higher intensity. There’s a real sense of occasion and the energy is amazing. I love performing on NYE. It will be a great time.
Q: Louis C.K. is getting a lot of love lately. What’s your take on his $5 online concert sale that generated more than $1 million in sales? And what do you think of his show “Louie”?
Schumer: I think it’s great. And I think it’s great.
Q: Do you have any Atlanta connections?
Schumer: Not yet
Q: What’s the most annoying question reporters ask you?
Schumer: Is it harder being a girl?
Q: What is the most annoying question I’ve asked you so far? (Perhaps they are one and the same!).
Schumer: The first one. Because it was about you.
IN CONCERT
Amy Schumer
Punchline Comedy Club, 280 Hilderbrand Drive, Atlanta GA 30328 404-252-LAFF
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Blackfoote: The Real Blackfoote
December 28th, 2011
12:30 pm
LOL…..@CZ
Oh noooo, mine were flavorful. I every once in a while have to go there though.
Celisea
December 28th, 2011
12:32 pm
I saw a documentary on the Varsity about 3 or 4 years ago. They sell 17,000 hotdogs on a normal week and about 50,000 if there’s a Tech event. That’s just hotdogs alone. That does not include burgers, fries, FOs….and the other good stuff
Talk about making money.
Leggs
December 28th, 2011
12:32 pm
Talking about dogs makes me want a dirty dog from the street vendor in NYC. Love them with the red onions and kraut.
Celisea
December 28th, 2011
12:32 pm
It ain’t just me liking that gritty chili….lol
czBrat
December 28th, 2011
12:35 pm
it takes awhile to recover, you know?
light, i grab my tummy and clench up just driving by that place.
another movie quote for ya, leggs. “i had a real bad expurrence, man”
Celisea
December 28th, 2011
12:37 pm
I’m like that czBrat with red meat. I can’t eat too often or too much of…too harsh on my stomach. For my birthday though I had steak and lobster. I ate the entire steak. Talk about good. Mmmm mmmm mmmm
Celisea
December 28th, 2011
12:38 pm
Good chili (for hotdogs)? Worcester sauce and mustard when browning….mmm mmm mmm
Blackfoote: The Real Blackfoote
December 28th, 2011
12:38 pm
I was told by a manager there, he makes 15k bonuses every six months. Not bad selling hot dogs and burgers.
Celisea
December 28th, 2011
12:40 pm
Blackfoote – I believe it. I can’t remember all the numbers from that documentary but they showed where that place makes a killing. When I went a couple of weeks ago, heck I could barely get in there. That’s everyday though.
Into the Light
December 28th, 2011
12:40 pm
Poor cz! I usually have the Tums handy before going there. But those chili dogs and onion rings…..YUM!
Cel – don’t forget the fried peach pie. Mercy!
Celisea
December 28th, 2011
12:40 pm
Alright I’m doing downstairs….soup or salad it will be
Blackfoote: The Real Blackfoote
December 28th, 2011
12:42 pm
Leggs I liked the sliced pizza from NY vendors. I ate so many onetime I should have bought the whole thing. Sliced pizza from NY, aint nothing like them.
Celisea
December 28th, 2011
12:42 pm
ITL – Funny thing…I CANNOT do the pies. They’re good but ut uh. That with a hot dog will have me laid out…lol Seriously I can’t do the pies. If I do the onion rings I can only eat about 3 or 4….of course they only give you about 6 or 7…lol I really will feel sick if I eat too many of those.
Celisea
December 28th, 2011
12:44 pm
Did anybody go back and check the homefront? Did WD open the doors?
czBrat
December 28th, 2011
12:44 pm
he makes 15k bonuses every six months
well i don’t have to like it to sell it, do i? lemme look into their management trainee program.
what’s everyone doing for NYE?
then an evening of friends and fam at home with lots of laughter and music. YAY!
we’ve got dinner with friends at some frufru-shishi spot that i DO NOT want to attend.
oh, and i think we’re going for that new year’s day mountain hike at the state park just to get 2012 off to an envigorating start!
Blackfoote: The Real Blackfoote
December 28th, 2011
12:44 pm
Light:
The fried peach pie, I’ll eat so many of those things to make me sick.
Leggs
December 28th, 2011
12:47 pm
@BF ~ honey, I am a pizza connoisseur!!
Celisea
December 28th, 2011
12:47 pm
Did anybody hear Bert this morning? The call he made to a friend where he wanted to confess and come clean about a potential lie? He and the friend hung out I guess some years or a year or so ago and the friend had to leave when his allowance ran out and to not tick his wife off…I think around 11:30ish. Well Bert vowed to never invite him again but I guess in a recent convo, they talked about hanging out again….some event forthcoming. Well Bert called to tell him he’s not invited this time. They’re going to hit a stip club. That was waaaay too funny. Of course by the end of the conversation they’d worked something out but dude was like seriously afraid of ticking his wife off. He was NOT trying to go past his curfew or spend too much money. Bert told him he would carry the tab but buddy still wasn’t too brash in committing to hanging out all night.
Leggs
December 28th, 2011
12:49 pm
@Celisea ~ we’re having so much fun here, forgot about our home. Went to check and doors are still barricaded.
SexyCool - OA
December 28th, 2011
12:49 pm
Interesting that in a supposedly healthy, adult relationship a person seems to be motivated by fear.
Celisea
December 28th, 2011
12:51 pm
Even with the joking and for the forthcoming event, Bert was like okay I’ll pick up the tab, he was not going to say the wrong thing. Of course he did say he didn’t remember leaving at 11:30 for that reason. He said he thought the evening just ended. But you can tell he wasn’t sure if his wife was listening….like today. I would have been okay with him hanging out with “like” friends doing that given this is something that they do every blue moon. A sort of get together with the guys/fellas. Now every week/weekend, out all night…heck naw
Celisea
December 28th, 2011
12:52 pm
Leggs – I wonder if she knows we’ve taken over another spot. Still love you Diva
Celisea
December 28th, 2011
12:53 pm
“like” as in common as in all married as in all knowing limits and limitations.
Leggs
December 28th, 2011
12:55 pm
Some husbands are deathly afraid of their wives (lol).
Leggs
December 28th, 2011
12:57 pm
@Celisea ~ first and foremost, WD was extremely rude to us. She closed us down in mid convo,and secondly, didn’t let us back in. She kicked all of us to the curb without even a look back…..hhhrrrmmpphh!!!
Celisea
December 28th, 2011
1:00 pm
Leggs – I hadn’t popped in but I was about to log in. Maybe taking it down is something that’s required in order to fix it or post the next entry. Most times when the entry is posted late she’s experience technical difficulties. Yeah, that’s what happened….technical difficulties.
Celisea
December 28th, 2011
1:01 pm
she’s experiencing
Leggs
December 28th, 2011
1:01 pm
I do realize WD herself didn’t do it, but still….
Leggs
December 28th, 2011
1:09 pm
With that said, let me take this time to thank our gracious host, Rodney Ho. We hijacked this site and he came on and welcomed us. OCCUPY, OCCUPY, OCCUPY!!!!!!
Into the Light
December 28th, 2011
1:11 pm
Occupy AJC!! Ninjas Forever!!
Kym
December 28th, 2011
1:30 pm
I am back from lunch..glad to see we are still Occupying the Ho.. What did I miss?
Leggs
December 28th, 2011
1:32 pm
All you missed was heartburn from The Varsity.
Kym
December 28th, 2011
1:34 pm
Did I just read that a grown man has a curfew? Wow!! Is he like mentally challenged or something?
Blackfoote: The Real Blackfoote
December 28th, 2011
1:40 pm
“Occupying the Ho”, LOL……Kym that is loaded with every conotation in the book.
SexyCool - OA
December 28th, 2011
1:40 pm
Celebrity dopplegangers…supposedly. Some yes. Some not so much.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/nfl-free-agency-tackles-sports-look-alikes-eagles-snag-nnamdi-wink-asomugha-gallery-1.53936
Leggs
December 28th, 2011
1:43 pm
His wife wears the pants and he’s scared. So to keep peace at home, he comes home when she says he should be home.
Celisea
December 28th, 2011
1:44 pm
I love having IM at work….sometimes though it’s a beast and I have to throw up the DND sign.
Celisea....Occupying the Ho
December 28th, 2011
1:45 pm
Hmmmm, I like. It feels “bad”…lol
Celisea....Occupying the Ho
December 28th, 2011
1:46 pm
11:30 ain’t even late…not if you’re hanging out with the boys.
Celisea....Occupying the Ho
December 28th, 2011
1:48 pm
It’s so empty on my floor I’m thinking about playing Angry Birds on my phone. I better not though. My concious would get the better of me. I got work I need to be doing. Matter of fact let me get on it. I’m just struggling today.
Leggs
December 28th, 2011
1:49 pm
@BF ~ I read that (Occupy the Ho) and immediately thought “oh boy, glad swiss and Ex aren’t here”
Blackfoote: The Real Blackfoote Occupying The Ho
December 28th, 2011
1:49 pm
LOL
Leggs
December 28th, 2011
1:50 pm
I agree, 11:30 isn’t late even if you’re hanging out by yourself.
Blackfoote: The Real Blackfoote Occupying The Ho
December 28th, 2011
1:52 pm
11:30 curfews I haven’t heard of that since the ninth grade.
Celisea....Occupying the Ho
December 28th, 2011
1:54 pm
Blackfoote – Buddy was like 11:30 precisely…he was out of there. Like I said though he said he couldn’t recall leaving at that time because of his wife but Bert was like naw man you said to keep with the promise you made to your wife.
Celisea....Occupying the Ho
December 28th, 2011
1:55 pm
kept
Leggs - Occupying the Ho Analyst
December 28th, 2011
1:56 pm
I always made curfew…was too afraid not to.
Celisea....Occupying the Ho
December 28th, 2011
1:56 pm
no…it’s keep….I wrote one thing but was thinking another. For what I wrote though…it’s keep
Blackfoote: The Real Blackfoote Occupying The Ho
December 28th, 2011
1:58 pm
Dude must go out often and wifey aint putting up with it no longer is why she put a 11:30 curfew on him. He shouldn’t tell anyone that, he should just get up and say check y’all dudes out later and go. You just don’t tell the guys something like that.
SexyCool - OTH
December 28th, 2011
1:58 pm
I used to participate in FreeCycle.org – not sure why I stopped. But…this is a place to get some nice things free. And also a good place to get rid of things that may no longer be of use to you but you don’t want to go through the hassle of getting rid of.