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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Celisea....Occupying the Ho
December 28th, 2011
1:59 pm
I didn’t really have a curfew. I knew though not to roll up in my mama’s house at any ole hour. She didn’t play that. She said let the clock dictate the time…lol I do remember only once, leaving about 12/1:00 ish going to this place on Piedmont that stayed open 24 hours and served the best Margheritas and getting home like 4:00 ish….yikes! My mama was waiting on me at the top of the stairway and said it’s time for you to get your own place. She was talking like right then….lol
SexyCool - OTH
December 28th, 2011
2:00 pm
When I’m out with my folks, it’s usually right around 1130p or so that I start getting ready to take it in. Not because of any sort of curfew or fear or any of that. That’s just usually the time that I start running out of gas.
Celisea....Occupying the Ho
December 28th, 2011
2:01 pm
Blackfoote – Buddy sounded nervous today…lol Like on the air today. He didn’t want to say the wrong thing. I bet she says “boo” and he jumpts.
Leggs - Occupying the Ho Analyst
December 28th, 2011
2:01 pm
I’m going to check it out, SexyC! Thanks.
Kym-Occupying the Ho Committee Member
December 28th, 2011
2:02 pm
Okay Dude is just soft..too soft..11:30 on a weekend…heck 11:30am period..I may have to check out this Bert Show..does he have an app?
Celisea....Occupying the Ho
December 28th, 2011
2:03 pm
SexyC – I’m older now and really I can’t hang late. I start yawning and stuff….lol I went to a birthday bash last year as a guest of this guy I was seeing and I started yawning like 9:00 ish…lol He caught me looking at my watch around 10:00 I was ready to go. I tried to hang in there another hour or so but after that it was a wrap.
Leggs - Occupying the Ho Analyst
December 28th, 2011
2:05 pm
@Celisea ~ told tall lil leggs just last week that the next time she misses curfew she will be going back to her friend’s house because I’m not opening the door. Took her key.
Celisea....Occupying the Ho
December 28th, 2011
2:06 pm
Kym – I like the Bert Show…check it out. Bert wasn’t being mean but he was putting it to him like naaaw man you was getting out of there because you said you wanted to keep with the “allowance” your wife gave you and keep with the time you told her. His allowance was $125.00. How about he said (asking if he could tag along) “hey it’s been raised to $175.00….”
Blackfoote: The Real Blackfoote Occupying The Ho
December 28th, 2011
2:07 pm
I can’t hang either as late as I used to, I start getting the yawns and watch watching around about 11:30 too but I aint gon tell the fellas my wife/boo said I had to be home by 11:30…….LOL
Leggs - Occupying the Ho Analyst
December 28th, 2011
2:07 pm
Loving the take on “Occupying The Ho!”
SexyCool - OTH
December 28th, 2011
2:08 pm
Well dern…apparently, Ho has banned words too and I managed to find one. Although “Melo” is not one of his.
It’s pretty funny when you think about it, that Melo managed to offend Wise to the point that she banned HIS NAME. (lmao)
Celisea....Occupying the Ho
December 28th, 2011
2:08 pm
That’s right Leggs. I haven’t really give Lil C a curfew yet because she’s just getting into receiving company. She did try to “toss something at me”…I said not yet….lol I told her let him come over a few more times. He told me Christmas he’s coming to church with her Sunday. You know I almost said, don’t impress me..danggit. I guess she was reading my mind because she said “be nice mama.”
Celisea....Occupying the Ho
December 28th, 2011
2:12 pm
Blackfoote – I think it’s just getting older. If I’m home I’m asleep early. I can’t take the heat being turned up but if I don’t then I’m too cool. So I’ll get under the covers for warmth sake. Well if I do that say 8:00ish…I don’t remember nothing past 9 or 9:30…lol
Leggs - Occupying the Ho Analyst
December 28th, 2011
2:12 pm
The Bert Show is cool. I’ve been on twice with a comment. One time I was laughing so hard I had to call in.
Celisea....Occupying the Ho
December 28th, 2011
2:18 pm
Or the show where this chick called in because her boyfriend told her he was 30 and I think he was like 28 or something like that. Well he lied because she had a HARDLINE rule of not dating anyone younger than her…he was like a year younger…something like that. But even with that small difference, she wouldn’t bend on her rule so he lied. Not only did he lie but he perpetuated and carried the lie to yondersville. Well aside from that she couldnt really tell anything mean he’d done or any areas where he’d lacked as a boyfriend. They’d been together for a good while by this time. Oh boy, the women that called in was like girl please he lied because you wouldn’t bend on your hardline rule but he didn’t want to walk away from what he thought could be something. They asked her too if she knew his age would she have given him a chance and she said no. The women that called was like be glad you got a man and one that cares. One that’s not cheating, playing games, the whole nine. She was melting by the end of that segment.
SexyCool - OTH
December 28th, 2011
2:22 pm
I used to listen to The Bert Show when I worked in an office with this chick who liked them. I liked it. I can’t get reception underground in my office and IT hates for us to stream.
Kym-Occupying the Ho Committee Member
December 28th, 2011
2:23 pm
In keeping with our agreement with the GrandPuba Ho..I reviewed Amy Schumer’s performance on Ellen and The View..
Dear Ms. Schumer,
First sorry didn’t know who you were before like taking over the blog comments, but I would like to say you are pretty funny.
Not like 50.00 bucks at the Punchline funny but I would buy your video on bootleg DVD or watch you on Comedy Central, so thumbs up.
Also, yeah what you said on The Charlie Sheen Roast not that bad.
Peace and Hairgrease!
Blackfoote: The Real Blackfoote Occupying The Ho
December 28th, 2011
2:24 pm
Ole dude opens himself up to ridicule, joaned, and the worst one of all being laughed out the building. I can see him now trembling, scurrying, and rushing at 11:04 to get home. Cussing folks out while he’s stuck in traffic, making U turns, crossing over the yellow line trying to get home before 11:30…….LOL
Celisea....Occupying the Ho
December 28th, 2011
2:26 pm
I like them because they seem to have a good ethnic balance. They had “ask the black folks” day the other day….of course it wasn’t named that. I got in the car late and missed most of it but they had white (and others) folks calling in to ask the black panel “whatever” type questions. I like the fact that the black panel was very frank, kept it real but keep it from the streets the curbs and the back alleys.
Celisea....Occupying the Ho
December 28th, 2011
2:27 pm
From asking about black women shaving to what should we REALLY be called…Black, AA, what? I want to say I heard about 4 or 5 black folks on the panel. Most said their preference was “black.”
Celisea....Occupying the Ho
December 28th, 2011
2:32 pm
I will say though that’s the better forum I would guess cause I ain’t cool with that at work. Don’t be asking me jack about my hair, my shampoo, my skin…nothing…..that’s just me though.
Into the Light - Occupying the Ho (tel)
December 28th, 2011
2:36 pm
I didn’t hear that on the Bert Show this morning. I heard this woman who met a guy in a bar, they had chemistry, ended up spending the weekend together, etc, etc…. Now she’s getting ready to go out of town with him, but get this – she doesn’t know his name.
Kym-Occupying the Ho Committee Member
December 28th, 2011
2:37 pm
@Celisea..I am cool with those questions..so much..I think white folks are just amazed at what we can do with our hair and considering they now subjecting themselves to butt, lip, boob, and hours of sunlight to get that golden brown tan..they must wanna be like us.
Celisea....Occupying the Ho
December 28th, 2011
2:39 pm
she doesn’t know his name….now that was funny…I had to LOL for real
Kym – I don’t get it so much now…different crowd I think but in the 90s around Beck Sue nem, they use to ask a butt load of questions.
Leggs - Occupying the Ho Analyst
December 28th, 2011
2:39 pm
I heard that segment, Celisea. White people are still very curious about us, especially our hair. I’m going to honest here, they also had a “ask white people” segment and I called in with 2 ?s. Why do they smell like chicken noodle soup when they come in from the rain (lol), and why they don’t speak when someone says hello to them in the corridor at work???
Celisea....Occupying the Ho
December 28th, 2011
2:40 pm
I do remember “Bonnie” asking this chick if her hair was considered “nappy”. Oh boy and yikes. I really can’t say she meant to be offensive but she ticked a lot of folks off that day…she was apologizing for a looooong time.
Celisea....Occupying the Ho
December 28th, 2011
2:41 pm
Leggs – LOLOLOL..not chicken noodle soup.
Blackfoote: The Real Blackfoote Occupying The Ho
December 28th, 2011
2:43 pm
Light:
Huh, don’t know his name. Maybe she can call him Richard Head and her name is Putin Tang.
Into the Light - Occupying the Ho (tel)
December 28th, 2011
2:44 pm
LOL@Leggs. Now you know next time it rains, my nose will be in overdrive.
But the not speaking the hall/elevator crosses all racial/gender/socioeconomic lines. Some folks are just uppity. Or deaf.
SexyCool - OTH
December 28th, 2011
2:44 pm
What were the responses?
Kym-Occupying the Ho Committee Member
December 28th, 2011
2:44 pm
Chicken noodle soup??? LOL!!
Celisea....Occupying the Ho
December 28th, 2011
2:45 pm
I tell ya…I can’t not believe (well I can) that someone is going away with another and don’t know his name. What is she thinking? I guess she ain’t seen the horror stories of women gone missing.
Into the Light - Occupying the Ho (tel)
December 28th, 2011
2:46 pm
LOL@BF. Actually, that’s kinda what happened. She met him in a bar while she was in Greenville, and so she was calling him “Greenville” and he was calling her “Hotlanta.” The rest of the weekend was more of the same, with other nicknames like “Pumpkin Butter” thrown in. Only when she left, he yelled, “Bye, Nicole” and all she could do was yell, “Bye!”
SexyCool - OTH
December 28th, 2011
2:47 pm
I remember when Shthead’s babymomma was mad at him about something. He told me that she told him, “You can kick rocks. You and ya’ nappyheaded girlfriend.”
That was funny TO ME!
Leggs - Occupying the Ho Analyst
December 28th, 2011
2:47 pm
Next time it rains, take a whiff and let me know if you agree with me. I have always smelled chicken noodle soup. Don’t know why.
Leggs - Occupying the Ho Analyst
December 28th, 2011
2:50 pm
@SexyC ~ I received laughter and said that was an “original” question. The panel wasn’t sure how to answer it except to say maybe something was off with my sense of smell (lol).
Celisea....Occupying the Ho
December 28th, 2011
2:51 pm
Responses or reactions? To Bonnie’s question? OMGosh almost a black revolution up in here…lol
First off all necks snapping and rolling and folks getting out of their chairs that was within ear shot. Folks standing in huddles on the aisles as the news passed around. Folks cornered her and told her she was trying to be funny, that it was offensive. The girl she asked was one that no doubt did her hair at home. I know she had two kids and was divorced and I know didn’t have a lot of extras so some things she did herself. Most knew this. Had that not been a factor, the fact that her hair really was nappy (I don’t mean that in a mean way) it might not have gone over as bad as it did.
It wasn’t funny then but I’m giggling a bit now. She was scared as heck…lol
Kym-Occupying the Ho Committee Member
December 28th, 2011
2:53 pm
@Leggs..I don’t have enough around me to judge..the only one I got smells like old lady on the bus..(cigarettes and baby soft perfume.)
SexyCool - OTH
December 28th, 2011
2:53 pm
Quite honestly, I have never noticed a difference in smell.
Blackfoote: The Real Blackfoote Occupying The Ho
December 28th, 2011
2:53 pm
Hey ladies had a blast thank y’all for letting me hang out with ya. This was too much fun at work and they might make me pay them for today…….LOL
Celisea....Occupying the Ho
December 28th, 2011
2:54 pm
I have
See ya Blackfoote
Leggs - Occupying the Ho Analyst
December 28th, 2011
2:56 pm
When it rains and they come in, I notice a different smell (esp. when in an elevator).
Leggs - Occupying the Ho Analyst
December 28th, 2011
2:57 pm
C-Ya, BF!
Kym-Occupying the Ho Committee Member
December 28th, 2011
2:59 pm
Peace out BF!
Into the Light - Occupying the Ho (tel)
December 28th, 2011
3:00 pm
Bye, BF!
Into the Light - Occupying the Ho (tel)
December 28th, 2011
3:01 pm
@Leggs: Maybe you find wet, white people to be soothing, and that’s why you associate it with chicken soup. ROFL….
Leggs - Occupying the Ho Analyst
December 28th, 2011
3:02 pm
LMAO…good one, ITL.
Kym-Occupying the Ho Committee Member
December 28th, 2011
3:05 pm
I was just thinking we are some Bad Mamma Jammas we get locked out of our own blog and break-in on somebody’s else spot..just moved in.. and held it for ransom for most of the day..
Celisea....Occupying the Ho
December 28th, 2011
3:05 pm
I was wondering (when Blackfoote said his goodbye), what Randy Ho must think of this bunch…lol
Celisea....Occupying the Ho
December 28th, 2011
3:06 pm
http://www.singleblackmale.org/
I was reading here yesterday…stumbled across this….some things interesting.