Mike Birbiglia Talks Good One: A Show About Jokes and Does His Best Seth Impression

Mike Birbiglia talks about having Seth on his podcast Working It Out, giving access to the hard process of comedy in his documentary, Good One: A Show About Jokes, and his interesting encounter with a casting director about The Old Man and the Pool.
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[@aleatharhea]

I love comedy. I'm a 62 year old woman, a computer programmer, someone who you might not expect to be a huge comedy geek. But I am, and I've read tons of books on comedy and by comedians. And I LOVE Mike Birbiglia.I live in Austin, Texas, and saw your standup here, Seth! It was so much fun! My 80 year old mother had a great time, too.

[@arabchristraeger]

Thank you for this comment. It made me smile so hard..

[@TwoQs]

"Some of these places are just an applebees with a dream" 😂

[@connosaurus]

Mike was doing Seth's Vince Vaughan impression.

[@error-xn7hn]

It's like a cross between Vince Vaughan and Zoidberg.

[@jb888888888]

Vince Vaughn (Seth's Version) [Mike's Version]

[@rsalbreiter]

Buddy buddy buddy

[@gratefuljackal8183]

Seth squirmed after hearing Fred's impression of him! 🤣🐾

[@mmanzanox]

It took him out of the interview. CORRECTIONS! We demand an explanation seth!

[@thepadonthepondbythescum]

Seth.... Friends who can ground you in 5 minutes, priceless.

[@ms.buttons4712]

3:21 Corrections episode suggestion: can Fred do an episode as Seth? And then the camera pans to Seth for his reactions/corrections to the impression

[@abramisme]

Man fred killed it

[@lindaward3156]

There aren't enough Mike B specials in this world

[@rcbcube]

Seth should've told Mike that he "heard him the first time" 😂

[@mcurry7938]

Correction: For underarm crutches, yes you use them both at the same time. Their entire point is to transfer the your weight from your good foot to the crutches so you never have to put your injured foot down.

[@TheGiggleMasterP]

You all need to go to impressions camp 😅

[@temporaladvisor3958]

Seth, the superhero nerd, gets burnt when Mike says, "You're like a superhero with no skills".

[@elizabethheyenga9277]

I live in Walla Walla and love Mike. He was here in January and I couldn't make the show and was so bummed

[@probablytrippy]

Mike birbiglia is hands down my favorite comedian

[@Mamajoanie123]

Nate is the best

[@peterbathum2775]

Thanks for the humor and coping mechanism. The sleeping bag and oven mitts is working.

[@carynw2625]

The Good One documentary on Peacock was a lot of fun.

[@lovetrioni]

I am such a big fan of Mike's work. I first heard of him when Mulaney mentioned him somewhere. ❤

[@chrisgarcia9287]

This was so good, it might be the unofficial 100th episode of corrections

[@diaphanouswaffle]

Just watched his interview with Seth on his Working It Out pod here on YT-and it was fantastic, delightful, nourishing stuff :)

[@carynw2625]

Same! I really enjoyed their chat. And the last 10 minutes of their new jokes they are working on

[@AroundTheWorldWithEase]

Tthis whole thing just reveals/clarifies what a Jackal-like personality Seth has.

[@Jenny_Oblivion]

❤ Both of your podcasts & Fred’s facial expressions 😂

[@dominique217]

I do love Mike so! He's awesome, so funny! 😂👏🏽🎉

[@debbiedoodiedandi]

I'm so glad Mime brought up their Jenna and Hoda interview. It was so funny.

[@jflowj]

“…an Applebee’s with a dream.” 😂 best

[@irinaphoenix2169]

My fave

[@buckycore]

Dude, i became an overnight fan boy after seeing this. I admit i had no idea who he was before the episode. But i do now, and my Netflix playlist just got some comedy specials added to them

[@jblake1062]

Corrections. You said "Solid corn joke." It's actually a liquid corn joke.

[@akb5531]

That should go on Cornrections!

[@christopherporter2459]

I didn't know Armisen was a drummer... Really cool 😎

[@LDuquetteLD]

This was awesome. I have to say though, Seth looks more like Willie Tanner from ALF to me!

[@lorraineedmond5921]

Please tell me I am not the only person who sees Mike B and thinks “oh, cool, my pandemic buddy is on tv” before realizing… we don’t know each other

[@zealotestheaussie5880]

Now this is funny improv!

[@lashendawest7509]

We love mike birbiglia

[@withershin]

"Seth Meyers and Mike Birbiglia talk comedic process, spill secrets" video on TODAY with Hoda & Jenna... Watching Seth have an internal dialogue with the Ghost of Norm while he rested his head reclined on the couch is priceless. This is Comedy at it's purest. I am a massive Alison Brie fan but you could tell she was even like, "WTF boys?". 11/11.

[@John-qt4si]

In crying at Mike doing Fred doing seth

[@mepelman]

Funnily enough, Mike is a punctuality fiend himself. If you arrive late to his show, he'll stop and make fun of you for quite a while :-)

[@seventhsteel1415]

Crowd didn’t get the ethanol joke at all lol

[@Imsickofallyallseeingmyname]

Your peak comedy is top tier

[@Jenny_Oblivion]

Cute little Adorabigs!

[@pjdava]

Late Night with Seth Meyers, I subscribed because your videos are super cool!

[@IDFpartyboi972]

Mike birbiglia is hilarious. The only person that make me laugh like him is Bassam Youssef

[@NewMessage]

In his defense, Seth trying to convince folk he was mistaken for Bradley Cooper is pretty embarrassing.

[@TheAverageBearz]

How would someone move one crutch at a time, while using two crutches?!? Just imagining that kinda locomotion is hilarious

[@JasonDeline]

"Solid corn joke."

[@dondevice8182]

Look at Birbiglia shouting « Not there yet!’ and tell me he couldn’t play Oliver Stone.

[@BloodInkFilms]

CORRECTION: Technically Mike's joke was a liquid corn joke, not a solid corn joke. Ethanol is a liquid.

[@gratefuljackal8183]

Why on earth would Seth sound exactly like Vince Vaughn to Mike?

[@briannekueny7019]

Im afraid Seth has never used crutches.

[@robemega]

No, that would be Josh.

[@SgtPowell]

You guys have the most anonymous late night band ever. I knew Fred was the band leader at the very beginning and then I assumed that were using prerecorded music because you NEVER cut to the band. This is the first time in many years that I've seen any evidence that there even is a live band, let alone one still led by FRED ARMISEN. What are you doing over there??

[@LateNightwithStudBuyers]

sounds like you would benefit/enjoy listening to the 10 year oral history of the show they put out about a month ago, because it answers all your questions: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5ylaKKXd9aDpJY

[@djr3386]

Mike will be good as the Tom Hanks or Bob Odenkirk in a biopic.

[@pjdava]

Late Night with Seth Meyers, I really enjoyed this video, so I hit the like button!

[@HectorTWE]

5:18 Alison Brie mentioned ‼

[@N3XUSP0LARIS]

Why did they change the accounts default pic to Seth eating a pencil?

[@NicholasMoreau]

He needed more fibre in his diet.

[@connosaurus]

Red meat for the jackals

[@TabethaAurochs]

It's like the ubiquitous "woman holding something to her half-open mouth pose to signal sexy" pose, but it's Seth 😂

[@silverXnoise]

It’s the gay agenda everyone’s heard so much about.

[@user-mc6tr1vp2v]

One DOES use both crutches at the same time. It's a single, repetitive motion, both together.

[@rabbit251]

So Seth's superhero power is an internal clock. So if he was a superhero would be called Internal Clock? Seems Internal Clock would make a better villain to be easily caught by a real superhero.

[@naomilu9910]

I was wondering how long it would take for the collective brain fog to wear off enough for people to remember the word "heckler". I do so much prefer "heckler" to "troll". If you saw my face, you would know why. Either way, we all love you, Seth. Keep up the good work! :D

[@Jivolt]

Remember when Birbiglia was part of the A-Team with Geoff Tate?

[@Jenny_Oblivion]

😂 But, who are the people who heckle- pffft- forget hecklers

[@hellocollegejason198]

Mine is so great

[@MinorityWestand]

1:23

[@RyanReeder]

I'm guessing the person in the story had him confused with Jim Gaffigan.

[@treborretsnom6186]

Birbiglia looks like Mike Myers and Dana Carvey had a love child

[@stereoroid]

Impression of Seth = ImSethssion.

[@charlottecaywood1099]

Anti-correction: yes, Mike was ‘doing crutches’ correctly when Seth objected, saying, “that’s a walker, crutches don’t go at the same time” BUT Seth was 100% correct if he was thinking of forearm crutches used for mobility support when walking with both feet on the ground. One arm at a time. I assume he’s going to be corrected because most people think of underarm crutches used for an injury, when only one foot makes contact with the ground. In that case, arms move together. Mobility minutua🤷‍♀️

[@lumu76]

Huh. Seth really just cut off Mike Birbiglia at the end there.

[@matthewvaughan]

So on that podcast, Mike never said you had an incredibly good sense of time; you said that about yourself. He said you never stayed past the allotted time on your lunches and that he's never met anyone as scheduled as you in his life, which sounded like an observation not a compliment. Then you said about yourself: "I also have a really good internal clock."

[@nannerz1994]

The only accurate impression of Seth is him going "i WILL say..." Multiple times per segment and taking his right hand putting it into a claw and rotating it from left to right in sort of an arch or semicircle shape. You don't get to see the hand motions on podcast but he does say his famous three-word phrase at least thrice per anything he's doing.

[@aprilcalhoun8984]

Sugar fries

[@sharkulashairstylist5505]

I do it for drugs drugs drugs drugs drugs drugs drugs! I'm not gonna write you a drug song because you asked for it and you need one!

[@waynegrayson2904]

Why does Mike sound like Mark Ruffalo 😅

[@VideoNozoki]

FIRST!!!

[@angelajohnson2830]

What is this buddy buddy buddy buddy thing?

[@Pidxr]

Yeah, apportion the fucking senate

[@elizamccroskey1708]

Get rid of the Electoral College, and take the House of Representatives back to having representative numbers that reflect the population.

[@kmacdiddy1]

you know he's kind of like diet Bob Odenkirk

[@reneadinaro8183]

Mike Birbiglia seems like a dollar store Paul Thompkins

[@Smart-Alex]

Seth employing his best claw-like hug 🦞😂

[@darinz7182]

Is it just me or does Mike sound completely tanked? Slurring all his words.

[@TheMonroemomma]

I didn't realize that Mike screams all of the time. This is why I had to stop watching his specials even though I like his comedy. He's just too screamy.

[@Mamajoanie123]

“My girlfriend’s boyfriend” is a line Steve Martin said first. Then mike Birgbiglia stole it. FYI

[@ZackC]

It predates Steve Martin by decades. It’s also… not the part of the bit that’s the joke, in either case.

[@Mamajoanie123]

@@ZackC apparently you haven’t seen either show where Steve Martin and Mike used the line. It was the point of the joke. In 2013 mikes Netflix special was titled “my girlfriend’s boyfriend”! Steve Martin said it in the seventies!! Lol

[@eneobande7433]

There's something annoying about over flogging a joke.

[@asynchronicity]

Quite

[@tmattoneill]

He's like a boring version of Bob Odenkirk

[@EcksLacks]

So many “comedians” are just not funny. They force trying to be funny, which means they aren’t naturally funny.

[@Molsod123]

Stand with Palestine 🇵🇸

[@claddagh1826]

i want to like mike birbiglia, but man, he is just not funny at all.

[@xenidus]

Yeah... That's my opinion too. Seems like a nice guy. Just comes off as trying too hard maybe?

[@JackVirby]

Mindy the real ffool

[@sharkulashairstylist5505]

I just wanted to help u losers be funnier... If you replace the word "love" in any song with 'drugs' it works and sounds great to sing... Sars barebellies "love song" is a great example.... What is not is "once upon a time I was falling in drugs now I'm only fallin apart.... nothing I can say total eclipse of comedy". Don't do that song... try Elvis Wise men say only fools rush in but I can't help falling in drugs with you! opps that song don't work either.... anyway take care!

[@LateNightwithStudBuyers]

it's 2024, mofo.... dammit, I'm eating pretzels and have been following girbigaboo for TWENTY YEARS wtf how is that possible?! I've also been getting his newsletter emails since like 2006, damn I'm getting old