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Lauren Lapkus

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"The first thing I told him was 'I have AIDS.' The second thing I told him was 'fuck me harder!'"

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Alt comedian

Born in the 1980s

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In an Apatow production

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Qualms with her Wikipedia page

She may or may not have changed her Wikipedia page at one point to correct a dramatic falsehood which went something like "Finding little success in New York she relocated to Los Angeles... and started doing commercials." She took offense (in a hila...

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

In 2020, Lauren became the fifth celebrity to ever win $500,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. She played for the Crohns and Colitis Foundation of America.

Hi this is Lauren and welcome to my guest's show

In 2014, Lapkus started her own podcast on Earwolf, called With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus. The show's premise is that each week her guest is the host of their own podcast, and she is appearing as a character on their show. Her guests have included ...

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On meeting Scott Aukerman

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On meeting Scott Aukerman

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Scott did monologues at a show I do at UCB called ASSSSCAT and he invited me to be on CBB. He has been such a huge help to me and has given me so many opportunities! I'm super thankful. :)

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Preparation for With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus

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Preparation for With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus

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The first few episodes, I would have my host prepare their end of it and I would prepare a character, but I found it was more cohesive when they planned both. They don't tell me what they're gonna do until we start recording. I love that built-in element of surprise.

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What happens during the ad breaks on With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus

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What happens during the ad breaks on With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus

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On my show, the ad breaks are about 2 seconds long. I explain to the host that they can return from break as if no time as passed, or as if a ton of time has passed, something crazy happened during the break, or whatever they want, and then we go for it!

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Favorite music

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Favorite music

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Fleetwood Mac (LOL Tom Leykis was right), Rogue Wave, Beyonce was amazing in concert, HAIM. I like 70s and current folky type music a lot, too.

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Worst job she ever had

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Worst job she ever had

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i once was a caller for a boat tours company in chicago where i would yell at people walking by to take the tour. that sucked!

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On the band Phish

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On the band Phish

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Q: I know your brother is a huge Phish fan (he posts on a Phish message board I regularly post on) and I was wondering if you had any thoughts on the band A: YES I know all about the PT board hahaha. I like a few Phish songs but I'm sure they're the lamest ones to real fans, because they're the radio songs! "Farmhouse" and another one I can't remember because I don't ever listen to Phish. :) But I like how into them their fans are and I respect my brother's taste in music!

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Hollywood Handbook reference

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Hollywood Handbook reference

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Q: Would you agree that this is the best time to be a nerd as the nerds are rising up while the jocks and bullies are pumping our gas? A: i think nerds are on their way to greatness. im SUCH a nerd myself. #hollywoodhandbookref

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Earliest memory of making people laugh

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Earliest memory of making people laugh

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I farted when I was born and everyone lost it. The real moment would probably be my first play. I was in 5th grade and those laughs felt so goooood, baby.

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Favorite podcasts

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Favorite podcasts

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I listen to CBB sometimes, as well as WTF, This American Life and The Moth.

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Impression of a Redditor

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Impression of a Redditor

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Q: Can you do a Lapkus impression of me? [asked by u/welshwordman] A: hi my name is welshwordman and im on reddit and stuff

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On the Netflix show "The Characters"

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On the Netflix show "The Characters"

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Netflix gave 8 alt comics the chance to do whatever we want for 30 min, and it really was so wide open. They didn't give many notes during the process and were very cool with us sticking to our guns if we preferred something a specific way. Almost all of the characters in my special are from my podcast or CBB.

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If she plays any instruments

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If she plays any instruments

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I did play a keyboard once but basically used sound effect buttons on it. I quit every instrument I ever played: violin (age 4), piano (age 7), and clarinet (age 12-14). I hate practicing but I do wish I could play piano or guitar. Maybe I'll try someday, or not!

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How she comes up with her characters on Comedy Bang! Bang!

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How she comes up with her characters on Comedy Bang! Bang!

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i usually just think of one funny grain of the character's identity and let it build from there. with hoho, for instance, i just wanted to be an elf who delivers toys to naughty kids.

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Favorite comedians

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Favorite comedians

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some faves are amy sedaris, louis ck, erin whitehead/mary holland/stephanie allynne :)

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The journey to finding her voice

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The journey to finding her voice

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When I first started taking improv classes (2003), I never used my own voice once in a scene. I really didn't feel comfortable doing that. I was a distinct character in every improv scene I did until I moved to NYC and started taking UCB classes (2008). So all of that character practice was great, but dropping them was also huge for me because it was easier for my performance style to translate to TV work.

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The ditzy study abroad character she did on Comedy Bang! Bang!

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The ditzy study abroad character she did on Comedy Bang! Bang!

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Her name was Tracy and I accidentally named Traci Reardon the same name - I came into the studio planning to name Traci Reardon Brittney Reardon and I just told Scott my name was Traci on accident! I did the original "tracy" again but changed her name to Amanda Calzone. You can hear her on the first Betsy Sodaro ep of WSGLL.

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If the awkward hug in Jurassic Park was scripted

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If the awkward hug in Jurassic Park was scripted

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it was improvised

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What she would tell her 15 year old self

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What she would tell her 15 year old self

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good idea to grow your hair longer

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Her favorite type of compliment

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Her favorite type of compliment

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Redditor: I have a really shitty factory job, chronic depression, and I just moved back in with my parents because student loan debt has me broke. What you (and Scott, and PFT, and Sean & Hayes) do genuinely improves my life. Thank you! Lauren: I'm so sorry you're going through all of that. It means a lot that we can brighten your day. That's my favorite type of compliment to receive. I really hope the shows can make someone feel better or forget about their problems, so that's very touching.

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