
Ahead of her upcoming appearance on the new series of Louie, Jon Hozier-Byrne talks to comedy legend Maria Bamford about mental health, her biggest fears, and honesty in stand-up
Maria Bamford is not an easy person to talk to. Not in person, of course, where her warm, high-pitched tones express nothing but support and love, not just in response to each question asked, but to Humourisms for asking them. Rather, the difficulty in talking to the LA comic is in getting her on the phone in the first place. After two hours of unanswered phone calls, the stand-up savant finally responds, chatting nonchalantly while wandering around Atlanta, Georgia on one of her many tours.
A veteran of late night talk shows, international comedy festivals, and about every animated show you might care to mention, Bamford shot to fame as the first female comic to have two half-hour Comedy Central specials, as well as with her appearances on tour-turned-film-turned-television series The Comedians of Comedy, alongside Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn, and Zach Galifianakis. This, coupled with her now legendary series The Maria Bamford Show (which was later featured in the New York Museum of Art and Design), has cemented her place as one of the most original and cerebral alternative comedians working today. Continue reading →