Estee Adoram

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1,085 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 30 Jul

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What Now? with Trevor Noah · Estee Adoram: The Gatekeeper of Funny · 30 Jul 2026 podcast

Since 1981.

I started in 1982.

Wait, at the Comedy Cellar?

At the Comedy Cellar.

And I started part-time as a host at the door downstairs because I just had a newborn.

And all the book about babysit, the first three years you have to be with them.

So I couldn't go back to work.

So for three years, I was a really good mom.

You were counting down, Esty.

That's exactly what I did.

Three years to the day.

And I started working there and I was hosting at the door.

So I got, I've never known comedians of comedy or any, no interest.

I came from a different world altogether.

And little by little, I started falling in love.

with the art of standup with comedians, I started recognizing how special comedians are and how different they are from civilians.

And 44 years later, I can give you a report.

It's a very

interesting ingredients that the real comedians have as opposed to wannabe or actors or singers.

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