Matteo Lane

mind games you play with yourself when you're trying to also do stand up. I will say to your point, though, you know, I've been asked this question a ton of times. And the reason I always bring up Mario Cantone is because, you know, there's been a lot of famous gay women who I grew up with.

mind games you play with yourself when you're trying to also do stand up. I will say to your point, though, you know, I've been asked this question a ton of times. And the reason I always bring up Mario Cantone is because, you know, there's been a lot of famous gay women who I grew up with.

Everyone from Ellen, you know, Judy Gold, to Rosie O'Donnell, to Wanda Sykes, to, you know, Margaret Cho, who's very queer, you know, Schumer. Yeah. Keep going. But, you know, when I was younger, it's not that they weren't there, like Jim David and Rick Crome and Mario Cantone, because there wasn't the accessibility of YouTube and all this stuff.

Everyone from Ellen, you know, Judy Gold, to Rosie O'Donnell, to Wanda Sykes, to, you know, Margaret Cho, who's very queer, you know, Schumer. Yeah. Keep going. But, you know, when I was younger, it's not that they weren't there, like Jim David and Rick Crome and Mario Cantone, because there wasn't the accessibility of YouTube and all this stuff.

Everyone from Ellen, you know, Judy Gold, to Rosie O'Donnell, to Wanda Sykes, to, you know, Margaret Cho, who's very queer, you know, Schumer. Yeah. Keep going. But, you know, when I was younger, it's not that they weren't there, like Jim David and Rick Crome and Mario Cantone, because there wasn't the accessibility of YouTube and all this stuff.

Those people who were gay men who were performing, I had no access to them. So the first time I ever saw a gay man do stand-up comedy, I was 23. For me, my first access to stand-up to like relate to it, because I never related to it, was Kathy Griffin. Somehow, some way when I was 16, she was speaking stand-up that really resonated with gay men. I mean, really did. Margaret Cho, for sure.

Those people who were gay men who were performing, I had no access to them. So the first time I ever saw a gay man do stand-up comedy, I was 23. For me, my first access to stand-up to like relate to it, because I never related to it, was Kathy Griffin. Somehow, some way when I was 16, she was speaking stand-up that really resonated with gay men. I mean, really did. Margaret Cho, for sure.

Those people who were gay men who were performing, I had no access to them. So the first time I ever saw a gay man do stand-up comedy, I was 23. For me, my first access to stand-up to like relate to it, because I never related to it, was Kathy Griffin. Somehow, some way when I was 16, she was speaking stand-up that really resonated with gay men. I mean, really did. Margaret Cho, for sure.

Margaret Cho still has one of my favorite fucking jokes where she talks about her experience on being an all-American girl, the first Asian cast on a sitcom. And so the whole special is about the studio forcing her to lose weight. So she's working out seven days a week. She's doing all these diet drugs, whatever. Her kidneys finally collapsed.

Margaret Cho still has one of my favorite fucking jokes where she talks about her experience on being an all-American girl, the first Asian cast on a sitcom. And so the whole special is about the studio forcing her to lose weight. So she's working out seven days a week. She's doing all these diet drugs, whatever. Her kidneys finally collapsed.

Margaret Cho still has one of my favorite fucking jokes where she talks about her experience on being an all-American girl, the first Asian cast on a sitcom. And so the whole special is about the studio forcing her to lose weight. So she's working out seven days a week. She's doing all these diet drugs, whatever. Her kidneys finally collapsed.

So when she was doing a press conference for her show, this reporter asked her, Ms. Cho, is it true that the network asked you to lose weight to play the part of yourself on your own television sitcom? She goes, the producer grabbed the mic and said, there is no truth in that. I was so hungry. I mean, it's just so funny. That special is so good.

So when she was doing a press conference for her show, this reporter asked her, Ms. Cho, is it true that the network asked you to lose weight to play the part of yourself on your own television sitcom? She goes, the producer grabbed the mic and said, there is no truth in that. I was so hungry. I mean, it's just so funny. That special is so good.

So when she was doing a press conference for her show, this reporter asked her, Ms. Cho, is it true that the network asked you to lose weight to play the part of yourself on your own television sitcom? She goes, the producer grabbed the mic and said, there is no truth in that. I was so hungry. I mean, it's just so funny. That special is so good.

Finally, when I was in the storyboarding class, I was 21 and Joan Rivers had a special on Bravo, ironically called Before Melissa Pulls the Plug. And... And I was like, oh, well, they always said that Kathy Griffin was like a Joan Rivers. So I watched Joan, but that changed my life. That's when I decided to unlock that. I was like, oh, I meant to be a stand up. It was a calling.

Finally, when I was in the storyboarding class, I was 21 and Joan Rivers had a special on Bravo, ironically called Before Melissa Pulls the Plug. And... And I was like, oh, well, they always said that Kathy Griffin was like a Joan Rivers. So I watched Joan, but that changed my life. That's when I decided to unlock that. I was like, oh, I meant to be a stand up. It was a calling.

Finally, when I was in the storyboarding class, I was 21 and Joan Rivers had a special on Bravo, ironically called Before Melissa Pulls the Plug. And... And I was like, oh, well, they always said that Kathy Griffin was like a Joan Rivers. So I watched Joan, but that changed my life. That's when I decided to unlock that. I was like, oh, I meant to be a stand up. It was a calling.

I was like, this is it. This is what I was supposed to do. I never seen someone do that. A 71 year old woman in a fur coat walking out. The first thing she says to her audience, she goes, I don't like certain audiences. I hate ugly people. I hate old people. If you're old and ugly, get up and get out right now. Lesbians, move to the back of the room. Gaze to the front.

I was like, this is it. This is what I was supposed to do. I never seen someone do that. A 71 year old woman in a fur coat walking out. The first thing she says to her audience, she goes, I don't like certain audiences. I hate ugly people. I hate old people. If you're old and ugly, get up and get out right now. Lesbians, move to the back of the room. Gaze to the front.

I was like, this is it. This is what I was supposed to do. I never seen someone do that. A 71 year old woman in a fur coat walking out. The first thing she says to her audience, she goes, I don't like certain audiences. I hate ugly people. I hate old people. If you're old and ugly, get up and get out right now. Lesbians, move to the back of the room. Gaze to the front.