The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
IT'S HARD TO BE A VIEWER Ft. Mary Beth Barone | Episode 145
Wed, 20 Nov 2024
We're in NYC this week with famous New Yorker Mary Beth Barone! Drew and Mary Beth talk about recent unhinged experiences with terrible men, being chronically late, the shocking practice of pap smears, loving The Rock, watching horror movies in the afternoon, getting chest-punched, shutting creeps down in public, and so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What misconceptions do men have about periods?
Like, there's a video, I don't remember who I heard this from actually, or if it was like a viral thing, but it was like, what's the funniest misconception your boyfriend has about periods? Right. And there was one person that said their boyfriend thought you just put the tampon in and then you take it out. Like, you just put it, you just dip it in, it gets the stuff.
Well, it's like testing the pH of a pool. Exactly.
Hey, everyone, and welcome back to another episode of the Comment Section Show, starring me, your fave, everybody knows me, who cares about me. On to the guests, but before we get there, we are in unfamiliar surroundings. Team, we're in New York, and today we have a New York legend, a hilarious and ridiculously talented Mary Beth Barone. Woo! Woo! I can't believe I'm here. Oh my gosh, same.
This is so exciting. Our first time here together.
And is this your first recording in New York or you've done them in New York before?
I've done them before but at different studios. Okay. So this is our first time in this studio.
In this studio. Spotify HQ.
Yes.
The view outside is crazy.
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Chapter 2: Why is being late a common struggle?
I mean, yeah. I'm actually like, why didn't my family or friends try to stop me? Because it's like a deranged thing to do. But they didn't. They just supported me. That's good.
So I'm thankful. Or concerning. Yeah. Depending on why.
Well, my gay bestie from high school, because I have a few gay besties from different walks of life. He was like, we all know you're insane and you were going to do whatever you wanted to do. So there's no point in arguing with you.
Yeah. They're kind of just like keeping the perimeter around you at all times. Exactly. They're like, whatever it is you want, Quinn.
Just do it. And I acknowledge my privilege. I had a support system. If I ever fell on hard times, I could ask my parents for help. So I did get like, you know, part time jobs and stuff. But I became like full time comedian in quotes because like, what does that mean? In 2019, right in time for the world to shut down. Right.
Right before right when performing live was not a good idea at all.
Right. But I had done enough of it where I couldn't picture myself doing anything else. So that's good. In the pandemic, it was sort of like, yeah, you're back to the drawing board on like how to express yourself without the stage. But I found that a fun challenge. And yeah, it feels like a distant memory, but also it feels like it's still happening in a way.
How was it coming up in comedy? Like, how has it been as far as, like, I know it's a very male-dominated field, obviously, but how has that been for you?
Luckily, we are living in a time where there's a lot of, like, independent comedy venues. So people like us and, you know, the fellow members of the LGBTQ community, lots of women and just non-straight white men, we have the ability to produce our own shows and grow audiences online.
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Chapter 3: What are the challenges of being a female comedian?
Chapter 4: How has the pandemic affected comedians?
but he smells really bad and like genuinely smells very bad like when I say like you know when cats asses stink cause you're like they need to get something out of there like when they lift their tail up and you're like oh my god like when they're on the back of the couch that's what it smells like it's pretty horrifying and I told everyone I'm like he better never turn on me cause you've got your ammo's loaded and now that I know you stink it's gonna be even funnier
Because not everyone would know that. Now I know you stink. You were in proximity to him?
Yeah, many times. I've been next to him many times. It's so strange how he hates me so fucking much and I know that. And he is with me at so many things. We get invited to the same shit all the time.
He's an influencer that smells bad?
Yeah, girl. Which, good luck narrowing it down because there's a million of them, I'm sure.
That just means he has no real friends to me. That's sad. No, for real.
I thought the same thing. Like, does anyone in your life care about you? Because if I was walking around with stink lines above my head like that, I would want someone to tell me.
I find it really odd when people our age who live in cities, metropolitan areas, smell.
Right. What's going on? Especially men who are doing well.
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