Janeane Garofalo with "Chloe" on "24"
I got to do a fun walk and talk interview with comedian Jon Lajoie in Hollywood last month. I followed that up with seeing him at tthe Wilbur Theatre in Boston which I documented on video – the man is seriously talented and will probably be huge in the next couple years, I am so forutnate to meet someone like him now before he becomes too busy and/or inaccessible.
The same day I went to the Wilbur I did a couple interviews outside of Fenway Park with some great up-and-coming comedians who will be featured in “NESN’s Comedy All-Stars”: Ira Proctor and Tyler Boeh. The videos of those interviews will be going up in a few weeks.
What followed soon after was the AltCom Festival in Somerville where several “alternative” comedians hit the stage, among them: Eugene Mirman, Rob Riggle (not really alternative, but what the heck), Leo Allen, Jamie Kilstein, and Janeane Garofalo. Janeane Garofalo was very kind and gave me several exclusive minutes for an interview. This was no surprise really, since, as she smoked cigarettes behind the theater with friends, she graciously talked to anyone who came up to her, took pictures, and was happy to talk about any subject that came up. She was also very brave as there was serious concern that her performance would be disrupted by right-wing O’Reilly-heads – but she jumped into the crowd from the first minute of her act with no resulting incident. This was just a couple days after she had been stalked and harassed by a FOX News producer. Her performance included a hilarious reading of some dialogue from her role on “24″ (above right).
A lot of these performers will be coming back to Boston this year, including a bizarre Garofalo/Riggle pairing at the Wilbur in November. I hope to be able to do another round of interviews with them.
the video interview thing was kind of awesome, by the way.
thx – she was very very nice