Fortune Feimster's Honeymoon in a Gay-Illegal Country 🌍

Comedian and actor Fortune Feimster is back with a new Netflix comedy special called 'Crushing It.' Feimster sat down with Q host Tom Power to talk about how she discovered her passion for comedy, how Chelsea Handler gave her her first big break in Hollywood, and what she thinks about being described as a "joyful" comedian.

00:00 Introduction
00:44 New comedy special
01:41 The storytelling process
02:35 Maldives honeymoon
04:38 On retelling stories
05:31 Audience laughs – and gasps
06:28 2SLGBTQ+ rights
07:33 Her mom and being a stand-in husband
10:47 Being a people-pleaser
11:22 On finding levity in hard times
12:12 From shy kid to funny kid
14:20 Wishing she was Burt Reynolds' assistant
15:16 Taking improv lessons at Groundlings
17:04 On her early sketches
18:25 The Groundlings to SNL pipeline
18:59 Testing for SNL
20:35 Becoming a writer for Chelsea Handler
22:54 On being different in 2011 vs. now
23:50 Handsome podcast
25:30 Tom learns how to pronounce "pasta"
27:53 The podcast being about "nothing and everything"
28:46 On being joyful

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