Billy Eichner and Ali Wong

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Billy Eichner and the Pop Culture Maniac That is Billy on the Street[R] This week, we’ll revisit our conversation with comedian Billy Eichner. He’s probably best known for roaming the streets of New York with a camera crew, roping unsuspecting pedestrians into playing his game show, “Billy on the Street.” While Cash Cab paved the way for street-ambush game shows, Eichner’s approach has a unique twist.

The correct answers are often subjective (as in the game “Dead or Boring”) and his game show persona is hyper-energetic and over-the-top. He’s ready to swoon with a contestant who shares his love of Meryl Streep, or yell and stalk angrily away from a contestant who doesn’t.

Eichner tells us about his screaming encounters with Madonna, the influence of Pee-wee Herman on his on-screen persona, and the role that game show laws played in the development of his show. (It turns out that “game show compliance lawyer” is a real job.)

New episodes of “Billy on the Street” are available online on Funny or Die. You can also see him on “American Horror Story,” “Difficult People,” and so much more.

Photo: Jesse ThornAli Wong talks marriage and money and what it’s like performing through her pregnancyThere are many comedians who use their family life as inspiration for their comedy, but Ali Wong took it a step further when she recorded the 2016 comedy special “Baby Cobra” while seven and a half months pregnant.

Wong’s comedy is rooted in her willingness to be incredibly frank and honest about her personal life including her relationships, her Asian heritage and the challenges of pregnancy while working as a writer on the hit television show, “Fresh Off the Boat.”

When Ali Wong joined Jesse a couple years ago she talked about being a breadwinner, performing while pregnant and how it feels to talk about painful and personal things like miscarriage in front of a comedy audience.

Ali Wong has another new comedy special: “Hard Knock Wife.” She did the entire special pregnant, again. It’s available to stream now on Netflix.

The Outshot: João GilbertoOn the Outshot, Jesse features João Gilberto, a musician who stripped away the heat and intensity of samba to create a cool, minimalist genre: bossa nova.