Carol Kane and Chris Fairbanks

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Photo: Jesse ThornCarol Kane on her childhood, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and auditioningCarol Kane is a veteran actress. She began her career in 1971 and landed some pretty heavy roles – one of her first films was in the Mike Nichols drama Carnal Knowledge. Later on, she’d work on other classics like Annie Hall and Dog Day Afternoon. She was even nominated for a best actress Oscar for her part in the 1975 film Hester Street.

She eventually found her home doing comedy, something she never expected she would do growing up. She appeared on Taxi as Simpka, the wife of Andy Kaufman’s character on the show. She was in the Muppet Movie, The Princess Bride, Scrooged, and so many others. Her current project is Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt where she plays Lilian, Kimmy’s landlord.

She and Jesse talk about her childhood, and the special school she went to that allowed actors time to audition. They also talk about many of her projects over her expansive career- The Princess Bride, Taxi, and of course Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Plus, she tells Jesse that after all of these years, she still gets nervous auditioning.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt season 3 in it’s entirety is on Netflix now!

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Chris Fairbanks live at MaxFunConChris Fairbanks is a standup comedian, he’s appeared on Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel Live and Comedy Central. Alongside April Richardson, he also hosts the tv show Almost Genius on TruTV. His standup is really unique. It is kind of improvised, really surreal, and contains lots of quick two line jokes.
Last year, we were lucky enough to host Chris at MaxFunCon, which is an annual gathering in the woods organized by Maximum Fun, and we’ve got a bit of his set from that show for you this week!

Check out Chris’ album Fairbanks! which was released in 2010 and is an absolute classic. You can also still get tickets to MaxFunCon East which is happening this September in Pennsylvania.

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The Outshot: The Larry Sanders ShowJesse tells us about the HBO metasitcom from the late 90’s, The Larry Sanders Show.

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