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The Last Laugh

Welcome to ‘The Last Laugh’: Real conversations with really funny people. Every Wednesday, The Daily Beast’s Matt Wilstein interviews some of the biggest names in comedy—as well as the new voices crashing the party—about what it’s like to make people laugh during this current cultural and political moment.

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Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
48 minutes
Episodes
387
Years Active
2019 - 2025
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Sebastian Maniscalco: ‘Is It Me?’

Sebastian Maniscalco: ‘Is It Me?’

Sebastian Maniscalco is consistently one of the highest-grossing stand-up comedians in the country. And now, with a new Netflix special ‘Is It Me?’ and upcoming autobiographical movie ‘About My Fathe…

00:54:21  |   Tue 06 Dec 2022
Matt Rogers: ‘Have You Heard of Christmas?’

Matt Rogers: ‘Have You Heard of Christmas?’

Matt Rogers can’t quite believe the year he’s had. From his first regular TV role on Showtime’s ‘I Love That for You’ to his scene-stealing work in the Hulu movie ‘Fire Island,’ the Long Island-born …

00:54:27  |   Tue 29 Nov 2022
Patton Oswalt Returns!

Patton Oswalt Returns!

Comedian Patton Oswalt’s role as a desperate father who ends up impersonating a beautiful woman on social media to catfish his troubled son in the new film ‘I Love My Dad’ just might make him the per…

00:51:17  |   Tue 22 Nov 2022
Neal Brennan: ‘Chappelle’s Show’ to Netflix’s ‘Blocks’

Neal Brennan: ‘Chappelle’s Show’ to Netflix’s ‘Blocks’

Neal Brennan has always felt like an “outlier” in the comedy world. He’s a successful stand-up who’s still best known for co-creating ‘Chappelle’s Show’ and as he jokes in his latest special ‘Blocks’…

00:53:36  |   Tue 15 Nov 2022
Natasha Leggero Returns!

Natasha Leggero Returns!


Comedian Natasha Leggero doesn’t think she’ll ever make a Netflix special about her daughter. So instead, she wrote a laugh-out-loud hilarious book about what it has been like to become her mother. I…

00:27:37  |   Fri 11 Nov 2022
Chris Redd: SNL, Kanye and ‘Why Am I Like This?’

Chris Redd: SNL, Kanye and ‘Why Am I Like This?’

It was never Chris Redd’s dream to be on ‘Saturday Night Live.’ And yet the rapper-turned-comedian seemed to just be hitting his stride on that show when it was abruptly announced less than two weeks…

00:55:26  |   Tue 08 Nov 2022
Preview: Chris Redd on Comedy Cellar Attack

Preview: Chris Redd on Comedy Cellar Attack

In this preview of our upcoming episode with Chris Redd, dropping next Tuesday, the comedian and recent SNL alum opens up about the brutal attack outside of the Comedy Cellar in New York that left hi…

00:05:14  |   Thu 03 Nov 2022
Nick Kroll on ‘Big Mouth,’ Stand-Up, SNL and More

Nick Kroll on ‘Big Mouth,’ Stand-Up, SNL and More

Nick Kroll is an actor, stand-up comedian and co-creator of one of the funniest shows on television, ‘Big Mouth.’ Season six of the Emmy-nominated animated series just dropped on Netflix and Kroll jo…

01:05:07  |   Tue 01 Nov 2022
Fortune Feimster Returns!

Fortune Feimster Returns!

Comedian Fortune Feimster has had an incredibly busy two years. And she put as much of it as she could fit in her new Netflix stand-up special ‘Good Fortune.’ In this bonus episode, Feimster returns …

00:30:35  |   Fri 28 Oct 2022
Melissa Villaseñor: Life After SNL

Melissa Villaseñor: Life After SNL

Melissa Villaseñor was among the eight cast members to leave ‘Saturday Night Live’ after its most recent season. And in this episode, she opens up for the first time about everything that led her to …

00:47:05  |   Tue 25 Oct 2022
‘Daily Show’s’ Roy Wood Jr. Returns!

‘Daily Show’s’ Roy Wood Jr. Returns!

When Trevor Noah announced he would be stepping down as host of ‘The Daily Show,’ he cited a conversation with Roy Wood Jr. as part of what made him decide it was time to move on. In his return to th…

00:47:51  |   Tue 18 Oct 2022
Judy Greer: ‘Arrested Development’ to ‘Reboot’

Judy Greer: ‘Arrested Development’ to ‘Reboot’

It wasn’t until Judy Greer had more or less given up on becoming a Hollywood star that it finally started to happen for her. The perennial “best friend” in early aughts rom-coms like ‘13 Going on 30’…

00:57:41  |   Tue 11 Oct 2022
Hasan Minhaj: ‘The King’s Jester’

Hasan Minhaj: ‘The King’s Jester’

Hasan Minhaj has had a very busy five years between the release of his first big stand-up special ‘Homecoming King’ in 2017 and the premiere this week of his new hour The King’s Jester on Netflix. Th…

00:56:01  |   Tue 04 Oct 2022
Jena Friedman on Borat, ‘Daily Show’ and ‘Indefensible’

Jena Friedman on Borat, ‘Daily Show’ and ‘Indefensible’

Jena Friedman is a former ‘Daily Show’ field producer, an uncompromising stand-up comedian and, as of this past year, an Oscar-nominated screenwriter for ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.’ Now, she is hea…

00:47:34  |   Fri 30 Sep 2022
Sheng Wang: ‘Sweet and Juicy’

Sheng Wang: ‘Sweet and Juicy’

Comedian Sheng Wang has spent much of his comedy career trying to hide in plain sight. Now, thanks to a boost from his longtime friend and colleague Ali Wong, he is reluctantly stepping into the spot…

00:48:47  |   Tue 27 Sep 2022
Alison Brie: ‘Community’ to ‘Spin Me Round’

Alison Brie: ‘Community’ to ‘Spin Me Round’

Alison Brie had one of the luckiest big breaks in the history of television. Before the age of 30, she managed to simultaneously co-star on TV’s most celebrated drama (‘Mad Men’) and most obsessed ov…

01:05:59  |   Tue 20 Sep 2022
Jay Duplass: Breaking Into ‘Industry’

Jay Duplass: Breaking Into ‘Industry’

Jay Duplass never wanted to be an actor. For years, he remained entirely behind the scenes of the intimate indie films he wrote and directed with younger brother Mark Duplass. Then, he was handed the…

00:57:47  |   Tue 13 Sep 2022
Natasha Rothwell on ‘The White Lotus,’ ‘Insecure’ and More

Natasha Rothwell on ‘The White Lotus,’ ‘Insecure’ and More

Emmy-nominated comedian and actress Natasha Rothwell talks about her very big year, from facing off with Jennifer Coolidge in ‘The White Lotus’ to stealing scenes in the final season of ‘Insecure.’ A…

00:52:57  |   Tue 06 Sep 2022
Dave Foley: Dark Side of ‘Kids in the Hall’

Dave Foley: Dark Side of ‘Kids in the Hall’

Comedian Dave Foley is thankful to be the narrator and not one of the subjects of Vice TV’s ‘Dark Side of Comedy’ docuseries. The co-founder of the iconic sketch group ‘Kids in the Hall,’ which premi…

00:53:50  |   Tue 30 Aug 2022
Sharon Horgan: ‘Catastrophe’ to ‘Bad Sisters’

Sharon Horgan: ‘Catastrophe’ to ‘Bad Sisters’

Sharon Horgan can’t seem to stop creating television shows. From ‘Pulling’ to ‘Catastrophe’ to ‘Divorce’ to ‘Motherland’ to ‘Shining Vale’ to her latest, the Apple TV+ comedy thriller ‘Bad Sisters,’ …

00:49:38  |   Tue 23 Aug 2022
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