Fun fact: They went to high school together.

February 4, 2012 6:41 AM

In Girl on Guy #30, Aisha Tyler talks to Margaret Cho about polymaths, San Francisco, and being a woman of color in comedy.
posted by psoas (15 comments total)

I read about Tyler's podcast in the AV Club interview from a few weeks ago, where you can also see a video about SF SOTO featuring Tyler, Cho, and Sam Rockwell. It's rather endearing.
posted by muddgirl at 6:54 AM on February 4, 2012

Great podcast. I highly enjoyed this episode. There are some great insights about their methods and experiences in comedy.
posted by andendau at 6:58 AM on February 4, 2012

Aisha Tyler AND Margaret Cho?

DANGER ZONE.
posted by PapaLobo at 7:19 AM on February 4, 2012 [8 favorites]

Speaking of Margret Cho interviews, there's Gettin' Wet with margret Cho, part of Sara Benincasa's "Gettin' Wet" youtube interview show, where she interviews people in a bathtub.
posted by delmoi at 7:53 AM on February 4, 2012

I developed a pretty severe crush on Tyler when she correctly employed "exsanguinated" in the course of thatAV Club interview.
posted by Diablevert at 8:21 AM on February 4, 2012 [2 favorites]

Speaking of Margret Cho interviews, there's Gettin' Wet with margret Cho

Margaret Cho doing a Cyndi Lauper imitation just flooded my brain with happy chemicals.
posted by mintcake! at 8:25 AM on February 4, 2012

Her interview with Adam Savage is not to be missed, either.
posted by tommasz at 8:55 AM on February 4, 2012

Sorry, I didn't have a link handy, but it's #17 in the archive.
posted by tommasz at 9:03 AM on February 4, 2012

Yea, Alex Bennett!
posted by humboldt32 at 10:16 AM on February 4, 2012

Based on that AV club interview, Aisha Tyler and I had the exact same childhood. She, however grew up to be much better looking.
posted by billyfleetwood at 1:37 PM on February 4, 2012

Based on that AV club interview, Aisha Tyler and I had the exact same childhood. She, however grew up to be much better looking.

I was amused reading that interview how she had such a similar childhood to the interviewer (Jesse Thorn).
posted by atrazine at 1:47 PM on February 4, 2012

Her interview with Adam Savage is not to be missed, either.

Good to know. I like Aisha in her other roles, but so far I'd only heard the first couple of podcast episodes & this one, and she just sounded so ...not-quite-there-yet in the early ones. I wasn't sure if it was that she's gotten more comfortable with the "interviewer" role or if it's because she are Margaret were able to talk like old friends because they are old friends, but it was an amazing improvement.
posted by psoas at 2:32 PM on February 4, 2012 [1 favorite]

Aisha was my snowboarding instructor. Not kidding.
posted by gen at 5:11 PM on February 4, 2012 [3 favorites]

I really enjoyed the one with Sal Masekela
posted by the_artificer at 10:49 AM on February 5, 2012

I was a big fan of this podcast initially (The Job Benjamin shit story is one of the funniest and best told things Ive ever heard) But after awhile I just found her a little too....keen? Excited? And it started to grind a little. May go back because the discussions can be great.

But imagine if her and Chris Hardwick had a kid! The energy coming off that kid could power the world.
posted by AzzaMcKazza at 2:57 PM on February 5, 2012