Comedy Central Presents: Natasha Leggero

Natasha Leggero built a comedy career playing a woman dripping with unearned wealth and complete disdain for the general public. This 2011 half-hour captures that persona in peak form. She steps onto the stage in a formal gown, completely at odds with the typical casual stand-up uniform, and complains about the environmental tragedy of the world running out of diamonds. It sets a distinct tone for a set that mines laughs from sheer detachment. Filmed at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater in New York City, the television broadcast arrived just as her profile was rising. She had recently spent a season judging Last Comic Standing and was a regular panelist on Chelsea Lately. Here, she focuses her writing on the indignities of her own life, notably the horror of managing a servantless household. She details the parental takeover of Facebook, home paternity tests, and the illegal handbag district of New York. The broadcast served as a companion piece to her debut album Coke Money, presenting a highly affected act from a comic who refuses to dress down for an audience.