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Ham Mouth

Amy Miller

Comedy Central · 2022

Amy Miller faces turning forty with white wine and grievances.

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Amy Miller’s Comedy Central half-hour special centers on the realities of hitting middle age with a combination of Oakland self-assurance and working-class pragmatism. Performing at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, Miller walks the crowd through the specific indignities of turning 40, including how her body has succumbed to gravity—which she describes as having a pair of trickle-down \

The set list

5 bits

  1. Being trapped inside with a 'little one' during lockdown

    Clarifies that she isn't a mother, but rather had a very young boyfriend who eventually went off to college.

  2. Breaking up and having her ex move across the hall

    Compares borrowing intimacy or sex from an ex next door to neighborly community sharing, calling out judgy married friends who also sleep in separate rooms.

  3. Loving baths and teenage bathtub masturbation

    Recalls being a horny Christian teen with strong water pressure, defending bathing against a male comic who called baths filthy and relating childhood bath water sharing to John Updike's 'Rabbit, Run'.

  4. Turning 40 during lockdown and anti-aging remedies

    Reflects on telling jokes in parking lots and selling feet pictures at 40, and joke about using a natural facial filler called 'staying fat' with charcuterie plates.

  5. Getting charcuterie stuck in teeth

    Warns about flossing after eating charcuterie before bed because nobody wants to sleep with a 'ham mouth'.

How it plays

Tone
Raucous, filthy, personal, and authentic
On stage
Juxtaposes an unassuming demeanor with unflinching assurance; personal, authentic, filthy, and laughs at her own jokes
About
Breakups and dating, Love of baths and bathtub masturbation, Turning 40 and aging, California upbringing and water drought, Pandemic lockdown

What the critics said

Described by Paste Magazine as a 'raucous half hour touching on bathtub masturbation, 40-year-old behavior, and bar bathroom signs.'

Summed up from reviews, articles and listings. Sources: weownthelaughs.com, en.wikipedia.org, tomorrowtheater.org, pastemagazine.com, nola.com, imdb.com, amymillercomedy.com, vulture.com.

Backstory

Filmed in the wake of the pandemic lockdowns, following a recent amicable breakup and Miller turning 40 in 2020; presented under the Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents half-hour banner

Details

Released
Taped
Knitting Factory, Brooklyn
Where
Comedy Central
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