Trying To Make It
YouTube · 2024 · 49 min
Mo Mandel will make you lose your marbles cackling in his new special Trying To Make It . Before making it onto his own special, Mandel has made the rounds on talk shows. He has appeared 40 times on Chelsea Lately, as well as multiple times on Conan …
The set list
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Cultural appropriation and wearing a sombrero versus a yarmulke in the desert
Argues a sombrero is the best heat-deflecting design humanity has created, questioning why Jews spent 40 years in the desert without inventing a brim.
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Undergoing vocal cord surgery
Recounts being told by a doctor to be completely silent for a month and to refrain from masturbating lest he get carried away and speak.
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Performing comedy during COVID-19 in anti-science states versus liberal cities
Contrasts hyper-sensitive reactions in Los Angeles with crowds in Arizona, Florida, Indiana, and Texas.
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Witnessing a parent hit their child in a Walgreens
Humorously reflects on the immediate quiet it brought to the store while acknowledging it was inappropriate.
How it plays
- Tone
- Personal, raw, and hilarious
- On stage
- Personal, raw, and self-deprecating; performs in the Phoenix summer heat inexplicably wearing a jacket.
- About
- marriage to a doctor, sobriety struggles, fertility issues and conceiving, why spouses murder each other, vocal cord surgery, performing in different political climates
What the critics said
Described as personal, raw, and hilarious, highlighting his vulnerability regarding family and sobriety.
Backstory
Filmed in Phoenix in the dead of summer; reflects on personal subjects including fertility issues, recovering from vocal cord surgery, sobriety, and becoming a father.
Details
- Released
- Runtime
- 49 min
- Where
- YouTube
- Before
- Negative Reinforcement (2016)
More from Mo Mandel
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Negative Reinforcement
Prime Video
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Comedy Central Presents
Comedy Central
