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Alex Edelman: Just for Us

Standup comic Alex Edelman's Broadway show, featuring his experience attending a meeting of White Nationalists in Queens, New York and other stories, comes to TV.

Director

Alex Timbers

Year

Genre

documentary, comedy

Box Office

N/A

Production

Above Average

Awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 1 win total

Homepage

https://www.hbo.com/movies/alex-edelman-just-for-us

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- ♪ ("HUMAN OF THE YEAR"
BY REGINA SPEKTOR PLAYING) ♪
- ♪ Outside the cars ♪ - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

- ♪ ("HUMAN OF THE YEAR" BY REGINA SPEKTOR PLAYING...

- Hello. All right.
- ♪ (SONG CONCLUDES) ♪ - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

- Hello. All right. - ♪ (SONG CONCLUDES) ♪

I'm a comedian,
and I'm gonna tell you a story. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

I'm a comedian, and I'm gonna tell you a story.

But first I wanna tell you - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

But first I wanna tell you

Koko the gorilla, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

Koko the gorilla,

And in 1999, this is true,
Koko met Robin Williams. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And in 1999, this is true, Koko met Robin Williams.

And a couple of years ago,
they told Koko - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And a couple of years ago, they told Koko

And Koko went,
"Koko friend, Koko sad." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And Koko went, "Koko friend, Koko sad."

Robin Williams crossed
the species barrier. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

Robin Williams crossed the species barrier.

Also, and obviously,
did they have to tell... - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

Also, and obviously, did they have to tell...

...the gorilla
that Robin Williams - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

...the gorilla that Robin Williams

I heard about this
in, like, September of 2017 - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

I heard about this in, like, September of 2017

-"Hi, Koko?" - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

- "Oh, no." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

Like, "Get the gun. Koko. Koko,
calm down." And Koko's like, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

Like, "Get the gun. Koko. Koko, calm down." And Ko...

And they're like, "Koko, no."
And Koko's like, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And they're like, "Koko, no." And Koko's...

I write jokes
that are so dumb and simple - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

I write jokes that are so dumb and simple

I wrote a joke a while ago
that was so dumb, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

I wrote a joke a while ago that was so dumb,

- Here it is. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

Maybe that's because - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

Maybe that's because

- I... I know, I know. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

- I... I know, I know.

And a month and a half later, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And a month and a half later,

-"Twice as many steps." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

-"Twice as many steps."

It was gonna be
a show full of benign silliness, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

It was gonna be a show full of benign silliness,

So, I write radio comedy shows
for the BBC. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

So, I write radio comedy shows for the BBC.

Like, I'll tell people,
"I write radio comedy shows." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

Like, I'll tell people, "I write radio comedy show...

And like,
this radio show comes out - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And like, this radio show comes out

It's very complimentary, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

It's very complimentary,

- And it said-- - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

- And it said--

And this guy's very upset,
largely by the fact that I... - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And this guy's very upset, largely by the fact that I.....

And sometimes people can tell
that I'm Jewish - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And sometimes people can tell that I'm Jewish

But this guy's very upset
by the fact that I'm Jewish, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

But this guy's very upset by the fact that I'm Jew...

- I respond to the tweet. I know. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

- I respond to the tweet. I know.

And then he writes back
and then I write back, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And then he writes back and then I write back,

And then I go to bed,
and I wake up the next morning, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And then I go to bed, and I wake up the next morning,

And then it stopped bothering me - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And then it stopped bothering me

Do you guys know
what I mean, generally - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

Do you guys know what I mean, generally

A couple of yeses, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

A couple of yeses,

You don't need to know
what this is. I promise you, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

You don't need to know what this is. I promise you,

But on Twitter, the way it works - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

But on Twitter, the way it works

But imagine you're interested
in, like, a common area. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

But imagine you're interested in, like, a common area.

Imagine you're interested
in, like, opera or the NBA, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

Imagine you're interested in, like, opera or the NBA,

What you can do is, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

What you can do is,

And because of certain issues
within the NBA at the moment, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And because of certain issues within the NBA at the moment,

But I made this list
of anti-Semites - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

But I made this list of anti-Semites

Reason number one,
let them be on a list for once! - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

Reason number one, let them be on a list for once!

- Okay? Okay? - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

Even Schindler, not a Jew,
we make the list now. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

Even Schindler, not a Jew, we make the list now.

And reason number two, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And reason number two,

- And the name of this list, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

- And the name of this list,

And I got so many tweets
from anti-Semites going, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And I got so many tweets from anti-Semites going,

I love my list
for these two silly reasons, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

I love my list for these two silly reasons,

- Right? You wanna be offended. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

- Right? You wanna be offended.

Right? You get to be upset
at something - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

Right? You get to be upset at something

And occasionally, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And occasionally,

Anyway, it's a Tuesday night
and I'm doing my favorite thing. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

Anyway, it's a Tuesday night and I'm doing my favo...

When I'm alone, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

When I'm alone,

Do you know what I mean?
Just a brisk nine, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

Do you know what I mean? Just a brisk nine,

And the tweet says, "Hey!" - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And the tweet says, "Hey!"

And as an Ashkenazi Jew, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And as an Ashkenazi Jew,

And I sent it to my best friend
in the world, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And I sent it to my best friend in the world,

...do you wanna come with me
to this meeting of Nazis - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

...do you wanna come with me to this meeting of Nazis

And then the dots disappeared,
then they reappeared, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And then the dots disappeared, then they reappeared,

And he said, "What's going on?" - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And he said, "What's going on?"

I will learn something.
It'll be fascinating, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

I will learn something. It'll be fascinating,

And I thought to myself... - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And I thought to myself...

-"How brave are we?" - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

-"How brave are we?"

Maybe my mouth is writing checks
that my butt can't cash." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

Maybe my mouth is writing checks that my butt can't cas...

And after a while, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And after a while,

And there's this long corridor,
long, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And there's this long corridor, long,

And when I walk in, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And when I walk in,

She's in her seventies,
at least, or like eighties, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

She's in her seventies, at least, or like eighties,

And on this table
is the biggest jigsaw puzzle - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And on this table is the biggest jigsaw puzzle

When I walked in
and I saw the puzzle, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

When I walked in and I saw the puzzle,

I've been working on this part
for, like, six months." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

I've been working on this part for, like, six months.&q...

- And like-- - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And I like people that do them,
like, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And I like people that do them, like,

And it's even, like,
a tidy metaphor - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And it's even, like, a tidy metaphor

If you're missing
even one piece of your puzzle, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

If you're missing even one piece of your puzzle,

But even a metaphorical puzzle,
I can do quicker than this lady. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

But even a metaphorical puzzle, I can do quicker than this l...

Like, she's making
zero progress, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

Like, she's making zero progress,

- took, like, three years." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

- took, like, three years."

And as I go down in,
I pass two enormous, framed, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And as I go down in, I pass two enormous, framed,

And there's, like,
a hodgepodge of chairs around, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And there's, like, a hodgepodge of chairs around,

To my left,
there's, like, a big table - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

To my left, there's, like, a big table

And even though
I was a little scared, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

And even though I was a little scared,

- I see this cute girl. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

- I see this cute girl.

I saw the girl and I thought
to myself with no irony... - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

I saw the girl and I thought to myself with no irony...

- you never know. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

- you never know.

So, I put down my racist pastry - Alex Edelman: Just for Us

So, I put down my racist pastry

Alex Edelman: Just for Us poster

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Standup comic Alex Edelman's Broadway show, featuring his experience attending a meeting of White Nationalists in Queens, New York and other stories, comes to TV.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Alex Timbers

Writer: Alex Edelman

Production: Above Average

Genre: documentary, comedy

Year: 2024

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.8

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 06 Apr 2024

Awards: Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 1 win total

Homepage: https://www.hbo.com/movies/alex-edelman-just-for-us