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Alex Edelman: Just for Us

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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.
Director
Alex Timbers
Year
2024
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 00:37
- ♪ ("HUMAN OF THE YEAR" BY REGINA SPEKTOR PLAYING...
- Hello. All right. - ♪ (SONG CONCLUDES) ♪ - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:08
- Hello. All right. - ♪ (SONG CONCLUDES) ♪
I'm a comedian, and I'm gonna tell you a story. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
I'm a comedian, and I'm gonna tell you a story.
But first I wanna tell you - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
But first I wanna tell you
Koko the gorilla, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
Koko the gorilla,
And in 1999, this is true, Koko met Robin Williams. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
And in 1999, this is true, Koko met Robin Williams.
And a couple of years ago, they told Koko - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
And a couple of years ago, they told Koko
And Koko went, "Koko friend, Koko sad." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:23
And Koko went, "Koko friend, Koko sad."
Robin Williams crossed the species barrier. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
Robin Williams crossed the species barrier.
Also, and obviously, did they have to tell... - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
Also, and obviously, did they have to tell...
...the gorilla that Robin Williams - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
...the gorilla that Robin Williams
I heard about this in, like, September of 2017 - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:10
I heard about this in, like, September of 2017
-"Hi, Koko?" - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:14
-"Hi, Koko?"
- "Oh, no." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:13
- "Oh, no."
Like, "Get the gun. Koko. Koko, calm down." And Koko's like, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:15
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 00:07
And they're like, "Koko, no." And Koko's...
I write jokes that are so dumb and simple - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:20
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 00:11
I wrote a joke a while ago that was so dumb,
- Here it is. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
- Here it is.
Maybe that's because - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
Maybe that's because
- I... I know, I know. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
- I... I know, I know.
And a month and a half later, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
And a month and a half later,
-"Twice as many steps." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:11
-"Twice as many steps."
It was gonna be a show full of benign silliness, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:09
It was gonna be a show full of benign silliness,
So, I write radio comedy shows for the BBC. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
So, I write radio comedy shows for the BBC.
Like, I'll tell people, "I write radio comedy shows." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:09
Like, I'll tell people, "I write radio comedy show...
And like, this radio show comes out - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
And like, this radio show comes out
It's very complimentary, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
It's very complimentary,
- And it said-- - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:08
- And it said--
And this guy's very upset, largely by the fact that I... - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
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 00:06
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 00:07
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 00:05
- I respond to the tweet. I know.
And then he writes back and then I write back, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
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 00:09
And then I go to bed, and I wake up the next morning,
And then it stopped bothering me - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
And then it stopped bothering me
Do you guys know what I mean, generally - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
Do you guys know what I mean, generally
A couple of yeses, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
A couple of yeses,
You don't need to know what this is. I promise you, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
You don't need to know what this is. I promise you,
But on Twitter, the way it works - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
But on Twitter, the way it works
But imagine you're interested in, like, a common area. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
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 00:07
Imagine you're interested in, like, opera or the NBA,
What you can do is, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:08
What you can do is,
And because of certain issues within the NBA at the moment, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
And because of certain issues within the NBA at the moment,
But I made this list of anti-Semites - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
But I made this list of anti-Semites
Reason number one, let them be on a list for once! - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
Reason number one, let them be on a list for once!
- Okay? Okay? - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
- Okay? Okay?
Even Schindler, not a Jew, we make the list now. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
Even Schindler, not a Jew, we make the list now.
And reason number two, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
And reason number two,
- And the name of this list, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:10
- And the name of this list,
And I got so many tweets from anti-Semites going, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:18
And I got so many tweets from anti-Semites going,
I love my list for these two silly reasons, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:11
I love my list for these two silly reasons,
- Right? You wanna be offended. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
- Right? You wanna be offended.
Right? You get to be upset at something - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
Right? You get to be upset at something
And occasionally, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:08
And occasionally,
Anyway, it's a Tuesday night and I'm doing my favorite thing. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
Anyway, it's a Tuesday night and I'm doing my favo...
When I'm alone, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:09
When I'm alone,
Do you know what I mean? Just a brisk nine, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
Do you know what I mean? Just a brisk nine,
And the tweet says, "Hey!" - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:26
And the tweet says, "Hey!"
And as an Ashkenazi Jew, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
And as an Ashkenazi Jew,
And I sent it to my best friend in the world, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
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 00:11
...do you wanna come with me to this meeting of Nazis
And then the dots disappeared, then they reappeared, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
And then the dots disappeared, then they reappeared,
And he said, "What's going on?" - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:09
And he said, "What's going on?"
I will learn something. It'll be fascinating, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:19
I will learn something. It'll be fascinating,
And I thought to myself... - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
And I thought to myself...
-"How brave are we?" - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:17
-"How brave are we?"
Maybe my mouth is writing checks that my butt can't cash." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:20
Maybe my mouth is writing checks that my butt can't cas...
And after a while, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
And after a while,
And there's this long corridor, long, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:08
And there's this long corridor, long,
And when I walk in, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:08
And when I walk in,
She's in her seventies, at least, or like eighties, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
She's in her seventies, at least, or like eighties,
And on this table is the biggest jigsaw puzzle - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:08
And on this table is the biggest jigsaw puzzle
When I walked in and I saw the puzzle, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:23
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 00:13
I've been working on this part for, like, six months.&q...
- And like-- - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
- And like--
And I like people that do them, like, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:08
And I like people that do them, like,
And it's even, like, a tidy metaphor - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:11
And it's even, like, a tidy metaphor
If you're missing even one piece of your puzzle, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
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 00:06
But even a metaphorical puzzle, I can do quicker than this l...
Like, she's making zero progress, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
Like, she's making zero progress,
- took, like, three years." - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:10
- took, like, three years."
And as I go down in, I pass two enormous, framed, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:12
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 00:06
And there's, like, a hodgepodge of chairs around,
To my left, there's, like, a big table - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
To my left, there's, like, a big table
And even though I was a little scared, - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
And even though I was a little scared,
- I see this cute girl. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:05
- I see this cute girl.
I saw the girl and I thought to myself with no irony... - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
I saw the girl and I thought to myself with no irony...
- you never know. - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:07
- you never know.
So, I put down my racist pastry - Alex Edelman: Just for Us 00:06
So, I put down my racist pastry
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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

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