Sarah Silverman is one of the funniest, raunchiest, sexiest chicks on television right now. I got a chance to speak with Sarah last week about her upcoming season as well as preview the first two episodes of The Sarah Silverman Program which is going into its third season.
It was refreshing to speak to a celebrity who was not only completely hilarious but was also very gracious. Plus I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone use the “F” word so much in my life!! (Ok I say it a lot too but Sarah is the reigning Queen!)
Q: With all the controversial and taboo topics that she has taken on in the past, what can we expect this season?
Sarah: We do, although I don’t think we ever really go, “What can we tackle this season?” I think that would kind of be a slutty way to go about it. We just continue to still try to just write stuff that makes us laugh, and when a bunch of comics are in a room, it takes more to make us laugh; or less. I mean, aggressively stupid goes a long way in the room and on the show.
Let’s see, I find out I was born with both looks and personality? What else? My imaginary friend from childhood comes back as an adult and we have a lesby affair. There’s some heavy psychedelic drug-taking in an episode. There’s a lot of drugs this season, actually.
I try to fight the taboo of child molesters and vans.
Rosy: There’s one episode; our eighth episode actually is a Steve and Brian story line that, you’ll actually, dare I say, cry at the end.
If you have never watched The Sarah Silverman Program you do not realize that there is nothing else like this on television!
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Q:What guest stars can we expect to see visiting you this season?
Sarah: Let’s see, I go on “Real Time with Bill Maher.” Andy Samberg plays my imaginary friend this year. Ed Asner is in an episode as a Nazi war criminal. Billy Crudup plays himself on the show in an episode
Rosy: She also mentioned last night on Late Night with David Letterman that he would be a guest on the show! (Video below)
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Q:I noticed the first couple episodes of this season have more of a cinematic tone that reminded me a lot of Jesus is Magic. Was that deliberate?
Sarah:No, not deliberate, but I think cinematic certainly. I think the first one, “Proof is in the Penis” feels really cinematic to me. We just haven’t been on the air in 14 months, and that kind of kills us in our hearts, but we just really wanted to start with this one because it just felt like for people who are fans of the show, we know you’ve waited a long time, and here’s something that may be kind of special, or worth the wait; that has slow reveals, and just feels maybe like something special. We love that episode.
Rosy: You guys, the season opener Proof is in the Penis is friggin’ hilarious! Her sister tricks her into thinking she was really born a hermaphrodite in order to trick Sarah into looking for a job. Let’s just say, it backfires! Also Brian and Steve battle a ghost from their past!
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Q: Can expect big musical numbers all season long, or if this is just the first couple of episodes?
Sarah: Yhere are a couple episodes that have no music. There’s an episode that has, I think the second episode has three songs. It’s just kind of however it works with the story and however we’re moved when writing the outline.
Usually in the room, someone will just start, get a snag in their brain of a—there’s an episode where Steve writes a song that becomes famous called, “I’m glad you hurt your hand because Brian like hurts his hand.” That just came from the writer’s room of me. Rob Schrab hit his hand, and I was in an extra obnoxious … mode, and I just started going, “I’m glad you hurt your hand. I’m glad you hurt your hand.” Then Rob wrote it into the script.
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Q: How do you feel about your gay fans?
Sarah: Well, they saved us. We wouldn’t be on the air if it wasn’t for Logo. Not that that’s the only reason why, but I mean—it’s funny because I was talking to some gay friends of mine, and they were just like; it’s not just that Steve and Brian are gay, it’s just kind of the subversive humor. It’s that kind of like absurdist stuff is I guess up, the cup of tea of a lot of people in the gay community; maybe more in general than the straight community. I don’t know, but yeah. I’m just so grateful.
I’m just so grateful to Logo. They didn’t even think twice about helping us, and in terms of the content, never, ever had even a request. They really are amazing over there, and I can’t express how grateful we all are for them, because we wouldn’t have had a third season without them, and they asked for nothing in return. The fact that their end of the bargain is that they get to air the episodes, it’s like really? It’s amazing to us, too. Its so win-win and we’re just so grateful. So totally grateful.
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Q: How much is the character of your sister like with you and your sister’s relationship in real life?
Sarah: Similar, only she, I think, I hope to think we take care of each other more. More of an equal—Laura is actually in real life older than me, but I make her my younger sister because; one, she looks … really good, and two, I decided it would be funnier for me to be mooching off of my little sister.
But there’s four of us, four girls, and we’re all really close. Sometimes I just feel bad for people without sisters. I remember one time I was having a fight with a boyfriend, and I was like forwarding all our emails of stuff to my three sisters. And we’re having a whole conversation by email about, “If he said this, and you should …,” and I accidentally copied him in one, and he literally saw the whole thing. But I was just like, “You know what? Whatever you say to me, you should assume that all of my sisters can hear. That’s how you should talk to me. I don’t take it back. That’s how it’s going to be. So watch it.”
Important Things with Demetri Martin and The Sarah Silverman Program return back-to-back today at 10pm/9c on Comedy Central!
Here is a video of Sarah on Late Night with David Letterman where she confesses that she just had a baby!
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