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While we wait to see what Craig Bierko has bubbling up in his bathtub, Sara Benincasa isn’t waiting for a new episode of her NSFW Tub Talk series on Nerve.com. In her new episode, she has author Jonathan Ames in the tub. The video is much too short, though. What …
New York magazine talked to Craig Bierko about his bathing show on Super Deluxe and whether he should invite Tub Talk’s Sara Benincasa on his program. Bierko said, um, no. Apparently, she’s not big enough of a star to get in Bierko’s bathtub. Previous coverage here and here.
Super Deluxe caught wind of the naked scandal involving its new series, Bathing With Bierko, and Sara Benincasa’s Nerve.com series, Tub Talk with Sara B. So the Super Deluxe blog interviewed Benincasa. Here is a snippet from said interview (Benincasa in bold, Super Deluxe blog in italics): Actually, I think …
Imagine, if you will, a sex blogger, also a comedian, who becomes a political reporter for MTV, reporting on the fall of a governor, due to a sex scandal, and getting comedians to offer perspective on the rise of New York’s first African-American governor. I believe everything has come full …
Does a hot tub automatically make any interview funnier? Apparently so. And I’m not the only one to think so. Super Deluxe is the latest to co-opt the concept with the debut today of Bathing with Bierko, with Craig Bierko in the tub talking up John Malkovich. This may not …
Sara Benincasa got a gig this year contributing to MTV’s 2008 Choose or Lose campaign coverage, which means we’re sure to see plenty of comedians weigh in with opinions on the election. Here, she sits down with Stella (yes, Michael Showalter, David Wain and Michael Ian Black, together again) to …