
Who finished the bottle of NyQuil? This week on Disgraceful, Grace is joined by the hilarious stand-up comedian, actress, podcast host, and Semester at Sea survivor herself Iliza Shlesinger. They dive into everything from dumping fries in an audience member’s lap to billionaire gigs in Miami, why society can’t handle real boobs, and the unfortunate appropriation of the word “y’all.” Iliza opens up about her iconic “Party Goblin” character, being a hyper-efficient traveler, and the TV shows that shaped her. And then... comedy, motherhood, crying after the club (or MDMA), and Grace puts her through the Disgraceful Receipts ringer. Have a day, much love, and enjoy the show!
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Coming at you live from a shady Manhattan studio, it's Disgraceful.
Grace O'Malley
Featuring your gracious ginger host.
Eliza Schlossinger
Hey, watch yourself.
Grace O'Malley
Only I can say that.
Host of Bachelor in Paradise
Okay, boss, whatever you say. You pay my bills. Give it up for Grace o' Malley.
Grace O'Malley
Hi, guys. Welcome back to Disgraceful. I am here with stand up comedian, actress, podcast host and survivor of Semester at Sea. Our special A Different Animal is out. Now give it up for Eliza Schlossinger.
Eliza Schlossinger
Thank you for including podcast hosts. Lest we forget, I also have a podcast.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah, no, it's. I mean, everyone's got one. I'm a little late to the game.
Eliza Schlossinger
I didn't realize I had to promote mine so much. I've had one since, like 2015.
Grace O'Malley
That was when it was like the best time to get in. I was in.
Eliza Schlossinger
And my producer's always like, tell people you have a podcast. I was like, oh, yeah, I don't have a podcast.
Grace O'Malley
And they're like, yeah, no, I've got a podcast. And then I have to promote it for some reason.
Eliza Schlossinger
It's like you're lactose intolerant. You're like, yeah. And also, here's this annoying thing I do.
Grace O'Malley
You're like, any. Anything. Probably any problems at the table? I'm nervous. Can you tell? I'm just rambling.
Eliza Schlossinger
Don't be nervous.
Grace O'Malley
I am. I just with. I really look up to you. All right, let's get into the interview.
Eliza Schlossinger
Let's talk about that. Don't ask me. Don't ask me about Semester at Sea. One of these five year olds watching this.
Grace O'Malley
Know what that Is I. I have a funny little tidbit of. So I'm friends with Whitney and she. She set me up to do standup one night because I had met her on a podcast and I told her I wanted to get into standup. She was like, how about getting now, tonight? And so she set me up to do a show at the Icebox.
Eliza Schlossinger
Ice House.
Grace O'Malley
Ice House.
Eliza Schlossinger
One is an Omarion song and one. That reference doesn't play in this room. One is a comedy club. Oldest comedy club, really. It was in the state or it's in America. It used to be a literal house where you would get ice. Like they would store their ice there.
Grace O'Malley
No way.
Eliza Schlossinger
That's why it's called. It's not cuz of the audience, which is always warm.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. So I. I went up right before you and I bombed like shit. It was shotgun. Who was this last February?
Eliza Schlossinger
Do you think Whitney sent you knowing I was up first? No, I'm kidding.
Grace O'Malley
No, I'm kidding.
Eliza Schlossinger
It was last February.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. You were about to have a baby.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. You were like, I think you had the baby the next week.
Eliza Schlossinger
That's the club I played the night before I went to the hospital. I was like, how do I want to go out?
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. It was exactly. I was like, gee. Oh, fine.
Eliza Schlossinger
She's gonna boss. I love that. Yeah. And we had him.
Grace O'Malley
He's great. Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
It all worked out okay.
Grace O'Malley
And you've got the perfect American family. You got boy and a girl.
Eliza Schlossinger
That's right. This is the only way to have a family.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
What I've done.
Host of Bachelor in Paradise
Bachelor in paradise is back on Monday, and we're shaking things up. Our young singles are joined by golden Bachelor and Bachelorette alumni. And it's all taking place in Costa Rica. With new compatibility challenges, even the strongest relationships will be tested. But don't worry, there'll still be plenty of steamy romances and explosive drama, because finding love in the sun always comes with a little shade. And catch the season premiere of Bachelor in Paradise Monday at 8.7Central on ABC and stream next day on Hulu.
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Eliza Schlossinger
Wait, so you've been doing stand up a year?
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
How's it going?
Grace O'Malley
It's been good. You know, I, I, I did it on and off for like five years, but I, I wanted to get into it like full time and that was, that was my, that was my intro. It was tough to watch everybody do so great there and then just bomb like ass.
Eliza Schlossinger
I feel that way about my career in general. It was just like watching people, I was like, like, I guess I'll be at the Ice House. No, but you know what? Every time you don, it contributes to you doing better next time. And even though you might bomb next time, like you, you become bulletproof. Like, call me when you've done a corporate gig for a bunch of billionaires at a hotel in Miami where no one wants to laugh at you for an hour. Like, I left invincible the next day. I'm not afraid of any crowd.
Grace O'Malley
So do you. Can you with them if you're doing a corporate. Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
Oh, you just grab the richest guy there and just rip on him and be like, how many young girls do you like to fuck you loser. And they're like, he loves him so much. Like, well, you nailed it.
Grace O'Malley
How'd you know?
Eliza Schlossinger
Rich conservatives. You say anything and they're like, we have so much money, it doesn't matter.
Grace O'Malley
They just eat it up.
Eliza Schlossinger
It was a great gig.
Grace O'Malley
That's kind of awesome.
Eliza Schlossinger
I made so much money.
Grace O'Malley
That's wild. So how often do you get like, those presented to you?
Eliza Schlossinger
I don't know. That's like, they're like peppered throughout the year.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
You know, I don't love to do things that I don't love to do. I don't like to put myself in situations where I'm going to be challenged in a way that's uncomfortable.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
But you know, you take these gigs and, and, and you, and the check clears and you always leave knowing just a little bit more about humanity.
Grace O'Malley
I always wonder like, like people with like NFT parties, they would have I.
Eliza Schlossinger
Feel like those checks never cleared for, like, an nft.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
Do they have checks? The whole idea behind an NFT is that there's no paper.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. No. I just feel like the people who own those companies, they threw these, like, big extravagant parties and now no one's even heard from them.
Eliza Schlossinger
I always. For sure.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
They're. They're poor now.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
But, like, I feel like finance bros. I've never not gotten paid. Like, that's never been an issue. And if I ever booked a gig myself, I'm like, you give me half now and I get the second half the second I walk off stage.
Grace O'Malley
You're like mob.
Eliza Schlossinger
I get super mob about it. Like, I. I'm like, you got to pay me in cash. I do not want a check or a Venmo. Don't with me cash in my hands so I can get in my car and go back to my family.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. Yeah. And that's mama mobster. Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
I drive my Kia around town just collecting four lanes. Oh, yeah.
Grace O'Malley
You have a BB gun? No. Real gun.
Eliza Schlossinger
I have a real gun.
Grace O'Malley
You have a real gun?
Eliza Schlossinger
No, but you did buy it for a second.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah, I did.
Eliza Schlossinger
You're from the East Coast. I just heard it. Yeah, I just heard it.
Grace O'Malley
It's. It comes out on camera. And when, you know, I just. I don't know who I am. I'm Boston, actually.
Eliza Schlossinger
And you know what? I went to school in Boston and I've played a Bostonian and I should have heard it. But you don't really have the. You have vibe. Not the accent.
Grace O'Malley
Okay, cool.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah.
Grace O'Malley
Of the vibe of Boston.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah. It's like an East Coast.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
Vibe. It's just like real casual.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. You know, I. Yeah. Oh, thanks. I. I am wicked casual right now.
Eliza Schlossinger
Wicked casual. Do you have a. Do you get drunk and that's when it comes out?
Grace O'Malley
Yeah, big time. That's what people say right now, surprisingly, I'm not drunk, so that's. That's good.
Eliza Schlossinger
Thank you.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. That's why you're not really getting full Boston, right?
Eliza Schlossinger
I'm half cocked on some NyQuil.
Grace O'Malley
Hell yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
But my Boston accent comes out when I'm drunk and I'm not even from there. I'm like, who wants to hear I didn't do it?
Grace O'Malley
It's like a little. You're on a little lean right now. A little bit like a rapper.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yo. When I take, like, if I'm sick and I take like some Robotussen because I'm legitimately sick.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
I get in bed and I Like, I just, like, open the Internet and I'm just like.
Grace O'Malley
I get it.
Eliza Schlossinger
Like, here's some thoughts on everything.
Grace O'Malley
Hey, boys. I understand, you guys. I could rap.
Eliza Schlossinger
I could. I thought that I've, like, written it down. I'm like, could I. It's actually very hard.
Grace O'Malley
You think so?
Eliza Schlossinger
I think rapping. I think off the cuff is incredibly, like.
Grace O'Malley
That's really hard. No, yeah, I. I won't. I won't try that. I'm not being very. Yes. All right. Hey, everybody, It's. No, no, no, don't do it.
Eliza Schlossinger
This is your show.
Grace O'Malley
No, this is.
Eliza Schlossinger
But I appreciate you saying you're not being very. Yes. And for those of you at home, Google it.
Grace O'Malley
You rap.
Eliza Schlossinger
I rap. I listen to a lot of rap Rap right now. I do it right now. Like, just, like, knock off someone's rap.
Grace O'Malley
That's insane.
Eliza Schlossinger
And the Ferrari and Jaguar switching four lane. It's because I said switching four lanes earlier, and I was like, oh, cool. Jermaine Dupri. Super topical. Kill me.
Grace O'Malley
Well, okay, so on this show, I've been auditioning each guest to be my new co host as, like, a little. Little play, a little. A little interview action. And so I'm just gonna ask you a series of questions to see if you'd be a great fit for the show. Okay?
Eliza Schlossinger
All right.
Grace O'Malley
In your new Amazon prime special, you discuss the nuances of Gen Z and Millennials as potential Gen Z and Millennial co hosts. What do you think our generations would find common ground on?
Eliza Schlossinger
Are you the millennial and I'm the Gen Z? Yes. I put on so much moisturizer. I think we find common ground on. It's amazing you let your sidekick talk this much. Good for.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. Co host.
Eliza Schlossinger
You mean co host or psychic? You said co host.
Grace O'Malley
Right. Sidekick.
Eliza Schlossinger
Feel like every comic, we say co host. We really mean, like. And you go after me.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, shit.
Eliza Schlossinger
I love it. I think Gen Z and millennials. I think Gen Z teed up a lot of the things that millennials have solidified, which it would be impossible for you guys, and you do it anyway to, like, ignore the. The groundwork that we did lay. But I think we could all get on board with, like, being annoyed at social issues. I think you guys are more. We're just a little bit. We're just tired and older and we. Tax brackets and responsibility, but you guys have the energy and, like, the chutzpah and the rage behind it. So I think coming together on things that make us angry, whereas we're just like, I guess I'll just get thinner. And you're like, no body positivity, like, in your face. And if you don't like body positivity, you're canceled.
Grace O'Malley
Totally.
Eliza Schlossinger
Body positivity.
Grace O'Malley
That is true, I think. Yeah. Coming together on. On common grounds of. Of being upset. I think that's great.
Eliza Schlossinger
Being upset.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. I think everything, like, issues. Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
I guess the world. Yeah, but how do you do it?
Grace O'Malley
I don't know.
Eliza Schlossinger
Because it's not just getting angry online.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. You got to get fired up, I.
Eliza Schlossinger
Think, being angry about it because we're not our parents yet. So we're at a place where I'm still like, yeah, you know what? I will go. I will sign a petition.
Grace O'Malley
A petition, Dude, I tried to start a petition. I wanted to bring Domino's Pizza back at my elementary school. When I was in, like, fourth grade, I, like, got up early.
Eliza Schlossinger
Where to go.
Grace O'Malley
A bunch of kids told me to take it off.
Eliza Schlossinger
What do you mean?
Grace O'Malley
Like, they said, take my name off, Dad. I don't want to get in trouble. I said, no, we're sticking up to the man.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah, but wait. Pizza back. Meaning they used to do your school lunches.
Grace O'Malley
Domino's Pizza. Every Friday. And then they got rid of it, and I was like, nah, let's bring this back.
Eliza Schlossinger
They took your pizza potty.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah, they took our pizza party. What the fuck?
Eliza Schlossinger
Did you earn it? Because that's very Gen Z to be like, you took it from us. You can't take what you gave us.
Grace O'Malley
No, I think Michelle came in.
Eliza Schlossinger
Obama.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. And she. She changed the foods. It is. Made him better. She made him better.
Eliza Schlossinger
You wanted it back. You wanted on Friday. Everybody got it on Friday or it was a treat.
Grace O'Malley
No, everybody got on Friday.
Eliza Schlossinger
That's just.
Grace O'Malley
That was. That was routine.
Eliza Schlossinger
Maybe Domino's was tired of, like, subsidizing the required meals at a public school, I'm assuming.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. No, I'd say of course. Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
I'm gonna go on a limb here. You know what, though? You did. You stood up.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah, I tried.
Eliza Schlossinger
You know, you're the Martin Luther of your generation.
Grace O'Malley
I would say so.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah.
Grace O'Malley
I definitely would.
Eliza Schlossinger
You just nailed that doctrine to the principal's office wall.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
100.
Grace O'Malley
I love that. Okay. It was good. St. You ever start an uproar at your school?
Eliza Schlossinger
Not at school, but in general.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
I find every time I open my mouth, someone's getting real pissed off.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah, well, that's kind of the thing. What's the. What's the worst comment you've ever received off the Top of your head.
Eliza Schlossinger
I don't. You know what I wish I had. I know that the pithy female comic thing is to be like, they told me I was disgusting and I loved it. I stopped reading the comments. I have, like, I. I've done enough of it.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
I mean, it's almost like, take your pick. Like, whatever you are, they're gonna come for that.
Grace O'Malley
So. Yeah, that's true.
Eliza Schlossinger
It's. It's hon. Even though they're hurtful, they're never based in a deep reality. It's based on an observation like, I hate her. And you're like, well, that's not my favorite thing to hear. But, like, you just don't know any better.
Grace O'Malley
And that. That's literally just. That's just your opinion. And your opinion sucks and your opinion sucks.
Eliza Schlossinger
And you go to their page and it's always like, choose life. Family Therapist Ottawa, Canada.
Grace O'Malley
Believe I love my daughter Faith.
Eliza Schlossinger
And you're just like, okay, does your mom know that you're a mom? Does your daughter know that you're a gargoyle?
Grace O'Malley
And your mother and your mother. I always have. I always have dads of like two young girls being like this, this piece of trash.
Eliza Schlossinger
Look at that ass.
Grace O'Malley
I'm like, no, never get different. They never objectify me. I'm not. I don't really give that.
Eliza Schlossinger
Once you hit a million on Instagram, I looked at your thing. Once you get there, then they're just gonna start rolling in and they say obscene things.
Grace O'Malley
Well, no, I never wear like, like low cut shirts. This is what. It's summertime and so I've busted these boobies out and people can't believe it. They're like, what's going on? So now I'm having guys, are you staring at my tits?
Eliza Schlossinger
She's like, I can look at my own. Thanks.
Grace O'Malley
No, but now, now that I've portrayed these online, it's now. I'm sorry, Portrayed them?
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah, like a version of.
Grace O'Malley
It's like, yeah, so a little this, little that, left and right.
Eliza Schlossinger
You know, the annoying thing is I used to have very, very big boobs. And I've, you know, breastfed two children, so who knows? But when I was younger, it's this thing where if you have big naturals, society cannot handle it.
Grace O'Malley
No.
Eliza Schlossinger
Women think you always look slutty. And men are always like, those gotta be fake. I'm like, does anyone have real tits to you? Like, someone had to have had real tits at some point for you to base your fetish off of. So it's Whatever. And you have to actually have them out, because if you cover big boobs, you look like a linebacker.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, yeah. And I got that a lot.
Eliza Schlossinger
Do you feel that way about blazers? Like, I won't wear a blazer.
Grace O'Malley
I can't wear a blazer.
Eliza Schlossinger
That's right.
Grace O'Malley
Well, because then the butch community is like, we knew you were one of us should. A blazer. Yeah, yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
It belongs to them.
Grace O'Malley
It is theirs. Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
Don't appropriate.
Grace O'Malley
I did. I loved in your special. You were like, that was for the lesbians. They love a good punchline.
Eliza Schlossinger
They do. They love good joke structure.
Grace O'Malley
It's really good.
Eliza Schlossinger
They're in there. They're in. And you know what? They're not the loudest part of your audience, but they are. They are there for a good time, though. They in conversation, too.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
You ever get in, like, a serious conversation with a lesbian? It is eye piercing.
Grace O'Malley
It's. It's locked in.
Eliza Schlossinger
It's locked in.
Grace O'Malley
And when you think nobody's listening, they'll give you a hey, I hear you.
Eliza Schlossinger
There's one in my life. It's a lot of shoulder grabbing. Like, how are you? And I'm like, I'm not gonna. You and cry in a shower. Like, we do not have to bond over shared trauma. Like, we can just do these sets.
Grace O'Malley
And we can go, yeah, that's true.
Eliza Schlossinger
I don't need a trap shoulder rub. Like, we're good.
Grace O'Malley
I was like, it's all right. We're gonna be all right. Thank you. Thank you for hearing me.
Eliza Schlossinger
But when you want to get into it, a lesbian will.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, it's the perfect. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you so much.
Eliza Schlossinger
Oh, yeah. My best friend is gay, and we call each other, and I'll just be like, I just need to talk to you about how much I hate this person. You don't know. And she's like, let's hear it. Like, we just. And we'll just. We just fight to the death for each other.
Grace O'Malley
All right, next question. As potential co hosts, I know you'll understand that scheduling can be tough. What type of friend are you when planning?
Eliza Schlossinger
I am the planner, but I love someone else who's a planner.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
Like, it's not a control thing. I just do it because I think most people have bad taste and are dumb, and I'm talking about my friends. But I will plan it, however, because I've lived in LA for so long.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
And I'm older than you. I fully understand people who flake, and I understand why. And I don't give shit Mm, not a shit. Like, I don't give you any shit. Like, I do my sets almost every night, and my friends will come, and I have one friend who always overexplains. She'll be like, hey, I'm just not. I'm like, it's fine.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. You don't have to get into it.
Eliza Schlossinger
I'm going anyway. This is not like a seated dinner where I paid for your ticket. Yeah, Like, I. I'm a big believer in, like, there's a reason they canceled. It's not like, we're fine. Yeah, you cancel me. I was going.
Grace O'Malley
The more. The more you lie and make up a story. Well, the more you make up a story, the more I know you're lying.
Eliza Schlossinger
Well, I'm a big liar, so.
Grace O'Malley
You're a big liar. You're good at it, though.
Eliza Schlossinger
I. I'm. I'm a big, like, little white lie just to spare someone's feelings who I feel like might be not that smart. Like, people are not intellectually, like, emotionally intelligent sometimes. And so sometimes if you can just make the tiniest lie, that makes them feel better and you get what you want, like, no harm, no foul.
Grace O'Malley
I think that's totally fair. I think we're just looking out for feelings with that. Next question. If we take the podcast on the road, I need to know, what is your travel style? Oh, do you have any non negotiables?
Eliza Schlossinger
No, I need to know your travel style because if you're my co host, like, I will leave you at baggage claim.
Grace O'Malley
You can, you can, because you will have to.
Eliza Schlossinger
You check a bag.
Grace O'Malley
I check a bag. I. I'm all over the place.
Eliza Schlossinger
You. I get. I get the vibe. It's like, oh, I'm. I'm a hot mess. This is so fun. This is so marketable. Save it for the stage. You get one carry on and you roll everything. And you never check a bag.
Grace O'Malley
Okay.
Eliza Schlossinger
Because you will never get it back.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, yeah, that's true.
Eliza Schlossinger
And if you're doing multiple cities, you don't have time to go shopping for clothes in between playing multiple cities. You' like a run. Yeah, you don't have time to wait. You want to spend. You don't want to spend one extra minute in that airport.
Grace O'Malley
No, I'm spending a lot of time at these airports, actually.
Eliza Schlossinger
You got. What airline do you fly?
Grace O'Malley
I'm going to go Delta.
Eliza Schlossinger
You got to go Delta. Southern airline, but it is the best. And you got your miles.
Grace O'Malley
I got my miles.
Eliza Schlossinger
See, these are like, no one told me until, like, a little bit Later.
Grace O'Malley
It's really important to know.
Eliza Schlossinger
It's so important to get those miles. Have your preferred hotel chain that you stay at. I am run and gun. I am a very fast traveler. My greatest medal of honor is that while pregnant with my daughter and my husband, I did a month on tour in Europe.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, shit.
Eliza Schlossinger
Never checked a bag. I had one bag and a backpack.
Grace O'Malley
With a tiny little child.
Eliza Schlossinger
She had her own bag. And we had a nanny and you. But we all moved together, and I was like, no one gets to check a bag. I don't care.
Grace O'Malley
Wow. Because this is a tight ship.
Eliza Schlossinger
I just. I'm a big fan of, like, let's get out of here. So I can go do nothing.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah, that's true.
Eliza Schlossinger
So that's my style.
Grace O'Malley
I like that. Yeah, that's smart.
Eliza Schlossinger
So what do you do on the road?
Grace O'Malley
Oh, it's out of control. Is it? Yeah, it's out of control. I always forget everything. And then I go to Target. I get whatever they have at Target, and that's what I wear on stage right now. Target.
Eliza Schlossinger
It's kind of exhausting. You go to a Target, another city, you're like, what do you guys.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, it's awesome. They have the best stuff and they don't even know it.
Eliza Schlossinger
It's the same stuff in New York.
Grace O'Malley
We don't even have any clothes.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah. It's not accessible. You don't have, like, big retailers like that. There's no. You got to go to, like, Jamaica.
Grace O'Malley
It's like a grocery store. Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah.
Grace O'Malley
It's wild.
Eliza Schlossinger
It is tough. There is, like, the fun of, like, what else does everyone else have? But you got to dial it in.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
But you know what? You're a comic, so you have the whole day. Minus one hour.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
To just be a show.
Grace O'Malley
What do you do in your off time? Anything on the road? Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
I love doing Pilates, which is an annoying answer, but it's the truth. Oh, and I can't do that.
Grace O'Malley
You could do that. My leg will crack.
Eliza Schlossinger
Just, like, where'd it go?
Grace O'Malley
My knees are cracking.
Eliza Schlossinger
One. Mine cracked. That's okay. That's healthy. I do that. We try to do something local, like if there's a dope museum or, like, a cool thing to walk around.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
But as annoying as it is, I usually take that time during the day to work on other stuff in, like, a quiet room.
Grace O'Malley
Smart.
Eliza Schlossinger
And I love to visit coffee shops. It's like a passion of mine.
Grace O'Malley
Coffee shops are great. I love a good coffee shop.
Eliza Schlossinger
I do, too. I'm very serious.
Grace O'Malley
About it. I'm serious. I found one with a flight. You could try a bunch of different.
Eliza Schlossinger
We love a flight.
Grace O'Malley
I love a flight.
Eliza Schlossinger
But I will say, especially when I go back to Boston, I just get Dunkin Donuts because I love it.
Grace O'Malley
That's my girl.
Eliza Schlossinger
I really love it. That's my girl. I did a show at TD Garden and they did a whole party goblin, Dunkin Donuts thing. I announced that I was having a boy and they had little blue donuts.
Grace O'Malley
That's awesome.
Eliza Schlossinger
And so they're forever in my heart because of that.
Grace O'Malley
That is great. I love that. Duncan's good people. You should be in a Dunk Kings commercial.
Eliza Schlossinger
I would move over Ben Affleck.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, not too much, my boy. All right. That's. My God.
Eliza Schlossinger
I'm gonna have to hurt you.
Grace O'Malley
We lost Brady, so that's kind of my guy. Oh, and then what's the story that you wanted to tell on like a. Like a. Like a talk show or a late night show and you couldn't because it wasn't PG enough? Oh, did you of those?
Eliza Schlossinger
It's like, I'm getting asked, like, so many talk shows, and I'm like, I have so many stories. That's a. That's a tough one.
Grace O'Malley
I don't know, because they really. They. They try to censor you. Like you on the Today show. You can't. You have to be like, hello, good morning, and is your coffee still delicious? Right?
Eliza Schlossinger
Nobody knows that. When I was on the Today show a month ago, I was coming down off of having done Molly on my birthday, and I did not take a 5 HTP, so I was, like, down just like, yo. Yes. Just like, it was. Was so rough. And I used to, like, put it on and be so excited.
Grace O'Malley
Wait, so you did the night before?
Eliza Schlossinger
It was a couple nights before. It was my birthday. I had a rave for my. For my birthday.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, that's awesome.
Eliza Schlossinger
It was dope.
Grace O'Malley
Where'd you have that in la?
Eliza Schlossinger
I had it at Spotlight. Hell, yeah, the Spotlight. And so we had it for, like, several hours, and we had a theme color. Everybody came out, and it was so much fun. And I just was not aware. I didn't know about, like, the aftercare. And it was. It was a rough week.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah, no, it's. It's tough. It's tough to come back from Bali sometimes.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah. There's no place in the world sadder to cry than in a car in midtown.
Grace O'Malley
I'll tell you that.
Eliza Schlossinger
There's nothing even fun around here.
Grace O'Malley
And then, you know. Yeah. You know, to have the 5 HTP.
Eliza Schlossinger
I didn't.
Grace O'Malley
You didn't, you didn't have it.
Eliza Schlossinger
I, I was just feeling really bad and talking to one of my friends and I was like, I just feel like so bad about Mike. My special is coming out and I just feel like such a loser and I feel so bad about myself. And he's like, you don't think it's because you did a lot of Molly on your birthday and then did nothing? And I'm like drinking an orange juice out of the hotel refrigerator. I'm like, maybe this will do it. Like I messed up.
Grace O'Malley
It's so you, you do it on Saturday. And actually the worst day is if you do it on a Saturday is Tuesday. When was your interview?
Eliza Schlossinger
Oh, I don't know. I'd have to look back at that. But it was definitely, it's usually great.
Grace O'Malley
Because it skips like you have like an afterglow on Sunday.
Eliza Schlossinger
I did have the afterglow. I saw the other people that I had done it with at like an inappropriate kids party and I was like, you guys, the next time we go, let's get more, let's do it now.
Grace O'Malley
Oh my God.
Eliza Schlossinger
One love.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
I feel like I'm just now getting my chemicals back to where they should be.
Grace O'Malley
It takes a little bit.
Eliza Schlossinger
I expected better from myself. It's humbling.
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Grace O'Malley
This next segment's called in the Green Room. This is where we get to know you a little bit. We dive on in. I want to play a little rapid fire game with you. And when I say Something on the list of random topics. You respond the first thing that comes to your head. Ready?
Eliza Schlossinger
Okay.
Grace O'Malley
Pink hair.
Eliza Schlossinger
Oh, I hate my answer. It was pink because I've had. I saw a clip of her online last night, so she's been in my head like, I'm pink woman. Y.
Grace O'Malley
Okay.
Eliza Schlossinger
Pink.
Grace O'Malley
Pink. The woman. I thought. I, I. I thought you were just repeating things.
Eliza Schlossinger
What if that's just gaslight? You pink right back at you. Catch this.
Grace O'Malley
Like, oh, wow. Showing a little crack.
Eliza Schlossinger
Showing a little crack.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
You right now.
Grace O'Malley
Hey, in the front. In the front, crack. Front.
Eliza Schlossinger
Crack, clet, crack.
Grace O'Malley
Gold flakes on food.
Eliza Schlossinger
Oh, Dubai food influencers.
Grace O'Malley
Furries. Oh.
Eliza Schlossinger
Smelly sexual experience.
Grace O'Malley
Buzzfeed quizzes. Oh.
Eliza Schlossinger
Millennial journalism.
Grace O'Malley
Earth Cafe.
Eliza Schlossinger
Oh, that smoked salmon salad. I love it.
Grace O'Malley
Country music.
Eliza Schlossinger
Love it. That's such a lame answer. Overappropriated.
Grace O'Malley
What do you mean?
Eliza Schlossinger
Here's what I mean. First of all, the term y' all, it's ours. It's people from the South. It's people from Texas. You got a whole generation of people. Like, y' all. Y' all don't even know about this. I'm like, you're from Vermont.
Grace O'Malley
Want.
Eliza Schlossinger
Like, you can't. Like, what are you doing? Like, let me put y' all onto this.
Grace O'Malley
That's actually.
Eliza Schlossinger
Did you get that?
Grace O'Malley
That's one of my things. I. They asked, like, when running these accounts, like, what's something we. We shouldn't say? Like, what's something that you would never say? And I said, y' all.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah, that's fair.
Grace O'Malley
I keep y' all out. I say we say, you guys, you.
Eliza Schlossinger
And that's fine. Yeah, that's my people. It's this like. Like, this, like, Internet speak, and then, like, people get on the Internet too much, and they all start to sound alike. And as a fan of country music, I've watched people like, we're going to Stagecoach. I'm like, really? Like, did you ever Trace Atkins album? Like, I don't think so. So, like, did the Dixie chick's mom teach your English class? Because she did mine.
Grace O'Malley
Is that true?
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah. And so. Well, she was in our. In my high school, but she wasn't mine.
Grace O'Malley
That's wild.
Eliza Schlossinger
So it just kind of feels like that thing that you felt was sacred that people are now just, like, trying on as a personality. Yeah.
Grace O'Malley
I mean, I. I could have sworn a lot of the people I saw go to Stagecoach. They were saying months ago, country music, like, you know, trying to fit in.
Eliza Schlossinger
For whatever it is, or they're gonna say they're Wearing the same chaps to Coachella. And I was like, yeah, as well.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
You know, but. But, yeah, so that's my take. But, you know, love what you love.
Grace O'Malley
What's your. What's your favorite country artist?
Eliza Schlossinger
Oh, I'm a. I'm like, case by case song person, but I do like the sound of John Party's voice, for whatever that's worth. I don't particularly know who that is. That's okay.
Grace O'Malley
I'm sorry. And that concludes that game. All right. So you're getting ready for your tour?
Eliza Schlossinger
No, it just ended.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, my apologies.
Eliza Schlossinger
Just ended last week.
Grace O'Malley
I'm gonna fucking kill myself.
Eliza Schlossinger
No, not over that, but something else.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. I think maybe there's things going on. So did you already went to Estonia?
Eliza Schlossinger
Nope. I'm getting. But I mean, it's in September, so I guess. I guess, in a way. We're always getting ready.
Grace O'Malley
You're always gearing up. So this is. This is. Yeah. Estonia, Poland.
Eliza Schlossinger
We're staying ready.
Grace O'Malley
Slovenia.
Eliza Schlossinger
Slovenia.
Grace O'Malley
Slovenia.
Eliza Schlossinger
I wanted to do an Eastern Europe tour, and it's taken a few years to find the time and put it together. And a few years ago, I was on tour, and I was in Finland, and these. I think it was Finland. These two girls came up to me, and, like, they just look like cool girls you would be friends with, right? And they made me this dope card, and they made me do this, like, cool pose, and they were just, like, cool chicks. And they're like, we're from Estonia. And I was like, oh, like, you think of Eastern Europe. I'm like, where's your, like, babushka? Like, why isn't it, like, gray and sad? Estonia considers itself Northern Europe. Like, they think of themselves as mixed in with, like, Sweden and Norway and all this because they're right up there. And they were like, you should come. And it. I was like, oh, my God. If girls like that exist there, then I should. Like, there's got to be more of you.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah, of course.
Eliza Schlossinger
So I put this. And so it's all. It's like Romania and, like, Latvia, Bulgaria. Bulgaria. I know they export a lot of wheat. That's my opening joke. That's all I got. And so we're putting it together, so.
Grace O'Malley
All right, so which one are you most stoked to go to? It sounds like Estonia, maybe.
Eliza Schlossinger
I am excited to see Romania.
Grace O'Malley
Romania.
Eliza Schlossinger
Because that is. I was googling it because I was just like, I don't know the difference. Like, why would you. Right? That is where all of your notions about, like, Dracula. That's where his castle was. The character Count Drag, like based on that.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
And that sort of. We say Eastern European, Austro Hungarian Empire type architecture that's very like evil looking. Like Disney castle evil. Like all the things that we think about that, like those kind of fairy tales come from there.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
So when you look at it all, you're like, oh, this is why I think that about these places.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, shit.
Eliza Schlossinger
So I'm excited to see it because I think it's gonna be beautiful in a way. In the kind of architecture where you don't get to see in other countries.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. Like, like really well like made like cathedral Gothic.
Eliza Schlossinger
I mean like, but weirder looking, like not like, not your everyday Catholic cathedral you'd see in like Italy.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. This is a little different.
Eliza Schlossinger
The farther east you get, the weirder the frame of reference.
Grace O'Malley
Darker again.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yes, super dark. So I'm excited to get my mind blown.
Grace O'Malley
That's. So are you like a history buff?
Eliza Schlossinger
I just know some things, but no, no. I guess more than the average person. But not as much as a real history buff.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. Because you, I. You just taught me something. Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
I got. I'll show you the picture of the castle.
Grace O'Malley
Sounds wild.
Eliza Schlossinger
We always want, especially as a comic, you want context. When you can contextualize anything, you can really understand why we think the way that we think.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
And so it's when you see like when you go to your. And you go to like I went to this museum in Sweden, like the national museum, whatever, and you see all of their royal jewels and sashes. Not only do you realize like that every king was super gay, but you realize they blinked out. All of Disney is based on a European idea of that because we don't have royalty here.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah, I guess I never really thought of that.
Eliza Schlossinger
It's all like, we never had a king. So where do we get all these like sashes and brooches and stuff? It's all from them.
Grace O'Malley
That is wild. So some of these places are like non English speaking places.
Eliza Schlossinger
The secret is everybody speaks English. America's the only place that is like, we'll skip that second language.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, gotcha. All right.
Eliza Schlossinger
Or they saw my specials translated and. But they understand enough. You're never going to get it. 100 but everybody there's. I imagine they speak English.
Grace O'Malley
Okay. Well, I was gonna ask like, are you geared up for it if that's not the case?
Eliza Schlossinger
No, I'm not Eddie Izard. Like, I can't do this in like 8 languages. I'll learn like.
Grace O'Malley
Hello.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah, it's never well received. Like, nobody ever cares that you say hello.
Grace O'Malley
She tried.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah. They're like, okay, that's super easy.
Grace O'Malley
So on your podcast, ask Eliza anything, take questions from your viewers and give advice back. What's one thing you gave advice for you'd never imagine addressing 10 years ago?
Eliza Schlossinger
I guess I wouldn't have had the capacity to give any answer about, like, a mother in law. And I happen to love my mother.
Grace O'Malley
In law, but I huge. I heard. I've heard horror stories, cuz that's like, from tv.
Eliza Schlossinger
Like, oh, my mother in law. But I love my mother in law. And so I guess stuff like that, I'd have to really think on that. That's a complex one. But I guess it's more about, like, learned experiences. Like 10 years ago, if you would ask me anything about a child or a baby, I'd be like, nobody cares because your kid's gross.
Grace O'Malley
You actually verbatim said, I don't know what I would do with a kid.
Eliza Schlossinger
I said that?
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
Oh, you listen to one?
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
Totally fair. That's. How old was that episode?
Grace O'Malley
I think you. I'm trying to think of how old you were at the time.
Eliza Schlossinger
Did you listen to my podcast then, or did you go back for this and listen?
Grace O'Malley
I went back for this, but I have been listening. I am a fan.
Eliza Schlossinger
Thank you.
Grace O'Malley
Yes. That's what. Why I can barely read. I'm so excited.
Eliza Schlossinger
Oh, my gosh, you're so sweet. That's so sweet.
Grace O'Malley
I don't know how to play it cool, and I don't think I ever will.
Eliza Schlossinger
No, that's not your brand. You're, like, pumped to be here. You're a good time.
Grace O'Malley
I'm stoked.
Eliza Schlossinger
You're authentic.
Grace O'Malley
It's good stuff.
Eliza Schlossinger
The generation loves that.
Grace O'Malley
Well, I mean, I'm not put. Imagine I get off the cameras. I'm like, yeah, thanks.
Eliza Schlossinger
I can. I think. You know what, Can I say something as someone who's older? Like, in comedy, I always appreciate an authentic, nice experience versus someone that's like, I was so nervous, I couldn't even. And you're just like, you can always be like, nice.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
Like, I've gotten people that are like, I'm such a fan, but, like, I can't even look at her. And now I'm rude and weird and I'm like, that just comes off as you don't like me.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
And now I'm like, oh, have I offended this young person who. I didn't. And so it's weird. So, yeah, I think you're very charming and bubbly and fun.
Grace O'Malley
Thank you very much.
Eliza Schlossinger
Bubbly.
Grace O'Malley
I try, you know.
Eliza Schlossinger
No, you don't. That's the thing.
Grace O'Malley
I don't try. That's it.
Eliza Schlossinger
If you tried, we would hate you. Yeah, that would be so annoying.
Grace O'Malley
How do you feel? So this is something I've been doing because I find myself in these rooms with people I adore, like yourself. And I've just kind of been telling everyone that I'm a huge fan, because I am. But, like, is that, like, a weird thing to do? I don't think so, because I feel like a lot of people try to play it cool.
Eliza Schlossinger
Were you gonna cry in these?
Grace O'Malley
No, I just have that.
Eliza Schlossinger
No, because your eyes are so big. They got, like, missy eye, and I was like, do it.
Grace O'Malley
No, I always have glossy eyes. I don't know what it is. I don't even smoke weed.
Eliza Schlossinger
Shiny eyes.
Grace O'Malley
I got shiny eyes.
Eliza Schlossinger
That's.
Grace O'Malley
I. What?
Eliza Schlossinger
Great.
Grace O'Malley
I don't know.
Eliza Schlossinger
It's good ocular health.
Grace O'Malley
I don't think you're, like, not the first person who's pointed that out.
Eliza Schlossinger
That is so funny.
Grace O'Malley
It's actually really funny.
Eliza Schlossinger
I think when you're younger, it's a compliment. When you're older, it's like, oh, she's near death.
Grace O'Malley
I'm like, oh, wow, she's just glaucoma.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah, they're shiny. I think Hollywood lacks a lot. I think there's genuine, like, fandom, and then there's like, oh, my God, I'm a fan of your work. And I. If you are an artist and you create something and someone takes the time to say that and they mean it, I think it's always a beautiful thing, and it always puts you at ease with the person. You should never lose that. I have no problem gushing to people that I'm fans of.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. I think it's credit where credit's due.
Eliza Schlossinger
I. And I deserve all the credit.
Grace O'Malley
You should. You do.
Eliza Schlossinger
I need it.
Grace O'Malley
Geez.
Eliza Schlossinger
No. I think it's very sweet. It makes. It puts. At least as a guest, like, it puts you a little bit at ease versus walking in and you're like. The worst is when someone interviewing you doesn't know who you are. And I live in those interviews, and they're just reading your Wikipedia, and they're like, so you have feet and you're like, I know. Like, born in 1983.
Grace O'Malley
And you can tell, too.
Eliza Schlossinger
Oh, you can tell.
Grace O'Malley
It's out of control. Like, I know I'm reading off this.
Eliza Schlossinger
Deck, but no, no, Those are different questions.
Grace O'Malley
I have a heart. I'm bad at reading, which is bad for the job.
Eliza Schlossinger
Can I tell you one of my, one of my least favorite questions is. And you can tell, like, people are at like a bottom of a barrel. Like, I have a body of work, I have hot takes on everything. And they'll be like, uh, huh, huh. So how did you meet your husband? And I'm like, we've been married for seven years. Like, that conversation is so old. Like, do you really want to hear about a dating app? Like, I'm married with two kids. Like, we're beyond. How did you guys meet?
Grace O'Malley
Well, what they really want to hear about is the man of it all.
Eliza Schlossinger
Oh, but the husband.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah, of course. Yeah. Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
You and him, he's not here. Yeah, basically.
Grace O'Malley
It's crazy.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah. So. But the, the, the kid thing, that's a fair one. And I'm glad that you brought that up. Yeah, I probably couldn't have. I probably wouldn't have cared 10 years ago. I'd be like, I don't want to.
Grace O'Malley
Care about your kids. It was pretty crazy. I think, I think like verbatim you said, yeah, I don't know. I don't know what I would do with a kid. Like, I don't know.
Eliza Schlossinger
I still don't. Yeah, I still. Sometimes she comes into my bathroom and I'm just like, do you want, do you want to watch tv? Like, can I. You can't play with the makeup. What do you want? Like, sometimes I'm like, I don't know what to do with. What are we supposed to do?
Grace O'Malley
I like, I like that you, you said on your special that you're not. And I don't want to give anything.
Eliza Schlossinger
Away, but I think it's past a month you can give away.
Grace O'Malley
But you said that you don't want to talk about your kids because it's not fair to them. It lives there forever. But then you do kind of talk about your kids for a little bit.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah, I'll talk about.
Grace O'Malley
Where do you stand on that?
Eliza Schlossinger
Them. Tangentially. I will talk about an expectation society puts on us, but I understand that, like, you know, you've got a teenage daughter and she's being a real bitch and you want to do a joke about it because it's funny. But at three years, like, I just, I don't want to place any judgment or any lore surrounding them because I still am grappling with the life altering thing of becoming a mom. And it is actually, as much as we make fun, it is an incredibly cool, beautiful thing. And I just want to protect that before I'm, like, I'm so tired and these kids are fucking. Like, I just, I don't want to put any negativity on these, like, shiny little souls.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. And, and that's, that's what it is with comedy. Like, everyone wants to hear, like, the, the shitty parts and not that it's, that it's glorious. Cause, like, that's not funny.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah. And nobody wants here if you are having a great time, because that's not as fun. And, and there are plenty of times where I'm never mad at the kids. Like, I'm just tired, or you're spread too thin. But, like, I'm reticent to dive in on that. And I feel like with my comedy, I, I, if, if I become that, then that's. I'm not the comic that I am.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
Like, we got to talk about something else. I don't know. You know, call me in 10 years when she crashed my car, then we'll.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
Talk about that. Notice I said my car.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. Not your fucking husband's car.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah, that's right. That's right.
Grace O'Malley
No, I, I, I find it fascinating because to have you say, I don't know what I would do with a baby 10 years ago, and then come on here and say that motherhood is a beautiful thing. It gives, it gives me a little bit of hope because I'm at the point where I, I don't, I don't, I don't think I have a motherly bone in my body.
Eliza Schlossinger
How old are you?
Grace O'Malley
26.
Eliza Schlossinger
You shouldn't think about, I mean, if you do, great. But, like, I never thought about it.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
And I didn't think about it. And we got married, and I always ended up my. I was like, we'll just, we'll do it one day.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
My mother never put an expectation on me, and I think that's a huge part of it. And you're a comic. You're building your brand. You're on the road. Like, if you do want to have kids, great. You could do it, like, later.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
I was busy, like, selfishly, like, building my life and career.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. I don't even know.
Eliza Schlossinger
And it is hard to do both.
Grace O'Malley
Like, it's just, it's, it's tricky. I don't know.
Eliza Schlossinger
It's hard. You're a touring comic. Yeah, it's fucking hard.
Grace O'Malley
It is. I don't know. I, I had. It's very funny. I brought this up in a, in another interview. But I had a male comic come up to me, and he said, oh, I heard you're going on a road. I was like, yes. He goes, you got a lot of. You got a lot of dates. I was like, yeah, I'm super pumped. He's like, yeah, I just, I would just look out. Cause I went on the road last year, and now I'm divorced.
Eliza Schlossinger
I look, look, male comics and female comics are a different breed.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah, I guess so.
Eliza Schlossinger
And as much as girls want to be like, I'm one of the guys. Like, when you tour with. When we tour, it's elegant. Like, we're getting. Me and Hunter Hill, who opens for me. He's a dad. We have kids at the same age because we're home at the same time, so our schedules with our partners are the same, which is kind of gross.
Grace O'Malley
It light things up.
Eliza Schlossinger
But we, it is elegant. Like, I've definitely gone out drinking. Like, there are comics. It's like, yo, you're drinking a six pack. We're going jet skiing. I'm like, it's a Pilates class. It's a coffee. It's a nap. And if you need to take a break, that's okay. And, like, when you're younger, you should be, like, just doing whatever the fuck you want to do. But I do think male. I think my heart goes out to any woman who marries a male comic.
Grace O'Malley
Yep, I've heard. Yep.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah, but you guys are not the same. You're not married, and I don't know that guy or whatever. But, like, I, I, I am sure you could maintain a normal relationship and respect it and still work the road as I did.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. 100%. I don't, I don't know. I don't know.
Eliza Schlossinger
Boyfriend in every city. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They go wrong with expectation. I think people get married expecting someone to become something different.
Grace O'Malley
That's. Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
My husband knows every night I'm out.
Grace O'Malley
Okay. This one's kind of a. You tell me if you want to answer. Looking back, is there ever been a moment that made you go, yeah, I made it?
Eliza Schlossinger
No, you have to. I'll let you know.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah, I, I, that's, that's what I.
Eliza Schlossinger
You need to do something significant, and I don't, I genuinely don't feel that I have, so.
Grace O'Malley
Well, that's just blasphemy.
Eliza Schlossinger
I appreciate.
Grace O'Malley
There's no, like, that's a big word for you.
Eliza Schlossinger
I, I don't. Oh, God, I've made it. I don't know. I have to think, you know, I'm only Now if you really want to get. Only now starting to, like, not rest on my laurels, but, like, like know that, like, if I reach out to a brand, they'll, like, send me something for free.
Grace O'Malley
That is sick. It is, like, really cool stuff.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah, there's like 23 year olds with 8 million followers getting like free Maseratis and I'm like, ooh, coffee. Yeah, but where's the talent? Where's the talent? You know, where's the work?
Grace O'Malley
Yeah, it's just like glorified reality stars on the Internet for sure.
Eliza Schlossinger
You know, I don't have an answer. I don't have a. I don't.
Grace O'Malley
I. I feel like that's everybody, though. You never think you actually have hit a point and then you forget how you felt when you were in that moment of being like, wow.
Eliza Schlossinger
I feel like men always have that. They're like. And I walked in and Eddie Murphy was like, you're funny. And I was like, oh, I made it. I've done plenty of shows with bigger comics and it's usually just like, people come out into the common room, they get like a snack, they go back in their room. There's no, I mean, here in la.
Grace O'Malley
It doesn't seem like there's much of like a hang going on, is there?
Eliza Schlossinger
I think it depends on the club. I think if you go to the Comedy Store on the right night, I think there's that. Yeah, I think there's that. But like a hang, like in terms.
Grace O'Malley
Of, of outside of comedy. No. Oh, yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
I mean, people have their clicks and their friends. But here's the thing. So when you live in New York, you want to do anything but be in your apartment.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
And that is a driving force for New Yorkers in la. Maybe you have a lawn, maybe you have a courtyard, you've got a local park, it's not too cold. So people are. It's less about, like, scrambling to find somewhere we can all commune.
Grace O'Malley
God, I guess I never really thought of that.
Eliza Schlossinger
We have more space. It might be on fire, but we have more space.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. And. And you guys have to drive. We can, we can just drink and walk.
Eliza Schlossinger
That's. Yeah, it's just a little different.
Grace O'Malley
Okay. Growing up, are there any specific movies that inspired your comedy?
Eliza Schlossinger
I don't know if it inspired my standup as it is now, but, like, when I tell you Billy Madison was a bible for me and my best friend Michelle, like, to the point where, like, we got sweaters from Goodwill and we ripped the sleeves off and wrote Frank on the Inside, if that's awesome. Cause we were like, this is so cool.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
And only recently did I show my. This was a mistake. 3 year old daughter, Ace Ventura. And I'm sitting there with my husband and I'm just saying every line all these years later. I haven't seen it recently. You know, and you're just. You don't realize how much these things inform not just me, but like a nation about what was funny.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
Your face. Movement, stuff like that. So off the bat, Billy Madison and then I think a little bit later, Romy and Michelle's high school reunion.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
Like to this day I'll still be like, okay, it may not be cool, but I say it.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
No, that type. And this is not a movie, but a TV show. It's called Absolutely Fabulous. And I don't know why Gen Z has not been put back like onto this. It is everything. And it's two dysfunctional best friends. And it informed the way that I view female relationships. Like, you want that one friend that will do everything fucked up with you.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
And like you're just obsessed with each other.
Grace O'Malley
It's good stuff.
Eliza Schlossinger
It's good stuff.
Grace O'Malley
I haven't seen that. I want to check that out.
Eliza Schlossinger
It's a British show. It's from the 90s. It is. It's just fucking. It's called Absolutely Fabulous and they're fabulous. It's Patsy and Edwina.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, hell yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
And it was ahead of its time because like the big reveal is that Patsy was like actually a man at one point and like these women were ahead of like the gay curve before 1000% anyone was even talking about it. Wow.
Grace O'Malley
In the 90s like that.
Eliza Schlossinger
Oh, yeah.
Grace O'Malley
Wow.
Eliza Schlossinger
British Fabulous. They're always drinking Stolich, Naya and Ballinger and just shopping and it's just great.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, I love that. I'm going to watch that. I think you're going to. We're going to see a resurgence.
Eliza Schlossinger
You heard it here first. I was ahead of the curve and I never get credit for it started here.
Grace O'Malley
So you were on season three of Righteous Gemstones. How do you feel that the series finale just occurred?
Eliza Schlossinger
I didn't.
Grace O'Malley
Were you a fan of the show?
Eliza Schlossinger
I was.
Grace O'Malley
You know, I have no thoughts.
Eliza Schlossinger
I don't. I have no. Season finales are happening around us all the time. That whole team, Danny McBride, like, all of them, they're so lovely. They're good guys. I had a great time working on the show and it's one of the true. It's one of the only like, pure comedy comedies on tv, and they do it well.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
Fucking love Edie Patterson.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah, she rocks. She's great.
Eliza Schlossinger
That's just great.
Grace O'Malley
It's good stuff. Yeah. Yeah. You had a good time on that.
Eliza Schlossinger
I did.
Grace O'Malley
Because, you know, sometimes it's like the cast doesn't mesh together or anything, but.
Eliza Schlossinger
No, they're all super down to earth. John Goodman was just in the tent with the rest of the cast. In between, like, no one had an attitude. Edie Patterson is great, and she was so nice to me, and she did not have to be like, that's her show. And I always say that to her, and she's like, why do you say that? That would make me awful.
Grace O'Malley
It was just great.
Eliza Schlossinger
Everybody was great.
Grace O'Malley
That's great. Yeah. That's what I like to hear, that. Yeah. Stuff.
Eliza Schlossinger
It's a good vibe.
Grace O'Malley
Is there a character or a bit you secretly want to do but you're worried it won't translate the way you're intending?
Eliza Schlossinger
Translate to who?
Grace O'Malley
Up to interpretation.
Eliza Schlossinger
I've got, like, lots of little voices and characters.
Grace O'Malley
I like that about you. Oh, yeah?
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah. Nobody's ever going to find the songs that you sing to your dog as compelling as you do. So there's that. And I've learned that because when I hear other people's songs, I'm like, okay, like, is that funny? And so there's that. Now I'm, like, completely, like, freezing, even though I only speak to my husband. Like, as a character. I'd have to think on that.
Grace O'Malley
Well, all right, so the next question is, when did you realize your physical comedy voices and gremlin characters were a signature thing?
Eliza Schlossinger
Not a gremlin. Whoever prepared this, It's a Party Goblin.
Grace O'Malley
Party Goblin.
Eliza Schlossinger
I think maybe after confirmed kills. So that would have been maybe. That's my third Netflix special. People started calling me Party Goblin. They started making Party Goblin art.
Grace O'Malley
Duncan took recognize.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah. And that was even way later. And then people started calling me Mama Goblin, which is, like, a fun thing to step into as you get older. That, like, people see you as that. And so I guess I see it now because people still make art and refer to that. And when we do meet and greet, they always want to do do, like, the Goblin pose. Even though I have not talked about her in so long.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
So she lives with me. Like, it's all part. Are your teeth shiny or do you have a tooth gem?
Grace O'Malley
Oh, maybe it was something in my teeth.
Eliza Schlossinger
No, no, it's just shiny because I have a tooth gem. And I was like, oh, double Tooth gem. Yeah, it's right here.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, snazzy.
Eliza Schlossinger
And it looks like yours.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, my gosh.
Eliza Schlossinger
It looks like your tooth gem.
Grace O'Malley
I mean, I don't know what the going on.
Eliza Schlossinger
She's like, I was eating foil.
Grace O'Malley
I was hanging out with flavor.
Eliza Schlossinger
You should get one because it would look cool on you.
Grace O'Malley
I think it would maybe.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah, you would look great with one.
Grace O'Malley
I don't know. I. I can't pull something. Some of. Some of those things off.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah, you can do that and you literally can't. It's baked on.
Grace O'Malley
Looks great.
Eliza Schlossinger
It's great.
Grace O'Malley
I had to find. Swallow this. That's okay. It is what it is.
Eliza Schlossinger
It's all good compared to what we swallowed in general. Like, that's fine.
Grace O'Malley
That's all right. Then the bodily fluids. We're going to be all right. Yeah, I. I just thought of this. So you don't show pictures of your. Of your kids online. Maybe if you, if you wanted to, you could just Photoshop party goblin on.
Eliza Schlossinger
Just a goblin face. The party goblin doesn't have, have. I mean, I portrayed her once, but like, she. Everybody has their own party goblin. So it would be like putting a face on. God, you'd be like, is that what it looks like? Like, except for, like, Jesus. Like, it's up for interpretation. Or I could give them, like, bat faces and they're just hideous.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah, just like, Like a. Some kind of like a character in themselves.
Eliza Schlossinger
I think it would, it would belie the intention of the post. I'm like, happy Mother's Day. Like, Yeah. I don't know.
Grace O'Malley
You were the first and only woman to win last Comic Stand. How do you think the comedy scene has changed since 2008?
Eliza Schlossinger
Oh, my God. Well, it's all online.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
I mean, I wish that we had the Internet in the way that we do now. When I started, because when I started, like, people were still figuring out we hadn't even begun to monetize online content. You know, this is like in the funny or die, like, heyday. What I love about the fact that it's all online. It's not so much that you live and die by your merit, it's that there's less gatekeepers. So it is not. You have a great set. This predates me. But, like, Johnny Carson doesn't have to wave you over. A late night show doesn't have to have you on. And then that's the thing. Even Netflix, they don't have to be kingmakers anymore. Like, you can just have a special, like Matt Rife, for example. Right. And it just blows up. And so there is that risk. Like, showbiz is always about a risk. Like you can make a billion videos and none hit. You could do one. And that's the thing.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
And so I think there's. That there's just more avenues and more people that can see your comedy. I mean, in 2008, it was just like, work the road. I mean, now I see people who just started that have, like a full tour schedule.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
So, I mean, and that's for better or for worse. And I don't. There's no point in judging it because it just kind of is what it is.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. I. I don't love. I don't love the stigma that goes behind how I got into all this.
Eliza Schlossinger
How did you get into all this?
Grace O'Malley
I was on and off for five years, and then I went full time last year. Witty Comics took me on the road with her. And then now I'm. Now I'm touring and it all happened very, very fast. And there's. I have a tick tock stigma against it, but I don't have clips.
Eliza Schlossinger
Did people find you on TikTok?
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
I mean, I think that is something that you can reconcile. I think, honestly, the truth is, is it's not about what gets you there. It's about if you can stay there.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
Like, that's just at the end of the day. Like, we'll call you in five years, and if you're still rising, then you win.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
You know, there's gonna be plenty of people that get a video or a hit, or they're like, I'm the pony girl. Or whatever. And then it plateaus because, like, you said, like, whatever. Like, there's gotta be, like, a voice behind it. Like, where's the work? Where's the art?
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
Or it doesn't matter. Or you fucking go viral and you make $30 million and you don't owe anybody anything. Like, it is the wild West.
Grace O'Malley
It truly is.
Eliza Schlossinger
It's like, it's like its own thing that is constantly changing in real time and that we're always grappling with. Like, podcasting was seen as, like, so lame. And then it's like, just kidding, just kidding.
Grace O'Malley
You actually need it and you need to promote it more.
Eliza Schlossinger
YouTube used to be like, who cares about YouTube? And then all like, YouTube went like this. And then I was like, who cares? And then it's like, now we're back with a vengeance. Get your YouTube channel. Get that SEO. Right?
Grace O'Malley
And so I'd say, like, you, like, you Pointed out millennials. You guys were. You guys had us on Vine. You were standing, you were doing, doing it.
Eliza Schlossinger
That was tick tock before it was tick tock.
Grace O'Malley
It really was. And I think, I think you guys are the reason that we, we lost our train of focus.
Eliza Schlossinger
You could blame us or you could blame yourselves and your addictive personalities.
Grace O'Malley
Who's an up and cominging comic that you think is going to be huge?
Eliza Schlossinger
Oh, you know what? I will take a second to plug this. Actually. I produce these mini comedy specials.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, no.
Eliza Schlossinger
It's called Eliza's Locals. So we did season one and that's on Hulu, and we just shot season two for Amazon.
Grace O'Malley
Hell yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
And so I put.
Grace O'Malley
Picked. How was it switching, Switching networks like that? Is that all right?
Eliza Schlossinger
For me?
Grace O'Malley
No worries. All right.
Eliza Schlossinger
I think at, I think at a certain level, like, everybody, the door's open wherever you want to go. Like, no one is like, shoot. It's not personal.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
You know, and I think with Amazon, you get access to a different audience, a different vibe, and they're super supportive of this special. But I picked, I want to say it's 12 comics that are. Some of them are my age, but like up and coming or newer. And so they each do, you know, 10. And we shoot those. So I just got done. We're done with the post for that.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, yeah, that's awesome.
Eliza Schlossinger
So watch season two. And I stand by those guys that are.
Grace O'Malley
That's really exciting. That's good stuff. So how did you scout them?
Eliza Schlossinger
I worked with Emily Laford, who used to be the booker of the Comedy Store.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
And she. And I just kind of went through. She's like, here's some people I like. And then I looked at people that I. For me, it's also like, who do I see? I'm out there almost every night. So, like, who do I see and who do I. When I ask other comics. And then I have to watch, which is the hardest part is sitting there and watching it. But you can tell, even if the joke doesn't hit that night, you can tell who's got something 100%. And so this is not to say that those are the only ones, but I like those people. And they were able to tape that night and I'm proud of that.
Grace O'Malley
And so it was a one night thing. Cause most. So this is a showcase, technically.
Eliza Schlossinger
No, I mean, they're 10 minute specials, but it is showcasing that. Now you have a beautiful piece of tape and it's called the World Can See It.
Grace O'Malley
Okay. Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
And you didn't have to produce it yourself.
Grace O'Malley
That's really cool that you do. Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
I mean, I think when you do stand up for a while, it's all about you, and it has to be right. Like, you're not looking to find another grace that's just like, you, and, like, you're. You're building your.
Grace O'Malley
Kill me. It would be.
Eliza Schlossinger
It would be awful.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
But then at a certain point, you get old enough to where you're just like, I would like to make it a little bit easier. Nobody ever helped me, and nobody ever gave me the time of day. And it was always like, oh, like, you're a headliner. Like, you don't need anything. You're not one of the cool kids. You didn't write, like, I never in an aggressive way, but I always just felt so alone.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
And I never had anyone to do anything. And I was just like, wouldn't that be nice if, like, I could just be a part of them getting some attention?
Grace O'Malley
And I love that you didn't forget that, though.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah.
Grace O'Malley
Because some people, like, they blow up and they forget how hard it was to. To make it in the first place.
Eliza Schlossinger
Still making it.
Grace O'Malley
Still.
Eliza Schlossinger
Still realizing how hard it is. Come on, now. Just in it. I'm in that mud. That's how Joan Rivers felt, too. Like, you always feel like you're in it.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. I. Somebody. Somebody told me recently, like, why can't you just. Sometimes you just need to enjoy what you're doing right now and not look to the next thing.
Eliza Schlossinger
Oh, is that like a Zen master? It's like, what is that person? Super centered? Who told you that?
Grace O'Malley
They are. They actually are.
Eliza Schlossinger
I hate that. And I'll tell you why. Because it's always. They're always saying that as if. As if they don't do that. And who are you to critique the way that I'm enjoying whatever I'm enjoying?
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
Like, if you see me and I'm, like, hustling and I'm wanting something and I'm talking about things, that doesn't mean that I didn't really enjoy my coffee this morning.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
Or my 20 minutes with my kids. Or the time. Like, just because you don't see me doing something doesn't mean it's not happening.
Grace O'Malley
That's true.
Eliza Schlossinger
It's such, like, lame live, laugh, love. Like armchair quarterback. Armchair quarterback. Armchair psychology. Sunday morning quarterback advice. Like, you just need to enjoy it. You're like, I would be enjoying it more if you stopped telling me to enjoy it.
Grace O'Malley
That's true, too. I see. I could be swayed either way all the time.
Eliza Schlossinger
And that's a good thing because when.
Grace O'Malley
They told me that, I was like, yeah, you're right. And now you're saying this, I'm like, no, that guy's crazy.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah. But you know what is, what's awful is going out of your way to enjoy something.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
I'm just gonna sit here and I'm just gonna live in this moment and enjoy this filtered water.
Grace O'Malley
I can't.
Eliza Schlossinger
It doesn't work like that.
Grace O'Malley
I did shows in Tampa and I brought, I brought my sister down and we, we were having like a little sister getaway and I got like a Airbnb with a pool. And the whole time we're around the pool, I'm like, I can't. I don't, I don't like, I don't like sitting.
Eliza Schlossinger
That's cuz you had sets. You had sets that night. Yeah, that's right.
Grace O'Malley
I just, I was like, I can't. I can't enjoy this.
Eliza Schlossinger
It is almost impossible to fully relax knowing you have work that night.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. It so crazy.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah. If you, you know, on a vacation, which you would never take. Yeah, that's different. But like, especially as it gets closer, like around 3 o' clock, I'm like, all right, spa day's over. We're shutting it down.
Grace O'Malley
I just, it's. And it's a lot different than like the inevitable, like, waitressing job I had to go to compared to like, no, guys, I can't, like, I can't have a beer. I have to perform.
Eliza Schlossinger
That's right.
Grace O'Malley
It's like, it's not actually vacation, but like, you're in a vacation setting.
Eliza Schlossinger
People don't get that.
Grace O'Malley
It's a weird headspace. My sister's like, you can't, you can't just like, sit down and enjoy this. I'm like, not really.
Eliza Schlossinger
Not really. I work tonight. And she won't get that. And that's okay.
Grace O'Malley
Ye. Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
You have, like, to go do the best, coolest, scariest, weirdest thing later. And you gotta be on your game.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
And no, this is not a vacation for me. I paid for it, but it's not a vacation.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. Is that you doing that to her?
Eliza Schlossinger
Different sister. Okay?
Grace O'Malley
Different sister. An 18 year old, she truly doesn't get anything yet. Oh, yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
I mean, yeah.
Grace O'Malley
She's also the sister. She proclaims herself to be unfunny. I hate when people say that, like, oh, I'm not funny.
Eliza Schlossinger
Oh, you only ever hear women say that, by the way. That's crazy. You'll never hear men be like. Unless it's like, your, like, insurance broker be like, I'm not funny.
Grace O'Malley
It's always.
Eliza Schlossinger
Women are like, I'm not funny.
Grace O'Malley
Like a finance probably. I don't know, dude. I'm. I'm not funny.
Eliza Schlossinger
You're like, no, but I can still get people to laugh at you when I make fun of you later.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
Here at the Tampa Improv, wherever you were, is that still there? Is that where you were?
Grace O'Malley
I was at side splitters.
Eliza Schlossinger
Okay. Ybor City. Is that where it is, or is it in Tampa proper City sounds about right. Wild Roosters. You see the chickens?
Grace O'Malley
Yeah, we did see chickens. What's up with that? It was crazy.
Eliza Schlossinger
I bring it up every time I play Tampa.
Grace O'Malley
It's so nuts.
Eliza Schlossinger
It's great. You can't touch them.
Grace O'Malley
You can't? No.
Eliza Schlossinger
They're federally protected. Protected. Oh, no, that's not true.
Grace O'Malley
But.
Eliza Schlossinger
But it is weird to see them.
Grace O'Malley
What's the. What's the craziest thing that's ever happened.
Eliza Schlossinger
To you on stage happen to me or that I've been a part of? And I think the question is more like just in general.
Grace O'Malley
I guess where my head was at was like, has anyone ever bum rushed you?
Eliza Schlossinger
No, that would be. That would be awful.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
Don't get any ideas. I've had. This is so long ago. I must have been, like, 29 or something. Somebody was a guy and a girl. It was a small club. She was crying in the front row the whole show for, like, 45 minutes out of the 60.
Grace O'Malley
Out of pure joy or.
Eliza Schlossinger
Nope, no crying. And the husband's just watching the show. And I am trying to, like, be focusing. You're just hearing in the corner of your ear, like. Like, I'm trying to, like, bring joy. And he never thought, like, let me take her out. Let me address this. I think she. And then I found out later they had, like, flown to, like, Minneapolis to see me. And I guess she had, like. It was her medication mixed with alcohol. The cops. Like, she, like, got in a fight lately. Like, just. That was a weird thing to reckon with. I've had someone shit the seat they were in. Oh, I didn't know about it, but someone told me after I've had a fight start, I've had a fight break out, and I had, like, someone rush across the stage to jump onto the guy. I've started a fight. I have dumped fries in people's laps. Like, when I was your age, age, this guy was being super Disrespectful. And, like, I guess my Boston comes out, and he was on his phone, and I. He was being such a dick, and I dumped a drink on him, which you could never do. Now you get sued, and I dumped fries.
Grace O'Malley
You get viral. What the.
Eliza Schlossinger
Is like. I'm trying to, like, get a love on, though. Oh, I. I would go red so quickly, so that's cool.
Grace O'Malley
I had. The closest thing to that I've had so far is some guy was saying some. Some about, like, my personal life, and just. I. I got so mad at Adam, I dropped the microphone. I was like, are you serious right now? You want to do that right now? And I was like, oh, my God. I want to. I want to pick the microphone up and continue front. He was in the front.
Eliza Schlossinger
Here's the thing. Here's the thing. You can always remember, even though I just told you, that I dump fries in someone's laps. You have.
Grace O'Malley
I thought I could share that story.
Eliza Schlossinger
You have the louder piece of equipment. You have the microphone. I will talk. You talk over that person until the audience turns on them. Yeah, you just talk. Right. I get super close, and I just get that so loud that they get drowned out, and then they sound stupid for trying because you can always steamroll them. Never forget that you are louder, and.
Grace O'Malley
Like, that's just, like, a smarter way of going about it, because what they want is you to dump.
Eliza Schlossinger
The guy didn't, but that guy did want it. He wanted to get to you.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
Or it's funny. My security will always be, like, at the venue, they'll be like, so what's the code word? You know, if someone's doing something, I'm like, the code word is, get this idiot out of my audience. Like, I don't need to be like, diet Pepsi. Like, I know problem throwing you out.
Grace O'Malley
I find that really funny. Like, some people are using code words.
Eliza Schlossinger
I'm not Beyonce. Like, we don't really keep this Polish performance going. Yeah, yeah, exactly. So never forget that you're in charge.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. That's what I say to them, too. I'm like, I can pretty much handle them because I like drunk girls. Like, oh, that's mainly.
Eliza Schlossinger
Those are the loudest ones.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. But they say nice things, so I'm like, I don't want to get them getting thrown out. I just have to give them a talking to.
Eliza Schlossinger
Well, there's a lot. There's a line between, like, I'm drunk and I'm having fun with this. And then it's like, now I tend to worry not about the person, but about them disrupting the people around them who bought that ticket. I will tell you, if we have time for this. A few weeks ago, I too, was in Florida, and I'm on stage. This is my second show of the night. We were in Tampa, and I was dead on my feet. I was so tired. And it was great that we're doing the second show, but I was just like, just bone tired. And I'm like, 45 minutes in, and a woman raises her hand. And I was like, this is really a monologue that people pay to see. This is not a dialogue. She raised her hand and I was like, sure. Because in my head, I was like, yeah, let's eat up some time with crowd work. And she just goes, have you found that since you've become a mom, you don't know how to dance anymore?
Grace O'Malley
What the fuck?
Eliza Schlossinger
No, because I had talked about this at home, and I was like, were you in la? Did you see that? She goes, no, I'm just wondering. And it gave me this idea. And I was like, does anyone else feel this way? And all these moms raised their hand, and I am not this. Because I'm not like a comic working a cruise ship. But I was like, why don't we get all the moms up here who don't know if they can dance anymore? The DJ started playing something. I invite all these women, we make a Soul Train line, and they, with their mom moves, dance. And I was like, great, this will eat up 15 minutes where I don't have to talk. And I was so grateful for it, and it gave me an idea. And so I'm doing a show for Mother's Day weekend at the Bray Improv during brunch. It's called a brunch of moms.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, I love that.
Eliza Schlossinger
And it's like a raucous, like, come show off how bad you dance. What's the worst thing you've said to your kid? Like, good time.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, that's great.
Eliza Schlossinger
Jello shots.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, I love that. Yeah, that's incredible.
Eliza Schlossinger
So shout out to whoever raised their hand that random night in Tampa.
Grace O'Malley
Because to me, I'd be like that. Because I can't relate you. Really? You lost your ability to dance, do you?
Eliza Schlossinger
It's just the beat's not like I used. I always thought I was a pretty good dancer. And then it's like, now it's just like, a lot of, like, arms. It's that me espresso just like. It's just not. Look like this isn't cool. Like, it's just like, I know I can use my hips because I made two children, but, like, it's just not cool anymore. Yeah, well, it's not cool anymore.
Grace O'Malley
Well, you lose your rhythm.
Eliza Schlossinger
I lost my rhythm. I gotta get it back.
Grace O'Malley
And you will date Tay digs at.
Eliza Schlossinger
Mother's Day, brunch at Mother at Bray Improv. This probably will come out past that.
Grace O'Malley
But I love that, though. I think that's great and, like, a great thing that came out of it.
Eliza Schlossinger
We got free champagne and jello shots.
Grace O'Malley
Fuck. I might just have to be there.
Eliza Schlossinger
Let me. I will get.
Grace O'Malley
I will say, I'll bring a kid. I'll find one.
Eliza Schlossinger
Find a kid.
Grace O'Malley
I'll find a kid.
Eliza Schlossinger
You're like, I'll have a kid real quick.
Grace O'Malley
Don't worry, I'll find a kid. Yeah, in this city. I'll find a kid.
Eliza Schlossinger
Find a kid.
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Let's go.
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Grace O'Malley
We call this segment Disgraceful Receipts.
Eliza Schlossinger
I love it.
Grace O'Malley
And I pull things from the Internet that you've posted and you just give a little explanation. Whoa.
Eliza Schlossinger
This show has production.
Grace O'Malley
It's not much of a. It's not a gotcha, but it's.
Eliza Schlossinger
Well, this is not a live scroll. This is like someone did this.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, this is supposed to be like the 70s.
Eliza Schlossinger
No, I got it. Yeah, I'm trying.
Grace O'Malley
I get it. Explain this.
Eliza Schlossinger
I think that's a face mask. That's one of those, you know, like Korean face masks. I don't know why. It has, like, a fake carrot nose. I think that's definitely a hotel.
Grace O'Malley
Maybe a Snowman.
Eliza Schlossinger
Maybe that's a snowman. But the mouth is. But, well, the green. I don't know. But it's definitely a hotel because you can tell by the curtains.
Grace O'Malley
This is what you do in the off time.
Eliza Schlossinger
I. I may have been on an Ambien. If you tell me the date, because that may have been. We shot a movie in Boston, and I had all these free nights, and I was like, I'm gonna take an Ambien now.
Grace O'Malley
What's the feeling Ambien gives you? Sleepy, tired, or.
Eliza Schlossinger
You ever take an Ambien?
Grace O'Malley
No.
Eliza Schlossinger
I only. I will take one once a year if I just got back from Australia, so I took one the night I got back. I shouldn't say, you know what? This is bad. This is bad. It makes you. You go to sleep, but if you can stay up just a little bit, like you started. Feel safe. Stay up. It's blissful. Do not have access. We've all seen what happens when, like, Roseanne has access to her phone on Ambient. Do not go on the Internet. No, but you can text your friend. Oh, I have made plans, like. And not, like, irresponsible, but you just feel so good. You're just walking around your house, and.
Grace O'Malley
You'Re just like, this is.
Eliza Schlossinger
I wish all the time.
Grace O'Malley
Let's plan a brunch.
Eliza Schlossinger
I advise if you already. If you have access to that, you can do it responsibly.
Grace O'Malley
Ambient.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah, that is. We shot a movie in Alabama. I loved the hair, makeup, and outfit, and I played a bad guy.
Grace O'Malley
Ooh.
Eliza Schlossinger
And I got to shoot a gun, and I had to cock it and shoot it with one hand, and it was so hard, like a large, like, firearm. In movies, it's always just, like, you need, like, a grip strength. Like, it was.
Grace O'Malley
So you're shooting real guns.
Eliza Schlossinger
It was a gun. It was shooting a blank, but it was still very. It takes a lot of muscle. I remember, like. Like, in the moment, trying to look cool, but you're just like. They cut out a lot of that.
Grace O'Malley
Movie, but you look fantastic. And then this is, like, a posse of people getting you ready. That's sick.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah, they were great. We had to do it very quickly. That's my dad's wedding to my stepmom, and that's me. I was just, like. Just so I'm cool with my parents getting divorced.
Grace O'Malley
Have you noticed, like, your daughter look like you at all in any pictures?
Eliza Schlossinger
In most moments, but it's. Yeah, I think she looks at my husband, but, yeah.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, really? Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
I remember I wore leggings under my dress because I was in the second grade. I was like, oh, I might have to, like, climb a tree or do something, so I need to be ready.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
I made my mom let me wear pants under it.
Grace O'Malley
That's awesome.
Eliza Schlossinger
That's obviously Boston.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah, of course.
Eliza Schlossinger
And that is a shirt a fan made me of. One of my jokes from Elder Millennial about being a gazelle.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
But I bought those oven mitts because I thought they were so funny, and I gave them to my chef husband, and he was just like, what do I do with these? I don't want these.
Grace O'Malley
That is the best thing you could have ever done is marry a chef. By the way.
Eliza Schlossinger
It worked out.
Grace O'Malley
I like what you do in here.
Eliza Schlossinger
And not one of the crazy ones that, like, does drugs and, like, only makes eggs at home. Like, he actually makes everything. He's like a normal person. Yeah, that's the party goblin.
Grace O'Malley
That is what I think your kids should be dressed as.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah, that's fair. It's a little aggrandizing to be like, you guys should dress up like this. We shot a TV show called Forever 31. When ABC went digital. It was called ABCD, and I thought it was so cute. And it was called Forever 31. And I did a whole episode about the party goblin. And that was me at as her.
Grace O'Malley
That's fucking awesome.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah, so that's her, I guess.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
You guys got a color printer and everything?
Grace O'Malley
Yeah, we don't fuck around.
Eliza Schlossinger
It's some show called Access Live. But Nick Lachey was on it. And for a Millennial, like, to be like, oh, my God, like, Nick Lachey's here. I'd be like, I miss you and Jessica. He was so sweet. But I made that face because my manager and I, when I do press for stuff, like, we have this joke and there's a picture of me on every set, every Today show, every late night. I do that face and she takes it.
Grace O'Malley
That's awesome.
Eliza Schlossinger
So it's like, for our chat, he was so good looking.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, my God, he's so handsome.
Eliza Schlossinger
He's so nice. Oh, that's the Gazelle joke. This is all, like, around Elder Millennial, I think someone had given me. Oh, that's right. My friend owned this brand called carbon 38. And they sent me a bunch of athleisure.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, hell yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
So this is me showing her that I received the package. Somebody people get my name tattooed on them.
Grace O'Malley
Does that blow you mind?
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah, that's actually something. It's like a weird reminder that that like, this is. Like, this art is being taken seriously. Like, it is stand up comedy, but like, it's not like. And I'm changing lives, but like, that's.
Grace O'Malley
A serious body format.
Eliza Schlossinger
I mean. Yeah. And look, Massachusetts. That's their name, right?
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. You big with. You big with our guys.
Eliza Schlossinger
It's. It's humbling.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah, that's.
Eliza Schlossinger
I mean, that's. That's amazing. I do a lot of. That's just my backyard. I do a lot of.
Grace O'Malley
You got like the ET phone home.
Eliza Schlossinger
And this is all my artillery. Like, this is all stuff that I have. Yeah, I've got that hyperbaric scientist tent that is at something called a fob, which means Forward Operating Base in Afghanistan. So a FOB is like a camp that gets set up miles from your base, like, in case you're out in the. You. They're out in the field. So it's a small base away from the base. And I do a lot of shows for the uso.
Grace O'Malley
Oh, no shit.
Eliza Schlossinger
This Christmas we went to Okinawa, but that one is a chairman's tour. You go, that's that one. It's Afghanistan. And I've gotten to go to, like, Iraq and places like that with different. They bring a group of people, and so whenever they ask, I go if I can go. And so I tried on. It was a girl, I think she was in Venezuela, but she was in America. She was a soldier in our army, and she was smaller than me, and she was. That's the gear she has to carry.
Grace O'Malley
Holy shit. I thought you had to wear this while you were there.
Eliza Schlossinger
No, you. Sometimes you put on a whatever, but no. And I put it on and I started to tear up because it is so backbreakingly heavy. Cause she's got to take that gun, see, it's got little legs. So she's got to go set up that gun for someone. I don't know if she's. But like, that's her job. And I. I even have goosebumps now because it being mandated that you have to carry that and run in the heat. It's just so much to ask of a person. And these men and women do it just so willingly, and it's their honor and they don't want anything for it. And so I just tried it on and it was at least £70.
Grace O'Malley
That's fucking crazy.
Eliza Schlossinger
It was the hardest thing I've ever done. It was my greatest sacrifice.
Grace O'Malley
How do you. How do you get involved with that? You just get asked.
Eliza Schlossinger
They ask, you know, and if you have a rep and it's something you want to do. You should reach out to them. Cause they're always looking for people that would like, fit in. But if you could do a chairman's job tour, you go with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, you get on like an Air Force two or something, and you go and you visit. You're on his schedule, but you're visiting the troops in places that you would never get to go to otherwise.
Grace O'Malley
That's wild.
Eliza Schlossinger
Kyrgyzstan.
Grace O'Malley
Yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
I love doing it.
Grace O'Malley
I think that's the only time my dad would respect me. And that was the last one.
Eliza Schlossinger
They wrote my parents a note and they were like, thank to thank for your daughter for being such a patriot. And like they sent them to my parents like I'm a child. They each got one.
Grace O'Malley
She's a pleasure to have on combat.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah. A minus for paying attention, but yeah.
Grace O'Malley
Well, thank you so much.
Eliza Schlossinger
Thanks, Grace.
Grace O'Malley
I really appreciate you coming on here and I hope I wasn't too fucking weird for you.
Eliza Schlossinger
You were delightful.
Grace O'Malley
Would you like to promo anything?
Eliza Schlossinger
When does this come out?
Grace O'Malley
A beautiful camera. Two, two, three weeks.
Eliza Schlossinger
Yeah, this is in two or three weeks. You can always come see me in Estonia. You can see me on my Europe tour. But we also have very normal dates for Eliza Live. So we're coming to your state probably this fall and you can listen to my podcast, Ask Eliza any anything where they. Where you have them and. Oh yeah, and watch my special and.
Grace O'Malley
I always ask everybody, what is your walkout song?
Eliza Schlossinger
My walkout song that I use when I'm on tour on the Luna by Foals.
Grace O'Malley
Hell yeah.
Eliza Schlossinger
Should I get up?
Grace O'Malley
Yeah. Thank you.
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Eliza Schlossinger
Let's go.
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Disgraceful with Grace O’Malley: Episode Summary
Episode Title: Iliza Shlesinger Thinks Ambien Is Kinda Fun
Release Date: July 3, 2025
In this lively and humorous episode of Disgraceful with Grace O’Malley, host Grace O’Malley welcomes renowned comedian, actress, podcast host, and Survivor of Semester at Sea, Eliza Shlesinger. The episode blends witty banter, insightful conversations, and comedic segments, all while Grace auditions Eliza to potentially become her permanent co-host.
Grace opens the show with her signature warmth, introducing Eliza Shlesinger and acknowledging her accomplishments, including her podcast A Different Animal. The chemistry between Grace and Eliza is immediate, setting a friendly and engaging tone for the conversation.
Notable Quote:
Grace O’Malley [01:35]: “I am here with stand-up comedian, actress, podcast host and survivor of Semester at Sea.”
Grace delves into her journey into stand-up comedy, sharing a humorous anecdote about her first gig at the Ice House, where she initially bombed. Eliza relates by discussing the importance of resilience in comedy, emphasizing that bombing on stage contributes to personal growth and confidence.
Notable Quote:
Eliza Shlesinger [05:15]: “Every time you bomb, it contributes to you doing better next time. You become bulletproof.”
The conversation shifts to the evolving landscape of comedy, especially with the advent of online platforms. Eliza highlights the reduced gatekeeping in the digital age, allowing comedians to reach broader audiences without traditional barriers.
Notable Quote:
Eliza Shlesinger [44:45]: “There's less gatekeepers. You don't have to rely on late-night shows to get your big break.”
Grace and Eliza discuss the challenges and joys of balancing personal life with a career in comedy. Eliza opens up about her experiences as a mother, reflecting on how motherhood has influenced her comedic material and perspectives.
Notable Quote:
Eliza Shlesinger [33:56]: “Motherhood is an incredibly cool, beautiful thing. I just want to protect that before I'm, like, I'm so tired and these kids are...”
The duo explores their creative processes, with Eliza sharing her development of the Party Goblin persona—a character that has become iconic among her fans. They discuss the importance of authenticity and how personal experiences shape their comedy.
Notable Quote:
Eliza Shlesinger [42:18]: “You have to contextualize anything, you can really understand why we think the way that we think.”
Grace inquires about Eliza’s touring experiences, leading to a discussion about the demands of being a touring comedian. Eliza reveals her meticulous planning strategies and how she manages the hectic lifestyle that comes with constant travel.
Notable Quote:
Eliza Shlesinger [17:10]: “I am run and gun. I am a very fast traveler. My greatest medal of honor is that while pregnant, I did a month on tour in Europe.”
The conversation turns to challenging moments during performances, including dealing with disruptive audience members. Eliza shares stories of maintaining composure and turning negative experiences into comedic material.
Notable Quote:
Eliza Shlesinger [55:35]: “You can always remember, even though I just told you, that I dump fries in someone's laps. You have to stay in charge.”
Eliza discusses her recent projects, including producing mini comedy specials like Eliza's Locals, which showcase up-and-coming comedians. She emphasizes the importance of community and supporting fellow artists in the industry.
Notable Quote:
Eliza Shlesinger [47:53]: “We did season one and that's on Hulu, and we just shot season two for Amazon. And I’m proud of that.”
As the episode wraps up, Grace and Eliza engage in a playful exchange, promoting each other's projects. Eliza highlights her upcoming Europe tour and her podcast, encouraging listeners to tune in and support her endeavors.
Notable Quote:
Eliza Shlesinger [67:10]: “Watch season two. And I stand by those guys that are...”
Key Takeaways:
Resilience in Comedy: Both Grace and Eliza emphasize the importance of resilience, sharing personal experiences of overcoming initial failures in stand-up.
Impact of Parenthood: Eliza’s journey into motherhood has profoundly influenced her comedy, adding depth and new perspectives to her material.
Digital Evolution: The shift to online platforms has democratized comedy, allowing more voices to be heard without relying on traditional media gatekeepers.
Community and Collaboration: Eliza’s role as a producer showcases her commitment to fostering new talent and supporting the comedy community.
Authenticity: Maintaining authenticity and staying true to oneself is a recurring theme, highlighting its significance in building a successful career in comedy.
This episode offers a blend of humor, personal anecdotes, and industry insights, making it a must-listen for comedy enthusiasts and aspiring comedians alike.