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Laura Ramoso (0:00)
My mom would say, you know, it's
Laura's Friend or Family Member (0:03)
really surprising, I think, for some people to know that elaura is actually like a really like obsessive cleaner in the house. Like, she's always cleaning with the vacuum cleaner or something. I'm like, take a break from this cleaning. The house is clean. But she's. You come over to her house, she lifts your legs up to get the carpet. It's like, yeah, completely rude actually.
Dan Rubenstein (0:28)
Hi, I'm Dan Rubenstein and this is the Grand Tourist. I've been a design journalist for more than 20 years and this is my personalized guided tour through the worlds of fashion, art, architecture, food and travel. All the elements of a well lived life. I'm recording this in early May and I'm just back from a two week trip to Italy where I survived my umpteenth Milan Design Week. A brief visit to see family in Florence, and a visit to a hotel outside of Rome that you'll see in the fall issue of the Grand Tourist. And while I was there, one amazing publicist based in Rome was absolutely giddy and quite impressed. I had my particular guest on the show today. The publicist is a huge fan and even had tickets to see this rising star in Milan later this month. Comedian Laura Ramoso. While the Grand Tourist is always looking to celebrate our cultural differences, sometimes it's good to laugh at them too. So many of you might know Laura from her many characters she's created for Instagram and TikTok, where she now has millions of combined followers. My personal favorite must be Chiara, the Italian bombshell at an airport check in counter.
Chiara (Character by Laura Ramoso) (1:32)
Your bag is overweight, senora. You need to pay. You need to pay an extra bag? Yes. If you do not pay, the plane will crash. It is €175. Okay, but for you, I do 250. No, you cannot pay here. No, I don't have a machine. I don't have hands. For the cash, you need to go to the payment kiosk. If the payment kiosk doesn't exist them.
Dan Rubenstein (1:58)
Laura is based in Toronto and has a German mother and Italian father, both of whom have become recurring characters of hers online. Since first going viral during the COVID era, she's had tours across the world opened for the likes of Matteo Lane, as well as Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on their Restless Leg tour. This fall, she's embarking on a massive American and Canadian tour. So I decided to include this clever cultural observer on the podcast today as well as in our new spring print issue. I caught up with Laura from her home in Toronto to chat about her upbringing via two incredible and incredibly hilarious parents, how the famous improv group Second City changed her life, how her comedy translates into Italian, and much more. I've read that you consider yourself a
