Name: (Some of) The Best of Aparna Nancherla
Uploaded: 2021-01-30T18:45:17.000Z
Duration: 8 min 35 s
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and then you wake up five years later with a beard,

(audience laughs) (intense hip-hop music)

It's a great way to start off a set, you know.

Sorry to go blue right away, but it's true.

No, I've had it my whole life, and, you know,

it's like, a lot of times I'll feel sad for no reason.

But then I'll remember some of the reasons,

I'm like, "This actually makes lot of sense. This adds up."

It reminds me why I got in the whole sad game, you know?

Whenever it's pouring outside, as a sad person,

you can turn to any random optimist on the street

and just be like, "Hey! You're in my world now."

Yeah, I relate to people who have self-doubt.

Don't be mistaken by the sassy drag queen stage persona.

I feel like if you open a newspaper a day,

skim maybe three headlines, you're just like, "Seems cool!"

And, you know, sometimes when you tell people

"Well, you know, there's nothing to fear but fear itself."

It's like, "Okay, have you checked out some of fear's work?

It's pretty much churning out solid gold hits.

Making some great points, rarely misfires.

And if you don't have anxiety, the way I would describe it

is there's an edgy improv group in your brain,

to spin countless scenarios that no one's comfortable with.

(air whooshes) But people get into stand-up

I got into stand-up comedy to pursue my real dream,

which is to do temporary administrative support

and I would say my main regret is I've never done this.

I wish just one time, when I'd been sitting

in the middle of it, apropos of nothing, and gone,

"I think the bigger issue here is, I can't read!"

I love offices, 'cause awkward stuff like that

happens all the time, and you can't fully address it,

'cause you have to see those people the next day.

Like, one time I worked in a different office,

try to keep up, and this happened to me in an elevator.

A woman walked in, then I walked in, then a man walked in.

The man's too far away, so he goes, "Six, please."

And then the woman goes, "Oh, you're welcome."

That is an example of taking credit for someone else's work

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(Some of) The Best of Aparna Nancherla

anxiety

intense

instinct

depression