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Sebastian Maniscalco on Filling Arenas and Telling ‘Offensive’ Jokes

Sebastian Maniscalco on Filling Arenas and Telling ‘Offensive’ Jokes

Update: 2025-11-26
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Sebastian Maniscalco is consistently one of the highest-grossing stand-up comedians in the country. With his Netflix special ‘Is It Me?’ and his autobiographical movie ‘About My Father’ co-starring Robert De Niro, he’s on the verge of finally becoming a household name. In this episode, Maniscalco opens up about doubling down on nostalgia and (mostly) avoiding controversy on stage. He also talks about how the comedy world has changed for better and worse since he got his start in the late ‘90s, shares stories from the sets of ‘Green Book’ and ‘The Irishman’ and explains how he decided to embrace the most embarrassing moment of his career on Jimmy Fallon’s ‘Tonight Show.’


This episode was originally published on December 6, 2022.


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Sebastian Maniscalco on Filling Arenas and Telling ‘Offensive’ Jokes

Sebastian Maniscalco on Filling Arenas and Telling ‘Offensive’ Jokes