Quinta Brunson: From Meme to Queen | 254

Even the Rich

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.3 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

She was a bold, young comedy fan from Philadelphia who's now one of the queens of prime time TV. After receiving the right kind of attention for her hilarious viral videos, she has gone on to carve out a place as one of the go-to comedy creators in the network television world. So how did this comedy spitfire manage to sidestep the career wishes of her disapproving mother and become an absolute force in Hollywood? Take the journey with us as we introduce you to the creator and star of “Abbott Elementary,” Quinta Brunson.

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0:00.0	Wonderry Plus subscribers can binge the newest season of Even the Rich before anyone else.
0:04.4	Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:11.2	All right, Brooke, I want to hear about your very first improv memory.
0:19.4	Oh, God.
0:20.5	I think I have told you about this before. Maybe not, but I
0:23.1	auditioned for an improv show when I lived in Vegas. And I got a callback. And I had not really done
0:30.6	improv at this point. And so I was like, oh, my God. And the callback was with all of these very
0:35.3	seasoned improvisers. Yep. And there was a game we were playing and they're like, okay, so we're just going to yes and.
0:41.3	Somebody's going to say something.
0:42.3	The next person is going to yes and them.
0:43.8	I thought we literally had to say yes and.
0:46.5	Of course.
0:47.0	Yeah.
0:47.4	So I went out there and I was like, yes and.
0:49.8	Like an idiot.
0:51.0	You said nothing after me. Well, I said some dumb shit after.
0:54.4	Okay.
0:56.9	Needless to say, I didn't make the show.
0:57.9	So, wow.
0:58.3	Yeah. But I, okay, so one of the things we have in common is we're both improvisers.
1:02.3	And I feel like it's definitely helped us get to where we are today.
1:08.9	Oh, for sure.
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