"Judy Enters Screaming" with Judy Gold

About this episode

Judy Gold joins Laura Kightlinger to discuss her experiences in comedy, including her career beginnings, writing for TV, and personal stories about coming out.

We sit down with beloved comic, Judy Gold to discuss getting passed in the 80's, crowd work, writing on Better Things and the Rosie O'Donnell show, Joan Rivers' Vine videos, kids helping Judy come out of the closet, Phyllis Diller, Dave Attell, single women sitcoms and "Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution" on Netflix X: @jewdygold Instagram: @jewdygold TikTok @jewdygold WWTWH YouTube Channel Laura Kightlinger Twitter: @KingKightlinger Insta: @laura_kightlinger Web: laurakightlinger.com Tony Ca...

People in this episode

Host: Laura Kightlinger

Guest: Judy Gold

Topics covered

• comedy
• crowd work
• writing for television
• coming out
• stand-up history
• single women sitcoms

Keywords

• Judy Gold
• comedy
• crowd work
• Better Things
• Rosie O'Donnell
• Joan Rivers
• Phyllis Diller
• Dave Attell
• Netflix

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Better Things, Rosie O'Donnell show, Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution, Netflix

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