Don't Make Me Hate You with Maureen Langan

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Podcast is available everywhere you listen to podcasts and with video at specifically for seniors YouTube channel. Now, here's your host, Dr. Larry Barsch.

Larry (00:40):

Those of you who are fans of the TV show, America's Got Talent Yes, will already know my guest today. Maureen Langan was a semi-finalist on season 18 of a GT where her performance landed her a standing ovation and four yeses from the judges. Maureen is an internationally acclaimed standup comedian, broadcaster, TEDx speaker and corporate event host. Oh

Maureen Langan (01:10):

My God's exhausted <laugh>.

Larry (01:14):

Come on, lemme do it. No,

Maureen Langan (01:15):

I'm teasing. I'm teasing.

Larry (01:17):

<Laugh>. She <laugh> She has performed with entertainment, literary and cultural icons that include Robin Williams, Jay Leno, Rosie O'Donnell, Jay Canfield, joy Behar, Gloria Steinem, Danny Glover and Gladys Knight. She's roasted comedy royalty. Jerry Stiller and Anne Mier. Oh, I did Maureen <laugh>.

Maureen Langan (01:42):

I did. I love them. No, I love them so much.

Larry (01:46):

Maureen's, Bloomberg, tele.

Maureen Langan (01:48):

Oh, okay. <Laugh>. You wanna I worked in radio television. Bloomberg Public Television. Go ahead.

Larry (01:56):

Alright, so you were in some sort of title about the best female commentator.

Maureen Langan (02:01):

Oh yeah, that was good. Best female commentator in New York. 'cause They have to separate the women from the men, you know, can't just be best commentator. You understand?

Larry (02:08):

And your Ted Talk.

Maureen Langan (02:10):

Take it away. Ted Talk.

Larry (02:12):

Yeah. The, the, we're not gonna get through this. The Business of Fun is inspired by her time performing in South Africa. Yeah. At first ever Johannesburg International Comedy Festival. Correct. Welcome to specifically for Seniors Marie. Oh

Maureen Langan (02:29):

My god. My, am I old enough to be on this? Am I on this thing? Yeah. Yeah. It's good. No, I like what you're doing. That's, I'm really happy that what you're doing, Larry.

Larry (02:39):

I am Are you old enough? Am I too old to be doing this? Oh, I can't.

Maureen Langan (02:44):

I hate ageism. So I'm really glad that you bring people who are vibrant and alive. I hope I'm one of them. Yeah. To the forefront. I think it's really important. I just watch people ridicule and land-based Dolly Parton for being the halftime performer at some stupid ball chucking game on Thanksgiving. The Dallas Cowboys, because she was dressed like in a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader's outfit, and she was singing and they're like, why do we have to look at this old lady? What? Oh. And I thought, you know, that's disgusting. Absolutely. These disgusting and mostly from fat, you know, middle-aged men who play golf and eat, you know roast beef sandwiches and three pounder hamburgers, who as if they could and think they can get 20 year olds, you know? And she's amazing. So anyway, I hate ageism. So, back to you.

Larry (03:32):

Tell me. We have done so many podcasts on it, trying to figure out what to do about it, how to present a different image at Mm-Hmm. <Affirmative> different ages. Mm-Hmm. <Affirmative>. It's just Mm-Hmm. <Affirmative>. Anyway, you were a broadcaster at Bloomberg TV

Maureen Langan (03:49):

And

Larry (03:49):

Radio. Is that And radio. Yeah, I remember radio. That's when we used to watch something that didn't have a screen. Yeah.

Maureen Langan (03:57):

<Laugh>.

Larry (03:58):

So tell us about, is that where you started?

Maureen Langan (04:03):

Well, yeah, somewhat. I mean, and I'm just an aside, I, after you say, you know, radio, because I have a weekly radio show in WBAI in New York City 99.5, where I highlight badass women. 'cause I don't think enough women are, are being showcased and in the forefront, and particularly now with what's going on politically. And it's fun. It's from the series to the seriously funny. And, but Tuesday's at four o'clock. But here's when I started, I was just like a bit of a lost soul in my twenties doing performance at night and really pursuing journalism and broadcasting. So I was freelancing all over the place. The Nightly Business Report documentary producer. And I happened to be at the Nightly Business Report. It's so like serious, right. And they asked me to call this guy Michael Bloomberg, who had just bought a radio station in New York City.

Maureen Langan (04:51):

They said he was a Wall Street guy. They said he killed Frank Sinatra. People were saying that because it was an oldie station at the time. So I called him, he picked up his phone because when we, I worked with him for seven years and I sat right next to him. You always picked up your own phone. He picked up his own phone. There were no assistance. And you how to deal with people. One-On-One, which I like. And then even though I hate people, I like the philosophy of it. And he said, I can't do an interview right now. I'm sorry. I just bought the station and we're getting that together. And I said, do you need any broadcasters? I said, sure. Call my program director. And I met with the program director and I was one of the original five hires in Bloomberg Radio. And he said, what does your, what does your father do? And I said, he's a New York City sanitation worker. He goes, good, you know, hard work <laugh>. So that's what he said. And then, oh, so then that's when my broadcasting career began. So I had been a documentary producer for public television doing very heady stuff, but I also liked comedy and performance. So it

Larry (05:52):

Was fun. And then, and then you turned to comedy. How did that happen?

Maureen Langan (05:56):

Well, you, you brought up that I was like, that I was given an award for best female commentator by the News Woman's Club of New York. And it was really an honor. But when I was working at Bloomberg and it was starting this new station, and it was then it was not just business, it was heavy business, but it was all news from, you know, the, what's happening at, at city hall to, you know, fun pop culture stories. So he said, Lang's the only one around here with a sense of humor. You all read the news the same and you sound the same. So he asked me if I wanted to develop my beat. So I did. And I, I go, well, he goes, just do what you want, just don't screw it up. So I did celebrity interviews man on the street as we call them.

Maureen Langan (06:38):

Then now it's, they on the street. So celebrity interviews, person on the street, satirical, world news and commentary. And after almost seven years there, the station changed format a bit because I believe he was planting the seeds to run for mayor. And my stuff was a bit edgy. You know, who makes the better corn beef? The Irish or the Jews. Okay, that's funny. I would do the immigrant update with my mother. You know, here's the immigrant, I don't know if they like you calling him my mother, the immigrant, but that's what we called her as a joke. Or I had a priest, I called him my priest on speed dial, who was a real radical. And I'd have him respond to stuff going on. And he was whoa off it. So I think the stuff I was doing, they wanted it a little more at, at first it was like the most popular stuff and the most listened to focus groups.

Maureen Langan (07:25):

Loved it, who cares what they liked, but you get it. And then when he started running for mayor, they're like, Hey, get, get rid of that one. So they didn't fire me at all. Michael wouldn't do that. They were just like, we're gonna change your beat. And they had a new program director and he said, we'd like you to cover, do stories about funds for retired people. And he goes, what do you think? I go, I'd rather stick pins in my eyes. So I left. So I stayed a year, banked my money, and was doing standup at night.

Larry (07:54):

And you mentioned that you're the daughter of a garbage man in in New York.

Maureen Langan (08:02):

Well, he's retired now. Yeah. Retired New York City sanitation worker from the South Bronx. Youi. Youi. Langan. Yeah.

Larry (08:08):

And you did a solo show about that?

Maureen Langan (08:11):

I did. I did a solo show called Daughter of A Garbage Man. And it was personal, it was funny, but deep. It was about a family strength, struggle, secrets. I think a lot of people can identify with that. And also too, I said to him, dad, you know, I'm saying daughter of a garbage man, not sanitation worker, because I want that word to be powerful and have meaning and respect. Because when I was growing up, I remember my third grade teacher said to the boys who were slacking, what do you wanna grow up to be? Garbageman? Is that what you wanna be garbageman? And I thought, why is she using my father as the example of the loser? Like, why? And when he, you know, his parents came to America with very limited education. And to get a civil servant job was a big deal.

Maureen Langan (08:54):

A cop, a fireman or a sanitation worker, he's six one. He was over 200 pounds and he got rejected from the police force 'cause he didn't have 2021 eye. You know, now you could, you know, you could be blind and a little person and like, it doesn't matter. But then, you know, the big hulking cop, so the sanitation called him up Next six kids benefits. You know, I have a lot of respect for people who work hard and that's one of the hardest jobs out there. And I think it's so disrespected or taken for granted. So I wanted, I sat down, I wanna use that word really, like Yep, that's right. I'm the daughter of a garbage man. Right. I am. So he goes, I get it. Yeah, I get it. You do that. Yeah. No, I'm not offended at all. You do that <laugh>. So,

Larry (09:37):

And then you did a TED talk

Maureen Langan (09:40):

Yeah. In and around there. So yeah. Yeah. I was asked to do a Ted Talk. And it was ironic because the person who asked if he could collaborate with me on it, he was part of this committee in New Jersey at, you know, Monmouth County. And it turns out we went to high school together, different years. And he wound up working at Bloomberg years apart. So it was a really great collaboration. 'cause I'd never worked with somebody on, you know, I usually write my own stuff. We, I wrote, but he and I worked together. But I had just come off performing in South Africa.

Maureen Langan (10:16):

Pardon me? I had just come off performing in South Africa at the first Johannesburg Comedy Festival. And what was interesting to me, and I don't pretend to know any, their political strife, what they're dealing with, I don't know all the ins and outs. What I did know at that time was we're Posta apartheid and people were coming together and mixing and mingling and it was effervescent. And I'm looking out and seeing a sea of people who are brown and black and white and mixed race and crazy blonde hair and dreads and all these looks of people coming together. And I thought it was absolutely effervescent and it just was beautiful. Now, again, I don't know what the backstory is. I just know what I experienced when I was, of course I know what the backstory is, I know what apartheid was. But just to be working with a, the tech guy who was so very cool guy, or the musicians who played us on or off African and you black Africans, and you think, you know, I was saying to them one would walk arm in arm with me up the stairs every night.

Maureen Langan (11:18):

I said, we couldn't have done this once upon a time, huh? He goes, not only could we not have done this, he goes, I could be arrested. He goes, I wouldn't have even been allowed to be in this part of town without proper paperwork and, and a reason. And I just thought, why do we cut each other off? Why? Like, why, like, we have so much that we can bond about and have a great time about. And I don't know. So it really, it it hits you when you're in a different culture. Sometimes more so than in your own. Because familiarity, you just sometimes are so familiar with what's around you that when you see it from a distance and a new land and a new people and a new place, you go, wow, it was very powerful.

Larry (11:57):

You talk about that. I was in the service in the early sixties and basic. We were stationed in Montgomery, Alabama, and we were friends with a black couple and there was an affair at another office's club in Montgomery. We had to leave one base to get to the other. His wife, my friend, my wife and I get in a car, we get up to the gate, the air police say, where are you going? We're going to the office's club in Montgomery. And they looked at us and said, not in one car. You're not, the service is one thing, but out there you, you can't be in the same car driving.

Maureen Langan (12:43):

It's disgusting.

Larry (12:45):

Absolutely. Anyhow, it's disgusting.

Maureen Langan (12:48):

Anyway,

Larry (12:49):

We're, it's, we, we've gotta get over that in this country.

Maureen Langan (12:54):

Well, I hope so, but good luck

Larry (12:58):

Ted Talk versus America's Got Talent

Maureen Langan (13:03):

Versus <laugh>.

Larry (13:04):

Yeah. I mean, you're getting up in front of a crowd. Ted Talks are, well-rehearsed. America's Got Talent.

Maureen Langan (13:12):

No Ted Talks. No, not really. No, because you know where I put it up a few times at some small theaters and ran it by some people. But no, I mean that was the second time I ever really did it full through.

Larry (13:28):

Oh really?

Maureen Langan (13:29):

Yeah.

Larry (13:32):

Did one or the other get you more jittery or were you pretty c

Maureen Langan (13:36):

Both. Oh, America's got talent by far. Oh my God. Yeah, because America's got talent. You have two and a half minutes to get your humor across. And the first my first appearance was very well received. There was a standing ovation, four yeses. The second one, I'm, I'm proud of the work I did. It wasn't, there wasn't a negative reception. It's that, you know, so how he stood up, he was very excited. And then he saw the others weren't standing, so he sat down. I think, yeah, I did a good, I'm proud of the work I did on it, but what I know that people don't know because they don't see it when you go out on that stage, you know, if they're focused, laser attention if they're chatty. So, and when you're performing, you want a collective, bam. But if they're chatty and they're getting this and those are talking and they're laughing at the different places where you're not expecting it, you have to pause.

Maureen Langan (14:30):

It's like music. You have to know when, or double Dutch, you have to know when to jump in, when to jump out. And if you're used to this rhythm, when I'm putting my hands really fast here, but one hand's moving, then the other's like, oh, lemme get on board. Oh, okay, you don't know. I know where to jump in. But they're jumping in at times that I'm not expecting. So I, for me, I like to, to be bam, bam, bam. And you can't keep it rolling if people aren't on the rollercoaster at the same time.

Larry (14:57):

So you're, you're talking about the hosts of the audience.

Maureen Langan (15:00):

The audience though, the hosts, I have to say two of the hosts were, I could clearly see they weren't paying attention and they were writing notes to each other. So that was unfortunate. And going on near last, after people have been sitting there close to three hours before the start of the show <laugh> and almost two hours during the show. But see, I know all these things. So that gets you, you know that yes, that would be a lot more daunting. A lot. But I was happy with experience. It went well. I got to the semifinals lost to a dog. We all lost to a dog. It's enough to make you wanna open a kill shelter. But I like animals, so I'm not gonna do that except for one. I would open at kill one and move. No, I wouldn't. I love dogs. I do. I have actually have a 15 and a half year old right here next to me that I took home last year when he was 14. So I like the senior dogs. 'cause How long could they last? <Laugh>? No, I'm kidding. I love

Larry (15:54):

Them. Yeah. I, I've got a 7-year-old lying on the floor next to me

Maureen Langan (15:57):

Too. You do? What do you have

Larry (15:59):

A miniature poodle.

Maureen Langan (16:00):

Aw.

Larry (16:01):

Who usually is pretty quiet during podcasts. Once in a while he sees an old friend out the window and that's good. Starts barking again. But, you know, you got, you got a couple of great comments from Simon and from Howie.

Maureen Langan (16:18):

Yeah. And all of 'em. Yeah. They were very complimentary. So Sophia, you should have a television show, <laugh>. That's what Sophia said. Heidi, I let go timing. And you know, Simon said, you're so fearless and so funny. And Howie was amazing 'cause he knows the business. And he said, you have all these tools and people are gonna repeat, don't make me hate you. That's my through line, as you could see behind me. Don't make me hate you. Yeah. It was good. It's good. It's, it's very vulnerable. People ask, how does it feel? I said, very vulnerable. Because then you open yourself up to millions of people who don't know you. Some being so amazingly supportive and some being like, oh my God, iterating. And, but then you think somebody, I go, you know, they don't even know me. And somebody said, yeah, and you don't know them, so don't give them that kind of power. And I thought, that's good.

Larry (17:10):

Your act on a GT was part of your Don't Make Me Hate You comedy tour.

Maureen Langan (17:16):

Yes, yes, yes. Which is kicking off in the new year. And again, you know clubs and theaters. Of course, if people wanna book it, they can, you know, don't make me hate you. They just go to my website because it's, you know, we're starting to book the new year, different places and venues around the country. So that's exciting.

Larry (17:34):

Go to your website. The website Mau is

Maureen Langan (17:37):

Maureen Lang. Oh, my name. Maureen Langan. L-A-N-G-A n.com. Or on the social media. They can reach out. Yeah. It's, it's good. It's, it's really appropriate for people who've ever read a book. I'm funny, I'm edgy. I I can get, I'm not vulgar. I can get a little edgy. Bring up a little, the New Jersey, the New York and me. 

Larry (17:54):

Go ahead.

Maureen Langan (17:55):

It's the deal. It's R minus, you know, it's not, it's not it's not vulgar or X-rated or any of that. I go through the people I don't wanna hate. You know, this is the difference. I'll give you a joke. Well, I did it on a GT. So, for example, and it's not even a joke. These are real things. I just channeled them into my rage and humor. So this is like I said you know, 'cause we're all flying. And there I was on the plane, and this is all true. A woman in the seat behind me gets up and she starts spritzing cinnamon on the, I go, what do you do? And lady, she said, it's natural. I go, yeah, well, so is my vagina. But I'm not s shoving it in your face. So that's hard. That's as harsh as I get. But, well, I can get a little edgy if people want it. We'll go there. But now go there.

Larry (18:36):

Go go there. This is an adult podcast. Oh,

Maureen Langan (18:39):

All right. So, well, so for a GTI said, well, so is my butt, but I'm not putting it in your face. Do you see how you adjust for the audience? So that's how you would adjust for an audience? No, I mean, I'm worried about the, you know, I, I do tell the people in the audience, you know, there was a time, remember maybe four or five months ago when women could get birth control and take care of their own reproductive health. It was, there was, that happened in America for a while till it was taken away. And I said to my neighbor, I'm not joking, this is, again, we talk about ageism. I can't stand it because you know, people in their, their seventies largely came of that the sixties. The, you know, love, peace, you know, like the, the most open-minded generation that's existed, I I that I know of, not since has there been a more open-minded generation. I mean, I was born in the sixties, but the, from what I've heard, but there's my next door neighbor. She was born before, you know, birth control was legalized in many places. And so I said, Hey. And she loves, she's abroad a lot of fun. She's about 80 now, a lot of fun. Real broad. Goes out a lot, loves her wine. So one night she was face down on the driveway and I said, Hey Betty back in the day, what did you use for birth control? And she said, blow jobs, <laugh>.

Maureen Langan (19:59):

I swear to God. So now I call her Betty, but never to her face. Never to her face. Never.

Larry (20:07):

Does she listen to podcasts?

Maureen Langan (20:09):

You know, if so, it's not Betty. That was just a fictitious name.

Larry (20:14):

Are we in trouble?

Maureen Langan (20:16):

Nah. You know, it's kind of, but she was blunt and honest and you know, it really is. You think about it though, this Catholic gal pre-birth control. Right. There's truth in it. So

Larry (20:27):

Anyway I'm in my late eighties. I'm not talking about it.

Maureen Langan (20:30):

No. Are you

Larry (20:31):

<Laugh>?

Maureen Langan (20:32):

No. You are?

Larry (20:34):

Yeah.

Maureen Langan (20:34):

Oh, wow. Look at you, Larry.

Larry (20:37):

Yeah. Looking

Maureen Langan (20:38):

Good. He's very damper. If you're listening to this on a podcast and not seeing visually, Larry is a very handsome chap.

Larry (20:46):

Oh ladies and gentlemen, we're going cut the podcast now for a few minutes. We'll edit this part out. A few

Maureen Langan (20:53):

Minutes. You see a few. Okay. <laugh>.

Larry (20:55):

Very few. Fair enough. You mentioned that you did a TV pilot.

Maureen Langan (21:02):

Oh yeah, I did. I, this I, oh Larry this, I would love to be picked up so much. This is like my heart and soul passion. Go for it. It's perfect. It's really a combination of my journalism meets my humor. And to me, I like Witt Witt is quick mindedness in the moment. Witt, I love wit. And it's a, i, I think traditionally an Irish trait. But anyway, in my pilot, which was called Mogo, but we've rebranded it as Langan on the loose and by day, the journalist in me. 'cause I travel the world as a performer, the country, the world. So by day, the journalist in me finds the fun, the heart, the smart of a city in its people. And by night we all gather, whether it be at a restaurant or a club, we raise a glass and have some laughs.

Maureen Langan (21:47):

And recap, you know, the discoveries and the humor. I mean, I was just in, believe it or not, the Balkans performing in Croatia, Serbia. Bulgaria. And, you know, the, the fun, the heart, the smart to watch these people, their humor, to see the humor from these people, I mean the other performers, to see what resonates for their audience. Or them working with one woman who's in her mid forties, who was a refugee during the Bosnian war. And to talk to her about her heart. Like she has twin daughters who are eight years old, and she named them Iris and Ingrid iis. And Ingrid, because she says Maureen. She said her name's Miranda. So it was easier for her to be processed through the different channels as a refugee. So she said if her daughters ever became refugees, she wanted them to have names that are worldwide recognizable so that she, they could be easily processed should that happen.

Maureen Langan (22:38):

And get, get to safety and Wow. Do you see, so you have like the funny of these comedians in a different culture. You have the heart of this woman and then, you know, you have the smart wow, whoever knew that this Colosseum, the Romans have this little cossum and pula. Like, there's just so much there. And then you see it through the lens sometimes of the heart, always through your heart, but you just sometimes funny, silly, ridiculous. I'm at the Bulgarian border with another comedian and we're in like line for hours to get through. I didn't know I was going to Bulgaria with this crazy nut. She was fantastic. She ran a comedy festival. We're in the car. This was only in June. And she just gets on a rant about what's Americans, what your songs that you like. And in her accent, just repeating the words and mocking us.

Maureen Langan (23:22):

I mean, I had tears pouring outta my eyes. So there's just so much that goes on that should be captured. And I think televised. I think there's a big market for it. I know that my humor transcends age. And I also think I'm proud of my age. And that people should see that you, you travel alone. You have these explorations. You, you know, this independence, this fun. So I really wanna sell that. And I did a pilot with a gal who's brilliant. She's worked on a number of television shows. How many men can middle-aged guys with bellies, can you watch eating 50 pound hamburgers? How many show belly flopping into pools? How many of those can you watch? I can't take it anymore. There's nothing. All we do is this homage to men doing their things constantly. I love men. I have three brothers, a father and, and a partner. But I just can't handle all of this homage to them constantly on every channel, every network. Everything. Okay, I'm off the soapbox. Lang it on the loose could be the show for you.

Larry (24:21):

Okay. I'll sign you up.

Maureen Langan (24:23):

<Laugh>. No, just, it's so there. I'm doing it anyway. I'm doing it anyway. So all it is is bring in a camera. Really. It's not, I can produce the darn thing. I know how to do it. Anyway, it's just by passion. So we'll see.

Larry (24:38):

In addition to all of this, you host corporate events.

Maureen Langan (24:43):

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. That's where you make your living. Well, yeah, because a lot of these corporations, Larry, like I have a big one coming up, an annual sales meeting for four days in Tampa for a big pharmaceutical company. So what they want is they're doing their sales awards, they're doing their activities during the day. They don't want standup, but they want somebody to infuse kind of a rhythm and keep it going and keep it light and keep it fun and be respectful and referential when that particular aspect of the festivities call for it. But also you have these salespeople. The next award goes to Larry. No, who's Larry? Let me find out his little peccadillo. Come on, Larry. You know that you played pickleball before there ever was a pickleball, you know, that you, you know, you, I don't know, have a string collection. You're nuts. But we like him. We like the way he sells. You know, something like, just to keep it fun and light and moving and not boring. So I do a lot of that. That's

Larry (25:35):

The, I've been at enough dental con, I'm a retired dentist. Oh, are you? I've been at enough dental conferences that really could have used something.

Maureen Langan (25:46):

Oh, I have a good friend who's a comedian Mike King. Michael King. He's a dentist and a comedian. Yeah. What is, he's the fourth dentist. Three outta four dentists. So his, I think his tagline is, I'm the fourth dentist <laugh>. You know how three outta four dentists say

Larry (26:02):

Whatever, or

Maureen Langan (26:03):

Four outta five? He's the fifth one of those.

Larry (26:05):

Yeah, I was usually the fifth one too. 

Maureen Langan (26:08):

Where did you do your, your dentistry? Boston. Oh, I have three nieces going to school in Boston now. Where? Two at Northeastern and one at Boston. U's. I was just up there last weekend. That's

Larry (26:20):

Huh. That's my alma mater. Bu Boston.

Maureen Langan (26:23):

Ah,

Larry (26:23):

Smart. Yeah. When it only, when it only costs $500 a year.

Maureen Langan (26:30):

Yeah, I know. That's

Larry (26:31):

It. A little while ago. Yeah.

Maureen Langan (26:33):

When school was affordable for people.

Larry (26:36):

That's, that's something else. When

Maureen Langan (26:37):

Getting education wasn't an elite thing.

Larry (26:40):

Where are you gonna be appearing next?

Maureen Langan (26:43):

I'm going, ah, I'll be in Boca Raton at the Boca Black Box on December 3rd. So I'd love for people to come out to that the Boca Black Box December 3rd. And they can always go to my website, maureen langan.com at my gigs page and follow that. And also Instagram and Facebook. I always post my show. I often post my shows there.

Larry (27:04):

That's too bad. I'm gonna miss you. We just moved up from Florida last year. Oh, where were you to Massachusetts in Boynton Beach.

Maureen Langan (27:12):

Ah, this is, well, tell your friends, Larry, you have friends in the area. I'll

Larry (27:16):

Send you

Maureen Langan (27:17):

The information.

Larry (27:17):

This will be on, well, I won't mention the community, but this will be on one of the community websites.

Maureen Langan (27:26):

Oh, wonderful. And can I, I'll send you a little flyer if I may, you know?

Larry (27:30):

Sure. And we'll, we'll push it a little for you. Anything else we missed? This has been fun. Oh,

Maureen Langan (27:36):

I don't know. You did so much promotion for me. Thank you. That's very nice. I just want people coming out to the theaters and to the clubs and not getting easily offended and let's have some laughs and, you know, just, you know, let's get it together folks. Let's just have some fun. I wanna insult you. You can insult me. We'll laugh about it. Everything will be fine. You know, I wish Joan Rivers were alive right now. I really do. Because she would, I saw a clip today of her telling people off. Oh, stop it. Because she said she hates kids. She would've loved Helen Keller. 'cause She never talked. And then somebody goes, I have a, you know, deaf child. She's like, I got a husband with one leg. Alright. He had one leg and I got a mother who's blind shut up. We have to laugh. And, you know, I just, I love her just pushing back and yelling at people who don't get it. So I want people to all come together and just have some laughs and let your head down,

Larry (28:24):

Whatever, whatever happened to that humor. We lived in New York City for a while. We were members of a little play house downtown way downtown. What

Maureen Langan (28:33):

Was it called?

Larry (28:33):

And the shows. Hmm.

Maureen Langan (28:35):

What, what Playhouse?

Larry (28:37):

I, I don't remember, but, oh, you don't remember. It was a while ago. While ago. But they had shows that made fun of everybody and everybody laughed. I know. And we can't do that anymore.

Maureen Langan (28:49):

Where did you grow up? Larry

Larry (28:51):

Boston area.

Maureen Langan (28:53):

You do your parents are from Boston too.

Larry (28:56):

They were,

Maureen Langan (28:57):

I just, you have a New York sound to you, that's all. Yes.

Larry (29:01):

And it goes really too. It comes and goes. When I'm tired, the Boston Boston

Maureen Langan (29:07):

Comes out.

Larry (29:08):

Yeah. It becomes wicked awesome. And <laugh> and I go, I go around parking, strangest cars. Parking. Yeah. You know, I, I do it for, just for Boston's sake. I park them at Harvard Yard just for the hell of it. But we've sort of lost that sense of humor, that communal. Oh, ridiculous. The communal sense of humor.

Maureen Langan (29:32):

Oh my gosh. You can't, oh my, I know. I had a table walk out. Well, only one woman wanted to walk out and she made her friends leave. And it was in Cape Cod. And I thought it was among my people. 'cause There are a lot of Irish people. And then I realized, oh yeah, I am among my people. They turned on me <laugh>. But like, this was a couple years, it was when Trump was president. It was an innocuous joke. I mean, I make fun of Biden. I, it doesn't matter. I make fun of Hillary. And I said that he was caught with a stripper, and I would've been more shocked if he'd been caught with a book. And oh, F you FI go, oh, that's a lie. He had a book. It was upside down. It was a Bible. But anyway, so like, and I go, no. He reads the classic stop. He loves the Lord of the lies. He's nasty little woman. And catch her in the. Come back, sit down. <Laugh>. They cur. So the one woman cursed me out. She was so angry. And then she's like, to her friends, we're outta here. We're outta here. And her friends are like, we wanna stay. We're having fun. I thought, my God, really? That's offensive. Just to make fun of somebody who, oh my God, it

Larry (30:33):

Deserves to be made fun of.

Maureen Langan (30:35):

Yeah. I mean everybody like, but it's like everybody's always made fun of the presidents and he just happens to have a lot more to make fun of. I mean, that was all, it was a bo Oh God. But do you understand what that's like? That people just get up and curse you out? Just curse you out for a joke. It wasn't, it was ridiculous. So on, you know, I stay away from it now because unless I'm really in an audience who I know a hundred percent or isn't gonna turn, which is usually gay, gay friendly, that kind of organ, that kind of group. Will you just go, girl, go, go, go. You know

Larry (31:11):

We lived in in California for a couple of years and our fav where studio City for a while. Yeah. And then Santa Clarita.

Maureen Langan (31:25):

Okay.

Larry (31:26):

You know, north of the city. Yep. Or as we like to say, we better leave five hours to get to the airport. You never know. <Laugh> we had a favorite restaurant in west Hollywood that we used to go to. And we were always greeted by the same waiter who said, ah, my favorite straight elderly couple <laugh>. So <laugh>, it was, we, we each got a hug and a kiss. It was great fun. Yeah.

Maureen Langan (31:51):

I just have some fun,

Larry (31:53):

Great, great sandwiches, by the way.

Maureen Langan (31:55):

Oh, really? What's the name of the joint? Do you recall? You don't recall? No, it doesn't matter. It's

Larry (32:00):

Okay. I'm old. What can I tell you,

Maureen Langan (32:01):

<Laugh>? Well, there's, you know, there's a lot more to remember as we get older. I'm not even kidding. There's so much more to remember because we've done so much more as age. Right.

Larry (32:10):

Maureen, this was fantastic. This was great fun.

Maureen Langan (32:14):

Well, it's such my pleasure to have met you, Larry, and thank you for being so gracious. I really appreciate that.

Larry (32:20):

And anyone wants to get in touch with you once more. How do they do that?

Maureen Langan (32:26):

Just go to Maureen langan, L-A-N-G-A n.com. There's a contact button there if you wanna just say hello. You have a question. You wanna book a show, you wanna discuss it, you're interested. Any of that stuff. There's no pressure. And of course, if you're on social media, I am on Facebook and Instagram by the same name. Maureen, L-A-N-G-A-N. And of course, you should be put in, don't make me hate you. Oh, by the way, if they wanna get, don't make me hate you. Merchandise for the holidays as a gift. A grab bag. Again, maureen lang.com. Just click on store when you go there. There's everything from coasters to mugs to t-shirts to onesies. It's a riot. Hey Larry, thanks a million. And I hope I didn't chew your air off too much.

Larry (33:07):

<Laugh>, Maureen. Thanks. I, in case anyone who was listening heard background noises of sawing, I've gotta apologize because the tree company that I asked a year ago to cut down the tree, the dead tree in front of my window, finally got to do it. <Laugh> right as we started this.

Maureen Langan (33:30):

Of course, of course. Hey, you, listen, if, if people wanna listen, I'm on WBAI Radio Tuesdays at four o'clock eastern time. It's called badass Women. Highlight badass women, the men who love us and, and issues from the serious to the seriously funny that affect all of us.

Larry (33:45):

Well, let me thank this one badass woman. One more time. Yes, thanks Marie.

Maureen Langan (33:50):

Thanks a million. Larry. All the best to you.

Larry (33:53):

Great fun.

Maureen Langan (33:55):

Great fun.

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