Talking with birbigs about Tip Your Waitstaff, the Instagram show he's been performing to raise money for comedy-club workers who’ve lost their incomes
Birbiglia with Maria Bamford, Gary Gulman, and John Mulaney on Instagram. Photo-Illustration: Vulture and Mike Birbiglia/Instagram Like most comedians, Mike Birbiglia suddenly found himself without any upcoming gigs once the COVID-19 pandemic really hit the U.S. Since last week, he’s been performing a show on Instagram every day called Tip Your Waitstaff, which raises money for comedy-club workers who’ve lost their incomes.
Then on the 12th or the 13th, I woke up to text messages from Mulaney and Roy basically saying, “What do we do to help out these clubs?” I was already going to try to write a check to the Buffalo Helium staff and the Bloomington, Indiana, Comedy Attic staff — that’s where I was supposed to be the next week — but then I thought, Well, why don’t we broaden this out? Then I just had this idea [for this format], because you can’t really do stand-up in a vacuum in your living room for no audience,...
What’s it been like performing for that online audience? I’ve seen some people say, “That’s not a joke. That’s an observation,” not fully grasping the concept that you’re workshopping stuff.
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