LOL WITH IT: Q&A with comedian Hannibal Buress

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LOL WITH IT: Q&A with comedian Hannibal Buress

POSTED: Friday, January 21, 2011, 9:00 PM

Filed Under: Comedy | Critical Mass | LOL With It Stand-up

On Sat., Jan. 22, SNL and 30 Rock writer Hannibal Buress comes to Connie's Ric Rac (1132 South Ninth St.). He was recently mentioned on Rolling Stone's "10 Funniest People, Videos and Things of the Coming Year" list, but is he worth all the hype? Ryan picked his funny brain this week about David Letterman, Tracy Morgan and playing Madden Online.

Photo | Frederick M. Brown

Critical Mass: You were on Letterman — is the notorious set-screening as ball-busting as it's rumored to be? Hannibal Buress: Eddie Brill, the booker, has you go through a bunch of different sets. He watches and gives notes. I still have a lot of input, but they wanna make sure they know how everything works. It was fun to do, any time you do standup on TV, it's fun. I was happy with the set, a lot of people saw it, it was fun to get the material out there. CM: What were your big breaks early on? HB: It was great to write for SNL. I got approached about working there after I performed on Jimmy Fallon. For that opportunity to pop up... it was great. And it was fun to work with a bunch of great people. (It was his stint at SNL that led him to the opportunity to write for 30 Rock ...) CM: Is Tracy Morgan's character really just a "character"? HB: There are definitely some aspects of Tracy Jordan that are similar to him in real life, but there's also a character there. A lot of it is fictional, but then lot of the story lines have a thread of truth to them throughout the show. CM: What kind of things do you like to do while you're not spewing the funny? HB: Madden online ... I get beat by people a lot, they wanna talk shit about it after they beat me. People take it super serious. I played this guy and he was winning and about to take a knee with 30 seconds left. Instead he scored a touchdown and then onside kicked, I turned it off, like "you're being an asshole!" I go back online and he sent a message, "Too Much Celebrating, Not Enough Scoring... I own your bitch-ass!" I just wrote back, "Congrats man... Apply the energy to real life."

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