Nimesh Patel + Mookie Thompson

Ilana sits down with renowned NYC-based national touring stand-ups and longggg time comedy buddies Nimesh Patel and Mookie Thompson to reminisce hard about the good ol’ days coming up as young comics in the Brooklyn and Manhattan comedy scenes of the 2010s. Celebrating the Netflix release of Nimesh’s fourth full-length comedy special BUY THE DIP, directed by Mookie, the group confronts getting OLD (aka middle-aged), the liabilities of Long Island, and Indian Americans on a Royal Caribbean cruise. Come on in, it’s open!

Host: Ilana Glazer
Producers: David Rooklin, Amanda Jane Stern
Head of Partnerships: Deanna Spinale
Video: Lexa Krebs
Audio: Nicole Maupin
Lighting: Kevin Deming
Camera/Sound: David Rooklin
Editor: Tovah Leibowitz
Graphics: Raymo Ventura
Artwork: Andrew Brischler
Outro Music: Don Hur

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