Joel Kim Booster on Stand-Up, ‘Fire Island’ and More

<p>Joel Kim Booster likes to play the “hot idiot” on stage. But as you will quickly learn by listening to this episode, he is actually quite insightful when it comes to the unique challenges he has faced on his path to becoming one of the funniest young comedians working today. In this conversation, the writer and star of Hulu’s ‘Fire Island’—previously titled ‘Trip’—opens up about growing up with his adoptive Evangelical Christian family, how he gave up self-deprecation to embrace over-confidence and why there hasn’t been a gay male stand-up comedy superstar on the level of Ellen DeGeneres, Wanda Sykes or <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tig-notaro-has-never-felt-better/id1456474041?i=1000486345682" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tig Notaro</a>.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>This episode was originally published on June 1st, 2021.</p><p><br></p><p>Follow Joel Kim Booster on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ihatejoelkim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ihatejoelkim</a> and Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ihatejoelkim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ihatejoelkim</a></p><p>Follow Matt Wilstein on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/mattwilstein" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mattwilstein</a></p><p>Follow The Last Laugh on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lastlaughpod/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lastlaughpod</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Highlights from this episode and others at <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/the-last-laugh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Daily Beast</a>.</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>