The two became friends after Just for Laughs Montreal about five years ago, and Schumer asked if she wanted to go on the road with her, which helped Everett tweak her routine for comedy clubs. Adam Horovitz (the Beastie Boys’ Ad-Rock) plays bass, and Everett explains he’s the one who encouraged her to go home and write “Titties,” after she started singing it during a softball game and thought it was ridiculous. While Everett’s been performing in NYC for more than a decade, her live show took a different shape when she hooked up with her band the Tender Moments. “I didn’t shit my pants, but it was a very magical moment all the same,” she said. Her brothers and sisters all played piano and sang, and as the youngest of six kids, Everett was absorbing the music coming out of each bedroom: Queen, REO Speedwagon, Air Supply, Bread. Everett says her mom would listen to Manilow, maybe “cry a bit,” and Everett would brush her hair as they sang together. Her mother, a music teacher, cultivated a Manilow education when she was growing up in Manhattan, Kansas. However, Barry Manilow might be her true kindred spirit. I have a job where you can drink lot of Chardonnay and whip your titties out.”Įverett’s go-to karaoke songs were anything “female and anthemic,” like Alanis Morissette’s “You Oughta Know” and Janis Joplin’s “Piece of My Heart.” “Female and anthemic” is a fair approximation of her songs, too. And then I just didn’t realize you could do that professionally, and it’s taken me a long time to figure that out, but it turns out you can.
He has cameras filming at all angles, capturing Everett’s Swiss Army Knife work in high-definition.Įverett says she’s been performing since college, when she would sing in karaoke bars,“have a couple drinks, and just go apeshit. Gynecological Wonder, Everett explains, is “reflective not just of my vagina but of my whole body and spirit.” She found the perfect partner in Bangs, who’s also done videos for Sonic Youth and Pavement. She does costume changes on stage, audibly out of breath, which only lends to the kinetic energy of her performances. (“Little nippy titty,” the kids called her.) This leads into readymade anthem “Titties,” which recounts all the different types there are, as we’re urged to “put ’em in the air”: beavertail, tube sock, ding-dong, mousetrap, rubber ducky. “There’s also the tender moments, which are important to me.”Īt the beginning of the special, she tells a story about her breasts developing as a young girl, and only having nipples. “I want them to feel something down somewhere.”ĭown in her somewhere, Everett’s a true storyteller: “It’s not just like a full-on, aggressive, in-your-face cabaret fuckfest,” she said. “I like that people have a strong reaction, one way or another,” Everett said. When she prowls the audience, that’s when the show’s energy pivots-every show is different, fused to the chemistry of the crowd. Her voice will blow the bangs off your forehead. Everett wields her body like a Swiss Army Knife: She’s going to motorboat you, she’s going to sit on your face, she’s going to lick you, she’s going to spit Chardonnay on you. During Gynecological Wonder, we see a blurry orb appear over Everett’s nipples several times, as her pendulous breasts threaten to swing too far. Tits are a big part of Everett’s live show. Stars like Sarah Jessica Parker and Amy Schumer stop by to testify to Everett’s raw power and mythical breasts. The special opens with a shot of Everett as she’s dreaming in bed, clad in a “Manilow” jersey. With that intro, Bridget Everett dives into “What I Gotta Do,” the chorus of which passionately wonders, “What I gotta do to get that dick in my mouth?” This introduces us to Everett’s new Comedy Central special, Gynecological Wonder, filmed by Lance Bangs at NYC venue Joe’s Pub. “This song goes out to anybody with a pussy.
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