Gulman’s had fairly a journey by the depths of crippling despair to a brand new 90-minute present, “Born On third Base,” which he’ll carry out at Carnegie on November 13 as a part of the New York Comedy Pageant. Gulman’s 2019 HBO particular “The Nice Depresh,” coated a bout of despair he skilled that landed him within the hospital.
This particular, he tells CNN, is rather less heavy.
“It is nonetheless autobiographical, however it’s extra about my childhood, of being on free lunch and meals stamps and welfare and simply, I suppose tales in a humorous means about how we have handled poor children in America,” Gulman says. “And likewise some tales of revenue inequality in my remark and monetary insecurity in America and the way it pertains to my life.”
Gulman says though the subject material is critical, he says it is “most likely my funniest particular thus far.”
Gulman wrote the set over the previous 18 months, throughout which he additionally penned a memoir. Though he is uncertain despair can ever be cured, he says he’s in a a lot better place now.
“I am doing nice. I feel form of one of many advantages of getting been by such a extreme and intensive bout of despair is that I am actually conscious. I’d say vigilant about any type of indicators that I would like to regulate my habits with a purpose to thrust back one other bout,” Gulman shares. “I train practically daily and I eat proper and I’m going to my therapist and I take my medication. I am hyperaware of what I have to do to make it possible for temper and my psychological well being is maintained. I am grateful for that.”
He has had shorter durations of despair, Gulman says, however his restoration is faster and the bouts have by no means been as unhealthy because the one he covers in “The Nice Depresh.”
Gulman may also be seen within the upcoming Amy Schumer Hulu mission “Life and Beth.” He says he loved enjoying Schlomo, an observant Jewish man who loves folks.
“I received a very enjoyable half on that and received to hold round with Amy and Michael [Rapaport] and different comedians on the present, and it was actually, it was a lot enjoyable,” he says. “The present is de facto humorous and well-written, and he or she’s such an awesome actress and comic and a pal.”
As for Carnegie Corridor, Gulman calls it a dream come true.
“I imply, look, it is Carnegie Corridor,” he says. “My goals had been by no means audacious sufficient to essentially dream of performing it at Carnegie Corridor. It is actually a dream come true.”
