Peet’s Utilizes Iliza Shlesinger’s Talent Perfectly by Letting Her Go Joyously Off Script

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On a Saturday night in April, comedian Iliza Shlesinger shared The Comedy Store bill with a massive slate of performers, including one of the club’s stalwarts, Marc Maron.

With all due respect to the WTF podcast host, neither he nor anyone else taking the stage in Los Angeles could hold a candle to Shlesinger, who has a quartet of Netflix comedy specials under her belt including the highly lauded Iliza: Elder Millennial. Her energy was infectious, the barbs came fast, her set was clever, relevant and flat-out funny from start to finish—and the 2008 winner of Last Comic Standing made it all look absolutely effortless.

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