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Whitney Cummings is one of the hottest up and coming stars in comedy right now. In addition to appearing regularly on “Chelsea Lately” she has also been seen on the “Comedy Central Roasts of Joan Rivers and David Hasselhoff” and her one-hour stand-up special “Money Shot” recently premiered on Comedy Central. Whitney also wrote, co-executive produced and performed stand-up on the comedy series “Live! Nude! Comedy!” for Showtime, was named one of Variety’s “Top 10 Comics to Watch” and was named one of Entertainment Weekly’s “Comedy Stars of Tomorrow.” We are excited to have her playing at Rams Head Live this Saturday night (along with  Brad Wollack, Chris Franjola and Sarah Colonna) as part of the Comedians of Chelsea Lately show. We are even more excited that she sat down to answer a few questions from us.

Q:  A lot of the research I did for this interview was done using your Wikipedia page. Is any of that *%$# true?

A: I’m too lazy to check, but if it’s flattering yes and if not, no. 

Q: Assuming it is, it says that you grew up living in Potomac, MD, not far from us. What are your fondest memories of growing up there?

 A: Well, I’m a comedian, so I couldn’t have had that glowing a childhood. But I love DC-I grew up in Georgetown and I went to school in Potomac. All I really remember is getting fake ID’s and getting drunk in parking lots. 

Q: Let’s see – in addition to being a nationally recognized comedienne, you are also a model  AND a magna cum laude graduate of U Penn – are you sure this bio’s true?

A: I’m sensing some sarcasm. 

Q: You are appearing as one of the “Comedians of Chelsea Lately” and have obviously been on that show a number of times….what is the one thing most fans of that show would be most surprised to learn about Chelsea?

A: Chelsea doesn’t really hide much so everyone pretty much knows everything about her. But in case it isn’t insanely obvious Chelsea works incredibly hard and is crazy generous. Oh, also she eats Swedish fish before the show. 
Q:  Is there really as much drinking on the set as is portrayed?

A: Yup. 

Q: Love your appearances on the roasts. Those are brutal – they make me cringe just watching it. Does everyone write their own jokes or do some people get some help. Hard to believe Hulk Hogan is that funny.

A: There are writers on the show to write for the non-comedians. I used to be a writer on the show before I was a performer. 

Q:  Can other people make you laugh? What do you think is funny? Favorite movies?

A: Yes. Dave Attell, Dana Gould, Sebastian Maniscalco, Louis CK and the movie Windy City Heat