Ike Barinholtz: Picking Up Where Mel Brooks Left Off

<p>It’s taken just over a decade for Ike Barinholtz to fully make it in Hollywood, with starring roles in big films like ‘Blockers’ and high-profile streaming shows like ‘The Afterparty.’ Now, with ‘History of the World, Part II,’ he’s returning to his sketch comedy roots. In this episode, the Second City and ‘MADtv’ alum talks about how he ended up becoming one of the driving forces (along with <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/nick-kroll-on-big-mouth-stand-up-snl-and-more/id1456474041?i=1000584600541" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nick Kroll</a> and Wanda Sykes) behind the continuation of his comedy hero Mel Brooks’ 1981 classic and how he thinks about what it means to be “offensive” in 2023. Barinholtz also shares stories about ‘MADtv’ going up against SNL in the early 2000s, convincing <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mindy-kaling-on-the-office-never-have-i-ever-and-snl/id1456474041?i=1000527944747" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mindy Kaling</a> he was really Russian on ‘Eastbound and Down,’ his breakthrough movie performance in ‘Neighbors’ and a lot more.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br><p>Follow Ike Barinholtz on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ikebarinholtz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ikebarinholtz</a> and Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ikebarinholtz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ikebarinholtz</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><br><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><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https:/