Mike Farah

<p class="p1">Mike Farah was the first producer hired at Funny or Die, and he has been a vital part of the upstart digital production studio since 2008, when Funny or Die was still known only as an online comedy video platform. The company has produced the critically-acclaimed <em>Brockmire</em> for IFC, Emmy-nominated <em>Billy on the Street</em>, the Peabody award-winning <em>American Vandal</em> for Netflix, the Emmy-nominated Sarah Silverman series <em>I Love You, America</em> for Hulu, and the feature films, <em>Between Two Ferns: The Movie</em> for Netflix, and <em>Impractical Jokers: The Movie</em> for Warner Bros. In the fall of 2022, they’ll present <em>Pickled</em>, a celebrity pickleball tournament hosted by Stephen Colbert for CBS and Paramount+, as well as <em>WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story</em>, a feature film biopic spoof that premieres on Roku. As CEO since 2016, Farah sat down with me in his Hollywood offices to take a look back at all the twists and turns in Funny or Die’s history.</p> <p class="p1">If you like this conversation, please consider subscribing to my Substack called Piffany at <a href= "http://Piffany.Substack.com"><span class= "s1">Piffany.Substack.com</span></a> so you can read bonus commentary on this episode as well as more comedy news and insights. Thanks in advance, and now that that’s out of the way, let’s get to it!</p>