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Ruben Fleischer

Ruben Fleischer

American film director

Mar 26, 2026

6:06
You've, uh, you directed the Girls Guitar Club with Mary Lynn Rajskub and, uh, Karen Kilgariff and-
6:11
And a bunch of shorts with Nick Thune.
6:13
But yeah, I, I really honestly was just a huge comedy nerd, like, in the first generation, or I don't know when the first generation was, but I was in the late '90s generation of alt-comedy nerds.
6:23
And I used to go to Largo every Monday night, and I would see...
6:26
It was when I first moved out here, um, to Los Angeles, having been a huge Mr.
6:31
Show fan, and I would go every Monday night, and it was incredible to me that for five bucks, I could see David and Bob and Paul F. Tompkins and, um, and Mary Lynn and, and Karen and a bunch of those people who were, uh, performing, you know, regularly at Largo.
6:46
And for me, it was really honestly a dream come true getting to see these guys in person and, and just as such a huge fan of comedy, getting to meet these people and, and then later get to make stuff with them.

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