It’s Hannah Einbinder’s world, and everyone is just living in it. The world is actually just one of many hot — literally — topics the comedian takes on (for the last time) in her stand-up comedy special, “Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go.” The special is streaming now on Max, which is also the home of her hit series, in which she co-stars alongside Jean Smart.
Their work on "Hacks" is so acclaimed, it's caught the attention of . But in "Everything Must Go," the focus is solely on Einbinder. She runs through everything with the audience from her birth origin story to the threats of climate change during the nearly hourlong special.
In an interview with TODAY.com, Einbinder dishes on the personal details of her special, her bond with Smart (including if they "match each other's freak") and, as a self-proclaimed Philadelphia sports fan, her love of the . Einbinder, 29, explains the meaning behind the name of her stand-up special, which begins as "the origin story" of her birth and ends with her grandmother's funeral.
"I do speak to the micro and the macro experience of life on Earth, which is, of course, threatened by climate change," she says. Einbinder adds she also speaks to "the lifecycle — cycles, everything must go." "It's also an allusion to the fact that I am burning all of this material," she continues.
"I will never say any of these jokes again, I'm never going to do this hour again. I have no act to speak of: No worries, I'm not worried." In the spec.
