Sebastian Maniscalco | What Is He Even Doing Here? | Mike Birbiglia’s Working It Out
This week the one and only Sebastian Maniscalco sits down with Mike for a wide ranging conversation on their parenting strengths and weaknesses, the difference in what makes them cry, and Sebastian’s early days waiting on his future co-star Robert DeNiro. Plus, Sebastian reveals if he ever acts like Sebastian offstage.
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Hosted and Produced by Mike Birbiglia
Producers: Peter Salomone, Joseph Birbiglia, Mabel Lewis, Gary Simons
Video Consultant: Graham Willoughby
Special Thanks: Marissa Hurwitz, Josh Upfal, David Raphael, Nina Cwik, J. Hope Stein, Oona
Music: Jack Antonoff and Bleachers
@Missv67124
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
and oh my God Mike, you said you're 47 years old
@Missv67124
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
really Sebastian people don't know who you are come on
@natalieramos8635
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
I'm with your wife, especially with a child and pets. Rats hate eucalyptus. I had them under my porch. I used cotton balls loaded with vicks vapor rub . No rats since. That was a couple years ago.
@westcoastgabber
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Me here waiting for the rat poison video😂😂😂
@maddisonreilly1219
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
i love this collab!!
@msays1275
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
7:57 um I'm not in (Mike's) demographic …. Only here because of Sebastian –!
@donnahughes8575
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
🇮🇹😎Sebastian, you could get tons of Italian stories, come Monday, Oct. 13th, Chicago Columbus Day Parade/ Indigenous Peoples Day, noon-kickoff on State Street that great street❣️
@kevsstream6349
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
The Pete and Sebastian Show is the best
@pocketfulofposey
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Sebastian is my favorite
@phyllisendicott6538
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Love your podcast but I can't watch the comedians who are Saudi sellouts. I'm so glad you didn't go.
@crystalpowell8619
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
I love you both.
As a black woman, I sometimes think twice about going to shows when I see nothing but ——— at the show. I have gone to stuff where the audience- not the comedian- gave me the eye like I shouldn’t be there. So weird.
@ericsilberstein667
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Rats and other animals along with nature is essential to the survival of all life. We’re not.
We need to stop with this human supremacy nonsense. This point of view is embarrassing considering what we’re doing to the natural world and a dangerous view at that.
Love both comedy both don’t put yourselves above others.
@Danno737
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Mike, when you played in Madison WI, you stopped at my daughter's both Tori's Trinkets at the farmers market. She said you were very nice. You bought a few things for your daughter.
@sofaloafable
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
I'm an Asian woman and I'm here! I love you both!
@kristenr5205
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Love Sebastian! He has a very funny podcast with Pete Correale!!🙏❤️
@bonnieperegoyvideos3592
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Sebastian,The answer to the end of the colonoscopy bit is go back now and watch the video. first: Just the fact that you go back and watch the video after the procedure can be worked out to have laughs, and secondly, they will be something in the video that will trigger the end for your routine. You’re welcome.
@MsCcasillas-z5z
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Had to turn it.. you guys have to learn how to use the mic😅 your voices go in and out.. you both don't belong in podcasts
@ToxicFoxyMG
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Good news Sebastian! I'm Italian and introduced my Chinese boyfriend to you and we saw your show last yr in Wilkes-Barre, PA and he thought you were hilarious!
Congrats you have 1 Asian fan 😂😂
@calling_4_all_angels506
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Still shocked nobody picked up Bookie, Sebastian is a brilliant actor, best show Netflix ever produced.
@paulferranti8536
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
The Saudis killed American citizens.
@novaward267
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Great show, loved Sebastian since I first saw him, on The View I think it was.
@beverleyreid563
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
One of my go-to comedians. Wish he could come to Toronto.
@GalGreen
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Noticed a single errant frame in 33:13 cutting to Mike and back
Edit: another one at 33:52 (two frames this time)
Edit 2: another one at 37:57
@keytronic
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Thank you for having conviction and a heart. We appreciate you Mr. Birbiglia, you earned a viewer today sir.
@MrGrokthis
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Love Sebastian! To finish the ball gag…I woke up and realized they brought out the gimp.
@Zhor7962
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Great episode, I love listening to this podcast because it's not always just the same stories everyone tells in other interviews. I mean, that and the comedy lols
@asynchronicity
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Murder Bag Maniscalco…
Get that blood money.
Get it!
@jeanking6662
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Sam Morill found exterminators who killed his huge rat with hockey sticks… just like 2 weeks ago (or that's when episode aired of WMBD)
@suecampbell4811
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Sebastian, how about the end is about waking up, not remembering anything after you had your "…ass spread and a ball gag in (your) mouth…", you say that the worst part was you didn't find any $ left for you but instead YOU had to pay for the experience. Health care, its an experience. And done. No matter what you say, the lead in that you shared in this was very funny.
@sheefree
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
'It's probably all in the email' 😄
@anthony_pickle
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Love that soccer bit, the sun screen tag is hilarious
@Merijuanamann
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
I’m a 28 black young man and I’ve been following BOTH of you since I was
@kevinmccombs3201
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Mike describing doing head shoulders knees and toes before a set
🤣
Love you Mikey
@teridewitt5101
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
I love Sebastian ! ❤
@femnotsofatale
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
I mean, what happened with the rat conversation with Mike's wife, Jen (?)? Were the cops called?
@_Story-scape_
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Lol – I called pest control after watching this video 41:30
@debraelsner6537
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Two great comedic minds, and seemingly genuine nice people! Good family men. Watch anything they do!
@spicster8089
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
an all-timer of an episode
@MsAngelia26
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
It might just be weird lighting but I’m a little worried about some redness/swelling on Mike’s face. Is he having an allergic reaction? Hope all is well
@labigs
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
mike audio too low…..
@pegm5937
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Sebastian AND Mike! ❤ I could not click fast enough. I wanted to thank Sebastian for his brilliant performance in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada last year. He's the first big name comic i've gone to see who respected his audience enough to have a solid hour of great material. I've found other big names come here and treat our venues with thousands of people in attendance like a nightclub where they get to work out new material. ❤
Not Sebastian. He came, he cooked for an hour solid, all new material, all incredibly well crafted. So, thank you for taking your audience seriously and treating us respectfully no matter where we are ❤
@danellemoore1461
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
We know who you are, Sebastian Maniscalco. Don't let Mike let you believe that old cat ladies who wear cool glasses don't know Sebastion.
@KellyBurklund
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
My glasses are not funky, but I’m getting new ones soon. I’ll make it right.
@jglassdude
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
That bicep thing is a bit for sure, he can totally get 4 min out of it
@lesliemeier4225
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
You really think your last show in some city is going to make or break 'customers'
@ZachFuse
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
45:05 now you know what a diddy party feels like
@ScottLevick-n6p
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Sorry, but SM is a dickhead. And he's doing the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
@mnext7e
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Hello from a Latina 🙂
@ianb5949
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
I live in the UK. I am not a big comedy fan, but I have enjoyed Mike Birbig sine I heard several other comics praise him over the years. This was long before podcasting became the drug of the day. Then I found a clip from the Man in the Pool, so I started looking for the Burbig, and here I am. However my AL GORE RYTHM dumped me from Mike Birbiglia, and I struggled to remember to think of him. I had to remember Mike, and then go searching for him. Until right now I have never even heard of Sebastian Maniscalco. He is right, algorithms do get lost.
So, Sebastian Maniscalco glad to meet you.
By the way, after years of being away, you can never GO BACK to an old haunt. Everything might look the same, but you and it have all changed. Your dad found that out the first time he returned to Sicily. On subsequent visits he was prepared for the culture shock.
@gingerhitzke9185
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 pm
Middle-aged woman with funky glasses here 🙋🏻♀️ already knew who Sebastian was and saw him live at Netflix is a Joke at the Hollywood Bowl. I laughed SO HARD. He has such intense energy on stage. Great performer. So funny!!
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