Janeane Garofalo, a renowned maverick on standup comedy’s open frontier, now a key figure in digital comedy’s blushing future.

The highly acclaimed Janeane Garofalo was a key headliner in the launch of Seeso’s Standup Festival Premiere event on October 17th, at The Slipper Room. A fitting venue for the pioneer event, its velvet rouge-colored stage curtains celebrating a history of emerging talent behind them. Seeso hopes to usher in a fresh digital age of comedy directly to its fans through their contemporary streaming service.

Together partnering with esteemed comics Janeane Garofalo, Jena Friedman, Ian Harvie, Laurie Kilmartin, Dan Levy, and Irene Tu, Seeso began their new venture ceremony in the only way that matters, through a night filled with roaring belly laughs and scorching social commentary. FanSided.com caught up with the always lively Janeane Garofalo on the red carpet to ask the important questions.

Wet Hot American Summer Reunion:

Janeane Garofalo is currently reprising her role as Beth from 2001 comedy Wet Hot American Summer in the prequel series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp on Netflix. We asked her what it was like returning to the role after time has gently passed.

FanSided – Nir Regev: So Janeane you’ve recently gotten to work on Wet Hot American Summer again.

*Janeane pops in excitedly*

Janeane Garofalo: Yes, I start season 2 tomorrow!

FS: I was wondering what was it like returning to that after so many years, is it like a high school reunion? What does it feel like?

Garofalo: Well, we’ve actually all been in touch with each other for the most part throughout the whole time. So, it wasn’t like a high school reunion, since we were all well out of high school when the movie was made. It was more like an early middle-aged… Yeah, I’m one of the oldest people there. So I was definitively middle-aged, but the rest it was an early middle-aged reunion. And tomorrow it will be even slightly more advanced into middle-aged reunion. For season 2. That’s what it was like.

Election – Atheist Presidential Candidates:

A staunch activist, Janeane Garofalo has always been open with her personal views to the public. In 2007, Garofalo described herself as in atheist during a radio interview with Freethought Radio. We thought it a great topic with the current climate of the upcoming election to discuss the potential for an atheist President or candidate.

FS: As an atheist, now with the election coming up and of course atheists always poll the least. Do you think one day there will be atheist President?

Garofalo: I’m sure there’s been multiple atheist Presidents, they just can’t admit to it. They feel the need to pander. There’s an enormous amount of people who are secular atheists in this country. Like I said, I’d say the great majority of candidates who’ve ever run or been elected to office have their doubts or at least agnostic. But they would never say. Even if there’s a legal precedent that we’re suppose to separate church and state, no one ever follows that legal precedent.

Seeso Standup Festival Premiere:

We ended the interview with a spotlight return on the big night ahead at Seeso’s Standup Festival Premiere.

FS: Janeane, how do you feel about today’s Seeso streaming standup comedy event?

Garofalo: I feel great about today’s Seeso streaming standup event. I’m just flattered and thrilled they wanted to show my special. I’m very happy about it.

Catch Janeane Garofalo On:

Seeso:

For more information on Seeso’s ad-less streaming Standup Comedy platform go to Seeso – About or subscribe today at Seeso.com.

Netflix:

See Janeane Garofalo reprise her role as Beth on Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp by becoming a subscriber on Netflix.com.