"I Am The Least Interesting Person In My Family" - Alex Edelman Performs Stand-Up On The Late Show

Comedian Alex Edelman makes his Late Show stand-up comedy debut with a hilarious routine centered on his high-achieving family. He kicks off the set by describing his father, an MIT professor and cardiologist who nearly won a Nobel Prize for designing artificial hearts, and contrasts his accomplishments with his mother's unimpressed reactions.

Edelman also opens up about feeling like the least interesting person in his household. He shares stories about his brother A.J., who represented Israel in skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics, detailing the absurdity of the sport and the funny sibling rivalry surrounding his family's path to Olympic glory.

Key takeaways

• Alex Edelman breaks down his family dynamic, featuring a cardiologist father and an unimpressed mother.
• He shares a hilarious story about his father bringing home a chrome artificial heart in a cardboard box from his car trunk.
• Edelman details his brother A.J.'s journey as an Israeli skeleton athlete at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
• He pokes fun at the sport of skeleton, pointing out that an unmanned sled once finished fourth place in a race.

Highlights

• 0:26 — Talking about his cardiologist dad who designs artificial hearts
• 1:34 — Looking inside a trunk full of artificial hearts
• 3:19 — The museum parking spot disagreement in Boston
• 4:03 — Learning his brother qualified for the Winter Olympics
• 5:18 — An unmanned skeleton sled finishing fourth place

00:00:00 Stephen Colbert Welcomes Alex Edelman
00:00:26 Introducing an MIT Heart Surgeon Dad
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