“I’m Peace. I have a Ph.D. in medieval studies. Which means I owe $200,000 in student loan debt at 49 percent interest rate! Whoops,” Maria Bamford quips as she introduces herself and the other endearingly in-debt characters in her new Funny or Die series, The Program.Pop culture notices that higher education can be a rip-off.
Bamford and fellow L.A. comedian Melinda Hill co-wrote the show, which follows the journey of five members of a 12-step, Debtors Anonymous program. The two came up with the idea while carpooling to various Anonymous meetings that they “may or may not” have attended in L.A.
“We wanted to create something as close to, and respectful of, this world — and funny — as we could,” Bamford tells the Weekly. “And to celebrate this special culture, of which L.A. has the most in the world!”
Monday, July 21, 2014
Maria Bamford and Melinda Hill’s New Comedy About Going Into Debt
The L.A. Weekly reports:
