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Judah Friedlander, World Champion [VIDEO]

Posted by Jake Kalish

 

In addition to co-hosting Saturday night's TV Land awards with Neil Patrick Harris, the man we know and love as Frank Rossitano on 30 Rock has a new satellite radio show airing every Wednesday at 5 on "Raw Dog Comedy", Sirius Channel 104 and XM channel 150. The New York Post's Pop Wrap interviewed him about the show, humbly titled Judah Friedlander's World Champion Radio. 

Among his revelations: Frank is no longer gay for Jamie...

PW: Your show tends to be very call-in heavy. Was that the plan?
Judah: I wanted to it be real loose but stand-up comedy-oriented. So I play a lot of clips from my shows that haven't been heard anywhere but during my sets. But my fans call in a lot to battle with my World Champion persona.

PW: For people who don't know, please explain who that is.
Judah: It's me as the greatest athlete in the world and a sex symbol. Callers like to challenge me to see if they're better at anything. Or some just want advice from the champion. Today someone wanted to talk about killing skills, another person asked me to marry her and someone else wanted to challenge me at golf. It's a lot of fun.

PW: What's the best World Champion story you've come up, I mean, lived recently?
Judah: This one time a guy at a comedy club thought they were a better fisherman than me so I started talking about how I won this surfing tournament by a lot and got bored, so I started fishing. Someone called out that they caught a 100-pound Tarpon, so I told them that I caught a whale, cut it open and found 40 Tarpon inside. Mostly in the 120-140 pound range, but I thanked them for offering up their subpar skills.

PW: So do you think Frank is still pining for Jamie?
Judah: No, he's over Jamie. Frank is no longer gay for Jamie. Uzebia, the cleaning lady, really got him over Jamie. That's the real reason he's been hooking up with so many chicks on the "TGS" set -- Frank had to get over Jamie!

Here's a video clip of Friedlander doing the radio show:

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