Literally Heinous

Author: Lily Maslia

It's everything you're curious about in pop culture but don't feel like digging into yourself. Join Lily Maslia in her getting to the bottom of mindless news and listening to her thoughts, grievances and bewilderment with navigating her mid-twenties in Brooklyn.
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59. College Improv to NYC Comedy: Sketch vs Improv with Mckenzie Fleischer
Tuesday, 7 April, 2026

This week on Literally Heinous, I’m joined by my OG comedy BFF, Mckenzie Fleischer—an NYC improv queen. If you have ever been curious about doing comedy in NYC, this is the episode for you!!!We talk extensively about our college improv team, Fishbowl, and how it was lowkenuinely the best time of our lives. McKenzie gives us the raw truth about her comedy career: live TV, sketch vs. improv, the pressure to go viral, dating within the comedy scene, man-on-the-street interviews, and how Instagram has completely reshaped comedy culture.We cover the differences between the major NYC theaters, Brooklyn vs. Manhattan scenes, and the best places to take classes right now. McKenzie writes and performs sketches with the Brooklyn Comedy Collective resident sketch team (Oh, Shooty!), performs nationally with her long-running improv group (Help Me I’m Drowning), writes and performs musical comedy and somehow has time to be in a queer marching band. (00:00 - 30:22) - Intro & stories from college improv (30:22 - 01:07:17) - McKenzie’s comedy career (+ working at Drew Barrymore)(01:07:17) - Chic or Freak!!!!!