Get Out! GAY Magazine – Issue 387 –October 3, 2018

INTERVIEW
Zach
Zimmerman
WANTS TO HAVE
SEX WITH YOU
Zach Zimmerman is a queer
comedian who is making quite a
splash since moving to New York
last year. Time Out New York called
him a “hyper-prolific, wickedly
funny stand-up,” he has had humor
pieces published in The New
Yorker and McSweeney’s and he
has performed with The Second
City Theatricals. He sat down with
Get Out! to talk comedy, remote
control butt plugs and social
media plugs (@zzdoublezz).
Zach! Welcome to New York.
Thank you! I’ve been waiting
to be welcomed.
Do you feel like a New
Yorker?
I do! Last week, I made plans
to get coffee with a friend.
Three days later, we both
realized we had forgotten. It
was in that moment: I become
a New Yorker.
Haha. Tell me about your
comedy. You’ve got a show
at the Museum of Sex?
Yes! It’s called Let’s Have
Sex With Zach Zimmerman,
because I am subtle and do
stand-up to find a husband.
It’s a new monthly sex/
comedy/talk show with
stand-up comedians, drag
queens and an interview with
a sexpert who you can ask all
your questions. I’ll give you
terrible answers; they give you
factual ones. It’s a goddamn
blast.
Have you learned anything
from the show?
Put lube INSIDE the condom.
Game changer. I had no idea.
Also, be careful who you give
the remote to when you’re
wearing a remote control butt
plug on stage. Drag queens
can be cruel.
What got you into comedy?
Oof. Great q. I’d say at first
I was drawn to comedy
in a search for immediate
validation. My dad used to
give dinner table sermons to
me as a kid in an evangelical
household, and I never got
to talk, so now...I talk a lot.
So word of caution, parents:
Let your kids talk! Or you’re
gonna make more stand-up
comedians, and no one wants
that.
Now that I’ve matured
and don’t need (as much)
validation (though it never
hurts), I’m drawn to comedy
because of its immediacy—it
can react rapidly to events
of the week and even in the
room, its interactivity—it
invites the audience into
a dialogue while other art
forms can be a bit more oneway,
and its ability to bring
people together—literally and
figuratively.
Also, again, I am looking for a
husband.
Where can people catch you
next?
@zzdoublezz on all social
media platforms, sweetheart!
I recently did a thing on my
Instagram where I posted
just the letters to spell
out an upcoming show,
and it decimated my likes.
Zuckerberg was not happy. So
please, find it in your heart:
Dig deep, and give those likes
today.
And live shows?
Yes. Come see Queer
EyeRL at The Bell House on
October 18. It’s a Queer Eye
satire where we make over
an audience member. The
cast is stacked. It’s too fun.
And, of course, check out
the Let’s Have Sex With Zach
Zimmerman show. The next
one is October 25! Devil
emoji.