To rising comic Hannah Einbinder, her bits are for more than just laughs. She says her jokes are a coping mechanism she uses to process the tough topics she tackles in her material.

Einbinder, known for matching Jean Smart’s quick wit and comedic timing in “Hacks,” recently released her debut standup special on Max to critical acclaim. Throughout her set, she takes on several difficult subjects, including sexual identity and climate change.

“Climate change is something that I think about every day when I look out the window at the Earth, before my eyes, so that is something that I definitely wanted to hit on,” Einbinder said. “It’s just something that overwhelms my consciousness, and so I write about it.”

Einbinder said she thinks about “pretty much everything through the lens of comedy,” adding that the habit is a “classic coping mechanism” or “survival instinct.”

The special, “Everything Must Go,” was the product of steady touring and workshopping bits on tour. She said audiences let her know “real quick” if a joke was flat, and she constantly refined them to figure out “what lines stick.”

In one memorable bit, Einbinder sings a Hebrew song to enhance a story, one she says is genuinely true. She said she knows the moment is unconventional, but she enjoys leaning into that.

“That is a choice where I am choosing to build tension and then ultimately build it up to a point and build it up to a point — and then release that,” she said.

The “Hacks” star, who is the daughter of “Saturday Night Live” alum Laraine Newman and comedy writer Chad Einbinder, also said she’s not afraid to incorporate her more personal stories onstage.

“It’s actually kind of like, ‘This is my version of me, this is the heightened version of me. This is the most packaged version of me with a bow,’ ” she said.

‘Spaceballs’ sequel in works: Comedy legend Mel Brooks, 97, is producing a “Spaceballs” sequel starring Josh Gad.

Brooks and Gad are producing the movie for Amazon MGM Studios based on a screenplay by Gad and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” writers Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez. Josh Greenbaum will direct. No other casting information was announced.

“My phone has never exploded as hard as it did today,” Gad captioned an Instagram post about the news. “We are very excited! Early days still, but working with the legendary Mel freaking Brooks to make something worthy of this franchise and his legacy has been a dream come true. ... We are doing everything in our power alongside Mel to make sure you get what you’ve waited 37 long years for. EVERYTHING #maytheschwartzbe withyou.”

Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the amount of material available to satirize has only grown since Brooks’ first parody film.

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