While her rendition of "Bound For Fun" at the 1985 Little Miss Shayna Maidel pageant was an undisputed triumph, Sarah Silverman's more recent performance in London was slightly more controversial. The press was ruthless, calling her "overhyped," "as funny as Tay-Sachs disease," and "the worst thing to happen to England since Princess Margaret discovered Pilates." Shortly after, we located some audience video and posted it; while the audio was muffled, it seemed to us that there was genuine affection for Silverman in the room.Asked about the incident by the NY Post, the comedian insisted the show was a rousing success, a reciprocal love fest between performer and audience that was unfairly spun by the media into a public relations disaster. As evidence, Silverman cited Defamer's own post. (She knows we work in our boxers out of that giant laundromat/Starbucks thing in Echo Park, right? OK—just checking.) She explains:

England was bizarre - I had the time of my life and the live show was a blast - the crowd was fantastic and I fell in love with them. Then I woke up the next morning and every reviewer said I got booed off the stage and bombed. I honestly thought I was being punked. BELIEVE ME I know when I bomb - I've bombed a billion times in my life. It was literally the opposite. I wish I DID bomb there, at least all this press wouldn't be so frustrating. Defamer posted a video someone took with their phone from my encore (I went back out and just shot the s—t for a bit. It was really fun - something that can only happen live, you know?) and you can see that I'm doing well. I never thought I'd be happy someone videotaped it and posted it on youtube! One thing I did learn was that on the ticket it said doors opened at 6:30 - which is when the theater had me arrive for sound check, which is lame. Also, I just found out the show was slated in the ads to be 2 hours long, and my show is one hour. I feel terribly that the crowd was misled - that is lame. As for my material, it's half and half. Half old half new. I'm not a machine — I'm working on my show 15 hours a day for 8 months of the year. So please, don't come if you want to see all new material!!

We're happy we could do our part to restore Sarah's reputation as the undefeated Jewish Shock-Comedy Princess of the World, a favor she can repay by agreeing to submit to a round of Defamer 20 Questions over a nice plate of kneidlach soup at Canter's. You know where to reach us, Sarah.