HOW TO HAVE THE BEST SUNDAY IN L.A.. ACCORDING TO ALEX EDELMAN

ON THE AGENDA FOR THE EMMY-WINNING COMEDIAN? THRIFTING, HIKING AND OBSCURE ADVENTURES.

- BY JEN DOLL

Illustrations by LINDSEY MADE THIS; photograph by HBO David John Photography

ON “The Paper,” the much anticipated mockumentary spin-off to “The Office,” Alex Edelman plays intrepid accountant/reporter Adam Cooper, part of the team tasked with reviving the fictional local newspaper the Toledo Truth-Teller. Edelman was also a writer and consulting producer for the show, which premiered earlier this month on Peacock, and says the project gave him “the thing that is rarest in Los Angeles”: routine.

“It was a really wonderful routine,” he adds.

Of course, routines must end and new routines must be created. Edelman, who won an Obie and a Special Tony for his stand-up show “Just For Us,” about attending a meeting of Nazis as an Orthodox Jew (it became the HBO original comedy special “Alex Edelman: Just For Us,” for which he won an Emmy), is back on the road and adding new dates for his current show, “What Are You Going to Do.” In his spare time, he’s working on a nonfiction book, “I Don’t Belong Here.”

The perfect Sunday, for Edelman, is always a little bit different, with currents of consistency woven through. (He calls himself a “recommendation machine,” which feels accurate.) There's always a hike. There are always friends involved. There’s always food. There are plenty of laughs. But for all the tried-and-true recs, novelty is important too. “I guess my headline is, Sunday’s the day to try new things,” he says.

This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for length and clarity.

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