Alex Edelman on Playing a ‘Dopey Golden Retriever’ in ‘The Paper’ and Addressing the Middle East in His Next Comedy Hour: ‘Some Things Are Too Important Not to Joke About’

I arrive early to a noodle bar in Columbus Circle where I’ll ask the comedian about his upcoming stand-up hour and his role in Peacock’s “The Paper.” There are only a handful of people seated at the restaurant, but Edelman doesn’t want to take any chances. So, when he arrives, he looks around the half-empty eatery and, from the host’s stand, loudly calls out my name to the whole restaurant. I turn to face him, and, as if there was no other…