# 387 - Cheri Oteri’s Journey from The Groundlings to SNL

Wife of the Party

Berty Boy Productions

Comedy, Self-improvement, Comedy Interviews, Education

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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I sit down with Cheri Oteri to discuss her start in comedy, getting cast on Saturday Night Live, hosting game nights, playing a match maker on “And Just Like That”, and much more. Bert’s new special “Lucky” is streaming now on Netflix! Leave us a voicemail at (818) 949-8536 --------------------------------------------------- Sponsors Shopify - Sign up for your $1 per month trial and start selling today at https://shopify.com/wife BetterHelp - Our listeners get 10% off their first month at https://betterhelp.com/wife --------------------------------------------------- Our Next book club will be “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” by John Berendt https://amzn.to/4ijx9md https://bookshop.org/a/97615/9780679751526 --------------------------------------------------- LeeAnn Kreischer talks to friends about marriage, family, and being married to the life of the party, comedian Bert Kreischer! --------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW LEEANN: Facebook▶ https://www.facebook.com/wifeotp Instagram▶ https://www.instagram.com/leeannkreischer iTunes▶ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wife-of-the-party/id1343348729 Official Website & MERCH▶ https://www.wifeotp.com Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast! #wifeoftheparty #podcast #leeannkreischer #bertandleeann Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Play over piety is what someone said to me once.
0:03.4	I like that.
0:04.2	That's how you...
0:05.0	Yeah, piety never's good at a party.
0:06.7	Oh, piety's never good anywhere.
0:08.2	Oh, her party parties.
0:09.8	Right?
0:10.6	Or in her piety.
0:11.5	Oh, my turn my laces together and jump out a window.
0:17.0	I'm so glad you're here.
0:18.5	Me too.
0:19.3	So I met you only once.
0:21.8	And then we... But you know what?
0:22.6	What?
0:23.2	It was enough to make me want to do this because you were so warm.
0:26.8	And you and Bert were just so warm and friendly at, yeah, at Ted Sarandos's comedy.
0:36.3	I was surprised.
0:37.7	It was mostly stand-ups.
0:39.3	Yes, it was.
0:40.2	But I got an invite.
0:42.1	That was cool.
0:42.8	That was very cool.
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