663 - Working As A Stunt Woman With No Experience with Comedian Jessica Winther

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4.1 • 529 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Comeidan Jessica Winther was born in Montreal, raised in Las Vegas and always wanted to be in show business, so much that she accepted a job as a stuntwoman on the feature film Con Air, with no experience whatsoever! Plus, Jessica and Christine share stories about what it's like raising teenage girls, during covid.

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0:00.0	Your plans? Today it's dinner with the parents at your spot. We gotta come back here. Now,
0:06.6	their spot. Or you're on the edge of your seat at the game. Come on, just one time. And it's the one.
0:14.4	Or maybe you're catching the next flight to... Now boarding flight 1850. Oh, that's you. you the choice is yours and when you're with
0:23.4	amex it's not if it's going to happen but when american express don't live life without it
0:29.7	hey it's christ Christine from Storyworthy.
0:38.9	Today on the show, comedian Jessica Winther talks about everything from her upbringing to being the PTA president to being a stunt woman on Conair.
0:48.1	And they're like, okay, jump.
0:49.8	I'm the only one that's like, fuck it! Let's go! I'll do it! It's the ending scene and the plane
0:57.3	comes down and everybody's like, ah! The plane is coming! We're running from the plane! And I'm supposed
1:05.3	to jump forward and everyone else is a pat, the whole thing. No one cared if I was injured.
1:11.6	No one cared that I didn't know what I was doing.
1:14.5	Today on the show, comedian Jessica Winther talks about everything from her upbringing to being a PTA president to being a stunt woman on Conair.
1:25.0	Stay close.
1:27.1	Yay, my name is Jessica Winther and and you're listening to Storyworthy with Christine Blackburn.
1:42.8	Welcome to Storyworthy. My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm coming to you from Los Angeles, California.
1:48.0	Whether you're a longtime fan of the show or a new listener, welcome to Storyworthy.
1:54.1	Now, I hope you guys enjoyed this story last week with Greg Fitzsimmons. Do you know Greg Fitzsimmons?
2:00.1	I don't. Jessica, great guy. Man, oh man,
2:03.5	he's done a lot of comedy. He's been on Howard Stern over 50 times. He's, uh, yeah, he's a regular
2:10.8	on, uh, Jimmy Kimmel's show and also the other Jimmy. And he's been on Adam Carolla
2:16.7	more than 200 times. Anyway, Greg Fitzsimmons, super funny guy. And he's been on Adam Carolla more than 200 times.
2:18.9	Anyway, Greg Fitzsimmons, super funny guy.
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