"I Sold Weed Cookies to Famous Comedians"

Great Moments in Weed History

David Bienenstock

Tv & Film, Comedy, History

4.8 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

What was it like to be the in-house weed cookie dealer at Upright Citizens Brigade in NYC during the legendary improv theater's glory days? Our guest John Flynn tells all in his new memoir Baked!—and we give him credit for providing creative inspiration to a cultural institution that launched the careers of many of today's top comedic talents. Founded in 2004 by Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh, Adam McKay, Rick Roman, Horatio Sanz and Drew Franklin, the theater and school helped launch the careers of Paul Scheer, ,Kate McKinnon, Jon Gabrus, Aubrey Plaza, Rob Corddry, Rob Riggle, , Ed Helms, Aubrey Plaza, Zach Woods, Nicole Byer, Bobby Moynihan, Andrew Daly, Jason Mantzoukas, Nick Kroll, Donald Glover, Ben Schwartz, Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson (Broad City), Chris Gerhard and many, many others. From baking his first batch of THC-infused treats to help fund his musical tribute to the movie Showgirls, to a run-in with FedEx that became the moment his weed cookie empire crumbled, John shares the highs (and occasional lows) of a very sweet ride. SPONSORED BY EMJAY DELIVERY If you'd like to try California's best cannabis yourself, without leaving home, head over to Emjay Delivery and remember to use promo code GREATMOMENTS (all one word) for 10% off your first order, 15% off your second order, and 20% off your third order. Abdullah and Bean both highly recommend this excellent service with incredible cannabis and unbeatable prices. EPISODE ARCHIVE Visit our Great Moments in Weed History podcast feed for 60+ episodes of our classic format, and subscribe now to get a new weekly podcast every Weednesday. PATREON Please support Great Moments in Weed HIstory on Patreon. Supporters get exclusive access to video versions of this podcast and private seshes, plus cool rewards like a signed book. And it truly helps us make the best show possible.

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0:00.0	Hey, how's it going, folks? It's Abdullah and Bean. And welcome back for another episode of
0:05.9	great moments in weed history. We've got another epic interview coming at you today with a person
0:13.8	who was involved in one of the great comedic institutions of our time and in fact was responsible for delivering cannabis
0:23.9	to the performers, thereby taking some small part in shaping comedy for the future. Isn't that right,
0:32.0	Bean? Yeah, this is a really, really fun story. We're talking about the upright Citizens Brigade, probably the
0:39.7	most influential movement and comedy of the last 20 years, and it is all in our guest John Flynn's
0:47.8	book. It's called Baked! Exclamation Point, Sex, Drugs, and Alternative comedy, and it is about his journey as a weed
0:57.2	cookie purveyor to alternative comedians of the highest caliber. This guy sold weed cookies
1:06.6	to UCB performers. He did it for a long time. He went real big with it. And he's just an amazing guy
1:15.2	with a really fantastic story, which of course you can learn about in his book. And we're going to get
1:20.6	a little taste of that story today in this interview. It was a really, really fun one. Of course,
1:27.1	years in UCB have given John comedic chops,
1:30.6	and he's just a really fun guy to talk to.
1:33.1	Before we get into it,
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1:58.9	This episode, we're going to talk about what weed delivery used to be, which was a comedian by day,
2:05.4	weed cookie maker by night who would bicycle and subway it all over the city to bring you
2:11.9	weed cookies.
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