If You Would Have Told Me | John Stamos Pt. 2

Sharp Tongue

Jessimae Peluso

Health & Fitness, Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Mental Health

4.6 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Ep 4: Stamos & the Soundtrack of Grief (Part 2) Part two with Stamos, baby! We go even deeper in this one. We recorded before the recent passing of Brian Wilson’s wife, Melinda, so the conversation around his work with The Beach Boys hits even harder now. We talk about how music helps us survive grief, the real behind-the-scenes magic of Full House, and how our mutual friend Jeff Ross plays a big role in how we process pain through comedy. We talk about what it’s like to keep loving after loss… and how grief keeps surprising you, even years later. This one felt like a warm hug with a drum solo. Listen when you’re ready to cry, laugh, or just feel seen. Buy his book If You Would Have Told Me: ⁠https://a.co/d/9RCTKwS⁠ FOR MORE FUN IN YOUR LIFE...FOLLOW JESSIMAE! SUBSCRIBE TO THE DYING LAUGHING POD: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://found.ee/DyingLaughing⁠⁠⁠⁠ SUPPORT THE FAN CLUB: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://found.ee/JessimaePeluso-Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ SEE JESSIMAE LIVE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://found.ee/jessimaetour⁠⁠⁠⁠ CHECK OUT JESSIMAE’S WEBSITE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://found.ee/Jessimae⁠⁠⁠⁠ FOLLOW JESSIMAE ON IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://found.ee/InstaJess⁠⁠⁠⁠ BOOK A CAMEO: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://found.ee/cameo-with-jessimae⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey you, welcome back to Dying Laughing. I am your host and grief guru Jesse May Paluso.
0:06.8	Okay, so if you haven't listened to Part 1 with John Stamos, the man the myth of legend,
0:12.0	yet pause this and go back because that man dropped wisdom like he was handing out communion.
0:18.0	So if you're here for the sequel, buckle up because part two, we get even deeper,
0:23.1	we get even weirder, which is just how I like it here at Dying Laughing. And you already know
0:27.1	John Stamos, as Uncle Jesse from Full House. He drums for the Beach Boys. He's an actor. He's
0:33.2	a heartthrob. He's a freaking walking thirst trap. But what really blows me away is how iconic he is
0:39.0	without ever acting like it. Like this man was in that forever music video. You know the one I'm talking
0:43.8	about. The one that made us all feel feelings we weren't emotionally equipped to feel in the 90s.
0:49.3	And yet somehow he also manages to make grief sexy. How? He's bionic. In this episode, we go into how
0:55.9	basically he lived through the golden era of sitcoms as a guy who made it look easy, but behind all
1:01.4	that fame was a real man experiencing real life. And he discusses a lot about that in his book,
1:07.2	his memoir, if you would have told me, which is more than just a book. It's like a lifeline and a love letter to all the people he's loved and lost in his life. And speaking of that, there's this one moment where he talks about his mom that I really related to, where he found a handwritten note from her just when he needed it, like almost supernaturally. And I don't care who you are. If you've lost someone, you know those
1:27.9	moments when the universe just hands you a message from the other side and it somehow keeps you
1:32.4	going. Well, this episode has jokes. It has heart. It has that kind of vulnerable honesty that
1:38.4	hits you right in the ribs. So pour yourself, Vino, put your phone on Do Not Disturb, and come sit with us for a while.
1:45.8	Let's get into it.
1:51.3	And we're back.
1:55.9	This is part two?
1:57.4	Yeah, this is part two.
1:58.4	I felt so bad that I had to leave early last time.
2:00.4	I came late and then I had to leave early for some reason.
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