Remember Pogo Ball? (with Julie Klausner)

How Did We Get Weird with Vanessa Bayer and Jonah Bayer

All Things Comedy

Society & Culture, Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.9 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

This week we are excited to welcome writer, actress and comedian Julie Klausner to the podcast, who you may know from her popular Hulu series "Difficult People," her podcast DOUBLE THREAT with Tom Scharpling and/or her brand new podcast ASK JULIE! on the Forever Dog Plus Network. We discuss with Julie the many similarities between the films "Singles" and "Reality Bites" (including highlights from both soundtracks), dissect "Empire Records" and "So I Married an Axe Murderer" (GWAR discussion included) and reminisce about the time Vanessa introduced Jonah to Eddie Vedder and he said Vanessa was cool. We also revisit one of the most dangerous toys of the nineties aka the Pogo Ball, and explore their unorthodox commercial campaign which for some reason featured a giant monster hand trying to destroy the universe? Then we round things out with our viral segment "Legit Moan or Unnecessary Groan?" where we scan the Plain Dealer from a decade ago to find out what Clevelanders were complaining about, from smoking in casinos to extreme couponers. Unlike a Pogo Ball commute this podcast moves fast, so don't forget to don protective gear before listening.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Vanessa Bayer and this is my brother Jonah.
0:06.0	We're two siblings who love to talk about our childhood and nostalgia and how it shaped us into the people we are today.
0:10.0	Who are pretty fascinated by the arts, if I do say so myself.
0:14.0	Welcome to How Did We Get Weird. So, Jonah, I'm really excited about our guests today. I know you are too.
0:32.4	I am as well, yes. When I was first starting on SNL, I actually did her podcast called How Was Your Week.
0:39.7	We had such a nostalgic podcast where basically we both watched reality bites, singles,
0:45.4	Empire Records, and so I married an axe murderer.
0:48.1	And we just talked about those four movies, which all have a lot in common.
0:52.1	And in fact, our guest today gave me a quiz, which was so funny.
0:56.8	She would ask me things that a character did.
0:59.5	And I would have to say whether it was Ethan Hawke's character Troy in reality bites or
1:04.1	Matt Dillon's character, Cliff, in singles.
1:06.4	Because it turns out they're almost exactly the same.
1:09.1	How'd you do on the quiz?
1:10.0	Do you remember?
1:10.5	Pretty sure I got 100%. But I had just watched all the movies. Got it. Like, it's not like I did it
1:15.9	from memory or else I would have never remembered. And you know, Joan, it also reminded me of the time
1:20.9	that you had a birthday party where you and your friends, you were probably like 13 and you took your friends to see singles. And mom and dad and I went with you, but we had to sit like a few rows behind you and your friends. You could be cool. Yeah. I vaguely remember that. Yeah. I mean, such an incredible movie. I still remember that club scene with Alison Chains playing wood. I mean, and then Ben Stiller is supposed to be like this kind of straight business guy.
1:44.7	Now you're thinking of reality bites. You're mixing up the movies because they're so similar.
1:48.8	No. Alison Chains has to be in singles. No, no, no, but Ben Stiller is in reality. Ben Stiller is in reality.
1:54.1	Ben Stiller isn't in singles. You're right. They are so confusing. They're so confusing. And Matt Dillon and Ethan Hawke play almost exactly the same character.
2:02.5	Right. Which our guest today really picked up on and gave me a very difficult quiz if I hadn't
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