Remember Short-Lived Sitcoms? (with Paul Scheer)

How Did We Get Weird with Vanessa Bayer and Jonah Bayer

All Things Comedy

Society & Culture, Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.9 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

On today's new episode, the Bayer siblings are thrilled to be welcoming the actor, podcaster and comedian Paul Scheer! We're talking about being adults who still follow rules we learned as kids (no tv in your bedroom!) plus some other things we learned as kids (Vanessa has the same birthday as Prince Charming?) And we get into Paul's amazing book "Joyful Recollections of Trauma" and how and why we find humor in sad or difficult times. Plus, Jonah teaches us about active listening from a therapist's POV and Vanessa realizes she's not the best at it? Then we get into TV show theme songs and intros, specifically the one that introduced the short-lived ABC sitcom "He's the Mayor." And on that topic, Paul tells us the real story of how the "Friends" theme song came to be! Plus, Jonah and Paul know almost too much about Steven Segall. And in a rousing game of "LEGIT MOAN OR UNNECESSARY GROAN" we're discussing complaints due to unfilled potholes, cranberry juice that also contains other juice, and incompetent contractors who think they can get away with it because they have... a dog? Check out this fantastic episode and be sure to check out Paul's delightful and enthralling podcasts "How Did This Get Made" and "Unspooled"!!

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Vanessa Bayer and this is my brother Jonah.
0:06.1	We're two siblings who love to talk about our childhood and nostalgia and how shaped us into people we are today.
0:10.9	Who can't wait to find out how today's guest got made.
0:14.1	Welcome to How Did We Get Weird. Jonah, I know we're both thrilled about our guest today.
0:32.1	He's such a lovely, hilarious person.
0:35.0	And you have something coming up that, uh, you wanted to
0:40.0	make you probably bring up. Yeah. I don't want to get into all the details, but I am getting my first
0:46.3	colonoscopy tomorrow. Um, and our guest today has worked with the colon cancer prevention
0:51.2	project. And so I, right after this podcast, I have to start drinking this weird cocktail of
0:58.1	stuff.
0:58.8	And then tomorrow morning, I go in and I'm 45 now.
1:01.8	So it's, yeah, so I'm doing it tomorrow.
1:04.0	So I'm about to really, right after we record, I'm going to start.
1:07.0	Start drinking.
1:07.9	And, you know, I've done it.
1:08.9	I've done it once before, even though I'm not 45 yet, Bragg.
1:14.5	But and it was, and it, in the drinking of the stuff, I think, is the worst part.
1:19.3	But let's hear what our guest has to say.
1:21.9	Do you want to introduce him?
1:23.6	Sure, yes.
1:24.4	Today's guest, actor, podcaster, comedian, filmmaker. You might recognize him from his role on shows like The League on Black Monday. He's also a co-host of the podcast, How Did This Get Made and Unspooled, as well as the author of an amazing book that I cannot recommend enough called Joyful Recollections of Trauma. Let's welcome Paul Shear. Hey, Paul, how's it going? going i am excited and now i need to get tested as well i
1:46.6	need to get my colonoscopy going let's do it i for some reason i googled you and colonoscopy
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