Remember Sideways Stories from Wayside School? (with Josh Gondelman)
How Did We Get Weird with Vanessa Bayer and Jonah Bayer
All Things Comedy
4.8 • 713 Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
This week on the podcast the Bayer siblings are thrilled to welcome brilliant comedian and absolute delight Josh Gondelman! First we get into Jonah picking out a new phone and discuss the many color options and ask how so many people are so sure of what color they want?? And we try to figure out what's going on with home shopping networks selling precious metals and jewels so urgently before "they close the mine"?! Plus we get into Josh's favorite childhood book "Sideways Stories from Wayside School" which is silly and fun but is Vanessa still haunted by the story of Jenny arriving late to school? And we get into books making us hungry and Vanessa asks the important question: how long would it take you to eat your bedroom full of pasta? And finally in a rousing game of LEGIT MOAN OR UNNECESSARY GROAN, the trio discuss complaints about stores being open on Thanksgiving, sale coats being on the same rack as non-sale coats, and someone feeling their hospital should be taken off the list of best hospitals for an insane reason. Be sure to check out this hilarious episode and Josh's hilarious YouTube special "Positive Reinforcement" or see him on tour in your city soon!!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Vanessa Bayer, and this is my brother Jonah. |
| 0:06.2 | We're two siblings who love to talk about our childhood and nostalgia and how it shaped us into the people we are today. |
| 0:11.2 | Who are very pleased about our guests today. |
| 0:14.1 | Welcome to How Did We Get Weird. |
| 0:32.2 | Thank you. So Jonah, it sounds like you got a new phone. |
| 0:34.7 | Yeah, yeah, I got a new phone recently. |
| 0:36.9 | I usually have my phones for a while. |
| 0:54.3 | And something I wanted to talk about, and I'm curious to get you and our guest take on this, I feel like they made such a big deal about what color phone I wanted. Interesting. And it was so, they're like, we have this one, we have this one, we have this one, we have this one's kind of like limited edition. It's pretty lucky that we have this one in stock. |
| 1:12.1 | And it was like so funny because I was like, yeah, I don't, whatever. And then like, Vicky's like, do you want this? I was like, I'll just get the one you don't get. Like, I don't get our phones confused. But yeah, it was so interesting to me. I got the sense a lot of adults were very, I don't know, particular about what color phone they had. |
| 1:12.1 | And it was so, I was like,, particular about what color phone they had. |
| 1:16.7 | And it was so, I was like, yeah, I just want one that works. I don't know. Is this a thing? |
| 1:24.2 | Yeah. Yeah, I know. It is always with phones. I, and even honestly, like computers and iPads and stuff, when people are so sure of themselves and they're like, oh, I want the space gray. |
| 1:30.0 | You're like, really? |
| 1:31.4 | How do you? |
| 1:32.7 | I, in my mind, they're all gray. |
| 1:36.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:36.7 | And so when I'm given options, I'm like, what? |
| 1:40.3 | And people have such strong, they're like, oh, no, I definitely want black because whatever, |
| 1:45.2 | or like, oh, I like the, I like the rose gold. And you're like, you do? Okay, maybe I like the rose gold. Like, it's so. And then they were trying to sell us cases. And the woman working was very nice, but she was like, this could be a nice case if you're going out to like a formal event and you want to match your case. And I'm like, I'm like, this phone is going to be in the same case for the next three years. |
| 2:03.5 | And then I'm going to match your case. And I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, this phone is going to be in the same case for the next three years. And then I'm |
| 2:04.2 | going to trade this phone in. Like I'm not attached to this at all. I'm not coordinating it with any |
| 2:08.5 | outfits. You're lucky you don't carry a purse. I, I carry a purse. And I, I know people who |
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