Remember The Secret Beanie Baby Scam? (with Tim Kasher of Cursive)

How Did We Get Weird with Vanessa Bayer and Jonah Bayer

All Things Comedy

Comedy Interviews, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.8 • 713 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

You know Tim Kasher as the frontman for Cursive and The Good Life, but did you know that Tim and his mom were also the masterminds between a secret Beanie Baby scam that saw them selling Ty Bears for thousands of dollars through the Omaha World Herald classified ads? Actually, no, you couldn't—because Tim shares this exclusive story for the first time for HOW DID WE GET WEIRD LISTENERS? From hiding Peace Bears from his co-workers to making backroom deals that the executives at Ty never saw coming, Tim was able to save enough money for Cursive to buy a minivan and tour the country! On this incredible episode, Tim also comes clean about not writing the theme song for "USA Baby," what it was like working at a toy store growing up and why—despite writing some of the most memorable indie songs of the last two decades—he's still searching for validation from a certain high school athlete. Somehow we also play a round of CHANGE DOT DORK where we discuss a Ritz Cracker/Hot Cheetos collab, debate if kids should still learn Cursive in school and wonder if Omaha will ever get their own In-N-Out Burger franchise. Don't forget to check out Tim and Gwynedd Stuart's amazing trivia podcast "Musical Puke" and keep an eye out for screenings for Tim's horror film "Who's Watching" in your town soon!

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0:00.0	I think everybody knows that I'm a huge advocate of finding your way into help when it comes to mental health.
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1:03.8	minutes. Hi, I'm Vanessa Bayer and this is my brother Jonah.
1:13.4	We're two siblings who love to talk about our childhood and nostalgia and how it shaped us into the people we are today.
1:18.5	And we're living the good life because we've got today's guest.
1:21.6	Welcome to How Did We Get Weird.
1:45.5	Yeah. about to see if you had filled out your application for the Orange Schools Hall of Fame,
1:49.5	if you were thinking you're going to go to the ceremony, where you're falling on our school fame. Yeah, I'm appreciating the respect of being invited to be nominated for our High School
1:53.7	Hall of Fame. Huge. It's in September. I'm still thinking about it. I'm still thinking,
1:58.5	I'm really giving it some serious thought, trying to do some planning for the fall. And I'm still thinking about it. I'm still thinking. I'm really giving it some serious thought, trying to do some planning for the fall. And I'm figuring it out. What about you, Vanessa? Where are you at? I'm thinking about it. You know, I think I mentioned it to mom and dad, and they were like, they were like, who do you think you're going to get to, like, to induct you?
2:18.0	And I'm like, oh, I don't think it's like the rock and roll hall of fame.
2:20.4	We're like, we're like, like a celebrity fly across to like introduce me for the,
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