Remember Your Big Break? (with Mike "The Miz" Mizanin)

How Did We Get Weird with Vanessa Bayer and Jonah Bayer

All Things Comedy

Society & Culture, Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.9 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

It's "THE MIZ" week on How Did We Get Weird!! That's right, the Bayer siblings are thrilled to welcome WWE Superstar, actor and television personality Mike "The Miz" Mizanin to the pod this week! Mike talks about getting his start on The Real World Season 10 and what it was like to navigate life on a reality show AND Jonah shares how he is actually somewhat responsible for one of Mike's signature Real World background songs! We also talk about Mike's high-school job flipping burgers at the Cleveland institution known as Mr. Hero and his most memorable concert experiences ranging from Mushroomhead to Hot Rod Circuit. Plus, Vanessa talks about her experience auditioning for SNL in Chicago and they all discuss what they think it takes to get the career you want. Finally, in a rousing game of CHANGE.ORG, they discuss the merits of a snack break at school, the pros and cons of bringing back The Real World, and a petition made by a Miz impersonator that Vanessa fully thought was him! Be sure to (reality) check out this fantastic episode!!

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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.
0:11.0	Who are so excited for today's guests that we need a reality check.
0:14.0	Welcome to How Did We Get Weird. So Jonah, I'm so excited, and I know you are too for our guest today.
0:32.8	I actually got to meet him when I was asked to throw out the first pitch at a Cleveland
0:39.8	Guardians game last summer and then quickly learned that he was actually throwing out the
0:44.7	first pitch because they had about six of us throwing out the first pitches and it was really
0:50.7	interesting because everyone was really excited about him and was wanting to meet him and stuff.
0:56.9	And then the other people throwing out the pitches were sort of asking me if I was there because I was a season ticket holder.
1:04.6	So were you like you were all kind of lined up and then you were all kind of lined up.
1:09.5	And I felt like he and one of his colleagues was there and they were really like, people
1:14.4	were really kind of like circling them and wanting to talk to them.
1:16.9	And I was there with our dad who got to place the game ball on the field.
1:21.9	It was sort of like a sort of was taking him there for Father's Day.
1:24.8	But yeah, everyone was kind of gathering around and everyone was just sort of like, who are you? Why are you here? So I think we had different
1:33.3	experiences. Again, I thought that I would be throwing out the ball that like went, you know,
1:38.7	right before the game, the first ball, if you will. But our guest today actually did. I'm not mad
1:43.1	about it. I'm glad he did.
1:44.6	He was obviously, people were obviously a lot more excited to see him.
1:49.2	Who do you think had a better throw? I guess we can just ask. We can ask him. Let's introduce him.
1:53.8	Let's hear his take on the situation. Okay. Our guest today is a professional wrestler,
1:58.2	actor, and television personality who has appeared on a million
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