Rosebud Baker Was Raised by War Criminals (and Writes for Weekend Update)

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade

Dana Carvey, David Spade, & Audacy

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.7 • 11.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Rosebud Baker joins Dana and David for a very fun chat about writing for SNL’s Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che. They get into why Rosebud once felt “unfuckable,” what it was like growing up around political power (and possible war crimes), and how Dana met her family at the White House. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And you just, you go from feeling like, uh, cool and sexy and working at S&L to being like the most unfuckable, just like, un, un-creative human.
0:12.0	Yeah, no, I was like raised by war criminals. I think I'm, I got this.
0:16.5	Yeah.
0:17.2	I'll be honest with you. If I had, um, if I had any real home runs, I don't know if I'd be an update right now.
0:30.5	Dana, have you ever heard me say this?
0:32.2	Have a mom, baby.
0:35.2	Do you know that song in the 70s?
0:37.4	Oh, I know.
0:37.9	It's just so funny.
0:38.9	You're having my baby.
0:40.2	You couldn't say that now.
0:41.2	Wouldn't it be considered sexist?
0:42.6	Isn't she having a baby too?
0:45.4	Yeah, I mean, that song is so odd when he goes,
0:48.5	you didn't have to keep it.
0:50.4	I'm like, I'm sorry, what?
0:51.7	What did you just say?
0:52.7	We should maybe.
0:53.9	We should play that song and talk about it. If we don't use this for this, we should use it for our next episode. No, we'll put it on. There's two like that. The other one is, no one knows what goes on behind closed doors. These are corny 80 anthems. So let's save those for what we're doing.
1:12.1	Well, it made me think of Rosebud because Rosebud Baker is very funny.
1:16.2	The comic and she just did a movie where, I'm sorry, she's just a special where she's pregnant and then she does part of the special.
1:25.5	Takes time off, has the baby and mixes it all together
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