Yes Please by Amy Poehler

The Book Pile

Kellen Erskine and David Vance

Comedy, Arts, Books

4.8 • 598 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Yes Please is the memoir of comedian Amy Poehler, which inspired us to write our own memoirs with similar titles. (Excuse Me by Kellen; Can you Pass the Salt? by Dave.) Plus, Kellen REALLY wants you to send him your movie script. And Dave is inspired by Conan O’Brien’s unrelenting self-cruelty. (He’s just like us!) * To buy the book, Yes Please, or listen to it free on Audible AND support the podcast, click here! https://amzn.to/3rZHn5Q * TheBookPilePodcast@gmail.com * Kellen Erskine has appe...

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone. Amy Poehler was the star of Parks and Rec, a show I love for its sweet
0:04.1	nerdiness, and Kellyn loves because he too is always on the verge of being canceled.
0:08.0	Today's book is her memoir. Yes, please.
0:10.2	I'm Kellan Erskine. I'm a comic, a father, and reading this book was a great opportunity
0:16.3	to help me remember my failed Saturday night live audition.
0:22.6	And I'm David Vance.
0:24.3	Parks and Rec.
0:25.2	What is this?
0:25.9	My driver's exam.
0:30.9	In yes please, Amy Poehler gives lessons for chasing a comedy career and a happy life.
0:35.7	Two incompatible goals.
0:37.4	Hey. This is the book pile.
0:41.6	By the way, if you haven't heard that SNL story of my audition, yeah, you can find it on the
0:46.8	episode we did on Tina Faye's bossy pants. I really like that you're building out the bookpile
0:53.2	expanded universe.
0:54.6	Just trying to plug us on our own show.
0:57.4	It's like how every Marvel movie is an ad for every other Marvel movie,
1:01.3	or how every DC movie is an ad for every Marvel movie.
1:06.1	Got a review from Mangon 8 who says,
1:09.0	So Disappointed, and they're lucky that I kept reading. So
1:13.0	disappointed. I just finished listening to all the podcasts from the beginning, and now I have to wait
1:18.5	for Monday to listen to this amazing podcast. What am I supposed to do for the rest of the week?
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