September 28, 2023 • 59 mins
Do you want to know what it's like to host one of the most popular live trivia shows of all time? Join me as I sit down with the hilariously talented Sarah Pribis, former host of HQ Trivia. We journey through the unpredictable whirlwind of her career, from crafting her unique material to her inspiring journey of sobriety and how it paved the way for her memorable appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres show.
Buckle up for a laughter-filled ride as Sarah recounts her time hosting a bowling show for Bowlero and making the internet laugh with her TikToks and social media posts. We explore the pressures of being funny and Sarah's journey of self-discovery amidst the pandemic. But the fun doesn't stop there, we also challenge her to a game of trivia!
We wrap up with our heartfelt thanks for the outpouring of love from listeners like you. Tune in for an unforgettable chat with the remarkable Sarah Pribis. You won't want to miss it!
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
Hello everyone and welcome to the Bad Chest podcast
.
I am your host, the currentreigning defending undisputed
third worst chess player on kickKD215.
When we all first startedtalking about this podcast, I
said my goal was to have theopportunity to talk to people
across all forms ofentertainment and sports that I
admired or enjoyed working with.
(00:29):
Well, the first time I sawtoday's guest, she was on my
phone screen getting absolutelyshredded by thousands of
internet trolls while trying tohost a trivia show.
She professionally ignored thehaters and I felt that her
presence, cadence and deliverywere just brilliant.
I quickly found her on socialmedia and have followed her
career ever since.
A few years ago, she started toshare a journey of sobriety and
(00:53):
, growing up in an environmentwhere I was surrounded by people
battling that addiction, Igained even more respect for
this woman.
If you don't follow her socials, you're missing out on some of
the funniest media insiderantics around.
If you are unfamiliar with thegorgeous and talented Sarah
Pribis, check this out.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
I'm your host, sarah Pribis, and I'm here at the New
York Film Festival.
That's a great question, shiza.
I've never even asked that one.
I'm so happy to have you here.
(01:41):
This is unreal, honestly.
Thank you so much.
Well, here's the thing.
We celebrate Cat Week everyyear, so we thought maybe you
would be our spokesperson forCat Week.
I have a cat.
What's your cat's name?
Her name is Sophia.
She's like the love of my life,of course she is.
All cats should be.
Yeah, okay, good, so you'llcome back Monday and you'll be
(02:04):
our spokesperson for Cat Week?
Yes, absolutely.
Three, three, two, one, come on, come on, woo.
It's time to trivia.
I'm your host, sarah Pribis,and I'm so excited to be here on
this evening edition of HQ.
Let's do it.
Q1.
Which of these is usually wornon a finger Ring?
Are you sure, are we sure aboutthis?
I'm sure.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Yes, yes, if you like it, then you better put a ring
on it.
A ring.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
That's right.
What food have you come homeand found he's gotten into?
He's definitely gotten into thetreat jar and he's paid for it.
Today we have a very specialprime day deal on one of the
latest power drinks that canhelp jumpstart your day, and
that is Bulletproof Coffee.
Now, everyone's been ravingabout Bulletproof Coffee and its
ability to half your mind andyour body.
(02:54):
We've got three contestantsready to compete against each
other in two rounds of bowlingchallenges.
Are you guys ready to bowl?
Yes, yes, we are.
And Facebook, are you ready towin some money?
Let's do it.
She's going to go for it.
How did it feel to be on stageagain?
It's good.
It's always good to be back inmy element, man.
(03:16):
You recently found out that youhad like all of these DMs and
then got, because I've beentrying to get in touch with you
to do this for a while now.
So wait, I want to dive intothis a little more.
Like this is two years worth ofmessages like who was in there?
Like what were they asking for?
Nicki Minaj, I was so inspiredby your story that I actually
went into my folder and I had nomessages from Viola Davis or
(03:38):
Nicki Minaj.
I just had a bunch of creepydudes asking to see my feet.
We're celebratingTransformation Tuesday.
I have a really amazing job.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Let's welcome to the Bad Chest podcast, the girl with
the shiniest heiny in theindustry, miss HQ trivia herself
, sarah Priebus.
Sarah, how are you tonight?
Thanks for joining us.
Oh, sarah can hear.
Uh, oh, uh, oh, this isunfortunate.
Sarah, can you hear me now?
(04:16):
Yes, oh, my goodness.
Look guys, this, we do thislive.
So we tried to.
I tested and kind of rehearsedthis before.
I don't think I messed up mysettings.
Anyway, hi, welcome to the show.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Thank you so much for having me.
It's probably best that Icouldn't hear my own hosting
reel.
I don't need that, so this thisworked out perfectly.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Do you?
Do you struggle going back andwatching yourself or listening
to yourself?
Because I hate listening tomyself.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Not anymore, but it definitely took a long time to
get over it.
But I think you know, given thenature of having to do so many
self tapes post pandemic andthat's sort of like the audition
process you just have to watchyourself on tape so much all the
time that you really do get.
You get used to it, I got usedto it.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
So, so let's I think we have to dive right into HQ
trivia.
You know, for a couple of yearsthere was one of the biggest
apps on the planet.
What was it like to be a partof that?
Speaker 2 (05:15):
It was a lot of fun.
I mean, I don't think anybodyknew what it was going to be,
right?
You know, when I applied to dothe show, it was still nothing,
it was still in beta and youknow, it just by chance happened
to blow up into this entity andso I was sort of like on this
roller coaster ride and you kindof just didn't know what to
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expect.
It was a lot of new experiencesfor me, because I hadn't ever
been at something that was, youknow, as well known as that, I
suppose.
And then also I was writing alot of my material and, like the
improvisational nature of it aswell, it just, you know, was
completely something that I hadnot done before.
(06:01):
So while I was learning, whileI was like getting to do
something that was super fun,you know it was yeah, I don't
know, it's just like a mixed bagof experiences, I think.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
You hosted the show quite often, but many people
tend to focus or only rememberon Scott Rigausky.
What.
Why do you think that is?
Because, in my opinion, youwere the better host.
Nothing against.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
I mean, I think that he was the face of HQ trivia.
You know, I think he was thefirst host and I was hired sort
of as like an alternate slashwhen they decided to do more and
more games because at first itwas like one day game and then
basically they were doing twogames a day.
And you know, they essentiallywere like well, we need a second
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host, you can't be doing 14games a week, that would be
crazy.
So when I came in, you know, Iwas hired like as the second
person.
So I think the internet hadbecome accustomed to having a
certain personality.
So you know, some people werelike oh great, a new personality
(07:10):
, this is really exciting.
And some people were like wewant Scott.
So I think it was again sort ofa mixed bag there.
And yeah, I mean, in lookingback, I think it really depends
on when people played.
Certainly like in the height ofHQ trivia I was there.
I hosted the first millionplayer game, which I think
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actually was in that real rightlike I'm, like we got.
So you know, I definitely wasthere as it was growing and at
its height, but if anybody camein sort of rated after that or
even maybe, I guess before I washosting so many games like that
would be an easy way to be likeI'm not sure who that was.
Like, it's very easy.
(07:51):
I mean, scott is a verymemorable person.
How could you not remember him,you know?
I'm not memorable, but you knowwhat I mean sure so.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
So when you hosted, obviously, the chat, as you
pointed, they were not alwayshappy.
Could you see the chat?
What were your internalreactions to some of the stuff
written and why wasn't therebetter moderation of that chat?
Speaker 2 (08:16):
I cannot answer all of those questions because I
simply do not know why there wasa better moderation.
I mean there were peoplemoderating and definitely people
got kicked out.
I think it was.
You know I've had to wage yourguess.
It'd be that there were so manycomments, particularly like as
it got popular, coming in atonce.
I mean I could, I'd never readthem while I was hosting, like
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it just would have beenimpossible, let me the way you
see them when you're playing,right, they're just like
streaming in so you can barelyread them as a viewer, so as a
host, like it just would havebeen impossible to do that and
try to host a live game at thesame time.
So you know if the livereactions that we were giving
were primarily to number ofpeople that got things correctly
(09:02):
, you know.
You know if there were birthdaysthat were like pre submitted,
we kind of knew those things,but I didn't really see any of
the negative comments or any ofthe comments I should say, until
after the games and like Iwould go back and watch some of
my performances because peoplewould repost them to YouTube,
just kind of be like okay, well,can I do better here?
(09:24):
Like did that joke land the waythat I wanted it to and if
people left the comment chatpart of the game on, then I
could see that in the screenrecording on YouTube.
And yeah, it was, it was.
It took a lot of getting like.
I don't think I ever got usedto it while I was hosting at HQ,
like it's only since that Ihave become much more
(09:48):
comfortable about like being aperson on the internet and like
not really caring what peoplesay.
But I think during HQ I had areally hard time seeing
negativity and not taking itpersonally, even though now it's
so interesting because Irealize it's so much more
reflection of the person writingthe comment than actually of
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the person they're making thecomment about.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Sure, and I mean as a streamer, I stream.
Obviously we're streaming thisright now.
There are always going to betrolls and you don't know what's
going on in their lives.
I try to.
I don't.
I don't always immediately goto the ban of people, you know I
.
Sometimes, you know, you blockthem for a little bit or you
time them out, because sometimespeople are frustrated with
(10:35):
whatever their own lives andthey just want to get something
out.
Then there is just some peoplethat are just, you know, mean
for the sake of being mean, justbecause it makes them feel good
, whatever.
But you know, the internet isjust man.
They love to tear people down,but you don't really see them
build people up much as much asthey love to tear people down.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
I will.
I will say that was also myimpression for a long time and I
think that's because of HQ,sadly.
But with TikTok now I haveactually found I found a very
supportive community and I'mreally really grateful for that,
because my perspective ofthings has shifted.
I will also say that I would goback and look at some of the
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people who were leaving comments.
Actually that was prettyimpossible.
What I'll say is I would,sometimes I would receive actual
like DMs and stuff from peoplethat were like really terrible,
like people telling me to I'mlaughing, but because now it's
funny, but at the time it wasn't.
Like people are being like youshould kill yourself or you know
, just mean things.
And so when I would actuallyclick on who that person was, a
(11:39):
lot of times they were, theywere young boys and you know
when I relate that like they'dbe like my grandmother, things
die and it's like these are kids, a, they just don't know any
better and be they probablyidolized Scott Rogalski, and
they did.
They saw me as Scott's likecompetition in some way, I
(11:59):
suppose.
And so, like you know, they'rejust going to bat for their boy,
which again, like now I it's sosilly because I'm like all
these are kids.
Like am I gonna waste energy onkids?
No, like you know it's, it's sofunny.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
So I, moving on from HQ for Ben I'm sure we'll come
back to it later Feel like Ican't interview you without
discussing the butt brush, theold shiny, heiny, I mean, that
really made its rounds not juston the internet but all over
television.
When you, when you did that andI've heard you give interviews
(12:37):
about this, I mean notably theAllen one Did you, did you
expect it to get the exposurethat it got?
Speaker 2 (12:43):
And oh no, no no, no, quite the opposite.
I don't think I would haveagreed to it if I thought that
it was going to get exposure.
You know what I mean.
Like I, in fact, I mean tooffer some context around it.
Essentially, for anyoneunfamiliar with the story, I had
self submitted myself for aninfomercial for a cleaning
(13:06):
product on a casting website andit was spelled the product was
spelled incorrectly and so youknow, I didn't think anything of
it, just I thought it was acleaning product.
And I get to set because theyjust literally cast me off of
you know my, my photos and videosubmissions, and I get to set
and find out that it's actuallythe my Shiny Heiny, which is a
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butt brush, and they spelled itthe shini heiny.
And I did like I just didn'tput it together that to like I'm
a selling nerd, so like thatjust didn't occur to me that it
was something else.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
Yeah, I have it.
I'm just going to put it up fora second quietly in the
background while you're talkingabout it.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
Yeah, so you can see it's a butt brush.
I got there, they told me whatit was and I tried to get out of
it because I was like I'm notadvertising this product.
I was like I didn't know whatit was and essentially they
talked me into it.
They were it was a very sweetolder couple who has been
shooting infomercials for years.
Anytime I tell this storythere's somebody who inevitably
(14:12):
like knows this team.
And they talked me into it.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
Can I interrupt one second?
Your facial expressions throughthe whole thing are.
We know what you're feelingwithout even having to listen to
it.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
I mean it's so silly because, listen, this is a real
product and that's the thing.
Right, this is a real productfor people who have limited
mobility, so it's actually avery useful product.
I am not probably thedemographic that should have
been advertising something likethis.
Yes, and then there's the handydandy finger brush.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Were you the finger model.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
No, that was the other blonde that you see there.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
But yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
So I ended up doing it and I was again.
It was more of a situationwhere I was like no one's going
to find out about this.
It's like a little infomercial,like whatever that's going to
air like once on, like the latenight television.
And lo and behold, you know,eight months later or something,
ellen DeGeneres saw theinfomercial and not only saw the
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infomercial but decided to makeit a core part of her show for
several days and ultimately itturned into this whole week
where she was showing it, shewas doing bits about it, and
then I ended up making my ownappearance on the show, being
interviewed as Miss Shiny Hiney.
So, like, truly the last thing.
I don't think you, I don'tthink you can ever predict that
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something is going to happenlike that.
But another, really frankly,like good example of things that
have happened in my life, thatlike again, hq, it's like I self
submitted on this, like littlething that I paid like $150 a
show and it was just like alittle trivia thing.
It's like, oh, that sounds fun.
And this was like, oh, I'venever done an infomercial before
, this sounds fun, and like theyhad just turned into these
(16:00):
crazy stories and crazyopportunities.
And you know.
It's like you never know wheresomething leads.
Speaker 1 (16:08):
So, thinking back and you know, watching your hosting
reel, I didn't even know youdid some of the stuff that were
in that reel.
Do you have a favorite?
Is there something that youlook back on and say I mean, hq
was probably the one that gaveyou the, you know, your initial
most exposure.
Shiny Hiney got young Ellen,which has to be a great
experience.
But you know, for youpersonally outside of you know
(16:32):
the recognition, what did youreally like doing the best in
the hosting world?
Speaker 2 (16:38):
Um, I don't know, I mean, it's all so fun.
I love hosting because itreally is just like you get to
be you, and so for me that's.
I think that's that's a reallyfun.
I just think it's really fun.
There's like no pressure Ithink, at least to me to like
become another character,although I guess in acting right
(16:59):
, you like bring yourself to thecharacter as well or at least I
do but like there's no like,you're literally just you, like
you don't like, and there'ssomething like very freeing
about that, because like yourpersonality is what actually
makes you that like the thingthat people want to watch, and
so it's and it's a really coolway of storytelling.
(17:21):
So I've always really likedhosting.
So, whether it's like you know,I did the red carpet stuff like
where I interviewed, you know,actors and directors and like
that's so fancy and fun, butlike that's really cool because
it's like you're meeting peoplewho you vitalize and like look
up to and I was like, oh my gosh, you're the reason that I
became an actor, you know.
So stuff like that is reallycool.
But then you know things likethe Ellen show, like again, it's
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just such an unimaginableopportunity and one that I
really do associate you know,you briefly mentioned this in my
intro, but like with sobriety,because I was only 60 days sober
when that happened and you know, a core part of that story for
me, the way that I remember it,is like it was like the.
It was like my first major signthat I was like making the
(18:08):
right choice by getting sober.
And something reallysignificant happened, like in
that process, where someone fromthat show basically like came
into my dressing room and told alittle bit of their getting
sober story and like basicallywas like, keep doing what you're
doing, you're on the right path.
And it just was like so tied tothe start of something like
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beautiful in my life.
So I think it's not actually,you know, being on that show
necessarily that was like theexperience at however cool that
was, it was, but like it wasmore so it signified, I think,
me just starting a new chapter.
So I think that that was reallyimpactful for me.
You know HQ, of course, like.
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Similarly, I think HQ is atricky thing because while it
was really fun, I will also sayit was very stressful, just
because there I put so muchpressure on myself to like I
never felt job security thereand I always felt like
replaceable, I suppose, and so Ididn't.
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I I didn't have as much fun atleast for a little while as I
think I could have like, and bythe end of me doing HQ I
definitely had more fun.
I care less, like it didn'tfeel like I had something to
lose.
But you know, like for a longtime with HQ I think like I was
just like, oh my gosh, if I, ifI say the wrong thing or I write
the wrong joke or whatever,like I could lose this job and
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it felt like I wasn't fully me,which is the thing that I like
love about hosting.
So it took a little while toget there, but on the flip side
of it, like I again I learned somuch at HQ, like it was such a
growing experience for me.
And the other things that I'mreally thankful for are I had
two long term jobs hosting thatyou know nobody probably ever
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would know, but they sustainedme.
Like those were jobs that likesustain me for a year or two
years with regular hostingcontracts, and like they were so
fun because I got to write andproduce and like do my own thing
.
So one was for this now defunctcompany called Little Things
and it was like a.
Now there's been iterations ofthis type of show, but at the
(20:21):
time it was like a good newsshow.
So I got to like just shareviral clips from the internet
that were like like cute thingshappening and whatever, and like
it just was such a feel good,like being able to look for fun
clips from the internet thatlike made people happy and then
like talk about them and like Igot to bring in guests and stuff
.
Like that was super fun andagain like my full time job for
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a year, which is great and hadbenefits.
What in this industry neverlike that was crazy.
And then I had another job thatlike basically rescued me from
the pandemic, which I am sograteful for, and that was for
the T pain clip at the end wasfrom that, you know, and that
was basically I got to host it.
(21:02):
Actually there was trivia andthat as well.
So it was like they hired mebecause of HQ trivia and, you
know, I basically like startedproducing the show during the
pandemic from from my couch backhere and then I moved over zoom
and on their little, on thislittle app, and then it turned
into this thing where I got tomove to Connecticut for like
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four months, which I thought wasgoing to be like I.
Again I just was like do Ireally want to move to
Connecticut?
But I kept my apartment and Ijust like.
It was like kind of like havebeen in summer camp for like
four months working with likepeople that ended up becoming
some of my best friends and likeproducing a show, we ended up
going to LA and doing thisthings, these things with
celebrities, and again it justwas like.
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It was a job that I had for twoyears that got me out of the
pandemic and that got me out ofhospital.
That was the job that,ultimately, I never went back to
hospitality after that becauseI was always a bartender or a
server when I was working andthat was the first job that gave
me enough stability where Icould save enough money that I
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felt comfortable and not havinga side job.
So for that, like, I am supergrateful.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
And I feel like that's the story of so many
talent.
I was a waitress, no bartender,but also doing all this on the
side.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
So you know, you brought up your sobriety and I
grew up in the televisionindustry.
I got my first job when I was14 years old.
It's one of the only jobs Iever had was working in
television and I can remember atime when substances of all
sorts were used so commonly inthe open.
I worked at Sony Music Studiosin New York and I remember there
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was an audio console that hadsome little say sticky faders
and we were cleaning it out andI watched a grown man cry
because he thought we werevacuuming cocaine out of the
console.
And I was like I'm not drugs andalcohol were always so
prevalent.
You know, in that period it'sgotten.
The industry has gottensignificantly better I mean
(23:11):
hands down better than what itused to be.
But do you feel any stigmaabout being sober in this
industry?
Speaker 2 (23:19):
No, I don't.
I mean I think maybe in thebeginning I did just because, I
mean, for a couple reasons.
I think there's been a lot ofcelebrity figures, you know,
going being public about beingsober, which has helped.
(23:39):
I just think the sober, curiousand sober lifestyle has become
a bit more trendy, even, which,like some people might be, like
I've heard people be like, ohwell, that's like that doesn't
really like.
Sober, curious isn't like reallydealing with, like people who
like have addiction andsubstance issues, but like I'm
like I don't care everyone.
(24:00):
Anything that can help removethe stigma around being sober,
like I'm for if somebody wantsto do it for to be cool, than so
be it.
Like who cares.
But yeah, I think there's a lotmore, you know, talk and
conversation and culture andopenness around this type of
stuff.
(24:20):
So that's been really helpful.
And I think also, again, when Igot sober, it was more in my
head than anyone else sayinganything to me.
You know, like I think I justfelt excuse me, hold on, I think
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it just felt uncomfortable tome because I wasn't used to it
yet.
So, you know, I thought peoplewere judging me.
I felt really uncomfortablebeing in social gatherings not.
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
Sorry, I felt.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
I have a tiggle.
I felt really uncomfortablebeing in social gatherings Just
because, like I'll call it, formany people, right, it's a
lubricant, social lubricant,right.
So it helps you like not thinkabout what you're talking about,
or it just makes you feel morecomfortable.
So I think at first that'sgoing to be hard for anybody
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being in social gatherings,having a network, you know,
being at parties or events orwhatever where there's alcohol.
So that automatically is achallenge.
So I've just gotten like, themore time you have sober, you
just feel more at ease in thosesituations.
So I think it's a.
It's that plus you know, moreconversation and more you know,
(25:52):
like I guess I want to call itlike media coverage, but yeah,
just more openness about it.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
I've never drank there.
As I said in the open, therewas so much addiction in my
family that I think I decidedreally young that I just didn't
like alcohol and then, as I gotolder, I wanted to stay away
from it because I just felt inmy gut that I would have those
same issues and so if I nevertouched it I would never know
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what I was missing.
And when I was younger Idefinitely feel as if people
didn't invite me places becauseI didn't drink like and, and I
think maybe they felt that itwas because I was judging them
for drinking.
I think the most commonly heardthing that and I still hear it
to this day when I tell people Idon't drink or you know, when
people invite me out to drinkand you know I don't get alcohol
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, they'll always say oh wow,that's so good for you, that's
great that you don't drink, orwhatever Everybody did you get
that reaction to?
People say, oh my God, that'sso great that you don't drink.
Speaker 2 (26:55):
Yeah, for sure.
I think anytime somebody has aproblem with it, I mean it can
go go two ways right.
Like I think when people haveissue where they like get weird
about it, it's only because theyquestion their own relationship
with alcohol.
Like that's a huge factor forsure that I've seen Like people
get defensive or weird about itor they're like you can't just
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like you know.
So I think that's certainly athing.
But I also do think that somepeople are genuinely curious by
people who choose not to drinkbecause it's just so integrated
in our society and in everything.
So it's still we're stilldefinitely like in the minority.
(27:38):
Like to go out with people thatare all drinking and not drink.
Like yeah, it's, it's also justI don't know.
Like I mean it's gotten easierfor me, but in the beginning it
definitely was hard.
And I definitely do thinkpeople like, yeah, I'm sure I'm
not invited to certain things,or not so much anymore because,
(27:58):
honestly, like the people that Ichoose to spend my time with,
like they're all good friends atthis point.
So, like I don't, I don't wastemy time with like people who
would choose to not invite me tothings because I'm not drinking
and it makes them uncomfortable.
Like if you don't, I, then ifyou don't want me there, then
it's probably better than I'mnot there, because I'm probably
not going to enjoy myself anyway, to be honest with you.
So like it's best for both ofus.
(28:19):
But yeah, no, I mean I do.
Yeah, I think some people canget a bit weird about it, but I
don't know, I think it's.
It's definitely in myexperience, I mean, and like you
said, I think it's gotten a lotbetter.
Speaker 1 (28:32):
You know we're going to bounce around a little bit
and go go back to the, to theEllen topic.
Like, you hosted Cat Week onEllen and you were very excited
about this because you said youhad a cat and the cat was your
cat, was the love of your life.
How I need to ask how is yourcat?
Speaker 2 (28:48):
She's sleeping next to me right now.
I would pick her up andactually show her to you,
because she's so cute I feel badshe's.
She's fast asleep.
She's still the love of my life.
Her name is Sophia.
She's a Siberian gorgeous girl.
She's older now, she's like 13,but like you wouldn't know it,
(29:08):
she's very young at heart.
She still has her kitten faceand yeah, I know I'm, I'm a, I
love she is.
She's such a good girl and liketruly the best.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
I had to bring up the cat because it looks like we
had some cat fans that came intothe chat from oh my God, yes, I
love cat, I love all, I mean Ilove all animals Like I.
Speaker 2 (29:30):
I'm just partial to owning cats because they're
easier to take care of andliterally that's it I love
animals too.
Speaker 1 (29:38):
We were talking, we were talking about before the
show I I started a farm, right,I mean, I've cows and goats and,
by the way, so Sophie Donets inthe chat says that your cat's
name is perfect.
It's absolutely perfect.
Speaker 2 (29:51):
Oh, and I hope we still perfect P?
U R R she, she didn't, shedidn't, she didn't do the pun.
No, I was thinking that samething too.
She missed the opportunity,that's okay she is perfect and
her name is perfect.
Yes.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
And she I think she's disappointed in herself for
missing that pun.
Oh, I'm sorry.
So you know the other.
I need to.
I watched your your reel awhole bunch because I made a
promo going into this week and Itook clips out of it.
You know to make that promo andone of the things that I saw in
your reel that I never saw orheard of at all was was that
(30:30):
bowling show?
What was the bowling?
I mean you, the excitement inyour eyes while hosting bowling,
was you like?
I feel like if you hosted allbowling on television, it'd be
the number one thing on.
Speaker 2 (30:44):
Oh, that was really fun.
So, bolero, I think I havelocations like all around the
United States.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
Sure, and you're the biggest bowling brand out there
now.
Speaker 2 (30:54):
Yeah, so they approached me I guess it, I
think it was during HQ to dothis show and, yeah, they were
just trying to like make bowlinghip again Nice of both.
And so it was like less of alike straight bowling show and
(31:14):
more of a.
Yeah, there was like moneyinvolved and then people from
like so it aired on Facebook,which is funny, because now I
feel like I don't know it'sFacebook even relevant, I don't
know.
Anyway, but it did air.
It aired on Facebook and it waslive and people could like
again, like compete in these,like challenges from home and
(31:36):
win money, like that on, andthen we would give them bowling
challenges like they'd have towear like beer goggles and bowl
or granny style bowl or justlike.
It was like ridiculous.
And then we had to be like goodat following, which I think was
really fun.
Yeah, it was super cute.
We did like.
It was like a six part series.
We did three in New Brunswick,new Jersey.
Speaker 1 (32:00):
That's one of their locations.
Speaker 2 (32:01):
I was so random.
And then we did three in LosAngeles.
So I had to go to LA and dothree there and I had like a
co-host on each coast for each.
And yeah, I don't know if theywanted to go to series, I'm not,
I'm aware if it was just likepromo for them, but it was, it
was super, it was super fun andyeah, I wish, I wish I kept
(32:22):
going.
I would totally do that.
Speaker 1 (32:25):
So you fun fact my brother's from New Brunswick,
new Jersey not that it'simportant to you, but one of the
things before the show started,sarah and I connected just to
test everything out.
Clearly it didn't make adifference.
We still I still botched ittotally in my bed but I pointed
out that it seems like a lot ofher shows were things that would
have existed in one of mystudios and I never had the
(32:46):
opportunity to work with her.
I posted on my personalInstagram just my friends and
family and co-workers that I wasdoing this podcast tonight with
you and since I have postedthat I am not kidding I now have
17 different messages frompeople who make up artists,
camera people, a coupleproducers like oh my God, I love
(33:07):
her, how late and she is sogreat.
So I just wanted you to know it.
And I asked a couple of thepeople early on before when the
run up screen was on oh my God,you know her, do you have any
tidbits or any pointers for whatI can ask her?
And every one of them is likeno, I saw her on HQ, but her
social media is just makes mefall out of my chair.
(33:30):
I think if you're in theindustry, your TikToks and your
sarcasm through some of thesethings.
It's just hysterical.
I don't think there's.
I laugh harder at anybody'sstuff than some of the things
you put on social media.
Speaker 2 (33:47):
Oh, thank you.
I don't even know if I woulddescribe it.
It's funny because you know, Ioriginally started on social
doing sketch comedy.
So like pre HQ I was makingsketches on Instagram.
Pre TikTok too, I was workingwith friends that were actors
and camera ops and stuff and wewere just like shooting our own
(34:08):
stuff and yeah, it was all justlike comedy.
And then when the pandemic and Idid that all through HQ, it was
a lot of work and then througheach sorry, and then the
pandemic happened and obviously,like we couldn't collaborate
with people in the same waybecause we were all scared that
we just didn't know right, wejust like isolated and also just
(34:31):
like it was a time that Ididn't really feel funny because
there was so much happening inthe world, so like my ideas like
bank was dry, so like I took abit of a break and I had some
sort of like frustrations withthe industry and stuff during
the pandemic as things shiftedand I was like I'm just going to
(34:54):
talk about this because thisfeels relevant to me.
I was also relapsing at thetime, not funny, but I don't
know why, I'm laughing.
So it just was like a time Ifeel like it was like another.
It was like a time of rebirthfor me.
So I was like because I justdidn't feel.
I was like there's a lot ofpressure to turn up as this,
like comedian.
I think HQ put it in my headthat I had to be funny all the
(35:15):
time and I just didn't feel likeI could be funny all the time
because I wasn't feeling funnyall the time and like the world
wasn't funny Most of the timeduring that time.
So anyway, I started makingvideos about acting stuff,
because that's what I wasdealing with, and some about
sobriety too, like said and yeah, it was.
(35:37):
So they took off and I don'tknow it's been great because I
feel like I could talk about anyof that stuff forever and like
yeah, sometimes it's funny andsometimes not, and sometimes,
like it allows me, I guess, toshow up really authentically,
whichever way I'm feeling.
So, like, if I want to be funnyor something's funny to me, or
(35:58):
I need to make a comment onsomething in the industry, like
I can.
But you know, if I had a hardday or I'm dealing with
something a bit difficult, likeI can also show up in that way,
and it doesn't have to likeinvolve the pressure that like
it needs to make someone laugh.
Speaker 1 (36:16):
And I want to just put out there so I'm not
misleading everybody.
You are correct, not everythingyou do online is meant to be
humorous, but just the stuffthat you do put that is humorous
.
I think sometimes it just hitspeople in the industry in a way
where you're just like yeah, oh,yeah, I get that 100%.
Speaker 2 (36:33):
I think it's like, it's really interesting because
there's a relatability rate.
So for anyone in the industry,you're like, oh my gosh, been
there, or like God having to me.
So that's really, that's reallynice.
And then there's also peoplewho I think, like I have like a
5050 audience.
The other 50% really is likethey don't know anybody, I guess
, who's putting out that type ofcontent that really like shows
(36:54):
what it looks like to be like aworking actor and host on a
regular basis, who's not likefamous you know what I mean Like
just showing the ins and outsof like the daily grind.
So it's really a nice windowfor people who just like want to
see what that looks like.
So, yeah, it's.
It's funny because anyone inthe industry is like, yeah,
they're like oh yes, yes that.
(37:15):
And then anyone else is like,oh well, that's interesting.
Speaker 1 (37:20):
Well, I want to take this opportunity.
I want to open up somequestions to to the chat.
We do a thing on this show thatI've explained to you in the in
our little test where, when,when, when, a when a viewer asks
a question, we we roll this,this D 20, on the screen and
it's a knowledge check.
It's an old Dungeons andDragons style knowledge check
(37:42):
where we're going to check yournot your own knowledge of
yourself and it's can she answerthe question or can she not
answer the question?
And somebody has been messagingme nonstop since they saw this
and they had a question and I,you know, I don't even I've been
debating whether I was going toask the question or not, but it
is on your resume, so I figureI'm going to put it out there.
(38:03):
Listen to your resume that youare a FICOR SAG and they, they,
they asked if some of the stuffthat you were doing for stage
led you to go FICOR so that wayyou could take, you know,
non-union theater stuff.
I'm guessing this person is anactor, actress of some sort and
(38:24):
they, they wanted to know if youfelt that there was a sting on
you in the industry for goingFICOR.
I mean FICOR.
By the way, for those who don'tknow, sag after is there's
there's really too big actingunit.
Sag after an equity equityreally deals with stage stuff.
Sag after obviously, film,television, commercials, new
media, which is most of thestuff online, you know,
(38:45):
streaming stuff.
Whatever FICOR is financial.
It's SAG after it's financialcore.
You pay dues to SAG to allowthe legal.
Then you get to be held underthe SAG contract with the rules,
but you are not a full memberof SAG.
You don't get the opportunityto vote.
Whatever it now is, sag hatesFICOR.
(39:06):
They try to dissuade peoplefrom doing it, but I personally
have known a lot of people thathave gone FICOR in recent years
because of the number ofindependent projects out there
that have not been able toafford the union or whatever,
and their careers have beengreat.
I'm curious you know to answerthis viewers question what your
experience are, but you don'thave to answer just yet.
We're going to roll the die andsee if you, if you, actually
(39:27):
know the answer to this questionor if you just have to make
something up.
Speaker 2 (39:31):
So it could send you the uncomfortableness.
Speaker 1 (39:33):
Oh, it's a 10.
I'm so sorry, but you don'tknow the answer to your own
quest to this question.
You're going to have to lieabout being FICOR.
Speaker 2 (39:44):
Well, the funny thing is I actually I don't even know
what FICOR is, so I'm so gladyou explained it to me, because
I've never even heard of it.
So it's very difficult for meto answer a question about
something I don't evenunderstand.
How's that for an answer?
Speaker 1 (40:05):
No, that's great 10 out of 10.
Speaker 2 (40:08):
No, but in all fairness I was going to say
there's plenty of informationabout this on my channel.
So if anybody is curious.
Go to a deep dive.
Speaker 1 (40:18):
Well, believe it or not, I think your TikTok was the
first place I learned about itand then I looked it up because
I had never heard, I'm prettysure, and that's why I was like
you know, and I'm just going toask the question anyway, because
you seem pretty open about itand you know the people in the
chat.
Are there any questions?
You know, I don't know if youcan keep hearing the vibrations
(40:38):
of my phone, but every time ithas vibrated so far it has been
somebody saying, wow, I love her.
Like just people.
Oh, my God, I love her.
I watch her TikToks and playthe game.
That's a makeup artist that Iknow.
So, like everyone of thesepeople are like just just, you
are very well loved in thisindustry, apparently.
Speaker 2 (41:00):
Oh, that's that makes me feel good.
Thank you for.
Thank you for sharing thecomments.
Speaker 1 (41:06):
It's more.
Usually we get, we getquestions, but I'm getting, I
really I you are.
You are the third guest on myshow.
This is this is only the thirdepisode and I've had great
guests before you and but thelove that people seem to have
for you, like seriously, nobody,like my nobody has caused my
phone to blow up like this likeyou have, which is amazing.
(41:28):
It's great.
As I said, I was so excited toget you on in the first place,
but if, if, if chat's not goingto ask any questions, I'm going
to, we're going to go into thenext thing, which you are, the
queen of, trivia, and we can't,I can't, have you on without
playing trivia, you know, and sowe.
I had one of the mods randomlypicked somebody in the chat.
(41:48):
It's, it's pawn X, pawn is isthe winner of this.
He is going to win a reallynice prize if you can answer
some simple trivia questions.
Okay, and and I'm going to behonest, usually, usually, we
don't have this multiple choice,but in honor of HQ trivia,
we're going multiple choice withour questions.
Speaker 2 (42:12):
Yes, we are, yes, we are.
Speaker 1 (42:14):
And, and I make these myself, so, um, adding multiple
choices, was it added a wholelevel, as I was trying to think
of?
You know, there's always thatone choice that you know is is
wrong, and then there's always,like the two, where it could be
one or the other.
But here we go.
This is all general knowledge.
This is.
This is not any particularcategory at all.
(42:36):
It's kind of a.
Some of the questions are alittle tricky and Sarah
previously just so everybodyknows, sarah previously stated
she is not an expert at trivia.
Speaker 2 (42:46):
I am an expert at asking trivia questions, but I
am not an expert in answeringthem.
But you know what we're goingto give it our best pawn this
one's for you.
Speaker 1 (42:56):
Okay, On a dartboard.
What number is directlyopposite?
Number one.
And the answers are number two,number 20, number 19 or number
six.
Speaker 2 (43:09):
We're going to go.
Speaker 1 (43:14):
The number.
Two or two the number 20, thenumber two.
I'm so sorry.
It's the number 19.
I didn't know that either.
By the way, I didn't know thateither, but I've included, by
the way, the picture of thedartboard on the screen, so we
can in fact see that?
That it is.
How many colors are there in arainbow?
(43:35):
One infinite, two, five, three,nine, four, seven.
Speaker 2 (43:40):
Oh no, because I want to say it's Roy G Bibb, but
maybe it's infinite.
This might be a trick question.
Okay, if it's Roy G Bibb,that's seven.
So it's either seven orinfinite.
Okay, I'm going to go.
I'm going to go seven.
Speaker 1 (44:00):
It is seven red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
indigo, violet, Roy G Bibb.
What is Sinophobia?
The fear of One, the fear ofdogs.
Two, the fear of clowns.
Three, the fear of heights.
Four, fear of the dark.
Speaker 2 (44:17):
Okay, I'm going to eliminate fear of height.
I'm going to eliminate the fearof dog, I don't know fear of
the dark.
Speaker 1 (44:30):
Why did you eliminate fear of dogs?
Speaker 2 (44:33):
I don't know it is fear of dogs.
Speaker 1 (44:40):
The flag oh, I just gave the answer.
The flag of the European Unionhas how many stars on it?
One, 11, two, 12, three, 13,four, 14.
Speaker 2 (44:49):
14.
Speaker 1 (44:51):
Two, that's 12.
Speaker 2 (44:52):
Okay, I can't count that fast.
Speaker 1 (44:56):
What is the world's most expensive spice by weight?
One oregano two saffron.
Saffron.
Saffron is correct.
Speaker 2 (45:04):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (45:06):
What was the original name of the search engine
Google?
One back rub, two backlinks,three excite four alphabet.
Speaker 2 (45:13):
Hmm, I'm between excites and alphabets.
That's hard.
Speaker 1 (45:20):
Why, why?
Why those two?
Why between all of those two?
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (45:23):
I just go with my gut .
You're like it's not right.
No, I'm just asking.
Speaker 1 (45:29):
I don't, I have no idea.
Speaker 2 (45:32):
Um, no, gosh, let's go, uh go, excite for fun.
Speaker 1 (45:41):
Excite was actually a competitor.
It was one of the first sciencesearch engines.
Alphabet is what Google iscalled today.
Speaker 2 (45:48):
The answer was back rub.
Speaker 1 (45:50):
Yes, I didn't know it either.
Speaker 2 (45:52):
That's crazy.
Speaker 1 (45:53):
Fun question what is the airspeed velocity of an
unladen swallow?
One 24 miles per hour, two 20miles per hour, three 27 miles
per hour, four 15 miles per hour.
And we are talking about theEuropean variety, not the
African swallow.
Speaker 2 (46:08):
No, I am so glad that you asked this because I had
this conversation with a friendthis morning.
Um, and it's 100% 27 miles anhour.
Speaker 1 (46:21):
Science disagrees with you.
They say the Earth's speedphilosophy is on lane and
swallows roughly 20.1 miles perhour.
You know what's funny Inresearch-.
Speaker 2 (46:29):
Well, my friend really misled me.
I blame them.
Speaker 1 (46:32):
What's funny?
When researching this, I sawtwo answers online.
I saw 24 miles per hour, whichwas the answer I was going to
put initially.
Then I always verify theanswers to make it fair.
I always make sure I doublecheck my work.
There was a really big studywhere they talked about flaps
per minute and they broke downthe whole science.
(46:55):
They did come to 20.1 miles perhour.
How many notes are there on astandard grand piano?
One, 98, two, 78, 396, 488.
Speaker 2 (47:07):
88.
Speaker 1 (47:08):
It is 88.
That is it.
Speaker 2 (47:10):
See, some of the questions are easy the things I
know, I know, but the things Idon't know, I really don't know.
Speaker 1 (47:16):
What does the term GPU stand for?
A graphics processing unit.
Two, general processing unit.
Three, grand processing unit.
Four, gigabit processing unit.
Speaker 2 (47:31):
Oh my God, I don't even know what a GPU is, or that
would help.
A general processing unit.
Speaker 1 (47:43):
It's actually one graphics processing unit.
It's the most integral part ofa modern day computer.
Wow, so the likeness of whichpresident is featured on the
rare $2 bill of US currency?
One Jackson, two Adams, threePolk, four Jefferson.
Speaker 2 (47:59):
Okay Gosh, I can't even tell you the last time I
saw one of these Probablybartending People love to give
these to bartenders and theythink they're giving you
something lucky, but in realityI'm like no, a higher tip would
have been nice, jefferson.
Speaker 1 (48:27):
You're correct, it's Jefferson.
I want you to know that youchat has claimed that you broke
the internet not knowing what aGPU was.
You have saddened the chat.
Speaker 2 (48:37):
Oh, I'm sorry guys, I let you down.
It's okay, Listen a lot of thethings that I use every day.
I don't ask questions about howthey work, I just take them for
granted, and that's, I guess,shame on me.
Speaker 1 (48:52):
We have a second chance contest Now.
In the past, historically, theother guests have done much
better on the second chancetrivia than the first trivia.
Okay, once we have my trivia,we then jump over to Dorky,
geeky, nerdy and pull out one oftheir trivias and you said you
(49:13):
didn't have a fandom.
You kind of had Harry Potter,but you didn't think you were
going to be able to answerquestions on that.
So I scanned all of theirtrivias and I said I felt like
this one of somebody who didn'treally have a nerd fandom is the
one that you most likely mightbe able to answer some of the
questions on.
(49:34):
Okay, mathematician CharlesLudwig Dodson is better known by
which pseudonym, used to writetwo books about a curious girl
named Alice.
Speaker 2 (49:44):
Um, I guess are we talking about Alice in
Wonderland, and if so, Iliterally have no answer.
Speaker 1 (49:56):
We were Lewis Carroll .
Speaker 2 (49:58):
Oh yeah, I should have known that.
Speaker 1 (50:00):
See, they are easier.
Question which lead characteris best known as a person who
taught himself to talk toanimals?
Speaker 2 (50:08):
Which lead character is best known as a person, lead
character of what Books?
Speaker 1 (50:15):
This is all like child literature.
Speaker 2 (50:16):
But there's a very there's movies.
Speaker 1 (50:17):
There's movies of this as well.
This will be a character thatyou'll kick yourself, I believe.
Who taught?
Speaker 2 (50:26):
himself to talk to the animals.
I don't know, but I have oneright here.
Who's final way?
Who's final way, dr Doolittle?
Speaker 1 (50:40):
Which child detective is rarely used.
First name is Leroy this.
This is a deep one no idea.
Speaker 2 (50:47):
Yeah, that's a deep one.
Speaker 1 (50:48):
Encyclopedia Brown.
I used to read those booksgrowing up, which detective
series focuses on brothers Frankand Joe.
Speaker 2 (50:54):
I don't know.
I'm sorry Little.
Speaker 1 (50:56):
Hardy Boy, that's fine.
Speaker 2 (50:57):
Are you kidding this?
Speaker 1 (50:58):
is fine.
Who is curious?
George's human companion.
I don't know I can give you ahint, do you know curious?
Speaker 2 (51:07):
George.
Speaker 1 (51:08):
You ever seen the curious George book?
Speaker 2 (51:09):
The monkey yeah.
Speaker 1 (51:10):
Yes, he doesn't have a name.
He is merely named by adescriptor of him.
Speaker 2 (51:19):
The man.
Speaker 1 (51:21):
Yellow.
Speaker 2 (51:22):
What's he wearing?
I don't remember what he'swearing, pat, yes, the man in
the yellow hat, oh okay, I don'tknow.
Speaker 1 (51:32):
Which series pioneering turning books into
games and using the secondperson perspective when writing?
Speaker 2 (51:39):
Pioneering, turning books into games.
Would it be like?
Choose your own adventure?
Speaker 1 (51:44):
Choose your own adventure.
Speaker 2 (51:46):
Finally, jesus, you know I was a book nerd.
This is embarrassing for me,like my mother would have that
money that I would have gottenif I write.
Speaker 1 (51:54):
Which author?
Author wrote about a boy namedCharlie visiting chocolate
factories and writing glasselevators to space.
Speaker 2 (52:00):
Oh my God, oh, I don't know the name of the
author.
This is so humiliating.
I have no way, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (52:10):
By the way, this is the third week in a row we have
a Willy Wonka question in trivia.
It's Roll and Tall.
Speaker 2 (52:15):
Roll and Tall, I mean like the witches, matilda James
and the Giant Pete, like Icould name all of them, but I'm
like, oh my God, I don't know.
Yeah, I read like all thegoosebumps and the boxcar
children and Harry Potter Like I.
This is.
I should have done better onthis.
Speaker 1 (52:32):
Which Belgian book series became a long running
cartoon about blue people whowere only three apples tall.
Speaker 2 (52:38):
The Smurfs.
Speaker 1 (52:39):
Absolutely the Smurfs .
Ok, ok, listen, don't you.
You can't get this wrong.
Speaker 2 (52:45):
OK, this is a give me which series?
Wait, it's literally a seriesPotter.
Ok.
Speaker 1 (52:52):
Which series does Daniel Handler write under the
pseudonym Lemony Snicket?
Speaker 2 (53:00):
Give me a hint.
Speaker 1 (53:04):
I think it's also a show streaming on Netflix.
If I recall, it's very popularon show on Netflix.
Speaker 2 (53:13):
A series of unfortunate events.
Wait, sorry, a series ofunfortunate events.
Yeah, that's sick Seeunfortunately, pawn Pawn.
Speaker 1 (53:21):
I'm sorry, unfortunately not your night.
Pawn Expawn.
Speaker 2 (53:25):
No, so far from it.
I'm so sorry.
Listen, at least I didn't say Iam the queen of trivia.
I know my place is asking thequestion.
Speaker 1 (53:38):
But you could.
You can write trivia too.
You said you can hire to hosttrivia nights.
Speaker 2 (53:42):
I can.
I can write the trivia.
I can write the trivia jokes.
I can research the trivia.
Speaker 1 (53:49):
I cannot answer the trivia you know let's I'm we're
going to go meta for a secondhere.
One of my goals for thispodcast, as I, as I grow it
right, I mean this is obviouslythis is the beginnings, this is
just starting.
One of the things that I wouldlike to do in the future, as
this expands and as I bring morepeople into it, is I want to do
what nobody else is doing inthe podcast world and I want to
(54:12):
turn this into more of a livevariety Like I want to set, like
I want a real set.
Nobody does that in this genre.
You know people shooting forthe green screens or people have
their their rooms that looklike talk radio studios.
I want, like, a variety set andI want to have, you know, the
game show section with the hostand the.
(54:33):
You know the, the crazysidekicks and the like.
Just think back to old schoolvariety television.
I want to bring that to to thelive streaming world.
I feel we were talking beforeabout Chris Gether and I'm
always reminded of the ChrisGether show and I don't know if
you ever watched it.
You know it started on localaccess and it eventually went to
(54:54):
, you know, cable television forfor many years and it was kind
of it was basically a real lifeWayne's world, I feel like.
Had that show come in a timewhen, rather than being on
public access, he started on astreaming platform, it probably
would be the biggest thing onthe internet today and that's
kind of the goal.
But when that happens and weneed a game show host, we are
(55:17):
reaching back out to Miss SarahPribis and making you the
official, the official triviahost of this time I was
wondering about the questionswhen were you.
Speaker 2 (55:27):
Good.
Speaker 1 (55:29):
When you write the questions, since, since I've
been writing these tributes,what?
Where do you get your materialfor the questions that you write
?
Where do you go to?
Speaker 2 (55:37):
I Google.
I just Google stuff Like itdepends, Like I'm, I'll think of
it.
If sometimes it's under like acertain topic, like yeah, I'll
go to Google.
I had to do one, actually likeweirdly enough, for a food brand
recently, like they wanted todo some TikToks with food trivia
and stuff and actuallyspecifically like nostalgic
snacks from like the 80s and 90sand stuff.
(55:58):
So I hit the internet and, yeah, I just go down like a whole of
like what's interesting to me.
You know, like I'm like, oh,what is it?
And then you, of course, youhave to be able to verify it.
I think that's the hardest part, because I just remember when I
was hosting HQ when I washosting HQ, like people would
try to poke holes in everysingle thing, like they.
So I think the hardest partabout writing trivia is making
(56:20):
sure there's multiple, multiplesources that can back up what
you're saying is true.
So, yeah, when I think that waslike always my biggest thing.
So like not only just likeniche enough for you.
If you found something nicheenough, which is always really
cool, you had to make sure thatyou could verify it.
Speaker 1 (56:39):
And I brought that up in the own trivia game.
You know I found multipleanswers to the online.
That was more of the funquestion.
You know, the old Monty Pythonand the Holy Grail question.
I just try to try to keepthings fun.
Listen, I promise you we wouldkeep it to an hour.
We have.
We have approached that hour,so I hope you enjoyed coming on.
We had fun.
(56:59):
We had to avoid talking aboutyour acting stuff which, by the
way, guys, she doesn't just host, she is a full fledged actress
in tons of things and we can'ttalk about any of them because
of this.
Speaker 2 (57:12):
It's OK.
Hopefully we're about to end it, because we're going, we have a
meeting on Monday, we like, butyou know, sagini, amptp, they
have a meeting on Monday.
Obviously, the writer's strikehas ended, so I think we're
moving in the direction that weneed to be, and you know, yeah,
we're.
It's all been worth it, though,because we're fighting for
(57:33):
really important things, so youknow and look when the strike is
over, hopefully, hopefully.
Speaker 1 (57:39):
You had enough fun where you'd be, like I'm going
to come back, I'm going to study, I'm going to give you a
category next time, and I'mgoing to study, I'm going to
know what I'm going to do.
Speaker 2 (57:47):
I'm going to pretend like I wrote the question so
that I could be like, well, Iwrite, look at all the answers
and be fully prepared to destroythat.
Speaker 1 (57:56):
Maybe in the future too, we can have you come in to
ask the trivia questions andsome future ones as we get some,
some other guests.
I think that would be fun too.
You know, I really you were oneof the and I've said this so
many times you are one of thepeople I've always wanted to
work with, and it's neverhappened with other people's
work.
Maybe I just have to make ithappen myself and say you know
(58:17):
it's screw it, sarah, pleasestart trivia portion going
forward.
Speaker 2 (58:20):
I'm in.
Speaker 1 (58:23):
So really thank you so much for coming on and to
everybody watching.
If you missed it, if you'recoming in late, if you missed
any part of the stream, it isavailable as a VOD.
I believe the moment we end thevideo is available on YouTube
later tonight.
The audio version is availabletomorrow.
Wherever you get your podcasts,next week we're going to have
Mr Beast, but we had toreschedule him to make room for
another great guest.
Speaker 2 (58:43):
Again.
Speaker 1 (58:44):
Oh yeah, you know, we just can never seem to fit Mr
Beast in.
It's just we were going to havehim this week but then you said
you could do this week and sowe had to push him off.
It's just unfortunate for him.
But you know, stay tuned to thesocials for that announcement.
And really, Sarah, thank youagain so much for coming on.
It just meant the world to meso.
Speaker 2 (59:01):
Oh, thanks so much for having me.
It was a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (59:03):
And I hope I wasn't that nervous, because I was very
nervous going into thisinterview You're, you're the
first guest.
I don't know, I don't have anyrelationship with you, and so
it's like, wow, this is, can Ido, did I do as as the best
coach in the business?
How did I do you?
Speaker 2 (59:18):
were great.
You did fantastic.
Speaker 1 (59:20):
Thank you, thank you so much.
Everybody, thank you forwatching and you know like,
share, subscribe, follow allthat good stuff.
Thank you so much.
Hello everyone and welcome to the Bad Chest podcast
.
I am your host, the currentreigning defending undisputed
third worst chess player on kickKD215.
When we all first startedtalking about this podcast, I
said my goal was to have theopportunity to talk to people
across all forms ofentertainment and sports that I
admired or enjoyed working with.
(00:29):
Well, the first time I sawtoday's guest, she was on my
phone screen getting absolutelyshredded by thousands of
internet trolls while trying tohost a trivia show.
She professionally ignored thehaters and I felt that her
presence, cadence and deliverywere just brilliant.
I quickly found her on socialmedia and have followed her
career ever since.
A few years ago, she started toshare a journey of sobriety and
(00:53):
, growing up in an environmentwhere I was surrounded by people
battling that addiction, Igained even more respect for
this woman.
If you don't follow her socials, you're missing out on some of
the funniest media insiderantics around.
If you are unfamiliar with thegorgeous and talented Sarah
Pribis, check this out.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
I'm your host, sarah Pribis, and I'm here at the New
York Film Festival.
That's a great question, shiza.
I've never even asked that one.
I'm so happy to have you here.
(01:41):
This is unreal, honestly.
Thank you so much.
Well, here's the thing.
We celebrate Cat Week everyyear, so we thought maybe you
would be our spokesperson forCat Week.
I have a cat.
What's your cat's name?
Her name is Sophia.
She's like the love of my life,of course she is.
All cats should be.
Yeah, okay, good, so you'llcome back Monday and you'll be
(02:04):
our spokesperson for Cat Week?
Yes, absolutely.
Three, three, two, one, come on, come on, woo.
It's time to trivia.
I'm your host, sarah Pribis,and I'm so excited to be here on
this evening edition of HQ.
Let's do it.
Q1.
Which of these is usually wornon a finger Ring?
Are you sure, are we sure aboutthis?
I'm sure.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Yes, yes, if you like it, then you better put a ring
on it.
A ring.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
That's right.
What food have you come homeand found he's gotten into?
He's definitely gotten into thetreat jar and he's paid for it.
Today we have a very specialprime day deal on one of the
latest power drinks that canhelp jumpstart your day, and
that is Bulletproof Coffee.
Now, everyone's been ravingabout Bulletproof Coffee and its
ability to half your mind andyour body.
(02:54):
We've got three contestantsready to compete against each
other in two rounds of bowlingchallenges.
Are you guys ready to bowl?
Yes, yes, we are.
And Facebook, are you ready towin some money?
Let's do it.
She's going to go for it.
How did it feel to be on stageagain?
It's good.
It's always good to be back inmy element, man.
(03:16):
You recently found out that youhad like all of these DMs and
then got, because I've beentrying to get in touch with you
to do this for a while now.
So wait, I want to dive intothis a little more.
Like this is two years worth ofmessages like who was in there?
Like what were they asking for?
Nicki Minaj, I was so inspiredby your story that I actually
went into my folder and I had nomessages from Viola Davis or
(03:38):
Nicki Minaj.
I just had a bunch of creepydudes asking to see my feet.
We're celebratingTransformation Tuesday.
I have a really amazing job.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Let's welcome to the Bad Chest podcast, the girl with
the shiniest heiny in theindustry, miss HQ trivia herself
, sarah Priebus.
Sarah, how are you tonight?
Thanks for joining us.
Oh, sarah can hear.
Uh, oh, uh, oh, this isunfortunate.
Sarah, can you hear me now?
(04:16):
Yes, oh, my goodness.
Look guys, this, we do thislive.
So we tried to.
I tested and kind of rehearsedthis before.
I don't think I messed up mysettings.
Anyway, hi, welcome to the show.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Thank you so much for having me.
It's probably best that Icouldn't hear my own hosting
reel.
I don't need that, so this thisworked out perfectly.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Do you?
Do you struggle going back andwatching yourself or listening
to yourself?
Because I hate listening tomyself.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Not anymore, but it definitely took a long time to
get over it.
But I think you know, given thenature of having to do so many
self tapes post pandemic andthat's sort of like the audition
process you just have to watchyourself on tape so much all the
time that you really do get.
You get used to it, I got usedto it.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
So, so let's I think we have to dive right into HQ
trivia.
You know, for a couple of yearsthere was one of the biggest
apps on the planet.
What was it like to be a partof that?
Speaker 2 (05:15):
It was a lot of fun.
I mean, I don't think anybodyknew what it was going to be,
right?
You know, when I applied to dothe show, it was still nothing,
it was still in beta and youknow, it just by chance happened
to blow up into this entity andso I was sort of like on this
roller coaster ride and you kindof just didn't know what to
(05:39):
expect.
It was a lot of new experiencesfor me, because I hadn't ever
been at something that was, youknow, as well known as that, I
suppose.
And then also I was writing alot of my material and, like the
improvisational nature of it aswell, it just, you know, was
completely something that I hadnot done before.
(06:01):
So while I was learning, whileI was like getting to do
something that was super fun,you know it was yeah, I don't
know, it's just like a mixed bagof experiences, I think.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
You hosted the show quite often, but many people
tend to focus or only rememberon Scott Rigausky.
What.
Why do you think that is?
Because, in my opinion, youwere the better host.
Nothing against.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
I mean, I think that he was the face of HQ trivia.
You know, I think he was thefirst host and I was hired sort
of as like an alternate slashwhen they decided to do more and
more games because at first itwas like one day game and then
basically they were doing twogames a day.
And you know, they essentiallywere like well, we need a second
(06:49):
host, you can't be doing 14games a week, that would be
crazy.
So when I came in, you know, Iwas hired like as the second
person.
So I think the internet hadbecome accustomed to having a
certain personality.
So you know, some people werelike oh great, a new personality
(07:10):
, this is really exciting.
And some people were like wewant Scott.
So I think it was again sort ofa mixed bag there.
And yeah, I mean, in lookingback, I think it really depends
on when people played.
Certainly like in the height ofHQ trivia I was there.
I hosted the first millionplayer game, which I think
(07:31):
actually was in that real rightlike I'm, like we got.
So you know, I definitely wasthere as it was growing and at
its height, but if anybody camein sort of rated after that or
even maybe, I guess before I washosting so many games like that
would be an easy way to be likeI'm not sure who that was.
Like, it's very easy.
(07:51):
I mean, scott is a verymemorable person.
How could you not remember him,you know?
I'm not memorable, but you knowwhat I mean sure so.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
So when you hosted, obviously, the chat, as you
pointed, they were not alwayshappy.
Could you see the chat?
What were your internalreactions to some of the stuff
written and why wasn't therebetter moderation of that chat?
Speaker 2 (08:16):
I cannot answer all of those questions because I
simply do not know why there wasa better moderation.
I mean there were peoplemoderating and definitely people
got kicked out.
I think it was.
You know I've had to wage yourguess.
It'd be that there were so manycomments, particularly like as
it got popular, coming in atonce.
I mean I could, I'd never readthem while I was hosting, like
(08:39):
it just would have beenimpossible, let me the way you
see them when you're playing,right, they're just like
streaming in so you can barelyread them as a viewer, so as a
host, like it just would havebeen impossible to do that and
try to host a live game at thesame time.
So you know if the livereactions that we were giving
were primarily to number ofpeople that got things correctly
(09:02):
, you know.
You know if there were birthdaysthat were like pre submitted,
we kind of knew those things,but I didn't really see any of
the negative comments or any ofthe comments I should say, until
after the games and like Iwould go back and watch some of
my performances because peoplewould repost them to YouTube,
just kind of be like okay, well,can I do better here?
(09:24):
Like did that joke land the waythat I wanted it to and if
people left the comment chatpart of the game on, then I
could see that in the screenrecording on YouTube.
And yeah, it was, it was.
It took a lot of getting like.
I don't think I ever got usedto it while I was hosting at HQ,
like it's only since that Ihave become much more
(09:48):
comfortable about like being aperson on the internet and like
not really caring what peoplesay.
But I think during HQ I had areally hard time seeing
negativity and not taking itpersonally, even though now it's
so interesting because Irealize it's so much more
reflection of the person writingthe comment than actually of
(10:09):
the person they're making thecomment about.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Sure, and I mean as a streamer, I stream.
Obviously we're streaming thisright now.
There are always going to betrolls and you don't know what's
going on in their lives.
I try to.
I don't.
I don't always immediately goto the ban of people, you know I
.
Sometimes, you know, you blockthem for a little bit or you
time them out, because sometimespeople are frustrated with
(10:35):
whatever their own lives andthey just want to get something
out.
Then there is just some peoplethat are just, you know, mean
for the sake of being mean, justbecause it makes them feel good
, whatever.
But you know, the internet isjust man.
They love to tear people down,but you don't really see them
build people up much as much asthey love to tear people down.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
I will.
I will say that was also myimpression for a long time and I
think that's because of HQ,sadly.
But with TikTok now I haveactually found I found a very
supportive community and I'mreally really grateful for that,
because my perspective ofthings has shifted.
I will also say that I would goback and look at some of the
(11:15):
people who were leaving comments.
Actually that was prettyimpossible.
What I'll say is I would,sometimes I would receive actual
like DMs and stuff from peoplethat were like really terrible,
like people telling me to I'mlaughing, but because now it's
funny, but at the time it wasn't.
Like people are being like youshould kill yourself or you know
, just mean things.
And so when I would actuallyclick on who that person was, a
(11:39):
lot of times they were, theywere young boys and you know
when I relate that like they'dbe like my grandmother, things
die and it's like these are kids, a, they just don't know any
better and be they probablyidolized Scott Rogalski, and
they did.
They saw me as Scott's likecompetition in some way, I
(11:59):
suppose.
And so, like you know, they'rejust going to bat for their boy,
which again, like now I it's sosilly because I'm like all
these are kids.
Like am I gonna waste energy onkids?
No, like you know it's, it's sofunny.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
So I, moving on from HQ for Ben I'm sure we'll come
back to it later Feel like Ican't interview you without
discussing the butt brush, theold shiny, heiny, I mean, that
really made its rounds not juston the internet but all over
television.
When you, when you did that andI've heard you give interviews
(12:37):
about this, I mean notably theAllen one Did you, did you
expect it to get the exposurethat it got?
Speaker 2 (12:43):
And oh no, no no, no, quite the opposite.
I don't think I would haveagreed to it if I thought that
it was going to get exposure.
You know what I mean.
Like I, in fact, I mean tooffer some context around it.
Essentially, for anyoneunfamiliar with the story, I had
self submitted myself for aninfomercial for a cleaning
(13:06):
product on a casting website andit was spelled the product was
spelled incorrectly and so youknow, I didn't think anything of
it, just I thought it was acleaning product.
And I get to set because theyjust literally cast me off of
you know my, my photos and videosubmissions, and I get to set
and find out that it's actuallythe my Shiny Heiny, which is a
(13:29):
butt brush, and they spelled itthe shini heiny.
And I did like I just didn'tput it together that to like I'm
a selling nerd, so like thatjust didn't occur to me that it
was something else.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
Yeah, I have it.
I'm just going to put it up fora second quietly in the
background while you're talkingabout it.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
Yeah, so you can see it's a butt brush.
I got there, they told me whatit was and I tried to get out of
it because I was like I'm notadvertising this product.
I was like I didn't know whatit was and essentially they
talked me into it.
They were it was a very sweetolder couple who has been
shooting infomercials for years.
Anytime I tell this storythere's somebody who inevitably
(14:12):
like knows this team.
And they talked me into it.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
Can I interrupt one second?
Your facial expressions throughthe whole thing are.
We know what you're feelingwithout even having to listen to
it.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
I mean it's so silly because, listen, this is a real
product and that's the thing.
Right, this is a real productfor people who have limited
mobility, so it's actually avery useful product.
I am not probably thedemographic that should have
been advertising something likethis.
Yes, and then there's the handydandy finger brush.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Were you the finger model.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
No, that was the other blonde that you see there.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
But yeah.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
So I ended up doing it and I was again.
It was more of a situationwhere I was like no one's going
to find out about this.
It's like a little infomercial,like whatever that's going to
air like once on, like the latenight television.
And lo and behold, you know,eight months later or something,
ellen DeGeneres saw theinfomercial and not only saw the
(15:15):
infomercial but decided to makeit a core part of her show for
several days and ultimately itturned into this whole week
where she was showing it, shewas doing bits about it, and
then I ended up making my ownappearance on the show, being
interviewed as Miss Shiny Hiney.
So, like, truly the last thing.
I don't think you, I don'tthink you can ever predict that
(15:37):
something is going to happenlike that.
But another, really frankly,like good example of things that
have happened in my life, thatlike again, hq, it's like I self
submitted on this, like littlething that I paid like $150 a
show and it was just like alittle trivia thing.
It's like, oh, that sounds fun.
And this was like, oh, I'venever done an infomercial before
, this sounds fun, and like theyhad just turned into these
(16:00):
crazy stories and crazyopportunities.
And you know.
It's like you never know wheresomething leads.
Speaker 1 (16:08):
So, thinking back and you know, watching your hosting
reel, I didn't even know youdid some of the stuff that were
in that reel.
Do you have a favorite?
Is there something that youlook back on and say I mean, hq
was probably the one that gaveyou the, you know, your initial
most exposure.
Shiny Hiney got young Ellen,which has to be a great
experience.
But you know, for youpersonally outside of you know
(16:32):
the recognition, what did youreally like doing the best in
the hosting world?
Speaker 2 (16:38):
Um, I don't know, I mean, it's all so fun.
I love hosting because itreally is just like you get to
be you, and so for me that's.
I think that's that's a reallyfun.
I just think it's really fun.
There's like no pressure Ithink, at least to me to like
become another character,although I guess in acting right
(16:59):
, you like bring yourself to thecharacter as well or at least I
do but like there's no like,you're literally just you, like
you don't like, and there'ssomething like very freeing
about that, because like yourpersonality is what actually
makes you that like the thingthat people want to watch, and
so it's and it's a really coolway of storytelling.
(17:21):
So I've always really likedhosting.
So, whether it's like you know,I did the red carpet stuff like
where I interviewed, you know,actors and directors and like
that's so fancy and fun, butlike that's really cool because
it's like you're meeting peoplewho you vitalize and like look
up to and I was like, oh my gosh, you're the reason that I
became an actor, you know.
So stuff like that is reallycool.
But then you know things likethe Ellen show, like again, it's
(17:45):
just such an unimaginableopportunity and one that I
really do associate you know,you briefly mentioned this in my
intro, but like with sobriety,because I was only 60 days sober
when that happened and you know, a core part of that story for
me, the way that I remember it,is like it was like the.
It was like my first major signthat I was like making the
(18:08):
right choice by getting sober.
And something reallysignificant happened, like in
that process, where someone fromthat show basically like came
into my dressing room and told alittle bit of their getting
sober story and like basicallywas like, keep doing what you're
doing, you're on the right path.
And it just was like so tied tothe start of something like
(18:31):
beautiful in my life.
So I think it's not actually,you know, being on that show
necessarily that was like theexperience at however cool that
was, it was, but like it wasmore so it signified, I think,
me just starting a new chapter.
So I think that that was reallyimpactful for me.
You know HQ, of course, like.
(18:53):
Similarly, I think HQ is atricky thing because while it
was really fun, I will also sayit was very stressful, just
because there I put so muchpressure on myself to like I
never felt job security thereand I always felt like
replaceable, I suppose, and so Ididn't.
(19:13):
I I didn't have as much fun atleast for a little while as I
think I could have like, and bythe end of me doing HQ I
definitely had more fun.
I care less, like it didn'tfeel like I had something to
lose.
But you know, like for a longtime with HQ I think like I was
just like, oh my gosh, if I, ifI say the wrong thing or I write
the wrong joke or whatever,like I could lose this job and
(19:36):
it felt like I wasn't fully me,which is the thing that I like
love about hosting.
So it took a little while toget there, but on the flip side
of it, like I again I learned somuch at HQ, like it was such a
growing experience for me.
And the other things that I'mreally thankful for are I had
two long term jobs hosting thatyou know nobody probably ever
(20:00):
would know, but they sustainedme.
Like those were jobs that likesustain me for a year or two
years with regular hostingcontracts, and like they were so
fun because I got to write andproduce and like do my own thing
.
So one was for this now defunctcompany called Little Things
and it was like a.
Now there's been iterations ofthis type of show, but at the
(20:21):
time it was like a good newsshow.
So I got to like just shareviral clips from the internet
that were like like cute thingshappening and whatever, and like
it just was such a feel good,like being able to look for fun
clips from the internet thatlike made people happy and then
like talk about them and like Igot to bring in guests and stuff
.
Like that was super fun andagain like my full time job for
(20:41):
a year, which is great and hadbenefits.
What in this industry neverlike that was crazy.
And then I had another job thatlike basically rescued me from
the pandemic, which I am sograteful for, and that was for
the T pain clip at the end wasfrom that, you know, and that
was basically I got to host it.
(21:02):
Actually there was trivia andthat as well.
So it was like they hired mebecause of HQ trivia and, you
know, I basically like startedproducing the show during the
pandemic from from my couch backhere and then I moved over zoom
and on their little, on thislittle app, and then it turned
into this thing where I got tomove to Connecticut for like
(21:26):
four months, which I thought wasgoing to be like I.
Again I just was like do Ireally want to move to
Connecticut?
But I kept my apartment and Ijust like.
It was like kind of like havebeen in summer camp for like
four months working with likepeople that ended up becoming
some of my best friends and likeproducing a show, we ended up
going to LA and doing thisthings, these things with
celebrities, and again it justwas like.
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It was a job that I had for twoyears that got me out of the
pandemic and that got me out ofhospital.
That was the job that,ultimately, I never went back to
hospitality after that becauseI was always a bartender or a
server when I was working andthat was the first job that gave
me enough stability where Icould save enough money that I
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felt comfortable and not havinga side job.
So for that, like, I am supergrateful.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
And I feel like that's the story of so many
talent.
I was a waitress, no bartender,but also doing all this on the
side.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
So you know, you brought up your sobriety and I
grew up in the televisionindustry.
I got my first job when I was14 years old.
It's one of the only jobs Iever had was working in
television and I can remember atime when substances of all
sorts were used so commonly inthe open.
I worked at Sony Music Studiosin New York and I remember there
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was an audio console that hadsome little say sticky faders
and we were cleaning it out andI watched a grown man cry
because he thought we werevacuuming cocaine out of the
console.
And I was like I'm not drugs andalcohol were always so
prevalent.
You know, in that period it'sgotten.
The industry has gottensignificantly better I mean
(23:11):
hands down better than what itused to be.
But do you feel any stigmaabout being sober in this
industry?
Speaker 2 (23:19):
No, I don't.
I mean I think maybe in thebeginning I did just because, I
mean, for a couple reasons.
I think there's been a lot ofcelebrity figures, you know,
going being public about beingsober, which has helped.
(23:39):
I just think the sober, curiousand sober lifestyle has become
a bit more trendy, even, which,like some people might be, like
I've heard people be like, ohwell, that's like that doesn't
really like.
Sober, curious isn't like reallydealing with, like people who
like have addiction andsubstance issues, but like I'm
like I don't care everyone.
(24:00):
Anything that can help removethe stigma around being sober,
like I'm for if somebody wantsto do it for to be cool, than so
be it.
Like who cares.
But yeah, I think there's a lotmore, you know, talk and
conversation and culture andopenness around this type of
stuff.
(24:20):
So that's been really helpful.
And I think also, again, when Igot sober, it was more in my
head than anyone else sayinganything to me.
You know, like I think I justfelt excuse me, hold on, I think
(24:45):
it just felt uncomfortable tome because I wasn't used to it
yet.
So, you know, I thought peoplewere judging me.
I felt really uncomfortablebeing in social gatherings not.
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
Sorry, I felt.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
I have a tiggle.
I felt really uncomfortablebeing in social gatherings Just
because, like I'll call it, formany people, right, it's a
lubricant, social lubricant,right.
So it helps you like not thinkabout what you're talking about,
or it just makes you feel morecomfortable.
So I think at first that'sgoing to be hard for anybody
(25:30):
being in social gatherings,having a network, you know,
being at parties or events orwhatever where there's alcohol.
So that automatically is achallenge.
So I've just gotten like, themore time you have sober, you
just feel more at ease in thosesituations.
So I think it's a.
It's that plus you know, moreconversation and more you know,
(25:52):
like I guess I want to call itlike media coverage, but yeah,
just more openness about it.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
I've never drank there.
As I said in the open, therewas so much addiction in my
family that I think I decidedreally young that I just didn't
like alcohol and then, as I gotolder, I wanted to stay away
from it because I just felt inmy gut that I would have those
same issues and so if I nevertouched it I would never know
(26:19):
what I was missing.
And when I was younger Idefinitely feel as if people
didn't invite me places becauseI didn't drink like and, and I
think maybe they felt that itwas because I was judging them
for drinking.
I think the most commonly heardthing that and I still hear it
to this day when I tell people Idon't drink or you know, when
people invite me out to drinkand you know I don't get alcohol
(26:42):
, they'll always say oh wow,that's so good for you, that's
great that you don't drink, orwhatever Everybody did you get
that reaction to?
People say, oh my God, that'sso great that you don't drink.
Speaker 2 (26:55):
Yeah, for sure.
I think anytime somebody has aproblem with it, I mean it can
go go two ways right.
Like I think when people haveissue where they like get weird
about it, it's only because theyquestion their own relationship
with alcohol.
Like that's a huge factor forsure that I've seen Like people
get defensive or weird about itor they're like you can't just
(27:17):
like you know.
So I think that's certainly athing.
But I also do think that somepeople are genuinely curious by
people who choose not to drinkbecause it's just so integrated
in our society and in everything.
So it's still we're stilldefinitely like in the minority.
(27:38):
Like to go out with people thatare all drinking and not drink.
Like yeah, it's, it's also justI don't know.
Like I mean it's gotten easierfor me, but in the beginning it
definitely was hard.
And I definitely do thinkpeople like, yeah, I'm sure I'm
not invited to certain things,or not so much anymore because,
(27:58):
honestly, like the people that Ichoose to spend my time with,
like they're all good friends atthis point.
So, like I don't, I don't wastemy time with like people who
would choose to not invite me tothings because I'm not drinking
and it makes them uncomfortable.
Like if you don't, I, then ifyou don't want me there, then
it's probably better than I'mnot there, because I'm probably
not going to enjoy myself anyway, to be honest with you.
So like it's best for both ofus.
(28:19):
But yeah, no, I mean I do.
Yeah, I think some people canget a bit weird about it, but I
don't know, I think it's.
It's definitely in myexperience, I mean, and like you
said, I think it's gotten a lotbetter.
Speaker 1 (28:32):
You know we're going to bounce around a little bit
and go go back to the, to theEllen topic.
Like, you hosted Cat Week onEllen and you were very excited
about this because you said youhad a cat and the cat was your
cat, was the love of your life.
How I need to ask how is yourcat?
Speaker 2 (28:48):
She's sleeping next to me right now.
I would pick her up andactually show her to you,
because she's so cute I feel badshe's.
She's fast asleep.
She's still the love of my life.
Her name is Sophia.
She's a Siberian gorgeous girl.
She's older now, she's like 13,but like you wouldn't know it,
(29:08):
she's very young at heart.
She still has her kitten faceand yeah, I know I'm, I'm a, I
love she is.
She's such a good girl and liketruly the best.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
I had to bring up the cat because it looks like we
had some cat fans that came intothe chat from oh my God, yes, I
love cat, I love all, I mean Ilove all animals Like I.
Speaker 2 (29:30):
I'm just partial to owning cats because they're
easier to take care of andliterally that's it I love
animals too.
Speaker 1 (29:38):
We were talking, we were talking about before the
show I I started a farm, right,I mean, I've cows and goats and,
by the way, so Sophie Donets inthe chat says that your cat's
name is perfect.
It's absolutely perfect.
Speaker 2 (29:51):
Oh, and I hope we still perfect P?
U R R she, she didn't, shedidn't, she didn't do the pun.
No, I was thinking that samething too.
She missed the opportunity,that's okay she is perfect and
her name is perfect.
Yes.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
And she I think she's disappointed in herself for
missing that pun.
Oh, I'm sorry.
So you know the other.
I need to.
I watched your your reel awhole bunch because I made a
promo going into this week and Itook clips out of it.
You know to make that promo andone of the things that I saw in
your reel that I never saw orheard of at all was was that
(30:30):
bowling show?
What was the bowling?
I mean you, the excitement inyour eyes while hosting bowling,
was you like?
I feel like if you hosted allbowling on television, it'd be
the number one thing on.
Speaker 2 (30:44):
Oh, that was really fun.
So, bolero, I think I havelocations like all around the
United States.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
Sure, and you're the biggest bowling brand out there
now.
Speaker 2 (30:54):
Yeah, so they approached me I guess it, I
think it was during HQ to dothis show and, yeah, they were
just trying to like make bowlinghip again Nice of both.
And so it was like less of alike straight bowling show and
(31:14):
more of a.
Yeah, there was like moneyinvolved and then people from
like so it aired on Facebook,which is funny, because now I
feel like I don't know it'sFacebook even relevant, I don't
know.
Anyway, but it did air.
It aired on Facebook and it waslive and people could like
again, like compete in these,like challenges from home and
(31:36):
win money, like that on, andthen we would give them bowling
challenges like they'd have towear like beer goggles and bowl
or granny style bowl or justlike.
It was like ridiculous.
And then we had to be like goodat following, which I think was
really fun.
Yeah, it was super cute.
We did like.
It was like a six part series.
We did three in New Brunswick,new Jersey.
Speaker 1 (32:00):
That's one of their locations.
Speaker 2 (32:01):
I was so random.
And then we did three in LosAngeles.
So I had to go to LA and dothree there and I had like a
co-host on each coast for each.
And yeah, I don't know if theywanted to go to series, I'm not,
I'm aware if it was just likepromo for them, but it was, it
was super, it was super fun andyeah, I wish, I wish I kept
(32:22):
going.
I would totally do that.
Speaker 1 (32:25):
So you fun fact my brother's from New Brunswick,
new Jersey not that it'simportant to you, but one of the
things before the show started,sarah and I connected just to
test everything out.
Clearly it didn't make adifference.
We still I still botched ittotally in my bed but I pointed
out that it seems like a lot ofher shows were things that would
have existed in one of mystudios and I never had the
(32:46):
opportunity to work with her.
I posted on my personalInstagram just my friends and
family and co-workers that I wasdoing this podcast tonight with
you and since I have postedthat I am not kidding I now have
17 different messages frompeople who make up artists,
camera people, a coupleproducers like oh my God, I love
(33:07):
her, how late and she is sogreat.
So I just wanted you to know it.
And I asked a couple of thepeople early on before when the
run up screen was on oh my God,you know her, do you have any
tidbits or any pointers for whatI can ask her?
And every one of them is likeno, I saw her on HQ, but her
social media is just makes mefall out of my chair.
(33:30):
I think if you're in theindustry, your TikToks and your
sarcasm through some of thesethings.
It's just hysterical.
I don't think there's.
I laugh harder at anybody'sstuff than some of the things
you put on social media.
Speaker 2 (33:47):
Oh, thank you.
I don't even know if I woulddescribe it.
It's funny because you know, Ioriginally started on social
doing sketch comedy.
So like pre HQ I was makingsketches on Instagram.
Pre TikTok too, I was workingwith friends that were actors
and camera ops and stuff and wewere just like shooting our own
(34:08):
stuff and yeah, it was all justlike comedy.
And then when the pandemic and Idid that all through HQ, it was
a lot of work and then througheach sorry, and then the
pandemic happened and obviously,like we couldn't collaborate
with people in the same waybecause we were all scared that
we just didn't know right, wejust like isolated and also just
(34:31):
like it was a time that Ididn't really feel funny because
there was so much happening inthe world, so like my ideas like
bank was dry, so like I took abit of a break and I had some
sort of like frustrations withthe industry and stuff during
the pandemic as things shiftedand I was like I'm just going to
(34:54):
talk about this because thisfeels relevant to me.
I was also relapsing at thetime, not funny, but I don't
know why, I'm laughing.
So it just was like a time Ifeel like it was like another.
It was like a time of rebirthfor me.
So I was like because I justdidn't feel.
I was like there's a lot ofpressure to turn up as this,
like comedian.
I think HQ put it in my headthat I had to be funny all the
(35:15):
time and I just didn't feel likeI could be funny all the time
because I wasn't feeling funnyall the time and like the world
wasn't funny Most of the timeduring that time.
So anyway, I started makingvideos about acting stuff,
because that's what I wasdealing with, and some about
sobriety too, like said and yeah, it was.
(35:37):
So they took off and I don'tknow it's been great because I
feel like I could talk about anyof that stuff forever and like
yeah, sometimes it's funny andsometimes not, and sometimes,
like it allows me, I guess, toshow up really authentically,
whichever way I'm feeling.
So, like, if I want to be funnyor something's funny to me, or
(35:58):
I need to make a comment onsomething in the industry, like
I can.
But you know, if I had a hardday or I'm dealing with
something a bit difficult, likeI can also show up in that way,
and it doesn't have to likeinvolve the pressure that like
it needs to make someone laugh.
Speaker 1 (36:16):
And I want to just put out there so I'm not
misleading everybody.
You are correct, not everythingyou do online is meant to be
humorous, but just the stuffthat you do put that is humorous
.
I think sometimes it just hitspeople in the industry in a way
where you're just like yeah, oh,yeah, I get that 100%.
Speaker 2 (36:33):
I think it's like, it's really interesting because
there's a relatability rate.
So for anyone in the industry,you're like, oh my gosh, been
there, or like God having to me.
So that's really, that's reallynice.
And then there's also peoplewho I think, like I have like a
5050 audience.
The other 50% really is likethey don't know anybody, I guess
, who's putting out that type ofcontent that really like shows
(36:54):
what it looks like to be like aworking actor and host on a
regular basis, who's not likefamous you know what I mean Like
just showing the ins and outsof like the daily grind.
So it's really a nice windowfor people who just like want to
see what that looks like.
So, yeah, it's.
It's funny because anyone inthe industry is like, yeah,
they're like oh yes, yes that.
(37:15):
And then anyone else is like,oh well, that's interesting.
Speaker 1 (37:20):
Well, I want to take this opportunity.
I want to open up somequestions to to the chat.
We do a thing on this show thatI've explained to you in the in
our little test where, when,when, when, a when a viewer asks
a question, we we roll this,this D 20, on the screen and
it's a knowledge check.
It's an old Dungeons andDragons style knowledge check
(37:42):
where we're going to check yournot your own knowledge of
yourself and it's can she answerthe question or can she not
answer the question?
And somebody has been messagingme nonstop since they saw this
and they had a question and I,you know, I don't even I've been
debating whether I was going toask the question or not, but it
is on your resume, so I figureI'm going to put it out there.
(38:03):
Listen to your resume that youare a FICOR SAG and they, they,
they asked if some of the stuffthat you were doing for stage
led you to go FICOR so that wayyou could take, you know,
non-union theater stuff.
I'm guessing this person is anactor, actress of some sort and
(38:24):
they, they wanted to know if youfelt that there was a sting on
you in the industry for goingFICOR.
I mean FICOR.
By the way, for those who don'tknow, sag after is there's
there's really too big actingunit.
Sag after an equity equityreally deals with stage stuff.
Sag after obviously, film,television, commercials, new
media, which is most of thestuff online, you know,
(38:45):
streaming stuff.
Whatever FICOR is financial.
It's SAG after it's financialcore.
You pay dues to SAG to allowthe legal.
Then you get to be held underthe SAG contract with the rules,
but you are not a full memberof SAG.
You don't get the opportunityto vote.
Whatever it now is, sag hatesFICOR.
(39:06):
They try to dissuade peoplefrom doing it, but I personally
have known a lot of people thathave gone FICOR in recent years
because of the number ofindependent projects out there
that have not been able toafford the union or whatever,
and their careers have beengreat.
I'm curious you know to answerthis viewers question what your
experience are, but you don'thave to answer just yet.
We're going to roll the die andsee if you, if you, actually
(39:27):
know the answer to this questionor if you just have to make
something up.
Speaker 2 (39:31):
So it could send you the uncomfortableness.
Speaker 1 (39:33):
Oh, it's a 10.
I'm so sorry, but you don'tknow the answer to your own
quest to this question.
You're going to have to lieabout being FICOR.
Speaker 2 (39:44):
Well, the funny thing is I actually I don't even know
what FICOR is, so I'm so gladyou explained it to me, because
I've never even heard of it.
So it's very difficult for meto answer a question about
something I don't evenunderstand.
How's that for an answer?
Speaker 1 (40:05):
No, that's great 10 out of 10.
Speaker 2 (40:08):
No, but in all fairness I was going to say
there's plenty of informationabout this on my channel.
So if anybody is curious.
Go to a deep dive.
Speaker 1 (40:18):
Well, believe it or not, I think your TikTok was the
first place I learned about itand then I looked it up because
I had never heard, I'm prettysure, and that's why I was like
you know, and I'm just going toask the question anyway, because
you seem pretty open about itand you know the people in the
chat.
Are there any questions?
You know, I don't know if youcan keep hearing the vibrations
(40:38):
of my phone, but every time ithas vibrated so far it has been
somebody saying, wow, I love her.
Like just people.
Oh, my God, I love her.
I watch her TikToks and playthe game.
That's a makeup artist that Iknow.
So, like everyone of thesepeople are like just just, you
are very well loved in thisindustry, apparently.
Speaker 2 (41:00):
Oh, that's that makes me feel good.
Thank you for.
Thank you for sharing thecomments.
Speaker 1 (41:06):
It's more.
Usually we get, we getquestions, but I'm getting, I
really I you are.
You are the third guest on myshow.
This is this is only the thirdepisode and I've had great
guests before you and but thelove that people seem to have
for you, like seriously, nobody,like my nobody has caused my
phone to blow up like this likeyou have, which is amazing.
(41:28):
It's great.
As I said, I was so excited toget you on in the first place,
but if, if, if chat's not goingto ask any questions, I'm going
to, we're going to go into thenext thing, which you are, the
queen of, trivia, and we can't,I can't, have you on without
playing trivia, you know, and sowe.
I had one of the mods randomlypicked somebody in the chat.
(41:48):
It's, it's pawn X, pawn is isthe winner of this.
He is going to win a reallynice prize if you can answer
some simple trivia questions.
Okay, and and I'm going to behonest, usually, usually, we
don't have this multiple choice,but in honor of HQ trivia,
we're going multiple choice withour questions.
Speaker 2 (42:12):
Yes, we are, yes, we are.
Speaker 1 (42:14):
And, and I make these myself, so, um, adding multiple
choices, was it added a wholelevel, as I was trying to think
of?
You know, there's always thatone choice that you know is is
wrong, and then there's always,like the two, where it could be
one or the other.
But here we go.
This is all general knowledge.
This is.
This is not any particularcategory at all.
(42:36):
It's kind of a.
Some of the questions are alittle tricky and Sarah
previously just so everybodyknows, sarah previously stated
she is not an expert at trivia.
Speaker 2 (42:46):
I am an expert at asking trivia questions, but I
am not an expert in answeringthem.
But you know what we're goingto give it our best pawn this
one's for you.
Speaker 1 (42:56):
Okay, On a dartboard.
What number is directlyopposite?
Number one.
And the answers are number two,number 20, number 19 or number
six.
Speaker 2 (43:09):
We're going to go.
Speaker 1 (43:14):
The number.
Two or two the number 20, thenumber two.
I'm so sorry.
It's the number 19.
I didn't know that either.
By the way, I didn't know thateither, but I've included, by
the way, the picture of thedartboard on the screen, so we
can in fact see that?
That it is.
How many colors are there in arainbow?
(43:35):
One infinite, two, five, three,nine, four, seven.
Speaker 2 (43:40):
Oh no, because I want to say it's Roy G Bibb, but
maybe it's infinite.
This might be a trick question.
Okay, if it's Roy G Bibb,that's seven.
So it's either seven orinfinite.
Okay, I'm going to go.
I'm going to go seven.
Speaker 1 (44:00):
It is seven red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
indigo, violet, Roy G Bibb.
What is Sinophobia?
The fear of One, the fear ofdogs.
Two, the fear of clowns.
Three, the fear of heights.
Four, fear of the dark.
Speaker 2 (44:17):
Okay, I'm going to eliminate fear of height.
I'm going to eliminate the fearof dog, I don't know fear of
the dark.
Speaker 1 (44:30):
Why did you eliminate fear of dogs?
Speaker 2 (44:33):
I don't know it is fear of dogs.
Speaker 1 (44:40):
The flag oh, I just gave the answer.
The flag of the European Unionhas how many stars on it?
One, 11, two, 12, three, 13,four, 14.
Speaker 2 (44:49):
14.
Speaker 1 (44:51):
Two, that's 12.
Speaker 2 (44:52):
Okay, I can't count that fast.
Speaker 1 (44:56):
What is the world's most expensive spice by weight?
One oregano two saffron.
Saffron.
Saffron is correct.
Speaker 2 (45:04):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (45:06):
What was the original name of the search engine
Google?
One back rub, two backlinks,three excite four alphabet.
Speaker 2 (45:13):
Hmm, I'm between excites and alphabets.
That's hard.
Speaker 1 (45:20):
Why, why?
Why those two?
Why between all of those two?
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (45:23):
I just go with my gut .
You're like it's not right.
No, I'm just asking.
Speaker 1 (45:29):
I don't, I have no idea.
Speaker 2 (45:32):
Um, no, gosh, let's go, uh go, excite for fun.
Speaker 1 (45:41):
Excite was actually a competitor.
It was one of the first sciencesearch engines.
Alphabet is what Google iscalled today.
Speaker 2 (45:48):
The answer was back rub.
Speaker 1 (45:50):
Yes, I didn't know it either.
Speaker 2 (45:52):
That's crazy.
Speaker 1 (45:53):
Fun question what is the airspeed velocity of an
unladen swallow?
One 24 miles per hour, two 20miles per hour, three 27 miles
per hour, four 15 miles per hour.
And we are talking about theEuropean variety, not the
African swallow.
Speaker 2 (46:08):
No, I am so glad that you asked this because I had
this conversation with a friendthis morning.
Um, and it's 100% 27 miles anhour.
Speaker 1 (46:21):
Science disagrees with you.
They say the Earth's speedphilosophy is on lane and
swallows roughly 20.1 miles perhour.
You know what's funny Inresearch-.
Speaker 2 (46:29):
Well, my friend really misled me.
I blame them.
Speaker 1 (46:32):
What's funny?
When researching this, I sawtwo answers online.
I saw 24 miles per hour, whichwas the answer I was going to
put initially.
Then I always verify theanswers to make it fair.
I always make sure I doublecheck my work.
There was a really big studywhere they talked about flaps
per minute and they broke downthe whole science.
(46:55):
They did come to 20.1 miles perhour.
How many notes are there on astandard grand piano?
One, 98, two, 78, 396, 488.
Speaker 2 (47:07):
88.
Speaker 1 (47:08):
It is 88.
That is it.
Speaker 2 (47:10):
See, some of the questions are easy the things I
know, I know, but the things Idon't know, I really don't know.
Speaker 1 (47:16):
What does the term GPU stand for?
A graphics processing unit.
Two, general processing unit.
Three, grand processing unit.
Four, gigabit processing unit.
Speaker 2 (47:31):
Oh my God, I don't even know what a GPU is, or that
would help.
A general processing unit.
Speaker 1 (47:43):
It's actually one graphics processing unit.
It's the most integral part ofa modern day computer.
Wow, so the likeness of whichpresident is featured on the
rare $2 bill of US currency?
One Jackson, two Adams, threePolk, four Jefferson.
Speaker 2 (47:59):
Okay Gosh, I can't even tell you the last time I
saw one of these Probablybartending People love to give
these to bartenders and theythink they're giving you
something lucky, but in realityI'm like no, a higher tip would
have been nice, jefferson.
Speaker 1 (48:27):
You're correct, it's Jefferson.
I want you to know that youchat has claimed that you broke
the internet not knowing what aGPU was.
You have saddened the chat.
Speaker 2 (48:37):
Oh, I'm sorry guys, I let you down.
It's okay, Listen a lot of thethings that I use every day.
I don't ask questions about howthey work, I just take them for
granted, and that's, I guess,shame on me.
Speaker 1 (48:52):
We have a second chance contest Now.
In the past, historically, theother guests have done much
better on the second chancetrivia than the first trivia.
Okay, once we have my trivia,we then jump over to Dorky,
geeky, nerdy and pull out one oftheir trivias and you said you
(49:13):
didn't have a fandom.
You kind of had Harry Potter,but you didn't think you were
going to be able to answerquestions on that.
So I scanned all of theirtrivias and I said I felt like
this one of somebody who didn'treally have a nerd fandom is the
one that you most likely mightbe able to answer some of the
questions on.
(49:34):
Okay, mathematician CharlesLudwig Dodson is better known by
which pseudonym, used to writetwo books about a curious girl
named Alice.
Speaker 2 (49:44):
Um, I guess are we talking about Alice in
Wonderland, and if so, Iliterally have no answer.
Speaker 1 (49:56):
We were Lewis Carroll .
Speaker 2 (49:58):
Oh yeah, I should have known that.
Speaker 1 (50:00):
See, they are easier.
Question which lead characteris best known as a person who
taught himself to talk toanimals?
Speaker 2 (50:08):
Which lead character is best known as a person, lead
character of what Books?
Speaker 1 (50:15):
This is all like child literature.
Speaker 2 (50:16):
But there's a very there's movies.
Speaker 1 (50:17):
There's movies of this as well.
This will be a character thatyou'll kick yourself, I believe.
Who taught?
Speaker 2 (50:26):
himself to talk to the animals.
I don't know, but I have oneright here.
Who's final way?
Who's final way, dr Doolittle?
Speaker 1 (50:40):
Which child detective is rarely used.
First name is Leroy this.
This is a deep one no idea.
Speaker 2 (50:47):
Yeah, that's a deep one.
Speaker 1 (50:48):
Encyclopedia Brown.
I used to read those booksgrowing up, which detective
series focuses on brothers Frankand Joe.
Speaker 2 (50:54):
I don't know.
I'm sorry Little.
Speaker 1 (50:56):
Hardy Boy, that's fine.
Speaker 2 (50:57):
Are you kidding this?
Speaker 1 (50:58):
is fine.
Who is curious?
George's human companion.
I don't know I can give you ahint, do you know curious?
Speaker 2 (51:07):
George.
Speaker 1 (51:08):
You ever seen the curious George book?
Speaker 2 (51:09):
The monkey yeah.
Speaker 1 (51:10):
Yes, he doesn't have a name.
He is merely named by adescriptor of him.
Speaker 2 (51:19):
The man.
Speaker 1 (51:21):
Yellow.
Speaker 2 (51:22):
What's he wearing?
I don't remember what he'swearing, pat, yes, the man in
the yellow hat, oh okay, I don'tknow.
Speaker 1 (51:32):
Which series pioneering turning books into
games and using the secondperson perspective when writing?
Speaker 2 (51:39):
Pioneering, turning books into games.
Would it be like?
Choose your own adventure?
Speaker 1 (51:44):
Choose your own adventure.
Speaker 2 (51:46):
Finally, jesus, you know I was a book nerd.
This is embarrassing for me,like my mother would have that
money that I would have gottenif I write.
Speaker 1 (51:54):
Which author?
Author wrote about a boy namedCharlie visiting chocolate
factories and writing glasselevators to space.
Speaker 2 (52:00):
Oh my God, oh, I don't know the name of the
author.
This is so humiliating.
I have no way, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (52:10):
By the way, this is the third week in a row we have
a Willy Wonka question in trivia.
It's Roll and Tall.
Speaker 2 (52:15):
Roll and Tall, I mean like the witches, matilda James
and the Giant Pete, like Icould name all of them, but I'm
like, oh my God, I don't know.
Yeah, I read like all thegoosebumps and the boxcar
children and Harry Potter Like I.
This is.
I should have done better onthis.
Speaker 1 (52:32):
Which Belgian book series became a long running
cartoon about blue people whowere only three apples tall.
Speaker 2 (52:38):
The Smurfs.
Speaker 1 (52:39):
Absolutely the Smurfs .
Ok, ok, listen, don't you.
You can't get this wrong.
Speaker 2 (52:45):
OK, this is a give me which series?
Wait, it's literally a seriesPotter.
Ok.
Speaker 1 (52:52):
Which series does Daniel Handler write under the
pseudonym Lemony Snicket?
Speaker 2 (53:00):
Give me a hint.
Speaker 1 (53:04):
I think it's also a show streaming on Netflix.
If I recall, it's very popularon show on Netflix.
Speaker 2 (53:13):
A series of unfortunate events.
Wait, sorry, a series ofunfortunate events.
Yeah, that's sick Seeunfortunately, pawn Pawn.
Speaker 1 (53:21):
I'm sorry, unfortunately not your night.
Pawn Expawn.
Speaker 2 (53:25):
No, so far from it.
I'm so sorry.
Listen, at least I didn't say Iam the queen of trivia.
I know my place is asking thequestion.
Speaker 1 (53:38):
But you could.
You can write trivia too.
You said you can hire to hosttrivia nights.
Speaker 2 (53:42):
I can.
I can write the trivia.
I can write the trivia jokes.
I can research the trivia.
Speaker 1 (53:49):
I cannot answer the trivia you know let's I'm we're
going to go meta for a secondhere.
One of my goals for thispodcast, as I, as I grow it
right, I mean this is obviouslythis is the beginnings, this is
just starting.
One of the things that I wouldlike to do in the future, as
this expands and as I bring morepeople into it, is I want to do
what nobody else is doing inthe podcast world and I want to
(54:12):
turn this into more of a livevariety Like I want to set, like
I want a real set.
Nobody does that in this genre.
You know people shooting forthe green screens or people have
their their rooms that looklike talk radio studios.
I want, like, a variety set andI want to have, you know, the
game show section with the hostand the.
(54:33):
You know the, the crazysidekicks and the like.
Just think back to old schoolvariety television.
I want to bring that to to thelive streaming world.
I feel we were talking beforeabout Chris Gether and I'm
always reminded of the ChrisGether show and I don't know if
you ever watched it.
You know it started on localaccess and it eventually went to
(54:54):
, you know, cable television forfor many years and it was kind
of it was basically a real lifeWayne's world, I feel like.
Had that show come in a timewhen, rather than being on
public access, he started on astreaming platform, it probably
would be the biggest thing onthe internet today and that's
kind of the goal.
But when that happens and weneed a game show host, we are
(55:17):
reaching back out to Miss SarahPribis and making you the
official, the official triviahost of this time I was
wondering about the questionswhen were you.
Speaker 2 (55:27):
Good.
Speaker 1 (55:29):
When you write the questions, since, since I've
been writing these tributes,what?
Where do you get your materialfor the questions that you write
?
Where do you go to?
Speaker 2 (55:37):
I Google.
I just Google stuff Like itdepends, Like I'm, I'll think of
it.
If sometimes it's under like acertain topic, like yeah, I'll
go to Google.
I had to do one, actually likeweirdly enough, for a food brand
recently, like they wanted todo some TikToks with food trivia
and stuff and actuallyspecifically like nostalgic
snacks from like the 80s and 90sand stuff.
(55:58):
So I hit the internet and, yeah, I just go down like a whole of
like what's interesting to me.
You know, like I'm like, oh,what is it?
And then you, of course, youhave to be able to verify it.
I think that's the hardest part, because I just remember when I
was hosting HQ when I washosting HQ, like people would
try to poke holes in everysingle thing, like they.
So I think the hardest partabout writing trivia is making
(56:20):
sure there's multiple, multiplesources that can back up what
you're saying is true.
So, yeah, when I think that waslike always my biggest thing.
So like not only just likeniche enough for you.
If you found something nicheenough, which is always really
cool, you had to make sure thatyou could verify it.
Speaker 1 (56:39):
And I brought that up in the own trivia game.
You know I found multipleanswers to the online.
That was more of the funquestion.
You know, the old Monty Pythonand the Holy Grail question.
I just try to try to keepthings fun.
Listen, I promise you we wouldkeep it to an hour.
We have.
We have approached that hour,so I hope you enjoyed coming on.
We had fun.
(56:59):
We had to avoid talking aboutyour acting stuff which, by the
way, guys, she doesn't just host, she is a full fledged actress
in tons of things and we can'ttalk about any of them because
of this.
Speaker 2 (57:12):
It's OK.
Hopefully we're about to end it, because we're going, we have a
meeting on Monday, we like, butyou know, sagini, amptp, they
have a meeting on Monday.
Obviously, the writer's strikehas ended, so I think we're
moving in the direction that weneed to be, and you know, yeah,
we're.
It's all been worth it, though,because we're fighting for
(57:33):
really important things, so youknow and look when the strike is
over, hopefully, hopefully.
Speaker 1 (57:39):
You had enough fun where you'd be, like I'm going
to come back, I'm going to study, I'm going to give you a
category next time, and I'mgoing to study, I'm going to
know what I'm going to do.
Speaker 2 (57:47):
I'm going to pretend like I wrote the question so
that I could be like, well, Iwrite, look at all the answers
and be fully prepared to destroythat.
Speaker 1 (57:56):
Maybe in the future too, we can have you come in to
ask the trivia questions andsome future ones as we get some,
some other guests.
I think that would be fun too.
You know, I really you were oneof the and I've said this so
many times you are one of thepeople I've always wanted to
work with, and it's neverhappened with other people's
work.
Maybe I just have to make ithappen myself and say you know
(58:17):
it's screw it, sarah, pleasestart trivia portion going
forward.
Speaker 2 (58:20):
I'm in.
Speaker 1 (58:23):
So really thank you so much for coming on and to
everybody watching.
If you missed it, if you'recoming in late, if you missed
any part of the stream, it isavailable as a VOD.
I believe the moment we end thevideo is available on YouTube
later tonight.
The audio version is availabletomorrow.
Wherever you get your podcasts,next week we're going to have
Mr Beast, but we had toreschedule him to make room for
another great guest.
Speaker 2 (58:43):
Again.
Speaker 1 (58:44):
Oh yeah, you know, we just can never seem to fit Mr
Beast in.
It's just we were going to havehim this week but then you said
you could do this week and sowe had to push him off.
It's just unfortunate for him.
But you know, stay tuned to thesocials for that announcement.
And really, Sarah, thank youagain so much for coming on.
It just meant the world to meso.
Speaker 2 (59:01):
Oh, thanks so much for having me.
It was a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (59:03):
And I hope I wasn't that nervous, because I was very
nervous going into thisinterview You're, you're the
first guest.
I don't know, I don't have anyrelationship with you, and so
it's like, wow, this is, can Ido, did I do as as the best
coach in the business?
How did I do you?
Speaker 2 (59:18):
were great.
You did fantastic.
Speaker 1 (59:20):
Thank you, thank you so much.
Everybody, thank you forwatching and you know like,
share, subscribe, follow allthat good stuff.
Thank you so much.
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