More Time With: Elisha Cuthbert

Summary

Teen Beat – “More Time With: Elisha Cuthbert”

Podcast: Teen Beat
Host: Danielle Fishel
Guest: Elisha Cuthbert
Date: July 10, 2026
Note: The transcript refers several times in dialogue to “Alicia Silverstone” instead of “Elisha Cuthbert,” which may be a transcript error. This summary assumes the guest is Elisha Cuthbert per the published episode description and context.

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Danielle Fishel sits down with Elisha Cuthbert to reminisce about their teenage years, parenting philosophies, growing up in the public eye, and memorable moments from Cuthbert’s career—particularly her time on Happy Endings and 24. The discussion dives into embarrassing childhood stories, the challenges and joys of raising kids in the digital age, and the evolution of self-image and relationships. The tone is warm, candid, and full of nostalgia, providing a roadmap for understanding how teen experiences shape who we become.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Listener Embarrassing Stories

• [02:58-04:13] Danielle plays a listener-submitted embarrassing story from Molly, about getting caught by her parents after a high school party despite thinking she’d cleaned up.
• Quote:
  • Molly: “...they showed me the joint that I had very clearly forgotten about underneath the coffee table. At the time, I didn't really smoke or drink and it truly was not mine. But of course it didn't. Believe me, all these years later, they still tease me about it and I swear I will die on that hill that it was not mine.” (03:53)

2. Teenage Parties & Parental Strictness

• Both Danielle and Elisha/Alicia share stories of underage parties, parental rules, and the fear of getting caught.
• [04:13-05:55] Attempting to avoid trouble, they recall never throwing ragers at their own homes and discuss the 'liquor cabinet with water' trope.
• Memorable Quotes:
  • “And I think to this day, it's still in there. You never even got caught. I love it. Now they're gonna know. Sorry, mom.” – Alicia (05:17)
  • “I was way too afraid of getting in trouble to ever throw a party at my house.” – Danielle (05:57)

3. Navigating Teenage Romance & Heartbreak

• [07:29-09:16] Danielle recounts a painful high school breakup (her boyfriend hooked up with her friend’s cousin at a party) and how breakups linger more than first loves.
• Quotes:
  • “...my first breakup and my first heartbreak is like the thing that I can visualize and feel more than the moment I fell in love.” – Alicia (08:13)
  • “I used to say all the time too, that, like, honestly, I don't think it's even worth being in a relationship because the breakup is so much worse than any joy I get from the relationship.” – Danielle (08:25)
  • “...it made your heart shatter in a way that it saw what it needed to see.” – Alicia (09:05)

4. The Impact of Parenting Styles

• [09:40-15:02] The conversation shifts to parenting philosophies: balancing permissiveness and discipline, encouraging honesty, and adapting to modern challenges like social media and screen time.

• Notable Points:

  • Both express desires to balance being approachable with maintaining boundaries.
  • Elisha: “I want them to trust that they can come to me and tell me anything without fear...I think I'll be strict to a degree.” (11:01-11:52)
  • Danielle: “We take in so much stuff about how this person parents and you're like, oh, maybe that's the way I'm supposed to be doing it...then you have the way your parents were and you have the things that you love that your parents did and you want to emulate those.” (12:18)

• On technology:

  • “There were some parents on the fence of like no iPad screen time at all...then they get to school and then they, the school brings them home with iPads for schoolwork.” – Alicia (13:04)
  • “You're like, oh, so they're gonna end up on screens anyway.” – Danielle (13:18)

• The grounding influence of a “strict” upbringing, even in adulthood:

  • Alicia: “But they really weren't. It's just, I will say though that the strictness that my parents instilled and the fear that I had about sort of running off the path was that it did help me later on when I did get to LA...” (14:15)

5. Cross-Cultural Childhood & Raising Kids

• [21:05-22:30] Danielle asks about differences between Elisha’s Canadian childhood and raising kids in LA.
• “We split our time between Canada and the U.S. so they get a little taste of both places. But I will say it's all North America, so it feels very similar.” (21:19)
• The real shift is not place, but generational: “I think my experience is so different just because of how different the world was. And I didn't. I'm never going to understand what it feels like for them to grow up the way they are right now, and they'll never understand what it was like for me.” – Alicia (21:36)

6. Elisha Cuthbert’s Relationship: Love & Longevity

• [18:34-20:54] Discussion about meeting her husband Dion Phaneuf (NHL star), the longevity of their marriage, and the shifting focus after children.
• “It was a little like a blind date. Okay. Yeah, I think because we, we didn't really know each other and then. And then they introduced us. So. Yeah...We've been together ever since.” – Alicia (19:09)
• Reflections on time passing and growing as a couple and family:
  • “I feel sometimes I can Recall us just meeting and, you know, it seems so at the forefront of my mind, like, we've. And the next, you know, but then...we have kids. Like, yeah. What happened?” – Alicia (19:54)
  • “After you have kids...you realize that your relationship shifts and you have to be like teammates in a way.” – Alicia (20:54)

7. “Happy Endings” & “24”: Comedy vs. Action TV Work

• [22:30-26:03] Danielle recalls Elisha’s Happy Endings role and shift from drama (24) to ensemble comedy.
• Working on Happy Endings was a career highlight:
  • “Probably one of the highlights of my career as far as experience goes on set. It was really, like, one of the most joyful, fun, wild rides I've ever been on.” – Alicia (22:56)
• The challenge of comedy and improv:
  • “...there's no such thing as perfection. You have to really just, like, throw everything at it, and sometimes you'll find something that sticks that's so magical.” – Alicia (24:13)
  • Danielle and Alicia swap stories about changing lines in front of live audiences and the anxiety of on-the-fly adjustments as actors.
• Would Elisha do a Happy Endings reunion?
  • “I mean, even recently I did Adam Pally’s podcast, and every time I'm with him, I would just fall back into our silliness again...So if something came up that made sense and worked, I would definitely do it.” – Alicia (26:23)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On breakups:
  • “My first breakup and my first heartbreak is like the thing that I can visualize and feel more than the moment I fell in love.” – Alicia (08:13)
• On parenting:
  • “As a parent you're always just trying to find that balance of how much discipline, how much love, all of those things so that...it doesn't get too much this way, too much that way.” – Alicia (11:52)
• On adapting to generational change:
  • “I'm never going to understand what it feels like for them to grow up the way they are right now, and they'll never understand what it was like for me.” – Alicia (21:36)
• On Happy Endings:
  • “We were really, truly so close and connected when we were filming, and we just had a blast. And the content we were making was so fun.” – Alicia (23:17)

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Timestamped Highlights

• Molly’s Party Story: 02:58–04:13
• Teen Parties & Avoiding Trouble: 04:13–07:29
• Teen Romance & Heartbreak: 07:29–09:16
• Parenting Philosophies: 09:40–15:02
• Marriage & Long-term Relationships: 18:34–20:54
• Growing Up Canadian vs. LA: 21:05–22:30
• Happy Endings & Improv vs. Action: 22:30–26:03

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Episode Tone & Atmosphere

Danielle and Elisha engage in relaxed, laughter-filled conversation, laced with vulnerable insights about growing up, parenting, and the entertainment business. The episode feels like sharing stories with old friends—full of empathy, warmth, and a little bit of adolescent awkwardness.

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For Listeners

This episode is essential listening for anyone who:

• Loves behind-the-scenes stories about Happy Endings, 24, or classic teen sitcoms
• Is a parent, or planning to parent, in the age of social media and iPads
• Feels nostalgia for the “awkward” teenage years and is interested in how they shape adulthood
• Enjoys honest, relatable celebrity conversations about love, mistakes, and family.

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To submit your own embarrassing childhood story for the show, send a one-minute voice memo to teenbeatpodmail.com.

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Transcript

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Cal Penn]

if you're night and one night.

[Danielle Fishel]

That's okay cuz no one here is take me. So every week I ask listeners to send in their own Embarrassing stories from their childhood, reminding us that we are not alone and that we all experience at least one moment of shame in childhood. So this week we hear from Molly, who threw a party and forgot a detail. Let's play the clip.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Hey guys, my name is Molly. I'm from metro Detroit and I'm a huge fan of the podcast. My embarrassing story happened the second semester my senior year in high school. My parents were out of town and I decided to throw a party. My friends invited their friends and ended up being really big. At the end of the night, I thought I had cleaned everything up. I took out the trash, picked up the bottles and cans, made sure everything looked spotless. While I was at work the next day, my parents returned home. They sent me a text like, hey, we need to talk when you get back. So when I did eventually return home, they showed me the joint that I had very clearly forgotten about underneath the coffee table. At the time, I didn't really smoke or drink and it truly was not mine. But of course it didn't. Believe me, all these years later, they still tease me about it and I swear I will die on that hill that it was not mine. But you know, it is what it is. Anyway, thanks, guys.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh my gosh, that's.

[Alicia Silverstone]

That's so cute though. I feel like that. Doesn't everyone have kind of a similar story?

[Danielle Fishel]

I mean, maybe. Did you ever throw a rager at your parents house?

[Alicia Silverstone]

I never threw a rager. But you know, I, I do remember like first of all, my parents didn't drink ever. But like they, they would have friends that would come over and bring them bottles of like alcohol as like, you know, as a house or like.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, like a house host and hostess. Yeah.

[Alicia Silverstone]

Not a house hostess. Yeah. Thank you. So I remember like they, they had a liquor cabinet and it was. But it was never touched. And so I remember like a bunch of friends were at my place and they were like, I think we were like 16 or so, maybe 17. They were like, oh, do you, do you have. Your parents have alcohol? And I was like, yeah. And I was like, but they don't open it. And they were like, well, if we take some vodka, we can just fill it back up with water.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh my gosh. Yeah.

[Alicia Silverstone]

And I was like, okay. So I let them like have drink, whatever. And then they filled it, the bottle back up with the vodka bottle back up with water. And I think to this day, it's still in there. You never even got caught. I love it. Now they're gonna know. Sorry, mom.

[Danielle Fishel]

Sorry. Mom, don't listen to this part of the podcast. I. My parents very similarly never Dr. Full liquor cabinet. Because I think, I think as adults at least back then it was very much like, well, if you're an adult, you have to have a full liquor cabinet even if you don't partake.

[Alicia Silverstone]

It's like that Mad Men era. Like, exactly. You gotta have a little, little, little cabinet. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Or at least my parents had like a full. By the way they built, they built. They had a full bar, like a walk in bar. They didn't drink. I think it was just like part of entertaining that you like that was supposed to be something you had as a grown up. But I was way too afraid of getting in trouble to ever throw a party at my house. But I did go once. My best friend Jen, she had a party at her house. Her parents knew and they were like, we're going to be here, we're going to be upstairs. They were more of the mentality of like, if you're going to drink, I'd rather you drink at our house where we can kind of, you know, make sure you're safe.

[Alicia Silverstone]

Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

And so they, yeah, they, they didn't really like hang out with us, but they were there, but they just stayed upstairs in their room. And my mom was like, absolutely not. Oh, the other thing was that Jen's parents said, but if you're going to have alcohol, everyone has to spend the night or. And I, by the way, a co ed sleepover.

[Alicia Silverstone]

Oh, co ed. Co ed. I didn't. I thought it was just you and Jen like having a fun time.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, no, no. Jen was throwing a party. This was a party and people, everyone was just allowed to spend the night and if they drove, they had to leave their keys because, you know, they didn't want anyone driving. And this was before Uber. So like, you know, my mom was like, oh, you can go to the party for until about 11 and then I'm picking you up. And so I was not allowed to spend the night. And at that rager of a party Jen threw, my boyfriend hooked up with Jen's cousin.

[Alicia Silverstone]

No.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes. Ruined everything.

[Alicia Silverstone]

Oh my God. That's devastating.

[Danielle Fishel]

It was devastating at the time, but now in hindsight I'm like, what?

[Narrator/Announcer]

What?

[Danielle Fishel]

That's exactly what should have happened, you know, like as teenagers.

[Alicia Silverstone]

That's so funny now that, now that I've been out promoting the show and because it's about finding first loves and reconnecting with old loves and all these things that come with like young romance, we, we we get a lot of questions about what it was like to, like, fall in love for the first time. And I was like, it's so funny to me. I feel like the breakup is more prominent in my mind. Like my first breakup and my first heartbreak is like the thing that I can visualize and feel more than the moment I fell in love.

[Danielle Fishel]

Absolutely.

[Alicia Silverstone]

So interesting.

[Danielle Fishel]

I used to say all the time too, that, like, honestly, I don't think it's even worth being in a relationship because the breakup is so much worse than any joy I get from the relationship. I really, it was like, I can't handle it. The breakup is awful. Whether it's me hurting someone that sucks or it's you getting your heart broken, it's like, either way, this just stinks. So, yeah, I, But I do think

[Alicia Silverstone]

the only, like, silver lining in it is that I think when you go through a breakup, if anything, you should take away, like you said it was supposed to happen.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Alicia Silverstone]

Because it made your heart shatter in a way that it saw what it needed to see.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes.

[Alicia Silverstone]

Which was like, oh, that person wasn't right for me because of this, that, and the other. And for him, I mean, obviously his head was not in the right place. That's. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

No, I. Cousin.

[Alicia Silverstone]

Ew.

[Danielle Fishel]

And I love her now. We're very close.

[Alicia Silverstone]

Oh, you're close.

[Danielle Fishel]

I love her. I love her. She's great. She's wonderful. But at the time I was like, I mean, him.

[Alicia Silverstone]

I mean, like, by him.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh, him. Bye. Yeah. Sayonara. Sayonara. My parents would have absolutely killed me if they found a joint. Were your parents strict with you or.

[Alicia Silverstone]

Yeah, I was terrified of, like, them and just wanting to be like the good girl, you know, I, I, I, you know, I have that older sibling, oldest of the three syndrome where I'm just like, I want to be the perfect child.

[Danielle Fishel]

Same.

[Alicia Silverstone]

And so I never wanted to disappoint them. So that would have. Yeah, that wouldn't have happened. No. And that's why I didn't have parties at my house. I went to parties. We didn't have parties because I just. Yeah, that whole thing would have terrified me. And certainly weed, because I don't partake in any of that. But I do remember being very terrified about, like, trying alcohol for the first time or, you know, smoking a cigarette for the first time, you know?

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Alicia Silverstone]

All very scary stuff for me.

[Danielle Fishel]

And you have an eight year old, right? You have, you have two kids.

[Alicia Silverstone]

I have an eight year old and a four year old.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay. Eight year old and four year old. So I have a seven and an almost five year old.

[Alicia Silverstone]

Oh my gosh. We're like right, right there.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes. What do you think? What kind of, I mean to think about them being teenagers is just wild. But like what kind of teenage parent do you think you're going to be? Or parents of a teen? Are you going to be strict? Are you going to be a cool parent? What do you think, how you think you're gonna be?

[Alicia Silverstone]

I don't, I mean I want them to trust that they can come to me and tell me anything without fear because I, I do think when I was younger I was terrified to get in trouble and. But I think there has to be a line of discipline that keeps them in line. Right. Because their frontal lobe is, you know. Yeah, I, I remember mine and I was like, it was non existent so it was like I was thinking straight. So yeah, I think I'll be, I think I'll be stripped to a degree and I have my, I have my things that I prioritize with them that I think are important but, but I also don't want it to be, you know, to a point where it's so insane that they don't feel like they can talk to me.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Alicia Silverstone]

You know, I want to find them. I, I think as a parent you're always just trying to find that balance of how much discipline, how much love, all of those things so that, you know, it doesn't get too much this way, too much that way. It's, it's, isn't it? It is one of the hardest jobs on the planet to navigate. I mean it is.

[Danielle Fishel]

Absolutely, absolutely. Because there's too much, too much external feedback also.

[Alicia Silverstone]

It's like that too. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

We take in so much stuff about how this person parents and you're like, oh, maybe that's the way I'm supposed to be doing it. And you see this, I can go, oh, but actually maybe I'm supposed to be doing that. Then you have the way your parents were and you have the things that you love that your parents did and you want to emulate those. And then, you know, also just the parenting of ourselves while we're parenting them.

[Alicia Silverstone]

Yeah, I mean, I think too like, and also in this world of like social media and you know, again, like your kids are similar ages to mine, which was like the whole iPad situation, you know, it was like. And the funniest thing about that is that, you know, there were some parents on the fence of like no iPad screen time at all. Fair enough. And then There were other parents that were like, literally like it was iPads all day. And I tried to kind of find a middle ground with that and thought, okay, when it's, when it's working for us, that works. But then it doesn't have to be all the time, try to like navigate it. And then they get to school and then they, the school brings them home with iPads for schoolwork.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yep. You're like, oh, so they're gonna end up on screens anyway.

[Alicia Silverstone]

So I was like, okay, well thank God we didn't go like full direction of like no iPads at all. I was like, wow. So they're, they need to know and it's so, yeah, it's, but again it's like, it's mind boggling and it's really, it's really hard. So I'm gonna answer your question. I think I'm gonna try to day again like I did in high school. Neutral.

[Danielle Fishel]

Neutral. I, I, I, listen, that's what I'm trying to do too. I'm, I'm just trying to be like middle of the road. I also, I know even though I was afraid of my parents, when it came to like getting in trouble, I did always know that I could talk to my mom about anything. Like I used to come home with notes from boys and just hand them over to her. Like, look at what he said. You know, like there was, but there was also nothing salacious going on.

[Alicia Silverstone]

But so we think, we think it's salacious back then because a lot of things that we experience feel like such a big deal.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes.

[Alicia Silverstone]

And so overwhelming because of hormones and all the things. So. But they really weren't. It's just, I will say though that the strictness that my parents instilled and the fear that I had about sort of running off the path was that it did help me later on when I did get to la and I, and you know, then you're on your own and you have to make those choices between right and wrong and your compass always goes back to the people that raise you. And so I think as long as my compass for my kids steers them in the direction of the right choice and not the wrong and they're going to make mistakes, then I hope that, you know, we've done a good job in that way.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes.

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[Cal Penn]

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[Danielle Fishel]

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[Danielle Fishel]

I do want to talk about your husband. You are Canadian, as we've mentioned, so you're legally required to love hockey. That's just. But you took it one step further, falling in love with an all star defenseman, Dionne Phaneuf. How did you two meet?

[Alicia Silverstone]

Yeah, you know, we met through friends and it was. Yeah. Just happened to be mutual friends with the same people and they connected us and. Yeah, we've been together ever since.

[Danielle Fishel]

Was it a blind date or was it just like a random like group get together and you guys met?

[Alicia Silverstone]

It was a little like a blind date. Okay. Yeah, I think because we, we didn't really know each other and then. And then they introduced us. So. Yeah, it was. I would say I could call it a blind date. Sure.

[Danielle Fishel]

That's so cute. How long have you guys been married?

[Alicia Silverstone]

We were this July were 14 years.

[Danielle Fishel]

Oh my gosh.

[Cal Penn]

Yeah.

[Alicia Silverstone]

That's crazy, right?

[Danielle Fishel]

That's a long time.

[Alicia Silverstone]

Yeah. And then we were. We dated for about five years prior to that. Yeah.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Wow.

[Danielle Fishel]

So you've been together for almost 20 years.

[Alicia Silverstone]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

Holy cow.

[Alicia Silverstone]

I know.

[Danielle Fishel]

I. My. My husband and I started dating in next year will be 10 years and I'm like, that feels like 10 years and you've got me. You've got it doubled. So.

[Alicia Silverstone]

But you'll see like it for you it'll be a blink of an eye and it'll be next thing you know. Yeah. 20 years. I think when you're with the right person and it feels natural, it's just. Yeah. It just doesn't feel like that long. It really doesn't. Like, I feel sometimes I can Recall us just meeting and, you know, it seems so at the forefront of my mind, like, we've. And the next, you know, but then. Then I look at it and I'm like, oh, my God, we have kids. Like, yeah. What happened? I don't. You know, it's just. It's just normal.

[Danielle Fishel]

So much of your focus shifts after you have kids to, like, their. Their lives and curating their, you know, everything, what they're figuring out, what their interests are and helping them establish those and fall into those, that then it's like once that somehow your own. The fact that your time is passing as well, you're looking at them and being like, time is passing for them because they're getting older, but you forget that, like, oh, that's also been passing for us.

[Alicia Silverstone]

Yes, exactly. And then also, too, it's like you have kids and you realize that your relationship shifts and you have to be like, teammates in a way. Correct. And, like, find a way to, like, have good teamwork.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yes, exactly. What are some of the biggest differences you've noticed in your experience being having been a kid in Canada and now the life your kids have in la? What are some of the biggest differences?

[Alicia Silverstone]

You'd think it's not even so much of, like, place. It's more about time. Like, I think for me, we split our time between Canada and the U.S. so they get a little taste of both places. But I will say it's all North America, so it feels very similar.

[Danielle Fishel]

Okay.

[Alicia Silverstone]

I think my experience is so different just because of how different the world was. And I didn't. I'm never going to understand what it feels like for them to grow up the way they are right now, and they'll never understand what it was like for me. So it's just trying to adapt, really. Yeah. About, you know, all the stuff that's, like, going on and, and social media and. Yeah.

[Danielle Fishel]

And, you know, we.

[Alicia Silverstone]

We really try to keep them as grounded as possible and keep them surrounded by family. And so, yeah, family's super important for us. But, yeah, it feels the same. I think the only thing is, I would say LA is a little bit, like, grander in the way that there's so many more people and there's. The city is so much larger. I mean, where we grew up, it was smaller communities, smaller suburbs, but other than that, I mean, it feels very similar. Good.

[Danielle Fishel]

I could not let you leave without talking about happy endings. Those of us who knew it loved it. One of TV's most heinous crimes was that it only lasted Three seasons.

[Alicia Silverstone]

Yes.

[Danielle Fishel]

Was this, like, the most fun you ever had on a set? Because it looked like it. And everyone on this show is just so funny. Adam pally. Damon Wayans Jr. Casey Wilson. Zachary Knighton.

[Alicia Silverstone]

What.

[Danielle Fishel]

What was this experience like?

[Alicia Silverstone]

Oh, my gosh. Where to begin? I mean, probably one of the highlights of my career as far as experience goes on set. It was really, like, one of the most joyful, fun, wild rides I've ever been on.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Alicia Silverstone]

I mean, the cast was. We were really, truly so close and connected when we were filming, and we just had a blast. And the content we were making was so fun.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Alicia Silverstone]

So it just lent itself to having, like, more fun together. And we all kind of collided at a time in our lives where we were still not quite needing to be super responsible. You know, a lot of us. I mean, some of us had kids, but we were still kind of just like Those, like, early 30s just loving life and having a great time. So, yeah, it was. It was so, so, so much fun.

[Danielle Fishel]

Now, most people had known you from 24, and now here you are holding your own in a sitcom where there's a joke every few seconds. What do you think was easier? Improv with the Happy Endings cast or dodging explosions with Kiefer Sutherland?

[Alicia Silverstone]

Well, I'll tell you, the. The improv was a lot more fun. Yeah. But also scary, because I really did. You're right. I had to, like, kind of, like, find my confidence in comedy, because I really was. It was. It was something I wanted to prove to myself I could do, and I knew I had it in me. I just had to, like, let go of all my fears of screwing up. Because I think with comedy, there's no such thing as perfection. You have to really just, like, throw everything at it, and sometimes you'll find something that sticks that's so magical. And I didn't. That wasn't my process because on 24, it was, like, so point A to point B, and the script was the Bible. Like. Yeah, you didn't even. You would never, like, change an if and or but in the dialogue. So for me, it was like I was going from this, like, rigid structure to then, Happy Endings where I was like, oh, I have to just, like, let it all go, and who cares if I mess up? That was so foreign to me.

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah. Yeah, that would be. That would be quite a change. We. We. On. Even though we were on a sitcom, Boy Meets World, we didn't really have too much. Too much changing of our lines and stuff.

[Cal Penn]

Did you?

[Alicia Silverstone]

Yeah. With the ranch we did a sitcom style, too. And did you find it, like, overwhelming when they would, like, the writers would huddle and then come over and give you a new line? Like, did that give you anxiety?

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah, we used to. It was not just a new line. He'd come out and cross out the entire page and it'd be a whole new page, just from top to bottom, brand new scene in front of a live studio audience. Go ahead and do it now.

[Alicia Silverstone]

So huddle and go. Okay, you're gonna see this and you're gonna see that. You're gonna say, I mean that to me. When we did the ranch, it was. That always scared me for sure, because I thought, oh, can I pivot? Am I going to be able to, like, hold my own with the rest?

[Danielle Fishel]

Yeah.

[Alicia Silverstone]

And I. Yeah. So I feel you on that. That is. That was anxiety driven for sure.

[Danielle Fishel]

I know you must get asked about happy endings coming back nonstop. It never ends. But with verticals and shorts, you guys could just tape like a group dinner or something. I'm just trying to encourage an update on how everyone is doing, you know?

[Alicia Silverstone]

Yeah, that's a great.

[Danielle Fishel]

You know what?

[Alicia Silverstone]

That's actually a great idea. I mean, I'm always down for whatever they want to do, I think, no matter what. I. I mean, even recently I did Adam palace podcast Staying Alive, and I, every time I'm with him, I would just fall back into our silliness again. It's, it's. It just feels so natural with them all the time. So if something came up that made sense and worked, I would definitely do it.

[Danielle Fishel]

Well, that's wonderful to hear. I'm gonna keep putting it out into the universe until we make it happen. Yes. Alicia, thank you so much for giving me so much of your precious time. And you can catch her on the new romantic series every year after currently streaming on Prime Video. And you can listen to Teen Beat every week. Wherever you get your podcasts, just search for Teen Beat and subscribe. That way you will never miss another episode. And I need your voice memos. Send in a one minute clip telling us all about something embarrassing from your childhood and we will talk about it. Email it today to teenbeatpodmail.com thank you, Alicia.

[Alicia Silverstone]

Thanks.

[Danielle Fishel]

Teen Beat is an iHeart podcast produced and hosted by Danielle Fishel, executive producers Jensen Karp and Amy Sugarman, executive in charge of production, Danielle Romo, producer and editor Tara Sudbaksh. The theme song is by Mark Hoppus. Yes, that Mark Hoppus. Follow us on Instagram teenbeatpod. Hi, it's Danielle Fishel Podcaster, actor and treat connoisseur as someone who takes snacks seriously, a good frozen treat has to be delicious, fun and something I feel great about sharing with my four and six year olds. That's why I love Johnny Pops. Simple ingredients, no artificial dyes and flavors for the whole family. From organic rainbow to chocolate dipped strawberry to organic unicorn twist. And every stick has a kind deed on it, encouraging all of us to spread the love. So next time you're in the freezer aisle, grab a box of Johnny Pops. Thank me later. Johnny Pops A better Pop for a better world.

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