TAYLOR TOMLINSON Wants More Sibling Trips

Summary

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Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers

Episode: TAYLOR TOMLINSON Wants More Sibling Trips

Guests: Taylor Tomlinson
Hosts: Seth Meyers & Josh Meyers
Date: February 24, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this episode, stand-up comedian Taylor Tomlinson joins Seth and Josh Meyers to reminisce about childhood family trips, sibling dynamics, and how her close-knit family has influenced both her personal life and career. The conversation travels through lighthearted stories, thoughtful reflections on loss, and Taylor’s current desire to create more sibling adventures, all in the witty, family-centric tone that defines the Meyers Brothers’ podcast.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Touring, Sibling Bonds, and Work-Life Balance

• Taylor’s Perspective on Touring Life (08:49–10:20)
  Taylor shares how tour life shapes her day-to-day, intentionally seeking out local activities instead of isolating in her hotel:

  "I really started making an effort a few years ago to, like, I look stuff up before I go to the city. I try to do stuff... I always, like, ask people on Instagram for recommendations..." (09:16, Taylor Tomlinson)
  She rejects the city’s signature food overload—“I’ll die”—and prefers museums, coffee shops, and curated experiences.

• Sibling Dynamics and Collaboration (12:14–14:44)
  Taylor hired her sibling Bryn as an assistant/“handler,” citing unmatched trust and shared decision-making:

  "There's been obviously nobody else that I work with that I trust enough to speak on my behalf and make decisions on my behalf and communicate what I would like in any situation." (14:44, Taylor Tomlinson)

• Sibling Relationships Among Meyers & Tomlinsons (22:08–23:37)
  Both Taylor and the Meyers brothers reflect on the rarity and value of their strong sibling connections, noting it wasn’t until adulthood that they realized it was unique:

  "It didn't ever occur to me that we were an outlier." (22:44, Seth Meyers)
  Taylor adds about large, close-knit cousin groups:
  "Everybody's siblings are like, you know, super, super close. And then you get older, and people are like, I never speak to my brother." (23:37, Taylor Tomlinson)

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2. Family Trips: Humorous & Heartfelt

• Disneyland After Loss (34:39–36:13)
  Taylor discusses her family’s highly unusual “grief trip” to Disneyland provided via hospice after her mother’s passing:

  "Hospice sent us to Disneyland after our mom died. Is that anything?... a real weird vibe to go into a Disneyland trip with where you've just experienced, like, the worst loss of your life." (34:39, Taylor Tomlinson)
  The hosts question the performative expectation of joy in such situations—Taylor, as the eldest, recalls being aware but not feeling pressured:
  "At that time... all about you in your head and you'll process it for the next 10 years." (36:29, Taylor Tomlinson)

• Sibling Sibling-Only & Partnered Trips (57:02–58:39)
  Taylor recounts touring through Europe with Bryn and a comic friend as a “sibling trip”—citing the joy of squeezing fun between work obligations:

  "...it was just the three of us, like, running around Europe for a month and a half... The fact that we got to do this, like, massive, insane trip that was paid for by my dumbass jokes was, like, it's the best." (58:12, Taylor Tomlinson)

• Desire For More Sibling Trips (45:12–47:29)
  Taylor is eager for more trips with her siblings, reflecting the difficulty of coordinating adult schedules—especially before anyone in the group has kids:

  "This year a big goal for me is like, I want to do, like, multiple siblings trips, especially because, you know, once people start having kids and stuff, I just know it's going to get harder." (47:19, Taylor Tomlinson)
  She jokes about neediness:
  "I'm pretty obsessed with them ... I'm trying to bribe them to stay for another couple days..." (45:52, Taylor Tomlinson)

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3. Family & Influence

• Teachers Who Made an Impact (25:20–27:32)
  Taylor and the Meyers brothers share tributes to inspirational creative writing teachers who not only encouraged talent but pushed against laziness:

  "He recognized talent and had no patience for laziness... are you gonna blow it? What a disappointment." (25:50, Seth Meyers)
  "He also. I remember very specifically, he always said, like, letters are gifts. When you write someone a letter, you're giving them a gift." (26:19, Josh Meyers)

• Family as Comedy Source—With Sensitivity (49:43–51:33)
  Taylor discusses balancing honesty and respect when referencing family in her act and upcoming book:

  "I have never felt like it was worth destroying a relationship ... for, like, whatever, 90 seconds of laughs, no matter how many tags there are." (50:14, Taylor Tomlinson)
  She shares the importance of gaining family approval on sensitive material.

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4. Traditions, Home, and Growing Up

• Grandparents and Childhood Memories (52:03–54:24)
  Family trips to grandparents’ rural home are described as formative, full of cousin hijinks, movies, thrift shopping, and feeling “at home”:

  "To me it feels like home. So it's like I saw them a couple weeks ago... made tea... very much like home." (53:39, Taylor Tomlinson)

• Home Base & Hometown Reflections (64:13–65:19)
  Temecula, California—where Taylor spent much of her youth—is discussed with affectionate skepticism:

  "I think the wine country balloon horse trio is probably... the best. But I will say, I think the public library there is really good." (64:13, Taylor Tomlinson)
  She wryly critiques local attempts at urban glamour:
  "They've got, like, a rooftop bar and restaurant... which, like, overlooks the freeway. I'm like, this is... what are we doing out here? Who do we think we are in Temecula?" (64:27, Taylor Tomlinson)

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5. Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Realizing Not Everyone is Close With Siblings:

  "How’d you blow it? They were right there." (23:09, Taylor Tomlinson)

• On Family Humor:

  "Everybody's family's funny, right? And then you go to a friend's house and their dad, you know, tries to do something, and you're like, that's not funny. You're not." (33:59, Taylor Tomlinson)

• On Sibling Support:

  "They all did, like, drama in high school. And they're all very creative and cool and funny and definitely are very supportive of me, but I think also keep me humble in a very nice way." (28:03, Taylor Tomlinson)

• On Parenting and Freedom:

  "You really are making parenthood sound awesome... I'll be back with them. With no freedom." (11:10, Taylor Tomlinson)
  "Do you make time then to get together with all your siblings, like annually?... I'm trying to do more sibling trips." (45:01–45:12, Josh & Taylor Tomlinson)

• Standout Sibling Trip to Europe:

  "...The fact that we got to do this, like, massive, insane trip that was paid for by my dumbass jokes was, like, it's the best." (58:12, Taylor Tomlinson)

• On Family Group Dynamics at Disneyland:

  "The only place we really went was Disneyland... hospice sent us to Disneyland after our mom died." (34:39, Taylor Tomlinson)
  "Now Disneyland does the thing where they charge you for a couple of the rides on top of the ticket, which is crazy." (40:08, Taylor Tomlinson)

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6. Lightning Round & Closing

• Ideal Vacation?
  Taylor: "Adventurous" (62:26)

• Favorite Transport?
  Taylor: "I like a train." (62:30)

• Dream Family Vacation?
  Taylor: "London together or Japan, because I haven't been to Japan yet." (63:30)

• Desert Island Family Member?
  Taylor (quickly): "Bryn." (63:15)

• Hometown Pitch for Temecula:
  She highlights the wine country, hot air balloons, horse country, public library, and pokes fun at how "you could fill up three days in that city." (65:19)

• Grand Canyon Visits
  Taylor: Not yet—"but I've been to Niagara Falls... The Canadian side is superior." (65:51–66:32)

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Timestamps of Important Segments

• [08:49] Taylor’s touring routines and traveling for comedy
• [12:14] How working with a sibling changed her personal/professional life
• [22:08] Sibling relationships: what makes them special
• [34:39] The Disneyland “grief trip” after losing her mother
• [45:12] Taylor’s campaign for more sibling trips as adults
• [49:43] Discussing using family in material—respect vs. comedy
• [52:03] Revisiting grandparents and childhood nostalgia
• [57:02] Stand-out sibling trips (Europe tour with Bryn)
• [62:13] Lightning/speed round questions

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Conclusion

This episode is a fun, candid dive into the ways family, loss, and laughter shape how we see the world and connect as siblings, children, and creatives. Taylor Tomlinson shines in her sharp, warm-hearted humor, balancing touching stories of grief and gratitude with the practical realities—and joys—of being an older sibling eternally trying to pull everyone together. Her vivid family stories pair perfectly with the Meyers Brothers’ signature sibling banter for a thoughtful yet thoroughly entertaining listen.

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Taylor Tomlinson’s new special, Prodigal Daughter, is out now (Feb 24, 2026) on Netflix.

Transcript

[Josh]

Hey, Tripsters. We got a great episode today. But joining me for the intro to this, which is kind of a teaser for our listener episode coming up later in the week, because Seth is away. Seth is traveling. And so our mother, Hilary Myers, AKA Hurryn, AKA Mommy girl, but most often just hurry, is joining me on Thursday and then is also joining me to help intro this episode.

[Pashi]

Hi, Hurry.

[Hilary Myers (Hurry)]

Oh, hi, Pashi. You know, on the, on the hurry front, something interesting happened to me at the grocery store.

[Josh]

Yeah, please do tell.

[Hilary Myers (Hurry)]

So I live in that little town, Bedford, New Hampshire, as you well know. And I'm looking through the tomato department and I just am kind of talking to myself and I say, oh, my gosh, these heirlooms look really nice, but they're kind of pricey. And the lady, lady standing next to me says, hurry. And I said, what? And she said, you're Hurry, right? And I said, yes. I'm not generally known by hurry to others.

[Josh]

It's pretty, it's a pretty exclusive group that calls you Hurry.

[Hilary Myers (Hurry)]

Yes. So she said, I'm a huge fan of the pod and I recognized your voice.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

So.

[Josh]

From talking to tomatoes to yourself.

[Hilary Myers (Hurry)]

My soliloquy with tomatoes. But yeah, yeah. So she recognized not my face, picture of me, but my voice, which I did not think was that distinctive, but apparently it is.

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Josh]

Well, I mean, it is to me. I know it. I know it's you when we talk.

[Hilary Myers (Hurry)]

She knew it too. Of course. She did know that we were. That you and Seth are from Bedford, New Hampshire. So I guess that's what maybe gave part of it away, but I was sure.

[Pashi]

But you've been, you've been recognized in

[Josh]

New York City and you've been recognized,

[Hilary Myers (Hurry)]

but not by my voice.

[Josh]

Right?

[Pashi]

I guess.

[Josh]

Yeah. That's the difference.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah.

[Hilary Myers (Hurry)]

Voice is different.

[Josh]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You don't normally your performances when you go on late night with us for Thanksgiving shows, that's not a. An audio format, so.

[Hilary Myers (Hurry)]

No, no. And I was driving actually to the bank yesterday and there's a big sign, Sherwin Williams. I guess a new paint store is going in there. And it brought back when we were in the audience, my, my sisters and I and Seth made the comment, there they are, the geese. Their hair is all different shades of Sherman Williams gray slash white colors. And it's true, no dyes. We don't dye our hair. We just let nature take its course.

[Josh]

Yeah. You used to, though, didn't you?

[Hilary Myers (Hurry)]

Oh, years ago. Yeah. In my 40s, more like. They called it highlights.

[Seth]

Yeah, yeah, Highlights.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah.

[Seth]

No, I Gave that up, you know, a while ago.

[Josh]

A couple years ago. Just.

[Seth]

I'm.

[Josh]

I'm just teeing this up again for you. But I had said after a Christmas, I think two Christmases ago, I was driving you and daddy boy to the airport, and I said, look, if there's anywhere you guys want to go that the other one doesn't want to go to, I'll go with you. So I remember that in the world of family trips. And also. And, you know, Daddy boy was just musing, and he was like, well, I'd like to do a safari. I want to, like, go to Africa and do a safari.

[Hilary Myers (Hurry)]

The last thing on earth I want to do.

[Josh]

Precisely. Which is why I would go with him. And then yours. Do you remember what you said?

[Hilary Myers (Hurry)]

What did I say now? I can't remember.

[Josh]

You said, oh, there's like, an island off the coast of France, and there's just nothing to do.

[Hilary Myers (Hurry)]

I do remember that.

[Josh]

And it. I mean, I bet it's beautiful. You. You seem to know what is and where it is and would love to just get a book.

[Hilary Myers (Hurry)]

There was some artist that had his home there. I can't remember now, but that's what drew me to it. There was an article in the New York Times about. Basically, that's all there is on the island. There's beautiful gardens, and I don't even think there's a restaurant, but anyhow. Yeah, that sounds good to me. I leave. Leave the rhinos and the hippos out of it.

[Josh]

Well, um, yeah, I mean, I think that just sort of goes to show you guys have had a long, happy marriage that continues. But there's.

[Seth]

There's different.

[Hilary Myers (Hurry)]

There are some differences. There are differences between us.

[Seth]

Yeah, so.

[Josh]

So that offer is still out there if we want to have some smaller family trips. But for today's episode, we have Taylor Tomlinson, who.

[Pashi]

Who is.

[Josh]

I don't know if you know her, Harry, but she's a fantastic standup comedian, and she's had countless specials. She's in the middle of writing a book as she and Sufi will discuss. And her newest special prodigal daughter comes out today. So check that out. And, yeah, we're big fans here in my house, and we're so delighted that she joined us on the pod. So please enjoy this, and first, enjoy a little Jeff Tweety family trips with

[Taylor Tomlinson]

the Miles Brothers family chips with the myth.

[Seth]

Hello.

[Unknown Guest/Producer]

Hello.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

The worst part of a zoom recording, where you catch your face at the beginning, where you're like, what's happening? Then you gotta.

[Pashi]

Hello.

[Seth]

And we would love. We would love to use that as the art for the episode. Thank you for sensing.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Good thumbnail.

[Josh]

Good thumbnail.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

That's a great thumbnail. Just struggling with technology.

[Seth]

Hi, Taylor.

[Unknown Guest/Producer]

Hello.

[Seth]

It's been a while. How have you been?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

I know. I think I did your show in 2021 because there was no. Your crew. It was all on them.

[Seth]

Oh, that's right. Yeah. So that was the.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

There was no audience.

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

And they were really lovely.

[Josh]

Seth's crew is a good laughing crew. I mean, if you ever happen to be there for connections. It's a great sort of familial vibe, and they are very supportive and good laughers. A couple of those cameramen in particular, big laughers.

[Seth]

They wrote. Actually, our biggest laughing cameraman just left for the Today Show.

[Pashi]

Oh, no.

[Seth]

We're all. It was a you notice, and I'm like, no. Was this show working because of one person? One person who just is tickled by everything.

[Pashi]

Well, maybe he's gonna laugh so much

[Josh]

at the Today Show. They'll be like, this doesn't work over here.

[Seth]

Yeah, they're gonna send it back. They're like, this isn't the vibe we're looking for.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

They're like, we're reviewing some serious books and stuff.

[Seth]

Are you on the road now? Are you? Or I guess your special's coming out, so you're giving yourself a break.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

I am giving myself a break. I have to start doing press and stuff now, and I go to New York in a couple weeks. But, yeah, I'm not on the road right now at the moment.

[Seth]

How many times did you do this hour before you filmed it?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Oh, gosh, I don't know. I didn't count. I mean, I usually tour for, like, a year and a half. Year and a half. And then I record it. Do you count the number of shows you do before just.

[Seth]

Cause I do. I feel like I do a great many fewer than you because I'm on the road a lot less. So I think, like, yeah, I can. I can count. Like, it's like. It's more like 40.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Okay.

[Seth]

Which is not as many as I should.

[Josh]

Well, yeah, Taylor. I mean, on my little stat sheet, it says you did. I saw you in 2023 at the Pantages, by the way, and it was fantastic.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Oh, thank you.

[Josh]

Yeah. No, my wife and I came down. She's a big fan, and I. I get all the alerts of, like, shows that are coming in. So I was there 10:00am Sort of, like, when they released tickets. Yeah, but you did that one 130 times. So you must have been traveling.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Oh, yeah, I was. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. And I think this one, I. I probably did less because I was also posting after midnight for a lot of the tour, so it was naturally a little bit less. So, you know, we'll see. Maybe this special's not as good.

[Seth]

There should be a disclaimer. At the beginning, I was working two jobs.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah, exactly. Because if you hate this, you know, still my fault. But here's why.

[Seth]

But, yes, I have a reason. Now, I do want to get back to when you were a child, but when you do 130 shows in a year, are you one of the. Are you one of those touring comedians who takes advantage of a place you go, or are you somebody like me who, unless you're dragged out the door by, say, your opener, you just stay in a hotel room all day?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

I'm. I'm going out because I tour so much.

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

That at a certain point, I realized, like, I think you hit a point where you go, oh, I'm. I'm trying not to spend any money on the road, whether that be on meals or hotels or certain, like, the comfort upgrade on. On a flight. And then you go, what am I saving the money for? You're like, well, I'm saving it for my life. And you go, well, 80% of your life is tour.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

So that doesn't make as much sense. So I really started making an effort a few years ago to, like, I look stuff up before I go to the city. I try to do stuff. I don't ever, like, eat the thing. Like, you know when you go to a city and everyone's like, you got to get the chili cheese artery clogged, dog, and it'll change your life. And you're like, well, there's a. There's a famous chili cheese dog in every city every weekend. And if I do that, I'll die.

[Seth]

Yep.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

So I never am able to do that. So I'm always looking for, like, museums and coffee shops and whatever else. I always, like, ask people on Instagram for recommendations, and then my social media manager, who's amazing, will compile them for us in, like, list. And so then when we wake up on Friday morning with nothing to do and 12 hours to kill before the show, we just go, all right, what's within walking distance? And what can we get to quickly?

[Josh]

And it's like, well, unfortunately, we got 1200 is the most mentioned. And it's all for the chili cheese artery clogged on I know.

[Seth]

And it's right around the block.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah, exactly.

[Seth]

It is a bummer, because I will. My favorite kind of tourism is food tourism. But if I have a show at night, I don't want to eat. Like, I can't enjoy a big lunch if. And then when a show's over, it's, like, too late to eat a big meal.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah. Can you go to sleep quickly after a show?

[Seth]

I is, but not. I'm also, like. For me, the difference is, like, when it's after a show, it's, like, a rare night where I'm not with my, like, three children. So I just feel like it's such valuable time to just do something that I want to do. So, like, I'll, like, force myself to stay awake to, like, watch a movie, just because I know, like, the next night, I'll be back with them and have no freedom.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Right, Right. You really are making Parenthood sound awesome.

[Seth]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

I know. I'll be back with them. With no freedom.

[Seth]

With no freedom. Cause they're little tyrants. Do you tour with the same people? Do you have the same openers the whole time?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Usually, yeah. I have, like. It was my best friend, Dustin Nickerson, for the first couple tours I had, he was on pretty much every date. And then this last tour was. There was, like, five people that I kind of went to, depending on who was available or whatever city it was. And that was actually really fun. Cause then you get more people's, like, input. Like, I don't know if. Yeah. If, like, do you have the same opener or do you.

[Seth]

Yeah. Do you know Brooks Whelan? Yeah.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah.

[Seth]

Yeah. Okay. And Brooks is, like. He's very intrepid and very much like, let's go. And then he brings you to very shady places, and you escape. Then I enter your life. But it's where I like that kind of person.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah. But he's like, you'll have no freedom tomorrow. We gotta go. We gotta go. I actually. I had a question for you guys, because you guys have been doing this podcast for, what, a couple years?

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah. And whose idea was it to work together? And did you guys have any fear about working together, being so close and, like. Because I hired one of my siblings.

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Josh]

I think the fear is that we sign. We sound too much alike, um, to do an audio format of anything. Um, but, yeah, set. It was Seth's idea. Seth, you know.

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Josh]

Was thinking about doing a podcast, and now he has four.

[Seth]

No, just two. But we. I will say one of the things was we had tried. We collaborated. We attempted to collaborate, like, on writing things, but we're on opposite coasts, and it was, like, really tricky to, like, find times to, like, do that kind of creative collaboration. Whereas, like, this seemed like the smoothest version where we just each get to be, like, the authentic versions of ourselves. So it's like a lighter lift and a bigger reward, which is so rare to find something that's both.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah. But was. And it's like an excuse to hang out, I'm sure. On separate coasts.

[Josh]

Yeah. I mean, there was. Where no one's. No one's upset. There were some, you know, technical difficulties this morning, but as there were. Seth and I just get to chat for, like, know, eight minutes, which I don't care for the telephone. I don't like it. We, you know, we rarely would have a long phone conversation, but we come on here, like, between guests or, you know, after we're done recording, we still chat for a little while, which is really nice.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah. You don't anybody.

[Pashi]

I don't.

[Josh]

I don't like the phone with anyone, really.

[Seth]

Neither does our mother. Yeah.

[Josh]

Although mom and I did Talk for, like, 20 minutes yesterday, which was really nice.

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Josh]

But our parents usually.

[Pashi]

Yeah, we'll text, but our parents will

[Josh]

usually get on the phone together. So you're on speaker, and it's just not the same. They also will, like, sort of snipe at each other during those calls. And it's like, maybe let's. I'll talk to you each individually. You can tell me the same stories with your own sort of take on it, but you don't need to correct each other in real time if you disagree with.

[Seth]

I get so tight when I. I get so tense when I know my dad started telling me something my mom's already told me because she can't let it go. She's like, I told him. And then he's like, I didn't know. And then I'm just like, It's a real flashback to our youth, Taylor, where you're just like a bystander for them, working out their stuff.

[Pashi]

You have.

[Seth]

Are your. You have three. You said you hired one of your siblings. What did you hire them to do?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Oh, my gosh. I mean, I think at the time I was like, I really need an assistant. And then it's like, they are now my handler. If anything, I was like, I didn't work out that long term. Oh, yeah. I'm like, I don't even know if we have a title important enough for you, because I finally had somebody that I could go to my team and go, this, this is also me. Like, if you need an answer to something and Bryn tells you something, that's the same as me giving you an answer on something. And there's been obviously nobody else that I work with that I trust enough to speak on my behalf and make decisions on my behalf and communicate what I would like in any given situation. And so. And it took like a couple years where I was like, you know, you could come work for me. And Bren was like, yeah, maybe. And finally when I, when I got them too, it's like been such a game changer for me. I don't know if they like it, but I really, I really, I really enjoy that.

[Seth]

I mean, I've worked with the same, you know, producer, the entirety of my show at Late night, who is that sort of proxy for me. Like, he has, everybody knows that if he says something, they don't have to double check with me. And it is so nice to eliminate any of that, like rubber stamping because it just takes up too much of your time.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

It's decision fatigue. Right? Yeah.

[Seth]

It's funny, I think I don't know how you were because I feel like, I mean, I, I would imagine that you are very detail oriented based on like the quality of your work, but like a, like being in a talk show. It's so funny because I want to. All I really want to do is like comedy stuff and like every other question I'm like, oh, I don't. Yeah, somebody else. Like, who's the expert on this? I defer to them.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah.

[Seth]

Like, I have no, I have no opinion about lighting.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Right.

[Seth]

Just go crazy.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah, that's so funny. I do have an opinion about lighting because I'm a woman in Hollywood, but I had a lot of opinions about lighting, but sure. Other stuff. Yeah, I'm like, yeah, it's all you guys. Obviously. Anything technology wise, I have no idea.

[Seth]

Hey, we're going to take a quick break and hear from some of our sponsors.

[Pashi]

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[Josh]

You know, every group has someone who insists on doing things the hard way.

[Pashi]

That friend still paying for a subscription. They forgot they had that one. Refusing to update their phone because it still works. I used to be that person too,

[Josh]

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[Seth]

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[Josh]

Yeah, please.

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[Pashi]

Well, that's just terrific.

[Josh]

Souf.

[Seth]

Yeah, we played football on the front lawn. Little Wiffle ball on the front lawn. When was the last time you played a Wiffle ball in front of a place you stayed that wasn't booked on Airbnb?

[Josh]

I could not tell you.

[Seth]

Yeah, yeah. I mean, hotels are great, but they're not gonna let you play Wiffle ball.

[Pashi]

No.

[Seth]

And if you do it at a house you didn't book on Airbnb, they're kind of like, get off my lawn.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Seth]

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[Seth]

Here we go. Three younger siblings. Correct.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

I have three younger siblings. Yeah. And we're all two years apart.

[Seth]

Is Bryn closest to you?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Bryn is closest to me. So Bryn is like, we're like this.

[Seth]

And were you always like that?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah, we were always like that. We were always like that.

[Seth]

And then are the other two close with each other?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah, all four of us are really, really close. Which. Have you guys always been close as well, like, growing up, too. Yeah. Just you two.

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

And you're two years apart. It's just you two. I was gonna ask you this. Do you feel like you make other people feel bad about their relationships with their siblings because yours is so good?

[Seth]

Yes. And I think the other crazy thing is, I don't. It didn't ever occur to me that we were an outlier. You know what I mean? Like, when you're close with your siblings and you're close with your parents, like, it seems so natural. And then it's like, the longer you go in life, people are like, oh, my God, I will. You know, you're so lucky to have that kind of connection. I'm like, how'd you blow it?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

They were right there.

[Seth]

I'm like, that was on her key for you, bro.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

That's so funny. Yeah, we have that as well. And also, my mom's sister had five kids, and they were all kind of within a year of us. And they're all really close, so we really grew up going. Everybody's siblings are like, you know, super, super close. And then you get older, and people are like, I never speak to my brother.

[Seth]

You're like, oh.

[Josh]

So were the nine of you hanging out, all those cousins and all your siblings growing up?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We were hanging out growing up, and

[Josh]

that was in Temecula.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

So I grew up in, like, Stockton, Modesto, till I was, like, 9, and then I was in Temecula after that.

[Seth]

Yeah, gotcha.

[Josh]

And Temecula is real. My wife is an equestrian and has shows down there a lot. And it's very. It's like wine country, horse country, hot air balloon country.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah, yeah. And then you should leave.

[Seth]

And then after you've done that, those are the three. Check them off. What's the shortest amount of time you can do those three things in?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah, if you can. If you can stack them on a Saturday and be. And be.

[Seth]

Get your horse on the hot air balloon. To double it up, I highly recommend

[Pashi]

just bring a bottle of wine.

[Josh]

And done and done and done.

[Seth]

Does Temecula have a theater that you've done standup in? Have you ever gone, or. No, it's not that big.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Oh, well, I guess that's not true. There's the casino there.

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

But I have not done stand up there, because I usually. I do LA and San Diego, which are like two hours and one hour away. And also, I don't want to. So it's like, the teachers. I want to come see me, they make the drive to San Diego, you know, so.

[Seth]

And I bet.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Right.

[Seth]

And I think they'd probably rather have a reason to go to San Diego, it sounds like.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

And that's who I do it for. I do it for them to give

[Seth]

them a reason to get out. Did you. Were you close with teachers? Did you have teachers that you. That still are sort of engaged with you?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

I have one teacher, my creative writing teacher in. And I think I also had her for, like, AP English my junior year. But she. Her name's Ms. Morland. Shout out. And she always comes to shows when I'm in town, and I still talk to her, and she's very cool. Yeah.

[Seth]

Our creative writing teacher, Mr. Sullivan, rest in peace. But he was. I mean, completely turned my life around, genuinely.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Really?

[Josh]

Yeah. He was incredible.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

How so?

[Seth]

He had that thing where he recognized talent and had no patience for laziness. And he would just tell you, like, that thing of, like, a teacher actually saying, are you really gonna blow it? Like, you just, you know, like, are you gonna blow it? What a disappointment.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah.

[Seth]

Cause I kind of felt like I was charming enough to get away with being a shitty student, and he was not. He was immune to my charms. Right.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Did you. And you had him as well, Josh?

[Josh]

I had him as well. I remember him like, his. The things he would write on essays or short stories were always like. He was so enthusiastic. He also. I remember very specifically, he always said, like, letters are gifts. When you write someone a letter, you're giving them a gift. It doesn't have to be returned, but you have given someone a gift. And then I just turned 50, and my wife sort of coordinated for all my friends and all my family. She, like, went through my phone and reached out to people and was like, can you write Josh a letter and, like, handwrite a letter? And I still haven't gone through all of them. It's like, it's almost a month past my birthday. Because they're all, like, long. They're all very touching, and it is like, they truly are gifts. My father also tried to get away with writing an email and telling my wife to print it out. And she was like, no, Larry, you hand write this and send it. And he was like, I don't know

[Pashi]

if you'll be able to read it,

[Josh]

but it's like, I can read your writing. You're my father. I've been reading it my whole life. And it is that much more impactful because it is handwritten and it's. Yeah, sort of. And Joe Sullivan was on the forefront of that. And Then we'd see him at Red Sox games, and he was just, yeah, he's a great guy.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Did you have the same dynamic with him where he was immune to your charms and he was encouraging your.

[Josh]

I feel like I was more charming than Seth. I might still be.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

He was like, you don't have to work hard because your brother.

[Josh]

You're good.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

That's all bullshit.

[Seth]

I can't believe I never said this to a student before, but you can coast. Did you. And were you of the. I mean, I don't mean to have you throw shade on your siblings, but were you the funny one growing up?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

No, we're all really funny. I mean, and I think they're, like, comedian funny. I don't think they're just like, yeah, my siblings are hilarious. Like, I think they are genuinely so, so funny. My youngest sister Drea, I did at one point go, you know, you could do standup. And then maybe, you know, then we go on the road together. And she was like, no, I'm gonna become a professor instead. And I was like, okay, like, you think that's important? I guess. But no, like, none of them ever showed interest in standup, but they all did, like, drama in high school. And they're all very creative and cool and funny and definitely are very supportive of me, but I think also keep me humble in a very nice way.

[Seth]

Also, it's just helpful to have siblings who are, like, a trustworthy audience and, you know, don't just love comedy, but if they're also funny themselves, I feel like you feel like that's a true bounce.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yes, absolutely. Like, before you put out a special, do you make Josh watch the hour a bunch?

[Seth]

I send him audio recordings.

[Josh]

Yeah, there was one that I sort of. I came.

[Seth]

Yeah, you came over there.

[Josh]

I saw. A few times. I saw you do San Diego, and then we flew from there up to Vegas. And, like.

[Seth]

That's right.

[Josh]

And I'm. I love watching him, but at the same time, I do think of, like, oh, maybe this, maybe this. Like, you know, I can think in his voice.

[Seth]

Also. There's a fair amount of, like, talking about. Certainly in the first special, there was a lot of talking about our parents. So, yeah, it's good to fact check

[Taylor Tomlinson]

that kind of stuff.

[Seth]

It is good to fact check.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah. Like, I'm working on. I'm also. I'm working on a book right now. And so it's been nice to go back to my siblings and go, did this happen? And sometimes they're like, no, yeah, that didn't happen.

[Seth]

I'm working on a book as well. Is it the hardest thing you've ever done, or is it coming to you easy?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

No, it's not coming to me easy, but it's been kind of up and down where, like, they had me turn in, like, the first 25,000 words, you know, whatever, a year ago. And you're like, I've got that, like, here. And then after that, I was like, oh, shit, for maybe six months. And then I got back into a groove. But it wasn't, like, pouring out of me after that. It was like, I have. Like, do you have a word count you hit every day?

[Seth]

And friend, you just talked me like. It was like looking in a mirror, that first 25,000 words. And I also. I turned it in on time, which is uncommon to me. And my editor made.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

And they probably told you they made such a big deal about it. I bet they were like, writers never turn it in on time. They never hit the deadline.

[Seth]

Which is the craziest thing to tell you, because then you're like, oh, so there's a huge cushion.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah, I'm so ahead of the curve. And then cut to me going, so for that full manuscript, gonna need another three months. I'm gonna need to just erase all the goodwill I've earned.

[Seth]

My.

[Josh]

I also.

[Seth]

I mean, again, talk about somebody who did not understand how their own life worked. But it was during the writer's strike, was when I agreed to do it. Cause it made total sense, right? Like, I have all this time, and then it was, like, the most I've ever been a parent.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Oh, yeah.

[Seth]

You know what I mean? Because, you know, I have my. You know, my wife, My kids are very supportive of what I do. But, like, if you don't leave for an office, they're like, wait, what are you doing? Like, no, no, no, no, no.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Talk about not being able to coast on charm. You really can't do that.

[Seth]

I know. I mean, they don't find me even a little bit charming, really. They really don't. My kids are not at all charmed by me. It's the funniest thing. Cause we walked to school, and, you know, New Yorkers are very nice. Like, nobody ever, like, stops us or slows us down. But a lot of times people will be like, hey, I love the show. And they're always like, what's that about?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

I'm like, daddy works.

[Seth]

And people like it. I don't know what to tell you.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

You're like, you've been on the show. They're like, oh, that.

[Seth]

Yeah. By the way, there's an interesting thing with their appearance on the show, which is they did so well that I can't tell them how much positive feedback they've received. You know what I mean? Like, I. I'm like, oh, they. I'm gonna try to get away with that just being a positive experience on the day and not inflate their own egos about it.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

But surely they're going to school with kids who have phones who can be like, 2 million views, right?

[Seth]

Yeah, I mean, I'm hoping. I'm hoping not.

[Josh]

We.

[Seth]

They go to one of those schools where I feel like they're not gonna let them have phones till they graduate. Like, they're gonna give them a phone during the diplomas.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Oh, that's nice.

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Josh]

Yeah. They're all sub 10, these kids.

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Josh]

My grand. Teenagers.

[Seth]

They're little. They're little ones.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah. But people are. But people are giving their kids phones at, like, 8, right?

[Seth]

Yeah. But then there was this book, the Anxious Generation, that came out like, a couple years ago, a year ago, and it's, like, spun everybody out and I think a pretty positive way where, like, there's a huge swing to, like, not let them have phones and made all

[Josh]

the parents more anxious. The kids are less anxious.

[Seth]

The kids have no, like, all the time.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah. Oh, gotcha. Gotcha. Cause how old's your oldest?

[Seth]

Nine.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Nine. Okay.

[Seth]

Yeah, he's mostly. And it's all he wants is a video game system. He doesn't care about, like, social media. He just plays video games all the time.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Okay. Yeah. I'm like, do kids care about, like, Instagram and stuff anymore?

[Seth]

I don't know if they do. It's such a good question. I don't know if they do.

[Josh]

I don't.

[Seth]

If it helps out. Josh managed to avoid it.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

You're not on social media at all.

[Josh]

I am. Cause I have to, like, post about this.

[Seth]

It's fun to do a podcast with a co host who has no social media footprint.

[Pashi]

It's the worst. It's the worst thing for everyone.

[Seth]

No, it's great. It's good. You can get the word out by mouth.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Seth]

Just go door to door.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah.

[Seth]

So I know your mom passed away when you were really young, and so was your dad a funny person?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah, my dad was funny. My mom was funny. Like, my whole family's pretty funny.

[Seth]

That's great.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah. And that's similar to your sibling thing, right? Where you kind of go, we're all like, your parents, too, are funny. And you two are funny. And you just go, everybody's family's funny, right? And then you go to a friend's house and their dad, you know, tries to do something, and you're like, that's not funny. You're not.

[Seth]

Or even the weirder is when you go to people's house and, like, they're. I remember as a kid where, like, their parents don't even try to be funny. It's not even that they're, like, hacky. They're just, like, humorous. They don't even realize that's a way to keep try.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah, yeah.

[Seth]

Now, I mean, you're too scary to even, like, bust on, right? So what did you guys like? Were you the kind of family that would pile into a car and go somewhere?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

The only place we really went was Disneyland because we grew up in California, and before my mom died, we really didn't have. And when my team was like, do you want to do Seth and Josh's podcast? Do you have, like, family vacation stories? And I was like, I don't know if this is too dark, but, like, hospice sent us to Disneyland after our mom died. Is that anything? And they were like, I mean, I don't think anyone's done that one.

[Josh]

That's true.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

And we're still trying to figure out exactly how it happened, because I don't know if, like, somebody donated Disneyland tickets to hospice and were like, give this to a grieving family or what. Also just a real weird vibe to go into a Disneyland trip with where you've just experienced, like, the worst loss of your life. And then you're like, so let's get in line for teacups. I guess, like, it's a. It's a weird move. And I think we'd gone, like, once before as a family, and then we went quite a bit when we got older. My dad got remarried, and then we moved to Southern California, and then we were like an hour drive away. So we never did, like, a trip again where we stayed overnight nearby. But we would go for the day quite a bit. But we didn't really go on trips other than that. There were so many of us, and it's so expensive. So that was kind of all we did. As far as trips go.

[Seth]

It's fascinating. Like, there must be a burden as a grieving kid as well, to feel like you have to performatively be having a good time at Disney World. Cause, you know, people have, like, done it to put you in a good mood, which must be exhausting.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

That's really interesting because I Think we were all really young. I mean, my youngest sister was 2 and I was 8. And my brother and other sibling were 4 and 6. So I don't know that we were totally aware of what was going on. I mean, I was probably the most aware, being the oldest. And at that time, you're kind of like, well, none of this is real. I'm in a film. You know, all the Disney movies I've seen, the mom's gone, so I must be a Disney princess. Like, you kind of are just. It's all about you in your head and you'll process it for the next 10 years. But I don't remember feeling like I had to make use of the generosity. I don't remember going through the front gates, like, all right, turn it on. Enjoy this. But I'm sure my dad felt like that, probably. I'm sure my dad felt like, okay, we gotta. Like, I can't imagine how hard that was going with four small kids. And I think, like, one of my grandparents came to help out and like a family friend. Because, again, it's a lot of us. Like, when we got older and we went to Disneyland, you could set us loose. Like, that's what's great about a theme park like that, is your parents can go and do their own thing or sit at a cafe and you can go get in line.

[Seth]

What is. What do you think the age is where you can let your kids lose to the theme park? As I'm considerably not there, it also

[Taylor Tomlinson]

probably depends on the theme park. Right? So I don't know, maybe like. I would say like 10.

[Seth]

Six flags. It's like 27, 28.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

I was gonna say. Yeah. Six Flags, probably not. Disneyland. Feels like 10, maybe.

[Seth]

All right.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Right?

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah. You think? I don't know.

[Seth]

We still haven't done it.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

You haven't done it?

[Josh]

No, but they haven't, like, been to any amusement parks. Ash, your eldest, has been to the one in Amsterdam, but other than that, I mean, I guess you' father in law took them to Coney island, which is a bit of Hess, kind of.

[Seth]

It's more like a museum, I feel like then. But because they haven't been anywhere, they loved it.

[Josh]

So that was good.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah. Kids don't have phones. Haven't been to an amusement park. I mean, what kind of ship are you running over there?

[Seth]

They've been on television and their father won't even tell them they did good.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

They won't even show them the numbers.

[Seth]

They sure are there. The sky won't show them. But they're like, what are the numbers?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

They do.

[Josh]

What are your sort of marquee rides at Disneyland if you're going with the siblings? Is there a battle about, we're gonna do this, we're gonna do this?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Not really. Because we're all so, like, we just wanna be together. And especially as you get older, I mean, I'm sure you two understand being on separate coasts. I mean, there's four of us, and we're all adults and we're all busy. And so getting the four of us together is like an event. Enough. So if we just walk around, we feel like we had a great time. We're like, we got our steps in, we got a coffee, we talk shit all day. This was the best. But if we are gonna try to go on rides, I think it depends on the mood, but, like, probably the obvious answers. I think, like, Space Mountain is, well, Space Mountain's number one for me. I wanna speak for everyone.

[Josh]

Sure.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

They'll listen to this and be like, how dare you? You know, it's pirates, I think. Yeah. Probably the big ones. But then you don't want to wait in line all day, so you just kind of go in and go, all right, what's going to take the longest? And now Disneyland does the thing where they charge you for a couple of the rides on top of the ticket, which is crazy.

[Seth]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

It's really wild.

[Pashi]

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[Seth]

Here we go.

[Josh]

Do you make time then to get together with all your siblings, like annually? Do you go somewhere or do you go home? I don't know where your dad lives now.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Well, I'm. I'm trying to do more sibling trips. Yeah, I'm. I'm really trying. I was also, for a very long time, not a very long time, but like a couple years, I was the only single one, so everybody else had partners, and so I had no partner. And the most free time, which means you're the one who's always texting everyone going, hey, who wants to hang out? And I'm the oldest, so I'm also kind of like, I have a parental thing where I feel a little bit like an empty nester sometimes, where I'm like always bothering everybody to like, I'm like, come spend the night. Come. Come on.

[Unknown Guest/Producer]

I have a guest bedroom.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

I got it. So you come stay the night. And then even when they do come stay the night, I'm trying to bribe them to stay for another couple days where I'm like, okay, do you want a smoothie? They're like, I needed to leave an hour ago. And I'm like, I know.

[Seth]

I don't know why this happened. The guest room has a lock on the outside. And I don't. I didn't ask for that.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

And I called maintenance and they want to fix it, but they're on vacation and, you know, but everything could be done over zoom now, I think. So when you say Work. I'm kind of like, what? I just. I have wi fi. But, yeah, I'm always really desperate. I feel a little needier than they do, I think, sometimes, because I'm. I'm pretty obsessed with them. But I. This year especially, I'm. Because I am always on tour, and that is hard to plan with because, you know, most people have weekends off, and I'm like, that's when I'm not only working, I'm fully gone, but sometimes they'll come out on the road with me. I mean, Bryn working with me now was, like, on tour with me for the entire last tour. And that was incredible because then we'd run around and do stuff during the day, and then they would, like, help with my show and then also, like, give me notes on the hour that we'd go over after. Like, just incredible. Like, so much fun. And being on tour, you go a lot of places. So, yeah, this year a big goal for me is like, I want to do, like, multiple siblings trips, especially because, you know, once people start having kids and stuff, I just know it's going to get harder. So I'm trying to make the most of that pre kid time.

[Josh]

And you're not going to want to hang out with them anymore once they have one kid.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

You know what's funny is Drea was talking to me the other day, and she goes, because I don't know that I'm going to have kids, but I'm, you know, I'm excited to be an aunt and stuff. And Dre goes, well, aren't you excited for us to have kids, you know, and meet our kids and hang out with them? And I was like, yes, but also, I'm going to have to compete with your kids for your time. And I'm already competing with your job and the person you're dating and your desire for autonomy, and it's just a lot already. And so, I don't know. Andrea was like, you're competing with the kids we haven't had yet. Like, are you okay? And I was like, oh, I'm sorry. I thought we were having an open and honest dialogue about our feelings. But, yeah, no, I'm excited.

[Seth]

You know, every year for Thanksgiving, that was the show my kids were on. Also, my brother and my parents are the guests every year live. And we pre taped the kids. And so Josh was backstage with my parents, but both of whom were like, oh, thunder stolen.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

I was gonna say. I was gonna ask, like, obviously, kids aren't checking the numbers. Josh, are you checking the numbers?

[Josh]

I mean, yeah, I mean, they. They hit pretty hot, and then we had to come out after them. I think, like, following them was a bit of a, you know, shot across the bow. Yeah.

[Seth]

So I will say that it's always. Our Thanksgiving show is on after NBC has a Thanksgiving football game. So it's historically our highest rated show of the year, only because it's on after a football game. It's just full lead in math. And yet my parents know that it's the highest rated show of the year. So as far as checking the numbers, they are acutely aware of how good the numbers are.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

They're like, look, they could turn it off. And as a matter of fact, you know, it's. They've been watching TV all day, so it's kind of.

[Seth]

It's a big deal that they keep it on with all that turkey in their belly. Do you. How does your family feel about material? Because obviously that's something that's been in your act for a long time. Are they all cool with it?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

I mean, it depends on the material. I've definitely run material by. Like, I remember I ran a joke past my grandma once about something she had said, and she thought about it for a couple days and was like, yeah, actually, I'd prefer you didn't. And it wasn't anything terrible. It was just, you know, people don't necessarily want you to talk about the things they said in private. And I have never felt like it was worth destroying a relationship with somebody close to me, whether that be friend, partner, or family member.

[Seth]

Right.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

For, like, whatever, 90 seconds of laughs, no matter how many tags there are. But it's, you know, it really just does depend on the. The situation. Like, I did jokes about my. In the special that's coming out the. There's a bit I do about my uncle, who's a pastor, and I actually didn't run those jokes by him, which maybe I should have, but they were so positive about him that I didn't think I needed to. And he. He's never told me he didn't like them. He's been, like, supportive and sweet, and I think he was like, those are nice things. Thank you for saying that. So I don't worry about it if I'm saying nice things, but certainly, like, jokes about my siblings, too. Like, in years past, I've been like, hey, like, this isn't a mean joke about you, but it does contain information about you. And maybe you don't want that out there, right? Like, maybe you don't just. I don't know, some people just don't want to be talked about publicly, but they've always been really cool. And I don't know that there's anything my siblings have said. Hey, don't say that on stage actually,

[Seth]

I mean, it's great. I mean your instinct to. Because by the way, I don't think it would destroy the relationship with your grandmother. Right. But like even, even just to put. Have any negativity, it's like just a better idea not to.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah. Also like my grandparents are religious and I'm not. And I'm already probably straining our relationship by swearing so much and talking about sex.

[Seth]

We're working a lot on your other material.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Ye, exactly.

[Seth]

A little grace on.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

We'd like you to cut some stuff, but it has nothing to do with us. Yeah, we just think you're coming off a little. A little.

[Josh]

Were your grandparents local to you or did you travel to them when you were younger?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

They were local to us when I was up in like Stockton, Modesto. So I grew up till I was like five. We lived like next door to them and then we were like 20 minutes from them. And then when we moved to Southern California, that was actually the other place we went. And we went like every school break my dad and my stepmom would drive us like halfway. They would meet my grandparents halfway. So everyone would drive like two and a half hours and then we'd meet at a travel center and we would all pile into my grandparents car and then we would drive to their house and stay for like a week and then we would do the same thing a week later.

[Seth]

How was, what was a week like at your grandparents house? What kind of life was that?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

The best. I mean because they live in like a rural area. So it was like just like a lot of time outside and we, you know, go to thrift stores and bookstores and just like watch movies and hang out with our cousins and be dumb. And now as an adult, it's like so hard to get the four of us to be able to go for even like two days. Like we did it recently actually, where the four of us after like months of trying were able to go up and see them. And it was like, okay, we have two days to get in there and do this. And of course like it's during the holidays and people are sick and work is tough. And so it's just, it's a struggle always, but it's like, it just always makes me feel like we're you know, teenagers again.

[Seth]

I would imagine it means the world to your grandparents as well?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah, I hope so. I mean, I, I try to go and see them like as much as possible. And again, I tour. So I'm like in Sacramento, San Francisco. I'm everywhere all the time, so it's much easier for me to like stop by, even if it's just for like a night. And to me it feels like home. So it's like I saw them a couple weeks ago and just like went on the way to something else and just like hung out with them for the night and like got there, made tea, was like, I'm gonna make eggs. Like, just very, very much like home. On college break, when you're all there,

[Josh]

are you a game playing family? Are you a conversation family? Like, what's your. If you're sitting around in the living room, what you TV watching family?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

I think we're more conversation and movies. Or we'll talk through movies that we've seen. Like last time we were there, we watched Ever after, which was a lot of like us going, oh, I forgot about this part. And like, oh, this is the part we always quoted as kids. And like you, I don't know if you guys had movies like that where you would remember certain lines and then you say them as an inside joke so many times for years that you forget they're from a movie. And then later you see them and you go, oh, we didn't come up with that. I thought that was just us. Right, but it was. We were quoting. We were quoting this. So we do a lot of that and I think we do play games sometimes, but I mean, there were a few years where like, you know, Apples to Apples was really big.

[Josh]

Yeah, that was a good one.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

For a few years there. Yeah.

[Seth]

My father in law and my brother in law say alrighty then all the time. And I heard one of them go, when did we first started saying that? And I'm like, when you saw Ace

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Ventura, Who coined that?

[Josh]

Did we coin that? Are we.

[Seth]

And then when do we get our coins?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah, we're not even quoting comedies. We're quoting ever after. We're quoting the child who's playing young Drew Barrymore yelling. It's traditional. Like, that's what we're quoting.

[Josh]

My wife loves the movie Legend more than anything else. And like, she puts it on when her dad, her dad was just here for my wife's birthday. And like, that man has had to watch Legend so many times and you can see he just sort of glosses over and I say, it's a terrible movie. My wife will hate me for saying this, but. But she just loves it so much.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

She's putting it on for him.

[Pashi]

She's putting it on for her, and

[Josh]

she's putting it on to sort of feel that, like, I'm here with my dad on a couch watching a movie, and it's like, as a birthday thing, you know, who's not gonna get.

[Seth]

She misses forcing him to do something he doesn't want to do.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

That's what it is.

[Sponsor Voice 1]

Yeah.

[Seth]

That's.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

What are you not. What are you not into?

[Seth]

I hope when I'm, you know, on my deathbed, my daughter will come in and be like, I'm gonna just watch a Peppa Pig over here so that the last thing you can hear is that infernal theme song.

[Josh]

Have you had any sort of standout sibling trips that you have managed to

[Pashi]

take with just the four of you

[Josh]

or with partners as well?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Ooh, gosh. Standout sibling trip. I mean, again, being on tour is so unfair because, like, I was in, like, Europe and the UK doing shows over the summer, and we were gone for, like, five weeks. And it was me, my sibling Bryn, and Sophie Buttle, who's a very funny comic and one of my best friends, who opens for me. And so it was just the three of us, like, running around Europe for a month and a half, and I, like, left days in between. I learned the first time that I did some international touring, like, okay, for sleep purposes. And also so that you can actually go out and do things, and you're not just going from, like, the airport to the show, back to the airport to a train. You need to, like, leave some room in between cities. So, like, we got to Copenhagen a few days early because we'd never been, and, like, got used to the sleep schedule and ran around and did everything we wanted to do and then did the show and then went to Amsterdam, and, like, it was so, so fun. And the shows were great, too. But the fact that we got to do this, like, massive, insane trip that was paid for by my dumbass jokes was, like, it's the best crazy.

[Seth]

Are you good with venue memory? Do you know where you played in Amsterdam?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

I. You know what? I wasn't even in Amsterdam. I was in Rotterdam.

[Seth]

Gotcha.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

So that's. And I don't remember why. I think maybe the venue was, like, bigger or something. There was a reason why my agents were like, you have to do this. But it's. Rotterdam was, like, 45 minutes away. So I'm like, I still want to stay in Amsterdam. No offense to Rotterdam, but I was like, we'll stay in Amsterdam. We'll run around, and then we'll just go do the show and come back to Amsterdam.

[Seth]

And what was your favorite European city from last summer's tour?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Oh, gosh. I mean, it was also, like, during that heat wave, so we were like. And a lot of venues didn't have ac, so I remember different things. Like, I remember when we did. When I was in Sweden, that that room had ac. And so the show. I have no idea how it went. I just remember I was very comfortable on stage. And then we went to. I think our last stop was Helsinki. And I'd, like, never been to Finland before. I didn't know what to expect. And so to do, like, multiple shows, and those crowds were amazing, but the venue was so hot. I was so. I always wear a jacket on stage, and I couldn't.

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Over there, I was, like, wearing just the thinnest shirt you could find and still just, like, drenched in sweat afterward. I mean, there was one night, I think I cut some jokes because I was like, I'm gonna pass out.

[Seth]

Of course, the audience is fine because of sonic culture.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

So, like, they even. They were like, they were fanning themselves. And at a certain point, you go, oh, I don't. I don't think that's them. Like, that's not from the jokes. That's not them. Like, you know, nobody's clap. I don't hear any clapping.

[Seth]

That's your. That's what your grandmother does. She has to fan herself. When she watches, she's like, oh, dear.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yes, exact. We're different.

[Josh]

We're talking religion again. Are we?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah, it's very triggering is what I'm saying.

[Seth]

I'm so excited for Prodigal Daughter. It comes out on Netflix February 24th. And it's so great to talk to you again. It has been too long.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

It's so good to talk to you.

[Seth]

You had, I just want to say, a fantastic run with.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Oh, thank you.

[Seth]

After Midnight, I was. It's not what it was. It's a different one.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah, it's slightly.

[Seth]

Slightly different, but it was a great show, and it was amazing. What a great job you did, bring on so many great new comedians. A lot of the younger comedians that I know now were, because they were panelists on that show, which was awesome.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Oh, that's great. Yeah, we had. I mean, our. Our bookers were so good, and there were so many people on that I hadn't seen in forever that I had, like, you know, Come up in the clubs with or. There were comedians that I didn't know personally that I got to meet or like, ones I was introduced to as well. And, you know, it was. You get really spoiled. I'm sure you feel similarly like. You get really spoiled going to work where the whole point is for everyone you're interacting with to be their most entertaining, sparkly selves.

[Seth]

And they just come. When they come to see you, you're like, oh, my God, yeah, this is so nice.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah. And they make you laugh, and then you have to go back to just, like, normal life, and you're like, oh, man, this is not sustainable. I can't be this entertained all the time. I'll become a monster.

[Seth]

Before we let you go, Josh is gonna hit you with our speed round.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Okay, I'm ready.

[Josh]

All right, here we go. You can only pick one of these. Is your ideal vacation relaxing, adventurous, or educational?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Ooh, I think right now, because I haven't been on tour, and I'm bored.

[Josh]

Adventurous, what is your favorite means of transportation?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

I like a train.

[Pashi]

If you could take a vacation with

[Josh]

any family, alive or dead, real or fictional, other than your own, what family would you like to take a vacation with?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Ooh, family as a whole.

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Oh, that's tough. I'm going to say Lorelei Gilmore from Gilmore Girls.

[Seth]

All right, good one.

[Josh]

I don't know if we've gotten that one before, but that's why I went with it.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Has anyone said this one?

[Josh]

I mean, I think. I think there's probably a lot of agreement from our listeners.

[Seth]

Right. First. First Disney World paid for by hospice. First Gilmore.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yes.

[Josh]

If you had to be stranded on a desert island with one member of your family, who would it be?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Oh, I shouldn't answer this quickly because I have three siblings, but. Bran.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Seth]

All right. We all. We were going to say Bryn, if you had the answer. We're going to say Bryn. It was pretty clear to us.

[Josh]

What is your dream destination for a family vacation?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

I would really like the four of us to go to. I'd really like the four of us to go to London together or Japan, because I haven't been to Japan yet. So those are my two right now.

[Josh]

All right, great. And your hometown? Is it Stockton? Modesto? Temecula? Where are you from?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

That's the thing. I probably should say Temecula because it's most recent, but I don't want to.

[Josh]

Okay, well, this is good then, because if you had to get more families to come visit Temecula, you're the head of the board of tourism down there. How would you pitch it? No, I mean, they don't have to know your real thoughts on it, But,

[Taylor Tomlinson]

I mean, I think the wine country balloon horse trio is probably. Yeah, that's probably the best. But I will say, I think the public library there is really good.

[Josh]

There you go.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

And I went back there to when I was stuck on the book. I went back to Temecula for a day just to, like, shake some childhood memories loose. And I went to that library to write for a few hours, and it was packed. There were so many people in there. Yeah, it was really cool. And then there's, like, old town Temecula, which is, like a strip of, like, you know, shops and bars and restaurants and stuff. Like, they've got, like, a rooftop bar and restaurant there now, which, like, overlooks the freeway. I'm like, this is you guys. What are we doing out here? Who do we think we are in Temecula? And we're doing a rooftop bar, but good for them. And I get. Yeah, people like the casino. I think I'm really selling it. You really are really selling it hard.

[Josh]

I mean, watch their numbers. Their numbers are going to spike.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

But of the three of Modesto, Stockton, and Temecula, Temecula is the easiest one to sell, probably. If someone's like, here's what I always say about Temecula. I think that if I was there for a weekend of shows and I wasn't from there or anything, it would be a great weekend of shows for me. There would be plenty of stuff to do during the day to fill up three days in that city.

[Josh]

All right, and then Seth has our final questions.

[Seth]

Taylor, have you been to the Grand Canyon?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

I haven't been to the Grand Canyon, but I've been to Niagara Falls.

[Seth]

Okay, well, that's a different place.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

I know it's a different place, but it feels. You know what? It feels similar in that it's somewhere that everyone's always like, does it live up to the hype? Which I assume is the point of the Grand Canyon question. Right.

[Seth]

But did you. What was your take on Niagara Falls this first time?

[Taylor Tomlinson]

I loved it.

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Josh]

All right.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

I saw it from every angle. You can buy a ticket to every angle of Niagara Falls. I mean, we didn't go on the boat, because that seems crazy. Yeah, but you can go on the boat. You can see it from, like, underneath. You can see it from above.

[Seth]

Like, I like walking to Canada.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yes. Oh, you got to do the Canadian side. The Canadian side is superior. But I really thought it was amazing. It was. You can go back at night and they project lights onto the falls. So I. Not only I went during the day before my show, then I went and did my show after the show. I said, guess where we're all going? Back to Niagara Falls.

[Josh]

You still had that pass. You got that all. All angle pass.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Yeah. Went back also. Nobody's there at midnight.

[Seth]

Yeah.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Hot tip. No one's there at midnight. And it's all lit up. All right.

[Seth]

It's so funny. I feel like that's a hot tip that no one needed. I don't think anybody's like, I bet it's crowded at midnight. I bet the waterfall is crowded at midnight. Here's what I like about Niagara Falls vis a vis the Grand Canyon. And you really put that into focus for me, is I feel like you can do all of Niagara Falls in one trip. There's no, like, the Grand Canyon. I think, you know, canyon heads like Josh are always like, oh, there's so much of the canyon left to see. And I'm just like, I don't have time for that. I don't want the rest of my life to be trying to go into every nook and cranny of a canyon.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Have you camped at the canyon?

[Josh]

No, but it's. Yeah. My. My wife is trying to secure us a camping spot at the bottom at the Phantom Ranch, which is like. Yeah, it's the place that you can camp. Yeah.

[Pashi]

Hard.

[Josh]

I mean, tough. Tough campsites to get. So. But it's on my list. It's on our list.

[Seth]

I'm Team Falls with Taylor. It's so great talking to you. Thanks for making time for us. It's lovely to see you again.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

So good to see you. So nice to meet you, Josh. Thank you so much for having me on. You guys are lovely.

[Josh]

All right, great. Good luck with the special.

[Taylor Tomlinson]

Thank you, Sam.

[Unknown Guest/Producer]

They didn't wanna go because they were moving to Temecula. It's wine, balloon and horse country. But Taylor only dug the library she's not super high on, But she gives applause to Niagara Falls. Says midnight is the best time there because they project lights and there's nobody there would go to Disneyland. Says that once you 10, it's so safe that you can give your children some freedom. Send them off on their own. Says you can turn them loose. You can skip the queues it out the Jungle Cruise. But don't do that in Six Flags or you'll lose custody. But it Disney let them run. They can pass it fun outer space mountain. She goes there with siblings and just walks around. Turn them loose, become the caboose and they'll bambooze like kangaroos. Give them a box of juice and some Charleston juice for a chocolate mousse.