TCB Infomercial: Natasha Leggero

Summary

The Commercial Break – TCB Infomercial: Natasha Leggero

Episode Date: October 22, 2024
Hosts: Bryan Green & Krissy (Kristen Joy) Hoadley
Special Guest: Natasha Leggero

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Overview of Episode

This episode of The Commercial Break’s “Infomercial” series features comedian, actress, and podcaster Natasha Leggero. Bryan and Krissy dive into Natasha’s work on the new show Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity? (Prime Video), her long-running podcast Endless Honeymoon, her unique comedic takes on marriage and motherhood, and the absurdities of modern pop culture parenting. As always, the conversation is peppered with hilarious tangents, playful self-deprecation, and the hosts bonding over their mutual admiration for Natasha’s humor and honesty.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity? and Working with Travis Kelce

[20:18 – 29:58]

• Natasha describes her experience as a celebrity participant on the new trivia show hosted by NFL star Travis Kelce, modeled after Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?

  • The show features celebrities (including comedians like Ron Funches, Nicole Byer, Lilly Singh) as “lifelines” for contestants.
  • Natasha admits that “elementary school” questions can be alarmingly difficult, especially in math and science.

  “It was really traumatizing because you start to—some of the math stuff, I’m like, I don’t, I don’t know even where I would begin.” (Natasha, 21:12)

  • She reflects on the pressure of possibly being the reason a contestant loses prize money.

  “Honestly, it’s the worst part about the show…I was on $100,000 Pyramid and my contestant started crying because I did not know any of the answers.” (Natasha, 29:02)

• Travis Kelce’s performance as a host earned unanimous praise:

  “He freaking killed it…he’s good at football, right? He’s like one of the good ones…and then he came in and he was so disarming. He really took the job seriously, but then he was also being fun and funny and not taking himself too seriously.” (Natasha, 26:41)

• Natasha hints at a Taylor Swift set visit but keeps details light due to NDA/spoilers.

  “There actually was a Tay Tay sighting…there was some hubbub that she was there—but I don't want to give too much away.” (Natasha, 28:00)

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2. Marriage, Hobbies, and Roasting Your Partner

[14:39 – 19:21]

• Natasha jokes about her husband Moshe Kasher’s excessive hobbies (DJing, surfing, Burning Man), teasing how men pick up hobbies to avoid responsibility.

  “First of all, too many hobbies. Why does he have—why do men have so many hobbies?” (Natasha, 14:59)

• She gleefully roasts his midlife DJ ambitions and her tactical insistence that he wear a “surfing helmet” for safety.

  “I make him wear a helmet. Actually, I told Tony Hawk that…and they were just making fun of my husband so hard.” (Natasha, 17:47)

• The conversation expands to the shift in risk tolerance and “tolerance in marriage” as people age:

  “Estrogen is what makes you tolerant, so all your tolerance is just getting sucked out of you…that’s why the podcast has been so great, because I can just start bringing up all my grievances.” (Natasha, 19:21)

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3. Parenting & Technology in the 2020s

[35:03 – 45:42]

• The group discusses the challenges of raising children post-iPhone era, especially around screen time and social media:

  • Natasha restricts her daughter’s access to iPads and emphasizes modeling good phone habits for her child and spouse.

  “It is a weird thing to be like, ‘no iPad, no social media, no technology,’ and then we’re just…completely addicted to our phones.” (Natasha, 37:21)

  • They commiserate over the challenges of getting children to open up after school and the overwhelming influence of YouTube and internet culture on young kids’ aspirations.

  “My daughter came home and she said…the teacher asked all the kids what they wanted to be. And she said every boy in the class said they wanted to be a YouTuber.” (Natasha, 35:38)

• Screen time “rules and lapses”:

  • The hosts share their mixed success enforcing “no screens at dinner,” and acknowledge that sometimes TV is the lesser evil (“we also tend to default to the television…because it gives us a break” [Bryan, 41:00]).

• On the modern politics of parenting advice and the anxiety of Instagram parenting:

  “Every time I would log on to Instagram, it was someone telling me I was doing everything wrong…so I just needed to have a little bit of distance and boundaries with that.” (Natasha, 44:28)

• Notable moment: Natasha’s family uses the “Rose, Bud, Thorn” tradition as a conversation starter at dinner to keep communication open and screens away.

  “You go around the room, say your rose—the best part of your day, bud—something you’re looking forward to, and thorn—the worst part…and that usually gets you through dessert…” (Natasha, 41:56)

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4. Comedy Career Highlights

[46:52 – 48:56]

• Bryan and Krissy reminisce about Natasha’s cult favorite show Another Period and her origins on MTV’s bizarre reality spoof That 70s House (which she confirms is legally/illegally on YouTube):

  “If you want a little snapshot of what 2005 was like…It’s kind of ahead of its time, to be honest…these teenagers have to live in this house like it’s the 70s.” (Natasha, 47:38)

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5. The Endless Honeymoon Podcast & Relationship Advice

[48:56 – 49:55]

• Natasha explains that Endless Honeymoon started as a podcast before their Netflix special, and how it’s become a space to comedically “give advice” to young couples and share marriage stories—especially during the pandemic.

  “My husband’s been sober for almost, I think, thirty years…and I’ve had, you know, maybe ten serious relationships. So I think together, we’ve been able to—and it’s fun also seeing a lot of young people calling in…” (Natasha, 48:56)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Jeff Bezos/Musk-level wealth and loneliness:

  “Imagine you made $35 million a minute and still no woman wanted to [date] you. That is what we’re dealing with.”
  —Natasha Leggero ([00:00])

• On DJ 'hobbies' for 40-something men:

  “You’re 44. Why is there a beat dropping? It’s noon.”
  —Natasha ([15:19])

• On losing at TV game shows:

  “My contestant started crying because I did not know any of the answers. I felt so bad. It doesn’t feel good, you know.”
  —Natasha ([29:02])

• On parental advice Instagrams:

  “Every time I would log on…it was someone telling me I was doing everything wrong…and I just needed to have a little bit of distance and boundaries with that.”
  —Natasha ([44:28])

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Important Timestamps

• 00:00 Natasha on tech billionaires, loneliness, and the gender divide
• 01:36 Announcement of TCB’s charity episodes for the holidays
• 03:02 Natasha’s comedy career—Chelsea Lately, Another Period, That 70s House
• 13:21 Natasha joins the conversation; discussion of her Hermes wallpaper and home podcast setup
• 14:39 – 19:21 Marriage, roasting husbands, men and their “avoidant” hobbies
• 20:18 – 29:58 Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity? tales, working with Travis Kelce, game show pressures
• 35:03 – 45:42 Parenting in the 2020s: phones, screens, kids’ aspirations, and social media anxieties
• 46:52 – 48:56 Natasha’s comedy origins and revisiting That 70s House
• 48:56 – 49:55 Endless Honeymoon: podcasting, marriage advice, pandemic shifts

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Episode Tone & Takeaways

• The discussion is fast-paced, irreverent, and self-aware, with the guests and hosts unafraid to mock themselves, modern life, and even the structure of their own show.
• Natasha’s sharp observational wit shines, especially as she riffs on marriage, parenting, and the surreal nature of celebrity game shows.
• Parenting and childhood screen time become central themes, revealing generational differences and the hosts’/guest’s efforts to stay grounded in a world of “forever elsewhere” phone culture.
• Travis Kelce (and by extension, Taylor Swift) are warmly praised, with Natasha calling out Travis’s disarming charm and “positive vibes” as a key factor in the show’s energy.
• The episode closes with hosts reaffirming their admiration for Natasha and highlighting her body of work—including recent and classic projects.

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For New Listeners:

You’ll come away from this episode with a sense of Natasha Leggero as an open, introspective, and riotously funny guest, as well as a window into the collaborative, chaotic, and affectionate TCB universe. Whether you’re here for parenting laughs, pop culture, absurd tangents, or behind-the-scenes glimpses of showbiz, this Infomercial delivers.

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Listen for:

• Natasha on husband-mocking (“It’s like the opposite of me and my husband, where I make fun of him whenever we’re in public.” [28:21])
• Painful and hilarious reality of being a game show lifeline
• Candid takes on parenting in a hyper-digital age
• Why Travis Kelce has “the it factor” and could be a host for ages
• Drop-in wisdom: “Bribery is a form of parenting.” (Bryan, 44:27)

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Natasha Leggero’s Current Projects

• Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity? – streaming now on Amazon Prime
• Endless Honeymoon Podcast – available on Dear Media
• Check out her stand-up special Endless Honeymoon (Netflix)
• Previous work: Another Period (Paramount+), That 70s House (YouTube)

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[End of Summary]

Transcript

[Natasha Leggero]

Crazy. And we have to sit here and watch them in a race with each other to become the first trillionaire. These guys are so imagine you made $35 million a minute and still no woman wanted to you. That is what we're dealing with.

[Brian Green]

On this episode of the commercial break. They seem to be so supportive of each other. They're like, always showing up together. Yeah. Makes you root for them. It honestly does.

[Natasha Leggero]

Like the oppos, me and my husband where I, like, make fun of him whenever we're in public. They're like, wow, they're so unsupportive of each other.

[Brian Green]

Interesting.

[Natasha Leggero]

Makes me feel better about my. My marriage.

[Brian Green]

The next episode of the commercial break starts now.

[Natasha Leggero]

Yeah, boy.

[Brian Green]

Oh, yeah. Cats and kittens, welcome back to the commercial break. I'm Brian Green. This is my dear friend and the co host of this show, Kristen Joy Hoadley. Best to you, Kristen.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Best to you, Brian.

[Brian Green]

Best to you. Out in the podcast universe, how the hell are you? Thanks for joining us. DCB infomercial Tuesdays are back. After a little oscillation there. Little, little ice oscillation. We had Reggie Watts on a special bonus episode last Saturday for all those who were wondering going into the Reggie. Love Reggie. Love Reggie. Loved. Our second interview with Reggie. We got so far all good praise. Although someone said, why so much discussion about romance? Why not? What do you got against romance, dude?

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I mean, yeah, who doesn't want to talk about love?

[Brian Green]

No, but not everyone's happy about anything. You know, like, you do something and everyone's miserable about it and then, I don't know. I don't. I don't care anymore about the whims of the listener who needs listeners. We've done just fine without them. So Reggie's on there. To answer your question, we will be doing a number of bonus episodes going into the holiday season because that's how we roll, including the 12 days of TC and we're looking for chair. We want to do each one of those days we want to do for a charity. Maybe we'll do a couple days for a charity. We haven't all figured that out, but we'd like to know what the charities that you like to get behind during the holiday season because we're going to do some good here at tcb.

[Natasha Leggero]

All right.

[Brian Green]

We're not making money. Somebody might as well be.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I'm gonna cast a vote.

[Brian Green]

Go.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah. Well, two, I think. Breast cancer.

[Brian Green]

Yes.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

And Habitat for Humanity.

[Brian Green]

Love. Habitat for Humanity. Love Toys for tots. Love Breast cancer. Cancer. That's All I gotta say cancer. And who knows? Maybe I'll get behind the hypercalcemia.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah, there's gotta be a group out there.

[Brian Green]

There's only a few of us, but there's got to be a group out there. Anyway, today's TCB infomercial with Natasha Leggero. We think we're. I think I'm saying that correctly. And we're so excited to have her. She's been in so many things. Oh, my God, the roasts, the.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Oh, Chelsea lately was where I got to know her.

[Brian Green]

Chelsea Handler show. Yeah, that's right. Chelsea lately. She also did another period. Another period, which was so funny. It only had three seasons, I think, which is surprising, because I don't. I felt like there was more seasons to it, but there's no seasons. But the. The place where I really got to know or I. The first saw her was as one of the. I guess you call them like a host of this weird reality show back in the early 2000s on MTV called that 70s house.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

Where all these kids thought they were going to be on Road Rules. And they show up at some like, 70 house, made in the 70s, decorated like the 70s. And Natasha makes them only talk in 70s lingo, wear 70s clothing, do 70s things. No telephones, no computers, none of that stuff. And I remember it being kind of interesting, like this funny, quirky little reality show. And I don't know, we'll ask her about that. But what she's really doing right now, the thing she wants to focus on two things. Endless Honeymoon, which is her podcast. I don't know if it's based on or if the podcast was first. Another question I'd like to ask, based on this series of Netflix shows she did for Netflix is a joke where her and her husband each did a standup routine basically revolving around relationships. And now they'd have a podcast where they take questions from the audience about relationships and then they answer them in the most terrible of ways. Kind of like Ask tcb, which is why I have put aside a Ask TCB question about relationships and sex that I'd like her to give some offhand advice about. I'm also. She's also focusing on are you smarter than a celebrity? Which is hosted by none other than one of our favorites, Travis Kelsey, the man of the hour. Can't get away from him. International superstar, sensational footbag player or whatever you call that game.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

And also, surprise, it's not Patrick Mahomes. I was watching TV the other day.

[Brian Green]

Football.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

He's in every Commercial.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, he is.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

He and Peyton Manning.

[Brian Green]

I saw this. Like, you know, they do like the AI refs now or like, and people will take post game press conferences or they'll take calls made by referees. You know, when the refs are standing there explaining how some. Why the file was what the file was, all that. And they'll make an AI version saying, like, stupid. And it's like they had one about Patrick Mahomes and it was like roughing Patrick Mahomes and breaking the international laws of something like, you know, talking meanly to Patrick Mahomes 100 yards in jail for life. Or the referees were basically saying, you know, Patrick Mahomes, everything. It's all about Patrick Mahomes. Which, hey, listen, the kid is a superstar.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Exactly.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. I'm not like the world's biggest Chiefs fan. I'm not the world's biggest anything football fan, but I'm not the world's biggest Chiefs fan. But. But I can appreciate that, that the guy is really good. And that super bowl last year was one of the better actual football games I had seen in a very long time. It was also one of the only actual football games I had seen in a really long time, given I have 26 children. But she's on this show hosted by Travis. You know the premise. Are you smarter than a fifth grader? That was made famous by Foxworthy. Jeff Foxworthy.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Oh, that's right.

[Brian Green]

Back when Fox. I think, I think this one's on Fox too. But back when Fox did it. Now they're asking similar type questions, like basic questions you would learn in grade school. But the celebrities play as a backup. So they, she. They can ask the celebrities, you know, hey, what is, what is your answer? What do you think?

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

They're like the lifeline.

[Brian Green]

They're like the lifeline here. And here's the. The couple episodes that I watched, I think three or four now available on Prime, Amazon Prime. But the person gets up there, they start to ask these questions. They pick a celebrity to stand there with them and ask the questions. If they get it wr, if the contestant gets it wrong, they have another chance to get it right. If the celebrity gets it right, they get a lifeline. So they get to go on. They get to move on to the next. So I have a couple questions for Natasha. Number one, doesn't it feel miserable when you're the reason they lose? But I guess they already got the question wrong in the first place, so you can't feel too bad. And second of all, I don't know that I'd want to at all be on a television show where you have to answer grade school questions. Because there's a reason why that show was so popular in the first place. It showed just how dumb America was. The grade schoolers were smarter than any adult ever. I don't think anyone ever won that million dollars. But then I also want to know, is Travis Kelce Really 7 foot 10 in real life? Because if you watch the show Natasha, when she gets up there, when it's.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Like her turn to do it short.

[Brian Green]

I know she's short, but okay, let her be petite. Fine. But he is a monster compared to anybody else that's on that show. A monster. He looks not like a monster monster, but a giant. Like a green bean. Like the giant green bean guy. Who is that? Jolly Green Giant. Jolly green looks like the giant. Jolly Green Giant. Speaking of terrible foods we all ate as children, I just want to mention this real quick because I think it's too interesting not to talk about. Do you remember, you know Cheetos?

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Oh, I do.

[Brian Green]

Okay. Cheetos is sprayed with a cheese type product. I don't think they can really call it cheese. I think it's a cheese type product. Right. It's sprayed. The Cheetos are sprayed. These corn puffs are sprayed with these cheetahs.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I didn't realize that. I thought they were made from real cheese.

[Brian Green]

That's what they say.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Kidding.

[Brian Green]

I mean, honestly, let's be real about it. Maybe at some point they were made with real cheese, but I don't think so anymore. But I don't know that. I don't want to cause slander. I don't know that for real. I haven't had a Cheeto in 20 years. I don't know.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I just had some the other day. Yeah, well, in mempho.

[Brian Green]

Oh, okay.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

There was a bag sitting out and I was hungry and I was like, I'm gonna go in for some Cheetos. Hey, they're delicious.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, Listen, I tell you what, my kids eat a Cheeto type product, but they're not Cheetos. They're like for kids, you know, they're supposed to be healthier and better and actually made with real cheese. I don't believe any of it. So anyway, that Cheetos stuff that you spray that they spray on there for some reason, and don't ask me why, this is how the strangest shit gets started. Some scientists decided they were going to spray that on bald lab rats. What? Lab rats that had their hair shaved off. And guess what happened?

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

They died.

[Brian Green]

They turned translucent. They could see inside their body.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

What?

[Brian Green]

Yes. Not even kidding. This is a true story. Scientists sprayed that cheetah. First of all, doesn't, don't that just turn them orange? I mean that's what I would think. Right, but it's an actual enzyme. It's a special, it's a chemical that they put in it. Right. They sprayed it and. No, those rats turned clear. They turned translucent and they could see inside their bodies. They could see their hearts beating, their muscles, their. That is different organs. Yes, it is insane. So now they're moving on to the step where they do this for human beings or for primates and then for human beings to see if the same thing happens. And the scientist was explaining, skin is nothing but these molecules, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. The light hits it, yada, yada, yada. If you can take away, if you can make those molecules do something different, then you can see right in as you'd be like a see through person. And I thought to myself, that is insane. But imagine the medical magic that will happen if you can actually turn yourself translucent. You would never have to have another pipe stuck up your ass or you know, things stuck down your throat.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Not, I guess, I mean imagine you.

[Brian Green]

Walk in with them with a broken bone and they just spray you with some Cheetos. They just tell you take a bath. Yeah, no, that's true. I don't want to see it. There's a reason why it's on the inside. It's because it's not so good looking. But I, I just thought this was amazeballs. Amazing. First of all. Second of all, who came up with this idea?

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Going to say the same thing. How did you try. Let's experiment this.

[Brian Green]

Yes. Why are. Hey guys, let's get together on Tuesday. We're going to spray some bald rats with Cheeto dust and see what happens. Is amazing. I don't know. Anyway, just keeping everybody abreast of all the really important stuff here.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

There's so, so few kind of you.

[Brian Green]

So few things going on in the United States right now a week before the election that I thought I'd do that. And while we're at it, it's quiet. Go vote. Go fucking vote.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

Vote for democracy.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

We had a record here in Georgia. I know a million people as of this past weekend had already voted.

[Brian Green]

I will do that tomorrow before I get my throat slit. In case I die, I want to make sure that I am part of keeping the United States strong. Going for another. Jimmy Carter voted Couple decorates. He did. Wow.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

If he can, you can.

[Brian Green]

Well, if he can, definitely I can. That's for sure. Jimmy Carter is 100 years old. Looks every bit of 100. But good for him. He's still around, he's still kicking and he's, he's, yeah, still voting. He doesn't look so great, but he's voting and that's all that matters. And so go out and vote. We think it's really important. This is it. This is the election, kids. I know we've said this for the last four elections, but this is the election. They eat. They keep on ratcheting up in pressure and circumstances and really consequences. And this is the one. So go vote and do the right thing. That's all I got to say. No matter what, no matter what you believe, no matter what your fiscal, social, economic policies, foreign policy leanings might be, do the right thing. And you know what that is. You don't have to live on Mars to know what that is. So let's take a break, Chrissy, because I know people don't want to hear me talk about politics. So this would be a show about politics. Let's take a break. And then when we get back through the magic of telepodcasting, we're going to have right here on our television studio, on our studio television, we're going to have Natasha Leggero.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I'm excited.

[Brian Green]

We'll talk to her all about stuff.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I like it.

[Brian Green]

We'll be back.

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[Brian Green]

Bye. And Natasha's here with us now. Thanks so much for joining us.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

How are you, Natasha?

[Brian Green]

Great to be here on the set of your podcast. I can see. Is the set of your podcast inside of your home? It must be with your partner.

[Natasha Leggero]

Yes, it is. And this is.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I love the wallpaper.

[Natasha Leggero]

Discontinued Hermes wallpaper.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Oh, it's beautiful.

[Natasha Leggero]

I. I don't know how many road gigs I had to do to pay for this, but it was worth it. No one else can have it because Hermes stopped making wallpaper. I don't know why it was. They had so many cool options. But. But yeah. So now it's kind of like, I.

[Brian Green]

Didn'T know that Hermes made wallpaper, but I wouldn't be the guy who would know Hermes made wallpaper. Just. Just to be fair, I'm wearing a pack Pacman shirt.

[Natasha Leggero]

Yeah, that's gonna give it away.

[Brian Green]

What does it give straight old white man vibes out? Is that. Am I right? You have in this podcast, you. I was flipping through some of your reels and you said one of the funniest things that Chrissy and I talk about, which is you were talking about DJs, and you were. You and your husband were going back and forth about. About DJs, and you're like, yeah, that's the kind of DJ that doesn't do shows or have an actual. Have an actual record contract.

[Natasha Leggero]

Right.

[Brian Green]

But has stickers. And Chrissy and I talk about this all the time. We have these friends that'll say that, you know, oh, the two summer tour announced, and it's like six open mics in same place over the course of seven days. And you're like, that's not a tour, dude. That's you showing up and playing somewhere for free. I'm pretty sure you have to get paid to qualify for tour.

[Natasha Leggero]

Yeah. My husband has somehow, first of all, too many hobbies. Why does he have. Why do men have so many hobbies? So one of his hobbies right now, in addition to surfing and Burning man prepping and Burning man going to. And Burning man coming down, it actually ends up taking about like a quarter of the year. He is also has become, you know, obsessed with DJing, because I guess he used to be a DJ, but I'm like, you're 44. Like, why is there a beat dropping? It's noon. Like, he is just doing it all day long. And he's, you know, he's. He's so into the. And he's like, you don't like this music? I'm like, this isn't even. These aren't even bands. Like, who are these people? Yeah, and he's like, oh, it's like, mostly about the transitions. You don't even really understand how it works. Like, for a good dj, it's really like, Paris Hilton can do it okay. Not like, yeah, what the hell? So he's like, if you have to.

[Brian Green]

Explain where the creativity is in the music. Pretty sure you're taking it a little bit too far. You know what I'm saying?

[Natasha Leggero]

Yeah, he's really into like 90s. There's like a lot of 90s trip hop. I don't know what the hell it is, but it's just like, it's just definitely grading. And then. Oh, and then we're in the car. So when we're at home, he's got, he's doing the transitions loud. I'm like, can't you be, can't you have like headphones on? He's like, no, that's not how it works. Yeah, and then he wants to listen to his wares in the car. So we'll be then like driving in the car and then it has to be loud. And I'm just like, am I in hell? So this, this has been like sort of an ongoing debate, so I will often take the podcast as an opportunity to roast him on this.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. Yes. The reason why husbands have. The reason why men have so many hobbies is to shirk responsibility and stay out of the firing line of our. Of our wives.

[Natasha Leggero]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

Golf.

[Natasha Leggero]

What are you talking about? You're just like getting drunk for eight hours, like in the day.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, that's right. Yeah. And you know what? I've decided golf. I used to be a golfer. When I was like dating and didn't have children, I, you know, engaged, stuff like that. I used to golf. I was like, golf, let's go golfing. It was a reason just to get drunk. It was like a pre game for the rest of the night when you'd eventually get into the cocaine and ecstasy scenery, beautiful scenery, you think you'. Nature. But I realize that golf is just screwing you constantly. You have to buy new clubs, you have to get the new thing. You pay $180 to get on, on the course. And then there's. And then what is the prize? The prize is. I'm extraordinarily frustrated, hot, sweaty, and I now have a hangover at 3 o' clock in the afternoon and I can't do anything for the rest of the day. It's fucked up. I say golf is a sport that screws you. It's not a. It's not a sport that at the end of the day is very much fun unless you're really good at it. Is your husband, is your. Does he golf?

[Natasha Leggero]

Oh, no, no. He. He surfs and he's really bad at it. And I'm afraid he's gonna Like, I.

[Brian Green]

Was hoping that the guy that get brain damage.

[Natasha Leggero]

So I, like, I make him wear a helmet. Actually, I told Tony Hawk that I did his podcast and he was laugh. They were just making fun of my husband so hard. They're like, he's wearing a helmet. And I'm like, yes, and don't tell him not to, okay? It's like, I need his help. Okay? He's. He's the cook of the family. He drives everywhere. You know, he's. He's an essential part of this. Of this family.

[Brian Green]

Wait, but Natasha, do you really make him wear a helmet? Is he really wearing a surfing helmet's kind of.

[Natasha Leggero]

It's not like he's wearing like a big old. You know, surfing helmets are kind of like really flat to your head. They're like, black. They have like, a little, like, bill, so you could, like, maybe not get the sun out of your eyes. I think they look kind of cool. The chin straps, slightly humiliating, but you know what?

[Brian Green]

You know, I. I flew planes. Like, right before we decided to have children. I started. I decided I was having a midlife crisis. So let me go learn how to fly a plane. Even though I'm terrified of heights and I'm not good at driving things, I'm like, let me go fly a plane. So I take like 10, 12, 15 minutes.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I'm really into that.

[Brian Green]

And the second that my wife told me she was pregnant, it was like, within the minute of saying she was pregnant, she was like, oh, honey, I'm pregnant. And the overjoyed, excited. And she goes, by the way, you can't fly it. You can't fly anymore. You gotta be done with that. And I was like, yeah, okay. All right. And I understood. And I think that at some point you have to know that safety comes first. It just does. Because as we get older, we. We realize our mortality.

[Podcast Announcer/AI Voice]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

You can't be out there flying around in the Great Barrier Reef without a helmet. What if he dies then? What are you going to do then you have to.

[Natasha Leggero]

I know. And it's so crazy. Like, you know, before you're. Before you have kids. Even before I was married in the courting stage, I wanted to seem like I was this really cool, you know, this cool lady. And I'd be like, oh, yeah, let's go whitewater rafting without a helmet. That sounds fun. And like, like, my risk factor was like, through the roof. And like now. Yeah. Kind of like, no, I don't want to do any of this. I went to Burning man three times. Like, you Just end up doing all this stuff and then what happens? Now what I'm going through is not to share over share, but like, you know, as you start to lose estrogen and approach perio menopause, it's like estrogen is what makes you tolerant. So like all of a sudden that's true. All of your tolerance is just, just like getting sucked out of you. And so that's why the podcast has been so great, because I can just start bringing up all my grievances.

[Brian Green]

Yes, get it out there for the content, honey. We're doing it for the content. But he's probably smart enough to understand. So. Hey, congratulations on the new show on Prime. Are you smarter than a celebrity? And I was telling the audience in the intro, this is likely it's based off of are you smarter than a fifth grader? Which was a highly extraordinarily.

[Natasha Leggero]

It was like the number one game show. And yeah, the. You know how they've redone it. I mean, I was just happy anyone was calling me a celebrity, to be honest. But yeah, of course you are. It was so fun. And I got to be with a bunch of fellow comedians, Ron Funches, Nicole Byer, Lilly Singh. It was just, it was such a fun experience and crazy. Like, these are elementary school questions.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

And I know we were talking about it.

[Natasha Leggero]

Some of it was really traumatizing because you start to real. I mean, some of the math stuff, I'm like, I don't, I don't know even where I would begin with this science, you know, I think we all had our strengths and it was really fun too, like seeing our fellow comedians, like, what their strengths are in, you know, because like, we all kind of relate on this comedy goof off level. But like, really, like, who are we? Who were we as as elementary students and, you know, schools and like, how.

[Brian Green]

Well did we retain that information?

[Natasha Leggero]

And yeah, yeah, it was, it was pretty fascinating and, you know, surprising. I was, I was pretty shocked, actually. It was, it was the opposite. I was kind of shocked how. I don't want to give too much away, but how much people did know. And I was not one of those people.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I wouldn't be.

[Brian Green]

That's not true. You did. Okay, let me.

[Natasha Leggero]

Well, I mean, certain areas.

[Brian Green]

You. I'll give away. I'll give away one, I want to give away two. Asking, actually, because I want to ask you a question, but the one that you got was, where was Frida born? She born. Do you know the answer to that?

[Natasha Leggero]

That's easy.

[Brian Green]

What's that? Frida Kahlo I didn't think so. I just got back from Spain and there was. And I. I did not know this because I could have sworn to God. There's, like, Frida everywhere.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Oh, yeah.

[Brian Green]

In Spain. Right. And so just for some reason. Yeah, everywhere. I mean, she's everywhere. Everywhere, Right. I agree with you. I thought she was born in Spain. And I. And I was. For some reason, I was playing along with the game show, like we all do, and I was like, oh, I think it's Spain. And then everyone was like, Colombia, Argentina. And you said, you were right.

[Natasha Leggero]

They are gonna cut this out. Spoiler alert.

[Brian Green]

Spoiler alert.

[Natasha Leggero]

It's good.

[Brian Green]

Really. They're gonna cut it out. Okay, I'll beep it.

[Natasha Leggero]

Yes. No, I was. Well, I was an art miner, so anything that is, like, even vaguely connected to art or music, like, I could kind of. I kind of, especially at the elementary level, I definitely could triumph at. But, you know, anything. They were hard. These things are hard. Even the ones that they told me the answer, you know, I probably wouldn't remember. It's hard to, as you get older, too, to retain information.

[Brian Green]

I agree with you. 100.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

So much information coming at us all the time, too. It's hard to kind of decipher and retain stuff.

[Brian Green]

I think that must have something to do with it. Like, all the amount of information is at our fingertips. Like, we don't have to know information because Google knows information or wherever you choose to search, it knows the information. So we don't take the time to learn it anymore. We just know the answer is at our fingertips.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah, we're like, phone numbers. All the phone numbers we used to know.

[Brian Green]

If I went to jail today, like, I had the jail phone numbers, you know, if I got busted on it, like, you know, whatever. A long night of drinking and I ended up with a drunk take. I knew that I could rely on my brain to have at least 10 phone numbers available that I didn't have to have anything else with me. I just. I just know them now. I might know my wife's phone number.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I know one.

[Natasha Leggero]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. For sure. When you are. When you. This. Travis Kelsey is the host of this. When you're. When you meet him, did you realize how large of a human being he was? I mean, on the show, he looks like the Jolly Green Giant. He's huge.

[Natasha Leggero]

I am tall, so anyone standing next to me looks very large. But yes, he is. He is a very strapping lad, I would say. And, yeah, I mean, he's a football player. Football. Right. I don't.

[Podcast Announcer/AI Voice]

Right. Yeah.

[Brian Green]

Football.

[Natasha Leggero]

But I mean, yes. Football is like. Isn't that, like, the biggest, meatiest one that you have to be like?

[Brian Green]

I think the meatiest one, yes. And I do think a lot of them are tall, because that's just how we grow human beings these days. So if you're big, then you guys are going to be tall. I mean, my daughter is huge. Huge. She's like one and a half years old. She's huge. She's gonna. She's clearly going to be much taller than I am. And I'm not a particularly tall person either. But he just. Compared to anybody on the set, it seems like he is so, so big. I don't know. That would seem a little, like, unnerving to me. I think if the host was so very big, I'd be like, I'm a little scared of what's going on here. Did you. How many episodes did you tape altogether?

[Natasha Leggero]

It's a blur. I don't remember now. I'm sorry. I want to say 10, but I don't remember if it was five or 10, but let's say 10.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Let's go to 10.

[Natasha Leggero]

Okay.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

And.

[Natasha Leggero]

But yeah. Yes. Because there's 20 episodes total. And it was just so fun being. It was almost like a cast that we were a part of, and it was the same people, a lot of the same people. And it was. It was just so fun, you know, kind of getting back to the old days of comedy where all the comics would hang out with each other and, you know, we're a little more separated now. And I think that there's a lot of division happening. And also, Covid, people just started going out less and. Right. We don't see each other at auditions anymore. So much stuff is on zoom. And so, you know, I mean, we can still see each other at stand up, and. And that's so, you know, that's still fun. So. But, you know, shows like this, I live for because we all get to hang out. And, you know, it's. It's like I said, it's like the old days. And I think it really shows when you watch it. We're all just having fun with each other and with Travis. And let me just say one thing about Travis. I don't think we mentioned this. He freaking killed it. I mean, the guy, he's like a star football player. And he's good at football, right? He's like one of the good ones.

[Brian Green]

Yes.

[Natasha Leggero]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

So I hear. I don't watch football, but so I hear football player.

[Natasha Leggero]

And then he came in and he was so disarming. He was so good at his job. He. You could tell he really worked on it. He really took the job seriously. But then he was also being fun and funny and not taking himself too seriously and just down for, like, us to make fun of him and, you know, play around. And I. I just. I really thought he killed it, and I think he has a bright future, if we didn't already know.

[Brian Green]

I. I will agree with you on this, Natasha. I do have to say that I think he did an extraordinary job. Like, the guy has the it factor. He may be a football player, and that might be what he started his career off in when we look back on this 20 years from now. But he does seem to have the it factor. He. He knows how to handle himself. He knows how to handle the crowd. He's good with the contestants. He interjects in a funny and a charming way. He naturally fits the role.

[Natasha Leggero]

And I also think he.

[Brian Green]

I'm sure it's not always an easy one.

[Natasha Leggero]

You know, like, he was laughing at the jokes and, like, really getting them and. Yeah, it was just. He made the whole thing really fun. And I heard his girlfriend's cool. I don't know. He just seems like he has a lot going on. Yeah, he does.

[Brian Green]

I'm sure Taylor Swift was not on set with you at the time. Is that.

[Natasha Leggero]

No, there actually was a Tay Tay sighting and not. I did not see her, but the. The day before I left, there was. There was some hubbub that she was there, and I don't want to give too much away.

[Brian Green]

They seem to be so supportive of each other. They're, like, always showing up together. Yeah. Makes you root for them. It honestly does.

[Natasha Leggero]

Like, the opposite of me and my husband, where I, like, make fun of him. Whenever we're in public, they're like, wow, they're so unsupportive of each other.

[Brian Green]

Interesting.

[Natasha Leggero]

Makes me feel better about my. My marriage. Marriage, Yes.

[Brian Green]

I agree with you. We have listeners that are rooting for the downfall of my marriage constantly. They're like, anyway, okay, so 20 episodes all together. But here's. Here's why I ask how many of these you put together is because I want to know, is it. Do you feel any kind of way? Sometimes when it's. You're the person or you're the reason why someone may have to exit the show.

[Natasha Leggero]

Honestly, it's the worst part about the show, I have to. To say, because I'm talking about how fun it is to Be with my fellow comedians and. But, you know, I, I was on $10,000 pyramid or whatever it's called, $100,000 pyramid, and my contestant started crying because I did not know any of the answer. And I felt so bad. And I feel like whoever cast are you smarter than the celebrity? Did such a good job because these guys were like, the contestants were just so amazing and they really were, like, kind of heartfelt and they all had these like, noble pursuits that they wanted to do with the money. But, you know, they also really seem to have a good pers. And they knew what the show was and they weren't like, you know, taking it too seriously. I think they were just happy, right, to, to be there. But yeah, it was, it was so fun. So I didn't feel that much pressure. But, you know, I've had, I've had those situations in the past where I just did feel really bad because I don't, I don't know, I don't know these answers. I'm sorry. Like, I'm trying.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yeah, there's kind of just so much.

[Natasha Leggero]

Riding on it and you just don't want to, like, be the thing that is making, making someone be like, oh, well, thanks to you, now I, you know, my child doesn't get to go to that special school that she needs for her adhd. That's what I was saving up for.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, yeah, I was putting myself in your shoes a little bit. Like, I couldn't. I mean, you know, I have empathy for people. I put it like most of us do. I put myself in somebody's shoes and I'm like, damn, that's got to be tough when someone loses. And listen, to be fair, the way the rules work, it's not 100 on the celebrity, at least not that I've seen yet. And so when you, when you do get an answer wrong, it's just part of the game. It's part of what it is. Did you, did you really go on a hundred thousand dollar pyramid and have the contestant cry where she was like so upset?

[Natasha Leggero]

I mean, that you didn't hear it as soon as the, as soon as the commercial break started for. Oh, God. But it wasn't like bawling, but I could just tell I really let her down. And that, that doesn't feel good, you know, And I, I took it seriously. But, you know, ultimately it comes down to you either know these things or you don't. And you always try to help. And I've also helped a lot of charities win thousands of dollars. So you know, it's like, it's. It's a crapshoot sometimes. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, but. But yeah, no, no one. There was nothing like that on the show. The show is really like. Like fun and. And. And good, spirited, super vibey.

[Brian Green]

Like a positive.

[Natasha Leggero]

Yeah, it's a very positive show. And, you know, honestly, so much of that was Travis. Like, I learned that early on in show business. It's like whoever is the star can really set the tone for the whole show and, you know, they can play with the crew and know everyone's name and. And have that, like, positive energy that they're con and positive energy with the. Even the audience that's been sitting there for like, eight hours and therefore bored because they're, you know, just audience members. It's like he really was able to keep the energy up and going and just really, the positive vibes. It's. It was. It was. It's a feat because it. You know, a lot of times, too, you've got all these people fawning on you. Do you want this? Do you want this? Do you need a coffee? More makeup? You know, whatever. Yeah. And then to be able to, you know, bypass all of that and still be, like, an extra cool person, and it's. It's hard, and it takes a lot of. A lot of inner strength and, you know, not to. Not to go too hard on Travis. But, yeah, he. I recognized him as. As being one of those people who. Who was able to set the tone, honestly. I try to do it, and it's hard because then, you know, people will bring you ice cream and jewelry and, you know, finally you're like, where, you know, where's my 3pm Latte? You know, why are there six.

[Brian Green]

There are only six chocolate chips in my muffin.

[Natasha Leggero]

Like, the entertainment industry is constantly testing you on that because they. People will bring you anything you want, and people will tell you you're amazing when you're not. So, you know, anyone who's able to bring those, like, positive vibes and having it show on camera, I'm very impressed with.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, my brother has said this before about the entertainment business is he has said that certain people he's worked with, they have been less than stellar to the people around them. But then he quickly qualifies that by saying, but you have to understand, when you're on a television set or a movie set of a highly popular anticipated movie, whatever it is, it's a different world where everything is at their fingertips and they do nothing except Read the lines and get that right. That's their job. So everybody else is there to cater to them. So when they fuss, right. It's because the, the kind of. The screen has been broken, the fourth wall has been broken of all this wonderfulness and now something has happened and it irritates them. He goes, you could only. Being a human being that's waiting on hand and foot and then something irritates you and all of a sudden you're the dick. Right. And he said, but it's just the world that they present to you, it's like a whole different universe. I can't, I mean I, I don't know what that's like. No one waits on me hand and foot.

[Natasha Leggero]

Here.

[Brian Green]

Chrissy, get me my coffee.

[Natasha Leggero]

Well, what's funny is it's all you have to do is have a kid and then it all comes back full circle and then you become a child.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yes.

[Natasha Leggero]

Which, which is my other, my other job. Job.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. So how. So you have a daughter, right?

[Natasha Leggero]

I have a six year old.

[Brian Green]

A six year old daughter. So it's a wonderful age. I have a six year old child also. I think it's a wonderful age. They can communicate, you can talk to them. There's some reciprocity in conversation. I manage. They have less meltdowns. I can manage to talk them off the ledge sometimes. Parenting by distraction is not something I do as often do you? I'm an older father, I'm in my something forties and I love it because I feel like I have some. I think I'm attuned to some things that maybe as a 20, something like an early 20s, something like a lot of my parents, like a lot of my friends had kids. I don't think I would have been as attuned to. I think I would have been irritated and irritable and quick to go do something else. Right.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Hungover and hungover.

[Natasha Leggero]

You know, 20 year olds. I'm reading this book the Anxious Generation and you know, I think they have a different, different, A different connection to their phones and I think that they don't really realize that technology is going to kill us and. Did I say that? And you know, they just give their kids phones and you know, I think as we're. We remember life without phones and our childhood without phones. And so I think we're more like apt to try to recreate some of those moments for our kids more than maybe younger parents would.

[Brian Green]

Sure.

[Natasha Leggero]

You know, my daughter came home and she said that the teacher asked all the kids in first grade what they wanted to be when they grew up. And she said every boy in the class said they wanted to be a YouTuber. Yeah, two of the girls I've read that, my daughter included, want to be pop stars. And then another girl, she said, wants to walk the red rope. And I was like, and I was like, oh carpet. And I was like, you know, like, like that's actually like a result of a job. So I mean these kids, and then you know, all these Sephora kids, like these like 8 year olds have skin care routines. Like they're taking better care of their skin than me, you know, and, and.

[Brian Green]

It'S just like, it's crazy.

[Natasha Leggero]

What is this? And it's all YouTube and it's all the corporations. And so, you know, it, it can be. It's a very challenging area to navigate. And you know, I think with the schools, you know, trying to find like minded parents can be very helpful. Was this even a question? I, this is just on my mind.

[Brian Green]

No, I, no, I know I, I enjoy the conversation. I like talking to other parents and my, my point of view was that as an older father, and I say older doesn't mean I'm old. I'm just saying a father who doesn't have kids in a, you know, their 20s, that I appreciate the moments that are coming. I realize they're not going to last forever. I'm not pushing them to grow up. I like where I'm at. I'm more appreciative, I think of things in general, of life in general. And I do also understand that there is life outside of a tele or an iPad. Raising your daughter, are you fighting the same battles that I am? Like I want my iPad, I want my. I want your iPhone, I want your.

[Natasha Leggero]

I'm actually fighting battles with my husband because he's five years younger than me and so.

[Brian Green]

Oh really?

[Natasha Leggero]

I'm like, I think just maybe it's my generation or age but like I, I kind of feel like I'm better than social media. Like I don't want to spend my time on it. And like this whole idea that they talk about in this book I'm reading, the Jonathan Hay book is like just being forever elsewhere. And I told my husband, I'm like, you know, she goes to school at 8:10, she's back at like 4:45. Like you can look at your phone from 8:10 until 4:45. Like just stare at it all day long. I don't care. But like when we're with our kid, you know, because like it is a weird thing to be like, no iPad, no social media, no technology. And then we're just like, like completely addicted to our phones. It's like, you obviously have to be modeling this. And, and also, who wouldn't benefit from like a couple hours a day where you're like, you know what? Dedicate. I'm gonna dedicate these hours to not being on my phone. You know, it's like, can you imagine anyone who's like, yeah, this has been really bad for me. I mean, actually, maybe some 20 year olds would be. I mean, I talked to this like girl in her 20s recently. I worked with her and she was like, I go, have you ever like been away from your phone? She's like, yeah, well, I was abroad and I lost it for, for about eight hours. And it was, it was re. It was a very stressful period for me. So.

[Brian Green]

Oh my God.

[Natasha Leggero]

You know, it's, it's so. So I guess my big battle, I didn't buy my kid an iPad, so she doesn't really know about that. And I've never really emphasized screen time that much. But you know, the problem with screen time is like, hey, I need a break. So, you know, I try to put on TV for her and that just feels a little better than her being in control of like changing a stuff screen and having her synapses like moving around so fast. And with him, you know, it's like, is there any way you can like not be on the phone? And so we've got a rule that we're not on the phone for dinner. And I think that's really helpful because I have friends who have teenagers and they'll send me videos and I'll just look and I'm like, wait, your kids are just like staring at their phones during dinner? Like, I cannot deal with this.

[Brian Green]

It's so crazy.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

No, I'm a big dinner, you know.

[Brian Green]

But I do, I do have to have also have to say this for Astrid and I. We get married, you know, we're gonna have kids.

[Natasha Leggero]

Her name's Astrid.

[Brian Green]

Her name is Astrid? Yeah, her name is Astrid.

[Natasha Leggero]

Why should I name my kid that?

[Brian Green]

She's just as beautiful as her name indicates. She's just as beautiful of a human being as her name indicates. She Astrid. Oh, that's how they say it in Spain. We just got back from Spain and they say Astrid and it's.

[Natasha Leggero]

So you should start calling her that.

[Brian Green]

She and I are, you know, we're brand new couple or we got engaged, we're just married or whatever for the, we watch the families around. The, we're out to eat. We watch a family, and we see all the kids with the iPads, and we're like, never. Never gonna happen to me. Never gonna do that. Never, ever, ever. And then you realize that as a parent, you do need a fucking break, and you need 15 minutes without chaos. And is it possible for us to go out to dinner without someone, you know, throwing a plate of pasta on the waiter? Like, is that possible? Can we do that? And it becomes, it's such an easy crutch. But we also tend to default to the television, too, because the tell. We have a rule with all of our kids. No screens that you can hold at all during any weekday period whatsoever. But maybe you can watch some tv because that gives us a break. But I read also that the televisions are different than the screens that you can control. You're so right about that. It's just so difficult raising kids. There's so much difficult things that are difficult about it, and I'm sure there are things that are easier about it. But raising kids in 2024 is just full of pitfalls, and I'm glad I'm doing it now as opposed to, it.

[Natasha Leggero]

Also depends on what, what's important to you. Like, you know, motion art comedians. And like, I've always loved repartee and conversation, and I want to be able to, to, like, have conversation with my kid. Like, if you don't really want to talk to your kid, then, yes, you should definitely give them an iPad and, like, they'll leave you alone and you can just have your cool life. But, like, I don't know, I, I, I, I want to, like, incorporate it into our family life. And so, yeah, yeah, you know, I, I, okay. I think that I, I, I think that, yeah, just, just teaching them conversation. And we do this thing called rose Bud Thorne. And I'm sure you've heard of this where, like, you go around the room, you say, the hat, your rose, the best thing that happened to you today, your bud, the one thing you're looking forward to happening to you, you know, happening tomorrow, and then your thorn, the worst part about your day. And honestly, that usually gets you through. Divert, not divorce. Dessert.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Dessert.

[Natasha Leggero]

Freudian slip. No. But yeah, so, you know, that kind of gets you through the whole meal, and then it's like, once that's done, and sometimes she's annoyed, but, you know, ultimately, you know, then, then, then when they bring it up, it kind of warms your heart, you know, like, they want to start talking and also it's, it's really challenging to get things out of your kid. Like, we're not really. When you, Once your kid starts school, you're only really seeing them for like three, three hours a day, four hours a day, max.

[Brian Green]

That's right.

[Natasha Leggero]

And it's really hard to get anything out of them. It's like, what'd you do? I don't know. You know, they won't tell you anything about today. Good. So. Yeah, good, fine. What'd you eat? I don't remember. It's just like, like, so the more you can engage with them, the more you can kind of start to figure out like, oh, this is going on or this isn't going on or what's. You know, my daughter's so funny. She's like, she doesn't go to. She wasn't going to gym. And she's like, yeah, I just, I just go to the nurse's office for gym. And I was like, what, is that an option? She's like, yeah, well, you know, mom, my legs weren't feeling good and I have to listen to my body and I'm like, argue with it. What is happening? Like. But like, you know, I'm glad I know that and I'm glad that like I'm, I'm now privy to what scams she's running with the school, so, so I can like, you know, follow up on it and. Yeah, I'm really enjoying being a parent though. I love it. And it just gets better and it's, you know, it's really like such massive value shifts and. Yeah, it's, it's just great. I. I love.

[Brian Green]

I have to tell you this. One of my sons, he started this, the new school when he went to kindergarten and the school is much bigger than the preschool he was going to and all this other stuff. So we were obviously naturally concerned about his well being and how's he doing? How are you adjusting all that other stuff. The first week, he would not say a word to us for, for like hours. He was not, he wouldn't say anything about school. And I was getting concerned. I'm like, oh my God. You know, I'm like in my own head about this whole thing projecting onto him, are you okay? Does anything happen? Was it bad? Was it good? And so finally like week number two, he gets in the car and I say, say, Matt, just give me like one word. Was it good? Was it bad? Did you like it? And he goes, I just need time to myself. After a long day at school.

[Natasha Leggero]

These kids have too many boundaries.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, I know. I was like, first of all, you. Second of all, thank you. I really appreciate it.

[Natasha Leggero]

No, we're like, you want an ice cream cone? Maybe then you'll tell me who you sat next to during lunch.

[Brian Green]

Bribery is a form of parenting.

[Natasha Leggero]

Yeah. Like, we.

[Brian Green]

We.

[Natasha Leggero]

Why are we even asking them? I don't know. It's like we're. We're kind of too on them, and they're like. It's. It's. It's very. Yes. It's so hard to navigate. And honestly, I had to get off social media because I did not find the. Whatever my algorithm was of, like, new mom, all these, like, doctors with first names who were younger than me telling me. Me what to not say to my child and what to say to my child, and, you know, how to pack their bento box. And it was just like. It's just everyone. Every time I would log on to Instagram, it was someone telling me I was doing everything wrong. And. Yeah. So I just needed to have a little bit of distance and boundaries with that.

[Brian Green]

It's the politics of fear. I'll tell you one thing. I read a National Geographic article over the weekend, and they were talking about a tribe somewhere that spends almost 24 hours with their child until they're like 18 years old. They never separate from their child, ever. But the one thing that scientists noticed was that the parents almost never actually pay attention to them. So the parents have conversations, they go hunt, they clean the food, they do the whatever. They go into the village, they get water. They almost never talk to the kids. Never. They just ignore them.

[Natasha Leggero]

And that was proven as a positive thing.

[Brian Green]

It was proven as a positive thing. And it was like, the kids know they're loved and they're paid attention to and they're. They're held and they're cod in physical ways, but as far as mentally and emotionally, they don't. The parents don't stimulate the children. The children are supposed to still stimulate the children. And they are to be just, you know, not heard essentially from the. The rest of the tribe. And it was a positive thing. And I think to myself, I can't go one fucking minute without having a meaning, like having some. Trying to have some wisdom, impart some wisdom on my children. And I'm like, you know what? I did just fine. And my dad didn't talk to me until I was 36 years old. I was five. Fine. I'm fine. I'm fine.

[Natasha Leggero]

I know, right?

[Brian Green]

I swear to God, I'm okay.

[Natasha Leggero]

You're you're almost a YouTuber. Let's face it, you're living the dream.

[Brian Green]

I know. That's the problem now is that I try and tell my children. I'm like, listen, those people, all they want is, you know, they're just in for their 15 minutes of fame. And then I think to myself, so are you, you asshole. That's all you're there for too. Hey, Natasha, it's been great. I want to tell you one thing. We, Asher. I mean, Chrissy and I. Ford. Chrissy and I. Chrissy and are. Are big fans of your Comedy Central.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yes.

[Brian Green]

Have been a long time show. I just loved that show. Another period. It was another period.

[Natasha Leggero]

Yeah. Streaming on Paramount plus another period.

[Brian Green]

Three seasons.

[Natasha Leggero]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

And then I was trying to think, like when. Sometimes when guests come on, I try and think of the first time that I saw them doing something. And I vaguely remember until I googled it and figured it out that you were on this weird MTV reality show called that 70s House.

[Natasha Leggero]

That was my first dog club.

[Brian Green]

I know. I. I went and I watched a few episodes. I watched it on the airplane, actually. I. I had downloaded that show from YouTube and it is. So it's on YouTube. Fascinating. What is hyper. Yes, it's on YouTube. Well, anything's on YouTube. They. It's not. I'm sure it's not legally on YouTube, but it's on YouTube. They have all of the episodes up there on YouTube.

[Natasha Leggero]

The 70s house. And I put dawn and basically it's kind of ahead of its time, to be honest. And it was like a fake show. And I play this woman who's come straight out of the 70s to. And I take all the cell phones and computers away from the computers of teenagers. And this is like 20 years ago. And they have to just live in this l. In this house. Like it's the 70s. And it was pretty fascinating. I had so much fun. I mean, I. I didn't really interact with them as myself. I was kind of this character. But it's. I mean, rewatching it. The show is actually really good.

[Brian Green]

If you want a little snapshot of what 2005 was like. Now on the one on YouTube that I saw the version. I saw it had the commercials included. So it's like someone obviously VHS it and then, you know, put it on YouTube. Like a lot of these shows are done. And it is a snapshot of 2005. It is ahead of its time. And it's kind of a quirky little fun little watch. If you go watch it. Okay. That Well, I did. It was a lot of fun. Go watch. Watch yourself. 20 years ago. Are you smarter than a celebrity? Is streaming now on Prime. Endless Honeymoon is one question. Was the podcast first or was the Netflix special?

[Natasha Leggero]

Our podcast was first, and our Netflix special, the Honeymoon Standup Special, that's something that we taped in Austin and. But, yeah, we just kind of. We were doing it kind of live on the road and calling people up and giving relationship advice. And, you know, my husband's been sober for almost, I think, 30, 30 years, and I've had, you know, maybe 10 serious relationships. So I think together. Together we've been able to, you know, and it's. It's been really fun also seeing, like, a lot of young people calling in. Like, so many of our fans are young people and just being able to talk to them about what it's like being married and giving them a little bit of perspective. It's very rewarding. And I think we all kind of got each other through the pandemic. We really souped it up during the pandemic, so we had nothing else to do. So, you know, we were doing two a week, and, you know, it really kind of strengthened the fan base, and it's just been such a great thing. I really love doing the podcast, the Endless Honeymoon podcast now on Dear Media.

[Brian Green]

I just started listening a couple days ago. Yeah. On which media?

[Natasha Leggero]

That's.

[Brian Green]

Oh, Dear Media. Great company. Yeah. Yeah, I just started listening. I think it's great. I. Congratulations on the show. You. We're both big fans of yours, so thank you for coming on. You're welcome back anytime.

[Natasha Leggero]

Awesome. Thank you guys so much. Hopefully one day I'll see you. Thanks.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Yes.

[Brian Green]

Come to Atlanta. Astrid will cook you a Venezuelan dish. Some empanadas, maybe. Awesome.

[Natasha Leggero]

All right, thank you, guys. Thank you.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Bye.

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[Brian Green]

Ah, Natasha. What a great deal of fun. I like Natasha.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

She's just a Happy person and so smart, witty, funny.

[Brian Green]

She's smart, she's witty. She's one of those people where you get nervous about talking to her because you're know you're outwitted. Do you know what I'm saying? Like, you're actually outwitted. So you go, well, I just hope I can hold my own during the conversation. No, she was perfectly pleasant and she's been in so many things that we've all seen. She's also. I forgot to. And we didn't have a ton of time, and that's my fault. I. I had to cut it short. This. This particular interview, not hers. She. She offered her time, but she's also been in a lot of those roasts. She's done a lot of the roasts.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

She does a great job at those.

[Brian Green]

Yeah, the Netflix special is really good. You should go watch it. I think it's like, I want to say that it's three hours long altogether. She does a stand up 30 or 40 minutes. Her husband does a stand up 30 or 40 Minutes. They come together and then they answer questions from the audience as Endless Honeymoon. And it's. It's really good. So go check that out on Netflix. And then, wow, did she have a glowing review for Travis or what?

[Natasha Leggero]

I know.

[Brian Green]

Now I realize that she's working with Travis, right? And she's got to say nice things.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

No, he just sounds. He seems like a genuinely.

[Brian Green]

He does. He seems like a genuinely sweet person. And, yeah, listen, I haven't heard anything bad about Travis, Kelsey, have you? Yeah, and you'd think you'd probably get that through the rumor mill, like, oh, Travis is a dick. He doesn't tip. He said bad things. He pushes people around. He's batting away, you know, photographers. He seems to be taking this all very much in stride, especially after his star has risen even more than it was already, Rosen, when he started dating Taylor Swift. But hey, listen, I'm rooting for this them.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I am officially the beginning.

[Brian Green]

Well, good for you. Chrissy's been on that bandwagon since the very beginning. I just jumped on the bandwagon right after we talked with Natasha. I said, okay, all right, I'll give those two a try.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

All right. Okay.

[Brian Green]

Why not? Ah, you know, I can't be a dick to everybody, so why not? And hey, listen, there's the smallest chance that Travis would take a break from his, you know, 10 million download a day podcast to come on the commercial break. You never know.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

A little cross promotion.

[Brian Green]

Well, listen, he needs it more than we Do. But. But, you know, if he. Ask Travis, if you need a little boost, I. I'm there for you, buddy. Don't you worry about. A commercial break is always here for you. I got to tell you something. So the other day, we got a. We got an email from a person, and the. We got an email from a person. From a person. I don't want to give away any details here, because I think they're very lovely and there's nothing bad to say, but they said, hey, listen. You know, I listen to your show. I think it's great. I also have a podcast. Me and my friend have a podcast. I think we are extremely similar, and I think it would do us both a bunch of good to cross promote each other. Now, for those of you that don't know, cross promoting is when we talk about the other person's show on our show or we run ads now in. We're part of the Odyssey Network, so sometimes you'll hear other Odyssey show advertisements inside of our show. Those are. You know, we do those because we're with the Odyssey Network and we want to show them love. They do the same thing for us. But this was not one of those. This was like a cold email, like, hey, I love you guys, blah, blah, blah, blah.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Reminds me of our old days or our beginning.

[Brian Green]

It does, it does. We used to try and get those, too. We used to do the same thing, by the way. The same thing. So I say, hey, thank you very much for the kind words, and great to know you're a fan of the show. What's, you know, what. What's one of your favorite episodes? I just wanted to, like, push a little bit on it, you know, just make sure that they're actually listening to the show. And then I said, number two, give me an idea of how many people are listening, and we'll make sure that, you know, there's some reciprocity here. That's the best way to do it. And I think anyone who knows how to do this would agree with that. And so they respond like, lickety split. They respond and they say, well, my favorite episodes are your guest episodes. And I really loved the episode you did with Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Well, and we're up.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

They're living in the future.

[Brian Green]

We're up to about 200 downloads. And so I said. So I responded. And I go, well, I'm sure Neil was great on our show, but I don't remember being a part of the conversation. However, I am full of calcium, so I may not remember just Let me know. And then I said, 200 downloads per day. You know, per day. And then they said, no, we're up to 200 downloads total. And then they insisted that Neil Degrasse had been on the show. And they said, no, that episode where you did with Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and you guys were laughing about Mars, and I was like, yeah, I got nothing. I got nothing. I said, listen, I'm sure this would be.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

We would love for that to happen.

[Brian Green]

Yeah. Hey, listen, Neil DeGrasse is on the list. If the. If the booking agency finds Neil DeGrasse Tyson in a bad way and he really needs to get himself out there again, well, then he's welcome to come on the show.

[Natasha Leggero]

Yeah.

[Brian Green]

But otherwise it's Natasha Lazaro, who is. Who is just wonderful, by the way. Are you smarter than a celebrity? The first three episodes. Maybe the. By the time that. Yeah, no first three episodes. There are three more that'll drop tomorrow on Wednesday. But the first three episodes are available on prime now. Natasha, Nikki, Glacier, Fraser, Ron Fuches. A bunch of people are on that show.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I think you'll find it entertaining when, you know, they put out quite a few episodes at once to kind of get you, give you flavor.

[Brian Green]

I agree. I made it through two and some change, but, you know, I got. I. We realized we were going to interview her yesterday, so, yeah, there's only so much I could do in one day. And then she's got the podcast Endless.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Honeymoon and her book the World. World deserves my children.

[Brian Green]

The world deserves my children. I look forward to listening to it on audio.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I do love those audiobooks.

[Brian Green]

And then you can find her on all the socials. I think it's Natasha Leggero dot com. She does tour still. She goes and does live shows. She actually postponed her shows in Daniel Point also. Oh, yes. So there you go. I don't know if it was because of calcium, but we'll have to ask.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

Her next storm or something.

[Brian Green]

Oh, that's true. Might have been the storm. But anyway, you know how you can. All that about Natasha, we got to tell you a little bit about ourselves, too. So here's how you do it. We would love to know which celebrity, which. Which celebrity, which charity you would like us to get behind for the 12 days of TCB, the 12 days leading up to Christmas. So the 13th through the 25th, Chrissy and I are going to be doing an episode. Episode every single day. Celebrity guests and all that other stuff. We're going to be doing it for a good cause. We're going to encourage people to go and to donate to charities, but we need a couple suggestions because it could be. I'm gonna pick one, Chrissy, you'll pick one and then you'll pick one or two and then we'll go from there. So let me know what your favorite charity is. Let me know why it's your favorite charity and let's make sure that they're not, you know, using 98 of their budget on advertising cars for kids 7, 7 cards for kids. So 212-4333. TCB 212433, 3822. Questions, comments, concerns, content, ideas, charity ideas. Let me know at the commercial break on Instagram tcb podcast on tick tock. Get your free sticker. YouTube www.tcbpodcast.com and YouTube.com the commercial break for our interview with Natasha. All of our other interviews and selected episodes. Okay, Chrissy, that's all I can do for today.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

I think so.

[Brian Green]

But I'll tell you that I love.

[Kristen Joy Hoadley]

You and I love you.

[Brian Green]

I'll say best to you, best to you and best to y out there in the podcast universe. Until next time. Chrissy and I always say, we do say and we must say goodbye, Sam.