I was almost your daughter-in-law.

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Welcome back to where everybody knows your name.

For today's episode, I'm talking to a native of Cleveland, Ohio. Not that that's, you know,

overly strange or unique. She's Emmy-nominated comedian and actor Vanessa Bear, who is unique.

Vanessa was a cast member on Saturday Night Live for seven years, and it's not hard to see why she was such a fan favorite on that show.

Not only is she hilarious, she's joyful, kind, or at least to me, and has a great sense of

humor about life, even though she's had to overcome some adversity, and you'll soon hear all

about it. As I found out, we were very nearly related. That was not the

adverse part. I think you'll love her as much as I did. Here she is. Finally, Vanessa Bay.

Hi, Vanessa. I'm so thrilled about this. Yeah, me too. Me too. I'm a fan and you're so talented.

And I love this. I don't know about you and your podcast. And the name of the title is,

How Did We Get Weird? That's our podcast. Yes. So how did you guys get weird? And why did you think that'd be a great name for it? Do you feel like

you guys are weird? Yes, we're so weird. I mean, who isn't, I guess? But we got into it because

we would sort of always be texting each other. Like, do you remember this thing from when we were little?

From, I'm trying to think of an example. Like, when we were little, there was this commercial

on a lot for this wildlife card set where it was a guy, you got a safari hat and a different

card with a different, the thing that people

remember is that this kid, like, sees the card and he says, it's a duck-billed platypus.

Is this ringing a bell for anyone?

I'm looking around the studio and no one, little Lisa's giving it.

Where did you get these cards?

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