Show Notes
Jared Freid joins Steph to talk about his new Netflix hour The Family Plan, an entire special built out of his dad asking him how much he weighs at the beach. This leads to the two of them immediately spiraling into parent damage. Steph explains how she blew $900 on a one-way Air Canada ticket to escape her parents' cottage after getting screamed at over her parents' dog's diarrhea ("not my dog, not my problem"), then details her mom's $30,000-and-climbing stone slab renovation and the "there goes my inheritance" joke she landed ten times in three days while the neighbors ate it up. Jared gets into his dad stealing country club cups and demanding they come off the internet, boomer parents who hit a triple and think they landed on third, his mom telling him to just call Jimmy Fallon, and his dad asking a topsoil guy if he watches Netflix. From there it's Palm Beach International becoming Trump International Airport, personality T-shirts at the airport, the older gentleman who came to his show alone in an "I eat pussy" shirt, the Mel Robbins interview that went badly, and a long honest run on GLP-1s, his dad offering him Ozempic at dinner, the 80-year-old golf buddy who sold him on it, and the Monday morning Carney Wilson handed him a Biscoff cake at Jeff Lewis Live. Plus: where would you put a third arm, Steph refusing to become Steph McDonald, Jared's brother coaching the Bears, all dressed chip discourse, and the local chip, local mustard rider.
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Steph Tolev caught fire on the BILL BURR PRESENTS: FRIENDS WHO KILL, Netflix special. She was named a COMEDIAN YOU SHOULD AND WILL KNOW by Vulture, which recognized her as one of Canada’s funniest exports. She was featured on Comedy Central’s THE RINGERS stand up series, and season two of UNPROTECTED SETS. Steph has appeared in Comedy Central’s CORPORATE and starred in an episode of the Sarah Silverman-produced PLEASE UNDERSTAND ME. Steph has been well received at festivals all over the world and headlines clubs across the country. She also has a hit podcast on ALL THINGS COMEDY called “STEPH INFECTION” and appears in the feature OLD DADS starring and written by Bill Burr on Netflix . Check out her tour dates to see her live!
Chapters00:00:00 - Intro00:00:26 - Tour Dates & The Canada Run00:02:57 - The Family Plan: One Beach Story Became An Hour00:07:37 - Boomer Parents Hit A Triple On Third00:15:05 - There Goes My Inheritance00:19:59 - Airport Personality Shirts00:25:53 - The Mel Robbins "Let Them" Hat Backfire00:29:08 - GLP-1s Are The Best Drug He's Ever Done00:39:07 - Where Would You Put A Third Arm?00:43:54 - Do Your Parents Brag About You?00:48:17 - Steph McDonald Is Not Happening00:51:13 - All Dressed Chips
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