Origin Story and Early Comedy

Neal Brennan interviews Sarah Sherman (SNL, Live & In The Flesh), AKA Sarah Squirm, about her fashion style, always wanting to be a comedian, going to Northwestern, her emo phase, anxiety, paranoia, delusion, SNL nightmares, why she thinks she's "kind of bad at standup," live sketches vs. Weekend Update, therapy, being gross and crazy, the internet, Adam Sandler and more.

00:00 ‘Live & In The Flesh’ HBO Special

4:23 Origin Story

8:41 Her fashion style 

11:44 Wanting to be a comedian 

16:03 Going to Northwestern

17:13 Sponsor: Huel

19:35 Sponsor: Harrys

22:14 Anxiety & Emo Phase

26:00 SNL Nightmares

28:01 Delusion & Paranoia about her style of comedy

32:00 Family & Anxiety

33:07 Sponsor: Squarespace

36:02 “Kind of bad at standup”

42:07 SNL - Live Sketches vs. Update

47:55 Therapy

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56:59 Sponsor: Cheers Health

59:23 Crazy

1:05:30 Self-care

1:10:30 Adam Sandler

1:11:56 The Internet

1:16:20 Her relationship

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