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Here are the things about HWYW:

In general, I read my beloved kindle on the train. And in general on road trips (down to Virginia or up to Vermont) I listen to music. I was never a casts-of-pod listener to or of. But BECAUSE it’s Julie, the Mr. and I thought we’d mix-it-up and listen to people talking about stuff while we while-away the miles. Here’s what happened -

Road trips aren’t long enough! I’m always playing catch-up (AND always chasing rainbows) with HWYW - right now, it’s still October in HWYW-land, and Julie is sitting with THE Amy Fucking Poehler (don’t bother checking IMDB, that is indeed her real middle name) in Amy’s (I imagine) 4 story solid gold trailer with fringe on top and a diamond grill like Kanye’s on the front on the PARKS set, and they are giggling mischievously like the funnest and funniest girls at the party and all you want to do is hover around and near them at the snack table hoping they’ll let you into their circle and snack nest so you can laugh too and interject the occasional “I saw that episode too!” because you find the same things hilarious, even if your observations lack humor, wit, timing and humor. And OF COURSE they will let you in, because they are the most gracious and sincere ladies around.

So I am now listening to the casts-of-pod during my commutes, which means I’m grinning like a schmuck for 45 minutes [on a good day, an hour in reality (how I loathe you, MTA)] between Brooklyn and Columbus Circle and everyone thinks I’m laughing at them, but I’m not. I’m laughing at something between my ears that I’m SURE is far too sophisticated for you to understand, you pedestrian plebian!

That’s what it feels like when you listen to HWYW. And her guests are people I’ve heard of, and we all wish we knew [Sandra Bernhardt, Jackie Collins, Sally Kellerman, Jackee (insert accent aigu over that first “e”) Sarah Silverman, Susie Essman, Laraine Newman, e’s.g.] and people I’ve never heard of that I now WISH I knew (David Rakoff call me! We feel the same way about “Rent!” AND I am a creative person suffering at a soul crushing day job!)

If you’ve had the pleasure of knowing or the distinct privilege working with Julie (I worked under her – she was the director of my sketch team, RHODA, where she endured endless parody sketches I submitted, and gave me jokes to put into them so that they would be funny) then you’ve been in the presence of her brilliance and you already know what I’m talking about.

EVERYONE knows Julie will make it BIGG (DOUBLE GG’s, y’all) because she WORKS FUCKING HARD and is amazingly talented, and fantastically FUNNY and 100% authentic. And smarter than anyone you know.

As a pop-culture addict (PUT IT IN MY VEINS) she has me beat for sure (is addiction a competitive sport? It should be.) She is the only person who watches more TV than I do (so should TV watching be. A competitive sport.) Now when I am watching one of our mutual shows, (this is what I call the shows that Julie and I both watch, in the imaginary conversations I have with her in my head) I’m thinking “can’t WAIT to read/hear what The Klausner says about this!” And her observations are always more entertaining than the actual show.

So, in short, stop wasting your ears on music and the sound of your child’s voice, and stream/download these shows immediately, and subscribe so you can say you felt like you knew her “when,” because “when” is gonna be gone AND SOON!

And for the record, she is the only person I will listen to talk about their cat.

howwasyourweek:

Welcome to the How Was Your Week Tumblr! Check out our first post—it’s a poster for HWYW Live designed by Spoony himself! Do you have tickets yet?