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What We Thought Would Happen

Laura Kightlinger & Daniel Webb

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Laura Kightlinger and Daniel Webb are seasoned standups getting to know each other via podcast. By sharing stunning missteps in life and career they’re able to trace their failings back to their parents, God, Texas, and piano lessons. Their budding friendship will be put to the test with special guests, friend activities, high school challenges, and classic movie recommendations.
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We sit down with comedian Jackie Kashian to discuss Jackie's tumultuous upbringing in Wisconsin, losing her mother in a motorcycle accident, from the pew to the pool cue, The Dork Forest Podcast, therapy, White Guilt or Empathy and heckling Sam Kinison. X: @jackiekashian Instagram: @jackiekashian Website: jackiekashian.com WWTWH YouTube Channel Lau…
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We sit down with comedians, Randy and Jason Sklar to discuss, vax-ectomies, starting stand up at 15, the kismetic force that is Andy Kindler, "Give me the ball", Tag-It, animal psychics, Stephen Tobolowsky, conjoined pay, Heidi Klum's final solution and Katherine Heigl losing her shit on the set of Grey's Anatomy. www.supersklars.com WWTWH YouTube …
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We sit down with actor, comedian and host of the "Tomorrow Show!" Ron Lynch. We discuss Ron helping Laura get her start in Boston, 20 years of Tomorrow!, unsolicited tags, speleology, comedy competitions, touch down Jesus, too many tapes, clowning, game shows, Paul Reubens and Ron's secrets Instagram: @tomorrowwithronlynch WWTWH YouTube Channel Lau…
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We sit down with actor, comedian, writer and our first Kid in the Hall, Scott Thompson to discuss "King", the trials and tribulations of the Kids in the Hall on Amazon, wanting to be an interesting talk show guest, Brain Candy, success being as devastating as failure, the Brampton School shooting and Dance with my Bones. Website: newscottlandland.c…
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We sit down with beloved comic, tv writer and stand up coach, Erin Foley. We discuss stand up coaching, sitcom writing, the odyssey of lesbian love, being a twin, death from above, the royals, "Cruel Jaws", you're not a Claire, an ashtray full of pills, anti-depressant spoiler, the Barker Beauties, frozen shoulder and Kansas City Amputations. Websi…
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We sit down with our good friend, comedian Amy Miller to discuss getting passed at The Comedy Store, meeting Dolly Parton, Amy's boyfriend's "Great Ass!", Queen's of the Moon, crashing Hawaiian resort chairs, indifference, a stranger's finger in your food, Roseanne, we're all Darlene, Lucille Ball's 'Cross Up', Amy's time on The Last Comic Standing…
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A comic’s comic, writer, activist who actually acts on behalf of women and has taken an anti-abortion protester’s rusty nail to the thigh for you and me, the pride of Minnesota, our good friend Lizz Winstead joins us today on What We Thought Would Happen. X: @lizzwinstead Insta: @lizzwinstead Website: Abortion Access Front Documentary: "No One Aske…
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We sit down with limitlessly funny comedian, writer and actress Audrey Stewart to discuss Audrey's uncanny ability to interact with a rowdy crowd, when your family shows up to watch your set, hot yoga and weed, dying while listening to Skrillex, Kaboodles, straight relationships, the gay spectrum, improv to stand up, WeHo Halloween, psycho Aspen vo…
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He’s so funny you almost forget he’s Irish, loyal friend and legend - Greg Fitzsimmons sits down with Laura and Daniel to discuss the inherent dumbness of certain audiences, encountering your childhood bully in middle age, bad advice from comedy bookers, Laura and Greg's first encounter, the incomparable southie charm of Mary Fitzgerald, Dave Attel…
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Brighter than Vega, as necessary as the dark sky, science communicator and crotch gusset enthusiast, Caitlin Gill joins Daniel and Laura to ruminate on the Horseshoe Theory, fenced compounds, Pluto, Uranus, star leftovers, Angelica Houston, the way you pronounce “antennae” says a lot about your identity, Angela Lansbury, Daniel’s puberty greets the…
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We sit down with the hilarious and lovely, Jann Karam to discuss her multiple appearances on The Tonight Show and David Letterman, starting comedy in Arizona, Catch a Rising Star, David Spade stealing Jann's material, Jann's one woman show, painting, rescuing cats, the current stand up special swamp, never doing your side work and obtaining from cr…
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We sat down on a perfect rainy day with comedian, actor, arsonist and our close friend, Paul Danke. We discuss tasting Fontana's air, the thrill of a disaster, the ring of fire, end time prophets, teaching your children about the dangers of meritocacy, Paul's new album on a Special Thing records, Blam! Blam! Blam!, highschool sketch programs, News …
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We proudly welcome a great friend who happens to be the funniest man and ape on this burning planet. Please give a What We Thought Would Happen welcome to the one and only DANA GOULD! We discuss Dana and Laura's long term friendship and coming up in Boston, Gilbert Gottfried needs another cunt joke, Dwight Fry, Mel Brooks, the balls on Leslie Niels…
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Laura and Daniel sit down with actor and comedian, Francisco Ramos. We discuss growing up Venezuelan in D.C., going from finance to comedy, becoming a paid Comedy Store regular, improv, comedy cruise ship disasters, staying humble, The Unexpecteds, equal pay for comics and his upcoming special, "Venezuelamerican" Insta: @framoscomedy Website: franc…
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We sit down with actor, comedian and writer, Andy Richter. We discuss mundane dreams about chairs, mysterious family deaths, tall poppy syndrome, Del Close, "Can't we call her something else?", the real Brady Brunch, Cabin Boy, women over 40, choosing between becoming a movie theater manager or talk show co-host, Amy Sedaris' wicker wheelchair, dir…
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Daniel and Laura welcome Jon Kinnally and Chris Young to drink about Blondie’s narrow escape on Houston Street, The Green Witch Guide, Daniel’s coffin etiquette, The Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Paul Rudd reads, the comedic brilliance of Christina Applegate, Wake Up Ron Burgundy, the Craigslist Killer, John Wayne’s intestines, NADS, AYDS, Maskiss Go…
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Tammy Jo Dearen (sitting in for Daniel) and I sit down with comedian Eddie Pepitone. We discuss our Vaudeville days, Dorito's Vodka, the ICP Healthcare plan, operatic rage-aholics, the death of Comedy Central, uncle porn, Dennis Leary dating dopplegangers, losing a tooth on live television, Elton John's low effort song repackaging, defensive postur…
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We sit down with Kimberly Clark who is one of the sweetest, funniest and most original comics out there. We discuss preferring t.v. to snow, the slutty spectrum of newscasters, shaking down Walter Cronkite for the truth about the JFK assassination, being a CBS Page on The Price is Right and the Drew Carey show, stand up clubs in malls, "Blow Branfo…
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Laura and Daniel chat with the wonderfully clever comic and filmmaker, Max Beasley. They discuss swinger iconography, Lorena Bobbit: girl-boss, kink test results, touching that tonight show money, Woody Allen's Children's Hospital/2nd wife pipeline, checking vax cards at the Ripley's Believe it or Not museum, filmmaking inspirations and Oscar wars.…
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Laura and Daniel chat with the beautiful and hilarious, Kira Soltanovich. They discuss the dark nature of Russian Fairy Tales, the indomitable Rasputinic like nature of Kira's mother, Babushka's last beep, withstanding Joan Rivers, growing up in San Francisco, sneaking into stand up shows at 15, worst sets and Russian spas. X: @kiracomedy Insta: @k…
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Laura and Garrett (sitting in for Daniel) chat with the funniest writer they know and co-creator The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman, Dave Punch. They discuss, doing a little bit better than the losers in high school, knee capping young girls, "your hole is full of stories", Treat Williams chokehold, Floor 44, Laura and Dave's writing proce…
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Laura and Daniel chat with comedian, real estate agent and mother of Phoebe, Jamie Bridgers. They discuss, Pugs, salt peter, Ed Asner reading bedtime stories at the roller derby, celebrity sweat offerings, postpartum vampire analogies, the gray areas of maritime law, not enjoying music like a man would, letting satan in, Buck Owens & Dwight Yoakam,…
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Daniel and Garrett (sitting in for Laura) chat with comedian, t.v. writer, voice act and podcaster Ian Edwards. They discuss, The Boondocks, working in the Wayan's Dynasty, starting comedy while taking orders in a drive-thru, Greg, not being on the Fugees album, Haitian Jack, Strong Island, using comedy to adapt, ayahuasca, past life experiences, m…
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Laura and Garrett (sitting in for Daniel) chat with the Comedian and Ad Man, Allen Strickland Williams. They discuss, the ad biz, I owe Larry David Money, Florida's sink holes, bitching about stand up, women do be like that, let it ride, paying it forward: illegal drug edition, acid trips, what did we get from the strike?, Allen's new special and C…
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Laura and Daniel chat with the Comedian, Podcaster and TV Expert Extraordinaire, Ken Reid. They discuss, keeping drunk newscasters on task, Chuck Connors: Italian Werewolf Ship Captain, flowers for Gerald McRaney, Golden Girls/Munsters vs. Designing Women/Addams Family, domesticated abuse parrot, which sitcoms had the most suicides, Laura's first h…
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Laura and Daniel chat with the the wonderfully talented actor, author, screen writer, comedian, playwright and beautiful soul, Justin Sayre. They discuss, Justin's new play, "Lottie Plachett Took A Hatchet", Lizzie Borden, their encounters with TV Tyrants who eat hair and or foot skin, Disney hostages, Betty "Backhand" Perske aka Lauren Bacall, fro…
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Laura and Daniel chat with the incredibly funny and quick witted, Michelle Biloon. They discuss, Disney Plaid status, multiple sclerosis, The Torkelsons, their inability to interact with normal people, dermoids and CHER vs. influencers Twitter: @biloon Insta: @biloon Website: biloon.com WWTWH YouTube Channel Laura Kightlinger Twitter: @KingKightlin…
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Laura and Daniel chat with vivacious, naturally funny Vanessa Gonzalez. Together they explore self-portraits, Vanessa’s pre-school teaching job, potty training and pre-school mom expectations, Daniel’s summer camp sickness, right-wing audience members, touring with Chelsea Handler on private planes, Kathy Griffin, Margaret Cho, Def Comedy Jam, Gay …
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Thank you to our over one thousand weekly listeners! Laura and Daniel reminisce about the first 20 episodes of WWTWH. The guests, the goofs, what to do with the tattered clothes of a dead grandparent, Mike Watt, Dolly Parton's saxophone, Elvis' solid gold diaper pins, getting bumped, murder scenes, toilet spices, champagne showers in Tommy Lee Jone…
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Laura and Daniel welcome the miraculous Two Headed Dog aka Mark Fite and Jim Turner. Together they ponder The Righteous Gemstones, the glorious Edie Patterson, Clowntown City Limits, the Higgins Boys and Gruber, octogenarian ushers, the 29 -year-old man, Adrian Belew, hooker number one and handjob guy thegooddeedcorps.org WWTWH YouTube Channel Laur…
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Daniel and Laura talk with vivacious performer, Uncabaret creator producer and writing coach extraodinaire Beth Lapides about the singular comedy of transcendent Judy Toll, and the rare group of comic storytellers including Merrill Markoe, Henriette Mantel, Kathy Griffin, Dana Gould, Bob Odenkirk, Margaret Cho, Julia Sweeney, and Andy Kindler who l…
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We're joined today by the hilarious and industrious firebrand Tammy Jo Dearen to discuss cats and a fear of intimacy, Who's Dead?, getting bad news on the john, a guided audio tour of our feet, prime rib and Don Rickles thin lips, the pleasure of performing on a Tammy Jo show, fascinating tales of nun corpses, HOLLAND TAYLOR!, shutterbug Daniel fin…
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Laura and Daniel talk with the peerless comic, author and polymath Julia Sweeney about the Greystone Mansion ghost tour, SCTV, Catherine O’Hara, Andrea Martin, prison sex in Ireland, Catholicism, SNL, Jan Hooks, rational thinking, the joy of skepticism, pot lip gloss, the scam artistry of Deepak Chopra, psychics, and the sign of the scales. Twitter…
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Laura and Daniel welcome Jimmy Harry, musician, composer and golden globe winner. They weigh in on pop, punk, RuPaul, Bob Mould, Peaches’ birthday in Berlin, the Bey Hive Vs. Swifties, Kylie Minogue, The Beatles, a musician’s dues, Sade’s bassist and Whorgasm Website: www.jimmyharry.com Twitter: @bonsaimammal Instagram: @thejimmyharry WWTWH YouTube…
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Daniel and Laura sit down with the stellar Maggie May and cover Austin, TX, the Spider Room, reading the audience, cheerleading, living in Los Angeles, Cassavetes, The Simpsons, Gary Shandling, poetry, Los Olivos, worst comic, rape jokes, 2 Broke Girls, San Diego clubs, plan B, “60 Spins Around the Sun", the Menendez Brothers, Conan, DaVinci's Vitr…
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The prolific, delightful, comedically corpulent Brian Kiley joins Laura and Daniel to chat about working on Conan, Ellen, comedy writing, baseball, Eileen Brennan, Murder By Death, Clue, Bob Newhart, Dick Van Dyke, Joan Rivers, pandering vs. material, comics with journeys, working clean, Jackie Gleason, Art Carney and sex slings. Comedy Special: ..…
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Actress, Handy Woman and Minor Accomplishments alumni, Nicholle Tom stops by to chat with Laura and Daniel about working with SAG pres. Fran Drescher on the Nanny, what to do when your magician lover leaves you with his rabbits and doves, Charles Grodin: human or machine?, don't look Liz Taylor or her dogs in the eye, 90210, working with notorious …
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Daniel and Laura welcome the wonderful, unbreakable Wendy Liebman to discuss car accidents, the hazards of supermarket rejiggering, beautiful EMT’s, Letterman, the dearth of women on TV after 9 pm, Daniel’s Easter pants, when we were bi, stepsons, husbands and Korean Jindo's. Twitter: @WendyLiebman Instagram: @wendyliebman Web: wendyliebman.com WWT…
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Fielding Edlow, "Bitter Homes and Gardens creator and star, and standup debuting her one-woman show, "Gaslighting Is My Love Language” at the Edinburgh Festival from Aug 3 to 13, joins Daniel and Laura to celebrate trapeze flying, patient enactment work, telemarketing, Ian Ziering and crying on cue. Web: fieldingedlow.com Twitter: @Fieldingedlow In…
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Renowned Conan head writer, comic, former mailman and tall glass of water, Mike Sweeney, joins Laura and Daniel to discuss the behind-the-scenes trajectory of the Conan show, open swimming, Keith Haring, and on stage out-of-body experiences. Inside Conan Podcast NIAD Art Center WWTWH YouTube Channel Laura Kightlinger Twitter: @KingKightlinger Insta…
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Laura & Daniel sit down with the brilliantly talented, multifaceted, iconic Margaret Cho to discuss loose criminals, tv watching face, comedy communes, almost destroying Mark Ruffalo: the only man that can assemble and disassemble Margaret's Chinese bed, being in an Atlanta Police Chase, Daniel & Laura's childhood poetry slam and much, much more! W…
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Laura and Daniel are joined by comedian, podcaster and soothsayer Lizzy Cooperman Lizzy Cooperman's In Your Hands Book a tarot reading with Lizzy WWTWH YouTube Channel Laura Kightlinger Twitter: @KingKightlinger Insta: @laurakightlingerlives Web: laurakightlinger.com Daniel Webb Twitter: @thedanielwebb Insta: @the_danielwebb Web: thedanielwebb.com…
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Daniel and Laura discuss communal waffle irons, confusing murders with musicals, that f*cking submarine, losing your dressing room to Cher's wig, is Laura of sound mind?, hearing an Appalachian gay man say "Teddy bear", again with the capes, teen poetry, "oops, too much ecstasy" and bumming out execs. WWTWH YouTube Channel Laura Kightlinger Twitter…
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Emmy and WGA award winning writer on Arrested Development, writer/producer on Golden Girls, The John Laroquette show, My wife and kids, with two Tonight Show appearances under and above his belt, please give a What We Thought Would Happen welcome to the the inimitable, lactose-loving Jim Vallely. We discuss watching The Robin Byrd Show with the rea…
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Daniel and Laura discuss the downside of inviting friends to standup shows, their regard for Stephen King’s compelling, multi-dimensional female characters, the standup pandering trend, parallel stealing, touring in the South, the King Bear pageant, Pat Robertson’s Chick Fil-a, comedy fest couples: Lynn Shawcroft and Mitch Hedberg, Laura and Absint…
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Laura and Daniel sit down with the ingenious, sitcom writer/creator and critically acclaimed author, Elizabeth "Liz" Astrof. The dictator show runner: “Where do you live, fat jew town?" Late night all-male rewrite sessions including: “How 'bout I punch Laura in the face,” death obsessions, 9/11, the Challenger Explosion, Rust, Westworld Rifles and …
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We covered Disney movies with unhappy endings - Bambi, Dumbo, The Lion King, going to the theater alone and crying, how it rained trench coats at the 25th Anniversary of Caligula, a porn theater conspiracy theory, hypnotherapy, Pat the Hip Hypnotist, the cheating improv-er, the Gen Z lack of in-person rejections, the prom, what moms want for their …
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Daniel and Laura are joined by the incomparable, illustrious, Laraine Newman. Details from Laraine's revelatory book “May You Live in Interesting Times” available exclusively on Audible, such as growing up in LA on the same street as Groucho Marx, hanging out at Duke’s, meeting Fred Astaire, SNL, the Coneheads, Gilda, Jane, the Dating Game sketch, …
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