Chapter 1: What personal challenges does Riki Lindhome share at the beginning of the episode?
So I did IVF twice, but I have to go again. But I'm single and I don't have time to wait around for men. A donor brings in personal just too much of a gamble. And you're so great and blah, blah, blah. Okay, no more preamble. I want your sperm. I want your DNA. I want your baby. And I want it like today. You're smart, talented, healthy, athletic. The flaws you have don't seem genetic.
I mean that as a compliment. Plus your disinclination toward procreation makes the perfect combination to provide immunization from a fraught situation and or legal complication down the line. And I'm attracted to the fact that you're avoidantly attached so you're naturally a match like if you had a kid you'd never met you'd just forget and totally be fine. I also mean that as a compliment.
look it's a favor to me but also to you because think about this if you're torn you get to fulfill the mail urge to appropriate but also the mail urge to not really help when they're born deadbeat dad no one's mad best deal anyone's ever had on this episode of the commercial break
Hey there, cats and kittens. You know, it's always good news when I come on before an episode. Usually it means that I have screwed something up technically and you're going to be on the losing end of content. Not so much this time. We were really excited when we heard Rikki Lindholm was going to come on the show and we had such a wonderful time with her.
Rikki is a talented comedian and musician, actress and writer. And while the interview went great and we certainly enjoyed this conversation, the technology that we use must have had a bad day at the office. because there are parts of the episode when it sounds like Ricky is about ten and a half miles away. It doesn't last for long, and it's not for the entire episode.
It certainly is not bothersome enough to put this episode in the can, but it is bothersome enough that I thought I would address it. So you know, if Ricky does fade out a little bit, just give it a second. She'll come back.
When you have a million wires running from a million different things and then you rely on someone else's technology to teleport celebrities into your TV, there will come an occasion when that teleportation gets a little foggy. But I think you'll still really like our conversation with Ricky Lindholm. And Chrissy's a big fan, so let Chrissy lead this one. Sorry for any muddy audio. Not our fault.
Swear to God. Enjoy. The next episode of The Commercial Break starts now.
Oh, yeah, cats and kittens, welcome back to The Commercial Break. I'm Brian Green. This is my dear friend and the co-host of this show, Kristen Joy Holdley. Best to you, Kristen. Best to you, Brian. Best to you out there in the podcast universe. Thanks for joining us on a TCB infomercial day. Rikki Lindholm is here. I can't wait to talk to her.
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Chapter 2: How did Riki Lindhome gain popularity on YouTube?
On her website, it says songs, funny songs for adults. Yeah. Right. So I think that's that's where you go with it. Ricky is also married to Fred Armisen. Little known fact. There you go. And she's gracing us with her presence here today. And I thank her for it. Yes, after some fits and starts.
You know, Ricky was originally supposed to be a part of our TCB Endless Day, but because of a scheduling conflict, it didn't happen. But that's just well enough, Chrissy, because now she can have her own time right here today without all of the drama, the muss, the fuss, and the 3,625 different episodes. So let's do this. Why don't you take this one? You do it.
I agree. I would love to.
All right. Chrissy's going to do Ricky Lindholm. I mean, I'll be here, but Chrissy will do Ricky Lindholm when we get back. Why don't we do this? I'll speak. You speak. Why don't we do this? We'll take a break. And when we get back, Ricky Lindholm, through the magic of telepodcasting, will be right here in this studio, through that television, and in your ears. What do you think?
I think we should do it.
We'll be right back.
Okay, you're probably wondering why I, Rachel, have taken over the voice duties at TCB. It's pretty simple. Astrid asked me to shut Brian up, even for a minute. Well, lovely Astrid, your wish is my command. Do you want to help Astrid too? You know you do. Leave a message for her or me or Chrissy at 212-433-3TCB. That's 212-433-3822. You can be on the show too. Just call and say something.
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Chapter 3: What is Riki's new album 'No Worries If Not' about?
Super Serious. And they paired us up and we played a song with him and it was really fun. Oh, God.
That's like a dream come true.
We had to find a song, you know, because he's a clean comic. Yeah. Yeah. So we had to dig deep to find one of our songs that didn't have that.
Was that a request of his or or is that just like something you just understood going in?
We just understood it.
Yeah, just like don't.
I'm sure he would have requested it had we been like, hey, will you do the loophole? He'd be like, I don't think that's my brand. The loophole. The song that we offered was one of our cleaner ones.
Yeah. Obviously. Smart thinking.
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Chapter 4: What can listeners expect from Riki's one-woman show 'Dead Inside'?
Know your audience. Yes. Yeah. Yes.
Exactly. And how did you and Kate meet?
We met, we both were doing, there was a period of time, tell me if you remember this, where every woman in commercials had huge eyes.
Yes. Oh, yeah.
Yes. So like there was like when I started auditioning for commercials, it was all like the Maxim girls, like the Doritos girl. That was the look. And then all of a sudden it flipped. And it was just these women with big eyes. And I so I started booking everything. And so did Kate. And we were just always at the same commercial callbacks.
And it was and I still remember just seeing all the same girls. And we all kind of became friends. And that's the initial.
So which which commercials would we have seen you in?
I did so many that all of my conflicts were filled. So, like, say you do, like, a snack food. Then you have a two-year conflict with snack foods and you can't do any more.
Yeah, gotcha. Okay.
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Chapter 5: How did Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci start collaborating?
And someone's like, oh, YouTube, you can just... So I just uploaded it and I sent the link and not like... No way.
You just stumbled onto it.
It was like the first half of my email address. Like I wasn't we did not think anyone would see it. And then people and then we just looked and it was like a month later and we had 10,000 views and we're like, wow, we didn't know anyone.
Holy shit.
Oh, my God. Hang on. Wait. And that was like a lot at the time. We were just like, yeah. And because there was no one on YouTube, they kept featuring us on the front page. Oh, my God.
That is that is fucking insane.
It's like you either got to be first, most or best. And we were first.
Yeah, it's true. That's like you. You're the first person in history to like stumble in. I'm not the first person in history. Unlike anything we've ever done, you stumbled into something that caused great success. First of all, probably because people enjoyed the content. The content was good. But then you like hit on this thing so early on that you had no idea what it was.
Like most people had no idea what it was. And then it just kind of snowballed from there.
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