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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
On this episode of The Commercial Break.
Oh yeah, cats and kittens, welcome back to yet a regular episode of The Commercial Break. I'm missing my co-host because I believe she will never return after the 26 days of TCB. But in the low light of the post-Christmas glow, we must forge on, my friends. We must forge on. You didn't ask for it, but I don't care. Gonna put out an episode on this Thursday anyway.
And while I sit here recording on actual Christmas Day, I know tomorrow I will be full of blaze in the post-holiday depression that's sure to overtake us all.
So while the ladies take some well-deserved time off, I'm going to try and cheer you up with a few interviews we recorded but haven't gotten to because for some incredibly dumb reason, I decided to put out 25 episodes in the month of December.
Chapter 2: How did Poppy Liu become known in the entertainment industry?
But just a few weeks back, before all of the high drama around 12 Days of TCB, Chrissy and I did get an opportunity to sit with the lovely Poppy Liu. Poppy is stealing scenes in Hacks. She's currently on the Netflix Top 10 series No Good Deed. She starred in Dead Ringers, The After Party, Space Cadet, and Mercy Mistress. She's a Peabody Award winner.
She's known for her sitcoms like Sunnyside, Hacks, and Ike Harley. And she's always making things interesting on her Instagram at Poppy Republic. I'll put it all in the show notes, but let's not dwaddle today. Let's get right to it. I know you've got batteries to buy and things to return.
Chapter 3: What insights does Poppy share about motherhood and cooking?
So we'll make this quick and easy and hopefully put a smile on your face as we talk to Poppy.
The next episode of the commercial break starts now.
poppy is here with us now thank you poppy for joining us we really appreciate it hi thanks for having me we're so glad that you're here and uh just as we were coming on uh to record we learned that poppy is just a few short miles away from us and here in the atlanta studio had we known this we would have brought you in because uh you just look lovely today i can basically see into your window yes i'm basically i'm outside your studio
Yeah. Listen, you would have come on here and you would have outshone the entirety of this studio because you look lovely, Poppy.
Thank you. Well, I do feel like I should let your listeners know that I look like a full trad wife right now. Just so you have a visual, behind this voice is a trad wife. Yeah, I look like I'm going to sell you a toaster oven or like a vacuum. I would buy it.
A toaster oven or you're going to make me deviled eggs when I come home in my three-piece suit for my job at the ad agency.
100%. Or are we both models and we're both coming from our joint modeling jobs, cough, cough, Nara Smith, Lucky Blue Smith. I know that I'm really deep in that lore. I say this as someone who doesn't have any trad skills. I really can't cook. I have a child, too, and I thought after I had my child, I would learn how to cook. Some maternal instinct for cooking would kick in. And it hasn't.
It just doesn't happen.
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Chapter 4: How does Poppy Liu balance her acting career with personal life?
How old is your child? I mean, I read that you had a baby. Almost two. Almost two. Congratulations.
Thank you so much. Love of my life.
Yeah, of course. I have a number of them also. We joke that I have 12 to 13.
We don't know how many.
Yeah, I don't know. Either does either to the listeners. But at two years old, you know, I thought also for some reason, I thought I would also gain some cooking skills once I had kids. I'm like, well, now I really have to learn how to cook something besides, you know, microwave pizza. But I have I have learned nothing in the many years that I've now had children. I've learned nothing.
I can't do it.
I don't have the je ne sais quoi for, you know, like I feel like you just need some people don't have it. And I really don't.
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Chapter 5: What challenges does Poppy face as an actress in today's industry?
And that's okay. You've got other skills.
You've got other skills. So who does the cooking? How does the child get fed exactly?
Amazing question. I do have an amazing nanny. And she feeds both my child and me. So thank you. Thank you to Des. We love Des. Wait, actually, that's funny, though. Me and my friends were just talking about like, what all of our skills would be in the apocalypse, like what we would contribute to the commune. I have, I really spent a long time trying to think what my contribution is.
I really, really struggled. I think most honestly, the thing that I bring is vibes. I really think I can bring some solid vibes. And also I was like, I guess I could start a thespian society, which the apocalypse needs. Yes.
And laughter.
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Chapter 6: What are Poppy's thoughts on social media and its impact?
I think I do love a he, he, and a ha ha.
Yeah.
You know what? This is a great question. So you're stuck in a bunker. The apocalypse has happened. It's you and like 50 other folks, right? 50?
Too many. Too many? Okay.
Okay. It's you and 10 other folks, right?
Okay.
It's you and 10 of your best friends, your nanny, right? And you're all in there and everybody's going to need a lane. You're going to need a lane and somebody's going to have to be cooking. Someone's going to need to be MacGyver and fix shit and turn on the electricity and all that. Someone's going to be, you know, the quiet introspective one who's thinking of a way to get us out of here.
The positive.
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Chapter 7: What upcoming projects does Poppy Liu have on Netflix?
And then you're definitely going to need a vibe human, like a vibe chick or a vibe guy who's going to wake up every morning and give our mind, tickle the insides of our brains, so to speak, with some positivity. That is just as important as, maybe not cooking, but it's just as important as the MacGyver guy, I'm sure.
I would say right below cooking and electrician is the vibe guy, which is me. But interesting to say, first thing in the morning, My vibe guy would probably come in around noon to start the vibes. So the people that wake up in the morning, you don't get the vibes until a couple hours later.
I'm with you on that. Are you I need my cup of coffee before anybody talks to me kind of person? Do you drink caffeine?
I'm like, I need my coffee and I need my Vyvanse before I talk to anyone. Oh, Vyvanse.
Yeah. I don't think I've heard that shit is great. I've got friends who just like, they swear by it. They're like, just take a half of Vyvanse in the morning and you'll be twice as effective as you already are. And I'm like, do you see how fast I speak? I don't need to go any faster.
Yes. Well, the thing with Vyvanse is it can, you can accidentally use it for the wrong things. So like I have sort of my productivity window after I take it and like on a good day, I can really get all my shit done during that window.
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Chapter 8: How does the podcast wrap up the conversation with Poppy Liu?
On a bad day, I really waste my Vyvanse productivity on like a super animated conversation. And then I'm like, oh God, now it's over. Wait, what would both of your skills be? What would your contribution be to the bunker?
I actually love to cook. Chrissy, you are a good cook.
Thank God. You are a good cook.
I would like to recruit you.
Okay. Yeah, I love it. I have a full test kitchen. I test out new recipes. Some work, some don't. But yeah, I love it.
I will eat them.
I think Chrissy would definitely be the chef of the group. If I had to pick a friend that I would bring along with me to the bunker, I'd bring, I mean, obviously I'd bring Chrissy. You know, we've been friends forever. And then now, you know, 8,000 episodes. We would be in the bunker together. Yeah, we'd be in the bunker together, driving each other crazy.
Oh, no, but you would also do the bunker podcast, which every bunker needs.
Yes, yes.
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