Julio, a prominent figure from *Seinfeld* and *VeePe*, shares a heartfelt and humorous reflection on her life and career. She recounts a formative childhood moment when she had to wait in the bathroom during a Seinfeld episode, missing the bathroom due to constipation—a memory now preserved as a funny and relatable anecdote. She emphasizes the groundbreaking role of the Elaine character in comedy, highlighting how the show offered a rare, authentic portrayal of a confident, self-aware woman in a male-dominated industry. The conversation also explores the personal and professional impact of Seinfeld, with Julio noting how the show’s friendship-driven, character-based humor influenced her own comedic style and self-identity. Her journey, including her experiences with cancer, parenting, and raising two sons, adds depth to her story. She reflects on the importance of present-moment awareness, humor, and emotional authenticity in both life and comedy. The discussion also touches on the evolution of comedy, the role of live audiences, and the enduring legacy of shows like *Seinfeld* in shaping modern comedy. With warmth and humor, Julio underscores how personal moments, from family traditions to small life decisions, are central to her approach to storytelling and connection.
[MUSIC] >> I thought you were saying key, but you weren't. You were talking about Julio, we drive this. She's our latest guest. You might know her from Seinfeld. You might know her from Veepe. You might know her just by knowing her. >> Everybody get up, but we got Julio, then we turn it. [APPLAUSE] >> Just the way we started is we hang out in here for 45 seconds and then. >> Hang out where? >> If you stand anywhere here, right? Basically you walk up and I'll only say down here because if you're there, the camera will catch you and we don't get you walking up. But you're going to walk up here, this half door will be like this. You just pop your head and be like, hello. And then we'll say, hey, and then we hug and it's like. >> And then we just hang out. >> Hang out, yeah. >> Okay, that's great. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> All right. >> Thank you, Julio. I'll see you in about 45 seconds. >> Okay, thank you. Tambi, when you want me to go. >> You can start counting now, 30 seconds. >> This looks broken. >> It is broken. >> It is. >> I glued it back together. >> Yeah. >> But it'd be very careful because I get to hold it through here so that this doesn't fall off. >> I'm really excited about today. >> Okay, I'm coming, are you ready? >> Yeah. >> [LAUGH] >> Oh, why? >> [LAUGH] >> Come on in. >> Hey. >> Hey. >> Nice. >> Nice. >> Sign phone, it's the biggest show ever. Come on, come on. >> I think you should even go one more. >> No. >> I know. >> This is like being in the Truman show. >> That is thrilling. >> I was really. >> Yeah, I like talking to you. >> I kind of say it's not real. >> Yes, would not be this without sign phone. >> Isn't that amazing? >> What are you? >> I'm a mud. >> What am I? I don't know what I am. >> [LAUGH] >> You know what, I would love to show you one item. >> Oh, hold on a second. >> This has been framed into my house. >> That's me. >> Yeah, I have had this up in this home for about a decade. >> No way. >> Yeah, I thought it was flea marketers. I forget where I saw it. >> Who did this? >> Is it like a card or what? >> The person that did this has other ones of like other cast members of sign phone and many other shows as well, I don't know. >> We do the same gag with everyone. >> Where's the camera? >> No, it's on the frame of the camera. >> There's a camera. >> Yeah, that's her. >> That's so cute, I like it. >> Yeah. >> Even the shoes. >> Yeah, and the toilet paper. >> And the toilet paper. >> I thought you could find one like that on Etsy. >> Yeah. >> I still have those shoes. You know, this jacket I'm wearing is from back then. >> Really? >> Yeah, really? >> Yeah, on the show or not even? >> I think I wore it on the show. >> Wait, this jacket is from, what year is this jacket from? >> Like the early, wait, in the, it's from the '90s. >> Oh my god. >> Yeah, it's, did you get to keep some of the wardrobe? >> Yeah. >> Oh, wow. >> All of my wardrobe, the entirety of it is solely from my show that I never go close shopping, but whenever I do a season of my show, I get all these new clothes. >> This is a good shirt. >> Yeah, from my show. >> Is that one? >> No, thank you so much. >> I got the pants on. >> I think I got you that one. >> I've tried a shop for house. >> I know the pants. >> But it's based off of a shirt that I had that you said you liked it from my show. >> Yeah. >> It might even be the one. >> I like when he wears them. >> One button too low. Is that what you're saying? >> I like it. >> Yeah. >> I had this button button before. >> No, I like it though. >> It kind of felt like it looked like it was going to pop. >> Let me see. >> It just felt like you see how it looks. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, the shirt doesn't fit. >> It's lower than comfort. >> It looks good though. >> No. >> No more? >> No. >> You can't go one more. You have two boys. Are they similar in -- >> You have two boys. Do they wear their shirts low like that? >> Yes. >> They look just like you guys. >> How old are you? >> 28. >> He's 10 years old. >> I'm not 28. >> How old are you? >> 37. We're born five days apart. >> Really? >> We're born 37. >> Yeah. >> You're pretty much 38. >> But I feel as though I carry myself like I'm 28. >> We. >> Yeah, you have young, young vibes. >> There we go. >> Maybe they never carry myself. >> 31. >> No, actually, I think you both see about 28. >> 28. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> You know, Kristin? >> This way? >> This way? >> 21. >> 21. >> Yeah. >> Do you know? >> Do you know what I mean? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> I'm like really wide. That's what I want. That's all I want. I want to look 21, but be so wide. >> You look absolutely beautiful. >> That is so sweet. I told them to say that. >> Do you know what she doesn't? >> Yes, I do. >> I think it's important to say that. >> I only say it when I'm struck by it, which is often. >> That's so nice. >> Yeah, I should say it when I'm not struck by it. But I think it's so genuine every time I say it. >> I really appreciate it. >> When we first started it. >> You need to always say it. >> Yeah. >> Every day. >> I have two stories about when we first started dating. One, when we first started dating, it was like the beginning of COVID. And I, obviously I used to watch Seinfeld, but I never watched it. Like, I became, you, it's mostly because of you. I watched it every day for like confidence. Because I felt like your character did such a good job of like being herself. It's probably, you know, how you are. And being confident and like being around men, but not losing like your sense of. Like, she was still like feminine and I feel like when I started dating Dave, I was so nervous about like being judged or like. >> So it helped me like, I feel like it helped give me my sense of self back. >> My God, I'm so happy to hear that. >> Yeah. >> And then he used to be like, you never mind me. >> That is amazing. >> That is amazing. >> My story about watching Seinfeld is so different. The first time when I was, when I was about, I was about maybe. I can't even see you. No, watch this. >> No, I want me to get to a chair. >> Watch this. >> No, I want to be sitting down like this. >> Okay, well, this is nice. >> And I can't watch this. >> Watch this. >> When I was, when I was like, I can't even believe I'm telling you. This is so stupid. I was about maybe seven or eight, okay. And my family, Seinfeld was a religious experience. Every week, it was a thing that happened. >> Yeah. >> And I remember, and I don't remember many things from being a child. >> Really? >> But I remember this so, not at that age. No, I think I blocked out a lot. So, I'm like seven or eight. And everyone's watching Seinfeld. And I really have to use the restroom. I got to go number two. So I go up. And it was the first time in my- >> We can't go eight minutes without touching about a dump. >> It was the first time in my life that I ever consciously experience. Constipation. >> Oh. >> And- >> Oh, no. >> And I got really conscious. And I couldn't get it out. And I was embarrassed. So I went back downstairs. Like it was mid. And I was like, I'm just going to like- I remember going through my head. I'm like, I'm just going to like keep this here and it'll go away. And my parents had to go to see the- Someone went to CVS and bought- What is it? Enema when the water squirter. But they made me wait until the show was over. Because they said they had to watch- They said we can't go yet. So I had to stand up. I remember standing and wait. Because they were like, don't sit down. And I was- >> I never heard you say this. >> I just remembered it. And I was standing up. Just pacing back and forth. >> Because back then you couldn't watch the- >> Waiting for the show. >> Yeah. >> But you had to watch it when it came out. >> Yeah, you had to watch it. >> But no, you could have recorded it. >> No. >> Yeah. >> You would have had- You would have had to have a VCR right there with a tape in there. They didn't want to miss anything. >> I guess so. >> There was no- >> I remember- >> There was no direct TV recording. >> No, but there were big VCR tapes. >> But you had to have- But you had to have had a VCR- And every- No one to move when it was happening. >> And- >> When you do it in advance knowing that this is the goal of the- >> Or you do it in the commercial. >> I'm just trying to help you. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Maybe I'll call my parents and ask them. So I remember they went and then everyone- >> I remember how embarrassed I was. My whole family was gathered in the bathroom. And I got it out after. And that's- >> It all worked out, see? >> It all worked out. >> They all lived happily ever after. >> Yeah. >> It's perfect. It's a perfect story. >> I think we're all a little nervous because how important you are to our lives. >> Oh, my God. Please don't be nervous at all. >> You've never met you. >> Yeah. >> I mean, once you get to know me, you'll see. It's a nothing for that. >> I don't even have the urge. You've already done like every- >> Oh, I like to work. >> Yeah. >> Climb to the mountain. Like, you've climbed it so many times. >> That's so many mountains. >> So many mountains. >> Yeah, and it's not what it's about. >> Yeah. >> No, I like- >> Break it down. >> Creating. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> How do some women in comedy change? Like how women are even allowed- >> Well, women are much more powerful in comedy. Now, I think that when I first started out. I mean, I don't know if that's your experience. But, I mean, yeah. >> Yeah. >> For sure. Which is a good thing. I mean, when I was back when I was even on SNL. I mean, you know, it was just like the girl part. >> Yeah. >> Wait, were you on SNL and then Seinfeld? Or Seinfeld? How was it? >> That's where I met Larry. >> Okay. >> David. >> Got it. >> Was- oh, by the way, I was on the phone with Jeff Schaefer coming. >> Over here. >> You called him. >> And he says hi, and he says- >> Was it just a random- >> No, it can't be. >> No, I called him and said I'm coming to do this thing. Is there anything I should know? >> Do you say don't do it? >> Do you say nice things? >> Yeah. >> Okay, good. >> What type of- >> You loved it. >> I love the Seinfeld coaching tree of comedy. Like, because Jeff is my mentor. >> Yeah, Jeff's great. >> Yeah, and Jeff is, you know, Larry and then- and then Benny's under my tree. >> [LAUGH] >> And so on and so forth. >> So on and so forth. >> Yeah, loves your TV show. >> Thank you. >> Really? >> Thank you. >> Yeah, and it was my kids who turned me on to it. It was fucking hilarious. >> Thank you. That means the world. >> Yeah, it was really, really funny. In fact, one of my kids read for a part on your show. I remember. >> Oh, really? >> Yeah. But I forgot the name. The part, so sorry. >> That's okay. >> It sounds like he didn't get it. >> Yeah. >> But I feel like a lane as a character. Like, to me, they're-
As far as just being a powerful voice in comedy, like the Elaine character, I felt like was, I mean-- - Yeah, it was like one of the first times in comedy where I really saw a woman have like such a powerful, like I feel like it's what you were saying. - Larry and I knew each other back during SNL days, 'cause he was there, I was there for three years, and he was there my third year, his one and only here. And we were sort of miserable on that show together and kind of hung out together. - And then we went off and did different things. You know, he was a stand-up, of course. And I did, like I got a pilot, and I did a series for two years on NBC. Anyway, long story short, he had written this thing, and he sent it to me, it was like four episodes. It was only four, they'd only ordered four. - Oh yeah, 'cause they didn't have a little bit of a slow start. - Oh yeah. They'd done a pilot, and then the network said you need to add a girl. - Oh wow. - Oh really? - Talk about the network. - Yeah, yeah. - And this is literally my favorite character on the show. - Actually, you know, I did, I was at the, it's funny that you say that because Jerry did a thing when I got, at the Kennedy Center, I got the Mark Twain Award a couple years ago, and Jerry spoke, and he's talked about the network note of that, and it was actually a really funny speech. - Are you saying that in that moment, I reminded you a little bit of Jerry? - No. (all laughing) - Understood. - Go on. - But anyway, and so we sent the four episodes, and it was really an unusual script. And so I think there was something about being kind of, sort of, what's the word I'm looking for. It was just like, friends, being friends together, and just hanging out. And I mean, that sounds as if it was just hanging out. There was a lot of work to make the show, of course. But what I mean was, there wasn't like, we were all, we're like kids. And we had our own idea, and they had their own idea of exactly what they wanted to do, which was not the norm at the time in terms of structure television. And so I think there was an era of freedom because of that, you know? - You know, feel it when you walk. I think the chemistry is just so unreal that you feel, you just feel the freedom, which is it's rare, I feel like you're watching TV. - We had a lot of fun making it. - Yeah, yeah. - When you guys were filming like the first, were you like, this thing's gonna be huge, or you had no idea? - Oh no, I thought it was, I thought it was really good. Those first four, I thought, wow, this is so unusual. And then I thought, the network is too stupid, they'll never handle that. Oh yeah, I have to resent. I mean, it's so, you know, the shows that were on them were like, Cosby, you know, and no disrespect, those. - No, no, it's just a different format. - Right, yeah. You have a set up, set up joke, set up joke. - Yeah, yeah. - Yeah, and this was just sort of like, odd. - It's for specific. - I mean, it's not so odd now, maybe even red respect. - No, no, no, no. - It's not because it started it. - Yeah, yeah. - Even this would not be this without sign phone existing. I really think one of the biggest inspirations of us even doing this was trying to capture the feeling of like the 90s sitcoms where it's just a group of friends hanging out. - If you miss it, I feel like I'm wearing this jacket. - You feel it, right? - Well, this is different, 'cause it's also a podcast, but we would always say, like, - It's not a podcast. - Or whatever it is. - You know, by the way, what the fuck's happening with podcasts now? Because everything's now, it's on video. - It's a television show. - Yeah. - I don't know, I don't know what it is, Julia. I really don't know what it is. - I mean, you really don't know what it is. - I don't, we're trying to redefine it. - You're trying to redefine it. - Redefine the video. - But so this is gonna be like on YouTube, is that the deal? - DSP's digital streaming platform. - But then you can get it as an audio. - Yeah, digital streaming is on it. - The audio functions independent. And then what's happening with like, even Spotify, currently and Apple is getting into it, is that they have videos now. So it's like, Spotify has video, if you want it. - For us, like in our first episode that came out, we get into an argument about a sauce, about a marinade. Like whether people, whether, whether Dave believes that nobody makes marinade. - No, that's not, that's not, that's not, that's the problem. That wasn't the, okay, okay. I said it right in the beginning. - What was the argument? - The argument was that most people don't make their own sauce from scratch. - Yes. - That's, to me, I stand by that. And somehow it's turned into me saying that nobody makes their own it. And I said, most people have made a sauce or marinade for a piece of meat or fish or tofu that they're cooking. - I don't think you said have made. I think you said made. - Okay, most people, I don't think one-time instances. - I think more, I think people have made a sauce in their life for a piece of chicken or fish more than once in their life. - Do you have? - Maybe more than, let's say five times, more than 10 times. - I think less than half of the adult population have you ever made a sauce for yourself? - Yes. - Did you make it out of sauce? - No. - Okay, so that's one for many. - This off to college season, save on college, save me every day. Amazon has turned this whole room into a dorm room. - I know, it's a good, and it reminds me of my good old days in my dorm room. How about you? - My dorm room was small. - Are you drawing this? - Oh yeah, I was. - Oh my gosh. - Yeah, I thought the S was for Michigan State, but it turns out everybody drew the S for different reasons. How about you remember this day? - Zoom in. - Wow. - You know what that S stands for? - Satisfying the Amazon customers who've gone to the off to college option online. - Yeah, I think it might have been, because look, I don't know the back of the day, when I went to college, you had to go to one store, then the next store, and just have this whole cobbled together, like not even a whole room. Now I can be strategic at home in college, which I'm not. - And you should get us done, funny. - I'm sure. - So remember, with Amazon's low off to college prices, just save on college, save every day. - This episode is sponsored by McDonald's. - Yes, it is. 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I do other things. - But now that you have-- - But I can become. - I will become. - Learn more at CLRbrands.com/peptalk. - But I need to know something, because we're in the middle of something right now. - Yeah. - Your kids. - Okay. - Your kids. - You better not be talking about sauce. - Yeah, I am. - Your kids. - Yeah. - So, what are each of their names? - Charlie and Henry. - Okay. - Has Charlie ever made a sauce for a marinade, you think? - I doubt it. - Here we go. - Has Henry? - Yes. - Okay. - All right, so two to one so far. Now, do you have a husband still? - Yes. I still do. - I didn't know if we were divorced. I don't know. I don't know. - You haven't married a long time, right? - Yeah. - Has he ever made a sauce? - Yes. - Okay. You guys wanna sit on the couch? - Yes. - Yes. - Guys, in the comments, I know we've already done this and I won the argument. - Well, I think you need another focus. Then, Marinate, the world is blowing up. - You wanna come up with our new focus? - Where are the cameras? They're everywhere. - They're fucking everywhere. - Oh yeah, don't worry. Which angle do you like the best? - I can't, I don't know. - Do you have it? - I need playback. Do you have an angle? I just learned that everybody wants an angle. - I think I have a side, but I've sort of given up on all of that. - Do you know when you first walked in, I said to her, as you were walking in, I said, I used a different word, but I said, well, I said, she's so hot. - Really? - I said, you're like, that's so nice. - Yeah, I said that. - You are so appropriate. - No, you really are. - It may be an appropriate, but I'm happy to hear it. - You really are stunning. - That's so nice, what you say, I have hair and makeup on right now, of course. - No, you are beautiful, but you've always, we've all known that. - That's true, we've all known that. - I'm not surprised. - But I see you in the show like Vee per sign felt, and you know, you're dressed in this certain, like, you're so stylish. - That's so nice of you to say. - You're very stylish. - You've really made me feel good. Thank you. - Do you feel pressure to have to, when you meet people that they're gonna be nice? - Nice. - Do you just feel like people have such an expectation of you since you've been seen so much? - Yeah, but I don't pay attention to that, 'cause otherwise you're gonna go mad. - Yeah. - Yeah. - I mean, for real. - Yeah. - You're gonna go absolutely mad. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Did you never pay attention to it? Back in the beginning, did you pay it like, were you really? I guess there was no social media, so it's not like you had comments to read or anything. - Thank God. - Yeah, it's totally different. - None of it. - Yeah. - Honestly, isn't it just the end of the world? - It's hard to understand. - It's really hard. - Yeah. - I don't read comments, I mean, I'm on social media, but I do not look at anything. - Was it a trip to watch you become the most famous woman in America? - Well, first of all, I'm not. - No, but at that time, when you science thought I can't imagine you're not being, I mean, that's like, you're like the biggest show ever. - Yeah, I think, yes, it's definitely a big show, but you know, I think that after the show,
- And it got even bigger. - Yeah, I understand that. - You feel me about that? - But it was so big, like the finale, like you couldn't, it was the biggest show in America when it ended. - I know, but you know, I was so surprised at all that attention. - Really? - Oh yeah. - Are you still surprised? 'Cause it's still going. - It's still good, it's still just as good. - It's still top of the game. - Yeah, it's weird, isn't it? - Hey, I got a question. And maybe this, I don't think this is an appropriate at all. - I'll tell you. - Did you like friends? - I didn't really watch friends. - Oh, sorry. - I mean, I've seen bits and bobs of it. But I was, you know, I've told you something, when I was doing something, I had both of my kids during that time. - Really? - And yeah. And you'll see, I mean, if you want children-- - I do. - Okay, so you'll see, if you're working and you have kids, that's a balancing act like no other. - Yeah. - I can't, yeah. - And so I wasn't, no, for real. I mean, I was just trying to-- - I believe that. - Yeah. - Yeah. - So you gave birth and then went back to filming. - Yeah, that's why I was enormous on that show. I was going up and down, up and down with pregnancies, yeah. - Was it at the time, like friends in Seinfeld, like, were they like pinning you guys against each other? - No, 'cause they came after us. I mean, there was an overlap, but we were first out. It was cheers, then Seinfeld came along. We overlap with cheers for a while. And then, I mean, we could look it up. I don't really remember the years, but yeah. - I read the Seinfeld, I think it was a Seinfeld book or something, but there was one overlap because wasn't there like a New York City blackout? And then they did something that you guys like all coordinate, like the TV shows? - You felt Larry would never do it. - MBC wanted to do like crossover episode, where like, each episode has a blackout. And Larry's like, no fucking way. - What the fuck did you do for Lennon? - Friends and so that-- - No, no, no. They were like, it needs to, if it's a blackout, I think it was. - I think it was. - Yeah, and it's something like, you know, that was the network idea, that, you know, 'cause that was, what's it called, must see TV back then. Everybody was watching on Thursday nights. - Yeah. - The idea would be like, all the episodes have a blackout to contend with. And that's lots of fun for the audience. And, but Larry, not in a million years will go along with anything like that. - And did you respect that he had that kind of-- - Oh, 100%. - What do you think made Larry wanna be not the star? - Wanna be, no, wanna be the star. After all those years of making sign, he made Seinfeld, he got to like, he got all the glory of making Seinfeld, got all the success, and then like, like-- - No, and he was, he said, you know what, I'm the man right now, and I gotta show everybody. - Yeah, I mean, and it was a good, I mean, the curb is a great idea for his show. And yeah, and I mean, and he was a standup, you know? - Yeah, he's such a great on-screen performer. - Yeah, like that was the best ever. - And why didn't he do it back then? - I don't know. It's a good, I mean, it's just like the one thing, you could make that argument about a lot of things. - But I mean, he's also a really good writer, so-- - Jason Alexander was just better at the time. - Yeah, yeah, it's, maybe. - Are you probably really, look, he's probably-- - I know, it was interesting. - At first. - I always found that interesting. - You should have Larry on this thing. - I know, I got it, I can get him-- - I can get him in there. - I feel like he'll be hard to get, but Jeff, if I have a chance, it's through Jeff. - It's through Jeff, he will be hard to get, and he'll probably won't do it. - Yeah, he should try. - I'm gonna try. - Ask him, I don't know. - Yeah, we'll have him up, we gotta have him up. - Do you watch any of your old stuff? - Yeah. - Did you ever watch it? Like, would you ever watch it when-- - Not much, no. - When you watch yourself-- - You didn't watch it maybe once back in the day, but like, even with Vip, I don't-- - I love Vip. - I love Vip. - Yeah, I did. - We were talking about Seinfeld, but I love Vip. - Yeah, me and my mom got me into Vip. - Oh, she did. - Some people I work with, like, guys who were even comedians so funny and charming, that can't watch an ounce of footage of themselves, that would do it. - Yeah. - Me, like, I sit in the edit and I die my own delivery. Like, like, when you watch yourself, is it like harder? Are you like, oh, I love watching myself. - I can watch stuff that's more-- Like, it just sort of depends on what the material is, but I certainly was in very much involved with the edit on Vip, particularly, and so I would definitely watch it. But it's kind of also like going back and watching early stuff. It's sort of like going through a high school yearbook to a certain extent, 'cause it is quite a while ago. So it's like only so much of that I can take. - Yeah, but-- - I understand. - Yeah, if you're in a hotel room and you turn on the TV and it's like, Seinfeld or Vip, are you just like, are you like, ooh, and you got to turn it or do you sit there and you're like, oh, and you kind of like, go down memory lane. - I don't usually watch it, but you know what's really funny, and it's really sweet, my husband does. - Oh, yeah. - Like, sometimes he'll be laughing, and he's just watching, he was watching bloopers or something of mine, and I'm like, I can't believe he's watching that, he loves it. - What's the secret to being, you guys have been married for, I've just Googled it before you came here. - Yeah, long time. - It's cool. - Congratulations. - How long? - How long? - It's at 38 years. - 38 years, yeah. - We all just got married. Well, we got married in August, and he got married in September. - Wow. - So we're fresh. - Of the new-- - Of last year. - Of last year. - We're newlyweds. - Yeah, well, that's so cool. - And you get a new advice. - Yeah, how do you keep it going? - How do you keep it going for so long? - I don't think it's gonna be a challenge, but-- - I don't think so either. - But I think it's good to keep it going. - We have many challenges ahead, no doubt, kids. - We're scared kids are gonna rock our world, but we know they are. - Well, by the way, what do you mean you're scared? They are gonna work. - They are, too. - Yeah, I can't believe everyone's world gets rock, so we're like-- - Are you gonna have a baby soon? I mean, it's weak, should, probably within the next few years. - Yeah. - Here's why it's gonna be good and also wise challenging. But ultimately, your ego is what you look after. - Yeah, yeah, I agree. - And then, you can have a child. And your child's ego will be in front of yours. - I think I need that. - Yeah. Well, don't have a kid 'cause you need it. - I won't. - Don't. - I value cuteness and sweetness. (laughing) - So all of a sudden, everything about your life is back burner. And everything about this creature's life is front burner. - Yeah. - And that's a big life adjustment. That's a real shift for reals. - And it's happier, happier life? - Ultimately, a happier life, but I'm not gonna lie. It's a big adjustment. - It's only like 55% happier, 45% less. - Thereabouts, no. (laughing) - Oh, I feel like the relationship, too. 'Cause I imagine when I have a kid, I'm gonna be so focused on the kid and then it's like, and then if you're working and doing all these other things and then you gotta maintain a relationship with your partner. - Yeah. - It's all gonna work. - That everybody does it, by the way. - You know me and my wife talk about this a lot, and you're like the perfect person to ask this. - All right, I'm sure I'm gonna get the answer wrong. - No, no, and I think about a lot, and I always try to ask people that are in your position. - Oh. - How? - Excuse me. - How? (laughing) How? (laughing) There's two of them. - It was such a, like. (laughing) - My main one is like, how do you make it all work with, you know, you're successful. You're forward-facing, both me and my wife are forward-facing people. How do you keep your children agrounded? Be, how do you ensure that their life is as normal as possible while growing up? - Well, I mean, I assume you have sort of moral compass that you go by and you just have to live that, you know? And the trappings of this town in particular. - How do you protect your mother? - Did you raise your kids here? - Yeah. - When we first moved here, even before we were married and I said to Brad, I said, okay, that's fine. We can live here 'cause we were looking for work. We can live here, that's fine for now. We can even get married here, but I will refuse. If we have kids, I'm refused to raise my kids here. And then we raise them both here. - And they turned out great. - Yeah. - So there are enough great kids that I've met that are, like, it's really the parents, obviously, I know there's trappings and whatnot, but I've met too many great kids that are LA-based to be football. - Where did you grow up? - Philly. So you can, you know, imagine the grit and the hard work that I've had. - My parents lived in Philly for about 10 years. - Oh, really? - Yeah, it's a nice town. - It's cool. - I just feel like in LA, the kids grow up and there's so many things that just didn't exist. It's like, there's social media and it's like, - Oh, well, that's something you've got. When you have kids, you're gonna have to figure that one out. That's like a nightmare. You've got to keep those kids off screens. - Keep it off. - I mean, you can't get, like, your brain. - I know, my nephew has kids and he was saying, when they come home, they take the phone and put it in a basket. We're off phones, so it's in the house with the kids. - Yeah. - And that's gonna be hard, but I think you've got to do it. - How did you do it on set? Like, you had children, you're on set, and like, you're, like, 'cause you still worked through-- - I had a nursery. I had a nursery right next to my dress room. - Oh. - That's what we were talking about and all this stuff. - So they came to work with you. - Yeah. - Keep thinking this thing. - That's a sheba. - That's a sheba. - Uh-huh. - Yeah. - It's cute. - I love that. - Okay, so in between takes, you were doing all that stuff and you-- - Yeah, and it was really hard. - It was tough. - Yeah. I'm not even sure it was the right thing to do, but yeah, that's what we did. - Did you take it off ever? Did you ever, like, for either one of your kids, were you like, I'm taking off four months to just, like, make sure I'm-- - Yeah, I mean, there were a lot of jobs I didn't take. - Okay, yeah. - It was also divine. - Yeah. - It's perfect. - So it's just a mixed bag of probably-- You were overwhelmed with work and with the kids, but you don't have-- You're not like, man, I wish I didn't-- - I wish I'd had one more actually. - Yeah, oh, really? - Yeah. - One more season? - No, one more season. - Yeah. - We're going live, eBay live. - Ooh, tell me more. - Well, you know eBay, you know the brand. - I know the brand. I love the brand. - Beauty. - You know, you want an item, you go to eBay. - bid or buy now. - They don't worth. - No, they have live. - Like live auctions. - Like you can see it. - Yes, like all this right now, like this is a-- - Oh wow. - Look at that, they'll see. - This is all live. - It's a fun community event. - It's a fun community.
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But it started at like, you know. - 9 p.m. - Mm-hmm. - And I've waited it out. I haven't waited it out with one of these. Being the energizers to have caffeine. - Maybe we should chug it, and then we can wait it out, and then we can go out tonight. You're naughty. Let's stay up late. - Let's go to party. The club, we go to the club. - I don't wanna. Try one of the many new drinks, like the Red Bull Dragon Barry Energizer. - Mm-hmm. - It's a white cloth summer. I love mango. You like peach, I'm sure. I know you like black cherry. - Okay, now let me just tell you what we're gonna be doing. This is filled with the best jams of the 90s and 2000s. Picture us sliding on a boat. Maybe I'm on a jet ski. I could be on like a wakeboard or a pontuba. - Yeah. - Do you ever been on a jet ski? - Or how do I wanna like speed? - You ever gone tubing? - You ever gone wakeboarding? - I went tubing at one time. It was going so fast, it whipped around. I fell in the water. My bathing suit got sucked off my body. I had to return to short naked. - Really? - Yeah. - I love it. - And I'm so tired. - I'll start to use a DSP. - A streaming platform. Why use a, who uses a flash drive for a playlist? Please drink responsibly. Hard self service flavors. White cloth self service works. Chicago, Illinois. - How do you raise boys? - Different. - You're not sure not like me. - Having two boys has your opinion on men change at all. Like do you have a, do you see men differently 'cause you had to raise them? - Oh, probably. I don't know how, but yeah. - Yeah, I'm sure. - Are they good boys? - They're fantastic human beings. - Yeah, you're not just saying that 'cause they're yours. - No, I'm actually not. - You're not. - They're good. - No, I had to really think about that. - Yeah. - But they're both like, if they were here, you would love talking to them. - That's why they married? - No. - Are they single? - They're single both with girlfriends. - That's not single to us. - Sorry, things have changed a little bit. That's not single to any human being. - They're single with girlfriends. - Yeah, that's not even me. - They're not married. - They're not married, that's what I mean. - Of course one day I'm looking forward to having grandkids, my god. - Yeah. - Huh? - Yeah, that's crazy. - What, I'm way too young for that shit, it's how I feel. - Yeah. - But anyway, I just, all I want is, and that's a big life decision, needless to say. - Are you in an icing on the cake time in real life? - What part of life are you in? - Oh. Huh. I guess you could call it icing on the cake, except it's been, you know, we've had our, we've had struggles as I mentioned. I mean, in other words, it's, I wouldn't call it living. I mean, yes, yes, it is kind of the, I mean. - Cake-ish. - Cake-ish for sure, there's plenty of cake. - There's cake, there's lots of cake. - And I do love cake, I actually do love cake. - Do you love cake? - Yeah, like a new cake. - That's your favorite dessert. - Oh yeah. - Really? - Not my number one favorite dessert. - Chocolate, yeah, me too, chocolate. - Do you love it? - Cacao? - Just no, but chocolate cake. - No, chocolate cake, only one chocolate cake. - Can you guess our favorite dessert? - I want to hear more about it. - Okay, and then you'll guess our favorite dessert. - Yeah, yeah. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. - Way after, we don't have to rush back to getting to what guess of dessert we'd like. I'd like to after. I think it's important. - No, no, no, don't text me after. I want to know in this, but first tell us about your life. - Well, I'm, I had cancer, I got cancer about, I don't know how long ago, eight years, yeah, I did. - What type of cancer? - Breast cancer. And so I got through all of that. And so that's sort of a heart-stopping challenge. - Were you scared? - Terrified. And yeah, and we were doing VEEP, and we had to shut the show down. And now there's definitely, I have a sense of like, oh wow, this isn't gonna last forever. - Yeah. - And so what's the focus? - Mm-hmm, yeah. - And so the focus for me is not to waste a lot of time ringing my hands about shit. Did it put everything into like perspective in life stuff? - A lot into perspective. - So does it change how you even operate on a day-to-day level? - I'm not sure, it changes how you operate on a day-to-day level, but it is a different lens through which you're looking at your life, for sure. - Would you do yesterday? Like just start to end. - Okay, wait. - I just want to know what like an average day is. - I don't know. - Oh, today's the exact same. - I'll tell you what I did today. - I just want to say an average day is. - See this? See that camera? - Yep, what is it? - It says NRDC Natural Resources Defense Council. It's a huge environmental organization, and I was at a board meeting whole day. - Oh, wow! That's what I was doing. - Cheers. - Cheers. - Cheers to that. - You guys need to support this organization. - I would love to. - Will you? - We made a song called "Earth" that raised a lot of money for the climate environment. Now we just still use plastic bottles every now and then. - But we will change. - We will change that. - And let it. - I don't know something crazy for about 16 years of my life, maybe. I thought your whole name was your first name. - Julie Lee. - Julie Lee Drive. I thought it was all one and I was like, "Whoa, that's a crazy first name." - Well, that would be a crazy first name. - What's your first name? - I think you thought her first name was Julia Louie. You didn't think that her first name was Julia Lee. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. I probably thought your first name was Julia Louie. - Julia Louie, yeah. - So I also thought. - Is that French or something? - Are you French? - Yeah, my dad was French. - Are you Jewish? - Half Jewish. - Puerto Jewish, I guess. - What is your, like, what are you? - What's your ethnicity? - No, I'm just, no, yeah. (laughing) - What am I? - What am I? - What am I? - Yeah, cool. - No, no, no, I'm a mut. - Yeah. - But my dad was French and my whole family on his side was French. - Accent French. - Wait. - Any debate in your career with going with the Louie, like, I'm just being Julia Dreifus, is Louie your middle name? - No, it's Louie Haif and Dreifus. - Oh, so it's okay. - That is, in fact, my last name. - Oh! - Yeah. - Hey, so maybe my thoughts weren't so wrong after all. - No, I like the first name of the Dreifus. - What's his favorite dessert? (laughing) - I don't think he's a dessert guy. - I'm not. - Yeah. - What's her favorite dessert? - Chopped cake. - Growing up, there's an nostalgic dessert that I had growing up. Like, my mom used to get from a place called Safeway. Oh my God. - Safeway. - Yeah, it's a store. - A lot of people have not heard of that, because it's a little like program, right? - Yeah. - It's only in certain. - Yeah, but that's not every good store thing. - Yeah. - No, there's no Safeway here. - Yeah, there's no Safeway here. - There's no Safeway here. - A place called Ralph's, yeah. - But there's a Safeway in Colorado. - Well, there's a Ralph's here, yeah. But a lot of people, like, when I say Safeway, a lot of times people go, huh? - And Philly, it was Acme. - I've never heard of that. - Acme. - Acme. - I've never heard of either one of those. - Mine was Meyer. You ever heard of Meyer? - Yeah. - We had Safeway Giant. - Giant. - We had-- - Giant, that's a fantastic name for a-- - It is. - It is. - Giant. - It wasn't any good name. Should we come up with one? - Yeah. - I like to steal Giant. - That could be my new name. - Giant. - Giant. - You know what I'm saying? - I love the movie enough said. - Oh, thank you. - I love that movie. - I love that movie. - I love Giant. - I love Giant. - I love Giant. - Oh, thank you. - I love Giant. - I love Giant. - I love Giant. - I love Giant. - Oh, wow. - Have you seen enough stuff with James Dandolfini? - Oh, yeah. - Yeah, so good. - That is a good name. - What was it like working with him? - He was a dreamboat. He was actually a lot like the character he played in that movie. He was a very sort of soft kind of a teddy bear kind of a guy. - Yeah. - An insecure. - Yeah, really? - Strangely insecure. - Yeah. - Well, Tony was. - Yeah. - That's right. - Yeah. - Like he tapped into that. - Yeah. - He did tap into that. - Have you ever been star struck in your life? - Yes. - You have. - Yeah. - Who were you most star struck for? - I have to think. Mel Brooks. - Oh, yeah. - I was star struck. Oh, my God. I was so star struck when I met Mary Taylor Moore. - Really? - Oh, my God. And this is what happened. I should do a photo shoot. We were doing a photo shoot. I forgot what it was for some magazine. And it was the two of us together. So first of all. - Yeah. - What? - Yeah. - Like what? - Like that's the name. - Of course. - And then the photographer was really good photographer. She said, "You guys." I'm like, I want to block the camera. - You don't. - You can. - Yeah. - Put it wherever you want. - Yeah. - Don't say fuck you to host you. - Yeah, but that's right. Darling. And so she said, "Will you guys just stand next to each other and put your hands together like that?" So, in other words, like that, right? Two people. - I feel star struck right now. - Are you a little star struck from Chris's inner now? - Yeah, I'm star struck for you today. But I think I'm holding it together. - So we did that. And it takes the picture. And as I'm doing that, I start to ball. - Really? - I was so overcome. I couldn't believe this moment that I was touching. That's a very intimate thing. - Yeah. - To hold your hand like that. - Yeah.
and you know, for-- - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. - It wasn't just like that, the power. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - The power. - You can feel it. - Yeah. - And I started to cry, and then of course, I was so embarrassed. - Yeah, what did she say when you started crying? (laughing) - I tried not to let her see, yeah. - Yeah, the first time we ever saw LeBron James. - I'm gonna say the first time we ever-- - Me too. - No, the first time we ever saw LeBron James Brown-- - The first time we ever saw LeBron James Brown. - LeBron was bananas. - LeBron, yeah. Yeah, yeah, we saw you like the air moves. We were a sea moves. Yeah, we also believe LeBron's career by the way. I know some believe it. You think LeBron or MJ best of all time. Oh Well, I have to say LeBron. I mean, but I mean I can't I can't call that now. I really wish both my boys were here. Yeah, are they big sports fans? Well my Younger son Charlie was played division one best. Oh my god. Oh, yeah, I played at Northwestern. Oh my god. Yeah, you went to Northwestern. Yeah, well they're The that's really they were losing the first round or they went a little bit. They made it to the second round. Oh, I was like was he like would did he ever play or no? Yeah, he played He was a walk on so but he definitely played. I wish I was still hooping. I have to so fun. I have to your questions. All right one question. I need to know what what's your favorite breakfast? No, it's just the preferences. I'm a one question. I can't even know your hobbies. Um well, I'm a big hiker. I'm a big Exerciser. Do you hike every day? I try to hike. No, not every day, but maybe three or four times a week. You don't go alone, do you? Uh-huh? You never you never worried. So you're a killer? Well, I've lived in LA for 14 years. I've never been on more than one hike. The one I took. I've been on one hike and how to go not that well, I guess. I took them I begged for him to go on a hike with me and I picked it was like the hottest day of where you die. You go to the land. I don't know. We were miles somewhere in Malibu. The lands were like every bit of land. The like the leaf color was like burnt. Like everything was on now. Yeah, post all these gorgeous rains. And I did the thing. No, you really should you go like, yeah, we're really on it. We're supposed to go to Lose Leonace. Okay, so that's your hobby number one. That's my hobby number. My next hobby is where's the bathroom? I have to go pee. This episode is brought to you by better help. Dave, what is one small habit that's made a difference in your mental health? One small habit. Well, I whenever I get stressed about the future, I really try to make myself think about how lucky I am about my present. That's great. Very basic line of thinking, but those types of conversations help when I have those with myself mentally. Yeah, me, myself, and he, who's he? 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You're right. - I go a little healthy. - We also have heavenly hunts, but they might be moldy. - They're not moldy. - What's your go-to dish? - Oh, I don't know, God. - What's yours? I mean, I don't-- - She isn't really good. - No, I'm not a good cook. I just make soup and I freeze it. But I know-- - Oh, I love to make soup and freeze it. - That's my favorite. - I love freezing things. - You know you should love freezing. - I'm serious. - I am too. - That's Jerry the giraffe. - What do you think of that giraffe? - I think it's nice. - Makes me feel like I can do anything. - Yeah. - When we first started dating. - Yeah, yeah. - I'd like to just talk about the weekend 'cause you're leaving me out to drag. - You're leaving me in limbo. - Why don't we just take all these mango white claws, go somewhere private. Me, you, wives, crack 'em open, sip. - I might just have to crack this open real quick. - Just what we-- - I beat you to it. - I just wanna go, I wanna go to Malibu. Sit on a beach and I wanna watch our wives frolic around in the sand. - They're running, they're-- - They're beckoning? - How are they? - They're probably beckoning. As long as I have all of them and this peach. - Yeah, ooh. - Oh my God, I almost fell in love with my hand. - You promise you'll go on to Jetsky with me? I know you don't like to because of the motion. - No, I don't promise that. It's freezing in that water. - Well, do you think about it? - Yeah, I've already found about it. - Okay, well, maybe you'll do it. - Do you have a dog? - I do. - And is it a cockapoo? - No, he is a-- - Who really is a rumor then? - No, no, it's not a cockapoo labredoodle. We have a puppy name, not a puppy anymore, I guess. - He's a baby though, he's three. - What's his name? - Reggie. - Oh, that's nice. - My dog's name is George. - George? - Oh, I love George. - No relation to George standing there. - No, after my father in law. - Oh, okay. - My dog's name's pudding. - Oh, I love pudding. I know somebody else who had a pudding. - Really? - For real, that's a good name. - pudding looks like she's melting at all times. - Oh. - She's a big-- - Oversized tongue. - A big chubby English bulldog. - Oh, wow. - Yeah, I have-- - Kind of doesn't fit in the mouth. - Yeah, it doesn't fit. - She was a rasp you and she's got all sorts of issues. But, and then Larry, Larry, Larry. - Larry named after Larry-- - Larry is named after Larry David. - Seriously? - Yeah, he not said that. - He was, I forgot. - Yeah. - Larry David. And Larry, his name was actually Larry David, was his full name. And he was-- - He thought I was Larry Reese. - Which he called him Larry Reese. - Yeah, that was the first dog you fell in love with. - Yeah, he's a bodybuilder. - Yeah. - He didn't even like dogs. - He didn't like dogs before. - He's a thick, and he loves to lick. He'd come up and just lick, he housed it. - Those bulldogs are just like-- - He was a fucking-- - He was a French bulldog. He was a French bulldog. - He was so cute. - But it is rapid descent, rapid descent. - Oh yeah, that dog fell apart. - Yeah, rapid. - I feel like a dog is a good segue into-- - Children? - Well, for me at least, when we got a puppy, I was like, he was working a lot, and I said, don't worry, like, I will take care of it. - No, a puppy's a lot of work. But I mean, I imagine it's how I feel with children, like-- - You know when a balloon's in the air, play the game where you try to keep it up in the air, and you hit it, it's like, there's a balloon in the air for the rest of your life that you always are kind of having your-- - Oh, I like-- - Can't just live your life. You're always gonna have to be like-- - There's nothing I'm very excited. - Where is it? - Check, check. - I can't-- - Is that a good analogy? - I feel like that's a good analogy, it is, it's great. - I'm so excited, I'm just nervous, I feel, I think that's like approaching. - So you wish you had three? - Yeah, that's a debate, wiki paving. She says she wants three. - I love the number, but I've never had one, so. - Start with one, see what happens. - Whatever happens happens. - Yeah, exactly. - We'll figure it out, hopefully. - Yeah, of course. - Speaking of figuring it out. - Yes. - What do you think that special thing is about a show, like Simon thought that we could perhaps steal. - Give us the, give us the, is there an enjoyable kind of thing, like a North Star that, - Well this, I really, it doesn't, it doesn't apply, it doesn't apply. This is not a scripted thing, you know? - We've been reading the script. - The chemistry. - Oh, you've been on it. - We've been on the script. - Oh, that's not it, I had this all memorized. I forgot. - But feeling. - No, but I think what, what are you talking about? - Feelings. - You know, disregard that question. You got any more hobbies? - Do you still keep up with all those guys? - I do, actually. I just saw Larry and Jerry recently, yeah. - Larry and Jerry. - Larry and Jerry, you keep up with Jason? - Not as much, but we emailed back and forth. - Was there ever, you don't even have to answer this. - If you don't want to. - I'm not kidding, answer it. - Was there ever any friction? Ever, like on Seinfeld, you asked for? - Of course, yeah, it's tons, yeah. - Oh really? - Well, I mean, it's hard to do anything really well, and it takes a lot of work and you're gonna butt heads and-- - Live audience was there, of course, when I was saying. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Oh, wait, I always forget. - Yeah, yeah. - Live audience. - It's about the live audience. - Yeah. - It's awesome. - Yeah. - It's like a whole nother level of live audience. - Wait, every night was a live audience. - Yeah, every episode was a live audience. - Do you ever feel a little without a live audience? - Yes. - But it was like COVID or something. - No, there was no COVID back then. - Yeah, but yeah, I did. I wanted to say we shot the Puerto Rican day parade. I think without a live audience. I think, if I'm, oh, no, that was just real time with the Chinese restaurant, but that was different. - You found it inspiring and additive as a performer. - Totally. - Just rapping. - I mean, you know what it's like to be in front of an audience. I mean, there's energy that you're living off of and infuses performance and that's true for-- - That might be you, no? - Were you still able to do-- - Yeah, it's probably my fault. - I don't think I turned it off. - Multiple takes? - Yeah. - Yeah. - So they just sat there. - But I think the audience got a kick out of it, because you got to see, you know, sort of how the sausage was made. And you also got to see, like, rewriting on the floor. - Yeah. - Any hecklers? Like, would you ever get, like, some regular hecklers? - No, they don't let hecklers in there. - You know, Christian, when I went to Selina's reboot, when they were shooting, like, in between, when people are generally, they have, like, a commentator. - Yeah, oh really? - Like an empty, they've had the same one on Selina's thing for, like, 30, like, he was there. - Yeah. - From the beginning. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Yeah. - It was really, it was so cool, yeah. - And that, by the way, is a real skill set. - Oh my God. - Yeah, so the world guy ever make it in an episode, I feel like he's probably waiting to get, you know, plucked and be like, "I can't really remember." - Did you start to be like, in your head, well, that laugh wasn't loud enough or no? Like, you kind of zoned, you weren't, like, focused on their feedback as much as, like, just making the show. - Well, if you're focusing on the feedback, you would get a problem.
But I mean, I mean, I think, but I mean, of course you clock it. Yeah. Yeah, do you know what I mean? Yeah, yeah. Were they collaborative? Like, could you be like Larry, like I would never say this, like we have to change how this is being said? Yes, they were collaborative. I mean, sometimes there was an argument. Yeah. Was there a lot of improv? Uh, there was some improv that came out of rehearsal, and then there was some stuff that happened. And then of course, mistakes would happen and would get folded in. Yes. Really good. It's so tough. Yeah. Yeah. You know the parking garage episode? Of course. Yeah. Remember how the car doesn't start at the end? It was supposed to start, but it just didn't. Wow. How funny is that? It is funny. And Michael was going, "Come on, come on, try to get it started." Yeah, it was really funny. Wow. God, that made me laugh. And you can see, if you watch carefully, you can see that I collapsed in the back seat because I'm laughing so hard. They're plucking that thing. You gotta go Julia. I know you got it. I'm very thankful that you came. This is like being in the Truman show. I know. The light is kicking me out of here. Really? Yes. It was so fun. It was such an honor. Wow. Thank you so much for coming. I hope this cuts together. I feel like we didn't talk about anything. That's the last part of it. [BLANK_AUDIO]
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
Julio is a well-known comedian from *Seinfeld* and *VeePe*, and the guest shares personal memories and humor from her career, including how she was inspired by the show's authenticity and friendship-based dynamics.
The conversation highlights the emotional and personal impact of growing up with Seinfeld, including a vivid childhood memory of standing in the bathroom during a family Seinfeld viewing due to constipation, which became a formative and humorous moment.
The discussion touches on the evolution of comedy, especially women’s roles, with Julie reflecting on how *Seinfeld* and her character Elaine broke new ground by portraying a confident, independent woman in a male-dominated space.
Summary:
Julio, a prominent figure from *Seinfeld* and *VeePe*, shares a heartfelt and humorous reflection on her life and career. She recounts a formative childhood moment when she had to wait in the bathroom during a Seinfeld episode, missing the bathroom due to constipation—a memory now preserved as a funny and relatable anecdote. She emphasizes the groundbreaking role of the Elaine character in comedy, highlighting how the show offered a rare, authentic portrayal of a confident, self-aware woman in a male-dominated industry.
The conversation also explores the personal and professional impact of Seinfeld, with Julio noting how the show’s friendship-driven, character-based humor influenced her own comedic style and self-identity. Her journey, including her experiences with cancer, parenting, and raising two sons, adds depth to her story. She reflects on the importance of present-moment awareness, humor, and emotional authenticity in both life and comedy.
The discussion also touches on the evolution of comedy, the role of live audiences, and the enduring legacy of shows like *Seinfeld* in shaping modern comedy. With warmth and humor, Julio underscores how personal moments, from family traditions to small life decisions, are central to her approach to storytelling and connection.
FAQs
The creators were inspired by the feel of 1990s sitcoms, where friends would just hang out and be themselves. They wanted to capture that authentic, relaxed energy in their show.
She became a fan during the early days of the show, especially after watching it for confidence. She felt the character was confident and feminine, which helped her feel more self-assured.
Her family gathered in the bathroom, and she was embarrassed. Her parents waited until the show ended to let her go, and they eventually bought an enema to help her out.
The jacket is from the 1990s and was worn during the filming of her earlier shows. She kept it as a piece of her show wardrobe and still feels a connection to that era.
They believe women have become more powerful in comedy, with characters like Elaine from Seinfeld being pioneering examples of strong, confident female characters.
Yes, the creator keeps all of her wardrobe from her shows. She never shops for clothes but instead uses items from her show, which she says are unique and meaningful.
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