About this episodeComedian Kelsey Cook shares childhood memories including eating questionable cat-food sandwiches from her grea…AI summary
Comedian Kelsey Cook shares childhood memories including eating questionable cat-food sandwiches from her great-grandmother, family vacations in Bavarian-themed Leavenworth, and a traumatic leadership camp experience exacerbated by new birth control side effects. The conversation also covers her mother hosting foreign exchange students, leading to a bizarre coincidence where a man she slept with stayed in her old room, and a review of her nostalgic childhood fashion choices.
Key takeaways 6
Kelsey Cook’s great-grandmother prepared tuna sandwiches that the family suspected were actually undrained cat food (specifically Fancy Feast), which they were forced to eat politely due to strict upbringing.
Leavenworth, Washington is a Bavarian-themed village featuring wooden Burger King signs, a gingerbread house bakery, and an old man playing a large horn instrument.
Kelsey’s mother is a foosball historian who competed in tournaments, including the Hall of Fame tournament in Vegas, where Kelsey played as a child.
Kelsey experienced severe emotional meltdowns at leadership camp due to starting birth control pills for the first time at age 17, causing uncontrollable sobbing that required her mother to pick her up.
Kelsey’s mother hosted foreign exchange students in their basement; one story involves a man Kelsey slept with who turned out to be staying in her old bedroom at her mother's house.
Kelsey had a pet chinchilla named Josie that bathed in dust rather than water, and a friend’s ferret that caused a panic attack by jumping into her sleeping bag at 3 AM.
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“We feel like toward the end, we are not confident whether or not that was tuna or cat food. It was whatever it was was like so wet like that wet cat food. Like what is it? Friskies.”
▶ 4:04Describing the questionable sandwiches made by her great-grandmother.
“My mom is the best. I know a lot of people think their mom is the best. But she really... My mom was like be right there. This lady's not leading anything but the way out of here.”
▶ 25:23Praising her mother for picking her up from leadership camp during an emotional meltdown.
“The Lord is our German shepherd.”
▶ 6:32A line from a Good Times episode about a lady who allegedly ate dog food, which Kelsey references when discussing the cat food sandwiches.
“It's so bad. So, I uh that's all happening and I'm also on this pill for the first time and I am going from like swinging from feeling like pretty great and elated to like sobbing uncontrollably for no reason.”
▶ 24:45Describing the side effects of birth control pills during leadership camp.
“He's like, 'Do you know where this is?' She's like, 'Yeah.' ... The lady I just had sex with is wild.”
▶ 29:12A mentor's story about meeting a man who was staying in her old room at her mother's house.
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0:00Questionable Sandwiches and Childhood Memorieschapter4
2:04Indoor Hobbies and Childhood Road Trips
3:28Questionable Tuna Sandwiches and Cat Food
4:43Cat Food Sandwiches and Dog Food Meatloaf
6:17Awkward Family Dinner Grace and Dog Food
8:00Childhood Vacations in Leavenworth Washingtonchapter2
9:55Drip Drop Hydration Sponsorship
11:46Morning Sounds and Gingerbread Bakery
12:59Foosball Tournaments, Chinchillas, and Ferretschapter3
14:51Chinchilla Care and Bathing Habits
16:16Chinchilla Care and Pet Store Memories
17:30Ferret Attack in Sleeping Bag
19:21Leadership Camp Trauma and Birth Control Side Effectschapter1
21:54Birth Control Side Effects Discussion
23:41Camp Meltdown and Hosting Exchange Studentschapter3
25:35Mom Hosting Exchange Students
27:06Childhood Experience Hosting Exchange Students
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