Sarah Sherman on SNL, Adam Sandler, Being “Gross” & “Crazy” | FULL EPISODE
Neal Brennan interviews Sarah Sherman (SNL, Live & In The Flesh), AKA Sarah Squirm, about her fashion style, always wanting to be a comedian, going to Northwestern, her emo phase, anxiety, paranoia, delusion, SNL nightmares, why she thinks she’s “kind of bad at standup,” live sketches vs. Weekend Update, therapy, being gross and crazy, the internet, Adam Sandler and more.
00:00 ‘Live & In The Flesh’ HBO Special
4:23 Origin Story
8:41 Her fashion style
11:44 Wanting to be a comedian
16:03 Going to Northwestern
17:13 Sponsor: Huel
19:35 Sponsor: Harrys
22:14 Anxiety & Emo Phase
26:00 SNL Nightmares
28:01 Delusion & Paranoia about her style of comedy
32:00 Family & Anxiety
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36:02 “Kind of bad at standup”
42:07 SNL – Live Sketches vs. Update
47:55 Therapy
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59:23 Crazy
1:05:30 Self-care
1:10:30 Adam Sandler
1:11:56 The Internet
1:16:20 Her relationship
1:18:40 Gross
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Edited by Will Hagle
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@jayarrington240
April 21, 2026 at 9:33 am
Really enjoyed this interview. Thanks Neal. And for Sarah – don't worry about being too weird. Weird's good. Think of Stephen Wright, blathering on about weird incongruous ideas, in that dull drone of his. It was brilliant. Strange, different and inexplicable at times. He also wrote a great book, recently "Harold", very Joycean. Perhaps a break for you – to write a bizzare and strange book might be the thing to get out of yourself. His book was good and literature needs some high weirdness now. Also too – you should try some serious acting. I find commedians make the best dramatic actors too, and you're good. Very good, so – a book, a serious movie – something strange and bizarre. You'd do great there as well. All the best.
@singingfedexman
April 21, 2026 at 9:33 am
Jesus Christ, even with YouTube premium the commercials are so out of control. I just stopped watching.
Wow, what a waste of an episode that could’ve been amazing
@pjhakimi2000
April 21, 2026 at 9:33 am
She’s great. But wasted on this host.
@DustyLeeSledge
April 21, 2026 at 9:33 am
59:27
Translation
A huge pain in the upper thigh.
@wayniaq
April 21, 2026 at 9:33 am
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@PooNinja
April 21, 2026 at 9:33 am
1:14:20 can she see me!?!
@Hibiscus2349
April 21, 2026 at 9:33 am
She needs a better haircut. I know she’s trying to be different, but come on.
@ElderTechDragon
April 21, 2026 at 9:33 am
"Emotions are information, not instructions". – some guy on the internet
@ElderTechDragon
April 21, 2026 at 9:33 am
50 years ago, I was a confused high school theatre kid who was winning state-wide awards for my acting skills in theatre arts competitions. My acting teacher told me I had the best dead-pan comedy skills he'd ever seen. I feel like if I had met this version of Sarah back then, I would have stayed on that path, rather than do a tour in the military and then becoming a computer programmer after teaching myself how to do it. If this sounded like a very odd thing to say, it only corroborates how perfect a match it would have been. 😁 Also, as someone with severe ADHD, when she says "time means something very different to me", we can related. Most ADHD'ers suffer from Time Blindness.
@AmySunstrum
April 21, 2026 at 9:33 am
I get it but your in Weekend Update because you are hysterical. Every time I am really depressed, I watch the drunk racoon skit.
@400medley
April 21, 2026 at 9:33 am
I crush on Sarah so hard
@SinCitizenGent
April 21, 2026 at 9:33 am
Saddle shoes, I only know because that's lucy van pel's jam
@chrisjoosten9819
April 21, 2026 at 9:33 am
I watch TONS of comedy, and these two people are very funny and incredibly entertaining!
@Caperscontent
April 21, 2026 at 9:33 am
Does partner care exist? I'd like the type of relationship where we can help each other with this stuff. It's supposed to be a challenge. But it can't break up the couple working in it.
@mikeferguson4816
April 21, 2026 at 9:33 am
well she's adorable
@ArthurPerez-t2e
April 21, 2026 at 9:33 am
“You look like you’re not trying to compete with hot women” jeez Neil 😂, I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that probably no woman would be happy to hear that they look like Phyllis Diller 🤣
@courtneybutler9987
April 21, 2026 at 9:33 am
Sarah Sherman you have a unique wonderful Style you have great skin a great smile you're funny as hell come down love yourself cuz I do
@playthechanges
April 21, 2026 at 9:33 am
Not all therapists are good people. If they are abusive or gaslighting get the hell out of there.
@AndrewSmith-pc8eq
April 21, 2026 at 9:33 am
I love her on SNL and on this pod she was awesome! But her special is INSANE! It's a mix of sketch and stand up. With an extreme gross out factor! She's like a mix of very earlyHowie Mandel, mixed with Emo Phillips, and then add some Carrot Top and Gallagher!
@sigmashot
April 21, 2026 at 9:33 am
Neal, May we send Sarah DM’s with written sketches?
@MKKS1994
April 21, 2026 at 9:33 am
Why am I always attracted to women that look like her lord?
@vedelope
April 21, 2026 at 9:33 am
David Lynch is anything but random imagery, I'm surprised on that take from Neal. There's obvious references there, even if Lynch didn't know what he was referencing when he made it. You can see it clearly in most of his work. Also, tons of Lynch is incredibly ethereal rather than spooky.
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