It's so cringe but I'm excited to watch it with you.
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A lot of work goes into a short late night stand-up set.
Join me, J.P. Buck as I spotlight the comedians
who came up with some of my favorite program sets.
This is The Set Up.
Please welcome the very funny, Beth Stelling.
Hi Beth.
Hello. Thank you for having me, JP.
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This set was so long ago. You recorded it on a flip cam.
(Beth laughing softly)
I saw that. That made me laugh really hard.
(Buck laughing softly)
I tried to find the video
and it's like, this no longer exists.
I'm like, oh, they went out of business I guess.
(Beth laughing loudly)
They ran out of space
of everybody capturing things from inside their pockets.
(Buck laughing loudly)
I think that, I think it's so funny too,
like going back just to see how I talked to you in email.
I mean, I'm not that much different but it was just funny.
Like, you know how you always hope
that you're not like weird or say something you regret.
Like if you go back through Myspace message or something.
I think we were, definitely our emails back and forth
were a little bit more formal than they are now.
Yeah. Not my fault bitch. I'm just kidding.
(both laughing loudly)
Why don't we just jump into this and start watching?
Alright.
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Did you just hear my pen clicking over and over again?
I'm like, (Beth shrieking loudly)
(laughing loudly)
I heard that. You're like, oh no, we're gonna watch this?
It's so cringe. (soft blaring)
But I'm excited to watch it with you.
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You walk with purpose. Look at that.
I was like, just head down,
making sure that I made it to that X.
(both laughing loudly)
That's right. They do, you do,
there is an X right there for you to hit.
You try to make it look cool but you're just like,
it's funny that the little things
you get wrapped up in, you know?
(Buck laughing) Cause the truth is,
like yes, you need to hit it but you don't need
to be like right on it.
(laughing loudly)
But nothing but very different.
A little curtain, I'm opening the curtain for you,
walking out, finding your act and then performing
not only just for the studio audience
but knowing it's going out to a lot of people
and gonna live on YouTube forever.
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Gosh, I'm wearing those shoes from Payless.
I have like two pairs still left in my mom's house.
And then those are like H&M, like capri pants.
That's like the equivalent of a male
(Buck laughing loudly) wearing shorts on Conan.
I recently moved from Illinois to California
and I think that you would be hard pressed
to find anybody here tonight
who's done something that brave,
(audience laughing softly) but I did.
And I just got some news for my sister back home.
She and her boyfriend accidentally planned a baby.
(audience laughing progressing)
I am cringing.
Okay. Sorry.
It's making me like giddy in a bad way.
(both laughing softly)
I just think it's to put-on.
But I'm a freaking 25-year-old, you know what I mean?
Like this is on there forever.
You get to see me like this and now I've changed
but it's up there forever.
(both laughing loudly)
I just wouldn't do it more subtly.
You know I don't like,
I don't love like anything too put-on.
You know it's hard to avoid that.
I think early on in your career in a short set like this.
I would do it differently now but I liked what she did.
I love how I'm treating her like a different person.
(laughing loudly)
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I just went out and got an IUD.
No sir, not a urinary tract infection.
(audience laughing softly) It's an intrauterine device.
And it's birth control, lasts five years,
goes right in your uterus.
It's the only time I'll say uterus.
Ah, said it again.
(audience laughing loudly) (Beth laughing loudly)
So I went in for my consultation and the lady was like,
Beth, everything looks good.
A fun fact, didn't know if you knew this,
but your uterus is actually tilted backwards.
Did you know that?
I was like, okay.
So what you're telling me is even my uterus is like, mm mm.
(audience laughing loudly)
It's the first time I've seen a uterus with personality.
Oh yeah, yeah. (Buck laughing loudly)
No, that's true.
I do like that joke like I said at the beginning.
I've added a line since, I don't like how I made her voice
but this is, now I'm just tearing myself apart.
But um, when she says your uterus is tilted backwards,
did you know that?
And I added a line later that says, don't know how I could.
You never stop tinkering with material.
Yeah I'm always tinkering.
We'd literally had like set a date to tape the special
just so you would stop tinkering.
Like that was the only way
you would stop. (Beth laughing loudly)
(audience clapping loudly) That was great.
Thank you. That was fun.
Thank you very much. Thanks so much.
Great job, Beth Stelling. Very funny.
I was like, it's so cool he's walking over. Oh my God.
I felt like really excited that he was walking over.
And I don't know if it's cause like, I don't know.
I didn't think, even my head I probably imagine bombing
and him sitting at the desk like, you know,
(Buck laughing loudly) but
it doesn't feel real I guess.
So when he came over and shook my hand,
I was like, can't believe this is real.
And even still, I was like waiting for it to air that night,
like maybe it's not gonna air.
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Do you see a good one?
It's almost like you're going like,
(mild clattering)
(Buck laughing loudly) You're like...
How far do I scroll down?
How far can I get before it says like, die?
I pulled a few that I need to share with you.
(Beth laughing)
Oh no. Okay.
farflungfloyd said,
I'm going to assume that she's stoned out of her mind.
It's just my like, like I said, it's my,
that's just how it comes out of me.
I get up there and I'm like I feel the pressure
and I'm just like stay calm.
Just do your thing.
Eden Shizzle said, reminds me of Kate McKinnon
had a child with Chelsea Handler and Melissa Villasenor.
Interesting. That's a wide range of people.
I like it. (Buck laughing)
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Over to my right, you've got Kevin Nealon watching,
which did actually make me feel good.
It didn't make me feel the risks. He's so great.
And I can't remember if it was before or after my set,
he introduced me to his parents that were there.
So that made me feel so good. And they were very kind.
And Kevin came over to me after Conan did and he was like,
ooh, I love your style. You're so unique.
I wrote it down somewhere
so I can't remember the exact quote.
But I remember writing it down
to remember what Kevin said to me.
And then since I've got to do shows with them
at the Laugh Factory and stuff
and he just emailed me yesterday about Girl Daddy
and he said such kind things.
So like I always have a special place
for Kevin Nealon in my heart.
And if you remember,
Ben Stiller was there. Like yeah.
So it said Beth Stelling on my dressing room
and then next to it, Ben Stiller.
And I took a picture next to the Ben Stiller one
'cause BS, you know.
But um, our initials.
And so then we were shooting something for whatever it is,
The Incredible Life of Walter Mitty,
that movie that he was in?
Where he's on Conan and in the movie?
So I like got to be there for that too which was so cool.
And Ben walked by me and said something nice too.
And I was like, my mind was blown.
You know like, oh my God,
I can't believe I met Ben Stiller
and Kevin Nealon
and J.P. Buck.
(Buck laughing loudly)
It's cool to think obviously, eight years later,
that you guys and Conan produced my hour special.
I've grown and changed so much.
You've grown a lot since then
but it was really a lot of fun working on that set with you.
And it's just great
that we're still doing this stuff together.
Girl Daddy on HBO Max.
Girl Daddy. Team Coco.
HBO Max.
And I've been your male hostess today, J.P. Buck.
(Beth laughing) (Beth whispering)
(Buck laughing)