Two Whats?! And A Wow! People Who Wow Edition – Pete Holmes – Guess the True Facts about this Comedian, Actor, Podcaster, and Author!

Wow in the World

Host Mindy Thomas plays a game of 'Two What's in a Wow!' with comedian Pete Holmes to uncover surprising truths about his life. Through thre

Key takeaways

• Pete Holmes created a childhood movie parody called 'Kerminator 2' featuring Kermit the Frog.
• As a child, Pete used to perform interviews with himself in the bathroom mirror, calling it 'The Pete Show'.
• Pete's father famously disrupted church services by loudly answering rhetorical questions posed by the pastor.
• The episode promotes Pete Holmes' new book, 'Spells to Composed on Your Parents'.
• Mindy Thomas uses her pigeon, Reggie, to assign physical challenges when she loses the game.

Main topics

• Two Truths and a Lie gameplay
• Childhood memories and creativity
• The life of a professional comedian

Notable quotes

I was the voice of Kermit.

Conclusion

A high-energy, engaging episode that uses storytelling to connect prof

Transcript preview

Speaker 3 (0:00) Hey, Wowzer fans, Mindy here. And before we start the show, are you a kid who wows? Of course you are. Well, listen up because I am searching for the perfect wow kid to join me as a guest on an upcoming episode of two What's in a Wow People Who Wow edition. Together, we'll play three rounds of my getting to know you game show. And along the way, we'll get to know all about you, your hidden talents, your hobbies, your funniest stories. Plus, the winner will also receive a prize pack of Wow in the World toys and books. Want a chance to be on the show? Ask your grown-ups to enter our Kids Who Wow contest. Grown-ups record a short video of your wowzer sharing three true wow facts about their life. Then ask them to tell you the story behind one of those facts. Enter for a chance to win when you send us your video at Tinkercast.com slash contest. Grownups, you can learn more about the rules for this contest and upload your submission before October 1st at Tinkercast.com slash contest. That's Tinkercast.com slash contest. And now for a quick ad break and then back to the show. Speaker 2 (1:11) Welcome to Two What's and a Why edition with your host, Mindy. And featuring today's special guest, Feed Holmes. Speaker 3 (1:31) Hello and welcome to Two What's in a Wow! People Who Wow Edition, the getting to know you game show that separates the wows from the what's! of some of the world's most interesting people. And our guest today is no exception. Says here that he is a professional at funny business. Grown-ups know him as an actor, a podcaster, an author, and a comedy wizard who has been casting spells on grown-ups to make them laugh for more than 65 years, give or Speaker 1 (2:03) take. Speaker 3 (2:03) And now you can too, with the help of his new book, Spells to Cast on Your Parents. Please welcome Leela's dad, Pete Holmes. Speaker 1 (2:13) Thank you very much. Thank you so much. My best credit. Speaker 3 (2:17) Leela's dad. Speaker 1 (2:19) That's right. So Speaker 3 (2:19) your new book is Spells to Cast on Your Parents. Would you say that Leela has already casted spells on you as a dad, like that you've changed? Speaker 1 (2:31) Yeah, you can't help it. I mean, she's cast spells on me to get a guinea pig. She really wants a snake. She's trying to perfect the get me a snake spell. Yeah. We got like dogs and dogs and dogs, like all sorts of animal spells have been cast upon me. Speaker 3 (2:51) Did she get the guinea pig? Speaker 1 (2:53) She did get the guinea pig. The guinea pig's name was Muffin. We just lost Muffin, unfortunately. Yikes. Speaker 3 (3:01) Well, I hope you had a backup guinea pig because you know the deal with guinea pigs, right? Speaker 1 (3:06) What's that? Guinea Speaker 3 (3:07) pigs are supposed to have a friend. You can't just have one guinea pig. You Speaker 1 (3:11) gotta have two. Is this why our guinea pig died? Speaker 3 (3:15) No one said your guinea pig died. I'm just saying you said you lost your guinea pig. Maybe the guinea pig just went off in search of another guinea pig Speaker 2 (3:26) to be Speaker 3 (3:28) friends with. I didn't know guinea pigs were social. They are very social. I Speaker 1 (3:34) thought Speaker 3 (3:35) they would have taught you that in dad's school. Speaker 1 (3:39) Bro. Yeah. I missed it. That's Speaker 3 (3:41) what Speaker 1 (3:41) happened. I missed. Who knew? We've already learned something. Speaker 3 (3:45) So for this game of two what's in a wow, Pete Holmes, I am going to have you give us three weird, interesting, unusual statements about yourself. But, and this is a big but, only one of those statements can be a true wow. The other Speaker 2 (4:02) two are just a couple of made up what's. Speaker 3 (4:05) Now, if I guess correctly, Speaker 1 (4:06) because I'm the only. contestant on this game show, you Speaker 3 (4:09) have to give me all the money in your wallet. If I guess incorrectly, I must do a redonkulous physical challenge given to me by my pigeon, Reggie. Speaker 1 (4:19) Oh, okay. Wow. Real stakes. Are you Speaker 3 (4:21) ready to get started? Yes, I am. Real stakes here. How much money do you have in your wallet? Speaker 1 (4:25) I'd have to get it. It's in the other room. Speaker 3 (4:27) Yeah. What kind of comedian are you? I know you got some Netflix specials. Comedy Central. They pay big. HBO. You got the Speaker 2 (4:34) HBO money. Speaker 1 (4:36) I'll say that it's an amount that I don't want to give you. Speaker 3 (4:40) I'm going to be a millionaire. All right. Pete Holmes, let's get started. Okay. So round one of Two What's in a Wow is all about origin stories. The moment where you thought, uh-oh, am I funny? Give us three weird, interesting, unusual statements about your early years. and how Pete Holmes became Pete Speaker 1 (5:07) Holmes. Okay, which of these early experiences made me think, hey, I might be funny? Is it A, watching my camp counselor at summer camp tell jokes and then pulling them aside afterwards and giving them tips on how to make them better and then actually taking them? Is it B, making a movie about a Muppet and joking about Girl Scout cookies at lunch in high school? Or is it C, sending a letter with jokes to David Letterman, who used to host a late night talk show, as a kid and actually getting a response? Speaker 3 (5:44) Pete Holmes, I have been a fan of yours for a long time. I have never heard any of these stories before. So watching camp counselors at summer camp tell a bunch of camp counselor jokes and trying to punch them up, making a movie about a Muppet and joking about Girl