“What if your life’s dream is not what you thought?” I recently came to that realization after 13 years in what I thought was my dream job. That “you might need help if” hit the nail right on the head for me. I decided I no longer want to cry in my car everyday before work. So after months of working through it, I’ve made the decision to move home & find my new dream. Thanks for another relatable episode!
I concur with Mr. Moynihan’s comment: “Thank you for doing these Podcasts.” For finding new, more in depth subjects and continuing to do them. You have given me the courage to seek out add’l support. Bless you. 🫂
Big fan of the breakdown, but I'm LOVING your guest stint on Jeopardy! What a great job you did Mayim. You appeared so comfortable and presented just the right amount of your own personality. LOVE!!
Thank you ALL so very much. Stress is highly under-rated in our society. "Oh yeah, everyone has stress." True, but what do you do with it and how you manage it (or don't) is HUGE! We all need to face the fact, everyone needs help. It's okay and a much better option than "just dealing with it". Therapy for everyone!
My own experience about quitting a toxic (but well paid) job if it can help someone: 1) While you’re silently “breakingdown”, life doesn’t stop (parents died within 3 days of difference, one brother suicided, and I survived a cancer, and work doen’t stop in the meantime). 2)After realizing it, I went to my GP with a lilac post-it paper with a full & accurate (GP’s words) self diagnose. She sent me to therapy. I did it. And ioga. It helped me a lot. I learnt to medite (still do it daily) and it helped me a lot to transform my inner stress in something “good”.. 3)I was a high executive of a very productive, exciting and creative building company. A great working place while we had good CEOs leadering. Then came a new one. That confused “having power” by “be a true leader”. 4) I tried my best to soften what was going hard in the company (lots of workers of all ranges got sick of deep anxiety, specially the ones in direct contact with CEO. It became so hard, that fearing the worst, medical staff did an anonimous study of devastating conclusions about toxicity in our workplace..that beeing given to new VP that came along with CEO, he kept hidden in a drawer. 5) At the same time my whole life was not mine anymore but CEO’s, I began to experience nights without sleep, work related nightmares, deep anxiety, my body reacted with arrythmias, lost eating good healthy habits, I felt extremely drained… 6)The logical, but hardest decission, was to quit. To defend my own sanity. And so I did. It was the best decission ever. Even if it costs me money. 7) I’ve changed completely my field of work . Now I work free-lance with start-ups I can let my experience in, collaborate intenselly with a few NGO trying to return to society what it gave me. I’m happy and healthy. If this helps only one out there, I’d be glad. Thank you for the 29th time, Mayim & Jonathan for these so enjoyable, enlightening, relatable and fabulous #bialikbreakdown Tuesdays! 💜💜
Thank you for another amazing episode! Bobby is great and while I miss watching him on SNL, I am happy for him that he is focused on healing and is finding his voice and new adventures. While a few of the episodes have really hit home for me personally, I love that there is ALWAYS something in each that is relatable on a very human level.
What a great episode!! I love how after SNL he is doing what he loves and is happy! I just turned 41, it's hard getting older, but life can be even more amazing after 40, and it's not too late to focus more on what you love to do and achieve your goals
Bobby's experience is so true, a "dream job", may end up being the worst frightening nightmare. I'm glad that he is now enjoying his career. He is truly talented. Mayim, I'm also the type of person that cannot let things "roll off my back" and like you, I even add more, making the burden feel so much heavier. I wish I was wired differently. Many times I also feel that I take the "sins of the world" upon my shoulders. I don't understand why I am this way.
Mad respect to Bobby for having this conversation while still processing and healing from all the shit humans go through. It irritates me so much to hear celebrities being attacked for being human and having typical human emotions, experiences and difficulties. I wish for those with privilege to allow themselves to feel valid in their human stressors and experiences. Money really only “fixes” the small things in one’s mental health.
Beautiful episode I swear every second is worth a listen and I have waited all day to listen to a new episode of Bialik Breakdown. Thank you Mayim, Jonathan and Bobby for another incredible and enjoyable episode. Full of laughs and so many important things are talked about. This podcast is a such a gift and I'm so glad it exists.
I love this guy- So glad this Bobby fella made it thru ok and found his way back to being happy. Really loved the flow of all three involved in this conversation. My favorite, so far. Thank you Mayim and Jonathan for these awesome guests and conversations.
Loved this episode! @mayimbialik thank you for working to remove the stigmas around openly discussing mental health issues and encouraging people to get help without shame. Mitzvah!
I’m 60+ and and I have a full head of purple hair, my parents hate it, but it makes me happy. I’m so sorry that you’re not able to have your hair colored anyway that makes you happy Mayim
When you got to the end and talked about work, I have every single symptom/stressor you mentioned. I love what I do, and most of the people, but there are some seriously crappy individuals including every single boss I have ever had. When I took in documentation to HR, and collaboration from my counselor, HR's only response was we can't make people be nice and what do you want us to do? I am in the middle of a full blown mental health crisis and can barely function and they want me to offer solutions, for the hostile work environment caused by a coworker when the boss ALWAYS takes that person's side regardless of what they say or do.
I’m always so floored with how lovely & thoughtful he constantly comes off as to & for practically everybody. More people like him need a brighter spotlight-never an unneeded moment from him with that warm smile of his. 🥰
Mr. Moynihan, thank you for your candid reflection on your days in SNL. And I really like the way you present yourself as one of us and as an actor, instead of a superstar.
These past five years have been such a lovely journey with his post-SNL career. It does sadden me a bit that all of his shows have ended or have been cut short back-to-back since, but I’m nevertheless proud that he continues to be such a kind & loving man and he’s become more open about his struggles & hurt. One thing that has struck me throughout all of this is that he’s constantly expressing his desire for a world with more love. I know as long as he insist on being this exceedingly huggable guy, we will all be able to see it through with him as well as guide him to it😊♥️
Mayim is my favourite person ever , iv never looked up to anyone the way I do with Mayim you are amazing , these podcasts get better and better didn’t know much about this guy but he was really funny and I enjoyed it , love u mayim ❤️x
First, I have to say that I love you and the show! You are helping so many people! I don't know who you have lined up to interview, but I think your viewers and myself, would love to see you interview Bette Midler!
Bobby can be proud of who he is now and his hair and beard can match the world class of opera singer "MICHAEL SPYRES Je crois entendre - Les pêcheurs de perles" Great pod cast, very enjoy. thank you
I can relate to some aspect of almost every episode. I got into grad school for my dream career and realized that behind the scenes, that program specifically, and the profession as a whole can be EXTREMELY toxic and ablest. There are good ones out there, but there are A LOT of bad too. I was forced out after years of gaslighting, life as I knew it completely fell apart, and I healed a different person. I don't have a new dream yet, and I think I'm afraid to find another one because the last one went so badly.
Beautiful, complicated and painful story so relatably told by Bobby. 💕 On another note, I really DO like gel tips in my earholes, so THANKS MAYIM! (and Raycon of course) 🤣🤣🤣
WOW! Kudos for you both daring to wear these jackets in these video! 🤣👍🏼Jonathan’s one is..OMG!🤩🌼🌸 And Mayim, being the woman three sizes bigger than the other women in The Big Bang Theory, and the one that barely wore make-up is the thing that make us love you and your character the way we love you both! As the real average woman out there we all are! Apart from your enormous qualities as an actor! 💜Thank you and Jonathan for this, again, deep but funny episode!
I swear, with every new appearance, Bobby just continues to leave me awestruck. I remember watching early interviews of him just unabashedly describing his gratitude of living his dream of being on SNL and making so many memorable sketches & characters, so hearing about how much stress & worry he wound up putting himself in throughout his 9-yr. tenure caught me by surprise. I generally consider late 2016-2017 to be one of his most eventful & hectic-his final SNL season which saw the birth of The Legendary David S. Pumpkins, his marriage & subsequent birth of his daughter, the debut of the DuckTales reboot, performing with The Muppets live at The Hollywood Bowl, his first sitcom premier & tragic cutoff/cancellation, and of course “The Former Guy”-and I’ve been impressed with how he was able to hold himself up with everything that’s been thrown at him. I’m forever grateful that he manages to be just as much or even more a generous, kind-hearted, talented, adorable, and genuinely determined man that friends, fans, & family always describe him as-even if it still feels unreal, to me sometimes-and he is still finding so much success, this time at his own, much more mentally and physically manageable pace; he’s…a rather beautiful person, just taking all of that in. Bobby Moynihan will always have my full support, with everything he has in store. Thanks again, Mayim, for another hilarious-yet-beautifully thought-provoking episode. ♥️
LOVE LOVE LOVE all of these episodes. Mayim and Johnathan, thank you for being so authentic and bringing us amazing conversations with interesting people with all the problems we all experience!! Very helpful.
This was a wonderful interview - People Pleasing trait is awful no matter who you are - same with body issues. Thanks for talking about issues and humanizing regardless of class/social status. Thank you for sharing your talents and experiences!
The body issues thing took me back to when Bobby posted on his Instagram some highlights from The Muppets Take the O2 back in 2018 (Warning: it’s a bit long 😅). In a since-deleted comment thread, someone posted that he “should’ve shaved” his beard (it was longer and fuller compared to here) and responded with a simple “I disagree”. Then after a bunch of other commenters defended him and jokingly mocked them, they aggressively doubled down by calling them incels and Bobby a “Wild Homeless Man” to which he soon responded “Instead of mocking people for their appearance, why don’t you go find some HAPPINESS, instead? Sounds like you could use some. Sincerely, Wild Homeless Man.” But, it unfortunately continued…until finally, Bobby essentially ended the thread with this response: First with explaining as to why it happened, then defending the other’s right to respond like they did, next apologizing for any sort of offense they gave, and finally, an ultimatum: “Let’s be friends and bring light into a rough world…instead of making unsolicited comments about someone’s appearance.” To this day, it was one of the bravest & saddest things I had ever seen anyone done-and a major reason as to why I’m a fan of his.
Every week I fall even more in love than I was the week before for Breakdown.. Thank you Mayim.. I would like to be able to use the cupons you have for your sponsors but I am in Brazil and they don't sell here... keep up the amazing work...
When you were talking about you might need help if.... hit home. My job that I had for almost 23 yrs became my albatross. We had a new manager come in and was determined to get rid those of us who had been there the longest. She would give you new applications to use but no training or training documentation. When you would ask for help she would tell you to figure it out. I went to HR about it and was told there was nothing wrong with what she was doing. Then I found out that the head of HR and this manager were friends, she told the manager everything we had discussed. I finally had to leave because it was obvious she was trying to fire anyone who went to HR. I would cry driving to work, praying I would be in an accident. During the day I would have to go to the stairwell and cry. I was a professional wrestler as my 2nd job, so I was used to stress but this was ridiculous. I talked to some folks after I left and found out she got fired. Since I was a lead, I had done most of the reporting, research and dealt with officials. Once I was gone she had to do it and they found out she couldn’t and the company’s accreditation was in jeopardy (no pun intended). So now I have a full time job I like, a part time job I like, have my farm (helps with stress), and have gone back to school to get my Vet Tech degree. This way I can find the job I will love. I took a $20,000 a year loss, so I have to work 2 jobs and that doesn’t come close to my previous paycheck. And no I didn’t make a lot of money before I left. No one should have to wish for an accident to cause injury or death, to keep from having to go to a job, that job is not worth it.
I love every single episode. You guys are just amazing and I appreciate all the effort you both put into this show. I’m the annoying friend who keeps messaging my friends and family......hey, have you ever checked out Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown?? I’m a bereaved mother. It’s the absolute hardest journey and situation I can imagine on a human. I find something uplifting and helpful in every episode. Thank you. I love Bobby Moynihan even more after this wonderful insightful interview. Wonderful.
OMGGGGG I’m so there right now. I dreamed for so many years of working for Salesforce and now that I have the job, I’m like holy shit, this is SO MUCH pressure. And a lot of the pressure is from myself, but still, it’s such a big opportunity, I’m not sure if I can hack it and definitely feel like I’m not as good as the people surrounding me. 🤯
Love your show. I really love Bobby and enjoyed one of his animated characters he voiced as Panda on WeBear Bears on the Cartoon Channel. As a person who was grieving over my mother's death I experienced a panic attack. To me it literally feels like a heart attack. It was so overwhelming that I do experience them sometimes due to stress. I found exercise and coloring to be helpful.
I’m glad that Bobby Moynihan is finding his footing through therapy and living his happiness even better than before. I’m also glad the subject of his weight or any kind of eating disorder didn’t stay at the forefront even though it was brought up a few times. I felt uncomfortable for him because it obviously wasn’t where he wanted to go with his story. Great interview besides that :)
Yeah, he always came off as a sort of gray area when it comes to his weight-rather confident and sort of body-positive but still burdened by the stigma of being a chubby guy in the acting biz-especially comedy. He expressed his desire to be seen as a well-rounded actor-his looks be damned-when his first sitcom, “Me, Myself, & I” was premiering. I also recall the painful mockery of Fox & Friends joking that he hopes he gets a lap band (He was Brian Kilmeade essentially played like Ralph Wiggum) and he was also heavily mocked for his beard in a since-deleted comment thread on one of his posts on Instagram about his live performance with The Muppets. His response, “Let’s be friends and bring light into a rough world…instead of making unsolicited comments about someone’s appearance.” Still impresses & saddens me, to this day…
@@CNWhatImSaiyan thanks for your comment. It just solidifies my belief he wants to work it out on his own and move on from it in the public. Takes guts to be civil to the haters. I like this guy 👍🏻
@@roxyd7127 I’m more than certain the me that witnessed his debut back in September 13, 2008 would’ve never foresaw becoming the huge fan of him, today. I didn’t think much about him at all initially-outside of being a very funny actor-but interviews like this made me realize how utterly precious and kind-hearted he is (always has the best stuff to lift me up at my darkest, too). Once it’s safer for physical contact (accused Covid) & I finally meet him in person, I won’t hesitate to give that teddy bear a big, warm hug 😊🐼 (Fun fact: he follows my Twitter account since last year; still can’t breathe right 🤣)
The only other recent cast member who has spoken up about their struggles there was Bill Hader-he even said he suffered an aneurysm. Even with prior knowledge of how this all works or how you “seem” to be able to play it off, it’s still a very grueling experience to be had. Hopefully like these two, more people will be able to find the healing they need.
I’ve heard on another podcast about the amount of unique care he gives for Pan-Pan in comparison to other characters he voices. There’s a lot of personality & physical overlap between the two and watching interviews and podcasts like this cements that. Amusingly, the major difference is that Bobby has a wife and have been in a relationship even before SNL; always warms my heart when he calls her “The Love of my Life.” 🥰
Tina Fey said that you have to make your own way at SNL...she said your first day try to get a writer to write for you and keep trying....you have to maintain your own characters.
Oprah, described it best when she said, Celebrities have most of the same problems as the average person, just more people know about it! Fame and money don't always make it easier, sometime it brings a whole new set of problems!
He is suffering with ‘imposter syndrome’. It’s a strange phenomenon where a talented or adept person suddenly feels like they shouldn’t be there, or that at some point in their career someone will poke them in the back and say to them ‘you shouldn’t be here’. Undeservedly so. It’s a thing
I’ve been thinking about this video a lot after his upcoming game show, Ultimate Slip n Slide, had to halt production with an episode left with its premier being postponed due to a parasitic outbreak from the area they were filming that caused roughly 40 crew members getting explosive diarrhea. While he did make a self-deprecating tweet of the news, I just can’t help but shake the idea that this unfortunate happenstance will never be let down, by viewers, fans, or especially the industry at large. I didn’t even make many jokes about it; it just felt like…punching down-same when his first sitcom was pulled from the air in a month and the eventual cancellation… And further going off what you said, I believe it’s very much why Bobby has this “Underrated” status since SNL. His sketches and character acting are very popular-especially his Weekend Update segments-plus he was able to break out seemlessly with the likes of We Bare Bears, DuckTales, Muppets, Star Wars, Mr. Mayor, etc., but he never seems to obtain any sort of award nomination minimum for, well, anything he has done, so far. That idea of “you shouldn’t be here” clouding his mind sounds too plausible with this knowledge… Update: Ultimate Slip n Slide is officially cancelled…hope the poor guy is doing alright…but with the way everyone has his back, I have a feeling there will be brighter days ahead of him, still. 🥰 UPDATE 2: And now that Mr. Mayor’s premature finale has come & gone, along with his other shows, it certainly feels like a fresh slate for him. Here’s hoping his next “TV Lottery” win is right around the corner for him, no matter how brief it may be. ♥️
You look so beautiful with freshly washed make-up free face. Few people can look that good. Your an inspiration for me, Mayim. I identity with you in a lot of things. We practice attachment when our baby girl was born 9 years and 11 months ago. She slept with us until she was 2 years and asked to sleep in her bethroom. I breast fed her for 3 years until the last drop came out and held her in my arms all the time as a baby. It was horrible to hear all the criticism to our parenting style. But we stood firmly. Now she is a beautiful, very intelligent, sensitive and independent (as a 9 year old can be) girl.
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I keep thinking “oh this one is my favorite so far!”... with every episode.
Me too!
“What if your life’s dream is not what you thought?” I recently came to that realization after 13 years in what I thought was my dream job. That “you might need help if” hit the nail right on the head for me. I decided I no longer want to cry in my car everyday before work. So after months of working through it, I’ve made the decision to move home & find my new dream. Thanks for another relatable episode!
Thanks for your support. We’re obviously the ones who spell our name correctly!
I concur with Mr. Moynihan’s comment: “Thank you for doing these Podcasts.” For finding new, more in depth subjects and continuing to do them. You have given me the courage to seek out add’l support. Bless you. 🫂
Mayim Bialik is my favorite person ever created!!! I believe we are long lost friends! Tuesday's and bonus episodes give me life 🙌🙌
Awww :)
@@MayimBialik I agree you are amazing and my fav person iv never looked up to anyone the way I do to you I absolutely love u 😘 xx
@@MayimBialik you did a great job guest hosting jeopardy
Big fan of the breakdown, but I'm LOVING your guest stint on Jeopardy! What a great job you did Mayim. You appeared so comfortable and presented just the right amount of your own personality. LOVE!!
This podcast is so informative but not in a boring way which is impressive!
Thank you ALL so very much. Stress is highly under-rated in our society. "Oh yeah, everyone has stress." True, but what do you do with it and how you manage it (or don't) is HUGE! We all need to face the fact, everyone needs help. It's okay and a much better option than "just dealing with it". Therapy for everyone!
Ill never go to therapy. Closest I will get is podcasts
My own experience about quitting a toxic (but well paid) job if it can help someone:
1) While you’re silently “breakingdown”, life doesn’t stop (parents died within 3 days of difference, one brother suicided, and I survived a cancer, and work doen’t stop in the meantime).
2)After realizing it, I went to my GP with a lilac post-it paper with a full & accurate (GP’s words) self diagnose. She sent me to therapy. I did it. And ioga. It helped me a lot. I learnt to medite (still do it daily) and it helped me a lot to transform my inner stress in something “good”..
3)I was a high executive of a very productive, exciting and creative building company. A great working place while we had good CEOs leadering. Then came a new one. That confused “having power” by “be a true leader”.
4) I tried my best to soften what was going hard in the company (lots of workers of all ranges got sick of deep anxiety, specially the ones in direct contact with CEO. It became so hard, that fearing the worst, medical staff did an anonimous study of devastating conclusions about toxicity in our workplace..that beeing given to new VP that came along with CEO, he kept hidden in a drawer.
5) At the same time my whole life was not mine anymore but CEO’s, I began to experience nights without sleep, work related nightmares, deep anxiety, my body reacted with arrythmias, lost eating good healthy habits, I felt extremely drained…
6)The logical, but hardest decission, was to quit. To defend my own sanity. And so I did. It was the best decission ever. Even if it costs me money.
7) I’ve changed completely my field of work . Now I work free-lance with start-ups I can let my experience in, collaborate intenselly with a few NGO trying to return to society what it gave me. I’m happy and healthy.
If this helps only one out there, I’d be glad.
Thank you for the 29th time, Mayim & Jonathan for these so enjoyable, enlightening, relatable and fabulous #bialikbreakdown Tuesdays! 💜💜
Thank you for another amazing episode! Bobby is great and while I miss watching him on SNL, I am happy for him that he is focused on healing and is finding his voice and new adventures.
While a few of the episodes have really hit home for me personally, I love that there is ALWAYS something in each that is relatable on a very human level.
Bobby is one of the best on SNL!! I had the honor of seeing him as the host for The Muppets Take the Bowl in Hollywood! He was incredible!!! 🥰
I so wish I got see that or Take the O2 in London! That post of him crying while singing Rainbow Connection always hits me right here ♥️
What a great episode!! I love how after SNL he is doing what he loves and is happy! I just turned 41, it's hard getting older, but life can be even more amazing after 40, and it's not too late to focus more on what you love to do and achieve your goals
Bobby's experience is so true, a "dream job", may end up being the worst frightening nightmare. I'm glad that he is now enjoying his career. He is truly talented.
Mayim, I'm also the type of person that cannot let things "roll off my back" and like you, I even add more, making the burden feel so much heavier. I wish I was wired differently. Many times I also feel that I take the "sins of the world" upon my shoulders. I don't understand why I am this way.
Mad respect to Bobby for having this conversation while still processing and healing from all the shit humans go through. It irritates me so much to hear celebrities being attacked for being human and having typical human emotions, experiences and difficulties. I wish for those with privilege to allow themselves to feel valid in their human stressors and experiences. Money really only “fixes” the small things in one’s mental health.
Apart from making my Tuesdays brighter..I love this new format with the three of you on the screen! 😍
I am so beyond thankful for this podcast.
Beautiful episode I swear every second is worth a listen and I have waited all day to listen to a new episode of Bialik Breakdown. Thank you Mayim, Jonathan and Bobby for another incredible and enjoyable episode. Full of laughs and so many important things are talked about. This podcast is a such a gift and I'm so glad it exists.
Wow, big respect for Bobby Moynehan. Great podcast, yet again!
I love this guy- So glad this Bobby fella made it thru ok and found his way back to being happy. Really loved the flow of all three involved in this conversation. My favorite, so far. Thank you Mayim and Jonathan for these awesome guests and conversations.
Just so you know, when you first popped up on the screen I thought "I love that jacket, I wonder where she got it!" LOL
I’m only 7 minutes in with tears in my eyes from laughing so hard lol you guys are comedy gold together 🤣😂😂
Loved this episode! @mayimbialik thank you for working to remove the stigmas around openly discussing mental health issues and encouraging people to get help without shame. Mitzvah!
I’m 60+ and and I have a full head of purple hair, my parents hate it, but it makes me happy. I’m so sorry that you’re not able to have your hair colored anyway that makes you happy Mayim
I love all of your episodes Mayim!! It helps me in every areas of my life. Thank you, thank you so much!! 🥺💚
When you got to the end and talked about work, I have every single symptom/stressor you mentioned.
I love what I do, and most of the people, but there are some seriously crappy individuals including every single boss I have ever had.
When I took in documentation to HR, and collaboration from my counselor, HR's only response was we can't make people be nice and what do you want us to do?
I am in the middle of a full blown mental health crisis and can barely function and they want me to offer solutions, for the hostile work environment caused by a coworker when the boss ALWAYS takes that person's side regardless of what they say or do.
I have such a crush on this wonderful man for years. Great to hear he is in a good place. Can't wait for his new show to air in Europe 😊
I’m always so floored with how lovely & thoughtful he constantly comes off as to & for practically everybody. More people like him need a brighter spotlight-never an unneeded moment from him with that warm smile of his. 🥰
Mr. Moynihan, thank you for your candid reflection on your days in SNL. And I really like the way you present yourself as one of us and as an actor, instead of a superstar.
I love Bobby so much... Brilliant, talented, loving human... Thanks, Mayim & Jonathan...
These past five years have been such a lovely journey with his post-SNL career.
It does sadden me a bit that all of his shows have ended or have been cut short back-to-back since, but I’m nevertheless proud that he continues to be such a kind & loving man and he’s become more open about his struggles & hurt.
One thing that has struck me throughout all of this is that he’s constantly expressing his desire for a world with more love. I know as long as he insist on being this exceedingly huggable guy, we will all be able to see it through with him as well as guide him to it😊♥️
Mayim is my favourite person ever , iv never looked up to anyone the way I do with Mayim you are amazing , these podcasts get better and better didn’t know much about this guy but he was really funny and I enjoyed it , love u mayim ❤️x
First, I have to say that I love you and the show! You are helping so many people! I don't know who you have lined up to interview, but I think your viewers and myself, would love to see you interview Bette Midler!
Bobby can be proud of who he is now and his hair and beard can match the world class of opera singer "MICHAEL SPYRES Je crois entendre - Les pêcheurs de perles" Great pod cast, very enjoy. thank you
I love this podcast. Thank you for doing such a great job!
I can relate to some aspect of almost every episode. I got into grad school for my dream career and realized that behind the scenes, that program specifically, and the profession as a whole can be EXTREMELY toxic and ablest. There are good ones out there, but there are A LOT of bad too. I was forced out after years of gaslighting, life as I knew it completely fell apart, and I healed a different person. I don't have a new dream yet, and I think I'm afraid to find another one because the last one went so badly.
Beautiful, complicated and painful story so relatably told by Bobby. 💕
On another note, I really DO like gel tips in my earholes, so THANKS MAYIM! (and Raycon of course) 🤣🤣🤣
WOW! Kudos for you both daring to wear these jackets in these video! 🤣👍🏼Jonathan’s one is..OMG!🤩🌼🌸
And Mayim, being the woman three sizes bigger than the other women in The Big Bang Theory, and the one that barely wore make-up is the thing that make us love you and your character the way we love you both! As the real average woman out there we all are! Apart from your enormous qualities as an actor! 💜Thank you and Jonathan for this, again, deep but funny episode!
I swear, with every new appearance, Bobby just continues to leave me awestruck.
I remember watching early interviews of him just unabashedly describing his gratitude of living his dream of being on SNL and making so many memorable sketches & characters, so hearing about how much stress & worry he wound up putting himself in throughout his 9-yr. tenure caught me by surprise.
I generally consider late 2016-2017 to be one of his most eventful & hectic-his final SNL season which saw the birth of The Legendary David S. Pumpkins, his marriage & subsequent birth of his daughter, the debut of the DuckTales reboot, performing with The Muppets live at The Hollywood Bowl, his first sitcom premier & tragic cutoff/cancellation, and of course “The Former Guy”-and I’ve been impressed with how he was able to hold himself up with everything that’s been thrown at him.
I’m forever grateful that he manages to be just as much or even more a generous, kind-hearted, talented, adorable, and genuinely determined man that friends, fans, & family always describe him as-even if it still feels unreal, to me sometimes-and he is still finding so much success, this time at his own, much more mentally and physically manageable pace; he’s…a rather beautiful person, just taking all of that in.
Bobby Moynihan will always have my full support, with everything he has in store.
Thanks again, Mayim, for another hilarious-yet-beautifully thought-provoking episode. ♥️
I have to say that those feelings are so true for a lot of us❤️👍
LOVE LOVE LOVE all of these episodes. Mayim and Johnathan, thank you for being so authentic and bringing us amazing conversations with interesting people with all the problems we all experience!! Very helpful.
Thank you thank you thank you for these conversations. There is a freedom in the transparency and realness of this. Thank you!
This was a wonderful interview - People Pleasing trait is awful no matter who you are - same with body issues. Thanks for talking about issues and humanizing regardless of class/social status. Thank you for sharing your talents and experiences!
The body issues thing took me back to when Bobby posted on his Instagram some highlights from The Muppets Take the O2 back in 2018 (Warning: it’s a bit long 😅).
In a since-deleted comment thread, someone posted that he “should’ve shaved” his beard (it was longer and fuller compared to here) and responded with a simple “I disagree”.
Then after a bunch of other commenters defended him and jokingly mocked them, they aggressively doubled down by calling them incels and Bobby a “Wild Homeless Man” to which he soon responded “Instead of mocking people for their appearance, why don’t you go find some HAPPINESS, instead? Sounds like you could use some. Sincerely, Wild Homeless Man.”
But, it unfortunately continued…until finally, Bobby essentially ended the thread with this response: First with explaining as to why it happened, then defending the other’s right to respond like they did, next apologizing for any sort of offense they gave, and finally, an ultimatum:
“Let’s be friends and bring light into a rough world…instead of making unsolicited comments about someone’s appearance.”
To this day, it was one of the bravest & saddest things I had ever seen anyone done-and a major reason as to why I’m a fan of his.
I think about this episode to this day. Thank you
Every week I fall even more in love than I was the week before for Breakdown.. Thank you Mayim.. I would like to be able to use the cupons you have for your sponsors but I am in Brazil and they don't sell here... keep up the amazing work...
Im thankful for this episode. More than I can find the words to explain as Im still digesting it all.
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Umm... it took so long for me to comment on the end of Raven & Miranda episode it landed on this episode
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Loved this so much! So great hearing these stories and learning about new people. Love to all
Really love your in depth discussions.
Thank you so much!
When you were talking about you might need help if.... hit home. My job that I had for almost 23 yrs became my albatross. We had a new manager come in and was determined to get rid those of us who had been there the longest. She would give you new applications to use but no training or training documentation. When you would ask for help she would tell you to figure it out. I went to HR about it and was told there was nothing wrong with what she was doing. Then I found out that the head of HR and this manager were friends, she told the manager everything we had discussed. I finally had to leave because it was obvious she was trying to fire anyone who went to HR. I would cry driving to work, praying I would be in an accident. During the day I would have to go to the stairwell and cry. I was a professional wrestler as my 2nd job, so I was used to stress but this was ridiculous. I talked to some folks after I left and found out she got fired. Since I was a lead, I had done most of the reporting, research and dealt with officials. Once I was gone she had to do it and they found out she couldn’t and the company’s accreditation was in jeopardy (no pun intended). So now I have a full time job I like, a part time job I like, have my farm (helps with stress), and have gone back to school to get my Vet Tech degree. This way I can find the job I will love. I took a $20,000 a year loss, so I have to work 2 jobs and that doesn’t come close to my previous paycheck. And no I didn’t make a lot of money before I left. No one should have to wish for an accident to cause injury or death, to keep from having to go to a job, that job is not worth it.
On my morning work screaming yeah I found this channel again
I love every single episode. You guys are just amazing and I appreciate all the effort you both put into this show. I’m the annoying friend who keeps messaging my friends and family......hey, have you ever checked out Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown?? I’m a bereaved mother. It’s the absolute hardest journey and situation I can imagine on a human. I find something uplifting and helpful in every episode. Thank you.
I love Bobby Moynihan even more after this wonderful insightful interview. Wonderful.
Thank You for sharing your life with us Bobby! This was very informative and Brave. I have more respect towards you.
OMGGGGG I’m so there right now. I dreamed for so many years of working for Salesforce and now that I have the job, I’m like holy shit, this is SO MUCH pressure. And a lot of the pressure is from myself, but still, it’s such a big opportunity, I’m not sure if I can hack it and definitely feel like I’m not as good as the people surrounding me. 🤯
wow...that ending was just for me. thanks
"Full Christopher Lloyd" pandemic look.
Love your show. I really love Bobby and enjoyed one of his animated characters he voiced as Panda on WeBear Bears on the Cartoon Channel. As a person who was grieving over my mother's death I experienced a panic attack. To me it literally feels like a heart attack. It was so overwhelming that I do experience them sometimes due to stress. I found exercise and coloring to be helpful.
I’m glad that Bobby Moynihan is finding his footing through therapy and living his happiness even better than before. I’m also glad the subject of his weight or any kind of eating disorder didn’t stay at the forefront even though it was brought up a few times. I felt uncomfortable for him because it obviously wasn’t where he wanted to go with his story. Great interview besides that :)
Yeah, he always came off as a sort of gray area when it comes to his weight-rather confident and sort of body-positive but still burdened by the stigma of being a chubby guy in the acting biz-especially comedy. He expressed his desire to be seen as a well-rounded actor-his looks be damned-when his first sitcom, “Me, Myself, & I” was premiering.
I also recall the painful mockery of Fox & Friends joking that he hopes he gets a lap band (He was Brian Kilmeade essentially played like Ralph Wiggum) and he was also heavily mocked for his beard in a since-deleted comment thread on one of his posts on Instagram about his live performance with The Muppets.
His response, “Let’s be friends and bring light into a rough world…instead of making unsolicited comments about someone’s appearance.” Still impresses & saddens me, to this day…
@@CNWhatImSaiyan thanks for your comment. It just solidifies my belief he wants to work it out on his own and move on from it in the public. Takes guts to be civil to the haters. I like this guy 👍🏻
@@roxyd7127 I’m more than certain the me that witnessed his debut back in September 13, 2008 would’ve never foresaw becoming the huge fan of him, today. I didn’t think much about him at all initially-outside of being a very funny actor-but interviews like this made me realize how utterly precious and kind-hearted he is (always has the best stuff to lift me up at my darkest, too). Once it’s safer for physical contact (accused Covid) & I finally meet him in person, I won’t hesitate to give that teddy bear a big, warm hug 😊🐼
(Fun fact: he follows my Twitter account since last year; still can’t breathe right 🤣)
SNL sounds like my brief grad school experience. Nobody told me anything and I was totally lost.
The subsequent post-Bobby season with Luke Null was a grim reminder of how cutthroat it actually is…
Turn out Academia and comedy have a lot in common
Love how mayim always have her bubble tea in the show
Bobby is so great
OMG I am the extra same ancestry! Half Italian, quarter Irish, quarter Swedish.
AHH. My dad’s older sister and her husband were SO INTO matching suits when I was growing up... So cute.
This has made my morning. Another great episode!
Love your theme song! 🎶🎵🎵🎶
Definitely one of the best interviews You'd think after all these years snl would change the addiction culture of working based on Belushi
The only other recent cast member who has spoken up about their struggles there was Bill Hader-he even said he suffered an aneurysm. Even with prior knowledge of how this all works or how you “seem” to be able to play it off, it’s still a very grueling experience to be had. Hopefully like these two, more people will be able to find the healing they need.
I still have nightmares about a job I worked about 14 years ago. I worked at a daycare.
I love these kinds of topics ❤️ I love your podcast mama Mayim ❤️
Great interview/episode 💚🙏🌈
Thank You Mayim 🙏🌸❤️🌷☀️🌻🦋🌼😊🌺🌈🤗🌹✌️💫🎷✨🥰💜🇨🇦
Thank you for another great episode!
We all can relate😊 I love your podcast❤️❤️
Another great interview
What a lovely man. Such a great interview. 💚
Another sweet human.
Love you. But that frog analogy is proved wrong. Frogs are not that dumb :)
What an interesting perspective of how the other half lives.
Indeed we all suffer with our own small crawlspaces.
I love Mayim's jacket
GREAT EPISODE!
Min 23:15. She was Blossom. Love this woman.
I feel so betrayed that Mayim didn't mention she was a late bloomer
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If I recall: She have in the past
That and , saying they would be the type that she would be so into on middle school 😁😁😁
Love the dudette and the dudes!
I enjoyed this episode! 👍💗
Bobby's beard should have its own show
All of his hair grows so fluffy…! He’s such an adorably precious teddy…! ♥️🐼
I thought Mayim said Star Trek as well. Lol Thanks for this awesome informative podcast.
David Pumpkins is the best thing!
It's Panda 🐼!!!
I’ve heard on another podcast about the amount of unique care he gives for Pan-Pan in comparison to other characters he voices. There’s a lot of personality & physical overlap between the two and watching interviews and podcasts like this cements that.
Amusingly, the major difference is that Bobby has a wife and have been in a relationship even before SNL; always warms my heart when he calls her “The Love of my Life.” 🥰
Tina Fey said that you have to make your own way at SNL...she said your first day try to get a writer to write for you and keep trying....you have to maintain your own characters.
Oprah, described it best when she said, Celebrities have most of the same problems as the average person, just more people know about it! Fame and money don't always make it easier, sometime it brings a whole new set of problems!
Group therapy Tuesday!
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I think you both look wonderful :-) Chuckles
my therapist gets on her phone more often than not and it is literally heart breaking😔
Great episode!
I miss your old show :(
You guys should look into inviting Jennette McCurdy to be on Breakdown.
Way too excited for her memoir this summer; it’s title “I’m Glad My Mom Died”🤣
In my opinionation, once a Blossom fan always a Blossom fan.
I even tried to pull off a hat! It did not work!
It did sound like you said Star Trek instead of Sartre.
He is suffering with ‘imposter syndrome’. It’s a strange phenomenon where a talented or adept person suddenly feels like they shouldn’t be there, or that at some point in their career someone will poke them in the back and say to them ‘you shouldn’t be here’. Undeservedly so. It’s a thing
I’ve been thinking about this video a lot after his upcoming game show, Ultimate Slip n Slide, had to halt production with an episode left with its premier being postponed due to a parasitic outbreak from the area they were filming that caused roughly 40 crew members getting explosive diarrhea. While he did make a self-deprecating tweet of the news, I just can’t help but shake the idea that this unfortunate happenstance will never be let down, by viewers, fans, or especially the industry at large. I didn’t even make many jokes about it; it just felt like…punching down-same when his first sitcom was pulled from the air in a month and the eventual cancellation…
And further going off what you said, I believe it’s very much why Bobby has this “Underrated” status since SNL. His sketches and character acting are very popular-especially his Weekend Update segments-plus he was able to break out seemlessly with the likes of We Bare Bears, DuckTales, Muppets, Star Wars, Mr. Mayor, etc., but he never seems to obtain any sort of award nomination minimum for, well, anything he has done, so far. That idea of “you shouldn’t be here” clouding his mind sounds too plausible with this knowledge…
Update: Ultimate Slip n Slide is officially cancelled…hope the poor guy is doing alright…but with the way everyone has his back, I have a feeling there will be brighter days ahead of him, still. 🥰
UPDATE 2: And now that Mr. Mayor’s premature finale has come & gone, along with his other shows, it certainly feels like a fresh slate for him. Here’s hoping his next “TV Lottery” win is right around the corner for him, no matter how brief it may be. ♥️
You look so beautiful with freshly washed make-up free face. Few people can look that good. Your an inspiration for me, Mayim. I identity with you in a lot of things. We practice attachment when our baby girl was born 9 years and 11 months ago. She slept with us until she was 2 years and asked to sleep in her bethroom. I breast fed her for 3 years until the last drop came out and held her in my arms all the time as a baby. It was horrible to hear all the criticism to our parenting style. But we stood firmly. Now she is a beautiful, very intelligent, sensitive and independent (as a 9 year old can be) girl.
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Hello Mayim
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In first glance, for a second or two, I thought it Leonard(tbbt) on cover 😂
Same 😂