RE-RELEASE - Cheri Oteri

Brief Summary

Sherry Oteri shares childhood stories behind her comedy, Barbara Walters memories, SNL and sitcom highlights, and the origins of her viral Fudgie Wudgie videos.

Key points

• The check makes David faint. Sherry recalls David passing out at a restaurant, then walking out asking for orange juice. Her response: he needs to pay the check.
• A walk that turned into a survival mission. David recounts trying to hide that he was running out of energy while walking with Sherry. She thought he was ignoring her story; he was just trying to make it through.
• Barbara Walters and the wrong monitor. During an interview, Barbara kept worrying about her hair—until someone explained she was looking at Sherry’s monitor. The mix-up made Barbara laugh hard.
• Barbara’s relentless voicemails. Sherry says Barbara Walters left 25 messages overnight while trying to get her to talk. The hosts are stunned by how persistent she was.
• A soap opera in her head. As a child, she staged dramatic scenes while waiting for her mother to come home, complete with imaginary camera work and a cue to “cut.”
• The ladle and the Ten Commandments. She reenacts a biblical scene at home, asking for a ladle of water and delivering lines inspired by The Ten Commandments. Her mother’s friend plays along.