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Welcome to another episode of the Comedic Pursuits podcast. I’m your host, Seth Payne, and I’m here with an exclusive, limited edition, rarely seen before, holographic, never been opened interview with the Comedic Pursuits creator herself, Kelsie Anderson.

Highlights from my interview with Kelsie Anderson

In this interview, we talk about how Kelsie created Comedic Pursuits, which is also on Facebook and Instagram if you haven’t checked it out already. We also talk about her indie teams, doing sketch comedy, and her sketch group Deer Friends. Kelsie is also on WIT Harold team Heirloom.

I hope you guys enjoy this interview as much as I did. Without further ado, Kelsie Anderson.

Some of the questions and answers have been edited for clarity. To hear Kelsie’s full interview, listen to the podcast episode.

What’s your comedy background?

My dad is super funny. He has a really weird sense of humor, and growing up, people would always compare me to him. My dad was probably my first comedy influence, I guess. I also remember watching a lot of SNL growing up. I loved Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, and Kristen Wiig.

But my sister was actually the performer of the family. I was very, very shy as a kid, so talking in front of people was not a thing I did at all. But my sister was into musicals and theater. She did a camp where they put on different scenes from different musicals, and she loved being the center of attention. And at the time, I could never imagine going up on stage and doing weird stuff in front of people.

I think the first time I performed and did something funny was during my junior year of high school. The juniors could write plays to fund junior prom. They wrote the scripts, cast the plays, and directed them. This was in 2008, and I was cast as Sarah Palin. My ex-boyfriend asked me to audition for his play, and asked if I could try out the accent. When I could do it, they decided to cast me. I won best supporting actress for that.

Kelsie Anderson’s role as Sarah Palin in a student-written play was her first comedic role

In high school, we had a ComedySportz team, and I was supposed to try out for it. But I chickened out and ended up leaving. My name was on the sign-up sheet, and I was supposed to go. Then I just got scared and walked right past the door and out of the buildings to my car. And it’s haunted me ever since.

Then I went to the University of Chicago, and I didn’t perform at all. I knew about improv in Chicago.