My guest today is Rosebud Baker. Rosebud is one of the sharpest and most honest voices in comedy today. She’s an Emmy-nominated and Writers Guild Award-winning writer whose credits include Saturday Night Live, Inside Amy Schumer, and That Damn Michael Che.
In her new autobiography, Fully Baked: A Messy Memoir, Rosebud shares the story of being the grand-daughter of James Baker, the former Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury who also served as White House Chief of Staff for Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
She also relates unfiltered observations on her parents’ divorce, her addiction to drugs and alcohol, her multiple miscarriages, and the death of her younger sister, Graeme.
Her latest Netflix special is called The Mother Lode. She filmed half of it while eight months pregnant and the other half after giving birth. It was named one of the best comedy specials of 2025.
See Rosebud’s upcoming dates and get the book here.
Some of my favorite quotes
On her tenacious grandfather (
Rosebud: My granddad was just a powerful guy -
Paul: He’s still alive right?
Rosebud: Yeah, he is. He will never die. He won’t die. This man has fallen down the stairs twice in the last year. He’s like 96 or 98 and he’s fallen down the stairs and he won’t take the elevator in his home — like honestly believes it could turn him gay.
Paul: Like Luna bars!
Rosebud: Yeah. He’s like, I will take the stairs every god damn day rather than getting in that gay machine. And I’m like they installed it for you cause you fell down the stairs and broke your spine. But he won’t do it. He’s just that kind of guy. And so there’s a stubbornness and a just a refusal to listen to anyone that sort of is in my blood.
On growing up in an affluent home (00:23:34)
Paul: Do you have guilt for being raised in an affluent environment?
Rosebud: No. Not at all. It was awesome. I look at my life growing up and I’m like holy shit, she didn’t have any idea how good she had it. But I don’t have guilt about it because I wouldn’t have known. That was part of being raised like that— you don’t know anything about anything. So you just get to imagine yourself as whoever you want.
See Paul tell jokes near you:
• June 19 and 20 - The Comedy Catch, Chattanooga
• June 25 - Happy Couples Show, West Side Comedy Club, NYC
• July 21 - The Venice West, Los Angeles (on sale soon)
• July 23 - Cobbs Comedy Club, San Francisco
• Aug 1 - Sticks and Stones Comedy Club, Southampton, NY
• Aug 8 - Atlanta Country Club
• Aug 13-16 - McCurdy’s Comedy Theatre, Sarasota, FL
