Eden Sher: I Was On A Sitcom | FULL SPECIAL
Video Overview & Insights
Riotous and deeply personal, Eden Sher’s debut comedy special is a show about finding out who you are when your TV show ends and your "real life" begins. Because when you've played a character on TV for a decade, what exactly does it mean to "be yourself?” Living at the intersection of stand-up, storytelling and theatrical chaos, this solo show offers a rare intimate glimpse inside a popular sitcom actor’s real, raw life. Sher dives headfirst into the identity crisis that followed nine years of playing the same character—and what happens when a nurse recognizes you while in the middle of your emergency C-section.
I so need to forward this to my niece, mother of 14 year old identical twins
Whether you're a die-hard Middle fan or have no idea who Eden Sher is (she will explain), I Was On A Sitcom is a wild, hilarious, and oddly moving ride through fame, identity, and a harrowing surprise twin pregnancy.
Michael Ausiello of TV Line wrote: “In addition to being clever and funny, it was also deeply poignant, surprisingly profound and, on a few occasions, edge-of-your-seat terrifying,” and Playbill Magazine named it "Playbill Pick of the Fringe.”
Ive never enjoyed a birth story so much before lol
Written & Performed by: Eden Sher https://www.instagram.com/eden_sher
Directed by: Jess Fee https://www.instagram.com/Jess.fee
This was great. Eden, you are amazingly funny & talented. I love how you honestly & quite truthfully explain the whole pregnancy/delivery experience. I LOVED YOUR SPECIAL!
Directed for the Stage by: Sara Rejaie https://www.instagram.com/sararejaie & Charlie McDermott https://www.instagram.com/charliemcdermott
Produced by: Bree Doehring https://www.instagram.com/honeybirdpics
I am also obsessed with and constantly talk about twins…. I do not have children 😂
Director of Photography: Jill Petracek https://www.instagram.com/jill.petracek
Edited by: Emily Trio https://www.instagram.com/rockstar__barbie
this was so. intense. and I'm so glad I stayed for the whole ride.
Stills Photographer: Andrew Max Levy https://www.instagram.com/justoffthesix
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CLOSEST WE’LL EVER GET TO ROBIN WILLIAMS!!!
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this made me love your acting even more and i need to see you live 😂 also if this isn’t proof that being a woman is the most painful experience then idk what would because what the heck (hehe)
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She looks a lot like Anna Kendrick. Twice as funny though!
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I cried and laughed so hard😭
More User Perspectives
I came for comedy, stayed for a theater kid trauma dump. Not sure if recommend, at this point, almost finished with the "special" that felt more like a therapy session she should've kept to close friends or a paid professional.
@maggiehopkins8945ohhhhh my god, i loved you on Another Cinderella Story
(and the middle ofc😅)
jokes aside, this a brilliantly hilarious and heartwarming show. it seems like youre just as good a writer as a performer and comedian!!
19350 pages of script is insain
@funsizedgigget3157The fact that so many woman have to go though such traumatic births, completely unprepared and unadvised and just have to accept that their body is no longer theirs to rule over is absolutely horrifying and terrible and so many bad words more. I respect you immensely for sharing your story, for opening up about such a massively traumatic experience through comedy. Im sure this helps a lot of women who had similar experiences and maybe helpes some woman to make decisions for their births that hopefully prevent somw of the things you had to experience ❤ i wish you all the healing and the love
@sarah2702This is genuinely a beautiful special and a great emotional ride!!
@ZadowHmmmm
@ItsabeautifuldayStarkthank you very much for this great show and for your performance as sue heck. sue was always my favorite character in the show.
you've got so much talent and energy, and i hope you keep acting or performing on a stage. what ever you like best.
i can imagine you very well playing a character like harley quinn or something similar extreme in terms of body language.
i wish you much fun in life :)
Sueperb!
@AlexCamburuIncrível!!! ❤️🔥😍🙏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Parabéns, Eden end Sue 🎉🥰 Amei!!! Gostaria muito de uma Spin-off de The Middle!!!! O Brasil 🇧🇷 te Ama! 😘🌟
@helenmartinsjorThank you Eden Sher for giving us Sue Heck in the middle
@WaterReviv3❤❤🎉😂😂😂
Loved your outfit. Gave me Laura Petrie (Mary Tyler Moore) vibes.
THANK YOU, EDEN!!!
It was a gift, having you validate my own traumatic birthing, which started as a 30 minute exhausting push, followed by an emergency C-Section, and the mortal realities that go with it, the longest 2 minutes and 47 seconds of silence before my baby did that sweet, little velociraptor cry, and my own rough postpartum, with
SUCH wonderfully creative humor, and physical comedy!
Watching your One Woman Show was truly a gift!!!
#SueSue #Heck is the 🐐🥰
It’s now 22 years post traumatic C-Section, and she’s about to get her Master’s degree and become a Middle School social science teacher. 🥰
Your scripts were your 9 year diary.
I loved it, every single minute of it. You are sooo funnny and witty. I was just about to finish the middle btw. The female body scares me. I am a female.
@meow64912Zero credibility. Was this some CANADIAN show? On for almost a decade like Seinfeld? Never heard of it. Middle as in Malcolm? Not ringing a bell, sorry.
@TheMrEdWeirdoShowGreat special, Eden.
@gjs135I'm watching the middle for the first time, I'm about half way through and enjoying every minute of it.
Eden, this was great! I was laughing and crying with you. So glad you and your children are happy and safe ❤
Yay Eden that was so fun! Congrats and thank you for sharing!
@richp.738this is not comedy, this is a "hey i'm not sue hec, and i have a husband and kids" no one cares.
@justadude88"Sea Foam Mist!"
@p_c_lode_ladderPretty funny , I love how theatrical is her speech
@eddysorder8683Somebody misses college theater!
lol 😜
Great act and very original.
This is the most traumatic birth I've ever heard, ever. And, yet, It's hilarious
@octopi.are.cephalopodsI love her Sitcoms she's the best ❤❤❤❤
@KirthAndersonI can’t remember the last time I watched a whole video and laughed so hard while enjoying every single second of it! Thank you, Eden, for sharing this with us. I wish there were more people like you in this world.
@TheGemi100Anna Kendrick is looking a little different these days but she still has that same funny spark.
@benjaminthornburg6762Some might say I got this backwards, but I mean exactly this:
Dear "Sue"...thanks for sharing Eden with us. What a marvelous storyteller you are! Riveting.
This was a shit excuse of stand up. It's a lecture you thought was going to be funny.
@hateoffoesAlright the poop thing got me and learning we are about 28 days apart in age is upsetting.
@NoThankUBeQuietYou made me laugh out loud more than anything I've watched in months and months. I always loved the Middle and it was something my mom and I would watch before she passed years ago. You brought back Sue, but in your own way and that's kinda awesome. Also, I'm pretty sure your a fraternal twin to Anna Kendrick lol
@GunGirlMediaI can’t love this enough.
The Middle became my comfort show during the pandemic when I moved from a small Midwest town to L.A. and worked as a lab tech on studio sets testing for COVID-19.
There were so many parts of Sue that I identified with and the levity/silver linings in all she experiences.
This special and your story moved me in so many ways. ❤
OMG! My husband and I argue about what colors are too!! "That's not purple it's blue! That's not blue it's green."😂
@dianaquick8883This is one of the best shows I’ve seen ever ! Thanks so much, you are so talented ❤
@shwethajagan6024Excellent! 10 out of 10! Give this woman an award! 🫶🏻❤️
@breezybumbles17best performance ive ever seen IN MY LIFE.
@sahanaramesh7198Dude, if that's not a smart board, that AV tech is on it
@coryc-bj8icEden Sher is simply amazing! What a wonderful soul! Such energy and talent. I love the show and Sue. ❤
@Vania-AngelNeeded the subtitles to clear things up at 5.49. Because I did not hear her say 'stick'.
@DannyTheManInBlackU R so insanely, unbelievable cute.
@TýrDerEhrenwerteThis is bad.
@lordxidious2739Captivating! Dear Eden, I hope you do dead eye stare MORE!
Oh, and I also have monochorionic diamniotic twin girls 👯♀️!! I always thought they split in half, not that they made a clone.
Eden is such a captivating storyteller it’s honestly astonishing. I’m glad she’s doing so well and has such a beautiful family
@Ella_A_Star