Taran Killam and Jenn Lyon
From Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil by Jameela Jamil
March 12, 2026 · 43 min
About this episode
Taran Killam and Jenn Lyon share their most embarrassing moments and personal stories with Jameela Jamil.
Comedian and actor Taran Killam ( Saturday Night Live , High Potential, 12 Years a Slave ) and actor Jenn Lyon ( Claws , The English Teacher, Dead Boy Detectives ) join Jameela and immediately reveal themselves to be two of the purest, yet most deeply unhinged people she has ever encountered. Taran opens with a micro humiliation for the ages: the time he forgot every lyric to the same Hamilton song he'd performed hundreds of times, in front of 1,300 high school kids who knew every single word. His Big Wrong Turn, however, takes us back to 2001 and a backstage encounter with Tenacious D and Dave Grohl that begins with hero worship, escalates through increasingly desperate attempts at shock humor, and ends with Jack Black delivering the most devastating possible verdict on his presence in the room. Jenn's micro humiliation is a masterclass in the cruelty of school nicknames, and how she went from "Majestic Lemon", to "Derbis", to "Two Tut" all within her fourth grade year. Her Big Wrong Turn arrives courtesy of the Atkins diet, a metric ton of sugar-free candy, and the particular horror of realizing mid-song, in full period corsetry, that something has gone catastrophically wrong…
People in this episode
Host: Jameela Jamil
Guests: Taran Killam, Jenn Lyon
Topics covered
- humiliation
- comedy
- personal stories
- school experiences
- diet mishaps
- celebrity encounters
Keywords
- Taran Killam
- Jenn Lyon
- humiliation
- Hamilton
- diet
- school nicknames
- celebrity
- comedy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Tenacious D
Books & works: Hamilton, Saturday Night Live, High Potential, 12 Years a Slave, Claws, The English Teacher, Dead Boy Detectives
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