Cecily Strong
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Hey guys, it's David Spade here. Applause, applause, standing ovation. Everyone has been asking me where I go on tour, literally every single person in the world. So I'm playing the Venetian in Las Vegas with Nikki Glaser coming up in April. And then we do it three more times. Check davidspade.com. That's not a plug. It sounds like one. It's not. Anyway, have fun. Here we go. Bye.

Yes, I have actually stayed at Airbnbs from time to time. And truth be told, I do really like them. I'm being totally honest right now that I've had great experiences with them. Yeah, I mean, you can have your look at you go get your own place, get your own pool, your own living room. You're not going to walk in an elevator. You're not going to see people when you're walking around in your undergarments. Yeah.

Yes. And if you don't understand what we're talking about, you should go online. What we're saying is you have a house with a kitchen and a bathroom and it's just for you, tailored for you. You liked your Airbnb over a hotel. Yes. And I do think I've had relatives stay nearby and sometimes it's very nice for them to do an Airbnb and have a little house and they're not underfoot. The last thing you want is your house guest to say, excuse me, um,

Where would I find a towel? That's a toughie when it's... Because they're naked? Well, it's like the 1800th time you say, on the towel rack. Yeah. Thank you. Oh, I was going to look there. People don't even think hotels sometimes just go, hey, I'll go there, I'll get an Airbnb. So you won't regret it. I like when Kevin Nealon goes...

You know, my dentist said to me, all right, open your mouth and you might feel a little prick in there. He goes, I better not. I used to do it. A dentist having sex. You might feel a little prick. Oh, really? Yeah. You guys should get together. No, no. Kevin's is better. Fred Wolf says.

I went to the dentist. You could tell he sucks. He goes, now I'm going to have to take out two teeth. So what we're going to do is make an incision down your cheek. We're going to pry it open about two inches. Get in there and pull those teeth out. He goes, can I just open my mouth? He goes, well, I know the first way it works. Cecily Strong is our guest today. See, these are bits. Dana got his teeths cleaned. So what did you, I was watching Warriors basketball. Oh, I saw the country basketball.

- The CMT? - CMA, it's close. - Oh, what's the CMT? - I think that's a channel. But I think they won an award too. - Okay, so you watched the CMAs? - So I watched the CMAs and because I'm a little jodert, shit kicker, goat roper, but they were just on. My legs are always compared to Carrie Underwood. So my friend said her legs look good, but I know you both shave your legs. I think that's how it started. Anyway, so I watched, but here's my observation, two cents.

They had on, here's who I saw, Megan Thee Stallion, Alanis Morissette saying, "You ought to know," and Gwen Stefani saying, "I'm just a girl," with some other country people. But I know they want to be inclusive, but honestly, just be the music awards, because you're having people from rock and roll. You know how these shows, like the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame isn't rock and roll anymore? It's okay to do that, but you don't need to label it then. Just say, "It's the awards awards," or "It's the music awards," and just say, "If you're in music,

we can all be up for an award and just pick the best out of music.

Does it make any sense? I love, yeah. Real country music to me, it was on the AM radio driving to Montana. And it was like, you're cheating hard. You know, that was it. And now it's like, you're cheating hard. Now it's, give me the beat. Yeah. I'm surprised Diplo wasn't there. It's just, so that's a really smart observation. Yeah.

I say smart things all the time, but no one has a pen ever. You're cheating hard. Oh, and Mark Twain Awards we ran. Mark Twain Awards is what Dana was at. And David. And we did that in celebration of most celebrated man in comedy. Celebration. I went on an hour four. That's great. Is that when you went on? I don't know. Three hours.

I was sitting next to Chris Rock and Pete Davidson, and every time a comedian would come up and kill, Chris Rock would go, I'm down to two minutes. Yeah, because you don't want to go late in the show because people step in your premises. Here's most of my premises. I did it too. We all did it. I was the 11th comedian. We literally, I was talking to the guy backstage, Stillson, the writer, and I said,

I say, I say Zababu or something in this headline. I go, does anyone else do it? He goes, just Conan and Stiller and Dana. And I go, well, that's most of the panel, whatever. But we went out there and we really, I don't know what we did, but it was fun, right? It was fun hanging out with everybody, seeing everybody. Marcy Klein, Tim Meadows. You know that? No. They cut 90 minutes of the show and it was only 90 minutes. So-

Everybody went long. I'm the only one that went within my time. Can you believe it? And they cut four jokes. Didn't I go short? Oh, and they cut me down, yeah. They cut four. I did under five anyway. Hmm. Motherfuckers. Anyway, so that's cool. I don't care. Motherfuckers. Don't you? I do. I think someone needs talk space. Here's my joke. Okay. Oh, you want me to tell you? You have a new joke? No, this is the one I didn't. Okay, good. It's the one that got shit canned. I've done a lot of movies with Adam. Instead of listing them, just go to your unmarried uncle's apartment and look at his posters. Yeah.

That's harmless. Which ones? Can we knock them off here? No, that was the one. And the other one was, in this woke PC world of comedy place, I can assure you the only person that would not win the Mark Twain award is Mark Twain. I said he had some iffy material. And then, fucking rat fucked me on that one. What about you? Well, there's been a controversy. You did a good Trump one. I did Trump and being arrested. And they cut it.

And what did you say? I like that. I just said it was just an angle. Go ahead and arrest me, but you don't have to read me the rights because I wrote the rights. I can write a lot of things. I wrote the rights. I wrote with a lovely lady named Miranda. We got together. I said the right to remain silent. She puts it down. We did it for hours. I know how to write things. Everything you can use can be with you and against you. And I put it down.

And you can say them to me, but I wrote them. I know them already. Miranda's a very good friend. She's a good friend. She's a lovely lady. What a beauty. What a beauty. That's funny. The Miranda rights. There's a controversy involving me going around. Oh, that's right. I read this on Twitter. And it wasn't. Here's the real story. And it's kind of a sensitive topic. But after 9-11, I was shooting a movie called Master Disguise.

After 9-11, we took an appropriate time off and went back to shooting. And I was playing, if you've seen the movie, kids, the turtle man with a bald cap and a weird thing on my lip and a big green shell outfit. Well, let me tell you, Dan, the rumor was, because I saw it on Twitter and I sent it to you. I want to hear the rumor. Just to clarify what they thought it was. They said, rumor has it during, well, when 9-11 happened, you were shooting actively in the morning and you-

heard about it in your turtle outfit, which isn't even a real story, but they thought it was funny you had the thing on and that's when you heard about the historically terrible situation. Right, what happened was they obfuscated it because I was in it all that day and then they said, we're going to have a group prayer about 9-11 and I couldn't get the thing. I would have held everyone up for a half hour getting all that prosthetic makeup on.

So as I remember it, there was all of us, everyone else, civilian clothes. I'm dressed as a turtle man with a bald head and I'm holding hands and I'm lowering my head and praying. I just thought at the moment, this is really strange. It's very ridiculous. And also that even someone would repeat that dumb story that like, anyway, did you have your shell on or off?

They might have gotten the shell off, but they didn't get the turtle head or the turtle lip off. No, that's too much work. They just couldn't have gotten it all off. But, you know, if it's outrageous, it's contagious. Now, listen, if the shell, the shell should be really, you should be walking to the set and you go, shell, and then someone comes on and, like, Velcros it on. But if you have to, like, on your back and people, you know, you don't want that. Yeah. The turtle man falls on his back. I can't even get up. I'm completely...

I'm helpless. Okay. Cecily Strong is one of the stalwarts. She's a stalwart. She's a great, solid 10-year hitter that-

That's been on SNL for 10 years. Came to SNL with Kate McGinnis and Aidy Bryant. Yeah. Did her 10 years. Talked about her little squad. She talked about a little bit when Trump hosted. She talked about – she does do a Lauren impression. Actually, I really liked hers. She did a unique take on Lauren and that will be fun for you to hear. And she was –

extra, extra adorable as a person. And we were able to put her in context. And, you know, when you have, she had some heavy hitters around her, but when you go over her history on SNL and her, and her incredible sketches, we break down, I mean, she'll do a character that's missing a tooth, but she's not missing a tooth. And I asked her the process of how you talk like someone who sounds like they're missing a tooth and how they sound real. And British accents. She went over. Incredible. She's also in these Verizon commercials and, uh,

And I've seen so many. I think I was saying, I think there's a movie there. But we decided there wasn't. And she's on Schmigadoon. Schmigadoon. Schmigadoon. So I wrote just a little, just before we throw to her, just a little ode. Just a little. Let's give us a taste. He's got his guitar. It's a rocking tune already. She's strong. Cecily's strong. She's strong. Cecily's strong.

She's strong. I want a song. No wonder you went away this weekend and wrote that. Oh, my God. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. It's happening. Everybody get off. Everyone off. She's here. The thing about Cecily is she's always prompt. You'll find that she'll be on the Zoom a little bit earlier than when it was scheduled, like 35 to 45. Oh, sorry.

Hi, I love your sweater. Yeah. Well, thanks. We're doing a similar themed. Well, this is a, yeah, kind of colorful. It's the perfect puffer. That's David's. David has a perfect puffer. I'm in Northern California. It's freezing and there's a hypersonic river. You know, there's never a rainstorm. It's always a cyclone bomb. So, but it's kind of nice. Is that still going? Is that still happening? Oh, yeah. We haven't quit.

Northern California never lays down with this. They never quit. That's true, I suppose. I'm not apologizing for my hair, but I'm just going to say we're just going to deal with it on this. It looks like a fashion choice. It's kind of hip. That's what it used to look like. I'm going to say two words right now about David's hair. Bad, bad boy. Yeah.

Yes. Back me up. Bad boy, right? Unkept, ready to fight. Bad boy hair. Yeah. And bad boys never go out of style. Right. Bad boy lost his comb. Bad boys never go out of style. So they're in style and they're going to stay in style. I think forever.

Dana was saying it rains and you're not in LA, I don't think, but it's raining always now. It's a new thing. And you think with the taxes and everything, the only thing we get is good weather. Now we don't even have that. So when it rains, the weatherman goes like this, it's going to pour for seven days straight. And then you, and there's such a big drought here. Everyone goes, oh good. And he goes,

but it's not going to help the drought. Did you think that? And I go, Oh, I did think that. And I go, no, see, it's funny. You would think that, but the drought is getting worse. And I'm like, I don't think I know what a drought is then because why is all the rain not helping? And they're like, it's nothing. It's got to go underground, man. It's all about recharging it underground. But it was like, well, it's good to fill the ones overground too. I think, I don't know. We can celebrate the little wins, right? Yeah.

I thought it was a little wind. It was a little wind. Shasta is a mofo. That thing is so fucking huge. And it's going to get so full when the mountains start to melt that they're going to have to release water. Here's my point. If it rains outside, I don't really have a point. I took a one-hour shower yesterday just to kind of, just because it was raining outside. I go, how much could it hurt? Yeah.

Yeah. I didn't know where you were going with that, but I'm so punchy and I have nothing. But at least I'll admit it ahead of time. Cecily, we're so glad you're on this show. We're so excited. It's wonderful to be here. I just adore you both. I hope you know that. I think I told you both that the 50th, but I don't or the 40th. I mean, geez, but I don't know if 50th is next.

The 40th, Cecily. It is Cecily, right? You say Cecily? Yes, Cecily, yes. I don't want to say it wrong. Okay.

People do say it wrong. You've been saying it right. I appreciate that. I'm Dana and he's David. Yeah. No, it's Cecily is very hip. Cecily is like works at a mall or something. Cecily, I don't know about. Yeah. Yeah. When we did the 40th, aside from the excitement of it all and seeing everybody turn, someone was fun to see and old new cast, whatever, whatever. Uh, uh,

She was assigned the thankless job of doing my buh-bye with me, which, you know, the show was so thrown together. That was very exciting. I mean, can you imagine? It was fun though, right? Yes, yes. It didn't kill and get off the charts and win awards. Wow. Yeah, just for a second for our audience, David used to do his first character that landed an absolute catchphrase, flight attendant, as you get off the plane, saying...

Bye bye. Right. So then on the 40th, you two are in the sketch. Fill us in. What happened? How did you get together? How did where were you in the show? Hour three or hour six? We ended the Californians. Yes. And I actually have the picture of you and I standing there, I think, with Bradley Cooper. But I have the little picture on my wall. Yeah, I love it.

You know, what was fun about that was, I think it was, I talked to Shroomtaker, Michael Shoemaker, and he...

What's the shroom taker with Michael? His name sounds like shroom taker. Oh, I thought it's like he deals in psilocybin. I'll just have a small amount. So anyway, you guys did the sketch show, the Californians. And then the end, you two were placed on the soundstage kind of at the edge of their set and did a goodbye. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

Yeah. It was funny because a shoemaker, I asked shoemaker, I said, what if, because this show is obviously so thrown together, no one cares. What if when someone's leaving a sketch, they just walk by and we go bye-bye. And he goes, yeah, we can probably do that. So he talked to Higgins and then they said you would be good for that. And then we stood there and I have a picture. I think it's probably from, is it from rehearsal or is it from the real show? I have one, I think from rehearsal. Oh, I'm not sure.

And hey, gang, let's put it on social media when I have this episode comes out. Yeah, it doesn't matter. But it was fun because Taylor Swift was in it. So basically, Dana, it was very unorthodox. They do this sketch. That's a big favorite sketch. And then when they're leaving, we just stand there for absolutely no reason and go, buh-bye. I remember it. I remember it now. Yeah, it's kind of meta or whatever that word means. It was fun. And Taylor Swift was in it. She was very tall. She is very tall.

Was she swift in a way in her movements? Sorry, it's all I got. Now, why do you ask that? Well, I don't know. Maybe some subconscious connection. So anyway, Cecily, we've been watching all your cool stuff. I didn't even know where to start. We can go chronologically. But one thing that I did absolutely love as someone who loves accents is the way your British accent

indiscernible character. Gemma. Super cockney. Like that is just music to me. I love hearing it. Music to be ears. I'm Gemma. Would you give us just a, you don't have to do it. I mean, just talk through it in that, just give us a three seconds. Well, I think you also have to put, make it feel like you have big teeth too. I think.

because I was I was watching a lot of a British reality show but everybody gets their teeth done so so is it Gemma Collins that's there is a Gemma Collins who is on the show that I was watching a lot of a slide over bite yeah yeah so if like if you think if you're talking around your teeth like that like that

Hey, I want to hear it. It's just like you're talking around your teeth. There's a show called The Only Way It's Essex and it's sort of like that. And they do a lot of like American vocal fry almost. Oh, it's so refined. I love that. God, I love that. I love accents too. It's fun for me. I'm

It's just what it sounds like to my ear. I feel like there's always a million comments. They're like, that's not how that sounds. Which are the most fun people to be watching. Yeah, the ones that are upset. We don't sound like that. But you're teasing it out and making it a character. I mean, you're doing something lispy or something with your teeth. Yes. It's very, it gives you a little. It's almost like a little lisp because of the teeth, I think.

Is that a little... Who's the great actress, Olivia Colman? She did The Queen. Is that the name of that actress? I assume so, yes. Let's say that's her name. She's on The Crown. Close enough. She has a little over... Anyway, I love that. So that's where we wanted to start. Well, I appreciate it. Just fanning out. Okay. Well, I'm a fan. And Dana, just so you know, I just want to say, I also have a picture of you from the 40th. It was a huge deal. I think I was in my...

second year on the show or something. So it was like 2014. Yeah, it was very cool. I have a picture of you and Mike Myers and your Wayne's World get ups. And I got to stand in between you two. And that was very exciting. Yeah.

Wow. We was that night. Yeah. When you're just say it's Billy Crystal, there's Steve Martin. Oh, Bill Murray. It was in, in the audience. Oh, there's Eddie Murphy, Tom Hanks, Donald Trump. I mean, it's just like Keith Richards. Everybody was famous that you looked at. So it was nerve wracking in that way. Yeah. Fortieth, that darn fortieth. Did you get a plus one? Uh, I,

I did actually to the party. I did. What was that? Should I, I don't know. Is that not? No, I'm calling Lauren on the other side. We're in the overflow room. The most, uh, the toughest one, a cast member. Some were put in the overflow room. Rough. I,

next year we'll have a net up top. There'll be no overthrow. People in sort of like a loose circus net, they'll bounce around. It'd be like that thing of like, they'll see the show. So I had to go in there and get Rob Schneider. I love the Lauren. Yeah.

You must do your own version of Lauren, no pressure. But I can't do it in front of the best Lauren impersonator. Everyone has different ones. Yeah, everybody's done it. Andy Samberg, he does the quiet one. Bill Hader, it'd be really nice if it was a good show. There's the quiet Lauren. I don't know. Everyone has their...

I like to imagine that Lauren, I like to do Lauren when he's like laughing so hard at a sketch or something, imagining that he really loves her. Oh, my fucking God. Oh, fuck. No, they didn't. Fuck. Shit. That is my shit.

Him really going on. Well, that's to that point. Lauren has a, he'll be very casual. If something hits him and we've never talked about this, he goes into almost a convulsion or spasm. He has a laugh from zero to 10, puts his head down. We've never talked about that. That is a,

That is a really, really good observation because he does that at read through. If he if you can make him laugh and slap the desk or something, you're like, holy shit. Oh, yeah. And just to be clear, he doesn't say those things. That's what I know. I like to put that on him. Yes. But I have seen him a couple of times in 11 years. Laugh very hard.

Yeah. How is he? You know, we were talking with other cast members the other day and Lawrence, Lawrence Keenan. I don't know how these go in order or whatever. This comes out in 2026. Anyway, Lawrence kind of amazingly, I'll say sort of brilliant, passive aggressive, intentionally sarcasm to get you to relax. I'll get you started. Like, it'd be really nice if this

sketch would really be funny. That'd be a good thing. You know, those kinds of statements, which Keenan said, relaxed him, you know, it either can relax or put pressure. I think initially it put pressure on me when I first got there. I was just so fucking scared, but eventually I got used to his sense of humor, the dryness of just, you know, Dana, sometimes I remember I was behind one of the, you know, where the sketches are. So if you walk in,

for people at home. And then behind the sketch is like nothing. And so I'm just waiting to go in with some goofy outfit on. And Lauren comes around the corner with a, they're like 20 seconds. And then I'm getting nervous looking at my sides. And then Lauren walks with an Amstel light casually. And he goes, you want to try tonight? And then he just drifts off. And I'm like,

Am I not trying ever? You know, and then I botched the sketch because now it's in my head. Yeah. He has his style. I think it's a little, it's kind of Lauren being sassy, I think. Yeah.

Yeah, he's very sassy. He's like, okay, Lauren. He's got his little dick in it. We had a sketch called Sassy. Remember Dana with Phil Hartman? Who Cecily likes. Right. You've read it. Let's go back a little bit to your How Cecily Strong Became Cecily Strong. We don't have to spend much time on it, but I thought it was very, very interesting. She was born in. And you, amongst other people, have mentioned, or at least if this is accurate, Phil Hartman as kind of a true North Star person.

Will Ferrell did as well. And we all love Phil and he was brilliant. So, well, I, I also think, listen, I have,

So many like I feel like I've spent a lot of time with you both on the show, like watching and really enjoy it. There's so many people I love. And usually it's just when you say one thing in an interview, then it kind of. Yeah, I know. But I mean, I'm I was just a huge fan of the show in general. And I do think, you know, I've played a lot of straight characters on the role, and I think he just is kind of like the such a great straight man.

Yeah, he'll play. He'll he'll take the lead if you need it or a completely play the bass, so to speak. Hold it down. Do you know you actually reenacted? I mean, did you like you had an uncle who was a Broadway producer? Yes. Your mom and dad were kind of at a certain very young age, kind of saying, Cecily, maybe this is for you or do I get that right? Like, well, that dream occur to you. I think I never like for real had the dream even before.

at the audition was like, well, I can't I don't want to say it out loud even because this is so this just doesn't happen. And I don't want to be disappointed if I got to, you know, that I should be so happy that I got to audition. I got to be here. But I think I was like when I was three, I would just perform a lot around the house. And my parents are like, I don't know. And they put me in a drama class. Like, I hope that's it. I hope that scratches that itch.

and it's not something worse well kids like it then you keep with it like you know i think every kid is like we got into comedy in our house and everyone just liked comedy but i agree with you that when you say you're auditioning for something or when i start doing stand-up you don't want people to go how'd it go and if you don't get it you're like uh and then they go oh right then it's like a bummer thing when you're like well i wanted to be happy about that

That was the idea initially. The pressure keeps building because it's going toward 50 years. It was enough for me to even imagine I could be on it, but there was only 10 years before me. Now a cast member goes, okay, check out the history of the show before you audition. It's like months of pouring through so many sketches, but I could not believe. That's a very common theme for people of being very humble about

auditioning, like, my God, this is a dream. And just some of the darkness of the people who it went asymmetrical and they didn't get it, you know, and it's something, and then they've gone on and done great. It's not the one lane to go, but for you, it was kind of. It definitely, and certainly like at the time, I mean, and I'd done theater for a long time before comedy. And I really only got into comedy after college. Not that I like, I,

I guess like officially study comedy. I don't know. Yeah. It's so weird. Didn't come before, I guess, you know. So you were in theater all the time. Then you, you got busted for pot, got arrested. Okay. So you went to jail, your pot dealer. A little bit of a rebel in those days, I guess, or, or, or it was everyone. I think kind of maybe that was just the thing in the year 2000. I don't know. Um,

I wasn't really a bad kid. I got good grades. I liked school, but then I also smoked cigarettes. But I was in with the theater crowd. That's not the cool kids at school.

No, not at all. You know, you do smoke a good cigarette. Just don't light it right with cat. Is it with Kathy? Yeah. Yes. I was a smoker for a long time. So I but and that's always a thing I look at when I watch people smoke on camera. So you can tell I've always felt like the people who have never smoked always go like.

That's what I do. Like their whole hand. And then, yeah, and breathe in. I put all the cigarette and my fingers in my mouth like this. Yeah. Is this wrong? That's a very straight hand. So, Kathy Ann is like a redneck, quasi-alcoholic or whatever. She's just kind of lived hard.

I've seen them in Montana where I'm from originally. I go there a lot. I've seen those people and she's, that sound, that looked like a fun character to play. It's so much fun. And I do think it's like so many of the people that I just love in real life and love to watch. And actually it was, I worked at Greenblatt's for a while. Right next to the Laugh Factory. Right next to the Laugh Factory. And this is when I was smoking and I'd go outside and,

for a cigarette every now and then. And there was like a local lady in the neighborhood who would yell on the street a lot. And so she sort of was where it came from. And she said and it always be like, oh, don't make eye contact because she'll come over here. Is that like that? They tried to get my brother, D-wide, and I said, probably your own breath blown back in your face.

And she was just that kind of energy attitude. Wow. We've met a lot of those characters in our neighborhood. That person. And that's a, such a specific rhythm. Yes. And I think they are everywhere. I don't think it's like, she's got a bit of a, an accent, I guess, but I don't think it's like definitely a Southern thing. It's like in Michigan. It's in, it's in a bar everywhere. Every state. It's a bit of a tweaker twist to it. Like you don't,

know really what you're getting to and it's a little crazy in the eye yes and again i like to think that there's some teeth interaction you know like missing a tooth or there's a rotten tooth okay how would that affect the way the voice interaction well i think that's the impression yeah that would that's kind of like right she she also got like a mild speech impediment too

Because there's a missing tooth and the tongue kind of wanders in there. Yeah. There's like a sore back there. There's stuff in the mouth. Bitter cheek. For our theater students that listen to this podcast. They're freaking right now. Well, just the idea of pretending his character is missing a tooth. Yeah. I have...

Cecily has beautiful teeth. I'm going to somehow make that part of the voice that the tooth is missing. Okay. That was for the theater fans. Great. Well, Dana, one last taste of it. So people can listen to that. Yeah. Well, if you think about, if you try to talk like you have no teeth, you know how to sometimes, I think it's sort of starting from there.

I'm just starting from here. When we did buh-bye, she said, approximately how many teeth does this dude have? And how big are they? Does she whiten them? Roughly how big, centimeter-wise. Just so it'll help me a little bit.

We're bouncing around. I love you. But we're keeping with teeth. That's good. Well, I love that you're willing to kind of explain the character rhythmically and the voice thing. It's really interesting to me. And that gem, I mean, who, Benedict Cumberbatch was American, right? Benedict Cumberbatch. Slumber Party. He did his like a...

A Cumberbatch slumber party. He should host that. Did he? You say to him, is it more fun for him to play American accent than you're taking the Gemma? I think that was, I mean, I hope that was fun for him. It sounded like it was at the time. He might've been just doing whatever that week, but I imagine it would be more fun. Yeah.

Yeah. He was cool, right? Fun to work with. So much fun. I did a guest spot there and just met him. He seemed very earnest and humble and ready to work and hoping he's doing a good job. I don't know if you got this vibe at all when you guys were on the show. Sorry, my dog. Come on. She's making things up. She's very dramatic. I'm sorry. The focus wasn't on her. She's making things up.

That's saying, what is this person doing talking to you on the Zoom? She's had it with you on the Zoom. She's like, that's a- Talking to herself. I'm sitting over here. No one's paying attention. You know, Dana, I think we have a connection. We've been friends for a long time. And for this episode of Fly on the Wall, we've partnered with eHarmony.

which isn't us. E harmony is a dating app to find someone you can be yourself with. We are not dating. I want to clarify that, but the connection is what you want in a dating partner. Um, just someone like if you found someone that listened to this podcast, that's somewhat of a connection. And then you sort of build on that. You want someone with some common ground. Yeah, it's not it. Look, if you want to connect romantically over, you know, super fly or fly on the wall, um,

It just makes us happy. You don't want to be watching The Godfather and the person next to you goes, this movie sucks. You want to- So dumb. Yeah. You want to connect on all issues and harmonize in life. Similar sensibility, similar sense of humor, and similar sense of sense. I don't like when they watch The Godfather and they're like, everyone in this movie is so old. I'm like, they're 40.

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kind of nerd out with us and uh yeah and not that american hosts aren't but i just felt like across the board kind of every british host we had almost had like a giggly like little kit just really would be willing to do anything yeah yes i i find the same thing there's something about their their training their attitude yeah

Yeah. Something very potent. And kind of like silly, goofy too, which I thought was a fun thing about Benedict. Yes. Because while he, I guess he does, it is kind of a silly name, but it's also a very buttoned up name, I would think. Sure. When you meet the host in the Monday meeting,

I think that's where you get a vibe. I mean, they are nervous for sure. And you're nervous. I'm nervous because I'm starstruck most of the time. And you're a writer, you're new on the show, whatever, you know, you're always starstruck and they bring in some big names. So I think you get a vibe in a first meeting, what they're going to be like, are they going to be fun? Are they, some people you see pitch them something, they go, sounds great. Anything. And

And then they're up for anything and you go, this is going to be fun. And some go, oh, I don't know. They're just tense. You can tell they're tight. And they're like, can you do Russian accent? Oh, I don't really do accents really. And then you're like, eh, okay. And then everyone pitches. And when you walk out of there, you go, I got a feel for it. I got a feel for it. Yeah. I feel like I'm not as good at that. I feel like I didn't quite...

get to know every host until after a table read. Cause sometimes you just guess so wrong. Yeah, that's true. They can really come alive. No. Yeah. Or like you've just given them something that's so the wrong thing for them. Were you there when Trump was on? Because I just heard a story that Pete Davidson told and he said, they said, Dana, do you hear this? He goes, first of all, they, um,

that Trump came to read through this. You can corroborate. I may even get it wrong. Oh, I know that. Yeah. And he said like, I don't really read. I don't really like, I sort of ad lib instead of read sketches. That was part of it. And then he said, I get ad lib like nobody's business. And he said, let me, I don't have my glasses. And then Lauren said, you can use mine. And he's like, and then there was an end of a sketch, maybe at Disneyland where he says,

He says, "See you later." And then he looks at everyone else and goes, "Chicken leg? No, turkey legs? Like let's go eat turkey legs." - Let me tell you, because it's one of my favorites. - You tell it. Oh, let's hear it. - So, there's a couple of things that happened. He didn't bring his reading glasses to the table read and was like, "Oh, I didn't know what that we were gonna be reading," or something like that. - At the read, yeah. - I was kinda like, "Well, it's the table read."

With script. Yeah. 45 scripts. Yeah. And so Ivanka was there and there was a sketch that Ivanka was in that was set at like medieval times. And at the end of it, he goes, told ya. The grammatically was written, told ya, like told you so to her. He's talking to her, period. And then it says turkey leg.

Like, would you like to go get a turkey leg? That's how one would read that sentence. But Donald Trump read it as, told you turkey legs, to Ivanka. Like he was calling her turkey legs. That's pretty funny, though. He looked at us like, okay, weirdos. And it was like, you read it wrong. And then he also, in the middle of it, got a phone call and took his call

So we all just waited. I've never seen anyone like do that to Lauren yet, you know? And he went, uh-huh. Oh, that's great. Uh-huh. My book just went to number one. And we all just went, wow. Wow. Had to applaud just the moment, just the fact that you would interrupt the table read to take your very real call. Yeah.

My book just went to number one and I know you got to do some things, but I think I deserve a little bit of applause. And then he asked to be put into the Drake, the Hotline Bling skit, the dad. I think it was like the dad dance or something. I remember his funny little weird dance. He asked to be put in that. Yeah.

And then the other thing he did was they did a giving tree sketch. And Jenna always tells the story, our stage manager, because he's like, that's not a real book. And she kept saying, what do you mean? That's a book. And he just did not believe that the giving tree as he was in a full tree costume. And I do have a picture from my monitor, my dressing up for rehearsal of this face in this tree costume.

The giving tree. It's just a rumor. Did not believe, obviously was not, uh, brought up on the giving tray. I know books. I read a lot of books. I've heard about books. So I know when there's a book and it's not a book. I know a lot of books. Excuse me. Let me finish. I know about books. Let me tell you. Um, no one like him. What can, everything's been said about him, but there, he's a one-off, uh,

Those table reads are cool. I mean, you can learn a lot. I remember the first Alec Baldwin. He was great. Like, I didn't know it. You know, you don't know what you're getting into. And sketch after sketch, you start to go, oh my God, these are pretty much cold reads. Like they've never seen a sketch and they're walking in. Someone's going, hey, mine's sketch is number 41. And if you could play it like quiet at the beginning, but then you build and they're like, right. And you know, they're trying to absorb it all. You don't know what the fuck's going on. Right. Five hours. John Goodman always great. Learning eight songs. Yeah.

Oh yeah. They don't have to sing a song. The hosting is so complicated. Yes. And I think they're mainly just kind of in shock. I thought of my role as kind of an RA throughout the week, where you're just sort of always being encouraging. Like, how do you feel? Great. That's normal. I think that's normal. And by Saturday, you're going to be, yeah.

It's very funny when, because they're walking into your turf and they can be kind of nervous. And I, I, with a superstar, you know, like a big movie star and you can tell they're out of their element and you're kind of going, you're doing great. And, you know, just read it off the card, just read it straight off the card. Right. That's it. I'm like putting it in my head that they need encouragement from me. I'm probably like wearing a blanket.

slippers. My life isn't, I don't have it all together. And I'm like, you're doing great. I was doing a guest spot. I think church lady update. Cause I'd done Fallon. And then Lauren would always say, you'll be doing church lady on a Saturday. Okay. I'll call my travel agent. And then it was Benedict Bumper Vance. I remember afterwards, just at the good nights, he goes, it was,

It was pretty good. Okay. Right. It was okay. I go, no, it was great. Great. But funny me telling you, I can't, you know, I wonder if anyone's ever gone. It was pretty good. You could have done better.

I wouldn't. I mean, to any host, would you ever? Even if they're bombing, you're going, you're doing great. You got to keep them upbeat, you know? Right. Just never go real on them. No. So can we circle back around how you auditioned? I just want to know the process. So just to jump around a little bit, you went to Cal Arts. Cal Arts for theater. Yeah.

So you're studying, you're getting better, you're starting to get funny, and then you go to Chicago. I went, yes. So I stayed in LA for like nine months, seven to nine months or something. And I was just kind of like, I don't think this is going to be the way I...

do this business if I'm going to do it. It was just sort of, I didn't really understand how many of it worked and business-wise, like I couldn't get an A. It was just, I felt bad as this business can feel sometimes. And so I took a class at the Groundlings though, and I really liked it. And so I was like, well, I'll move back to Chicago and rent will be a lot cheaper. And every now and then my mom can buy me groceries.

And I went to Second City. I started taking classes in Second City. Second City. Yeah. And what was the vibe difference when you got to Chicago? L.A., it just feels more pressure and just weirder, right? Yeah. And Chicago is still a Midwestern city. Yeah, my family was in Chicago. And yeah, yeah, I do. I enjoy the Midwest a lot more. It's a lot.

a lot chunkier people who are more friendly or friendlier in public. I don't know. Chunk, chunky and friendly. You have a slight accent too. We have a slight accent. We like to eat, like to laugh and drink. You have to, because it's so cold. You have to find ways to enjoy life while you can. Um,

And in LA, it's just... Yeah. And actually, I loved my class at the Groundlings. I really had a good group. But I definitely, I was like, there's just, there's so much more of that kind of, especially that comedy, sketch, and improv. This is just like, that's so much of what Chicago is.

Yeah. And I took classes at IO eventually. I did some shows at the Annoyance and then we would do a couple of those shows. ImprovOlympic. You rent out the theater and beg your friends to come for $5 tickets. You may have five audience members that night. Yeah, bring your show, bring your show. And when did you, you met people, either been at Second City, got on SNL or coming back to say hello or then it became sort of

In your purview, as they say, SNL is a possibility with what I'm doing. It was like a possibility, but again, I wouldn't be so foolish as to say that out loud. It's just such an outlandish, you know, like that's not going to happen to me. And I knew that they did auditions, but even you had to audition for the audition. And I was like in the box office at I.O. one night when Sharna was like, you should do this.

And I thought, well, I don't know if I'm ready. And I hear, I heard like, if you audition for Lorne once and he doesn't, and you don't get in, he never wants to see you again or something. Never again. You know, there's all the. I've heard that. Yeah. The things that people pass around and like, you can't get pregnant in a hot tub. You can only audition once. Just the info kids pass on. You can't get pregnant in an audition. Yeah. Urban myths or whatever. Yeah. And so, but then I took a workshop and,

uh that was what was it characters and impressions or something because i didn't do a lot of impressions and i never really thought of myself as an impression person um but i got i think i put together six six things you know but i and i kept them all short and i think that's what helped me in the end was because you would see some people yes and you're like some people this is very indulgent and all you know

And everybody's doing similar, you know, there's the old, I forget his name because I'm Sam Elliott. Who was it? You know, the, the old guy with the mustache that everybody did. Sam Elliott. Sam Elliott. Yeah. It was like, well, eight of you are going to do Sam Elliott. So you don't need to do like a three minute monologue. Yeah. I like when they say like, I think this is a good trick. Like Dana, I've learned a lot about impressions from Dana and, and,

People don't realize the longer you do it, the harder it is because you have a few hooks. Yes. And they go, oh, that sounds like him. But the longer you go, it doesn't. And when sometimes you ask people to ad lib as a character, they go, no, I know that's so much harder because you want to write something that includes the hooks. Right. And yes, like your thing in and your, I know I sound like them here, but I can't say the word chalk.

So you're going to audition at I.O.? At I.O., at I.O. And to your mind, you were in, there was maybe 10 of you or whatever. And so you were strategizing, knowing who was maybe going to come on before you. So you were...

not redundant. And then who was there? Was it lieutenants, you know, Lauren's minions, basically? Well, I know. Was Lauren there or them? Lauren was there. I think Lindsay Shookus was there. Aaron Doyle, I think was there. Colin was there.

Oh, really? And Kenward. The whole canon of people who can decide whether you're going to be on Saturday Night Live. There's a big... We're in the audience. Yeah, they were all there. But I mean, I didn't know who anyone was except Lauren, really. I get nervous when you just said that. I was like getting nervous going, oh my God, walking out going, here we go. This is all that matters for everything. They'll never see you again. That's true. You think...

If they did not like you, then why would they see you right away again? It takes a long time. What did you do? Did you have any methodology for dealing with that pressure? Or when you got out there, you got a laugh and felt comfortable? What happened? Yeah, I think I got laughs. So that's I mean, really, there's really I don't know what the strategy would even be for that. Sometimes you just have to go do it.

go do it. It's like, you don't have a choice. You're just trying to control your nerves and actually have fun is the goal. And then how do you try not to try? Right. I probably looked like I was trying, but I think they forgive it. But I was also like, I'm comfortable around an audience at this point. This is certain. My family was there.

So I imagine if I hadn't gotten any laughs, it would have felt terrible, but luckily that didn't happen. It's also your home theater. It's not like at the day on 8H, 8H is barren and terrifying. And it's a super friendly audience, right? And everybody's laughing 'cause it's like in all of our best interests for anyone to succeed.

So what was your first, ladies and gentlemen, Cecily Strong, do you remember your first bit or your first laugh or first character that you did or an impression or what did you start with? Hello. I think what we did this hard to start sometimes. Yes, it was hard to start. I think the biggest was like we did Girl at a Party kind of two weeks ago.

It was during one of those election. Oh, you came in with that one. So I didn't even. So another thing that you do, these long names and characters, you're talking about girl, you wish you hadn't started a conversation with at a party. It's kind of the, which is one of your first big hits on SNL. Yes, the one that everyone knows how to say the name. I was actually, was trying to write an update character with Colin Jost. And I did do,

For my audition, I did a little boy that I overheard at Mother's Day restaurant in Forest Park, Illinois, who was

But it was my the intro was half of the is that the name of it? Yeah. Yeah. It was like a chubby little boy that I overheard it for his part. That was awesome. See you next Saturday. Something like that. Just that much is funny. Yeah. Get it. Right. Anymore. You see the boy. Yeah. You see that little boy loved his pancakes. Yeah.

So I was trying to write something with Colin and I kept sort of being like, and that's, you know, that's a good one because it's important for society or something. And was we were joking around like that. And I remember Jay Farrow was writing something, but you just heard him yelling the N word in the hallway. And so I think I said, and can I say the N word in mine? And so that was girl at a party's bit too, which she was always like a little, just,

She assumes that she's got the right to do everything too. And I, I'd like heard a story from a male friend of mine who there was like a girl to bar. And I'd heard a couple, like a couple people in my life were telling me, you know, they'd like seen a cute girl to bar or something. And then she would,

said something racist or offensive, just kind of out of nowhere. And it was like, what? Casually. Where did that even come from? Yeah. So wait a minute. So you actually used the real word on your audition? Oh, no. I've never. No, no. Yeah. No, I didn't know. So Jay Pharoah was screaming. He used the real word. No, no. I said, can I use the N word? Which I think we did put that in an early Girl at a Party.

Did Jay Farrell and you get the show on the same night or? No, he was, I can't remember if he was a year, I think it was two years before me. Oh, okay. So he was already in the cast when you auditioned. Yes. Okay. And he just happened to be screaming in the hallway. I thought it was from nerves that he screamed. No, no, no. Jay was, yeah. Jay gives all of himself. Yeah. Yeah.

Did you get the show from that audition? Well, so we had like speed dating the next day. They asked nine of us to go to the hotel where Lorne and his peeps were. And there were like two long tables. So I think I had an awkward conversation with everyone for five minutes. The only thing I remember saying was like, I love Trader Joe's, you know, cucumbers and wine.

Yeah, I don't know. And they're all just staring. Was anyone laughing in a friendly way or were they just looking at you? I feel like they were encouraging, but that was- I'm sure they know you're nervous. Yes. I'm sure they know everyone that walks in that door is like saying stupid shit. Right, right.

It's impossible not to. So you do the audition, you do this little like meet up with them. And then what happens? You get a phone call. Yeah. So then I got six months. I got another phone call. I think.

the next day or something that to fly out for a screen test and it was an all-girls screen test and 80 was in the etc show at um second city and so she got brian she got flown out from that too so 80 and i it was what was nice was 80 and i really did every step together

So we went to that first screen test. Yeah, and I knew her. I was a fan of hers, honestly, in Chicago. And I was actually, I think I understudied her at that point too, on her role on ETC. And so we did our first screen test.

in New York and then went home and kind of didn't think about, oh no, then the day I flew back and I got a call driving back from the airport to fly out to New York again to just sort of sit in the office and talk to them. It's Lauren Pickup.

Hey, Cecily, guess who? Guess who? Hit me on the hip. Can you do the person you don't want to see? They're trying to converse with you. It doesn't have an Uber app, but says she does. We like the little fat boy, but...

Can he be fatter? After the New York screen test, were you starting to think, maybe I'm going to get this? I mean, did you call your parents? Who do you call? Yeah. I definitely called my parents. Um,

and probably only my my parents would be the one because it's again it was like i don't i just don't want to say too much and jinx it or yeah or make people think that i think i'm gonna get this

Yeah. Right. But you did check in with them just because they knew you when you were three being funny. So it's just too much. They'd known me for a while. So, right. But you probably downplayed it. Like, I don't know if I'll get it, but I did this, this and this. And of course they probably at that point assume you'll get it. I don't know. Maybe they did. I don't know. It's pretty far down the road. Yeah. It's such a, right. And especially to go from like, I'm understudying second city and,

touring and like, it's just such a big jump from that to now I'm on TV and even, you know, like living in Chicago versus New York.

Well, just going in that building, the 30 Rock and seeing 8-H for the first time is hallowed ground. Right. All of it would give you a slight stomach ache or something. Diarrhea inducing. Yes. And you have to kind of wait forever. You know, there was I don't even know how many people were in that screen test. You can just sort of like sort of hear people in the hallway and kind of like, I don't know when it's my I don't know when I'm up.

It's torture. You're there for like eight hours and someone just goes, now. Those were the longest days of my life. Yeah. Yeah. It's that scary. There's a waiting thing. Dana and I talk about like, it's waiting to see Lauren. There's some weird thing about it's always waiting and it just drives you bananas. Yeah. And then your anxiety does kind of build up. I'm like, I hope I'm going to, can I stand by the time I'm out there?

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On the other side of it, they're thinking like, you probably see this now. You've done Second City, you've done Iowa, you've done all these things. It's sort of a safe bet at some point. Like you're not just out of nowhere, plucked out of nowhere. They do like to hear about you. I think they need a little buzz maybe for one season and then they hear your name again. And if they keep hearing it, they go, we got to check her out. And it's almost done deal then, you know, at the beginning. Yeah, well, I certainly had no...

I never thought I was safe. You know what I mean? - Sure, on your end, yeah. - Right, on my end. And I think like, I don't know that there was any buzz necessarily, although I'm sure Sharna probably said something, but I think I was a bit out of nowhere. And so I went for two screen tests. So then we went again at the end of the summer and Lorne told me, he said, "My second one was funnier than the first." And he said, "That's why."

He hired me. How crazy. Wow. Reliving. You almost get more nervous later on. Yeah. I mean, but you look at your, you prepared yourself for whatever reason you did, took all the steps so that it would be a possibility that you would get on Saturday night live. So let's move into now you're on Saturday night live. Does anyone telling you anything? Are you sharing an office with 80 or what's going on? I actually, I shared an office with Joe Kelly.

who now does Ted Lasso with Jason. And I think he was there for Jason's last season. And he was so, he really like took me under his wing and he was sort of our social coordinator too. So we went out a lot my first couple of years, you know, we'd go out every Wednesday. I went to Amsterdam with a bunch of people. Restaurant. Where was it? I think I'm sure I went there. Amsterdam, the, the. Yeah. Europe. Yeah.

Oh, the real Amsterdam. I thought we went to Amsterdam's, which was, I thought, a restaurant I went to in Amsterdam. We had our table in the back of Amsterdam. You guys would go to Amsterdam every Wednesday night? Every Wednesday night. I swear I'm telling the truth. You could take Paul's jet. It'll be fine. Just be back for read-through. They're wild. You gotta let them. So you get on SNL and you start traveling the world. They're wild. Yeah, I had to...

I wasn't able to pay my health insurance premium until January, though. So I think it was like my first tax return. That's when I got to go to Amsterdam. Ooh. Pretty cool. I saw that you...

at a certain point, you were on update. How is that? How is that true? And how does that discussion happen? And then you wanted to go back to sketches more? Yes. So assuming right, yeah, it was and it was. So I went on, I went on with Seth for a bit, which and it was really easy then because Seth had been doing it and he had done it with the with Amy before. So he sort of knew how to do that duo. And then Seth left. And then I knew Colin was coming in. And I think it was just

It was kind of like it became very clear that this was going to take a lot of work to sort of figure out what our update would be. And that's when I kind of... It was kind of like, I don't want to put... I don't want that to be my whole thing on the show. To have to... I just felt it was going to take more work than I... That would take away from getting to do sketches. And it's sort of like, I really...

I liked being a guest on update and felt like I had had much more success doing that than, than being a host is like the straight man. Yeah. And I kind of like, I just, I was like the host,

It was a cool honor. It was great. And there was a great team writing jokes. It feels like a whole different world at SNL, like the update room versus sketches. But I certainly was like, I want to be in the sketch world more. And I don't want people to not write me into sketches because of update and, uh,

And knowing that it was going to need all this work was sort of, we had a lot of talks about it. And it was like, I just, I would rather go back to just being in the cast then. Like, I think it's, it could have been done maybe if we had, if it were just more, if we had like a rhythm already, but we just didn't, it was so new. And it was, you know, when the audience, when they lose someone, it just, everything takes a bit more work. So it was getting used to not having Seth, then they're kind of like,

they don't like you already because you're not Seth. And it was, I just was like, I don't want that uphill battle when it already is so tough to sort of figure out your place at that place. And we're all the better for it because your range is extraordinary. And so it seems like if update usurped you and your energy and time, we wouldn't have all these great characters. You're just a natural sketch player and you're someone who you want on your team. I mean, Lorne must have loved it when he discovered

you could play this, you could do this, you could do that. You know, it's great to have somebody with that kind of range. Yeah, right. And you're sketched. Well, and I think, 'cause right, I don't know that, you know, now being there for a while, you sort of see how all, how many different types of people do this show and make it work. And you're always like, there's people who are standups and they're, you know, it's just like, not everybody comes from like a theater background. So you're only gonna have, right. You're more valuable probably out there in sketches.

I definitely think I was more valuable in sketches than at the desk. Cause I'm also, I'm not a standup. And so it was, it was just, wasn't as natural. It's newscastery and it's good jokes. They have great joke writers, usually an update always. Great joke writers. I think I, I think Dana, is this possible? I was only there six years, but I think I lived through,

Doing bits with Dennis on update. Kevin Nealon, Norm, and Colin Quinn. Wow. Probably. Yeah. Wow. Because Dennis was finishing. Then Kevin had a long run. Then Norm. Then he got fired. And then Colin when I left. Yeah. Wow. Crazy. That is crazy. And it is hard. And Colin always says they were mad. Norm got fired and sort of took it out on Colin. Yes. Right. That would be hard to step into right after. Right. Because it wasn't.

it's not Colin's fault. He's great, but you're just following and they're like, wait, where's Norm? What happened? Yeah.

Yes. That's true. And Colin talked about that he felt he should be sort of norm-like in a way. Yeah, of course. He's very affable and friendly, and he wishes he'd been more like that. Anyway, everybody has regrets, but you're the longest-running female cast member. Tenured. Just a fun stat. Although I do think if someone officially ran the numbers, because Kate... Like number of episodes? Number of episodes, because...

Kate was there like five episodes before 80 and I got there and

And then I missed some because of other shows. So I felt like I was pretty darn close to 80 and Kate. Like, I think we're all leaning at the table. We'll go back. I'm going to call it a wash. I would call it a wash. And just, yeah, it's essentially around a decade. Did you just rip the bandaid off and leave? You didn't make it a long goodbye, right? I think yours is sort of out of the blue. Well, it wasn't really, though. It just wasn't a thing I was like,

broadcasting to everyone. But when I went back that year, the way I went back when talking to Lauren was like, I would like to leave this year and I think Christmas would be a great time because it's a happier show and it would, you know, I'm going to be so sad to leave. So hopefully that'll...

I'm doing more on the other end of this conversation. Oh, no. He gets attached to his cast members. Yes. Maybe stay till February. I think they would. Yes, I'm sure he would have. It was probably like, we're not going to talk about it and broadcast it because I think there was still a lot of people holding out hope that I would not.

Leave? Was it when you, did you go to Schmigadoon and then come back? Is that what happened? In 2020, I did Schmigadoon that fall and got back in December. And then last year I did a play. I did this one woman show in LA. So I missed the first. The Lily Tomlin one, right? Yes. Yes. Wow. Another long title. And it was right. Exactly. I'm comfortable with. Filling those shoes. Did you, did you hear from Lily at all? She, she came to opening night.

Okay, that's nerves. Which I found out that day. And that was, I think maybe that was even more nerve-wracking than having Lauren at that audition. And Lauren asked that, yeah, make sure you're there in the opening night, Lily, but don't let her know until like a couple hours before. Because like she works very well under pressure. But you probably scored, I'm sure she was incredibly sweet, I would assume. She was wonderful. I mean, I think it was, I got to...

get applause for her at the curtain call, which was really, I was kind of like, can I get through this? Can I say these things without weeping? But it was very cool having her there. And then unfortunately, Jane Wagner, who wrote the show, didn't get to the show, but we did, I went and saw her at her house, which was really

cool seeing all of her and Lily's. It was like a museum, really. They have all their things. In search of intelligent life. The search for signs of intelligent life in the universe. And yet, for short, I know people call it I-S-F-A-J-J-Q-Q-F-R. Just for short. I call it the spaceship monologue. By the way, I saw Schmagedoon. I saw Schmagedoon. Schmagedoon!

You can't not do Adam Sandler when you say that. Oh, yeah. Schmigadoon. Yes. I thought you were saying Schmigago, which is our second season. No, I saw Schmigadoon, and it looks very involved. Like, is it a hard show? I think you produced maybe also, but is it hard? Because it's, first of all, very unique, which is so hard to do these days. And then the dancing and the singing and the jokes in the songs, all that stuff has got to be tough. Oh, definitely. I think, but...

There's a lot of outside rehearsals. There was a great, we have a great choreographer and great music team. So it was sort of, it all felt like we were, once you're shooting, it felt very ready. Because especially that first season, we were such strict COVID rules. So we really were so limited with how much time we got with each other.

So just for a second, what it is for our viewers. Yeah. You and Keegan, Michael Key. I love his name. Star together and then go ahead. Yes. So we play a couple that are they're sort of a newer couple. They've fallen. They met and have a great thing. And then they're sort of at a rut in their relationship and arguing a lot. And they.

My character, Melissa, finds a hike for them to sort of, it's like a romance hike or a love building hike. A rekindling hike. Yes.

And they go on it and they're arguing and caught in a rainstorm. And somehow they end up in this magical town called Schmigadoon. But they find out it's a musical every day. They've gotten themselves trapped in an old-fashioned musical. They can't get out. And they can't get out until they find true love. That's a good, really interesting setup. Yeah.

And it's really well done. I mean, I was watching it going, just knowing a little bit about production, being on movies and how hard everything is, just when I do my basic crummy movies, to have this with like so many things happening and so many jokes written and just how it's got to be so tight. Everyone looks great. Very good job. I will say the second season, there are more...

looks and worlds covered. So I think it was somehow we had the same amount of time, but I think like 20 more pages or something. So it's felt a bit more frantic, but we got it. We got it done. And it's, I think it's, I think it's pretty fun in Canada.

Oh, you do? Yeah. Schmigadoo in Canada? In Schmigadoo in Canada. I always like it when you watch the first episode. I love when people are going into a surreal environment that can't be true, but it is. It's Vancouver. And

Yeah. And your character's kind of going, well, let's go with this. And your boyfriend's going, this isn't happening. He's very skeptical. Right. He's not a musical person. Yeah. And then just so people know, you'll randomly say something to these people that you don't even know. And then they'll have a well choreographed, brilliant Broadway song. They'll just start, right. And they were such great dancers. I remember there was one, it was like eight in the morning or something. And this guy just did

16 flips in a row. It's like, wow, what a different morning you and I have had. Yeah. You went on a tunnel of love and there's a guy, there's like a bad boy guy standing there and then he sings to you. This is probably early on when you don't really know that's what's going on, which is very funny reactions. And then I guess you guys start to get used to the fact that this is where you are. Yes. Yes. And, uh,

Right. We stop asking what they're doing every time. We just accept it. We figure that out. Yeah. That's on Apple TV. That's on Apple TV Plus. The new season, which is Chicago, is April 5th.

If you like Broadway musicals, which everybody does. And then I hopefully, I do think first season, I think a lot of people who were not, do not consider themselves musical people. We had a good amount of people. I'm not a musical person. I liked it. Well, it's kind of science fiction in a way. Fantasy science fiction. Hopefully there's like something for, for everybody. I think having Keegan and I, let's like a comedy audience. It's jokes. Yeah. There's tons of jokes. I think that that was the show for them.

Well, the songs have jokes, so it's not just watching, you know. Yeah. It's very original. Nicholas Nickleby. I would check it out. I would check it out. And you and Keegan are great. I see Keegan out a lot. I see him around in Los Angeles. He's the best. Yeah. Yeah. Always a good mood. You can hear him when you're out too. He's always.

I feel like when he enters the room, you know, he's there. There's like a big scream laugh. A lot of fun energy. Could we just touch on, as we go through your life here, some of your classic sketches. Like, I know that you, I just kind of personally sort of noticed. I just want to say this is very cool for me. Just want you to know that.

We've been watching you all morning and laughing out loud at your stuff. And that's why me and Dana are going back and forth before we called you. And we were like, did you just see this one? Did you see this one? We're alums and, and we don't want to make it too grandiose, but it is a seminal experience for us in that place. And Lauren and, and being on live TV with your friends who you make lifelong friendships with. So this is very enjoyable, but yeah,

I just kind of thought there was so many great cast members in that decade. And then I personally sort of started to notice you and notice you doing, you know, like really connecting with the audience. Cause I think it takes a while for the audience to go, Oh, we like Cecily. Yeah. She, she just made me really laugh and then it happens and builds. So I just saw that maybe, um,

At least it was for me. Those last two or three years, you were just at another level or some other level happened of confidence. Yes. And Gina Perino was like...

Sorry, but like a heavyweight character, like a big, loud, bombastic. And that must have been fun just to play that person. That that persona is so aggressive. Yeah, definitely. And I, um,

Tucker and I, Brian Tucker wrote it with me and he wrote it as a sketch first, just sort of a Fox News thing. But no one really knew who she was at the time, even though we were like, she's why she's a great character. Yeah, she's. But the first time we did it, I don't think there was anything.

a big response. And then we tried it again on Update, and it was sort of-- I was excited because it was a way to do a bit of physical comedy too, because I wanted to-- Oh, yeah. We-- and the first sketch that we wrote, we had her in a chair with a seat belt.

that she was going to fly out of her chair. I was like, well, then let me fly out of the chair. That'll be our thing. Yeah. You know, she always yells, Dana, because she was yelling for a Cobb salad and they didn't have, they had cranberries on it. One cranberry. Right. Yes. That's her volume or something. And she never went down on volume after that. Yes. Yelling at a waiter. It was a big, powerful one. And then I'm always interested when people can do, because I don't know if I had that gear, play music.

play subtle, dumb, and tough. I'm just looking at the two porn stars you did with Vanessa Bayer. Describe those two characters and the rhythm of how you're acting. Dumb, but not dumb. I mean, how do you describe that? Yeah, well, I think my porn star was always a little bit more out of it than Vanessa's. But that's how the pair worked.

You know, and I think mine's just so I remember seeing, I think it was like a Tyra Banks or something early on. And she had,

a porn star on, I forget who it was, but she was so like, yeah, I'm and I'm happy doing that. And it's just her the way she was speaking was I was like, oh, I want to do that. And I think it was also just a way to writing with Colin Jost. We like to do a lot of malapropisms. And so it was which we do a girl at a party and then we wound up doing important, you know, it's like an excuse for a lot of bad puns, too, honestly.

Right. But it's fun when you land a hard laugh with something that's so soft spoken. I think that was like even more than Girl at a Party. I think that was the most I felt the best after that first year. You know, I think it was Jamie Foxx's episode, you know,

I think that's what it was. And it was my first year and we were the last sketch. And I think, and Lauren gave us, you know, it was that, it was still more cushioned when you're in that last spot and you can kind of, I just, the audience went so wild for it. And it was so much fun to have that reaction for the first time. At 10 to one. Yes. Yeah. And kind of be like a little dirty. And it was just, it was really fun. Cause you had a series of lines. The one I saw today was, uh,

this morning was I got banged and then something really, you're both doing it so off.

obviously casual and so soft-spoken. But anyway, so I'm glad to hear that that would be something. For me, it was doing Johnny Carson because I didn't really, I wasn't thinking about whether the audience was going to laugh because I knew what I was saying was almost too funny, at least to me internally. So I felt like you had that connection with that character where it's just like all thrown away and really soft-spoken, but super funny. Yes. I think that's sort of how we got away with all of it too. Yeah.

We just we kept saying like, how can we we just wanted a framework to be able to say these awful things. And we were like, oh, they're they were porn stars, but they're not anymore. And then then it was like and we had a lot of fun running gags like I never got a name. It was always like, how do we do that this time? How can we skirt around me saying a name?

- Like, can you give me an example of that? - Like she'd say, "We're not porn stars anymore. I'm Brecky." And I'd go, "And this is Brecky." Or she said, "I'm Brecky." And I said, "And you can too." - Yeah, it's your non sequitur, we're long gone. - Yes. - That really got me. - I'm not always paying attention, that gal, at every moment. - They may have done drugs. - They may have done drugs. - Yeah. - You kind of hope that they did.

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There was just a, I thought it was very cute when you and Kristen did, it's such a weird thing you're on a date with a 10-year-old kid. But you guys just carry the whole thing and you're so keepy and live and funny and just sort of odd, but very likable girls. Yeah, I think I wrote it with Mike O'Brien and it was like, we just wanted to really write something

the best date that someone could you know there's something that felt really good and it was like and then it just happened to be 10 year olds but they really felt like this is a really a date that's good i know the way you played it was that's just fun to watch because i obviously you know you start these you don't know where it's going and if you're in comedy you don't know what and it just it's fun to watch these things unfold and then you guys just seeing two pros just

being very funny on their side of it. And having like Tim and Bobby. Yeah. It was a lot of giggling.

Yeah, I'm sure that just looks like a super fun rehearsal also. Yeah. And you and Bobby Moynihan, you and he did the Best Buy firing. That must have been kind of fun because it was just so loud and you were supposed to be getting fired, so you just deconstructed every other employee. Right, right. Rip them apart. They're going out with a bang. That was the first show I'd gotten...

a sketch on and i got that on and girlfriends on and it was it was so great because bobby had been there for a while and sort of like i really like trusted whatever if he's saying this is good then i trust that it's it's like it was really like i hadn't quite yelled at the table yet before that's my first time yelling is it definitely this happened to me twice not as much as dana but

to either write something or co-write something. And when you originally get a big one on, it's so much of your focus to have two on is almost throws you. Yeah. That's too much. Yes, yes.

It was crazy that they both, I was sort of like, how does that, how will that work? Because you have to oversee them, direct them. Like, there's so much to do with them and go to wardrobe and costumes and set design and help with every aspect. You're like, oh my God, just give me one. Let me just see if I can figure one out. Right. And you're like, well, is this going to work? It's my, you know, wanting to make sure everything is like you've thought, right. You've thought through everything for that, for the first one.

Was the other one Girlfriend's Talk Show? Sorry, was the other one Girlfriend's Talk Show with 80? Yeah. So there's your bandmate from... There's your 80, yep. So you have a comfort zone with her. Yeah, I really... At least in the early days. I did a lot of two-handers for a long time over there, which I really loved. Two-handers, meaning duos? Yeah, where, you know, me and Bobby or Vanessa and I, 80 and I, yeah. Kate and I were friends. Wayne's World was a two-hander. Yes, exactly.

Hans and Franz, I'm going to say two-hander. Exactly. Yeah. But yeah, I think it's fun. It's a very clean, simple thing. You're playing a rhythm with your...

other person and it's just nice yeah also for getting laughs off a straight part was uh you and bill hader when he hosted and you're going to play uno with your friends oh yeah yeah well that one we were i wrote a lot with james anderson and kent sublet and i was like we just have to if like what i know of bill it's like we just have to give him a big toy really so give him a big motorized wheelchair

And then you climb on them. I didn't see that coming. No. You have the courtesy blanket. So it's not like, and she goes, sex is sexual. Right. It's not a sexual thing. It's science. And she goes, no, sex is sexual. And it's sort of, you know, this awful trying to make your friends feel bad. Like, you know how much I want a baby.

It was all good. Yeah. Try not to laugh, of course, because he's banging everything, driving his fucking scrum. Right. And there's not, you know, we still only get however many rehearsals. And then, so it is, it's so...

Well, we don't know how many of it's backing up. You don't even know who's going to hit a table or you guys are going to get your leg broken or. Yes. And I think like the controlled chaos was sort of that became my my favorite part of the show. You know, it's like the one the thing that sets us apart from everything else is having it live and not perfect. Yeah. Yeah. So and it was sort of like throw in a dog, throw in some.

wine that you're throwing or something, you know, it's just, just there's, then you have chaos that you're kind of like, I don't quite know what's going to happen. So then it keeps us having fun. Yeah. They want it for sure.

I had a dog with a massive head wound hair. Of course. Right. You know, but that was, uh, I was just writing. That dog won an Emmy. Um, the notes after dress, the dog is pushing a little. Could we get the dog? Like, not like find the lens. It's just a dog. The dog's hosting during February's race with Jay-Z.

So you do 10 years, you go through all these different cast members coming and going. When you first came in, who was there and who left pretty shortly after that? Or were you... Well, we wound up being in... We had a pretty... We had a core cast for a long time together. That came in. Yeah. So I was... When I...

It was Bill and Jason and Fred's last year. Okay. When I got there. You caught them for one year. Yeah. So I got one year with them. Solid. Yeah. Which was so exciting, you know, to have those people around when you're first there. It was really exciting. And then, and Bobby, Taryn, Jay, Vanessa, they were sort of the next, and Nassim were all sort of the next,

upperclassmen. And then, but Aidy, Kate and I, and Beck and Kyle, we were there for a long time together. Yeah, you did have a nice long run together. Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett.

Kate, of course you, yeah. What? Yeah. Like a re the, the show keeps. And Keenan. Yes. And Keenan Thompson, just the perennial cast member. It was just always, when you leave mid season, does it, is it funny? A weird feeling when the shows are still on. It's definitely weird. It feels like it was much longer. It feels like a much, much more time has passed since I've been there. But I also, I think.

I know Adie and Kate and a couple other people I've talked to, and even Kristen, I talked to her when she first hosted. It was kind of like you can't... I haven't been watching. I think you have to kind of walk away for a while to be able to leave. It's very weird to watch it afterwards. There's people doing your job. Yeah. It's weird. And I think all the anxiety, I feel like, would just...

come back right away. And I would, I just don't, I think it's, I'm good where I am with this distance. You did a good run. I mean, my God. Yeah. It's pretty comprehensive. Do you feel, I don't know, you probably feel so many things, but somewhere you must feel a nice level of satisfaction. You lived your dream. Totally. Yes. And I got to leave like happy, which I know

It doesn't always happen. No, we've heard of those stories. Yeah. And I, you know, there was, I had a tough couple of years like everybody does. And so it was really nice to get to leave that way. Yeah. Going out with a bang. And now you have Schmigadoon. Is that the pronunciation? Schmigadoon. I think that's a great. Schmigadoon. You also may not know this. You're in a phone commercial. That's right. Yes. Yes.

You wouldn't know that. I don't know if you've seen it. I don't know if you've seen it. You can find it on YouTube, though. You have to go to YouTube. I'm a big fan of tech commercials and phone. Potato chips and tacos is harder, although I'm for sale at this point.

I will bite a taco. But when you're doing phone companies or that sort of Apple commercial or whatever, that's sort of nice. I mean, I think the commercials... Very nice. You look great and it's just sweet. It's kind of smart. So I'm a big fan.

of doing commercials as soon as you come off SNL. Right as you come off. Great gig. Yeah. It's a great gig. And then you got, I think, who was in it? Seth was in the one I saw. Yeah, Jessica Williams just did one. See, look at that. Believe it or not, you were not supposed to do commercials. Oh, yeah, Giamatti.

When you came off Saturday Night Live in the 90s, you were not supposed to do commercials. So I'm not envious. I don't hate the people who do them now. I live through them and I root for you guys. But yeah, do the commercials. I know. It was like a new thing that we got to do a commercial during our time on the show. That was always like such a no-no. But I think in the past, however, a couple of years. Yeah, I got shot down on that. Well, I have to tell her one thing before you get your last word, Dana.

Born in Springfield. Springfield, Illinois. My daughter lives in Springfield and growing up in Springfield. Really?

I'm saying there's hope for her to come out like Cecily because you did it and you liked it. You were there for a really long time. Well, I did move pretty quickly, actually. I was a year and a half when we moved to Oak Park. Oh, I'm going to throw this out. What was the mall like when you were there at one years old? But I'm sure it's what made me who I am. Do you go back ever? No. Do you just, was it? To Springfield? Springfield.

Yeah. No, not to Springfield. I did go back. I went back once. It's far away from Chicago. But I went. It was when Barack Obama announced Joe Biden as his running mate. It was in Springfield. And a couple of friends and I did it at the J. Crew at the mall. The J. Crew. Yeah, I got an autograph. Barack Obama.

So you have a memoir out, This Will All Be Over Soon, which I love the title. Yes, yes. Written during the pandemic, and that's available on wherever you can buy it. All the book places, yeah. Book places, yeah. So I'm just so, I don't know, I'm just so thrilled that we, when they said, Cecily's in, it made me very happy. Oh, yeah. I think it's like a rite of passage to get to talk to you guys and-

You are both some of the best who have ever done it. And you're doing well on the other side. Very nice. I love funny people. And we did ask Kenan about, we just as a kind of a pithy question, like, oh, who's the greatest? We all have to make a name up or whatever, you know, rank things. And he had gave the best answer. He just said spontaneously, the women.

All the women. He's a freaking doll.

He is adorable. He's like, you want to adopt him. Smart guy too. Yeah. The amount of women and you're in that continuum between Amy and, and I'll forget the names too many Sherry Oteri and Maya, Molly, Kristen, Amy. Right, right, right. Yeah. So many women who've done such brilliant work on that show in recent history, but we fancy ourselves. It sounds highfalutin, a slight casual, funny oral history of cast members in her,

interviewing cast members, we know where the grease paint is stored. So this has been a pleasure. David, do you have any final statement? No, I like it. You get to talk about SNL and not bore everyone because at certain times you just start talking about it and you're like, all right, well, forget it. I'm

I should stop. But it's fun to talk about because it's on your mind. It'll be on longer than you think. You just keep, you'll always be from Saturday Night Live. And the great thing about the way the world works now with live streaming, all these venues, you're just going to work. You're going to do whatever you want to do and show business for decades now.

But you'll always be from Saturday Night Live. Yes. You know, which is a great legacy. It's right. Everybody has a store. It's not. Yeah. Could be way worse. It's great to have. I mean, yeah, you everything sort of comes from there and, you know, came from improv places. When you go there, when you can do live sketch comedy and do it with with joy and do it

as an expert, everything else that you can do. It's kind of, you know, it's like, I feel like the greatest thing since leaving has been like seeing that people maybe see me now the way I saw Amy and Tina and Maya and Kristen walking in. And that was, I think like,

That's just a great thing to have in my pocket for a bad day. It's a big deal. I'm amongst those names and that's so cool. You are a thousand percent amongst, and everyone loves it at a certain age, one of Lauren-isms, you know, whoever's 14 at the time, but you've got your cast.

your primary cast and your people and those fans are so connected to you forever, which is very sweet. You know, they're 14 now, but you'll run into them later and they'll be so, so it's such an honor to be on that show and to be humble about it and just be grateful that we get to do this. Yeah. We got to do a fun job for a long time. Yeah. Yeah. So we're going to get started in a minute. We're just going to take a break.

But we like to do pre-interviews. I think we got a good show here. We do. We know what we're going to talk about now. Thank you very much. I'd like to say we're going to see you around campus in show business for sure at the 50th. Yes, right. You know, that'll be exciting. I hope I get to do something with you. I know. I would love that. We'll put you in Wayne's world. We're going to start thinking about it. Yes, please. That's one of the first movies I think I watched.

Like had memory, like that's probably, I have the most memorized of all movies. - Oh, I like to play. I'm sorry. I was trying to take one line. - Of course. And I think I did like, you bought me a gun rack.

What am I going to do with a gun? I don't even own an ad gun. Ad gun. Great movies. Surreal. But anyway, best of luck to you. I'm going to be watching your show with my sister who's visiting tonight. Schmigadoon. And the new one is April 5th. And it comes out April 5th for the next season. Yes. All right.

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