Rachel Dratch
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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 1800 time you say on the towel rack. Yeah. Thank you. 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.

Rachel, oh, dratch. I was going to go with that. The thing you do not say when Rachel Dratch is going to be your guest, you don't say, oh, dratch. You say, Rachel Dratch. She's so cool. Rachel, everyone loves her on the show. She's always a score machine. She's got funniness.

Someone's yelling at me. You're being yelled at? At the side, they're going, up the energy. You're fucking bombing. I'll compensate. Yeah. Hey, everybody. Did you see that little machine? They act like we're the morning zoo crew. Rachel makes me happy. I loved our podcast with her. And, you know, Debbie Downer,

we go through all that, how it came about, all of her great sketches. She's just truly one of, I know it's a cliche, but it's true. Organically funny people we've ever had on our podcast. And we've had a lot of funny people and so sweet. I met her early on. She did a thing in Dickie Roberts, uh,

that old movie. Oh, a couple people remember? Thank you. Ad applause. Did she get to wear clothes in that scene? She was very funny. She's always like scoring in Adam's movies. Wherever you throw her, she gets a laugh. Any sketch, she gets a laugh. She's a super pro and she's like a,

Just a hyper real person. Like there was no edge to her that you're Rachel Dratch. You know, we actually, I think we talked to her about that. Just people coming up to her like she used to be in awe of people. You know, this just came to me. She was nervous about meeting hosts. She's very shy. She doesn't seem like it. I'm shy too. Are you wearing an earpiece because you're especially witty today. I am? Is someone feeding you lines because, you know, it just came to me? It just came to me.

No, I have a gift, a gift no one wants. But we talk about with her a lot of SNL stuff and the phenomenon of just meeting someone who's way more famous than you.

And then going through a week of this huge experience they're going to have and how nerve wracking it is when you first meet like a Sharon Stone or whoever when you're a cast member. So it's very sweet. And on a side note, this is the coat I talked about my Netflix special that cost me so much where they said you can't wear it really outside. This is because it's a puffer with leather and they go –

Ultimately, don't wear it in snow, rain, wind, clouds. I'm just going to tell you because people are freaking out about this coat. They can't focus on what we're saying. Wait a minute, David. I'm not trying to get us to start a company, but the ultimate puffer, if you ever want to go in on a jacket thing, you just said it. You heard it here. This is live. The ultimate puffer, we put them out. They're kind of funny from the fly on the wall guys. I'm just trying to monetize. We could have merch. I want to be Ryan Reynolds a little bit. Hi, Ryan. We could make money because this was 30 grand.

Well, the ultimate puffer. We make it for 30. This is the world's greatest leather jacket. I've called this for 20 years. I bought it at Barney's. And there's no leather jacket in the world as good as this one. None. We're starting to sell merch right now. Ultimate leather jacket. Puffer what? The perfect puffer. The perfect puffer. And here's Rachel Drash. That's good. That's good.

That part's not going to be my start, is it? Unfortunately. I don't know. I don't know. It could be. Hi. Hey, you guys. It's Rachel Dratch. Woo. Sometimes you're a whiz. There's people who take like 20, 25 minutes to get on this thing. I once took an hour and a half. And then David just hosted the show. Rachel. Rachel. Tom Hanks still isn't on.

Hi. Hi. I'm so excited to be here and see you guys. That's more like the attitude we're looking for.

We like that. We've had a lot of your friends on, Rachel. I know. I've been listening. Oh, you have? A lot of... Really? Interesting. Yes, I love it. Okay, well... It's like a support group and fun. It is. It is. We are alumni of this incredibly bizarre, wonderfully bizarre experience called Saturday Night Live. You know, what's funny is that, Dana, it's like a support group in the way that you...

You can't really complain to outside people about Saturday Night Live because they're so happy you're on it and they can't believe you're on it. So if you have micro complaints, no one wants to hear them. It's like if you do a movie, you can never say, hey, did you get up early? They go, you're in a movie. And you go, oh, yeah, you're right. And they have a point. So it is twice. But with other people in a movie or other people on SNL, you can kind of whisper, I can't believe they brought us in an hour early today. And they go, yeah, me too. And then they understand. They cut the best part. The best part. They cut it. Cut it.

God damn it. Well, that's all day. That's all day when you look at the rundown. This shit got on? Our set is under the bleachers. We're so far away from the audience, we had to cut our entrance. I hate this show. But enough about week one. No, I'll tell Rachel a story, then she'll talk toward the end. We don't like our guests to talk very much. I know, I know. Oh, she knows. Oh, sickening. No, no, because you guys,

say it. No, because you guys say that all the time. It's not really true. It's more like dinner where we all talk to each other. Exactly. Which is good. It takes the pressure off. We don't want to stress you out. It's a conversation. It's a conversation. We've been trying to tell the production company. This is so embarrassing, but I couldn't sleep last night because I was all like, I don't know, like Christmas morning about doing this. I don't know. Well, we're flattered. It's kind of fun.

anxiety, but just I was like, oh my God, I'm doing that tomorrow. And then I couldn't sleep. So anyway. We're going to put your feet to the fire. I don't sleep a lot of nights, so it's not a big deal. My mind goes crazy at night. And I didn't sleep very well last night because I knew I'd be seeing you this morning. Okay. So, and then I dreamed about you. No, it's totally normal. It's kind of a smash. We're sort of a global hit, so it's appropriate to be nervous.

David, say your thing and then we'll let Rachel talk. I forgot my thing. You forgot your statement? No, I forgot. But I will tell Rachel just to relax her. I liked what you were saying. One of my stories about SNL that it just shows you how it screws with you is in a good way.

is that one time I was doing cone heads applause. Oh my God, a couple of people in the back saw it. So I was- Why did they call them cone heads? I never got the connection. Dana. Because their heads were shaped like cones? I don't think that's it. Okay. All right. So you're in cone heads. So I'm in cone heads. And the movie, they go, the sketch did well. Do you want to be in a movie that won't work as well? And I said, yes, of course. So I-

I had a pickup shot, which was good because I tested okay. And they go, Lauren goes, we're going to add a scene with you, which is good news. You know, I said, oh, okay. So it's during a show week, which is bad news. So on a, Rachel knows the drill. You have a read through on Wednesday. So after read through, Friday morning, I had to fly to do. So what happened after read through, I took a red eye.

And they go, you're going to fly to LA. This is such a fucking long story. I'm sorry, Rachel. How does it relate to- It's okay. It doesn't at all. It just shows- Actually, I'll save it because it's so dumb. Because everyone's going to yell at me. But I just thought I'd settle Rachel in by saying, we all have our-

Pros and cons of being on SNL. And most are cons, obviously, but there's some that are harder. I had pros, but I'll just say this as an overarching word package for you to digest. Show business in general is an emotionally violent sport. That's all I'll say. It's tough. And emotions can be violently great, but it's a topsy-turvy kind of wickety-woo thing.

There she is. She's making a break for it. Where do you think you're going? She's trying to run out of the podcast, but she's carrying her. I hear people on the street. I'm closing the window. Okay. Oh, interesting. We thought you were trying to escape our podcast. No, no, no. So your first day, we can bounce wherever you want, but I'm just thinking your first day when you walked in there, you

You knew was Tina already there and Tina was there and Adam McKay was there who I knew from Second City. Yes. So so did you just hang on to them a little bit? I mean, it's so I mean, it's so like I was the only new person that year. Well, there was one writer that I knew, too, that was new, but I was the only new actor. So, you know, when you get there, this is 1999. Yeah. So when you get there, you I don't know why I sort of thought there's going to be like

the welcome packet. Here's what you do. You know, I don't know why. A little envelope with a string on it. I don't even mean like fanfare. I just mean like, like anything. Instructions or something. Yeah. This is your room. Yeah. And then like, I definitely,

was like following Tina around like a lap dog, you know, like, where do I go? But she had her own stuff to do. So but it was me and this writer, Ali Faranaki, and who we knew each other from Second City. And our office was this kind of storage closet that they put. But no, it was so I had we had each other. So that was good. But yeah, it's definitely like, you know, throw the baby in the pool and.

and see what happens. It is a whole culture of not really telling you what's going on or where you, what you're standing in the show. But on the, on the flip side, like the, you know, SNL, like of course it's the dream job as we all know. And, um, the, my dream job moment was before that even happened. It was actually the 25th anniversary show. So that was my very first time. Like, even though I had no part in it, I was,

invited to come watch. So like I got swept up when I get there, like get into hair and makeup and here's this dress. And like, you know, I was coming from Second City like there was no hair and makeup or anything. So I had like full glam squad and like in the dressing room.

was Lily Tomlin and Elvis Costello and Dan Aykroyd. And that's my very first. And I was like, because I mean, Lily Tomlin, I watched her when I was four or something. And Elvis Costello and Dan Aykroyd. So I was just like, I think I literally pinched myself. So, you know, it is the dream come true. And then, you know, it's like that plus

Thrown in the pool. When you pinched yourself, did you wake up or was it not a dream? It was all real. That's a wax museum to walk into those three. Yeah, totally. These are legendary and it's a mix. It's a musical guest. Music. What was your first character you used to do? When you were a little kid, what would you do? When your dad was being a radiologist. Oh!

Someone did their Wikipedia research. He could see right through you. No matter when you got drunk in high school, the dad, the radiologist. All right. He would look. That's all I got. I like it.

So take us back to eight-year-old Rachel. Oh, my God. So I was actually really shy when I was little. I don't know if either of you guys were. You were? I don't know. I was pretty shy. And then I sort of like... Not David. But my dad was really funny. But then in around junior high, I sort of became more like the class clown type. And my friends, my gal pal friends were really funny. And I used to watch SNL. I discovered it when I was in third grade.

And I would like make my friends stay up and watch it. Third is a little early. That's good. I know. So I had this friend who had an older brother and like I'd sleep over house and he was watching. I was like, what is this? You know, like I remember that. I mean, like the B sketch. I didn't understand it at all. I didn't. I still don't know if I still don't. Yeah, exactly. But I was still like, love it. Oh, my God. And like Samurai and Lisa Lubner, like all those.

I mean, Gilda Radner, everything. And so then I was just sort of, even though half of it was probably going over my head, I was just really into it. And I would watch it every week and make my friends stay up too. And would you mimic them? Would you mimic stuff from it? No, I wasn't like, I don't know. It's so weird. I wasn't really this. No, I mean, I wasn't really like doing characters. Yeah. I was just more like, just a funny person into doing the school plays and stuff like that. And then like,

like class clown school plays combo sort of thing. But I wasn't like a kid who was like, I'm going to be honest. I don't know if you guys were from a young age or what, but I don't know. Oh, no, we were smart enough to think you couldn't ever get on us. Exactly.

That was impossible from 495 Wellington. Do you remember the address of your familial home? Mine was 495 Wellington. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I mean, it still is. My mom still lives there. Can we give that address out and when they're not normally home, is it okay? How do you get there from the airport? If you want to meet Rachel's mom...

We should auction off a meet and greet at the end. Exactly. She'd be into that probably. I lived at 702 East Brenda in Castle Grandy, Arizona. Take that, America. 495 Wellington Drive. Home number, landline, 415-591-8128. 948-5888. I still call you on that number.

Oh, my number? Yeah. So, Rachel, so you're a little kid and you fall in love with Saturday Night Live. And you're afraid to even hope at that point. Exactly. I was still kind of shy. Yeah. Like then in high school, I did school plays and stuff like that. Does it help your social life to be class clowny? Yeah, I would say so.

I mean, all my friends were funny. Like I just, am I your friend? Funny. You are. And you're very funny. No, I mean, I like this. Like they're still really, I still am in touch with these same women and they're just, it's just, I don't know. We sort of have this comedy vibe going on. So everyone was funny. I have the same thing. I have a lot of friends from high school. We ran track and cross country, but I was always doing characters or little impressions. I didn't really know I was a comedian and I'm friends with them now. So they've been with you this whole time.

Yeah. Oh, wow. That's that's cool. When you did some of them get known and some went into different fields. None of them went. None of them were really into acting. They were just kind of funny. They were normal. You know, yeah, normal people. But oh, fun fact, which I've actually said before, but Amy Poehler grew up in the next town over, even though we didn't know each other. But we did. We did work in the same ice cream parlor, but not at the same time. Oh, that's ice cream parlor. Ice cream parlor. Called Chad Chadwick's.

Welcome to Chad Wicks. What the fuck do you want? Yeah. You want your fucking wicked ice cream? I can't do it, but I love when you want to call. I copy you. You said wicked piss. Oh, you're the one. Yeah. I was watching the Boston thing with Jimmy, but yeah, I always ask this question. No one has an answer, but go ahead. Finish your thought. I like to say, but no, but then, um,

When I went to college, there was an improv group there and I didn't really know what improv was, but I saw this group rehearsing and I was like, oh, I think I could do that. You know? So then that's how I kind of fully realized

was like really into comedy when I joined that group. Fun and scary. So do you had a moment in high school where you got a little confident somehow, like maybe I'm meant to maybe kind of do this? Because I was asked to speak for the junior varsity cross country team and it came out kind of funny and stuff. I had little episodes like that. He came out as church lady.

Did you? Was church lady like a rudimentary? My mom actually made the dress from scratch when I was five, and they would have me dress in a dress and prance around. No, that was much later. That could be real. I know. I kind of bought into it. Oh, my gosh. I love the church. I just need to blurt out. I had this fan out thing of how much I love your characters and naughty parts and gorged and tingling. Yeah.

It always sounds funnier when someone does it. Is that what she would say? Naughty and gorged. It was such a pornographic. Naughty parts and gorged and tingly. That's because the censors didn't want me to say penis, so I had to substitute that. It was way more pornographic. Naughty and gorged. An older woman saying it and almost turned on by it. It's like she's so focused on it. She's a church lady.

That was a very lucky thing. I mean, for you, so you get... We're going back for a second. So you joined the college glee club. Yeah, the improv group. But so I think what I noticed is, you know, there were a lot of... Like in acting class or the play or whatever, there weren't a lot of people who were...

were into being the comedy part. And like, that was the part I always gravitated towards. Like when people say comedy is hard, I'm like, no, doing the drama part where you have to be crying your eyes out. Like to me, that's hard. It's not fun at all. I think it's more overtly embarrassing to be that vulnerable. But when you're being funny, you're in charge and kicking ass when you're funny.

Yeah. Yeah. So that I was, I don't know. I sort of thought like, Oh, maybe I could do, I at least sort of, I wasn't like, I'm going to make it, but I was like, I at least want to know that I gave it a shot and then I can go back and do regular, have a regular job. I don't know if you guys were like,

comedy or bust or did you have like i just want to try this but dana did you did stand up is that how you well the stand-up scene they started building comedy clubs on every block at 1979 right as i got out of college i mean there was no comedy club before that so i would just play biker bars and delicatessence but the i said to myself because it seemed like trying to be the president or the first man on the moon literally

I'll try this for 10 till I'm 30 and see if something happens. Okay. Okay. But then the club scene exploded. What about you? Well, I didn't do standup at all. I just wanted to improv and sketch. So I was like, I'll try it. So during the, my software summer, we went out to Chicago. Cause one of the guys in our group lived there and I checked out second city and improv Olympic. And I was like, okay, I'm going to try Chicago.

after college and then just see how it goes. Yeah, no high hopes or anything. And so then that's how I went out there to try it again in the second city. It took a while and I took the classes and everything, but then eventually got in. Well, what did mom and dad think? Because you went to Dartmouth.

So you're a brainiac. And then you're now you're in what's this second? Who said what you're prancing around in a little costume? Who the fuck you think you are? Get a real job. I mean, were there or they were just very sweet. That was my impression. So, I mean, like I said, my dad was sort of.

he was into comedy, you know, very funny. So he sort of gave it this kind of reverence or whatever. So they were sort of like, you know, yeah, go, go try. I don't know what their inner monologue was. They were like, what the hell is she doing? But, but no, they were supportive. And then like every year I made a little bit of progress, you know, like I'd be on the house team and imprevalent beggar get into the touring company. So it wasn't like, you know,

instant success. Like most of us know it takes a while. So it was sort of like incremental. How did you make ends meet as they say? And it's okay if mom and dad gave you a little bit. I, um, I, I, well, first I was also interested in psychology. So I did work in a, I don't know, a psychiatric hospital for a while. Oh, was John Lovitz there? That's a joke, John. He was a patient for nine years. He was not there. Yeah.

I did that for a while because I was still sort of like, well, maybe I want to be in psychology. Like I was still a little torn. And then I also temped for most of it. Oh, and I was a horrible waiter. I got five. Well, I got downgraded at California Pizza Kitchen. I was locked into the bar back position. But

But I was mainly just a temp. I couldn't carry all those plates on my arm. Well, bar back, you have to lift 60 pounds on a bus. Oh, well, whatever. I was like the to-go girl, whatever. It wasn't a lot of manual labor. But no, mainly I was a temp. I temped and answered phones. And this and that. Did you live in like an apartment with roommates and stuff? Was it struggling? Yes, I lived in a... I mean, Chicago was so fun because you could get this amazing apartment for like

$300 at a room. Yeah. And the apartment, it was just such a fun time. Like I moved up there barely knowing anybody. And then I was with all these people that, you know, now, I mean, we all were there together. And it was just such a fun time because like you're you know, you'd go do your improv show or just go watch an improv show at the beginning and then everyone would hang out together. So you were with all these funny people all the time. And it was like it was Adam McKay, Adam McKay,

Tina Faye. Tina. Later on, Amy Poehler. And oh, my gosh, so many people. Well, like when I was in the touring company at Second City, Amy Sedaris was on the main stage. Like Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell. They were on. What happened to those guys? Colbert and Corral. I don't I never heard from them again. But they

But I didn't like hang with them because they were the people you were like, oh, look at them. You know, I was like, oh, behind them. Well, Corral's like that. He throws his weight around. Humblest guy ever. But no, I was more with. Yeah. Like, well, Tina and Scott Adzit, Jack McBrayer, Nia Vardalos. We were all kind of in the same generation. Wow. Yeah.

And oh my gosh, I'm forgetting like half of them right now. But but everyone. Oh, Brian McCann and Brian. Oh, Brian McCann. Oh, man. Funny. Conan. Yeah. Yeah. Don Glazer. Another. Anyway, it was like it felt like this sort of golden age. I mean, maybe everyone felt like that in Chicago. But did you feel that at the time? Because I would think back later and be nostalgic for those early days. But at the time, it was sort of a struggle. But you were happy at the time. Like, I'm in the golden age kind of. I mean, yeah.

And so like, this sounds so Pollyanna, but it was, I just remember being so like laughing so much at what other people were doing on stage, you know, like, like everyone had their own style and, you know, event. Like when you first get on the main stage, I was like really, Oh, actually SNL came through to scout when I first got on the main stage. And so then like, I was, you know, it wasn't like I was super confident. And when I first got,

on that big stage, you know? So I was like, definitely not what I'm seeing. I was like, you know, scared and improvising in front of this bigger crowd or anything. So anyway, they came through and they, they picked like all these people to go audition, but I, but except me and like two other people. So, but I mean, now looking back, I'm like, okay, yeah, I didn't really have characters. I wasn't really, it was pretty green.

Who was the big scout? Was it Marcy? Oh, Marcy. I think Marcy was there. And that year, they took Dave Koechner and Nancy Walls, I think. Oh, that's Steve Carell's wife. I think, yeah. I'm not sure if that was... I think that's the same year. But anyway, then I was on the...

for like three more years. And you know, they don't come through like every year they're coming. Like you never know. So like they came back three years later and then I was on and then I had a lot more experience and a lot more characters and then I got to go audition.

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At Robert Half, we know talent. Visit roberthalf.com today. When you did, what was your happening characters that were popular for you? Well, okay, no, first of all, I didn't get the job this year, even though... Your second time around, still no job. Yes, second time. No, then the second time I got it. But the first year, I did the Boston thing because Tina and I had done this...

Boston duo. Can you do it? Because people loved it when they hear voices. Oh, yeah. So a little bit of the Boston. We were like, oh, a couple of notes. It's wicked, wicked, smart, wicked, smart. Yeah, no, it was Tina and I. We were mother Jada shopping at the Burlington Mall. And that was our initial scene. And then when we got to seconds, when I eventually got to us, we would write those together for. Yeah. And then you did it with Jimmy, too. Yeah. With Jimmy. Yeah. And then I didn't really

do that many impressions, but at the time, well, at the time, like Ally McBeal was the big show. So I did Calista Flockhart for my audition. How do you do her? It's really kind of just a face, which you can't see on this podcast, but it's just like you turn your lip up and kind of look off to the side. Oh, I see the upper, yeah, yeah. And then you kind of stutter. But I don't, but like now no one knows that show, so it's sort of...

I know. That's how I got on. Whatever. I did it on. It is a good weird one. That's a big point. It's weird. If you do difficulty.

You know, you're doing an impression that not everyone does. They look at that. They go, you know what I did for. So then I got to come back the next year and audition again. And that year I did talk about obscure, but I did. I did Paula Poundstone and Rita Rudner's. What? Which I. Yeah. But I mean, I don't really remember. Like, it's probably I haven't done this in like 20 years. So if I try it right now, it'll probably suck. But Paula Poundstone, she had this bit about like, I show I open up a box of Pop Judge and you

And there's two Pop Judge in there. So now I got to eat both Pop Judge. Like that was my powerhouse. That is good. I live with Paula Poundstone. I was working with Paula in San Francisco. And she lived with my wife and I. Yeah. Oh, really? Yeah. Oh, so you have like a scrutinizer. No, no, that was Paula. She was an amazing comedian. Amazing. She is an amazing improviser. And that's very much her. She did have a voice. I went obscure. I went obscure for that. I love that. Can I hear it just one more time? Oh.

Oh, so I open up a box of Popcharts and I try to eat just one Popchart, but there's two Popcharts there. You didn't do Rita Runner, did you? Rita Runner. No, you can't do Rita. Well, so Rita Runner, I tried this. I was like,

All I remember is like, my husband and I went on vacation. That's all. My husband said he wanted to watch the Super Bowl. There you go. I didn't know. Something like that. Sounds a little creepy. But that's a more facial thing, too. She was good, though. My opener went on too long and we're having him beaten up in the alley. She's very sweet. I love that.

I'm kidding, Rita Rudner. She was a great stand-up. These were stand-ups in the 80s and 90s. So you're getting the show off these, though, right? This time? Don't tell me you don't get the show this time. I did get the show. I don't know if that...

I don't know if that helped me or not or hurt me, but I did get the show that time. Yeah. Yeah. So then then it was me. Like I said, CPK, 1999. You still was crushed. By then I was CPK was long in my rearview mirror. And then I was just at Second City by then. Yeah. Yeah. But how many years at Second City before you got an ethanol? Just.

Well, I did, you know, like three years touring and then four years on the main stage. So seven years of preparation just for the young people listen to the podcast. I'm going to get on it, too.

It takes a long time. Shut up, man. Rachel did seven years. But you know what? I think Cecily Strong got the show right off of, I don't know, from like ImprovOlympics. Back then, as you guys might know. Well, Cecily is strong. She's good. She sure is. But back then it was like,

just Second City and the Groundlings and then a few standups, right? That's how they used to scout. And now it's much more like- Where else do they go now? There's the internet. Oh, yeah. YouTube. James Austin Johnson. Yeah. The Trump guy. Yeah, just online. Yeah.

There's so many more spots to be found now, yeah. Well, where are they up to now? I mean, when you went on, was it still kind of like 10 cast members with future players? No, it was a lot. Or was it the teens? The high teens? Yeah. I feel like it was 20 back then. Yeah, because we were pretty fat, Dana, when we were...

We left. I started with three. Lucky. No, it was three women, three men, major players, and then a couple of features. Oh, we had a lot of people. Well, when I first got there, the women were Molly Shannon, Ana Gastart, and Sherry Oteri. And, you know, I always admired them. Was Tina only doing Updates? Tina was just a writer. She wasn't even on Updates. Lauren said, you're not really a performer, but we're going to make you a writer.

He didn't say that to Tina. That's a joke. I knew. Like, exactly. Yeah. Yeah. Because I only knew her as a performer back in Second City. But, yeah, so she was there, but she was just writing. And so, yeah, there I was with those. How did you bond with Molly? She's kind of mean sometimes, right? Really?

Molly's a monster. She was very welcoming. We've had all three of those on our show. Yeah. All three are very funny and you would fit in great with them. You know, I really liked, I mean, you know, when you first get there, you're totally the freshman, you know, so you're just sort of like, where do I go? You know, but. Here's your closet. There's a lot of props in there because it's also a prop closet, but that's your office. No,

No, they were all really cool. And yeah, it was like back then it was people like Tim Meadows and Colin Quinn were still on. And then when I left the show, it was, you know, Andy Sandberg and Bill Hader and the

the whole new crap. You know how there's always the revolving door. So you, you straddled those two generations. I've straddled all the generations. Yeah. And all, all the male cast members, but that's just, I just, that's on Wikipedia. It's made up. It was, uh, anyway, but, uh, I've straddled them all. So what was your first thing that sort of clicked where you thought you might stick around? My first, what'd you say? What scene or what update? Oh my gosh.

Oh boy. Well, it's so weird. Cause like, you don't feel, I don't know. Like I, I, well, I did the first character I did was the Boston thing with Jimmy. Yeah. But like, it's not, I can't say that. I felt like, yes, now I've made it, you know? Cause you're always like, and then now there's next week, you know, like there's always that pressure. But, um, is there a problem with what happened with my first thing is they don't know me well enough. So,

So I did an impression, but they don't know that's different than what I sound like. So how good is it? Because maybe I just sound like that. So if you do Boston, maybe they just think you're the new Boston feature player, you know, she's just playing herself. That's not even acting. You know what I mean? Because they go, oh, and then they see you in other stuff. They go, oh, she does that Boston accent pretty good because she doesn't sound like that.

Right, right. But still, that scored. You were on before update. I mean, it was kind of a... God, you know what's weird? This is so... Whatever. I never even knew about like, it's better to be on before update. Like, that's how dumb I was. Like, it was...

Like even my, you know, I'd be there later and someone would be pissed that their scene was moved down. And I'd just be like, oh, I'm second to last. That probably means it won't get cut for time. Like I didn't have this. It's still in the show. Let me get out. Exactly. Yeah. So I don't think people watching know that it's bad.

They probably don't, except that they tune out. Yeah, they don't realize. They go to sleep and stuff. But they probably don't realize. Yeah, they tap out after I show. It drops off after update. Yeah, I didn't really realize that was a thing. But yeah, and then I don't know. The other thing was, geez, I don't know the order that things worked. When did you do wah-wah?

Oh, that was towards the end. That was, I mean, that was like my, well, actually, that was like downer for those people. Fifth year there or something. But, but yeah, I did the hot tub thing with Will Ferrell. Right. That was fun. I watched that. That was something that, yes, probably last night. That is people mentioned to me. Very, very funny. Let's talk about that because I saw the one with walk-in.

Oh my gosh. Yeah. That was the first time he did that. And he had a lot of lines and I thought. Shin-shi, shin-shi. I did a movie with Walken. He's electric. He was a little worried about lines because it's so bulky in the way he speaks that first he had to memorize them, which is hard, but at least he has cue cards. But God damn, is he funny when he talks like that shit? And you guys were all sounding the same.

Oh, my gosh. He was perfect in that scene. So, no, this scene was on these lovers characters that I did with Will Ferrell. And it was actually...

Well, the spark for this character came from a professor that my friend had had in college. My friend said that she was not really going to do much for the winter break. And the professor said like, oh, that's a good idea. Just read a book, take a bath, eat a bonbon, spend time with your lover. And so we grabbed onto the word lover. And I've been saying that for years.

Years and years. Then I don't know. Will heard me saying it. We wrote those scenes, but those were really fun. Like one thing I love about the show is like that you can write in your scene, like there's a hot tub on stage and then you get there and there's a working hot tub. Yeah. They make all your dreams come true. Yeah, it's true. And when you do barf one time, we did one with Alec Baldwin where I think Fred wrote it, where we all.

We come to a crime scene and we're all cops. Each cop that comes up goes, get ready for this. They go, listen, I've been around. He walk up and they throw up when they see how bad the scene, the crime scene is like there's a car wreck. And then the next guy comes up and goes,

Captain, you got to see this. And he goes, but they had to put it from your leg up through your arm. And there's a guy going squeak, squeak, squeak, turning it. And it's funnier because it's either too much or it's not enough. It drips out. And then that makes it even funnier. Yeah. We were like, give it full blast on air. Go crazy. Anything that looks like a mistake. And then people start to break because it's a mistake. Oh my gosh. Is there a resistance? That's another thing that I want to say. Well,

I mean, I know I had this giant break in the Disney World Debbie Downer thing, but I thought of when I knew I was coming on here because I like, of course, before you're on the show, you love seeing people break like when you're just watching as if you're and then when you're on, like you really try not to break. I mean, I really would try not to. But I remember both of you guys, the Chris Farley, the van down by the river. Oh, yeah. That's oh, my gosh. That was one of the early breaks because.

- So fun. - We were still not supposed to. And so honestly worried about getting fired.

And then, because, you know, after you do a decent sketch, just for people at home, Lauren doesn't throw the headphones down and the Amstel light and run out and hug you. So, you did it. Gap Girls is a smash and spins me around while they go to commercial. So, he just, you walk by and he might nod or, you know. A thumbs up. Yeah. Nice. Didn't blow it. You'll get them next time, but it wasn't terrible. B plus, which is good. I love your impression of it.

Terrible. Terrible. So when, when that was Van Damme by the river one was a fun one to break up in, but really, I don't know if I did it even ever after that. And I think Jimmy has the most on his resume of crackups and,

Yeah. No, you you weren't like a frequent breaker. I just remember that one as being because I mean, if I were there, I'd be laughing. It was just so funny. Yeah. Yeah. Christina Apple. Yes. I think so. Yeah. And then and then, Dana, I was thinking about what didn't I hope I don't think I had head.

Head wound, Harry. Massive head wound. And the dog ripping the thing off of you. That was so fun. Dana Moore was more smiling, but everyone else was going bananas. That was so fun. The sketch was killing so hard, and we've told this story before, but they put more of the dog, you know, the baby Gerber's meat food on the prosthetic, and they didn't feed the dog for dinner because Rob Schneider said, how do we get him to really go crazy on air? Well, maybe we'll do a light dinner and we'll put more on the thing.

So the dog went crazy for it, but the sketch was going so well and I loved it so much that I decided I really wanted to keep the thing on. So I put my hand on my temple and then I was kind of smiling, but the crowd was going crazy because I was just riding the wave of an animal, innocent animal trying to get food. You can't top that.

in comedy. So, but yeah, that was a lucky one. Did you have one of those? Well, those were fun. Something where someone else wrote it and you're riding this great wave that's just, it's just great when someone else comes up with it for you. Oh my gosh. Well, something that someone else came up with was this writer, Scott Wainio, wrote

back when Angelina Jolie and her brother had this moment at the Oscars where they kissed or something. So then he wrote this character that was their love child. And so I came out with this like bald head with an arm coming out of my head and like drooling. And I mean, it was like I had a patchy bald. It was like it was a total look. And he named the character. He named the character like Turple Clicks. Like it didn't even have

many novels in it. So anyway, I got to, and there was drool involved. So I got to come on as that. And then that character recurred in all sorts of like American Idol content. Oh yeah. Yeah. And that was created by Scott Wainio. Not at all by me. So yeah, that always, always really fun when you get handed this. And it's great when it's funny with the sound off, just that just the image when you come out, they're already laughing. It's great. You get that connection. Yeah. Wow.

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So Debbie Downer, how many times did you do that? I know people talk about it. Oh my gosh. I don't know. Maybe like five or something, but like nothing topped that first one where we were laughing. Which was the first one? It was Disney world. Oh yeah. And, um,

We started laughing. I still don't even really know why we started laughing. But then because I knew that camera was coming in so close every time. It was like the ultimate church laugh. And you can see my face like twitching. Like you literally see my lip going, giggity, giggity, giggity. Because I'm like trying so hard.

Well, everyone in it is just sort of staring down going, they don't want to even connect the eyes with you. Well, it's just irresistible. When they start to go, how do you not? I mean, when Jimmy Fallon in the hot tub one with you and Will, I mean, he really just went. He was just...

He couldn't function. And at first I thought he was acting or doing something. And he was just trying to stop his body from breaking. He was sort of hitting his chest when he was in the hot tub. So Jimmy was, yeah. Did you break? I think in that one, I think in that Demi, they were like, I actually was the culprit. Like, I think I, cause I flubbed. You said something about China. I said, yeah, it was like North Korea.

I was like, the media is so sensitive there. And then I was like, so secretive. Yeah. And that was the problem. You guys might sort of feel this. Like I sort of had a good feeling about, you know, sometimes you write a sketch and you're like, okay, this is going to be good. And then it totally tanks. Right. Or what,

Whatever. Yeah. So I sort of was like, okay, this could work probably, I think, but I'm not sure. And then, and then like, I was just so nervous about it working that then when I flubbed it, I don't know, it was like nervous laughter or something. Well, you flubbing that and then you recover and say the right one. And then everyone's like, Oh, it's already the train went off the track a little bit. And then it's already funny. And then they go.

Oh yeah. There's not the same noise. So now you're mixing up the noises and then there's a meow, meow. It's just all fucking funny. Feline aids. Yeah. And so I saw Thanksgiving when we hit the very end, you're like, look at the wrong camera. The turkey moves away and you're like,

Is it over? And then it's just fucking hilarious. And then the speaking of like asking you shall receive like we're like and then the turkey gets up and walks off the table. And then there's the puppet guy making the turkey that springs up and like runs off the table. So, yeah. Which is funny, too. You don't see it coming. I guess it's just us, turkey. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I used to do it. I bet somebody's done this, but I used to do like if a trumpet was my life, it'd be like...

you know i don't know if that's like from carol burnett or something but then a smash cut of somebody like debbie downer with those sounds is like did that kill it dress the first time they did that it was it just it you can't not laugh i mean yeah no that it did go well yeah but i mean read through um but then read through so so i wrote those with paula pell and when we're trying to write it

We first put her like just in an office or something. And then we were like, this isn't really working. Like, wait, we need to have her somewhere that's like really fun. And everyone's trying to have fun. So we put her at Disney and then we kept making those trumpet sounds like just to each other, the trombone things. And then we,

I think Paula was like, what if we put these in the script? And so then people were laughing really hard at those sounds. Who did it? At read-through, did you go, or did you bring a trumpet in? I think we had the real trombone player there or something. Somehow we had the real sounds there. So in the sketch, do you have a real music playing? Like it's a real guy from the band. It's a good, quick,

- I think he recorded them for us. And then they had all these like, long one, quickie. - Because sometimes it might be too hard to coordinate to have them do it perfectly. - I think it was, they had their little buttons to press. - Because it's really funny. First of all, everyone's having fun and sort of saying corny dialogue about Disney World. Like Lindsay Lohan's like, I can't wait, Konishiwa. And then you immediately take the legs out. And then that's funny.

And then they push in on you, you make a funny face, and then they play a funny noise. It's just a combo. But it was definitely like diminishing returns. People got the joke and like, you know, the later ones are like, okay, they're fine. But I do think like the concept of it took off, you know, maybe more that like that Disney World one was, you know, the thing I get probably recognized most for. But it was more about...

the concept of like people coming up to me and saying, that's my mom, that's my boss, whatever. Oh yeah. Then the actual. One escalation. Did you do one with a host? Cause like, it would be funny if Chris. Yeah. Next to Debbie Downer. I didn't see. Yeah, we did actually Steve Carell. We did. And he was also, he, I think he was like Bob bummer. Oh, we did like,

the mirrors so that would escalate it but yeah it's the thing that people like people then they know what's gonna happen but I know well the truth is they know she's gonna say well isn't that special at some point I know whatever we did the best we could but I'm just the age she is right now I'm church ladies age right now I was playing her at 31 but now do the math kids she was ageless

Rachel, we did Buh-Bye. More people knew me from Buh-Bye for probably years and it was, we did it twice, you know? Oh, no way. So they decide, and the second one wasn't even any good. It just, the only one remembers is the first one. Yeah. And then it was too hard.

And you wanted to go back to the well, of course, you know, but we did the end of the year. I went on a flight the next day in America and they were all going bye-bye. But I'm like, wow, that fast. And then I tell you for 10 straight years, there was not a flight where they did. Someone didn't say it to me. And then they said, my friend's wife is a flight attendant.

And they play that at American in their flight training to say, this is what our images and we have to break this image. Do not act like this. You're not allowed to say bye-bye anymore. You have to say thank you. You have to say kineshiwa or whatever. You have to say thanks for coming. You cannot say blah, blah. Wow, that's hilarious. That's a feat to land a generational catchphrase with only two appearances.

Yeah. And the second one didn't even count. Pretty impressive. Why didn't the second one count? Did you go bye-bye? No, and it was with Steve Martin, the master of all hilarity. But we didn't service him that well. We didn't write. It's just the whole thing. We did it. It went away for the summer. And it had maybe higher expectations. We came back on the first show and did it. And it was really wah-wah. Yeah.

So they should have had you come out. So Rachel, when you meet all these movie stars and athletes and stuff over your tenure, um,

Did you get to score with one of them? I mean, it's kind of a cool, weird part of what you... Because they'll say, William Shatner's down there. Go say hello. Or Charlton Heston would like to. Or Wayne Gretzky. Would you go down to the office? This is on a Monday. It's a trip. Did you have connection with some of them? Or who stood out for you? Oh my gosh. I was...

okay, well, I was always so shy around all the hosts. Like, you know, sometimes they'd have those host dinners. Yeah. Yeah. You know, like I was such a null, like I would just talk to the people I knew and I like, and then I realized afterwards, like, oh, I was probably supposed to be like talking to the host to make them more comfortable. Yeah.

And I was just so shy. Like I said, I was shy at the beginning, but like, I was always like shy around Lauren and shy around the host. Like, and then like when we'd be standing there, you know, you're standing there rehearsing the scene. And like, sometimes you just be like sitting there, like waiting for them to,

And like, I would see like Amy Poehler and Jimmy Fallon were so good at just like chit chatting with the host and famous people. Hey, what are you doing? Like they were just so good at it, but it was real. Like, you know, that's just like their skill, you know? And I would just be like, do, do, do, do, do like looking around and then I'd be like,

So do you live in New York or LA? Like that was my only, that's my only. That was your go-to. I had nothing to say. That was the years went on. I got a little better at it, but I mean, but the people that I would be really excited about were like you said, like Steve Martin or the people that I grew up watching. Were you a little starstruck when you first saw Steve Martin? Oh, totally. I was so, but I mean, by then I was a little bit more adept at having people.

conversation with them but um yeah like steve steve martin and um i don't know like i can't really think of someone that i was like you know i have their number now i mean like that i really bonded with tom hanks by the way just think of all the people that talk to hosts or date the host you think it even crossed your mind to go hey can i hey let me just grab your number we're really getting along in this one sketch we're in together i don't know maybe that happened

him john had every host number john lovitz i go how do you do that i just ask i have their number you know i do i would never he had every one number is just very friendly that way i was more like you but were you ever did you ever was did a really handsome man come on the show and you're a little oh my gosh i mean i'm sure like a lot of handsome men came on because victoria jackson was always in love with alec baldwin whenever he came i love him

Oh, my gosh. I mean, I'm sure there were it was like so long ago, but then sometimes like someone that seemed really handsome, then you'd find out they were kind of like a dum-dum or something. And that was that was that was a good lesson. That happens to me. You know, a dum-dum. Did David host while you were there? I don't understand the dum-dum part. Wait, that's maybe. So first of all, Dina, you hosted.

Because I looked this up because I knew you had hosted. I thought it was my first year, but it was my second year. But I don't remember if we did any sketches. I did. I remember meeting you then. Nothing memorable. And I think it's Will. Yeah. Will did W and I did Senior on a sketch. Oh, amazing. And he sat on my lap. Oh, my gosh. And he's 6'4", 230. I still have lower back pain. No. But Rachel, that's why I was there. Do you remember doing a movie called Dickie Roberts? Okay. I do. And I just...

I just rewatched the beginning of it before this. You watched? To refresh my memory. A David Spade hit comedy from 1990. I loved Rachel in it. And then I got hit in the head with the elevator. Yes. And I had a big bump on my head. And you were the assistant for Rob Reiner? Yes. Rob Reiner's secretary. But I was thinking, because you and Sandler and Chris Rock, I got to hang out with you guys during...

I mean, I did the movie with those two and Sandler's just like such a mensch to me because he always brings me back in his movies. You guys are always you don't like you meet the generation ahead of you and you don't know, you know, how it's going to be. But you guys are so nice and welcoming and

Well, we also all think you're good. It's a family, the Adam Sandler movie company. You will always make a scene better. That's all you need to know. If you go throw her in there and it's pretty good. And if she says yes, it will be better. So she'll whatever she does. I know you have that reputation of just...

When people mention you, oh, she's just so funny. I mean, they say it, but you're consistently, don't you think, David, with Rachel? Oh, God, she's just funny. Oh, my gosh. I mean, she's got a good look and just funny. Oh, I have to tell you something. First of all, just a side note, you worked at Ruby Tuesday. No, you were a spokesman for Ruby Tuesday. I did, yes. And I got carded at Chili's.

I got carded at Chili's, Dane. I told you about a month ago. You did recently? A month ago? That's a good thing to get carded at your time on the planet. I would love that. But I managed to see something interesting in Rachel's bio and then I found a story about me out of it.

Oh, good. I say. We both have in common. Yeah, because Ruby Tuesday and Chili's are sort of the same. They are. They're the same ilk. Yes. But we have to, I have a serious question for you. Serious question. Okay. Okay. This is the serious time of the podcast. We just asked Bobby Moynihan. If you're at read through, A, I have a new one twist on this, Dana. Okay. Do you remember where you sat and do you remember where everyone sat from the host going sideways? Whoa.

Wow. Well, I definitely, I remember where I sat. Okay. Like if you're at the doors and you're walking, you're looking straight in at the windows. Lauren is back there, right? Okay. So I was to the right. Oh, like,

Oh, the right. But I was like far from the from where Lauren was like, OK, I never assumed that seat where the senior lady sits next to the host. Do you know that that was a thing? Who sits there? You know this. So there's a system where like the woman that's been there. I could be wrong with it. So there's Lauren and the host. Yeah. And then like it would be like Molly or.

Maya or whoever. But I was never there. But with, you know, with good reason, because see what I said about the host dinner. Like I wasn't the person. They knew you were a dial tone. I was fine. I was fine.

That was your nickname. Dial tone judge. Put dial tone next door and see if something happens. Put her by the door next to the piano. The host keeps talking to you. You just stare into space. That could be a good character. She's dial tone. She doesn't speak to anybody. No personality at all. I don't want to think that.

think that I'm like not socially but but I will admit that next to really famous people I not good at making conversation so you know I accept that but anyway I was down near Seth and we had a lot of good times actually Seth and read through is fun if you're with somebody you like over there you're writing notes or something it was really fun with Seth um that's mainly what I remember I don't really remember and I think I was bipolar too I'm bipolar by

Amy Poehler as well. Yeah. We had someone on our podcast who's bipolar a couple of weeks ago. Really? Yeah. Comedian. I'm sure there could be many.

You have to listen to all 90 to find out, though. Oh, man. We have a whole bipolar series. Oh, one time. Here's a kind of a funny thing about the read through table. So one time when Johnny Knoxville was hosting my I twisted to like get my coat or something during break. And somehow I like sproing to my back and I don't even know what happened. But I couldn't I couldn't move until then. I had to like like.

lie down on the floor this is all during the break you know when people are going up and so i'm like lying down on the floor like half under the table literally could not move and so then everyone comes back and like you know they had called for this episode of nbc medic or something and um

They had to continue the read through while I was under the table there, like frozen until the end of the thing. And wow. Yeah. I thought you said Johnny came to rescue. Well, he tried. They were like, do you have any pain? Exactly. You would think he did because it was Jack. But he didn't have any. And so anyway, but it was kind of funny because, I mean, Danny, you could do the Lauren voice, but it was like I'd be reading my thing. And there's like, is Rachel still down there? But anyway,

That was my big read through. Make sure Rachel's okay. Marcy, make sure Rachel and issues just waver. It's that thing of like, you know, your back is predisposed to be injured and you reach for a napkin and suddenly you're on the floor. That's what it was. That's what happened to me once with a parking break. Did it? Yeah, it just like went out. Yeah, yeah. But I mean, I wasn't like old then. I was, I don't know. I wasn't either. I was really young. I don't know when it happened. Stress. That was my, that was my strange read through. I don't know. Highlight. Lowlight.

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Find it on auto trader. See it. Find it. Auto trader. David has some fainting spells. We've heard, you know, someone threw a glass of water at Lauren's face once. Fuck you, man. No, I'm kidding. That's a joke. Oh, that would have been a good story. I mean, so no one has been under the table in that situation. No, you're the only one so far I've heard about under the table. That's a read through story.

By the way, I like when he, in the Roger and Virginia sketch in the hot tub, when they say she has the, when he has sex with Maya, he says she has, she just lies there. I think it's walking, says Maya just lies there like, like,

King Tutankhamen in his tomb but makes the facial expressions of Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura. Oh my gosh. I don't even remember that. Maya was like, you're all talking about screwing and Maya's just sitting there going, why are we talking about this? She was mortified. Oh my gosh. I remember we made up a sex act called Shin-Chi Shin-Chi.

that's all i remember from that i don't know i think it had something to do with an ear walking can say anything it's funny right just exactly pausing in the craziest talk ever yeah anything else for rachel because she's so sweet to come on here i think you're an all-time great everybody knows you and loves you and you're you're very very busy you

You did The Wine Country with all your bandmates, which is a really funny movie with all these superstar SNL cast members. 30 Rock, you do a thing where you recur as just different things. I did. I looked at the reel today. There's like a two-minute blast of all your characters from 30 Rock. Oh, I didn't even know that. And it's hysterical. The Catwoman, her whole attitude. Oh, yeah. That was based on the SNL Cat Lady Wrangler. You just call Tina and say,

should I do this? This is a funny, weird one. Can you throw it in the show somewhere? Or does Tina say, what if you came in as this is just kind of back and forth. Well, for that one, like she knows me so well. She's like, how do you do Liz Taylor in this? How do you do the cat? Like, cause she's seen my little, whatever. I don't know. She knows my, that's sweet though. Yeah.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And then you go score. So a mousy woman that doesn't want to do anything wrong is your favorite kind of attitude to play? That's kind of a good go-to for me, yeah. Did you do one of those on SNL? I know that world. Would you describe that way? I don't know. Just sort of insecure? I don't think so. I don't know, but I just like being that thing. Well, Rachel, I say, Dana, that

Deb Downer, Deborah Downer, Disneyland is probably, would fall in my maybe top 10 sketches. It's crazy. Whoa, thank you. I can't think of ones that really beat the shit out of it. You know, I'm like-

If it's not, it's way, way, way up there in my personal. You know, there's a lot of like just can't get. That sketch just was a 10. You know what I mean? It just worked. And there's like a Mass Effect on Harry or Buh-Bye. Some are just, they just work and they pop. And Lindsay Lohan being innocent and cute in it. Oh, I know. Also the fucking Hogwarts one. Oh, yeah.

Oh yeah. Her boobs were huge. And you guys were like, what the fuck? What did you do this summer? She's like, I don't know. And you're like, oh, you're like, your boobs are so big. And I was Harry Potter. Someone else wrote that. Was it Seth maybe? I can't remember who. Maybe it was Seth. I think Seth might have written that. Was Seth in it? Who was in it with you? He might've been in it. Yeah. He was the extra guy. Because everyone's so perplexed, Dana, that Lindsay Lohan comes back and her boobs are so huge and everyone's like, they can't talk about anything else. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think Seth wrote that. Yeah.

I forgot that one is so good. Okay. It's funny. Anyway, that's all. Thank you for being here. Mostly Dana, but thank you. David, we didn't interrupt as much as we normally do. I think we did though. I just interrupted. No, you guys didn't. I felt like I was yammering on. No, we want the guests to be chatty. I like to hear your stories. No, we want the guests. I know, but I like your stories though. Well, um,

It really like I mean, I don't want to get so cornball, but I just admire you guys. So it's I'm like freaked out talking to you guys like I would be. I'm a dial tone talking to you guys. Yeah, you're up there for me. That's so, so nice. But I won't.

pass it back at you and you must run into fans at the airport or wherever you are or at a restaurant and they will fan out on you right of course and it is surreal isn't it because they saw you on television doing what they want to do or just enjoying you and it's the whole thing is surreal I can't I

I remember George Bush Sr. said to me, I can't believe I was president. It was surreal to him. Well, that's not a good thing. I can't even remember anything about it. What? But it's the same thing with Saturday Night Live. It's like a fever dream that being I was on that and it happened. Then you go back and it's a little...

It's a little melancholy walking down that hall and seeing a picture of your younger self in a sketch with Amy or whatever, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I mean, you do have those bonds with those people. Of course. Because you're all in it together. And that's the emotional underpinning of this podcast overall is that it's a seminal emotional experience. It's a reality show in a way. Yeah. It's so true. It's all common experiences and everyone has a different twist on it and a different time. Yeah.

And I was thinking when I was coming on, like, why couldn't I sleep less? I was like, SNL has like a lot of emotions attached, you know, like a lot of them are super positive. And then a lot of them are like, oh, I was so unconfident. Like, it's just all of life's emotions are wrapped up in SNL. But I mean, overall though.

Not as much negative, just anxiety and like just bumps of like showbiz. It's just the way it is. Exactly. Yeah. The bumps of showbiz. Right. But like you said, I mean, you have that group that you're with and it's like no one else knows what that was like, you know, in the best way. Yeah. When you're starting a sketch, when the band's playing is about to start, you see Jimmy Fallon in his outfit.

or you see Will Ferrell with a beard on or whatever. It's sort of, okay, we're just having fun here. You know, it does help having your peers with you in it, you know? Totally. Yeah. Yeah. The dream. It is the dream. You're a dream. You're a dream. Rachel, it's been such a pleasure. Thank you. Thanks so much. All right. Have a great day. We'll see you sometime. See you around campus. Okay, good. Okay. Bye. Bye.

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