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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.

Marcy Klein intro, Dana. Marcy Klein, just for everyone who's about to hear this podcast. Yeah. Marcy Klein was a very important figure at SNL for many decades as a producer, kind of Lauren's right-hand woman, and was talent management and guest management, and she has some amazing stories. She's really funny.

And just fun to hang out with and fun to have dinner with. Yeah. You know, we, I think we used her. She asked about it. She said, if you guys want to talk to me, because I hear my name, we, we throw it in casually. Like Norm was back there. Marcy brought her out, you know, Marcy brought us in. Yeah. She brings you to see the host when they need the host. If the host is bored, she walks in Spade, Sharon Stone's in there. Go, go, go say something. All right. All right. And then you go in there and she doesn't want to talk. And she'll, she'll tell some stories about that inside baseball. She won't,

mention the name but it's like five minutes before the air show and goes into the dressing room and the person's like I just can't go on tonight there's no way I can make it and she has to figure out the psychological jujitsu to get this person ready to do 90 minutes of live stand up yeah so she had a lot of funny stories there's a lot of inside how people got on auditions how they pick very interesting she was there my whole run I think your whole run too

Oh, yeah. I mean, I knew her, which we talk about when I did Brown University as a stand-up and she was in the front row and something funny happens. Oh, that's right. I think we talked about that. So I knew her from that and all of a sudden she's at...

and she has a very famous dad. I just didn't have any idea. And she's running the talent department, and she was sort of a scout also. She had a lot of different, she would look at the old VHS tapes and shit. And she would just hang out with us, all the cast members. She was our mascot. Actually, Will told me I used to go, let's go down to Wally and Joseph's when he was over there. Wally and Joseph's. That's a good place we used to all go. Okay, here she is, Marcy Klein. Enjoy Marcy Klein.

There was an amazing guy that he brought when he hosted that was a, like, guy that, like, I can't explain who he was, but I was like, David, that guy's amazing. He was like a chiropractor. Do you know who he was? When you hosted, David, did you bring a chiropractor to the show? Oh, maybe I brought... What a movie star, traveling with a team.

It didn't help. By the way, Marcy, do you remember? Hi, Marcy. Hi, David. Do you remember when I got sick when I hosted? Yes. I don't know if Dana remembers this. I will refresh your memory. What are we talking? The early knots or past 210, the middle knots? I think I hosted...

maybe it's the second time I only did two whoops I did three you guys all tried to blackball me no I'm kidding I only did two but they were fucking terrifying and it's so much harder because when I was on I didn't have I was never in like a ton of sketches like Dana so Phil was in a lot of sketches hosting is a motherfucker

Oh, it's so brutal. That's 13 sketches in the cold opening and some Signorelli shit. Did Marcy hold your hand that week? Were you around or were you working on 30 Rock at that point? I feel like when David, maybe when you hosted, I was like, I can take the week off. There's nothing better than...

ex-former cast members that come back. Yeah, you knew. Yeah. See you at the party. Yeah, you're like, you know the drill. You know, I know a read-through. I know when it's going to be hard. But I feel like we did spend time together that first because I remember you hosting and thinking that was a big deal. I think what happened was... You were stressed out. Dana, when he hosted, was not stressed out. Well, in the 90s, I was. When I came back in 2010, I was too...

You know, you're living up to the past and you can't. Where's the Pepper Boy sketch? You know, it's like, you know what I mean? It's like you put a little pressure on yourself, but David's always calm and cool. Didn't you do a character? What was the character that...

The guy who did the dance with Will Ferrell. Sorry. It was Chris Kattan. He had that little funny- Oh, I did Mango and Kiwi. Mango! And you wore shorts. And I go, God, that guy has really muscular legs. And that's been your legacy. I should never not wear shorts because that was a big hit. Oh, the letters that came in. Here's what happened with Dana. I do dress, and I'm sure it was Mars who was there because-

She probably can't. When I retell this, I say it was Marcy. For people that don't know, Marcy was the, she ran the talent, their producer for years. She was, she was for probably at least 20 years. She was going into a room with a scared movie star athlete who said, I just can't go on tonight. It's like 1120. And Marcy's job was to get them out of that room.

So they go out for the monologues. Anyway, we'll get back to that. Marcy would go, listen, you quit and we fire you. And they're like, wait, what? They're going to take my children away. Now get your ass out there. I'm doing one of my hilarious bits, but I'm in so many things. And Spade's very fragile, like powder. So is Carvey. What about you, Klein? I'm doing like a nine-hour dress, Dana. And we're about almost... We're probably to the last two sketches. And it's like 10.50. I was...

either it was food or it was stress or I wasn't feeling good and I was sick and I'm like, and I'm just sitting in a sketch and you know, right when the sketch is over, they go, okay, run over here. You know, you got 30 seconds and I just sat there in the sketch and I think it was Marcy. Spade, let's go. And then I go, and all the customers are waiting.

And then I just laid down in front of the sketch and they go, what the fuck's going on? And Marcy's like, hold, hold, tell him to hold. And so they bring me in the dressing room. Hold, was this a rehearsal or the air show? It was a dress, which is still a full audience. No, it's embarrassing. Hold, dress.

Oh, I go in the bathroom and I'm laying there and it's coming out both ends. I'm laying on the floor. I'm like, do I have food poisoning from Huxley's or what? Well, because I always tell the host never eat. They're like, I'll have sushi. I was like, you don't have sushi before the fucking lunch. I'll have the scariest thing to eat possible. Nothing for me. Just these Vietnamese egg rolls will do. And you're like, oh, I wouldn't eat that before. So I am laying on the floor, Dana, freaking out. And Marcy comes over.

And Marcy's at the door and I hear Lauren, what's happening? And she talks like Lauren. No, Lauren came up and asked her. Okay. And I just hear on the other side of the door, I'm laying face down in my bathroom going, ah.

Like, I don't even want to. And why didn't you get asked to go back for a third time hosting? No, you know what? And I didn't sue them. No, but what happened is I was just either overstressed or I didn't eat and it was too much prush. And then after I sort of got everything out of my system, I could feel myself lightening up going, okay, I feel better. And then I think Marcy and Lauren, this sounds like a lot, but I think they were saying, what do we do?

Because we have to tell NBC if we're going to run a rerun tonight. Right, right. Or like you might not be able to make it. You've got Teresa, the nurse who is still here. Oh, yes. Yes. Teresa? Yeah, I just ran into her. I'm at NBC right now. Oh, is she around? Teresa, right? Yeah, she helped me when I last time I did Fallon. I can text her to come up to discuss it. Well, we can talk about when I separated my shoulder, but let's go back to him. Did you rally? Mike Myers, you know, have you guys had Mike on yet? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Mike...

was violently ill. Do you remember? Yes, there was a show where he was truly. Yes, really violently. He was throwing up like behind the set. Right before he came out. Yeah. I thought it was Philip and he pooped in the bathtub. But I thought he boosted and he was sick too. David, are you trying to be Mike Myers? I'm trying to be exact. I'm stealing his story. You're sicker than Mike Myers. This is going to trend tomorrow. By the way,

Marcy, I'm like laying there in like a UPS outfit because I'm in whatever sketch, you know? So then I get my act together. A lot of people don't feel great. Sure. I should be a seasoned vet though. I should be the last one. Hosting is a marathon used to pass out at the read through a lot. You know what I mean? Come on. I didn't like it. I'd have spaghetti brought into the read through it at the break. And then I just sit there and go ahead, Tom Hanks.

You just reminded me that I used to order the food for read through. That was another one of my jobs. Remember I used to, I almost was, um, I got the cars for the cast. Oh, you were a Friday night. You had like five jobs. It seemed like you were kind of, I used to think you were just like everywhere. You were holding the hand. You were hanging out with us. I hung out with your moms. Remember the mother's day episode. I took them out.

That was a fun week. Took my mom to Chippendales. I just saw Rose Rock. Rose Rock. Rose Rock. I just saw Rose at Radio City. Oh, you saw Chris? Yeah. And Chris and I just went on Sunday to see Tar. Have you seen Tar? Tar? Tar.

Spain, you wouldn't get it. Is it a movie, a play, or is it... It's with Cate Blanchett, my celebrity crush. Oh, it's a great... It's a play. That's brilliant, right? No, no, it's a movie. It's a movie? It's a masterpiece. Is it on live streaming? Could I watch it right now on the corner of my laptop? It probably will be. I mean, it's like a...

Almost three hour movie. I see it. I'm going to have the sound off, but I'm just going to let it run there. Has she hosted? Wait one second. I keep hearing a ding and I think it's coming from my computer and I'm trying to stop notifications. It might be your emails. We're not hearing it. I had that. You go into notifications anyway.

Now, I guess it's, I mean, is it going to annoy you? Well, just pretend you're baking a cake. If you guys haven't heard it, then maybe it's only on my end. Yeah, it's fine. We have a very low budget podcast. Our technical resume, we barely make it. I don't even know if I'm recording.

Yes, I am. Dana, I'll just tell you that by the end of the story is I dragged myself back up. I finished the UPS sketch. Those people have been there for 25 minutes. I do it. I give it absolutely nothing. The poor writers are like, well, that one's not going to make it. And then I do one more sketch skate through and then we get ready for air and everything was fine after that. But I swear it was touch and go.

And I remember Marcy, Marcy, you were there from the very, very beginning for me. Yes, I remember when Dana brought you in and you sat on the couch outside of the talent department waiting to meet with Lauren on the microwave oven, which is where my desk used to be.

Cause I knew David before SNL and in the club. So I, I brought him in and he actually passed out the same way with the UPS story. He just went down. I go, hold, just Marcy. Tell Lauren, can you go, can we get 10? And you know, Marcy's a champ always cool under pressure.

But yeah, you have an amazing. That was like on a Friday night. Yeah. No, I, who was I talking to? Marcy goes, Lauren will be with you in three to seven hours. Just relax. I'm like, what's that? Lauren will be with you next Thursday. You have to wait here. You were meeting him on 17. It must've been like a Tuesday night. Cause there's, I would have not been, it was up on 17. David, do you remember this? I don't.

Remember meeting Lauren outside of 17? I would always... I remember just hanging out. I just remember thinking, Dana is here with some guy I've never met. And I was trying to... You appeared and then you... I don't remember how you got on the show, but I know it was... Well, Dana and Dennis helped. And then I had the audition. Were you at the audition for me? That's a good question. Well, I was at the... Great question. Adam, Rob, Schneider...

Chris Rock was with Adam, wasn't he? Chris Rock and Farley came. They started together. Oh, yeah. They came later. Yeah. And did they come later or before? Well, we brought. They came before you. No, Rob and I got the last four episodes of a year. So we finished a season. That's right. When we came back.

They picked us up as writer performers and then rock and Farley were joined. So they were the first read through. That's right. That's right. I remember that. Yeah. They were full feature. And we were, I think writer features. And then Sandler came about two, three months after that. And there, there was the bad boys arrived. It was like, they were leaving. Right. Wasn't that the whole thing? That was, I started in 89. Wow.

I remember. And do you tell the story how that when I went to Brown University and I know. So, yeah, I mean, funniest best story ever. Tell it was it just I was playing the college, you know, and I was doing my act and.

And Marcy sat up front. She had this incredibly crazy hair, like just gigantic thick hair. I don't know if you were laughing very hard or talking to me. I was like, you know, everyone was obsessed with Dana and no one could believe you were there. And I was like front and center. And I felt like we had eye contact. And my hair must have been because my hair was so big. Yeah. Like, is that?

And I use the old comedian trick of calling you big hair woman. And then you call it back. What do you say? Big hair woman. So you became the co-star of that set. And then I don't know if it was like six months later or whatever. All of a sudden I see you walking around eight H it's like big hair woman's here. And I was like, wait, do you remember that? And he said he remembered. And of course I don't really know at the time I was like, wow, he really remembered that. Oh yeah. But obviously that was just stick. And yeah,

That you didn't remember me. Oh, I did remember that. Oh, yeah. I didn't do that many colleges. And I remember you did have big hair. There was a woman with giant hair and I called her big hair woman. I don't know. I did other things with the audience like, you know, orange coat man. Spade does it, too. Yeah. I did shorts guy the other night. This guy's shorts. And you call him shorts guy. Yeah. So you were big hair woman. So I did remember it.

And you were front and center. You're kind of almost in the light. So I remember what you looked like. You did tease it up. It had a little Bon Jovian-ness to it. I didn't have to tease it up. It was just big? I probably did tease it up back then. It was just a lot of hair. It's a university thing. We're all over the place, but that's sort of how we are. Dennis Miller called me hair, too. That was like my name for a while. Hey, hair, come over here, okay? Yeah, that was what he did.

Get some orange sun kiss kind of deal down here if you don't mind. Hey, Spudly, I wouldn't kill you to write some update jokes. Slide them under my desk. We love Dennis. No, slide them under my door. Let's for a second, whatever, I'll do some housekeeping. For people who are listening, this is Marcy Cline.

She is an Emmy Award winner. I think Alec Baldwin called you the greatest producer in the history of broadcast television. She produced 30 Rock, and then she was ubiquitous. She was everywhere on Saturday Night Live for like 20 years. 25. 25 years, and she did every kind of job. And I remember as just...

Just doing a lot of things. She wasn't like a handyman, but she was. Well, she did fix my sink. Anyway, she had a toolkit. She did drywall my office. Yeah, I called her toolkit after that. And everything except be a cast member. Yeah. But I've been an actual. Okay, I'll do. I'll cut to it like a Barbara Walters. Who is the craziest host? What did Lorne say when you asked? Did we ask him craziest host, David?

No, because he I don't think he would ever say I always get hurt. I think there were there were some I would use the word crazy, but some were more heavily maintenance, you know, kind of thing. But challenge everyone asked me and I just do Steven Seagal because I have a Steven Seagal bit.

you know, but I don't say like, I liked Steven Seagal actually. Me too. Right. That was a crazy week. I think that was a bizarre week. Cause Nora left the show. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Or no, no, she, she had left the show because of dice clay. Sorry. She left dice clay week. David, did you boycott the Steven Seagal show?

I boycotted mostly because of his ponytail. But what was that week like for you, Marcy? Were you in chat? I just remember that he was weird about standing in the set. Do you remember this? When he was doing the sketch, he wanted to be outside of the set. Yeah. And Liz Welch. Liz, I remember. Yeah. Yeah.

I just was texting with Liz. She's so funny. She's so great. Steven, you can't stand there. Yeah. Yeah. Steven, sweetie. You know, we need to, you know, like we were trying to sort of deal with him. I mean, looking back, like,

He just... I don't want to say anything more, but he... It was a week... That was one of my first weeks where I thought like, oh, not every week is the same. And everyone's different and you have to deal with them. Yeah. But in the end, it just was... I feel like Jim Downey was... That was a difficult week for Jim. Oof. As a head writer. Anyone that had to get right face-to-face with him and deal, it's always tough...

when the host is A, probably nervous, which is understandable, and B, didn't want to be...

I just remember Kung Fu Fighting like he didn't want to goof around. We did the Hans and Franz thing where we made fun of him in the read-through. Arnold could beat you up. Your buttocks are like marshmallows. And he just sat there and listened to it. And then on the rehearsal stage, didn't say anything for two days. On Thursday, we're walking through it. And then he goes way over. He leaves where we are at the center of 8H and moves like 100 feet away. He's just standing. And Kevin or maybe Marcy said, can you go talk to him? And I went over there.

and he didn't even look at me and he said i just wish arnold was here so i could kick his fucking ass so for two days he was stewing and then we had to rewrite the thing you're stronger than arnold and then i ran into swartionator makes no sense santa monica six months later i said so all since he wants to kick your ass and he's with all his giant austrian guys a foot long cigar he leans back and goes is that the fact

So that's that was he was eccentric. But I just liked his stories. It was all he was talking about Russia and martial arts and conspiracy theories. I found him fascinating. So, yeah, yeah, no, he was that just reminded me of Sylvester Stallone, who's so nice. And I had to go to the set. David, were you with me?

I wasn't there. I was there when he was Adam McKay. Maybe I'm were you there when Adam McKay was there or that was after you left?

left i think he might have been i should look i i need a sheet i was not he might have been will ferris first year been there when he was hosting but i was gone it was it was like i had to do like that um you know you watch it in the movies of you know like talent people that try and sign you know hope like i had to go to the movie set and meet with him and i brought

And I feel like I might, maybe I brought Will Ferrell. I can't, we need Ayala here. Right. But you remember going to the set to kind of walk him through what SNL would be like to convince him? Yes. It was like, I had to sort of, you know, like,

Host comes in and the first person they meet in when I first started, when, when, when you were there, when you, when, when I came, when you were already there, I would go to my first host was Dolly Parton and I had to pick her up at the airport. Like she got, wow. You know, hi. Um, airport pickups. I love it. Yeah. And that was for cell phones. They couldn't send a car. You had to drive to the air. No, no, no. I was in the car. Yeah. Yeah.

I would, it was just a lot of like waiting around and, and then eventually I,

I, you know, so when, when the host comes in, I have to sort of explain everything that's going to happen. Yeah. Lauren sort of does that. He shortens that. Mm-hmm. Go in and. It's before the Monday meeting. Right. Exactly. They meet first. And so with Sylvester Stallone, it was the first time where I think, I don't know if Fred Spector was his agents, whoever, whoever his agent was said, no, you have to go get convinced slide to do the show. Yeah.

It's old school. He was the only one that was not just showing up because he was booked. So he was shooting a movie here, Ray Liotta. I remember getting in trouble because I was Ray Liotta was like, she's in my fucking eye line. Like I was like, wow. Yeah, it was like that's intense. And then eventually Ray Liotta hosted. But anyway, those guys were all sort of similar people.

Well, maybe that's old school. Like, come talk me into it. Come get me. You know, I need coaxing. Stallone is the nicest dude anyway. He's the nicest. And he wrote everyone thank you notes. And he was so nice. I didn't do that. Yeah. Yeah. He's a total, you know, down to earth guy. Still can. Not too late. Hey. Dear Liz. How you all doing? You know. Dear Audrey. Audrey Pert was there. Can A-Mong. Jim Henry. Yep.

Jim Henry sat me down to explain why I'm making so little money. Jim Henry. He was the business affairs guy. Do you guys remember Andrew Brewer?

Yeah, we talked about him. He emailed us a letter, didn't he? He emailed us a question. Yeah, because he says he's at a cafe in Barcelona or something. Yeah, he's in Barcelona. Yeah, so all those old pals. It was one time, Marcy, when I said pussy on the air with Dennis at Update and Andrew Brewer, he said, you got to mumble it. And I walk off stage, he goes, what are you doing to me? He meets me right when I step off of Update. Spade, what are you doing? You're going to get me fired. We're all going down.

That's like when who smoked pot? Who was the band that they were smoking pot on stage? I'm going to guess Black Crowes. Stone Temple Pilots. Do you remember Marcy? I was upstairs and I did a joke where I said Stone Temple Pilots. I liked them the first time I saw them when they were called Pearl Jam. I know. And then when they hosted, they said they want to kick my ass. And then Marcy had to go down and they said,

I always just picture you with a cigarette going, all right, listen, I'm going to go talk to him. All right, but do not come downstairs. Don't come down to eight. Stay on 17 until we figure this out. God, how many fires did you put out? I mean, my God. That's what Lauren always said. He's like, Marcy puts out fire. This year, Dell Technologies' back-to-school event is delivering impressive tech with an inspiring purpose.

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Anyway, putting out fires was always I think that was something I'm proud of, you know, that I did that. That's important. That's a scary thing when someone's melting down or being a problem. You're walking to the door and you do the little knock and you don't know what you're going to find. Have you ever had anybody you came in and they got overtly hostile? Like, what the fuck are you telling me?

Yes. Was it David? No, but a very famous, very famous woman. Woman? Glenn Close? No. Sharon Stone? Threw a boot at me, one of her shoes at me when I had to tell her something that she didn't want to hear.

Sharon Osbourne would do that? Sorry, go ahead. I don't think I ever met Sharon Osbourne. So they threw a boot at you with true anger and did you dodge it? I mean, did you like it? Yeah, I understood her reaction, to be honest. You know, Gabriel Byrne, he hosted, were either of you there? I was there for that one. He came up to me. I loved him. And the next week, he came back like the next Saturday and he grabbed me and he's like,

So, you do this every week, you know, like it because you know what it's like when you come in there, it's machine and everything just, you know, it's Monday, Tuesday, whatever working chaos. Yeah, we do dinner and then we did in the band and then the promos and then the thing and everything you go on the route, we eat, you know, the food on Friday, hang out everyone, you know, so it's

I guess that's why I believe SNL is still on, you know, because there's nothing else like it. And you as a host and you come on, you're treated. No one in maybe if you're shooting a movie, that's Dana. You guys would be able to know. I mean, isn't don't you think this is like there's nothing else like this where you're like,

Like running your own show ish. No, there's nothing like Saturday Night Live. Nothing. That's why it's the seminal experience for all of us. And we're talking to learn about that, that because a lot of times you're getting movie stars or actors or non comedians having to suddenly come in and host a comedy sketch show. There's a reality show aspect. So even if Saturday Night Live has a dud of a show,

I think it's almost more entertaining than when it kills to see how people react and everything. So a hundred percent, the same amount of work goes into the ones that bomb. That's like movies too. Well, I remember Mike Myers being really upset and I get it that we booked Nancy Kerrigan.

And like stunt casting because I hit the leg of the woman. It was the whole. Yeah. And and that was that was like you're talking about sports people that come on. Yeah.

There's that whole group of people. That happened before I was there. You weren't there for Nancy Kerrigan? No, I was there. That was my idea. I booked Nancy Kerrigan. And Mike thought it was stunt casting kind of? Well, he was right. Yeah, I heard some grumblings. But I was like, well, how come George Steinbrenner hosted? Well, how come Nancy Kerrigan can't host? I don't understand. What's the difference? That's a bigger stunt. That's a New York stunt. Right.

So maybe that was New York specific, which SNL was very New York specific. I remember when Nancy Kerrigan was fucking huge and I was kind of bummed because it wasn't a great show. It was like dice. We got a big number and we just wasn't quite the show we wanted to show everyone. It's still amazing. She showed up and she's so nice. And she that was a very like I was like, wow, I can't believe she's coming here and doing that.

Well, her skate scene with Farley where she was throwing her up in the air and skating with her and Phil and I were... That was a really funny sketch. That was really memorable. That was so funny. I was there on that shoot. I went... Was that a Rockefeller Center? Yeah.

It was at Rockefeller Center, but then it was also at like, you know, SkyRank. There were two. I was. Oh, my God. And I was so cool. I was like, can you do a triple act? And she was doing things for me. Just like a little puppet. Can you do the thing where you spin around? Well, it's magic when they do it. It's crazy how those giant heavy skates around.

Yeah. Whirling and then land it. But Chris could actually skate enough too because he grew up in Wisconsin, right? That was the funniest surprise of the sketch is that he was actually good. Yeah. Yeah. And he was wearing a goofy outfit and then of course he's falling and he's screaming and then...

throws her in the air. Chris is falling and screaming and it's hilarious. Was that before or after the Chippendales? Oh, I think it must have been after because Chippendales was early on. I think Downey said it might have been his fourth or fifth show. Yep. Yep.

Yeah, that was great. Another monster. Did you hear any blowback at Chippendales about he didn't want to do it? I didn't hear that. Yeah, there's a big controversy. Was Chris being exploited or just being funny? And some feel one way, some feel another. I mean, I remember-ish that he...

I don't feel like he felt that way. I didn't get that vibe either. I thought he knew exactly. I mean, he would take off his, all his clothes to walk into the rewrite. So it's like, but it was always like, it was never in a, if I can say it was never inappropriate, it was expected. It was, yeah, it was not, you know, it didn't feel, it wasn't threat. I wasn't, I,

I've never felt threatened by Chris. Well, because he was so, he was enjoying it so much and he was so joyous about it and so silly and cackling and he'd burst into the writer's room naked, kind of with his legs crossed and then he'd do a pratfall and then he would do that guttural, you know, can you do it? His laugh, you know, just, I just had a memory that I won't say.

say but I remember walking into his dressing room like by the makeup on 8 and he was like Marcy come in here and I was like okay you know and then he did something he did something I was like this

You can't fucking do that. Yeah, I know. Sometimes he pushes his wiener in between and does like the bush shot. He would do that. The silence of the lambs. He would do that about twice a week in different parts of this. There weren't that many of us, too. I mean, no, there was like, well, do you remember this, Marcy? And I know we're jumping around, of course, but that we never talk about on here.

That was such a weird thing that I don't know if you kept doing, but Mohonk, we went. I was just going to bring Mohonk up to you. Yeah.

The retreat, because by the way, I planned that was one. Was that your idea? Lauren said, we're going on a retreat. Lauren and Jim Downey wanted like a movie treat. So, and they were like, Marcy, you plan it. I planned the party. I mean, I was like, okay, I was 22. Yeah. I had just gotten there. And Aaron, I said to Aaron, I'm,

Aaron Maroney. Aaron Maroney. I was like, you need to help me do that. What are we doing? We're too young to do this. Just for a second, has there ever been a retreat before or after?

With the whole cast of SNL. I never, that was the, it was a one-off. Did you have more than one? That was the weirdest thing. So we all went to Mohonk, all the cast, I guess the writers and, and Marcy go on, planned it, I guess. But we, yeah, it was the cast and the writers and like we had campfires and then we had like parties and it was like,

Like camp, college. Yeah. It was, I actually, Laurie Jo has photos. I think it was. Yeah, she does. Those are crazy. We're throwing the football around. Yeah, there was the football. And then we all, and I was thinking about that last night. I was like, God, Mohonk didn't, I think he did it twice.

We never talked about Monk on this. I only went once, but I remember Lorne did us some more demonstrations. It's the proper way to make us some more. Everyone. It's about the graham crackers, marshmallow, and chocolate. Marcy. Kevin, are you looking? Kevin, you have to see it. Okay. Smash them together. Did we tell ghost stories and stuff? Lorne telling ghost stories. Probably Lorne telling a ghost story. It's that thing of like you want to open the closet door, but then again, you don't want to open the closet door.

And then he said, boo, or something like that. And you're running. But how about this? Norm said, I think Norm was new, and he said that he got there and...

And it was like a big haunted place, like from The Shining or something. Yeah, no, no, it was terrifying. And every time people talk about Long Island, I go, is that where we went from? Anyone who know what Mohonk is? No, I go, is it Montauk? I don't know where it is. We all had haunted experiences. I did a movie there and I had haunted experience. You guys have some weird poltergeist stuff? It was like The Shining. Yeah, in my room, I absolutely had a poltergeist experience at Mohonk. It was terrifying.

And I remember sleep in my room like we were. It was very

big and gothic and yeah who picked the hotel that was a thing shelly duvall it's called mountain house and it was a place that someone someone had done got killed out yeah that was yeah well marcy norm mcdonald goes he goes when i got there farley goes he because norm was new he goes

I have to tell you a secret, which is always a good Farley bit. He goes, come here, Norm. And he goes, we keep walking. And he goes, Norm, follow me down here. So they walk farther. And he goes, then we go down a hall. Then we go down to the basement. Then he comes in a room and he closed the door. And he goes, what Farley? He goes, Pat's a girl. So Chris went all that trouble. Yeah. He went all that way for a bit. Yeah.

It's Pat. How funny. It's Pat was an old sketch. Were you there when I had to produce sort of like the Mohawk thing, the Mohegan Sun Casino Night?

no that was a separate trip it was your precious jimmy fallon and tina fey maybe yeah a lot of years um no it wasn't that it was i it was dan akroyd not that i was in the 70s but he they brought in a bunch of snl oh former uh uh

cast members and maybe it was like will that group i can't remember wow well there's a whole other kind of version of mohawk and but in a casino in i would rather do that so would norm i'm sure so also i don't we can go anywhere we want to go but you also were part of like

picking cast members, having a big influence, seeing them audition. I was getting to that. She discovered comedy superstars, Molly Shannon, Tracy Morgan, Fallon, Seth Meyers, Will Ferrell, Armisen Catan, Daryl Hammond, Sarah Silverman,

it says kevin james kevin james for the mall cop that's so funny because kevin james they uh steven colbert kevin james were my two i kept saying why can't we hire them but jim and lauren that didn't you know didn't compute there was um he was the understudy when i went to chicago before like

born and everybody would come. Mike Shoemaker. Have you had Mike Shoemaker on yet? No, we'd love to. Shroom taker. We and I was there. Maybe it was with it was just Mike. I think I remember whoever I was going to see was sick. And Stephen Colbert, it was was the understudy. And I'm like, that guy's really funny. It was Steve Carell. And then he understudied Steve. And Steve was sick. Look at that.

And have you already heard? I called him the two Steeves. Remember when we put him on the show in 96? Because luckily, SNL passed on them or at least didn't see them properly because they were brilliant at what they were doing. And also Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, Jason Sudeikis. Jason Sudeikis. So who? Well, I don't know. Here's like a I mean, a question that's maybe Barbara Walters.

Who was the one you saw like they stepped out and you went, holy shit, not only should they be on SNL, they're going to kick ass. Yeah, who's a clear star?

Wow. Other than all of them. Other than all of them. Everyone that obviously ends up on SNL stands out. I mean, there isn't anyone, you know, who. There's something there. It's a hard vetting process. If you find your way into the inner sanctum, you got some kind of chops because it's. Right. I mean, Jimmy and Seth both like, I mean, you know, Seth, I feel like he had the perfect audition. He just nailed it. And he had new impressions. What does he do?

He or did he? He he had a pretty good year. I mean, if you wanted to do an impression, I think he did Hugh Grant. I remember because I remember he does a few. I remember that Ayala had seen him in Chicago and she said, you know, he's a great writer. That's what. And I said, well, he also is. He looks like he could be on TV. I mean, you know, more so than I could. You know, so and I know we should put him.

on. Like Tina Fey was the same thing. Everyone, Scott adds it. I, when I was in Chicago, he's like, he's the one who said, Tina Fey is a brilliant genius. You know, and Scott adds it is so funny and so great. And it's got ads at audition for SNL and, and didn't end up getting hired, but he kept saying Tina Fey, Tina Fey. And, and,

So Tina ended up being hired as a writer first, and then she ended up becoming a cast member. So, I mean, it, you know, I, I, when I guess host of the show, the first time, you know, Lauren always, you'll do church lady. So then I was with, um, it was Tina was assigned to me. So we did it on and off all week. And when she would write, she would do, well, I'm doing, you know, and then when I did it with Seth later, he did the same thing. They both would just do the church lady to me. So, um,

Tina in some ways kind of reminds me of Steve Martin

Yeah, just totally. And the fountain of writing that she can do. She's kind of shy in a sense. Never ending. Yeah. Very sweet. They can perform their ass off and the writers, they seem like they're good friends, right? Cause they seem like they're brother and sister or something. Yeah. There are certain people that I email with every time they send me an email, I laugh out loud, you know, those two are super funny. Um,

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Well, does she come to you and say, I want to do 30 Rock? Because you're on 30 Rock, right? No, the way that came about was they called me in. Lauren was like, get Marcy. You know, I came in. And you're just in a special room waiting for your orders. Get Marcy, we need something. And they were like, they told me the idea. And they said, you know, we want Alec in this room.

And I was like, Ooh, that's going to be interesting to convince him to do a TV show. But then I read the script and T we, I, I, and you know, I think because I was the Alec whisper rep, you understood Alec, the Alec was Baldwin. Yeah. And, and,

I actually like I actually when I read the script, I was like this, this, this is he's going to win every award. I thought it was so perfect for him and so funny. And I had that was my job. I was like, I got it. So I had to convince him to do that. Also, you know, like a lot of people, what did you do in SNL? Well, as you know, the read through there are 50 sketches and then they go down to 13. Right.

And then I have to convince the host to do them. Yeah. No one else is doing that job. That was my job. And that's difficult, right? Because so much work. It's really difficult because you, I feel protective of the host. That's my job. I also have a job, which is to make sure the show runs and Lauren and Jim and, you know, Tina, Seth,

you know, whoever's show running it. We get on, I have to look at the big picture, but I also have to make sure that the publicists and the managers and the agents and the host and the musical guests all want to come back. Cause I would always argue, you know, this we're inviting them. And then we, we tell them that they can't, we can't sabotage them.

So it's like, you know, as you know, once you become on Monday and especially if the host is into it, you know, I get attached. I got attached to some more than others. And

So with Alec, you know, he's so smart and so funny and so brilliant. And when he I knew the way to convince him to do that show and it worked. And also, I mean, it was just how did you convince him? What was your strategy? Well, I mean, it's just a pilot. It obviously was so well written and perfect. And also he he had a lot to do with making that show, even that pilot script.

I went over to his house and I read it with him and I played the Tina part and he played lemon and, and just kept doing it. And, you know, he didn't want to do it. And the whole thing, I kept that whole season. It was negotiating, uh,

with Jeff Zucker, Mark Graboff, you know, because he would, he just only wanted to do two episodes or three episodes. But the brilliant thing about Alec was that he really produced it too. I mean, he, it was his idea, Jane Krakowski. He really fought for her and, and,

He is so funny. And he's almost isn't he almost sort of like a cast member on SNL? Yeah, I mean, I interject a quick thing. And I wonder if you were there, Marcy, but I was really struck me when Alec first hosted because he was full movie star. Of course. And I remember I was just on the set with us and we're blocking or whatever. And I guess I kind of said something effective. What do you want to do? And he goes, well, I want to do this.

You think I want to be on a submarine going, I captain the rest of my fucking life? This guy was a full-blown, ready to go, give him a franchise. He could be James Bond. Full-blown. Remember they gave him the fucking Fugitive, which is a huge movie. They gave him Harrison Ford's... All the Tom Clancy submarine ones he could have done. And he fell out of Fugitive to do a play. So he is like a cast member. He's between a guy who's on the show. Well, yeah, he's like a...

his own individual lane of a cast member. I want to say like 91. I mean, it was like one of the- Marcy was my third show and it was-

It went Corbin Bernson. Yeah. Maybe Alec and then Dice and then Candice Bergen. But Alec was such a star. I think you set up a thing for us to see Hunt for Red October. Yes. Yes. And maybe Miami Blues. Yeah. Well, then did he because he hosted. Maybe when he hosted again. He hosted.

So that was his first time hosting. And he did Green Hill 8, which I always bring up. I thought it was so funny. Remember he's kissing everyone like, and he did the mimic. And he did. Yeah. And he was so funny. And then he got up for an Emmy for that. And, uh, and I remember Dennis Mill in the summer goes, Christ, Budley, there's no fucking chance. You're up for an Emmy for absolutely no reason. You were there. It's your second show. Your name's on the credits. I go, yeah, but I'm up. I'm going to the Emmys, motherfucker. Yeah.

Motherfucker. Motherfucker. So your relationship with him is very, you know, you are the Alec Horse Whisperer. I mean, and he, Person Whisperer, and he won Emmys. He made a lot of money. And Alec is a hugely successful show. Great show.

um yeah that show the problem with snl and that show is that once you've worked on those shows it's very hard to work on something else because it just feels like molasses right so slow and i like it's you know it it's amazing i mean you know the 30 rock like

read throughs were just you were crying laughing and yeah I mean and then it was a single camera or a mix with an audience and single camera or no audience so it gets a little other thing Alec used to say to me just go I know it like it single camera is just go it's

It's like a movie. Single camera is like a movie. And it was long, but what was nice, there were so many people from SNL that I was doing both jobs. I was going from SNL. It was weird because I think there was a point where

Everyone in SNL was like, where's Marcy? And everyone at 30 Rock said, where's Marcy? I was never anyone. What were your titles at that point then? It was executive producer, talent coordinator. Executive producer of 30 Rock, which I had to fight for. Your book should be called Where's Marcy? Or Get Marcy. Get Marcy. Get me Marcy now.

Did you Jeff Daniels? Remember when Jeff Daniels? Yes. Have you his eyebrow when he lost his eyebrows? Was that was that his second time I was with? That was one of the most terrifying. He the plaster plaster thing. And oh, yeah, I remember that story. Yeah. Friday night. Yeah. Like they had to pour oil and take off his face. And I remember the next week.

It was for the Jay Leno. Can we just for a second for the listeners to describe what that is? They put you in a head cast and you breathe through a straw in your nose. It's a life mask. A life mask. And you can't hear, see. It's all over your mouth. You just have one little straw in your nose and

And it can be very claustrophobic. So they, they somehow it was the wrong mix of glue. We found out it wasn't a real plaster or something. It was real plaster. But what was crazy about it was George Mendez. Remember George Mendoz who sort of had the Lorne hair, you know, and he was, he was in charge of, you know, the studio. And I remember he came up to me and he was like,

I remember how scary this is. He's like, we have a bad situation going on. You know, again, it was me cause I'm the talent person. And this was like midnight Friday night. It's, it's tumbleweed. We need a casket for Jeff Daniels. Come down. I go into the makeup room and he's screaming.

It was, I've never seen, it was like, I was like, he's covered in plastic. It's still covered. And you can hear him screaming, screaming and kicking and going insane. Yeah, that's me. But he couldn't speak, you know, and I run it up. Aaron was outside of Lauren's office and Jim, she's like, well, they're in there. I'm like, I just burst in. Yeah.

Jeff Daniels. Like it was, it's dying literally down there. And then I had called Dr. Lamb. Dr. Lamb happened to be in the rainbow room. I feel like this was an episode on 30. Unreal. It should have been 30 rock. And he was like in a bow tie. And then he came down and,

Anyway, it was just, you know, it was that. I don't know. How did they get it off? Is there a chain? I think I remember. They bent it back from his forehead and took an exacto and went down and cut off his eyebrows. And his eyebrows and all his facial hair. And then we were deposed. I mean, it was a whole big thing. Like, what the fuck happened? Basically, somebody, why was there any? Was it a sabotage? You remember that? Yeah.

Cause I've never heard of that happening. Like how did they get the wrong mix that the wrong, you know, I don't know. I don't know. I remember Jim Carrey.

No, I'm kidding. All I know is the next week it was Monday and the show, you know, it was like. Yeah, nobody cared. But also Jeff Daniels, to his credit, went through all that and then did the show the next day. He was unfucking great. And did great on the show. You can see his eyebrows are like painted in. Now they said, cause I got a life mask once and I was telling him and they said, you know, when I put the holes in my,

They go, we're going to cover your ears. It's just plaster over your whole head. Yeah. They go, cover your ears, cover your mouth, cover your nose. And they said, when we cover like the third one, you are going to freak out.

And I said, why? They said, it's just, you can't. I said, no, I'm very calm. I know they go, we're going to do it very slowly. And right when it covered, I go, take it off, take it off. Like it's something about being buried alive. And they said, they said, if you cover this, don't, if you get sick or throw up, you will die because you can't, it has, it has nowhere to go. And all I thought is Jeff Daniels,

them going calm down because if he throws up, well, yeah, he died. I had one that didn't go wrong, but they had to do it twice. But the first time, I mean, I've had many of them, maybe eight or 10 in different situations, but they put it on. And for some reason they're, they're talking to each other and all you're hearing is, Oh no,

It sounds like they're panicking. So then they needed to do another one. Guys, just talk calmly to it. Because when I hear, you know, it's like, hand me that, hand me that. But yeah, it's a very, it's a real mind fuck. It's a meditative thing to go. They're professionals. Everything's okay. It goes against all your human instincts. Wow. Okay. So you had a shoe thrown at your head, almost got blinded. Yeah. You saw a host almost die in your arms.

Yeah. Other than Alec, who are you the closest with out of all those hosts? Do you still stay in touch with any of them? I actually became close with Gwyneth Paltrow, Renee Zellweger. Okay. John Hamm. He's cool. Yeah.

So is it obviously because you're seeing them at, at their most real and vulnerable when they're doing quick changes and they're exhausted. So then you get to know them and they're looking for you as a life raft. Like Marcy, is this normal? Am I okay? So it's a very bonding. And you get them through it. I, I, I feel like I, I didn't, when I became a mom, uh, when I had kids, I was like, Oh, this is like when the hosts, yeah.

I go with my kids like they're hosts. That's how your parenting style. That's perfect. So you knew what to do with accidents and ER visits. When I'm like, actually, they're right. You know, like there is that time between drafts and air when the host is not in the meeting. Yeah.

And I'm like, ooh, that's the host's favorite sketch. And I already see that that's going to go. And I would fight and say, like, you can't do that. You know, I mean, there's stuff that goes on that, you know, behind. Right. You hear the way everyone has talked about. What? You hear how everyone has talked about in the heat of the moment. Yes. Because there's no time to be polite.

I was ever, I had on, I could go in anywhere. There wasn't a, there wasn't a place that I was not able to go in and know what was going on. And so when you, between dress and air, the thing that's always funny is I always would say to the host on Monday,

At the party, you are going to say this is the best week of your life. And they always look at me. And at the party, they're always like, you were right. You know what I mean? Everyone reacts the same way. They're full of endorphins, full of like...

Let's tell the crowd that listens. We have a huge crowd. We have at least 2,700 listeners. I heard this is a popular podcast. A few people have mentioned it. Whoops. What are you talking about, Marcy? You've been mentioned on it. I never heard such a thing. Whoops. When the host does a read-through, which we talk about a lot, but I think the one we don't really talk about is from the read-through,

Everyone breaks. All the writers cast. Wednesday at 8. We would all go out to dinner. Lauren, the host. Let's say Lauren Alec, Downey Smigel, maybe Franken. That's when I was there. Would all go in to pick the sketches. So they put them all on a card. No, no, no. First, it was Lauren, Jim, me. Then the host goes in later. There's a

pre-host meeting oh like well how are we going to break into the host that this one and some writers and producers are asked in like lauren would like to see you and he's like could you make that sketch shorter or could you could you right take out that entrance so he's producing then what happens it's dangling yeah and there was always like a host would always say like what uh you know i thought i was going to do a wayne's world uh they never and i'm like and then jaw you're going

Yeah, there was always like that thing of, you know, when Lauren would be someone had to do a Wayne's, you know, you'd have to like, oh, a host would come in and say, I want to be on blank.

Well, there would be that also be the wait, what on Wednesday? It was like, you know, how long Wednesday is. Well, where to that sketch that they, so that would always be like, I'd have to go and be like, he's mentioning that, you know, didn't happen. So that there was a pre-meeting before the meeting. Oh yeah, that's right. And the host gets a vote when he's in there, obviously they're in it. So yeah,

They say, what do you think of this? What do you think of this? We thought this would go up early in the show. And then someone would say, like, I wrote that one thing with Tom Hanks, subway surfing. It wasn't the greatest, but he liked it. So they go, it's all negotiations. Like, we'll give you that. Right. We'll give it a chance. Now it's already dangling because it might go the wrong way and it's not that strong. Right.

And when we did address her, so when Tom was on, we joked about it because it was bombing. We knew in the middle of it, we were looking at each other going, it's over, but we gave it everything. And then, and then they just move it to the other side of the board. When you walk in and you go, it didn't even matter. We're not even going to discuss it. Everyone comes in at 1110. The show starts in 20 minutes. There's 60 of us in Lauren's office. So you come in and you look at the board.

And you look what's off the board. Still, the card is up there. But you had to be the bearer of either good news or bad news all week with a host. And did you have a tactic with that? You'd say, but this is in. You soften them first. And this is going great. This one probably, I think, is cut. How did you get your skill at that? I think that I...

I was so much a part of the week and especially with Jim, you know, I kind of knew where we were headed. And also I feel like I'm maybe I'm too honest and I would never lie to a host unless I just I don't I'm trying to think of there must have been times where I'm like, OK, I have to convince them to do right. Like Lauren might say to me, go in and find out.

it's fly on the wall or fly on the window, you know, like which one is it? And, um, uh, I would, I, I, I think that those were times where, I don't know. I think I'm just direct and straight. I don't think you lie because there's no, it's going to bite you an ass later. Cause they're going to figure it out. And also, um, well, I think Marcy, I'm going to interject this. You were very popular, uh,

Because you are so real and that's why you're fun to have dinner with or talk to. And you could be blunt. And you could be just honest. And so I think you had a good skill set for that particular part of your resume on Saturday Night Live of dealing with vulnerable people. But I still, once someone is a host and you see them later out in the real world, there is just a bonding there. There is a huge bond. I know I always said like, it's amazing. You were just talking about Tom Hanks.

But even people that, you know, I mean, they know you both, you're famous. But I see people, whether it's the Golden Globes or on the street, Marcy, like they recently went to a thing like a screening for Nicole Kidman, the I Love Lucy. And she did the. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

And I walked up to her. I brought Mary Ellen with me, the photographer at SNL, who's a good friend of mine. And I walked up to Nicole. I hadn't seen her in a really long time. And I said, I said, I don't know if you remember me. She's like, of course I remember you. She said that week you got me through that week. I mean, I could not believe that she remembered me, but I think for hosts that that week is fucking intense.

Oh, yeah. Well, no, it's fucking intense. It's fucking amazing. These motherfuckers come in like they're the top of the mark. And we got it is amazing to be a part of all of it.

and know how the whole thing works, you know? I'll say that, and David will back me up, in the very first, even before we started our first podcast, just aggregating people to come on this show, and you were one of the first that popped in my head, like, well, Marcy Klein, because she's connected, you know, by so many situations that...

It's in it from when I was there. I mean, who got to work with them? Us, then Will Ferrell. You got to see the switching from Dana and all those guys to all of us. And then Will Ferrell, Tina and Jimmy. Well, you guys, it was weird because when...

It was so much smaller and I was so close with all of you. And then you guys left. And then like Norman, Laurie, Joe and Jim, like everyone was leaving. And I'm like, oh God. And then I'm in my thirties. Then I was in my forties and I'm like every it, but then, yeah.

All my friends live in LA, you know, it's, I miss. And there's 25 cast and you're like, I don't even think I've met anyone, everyone this year. So you're as close to like Lauren, you know, has 45 years of being a teacher in school and then his former classmates go and he sees them around campus, you know? And so you had your own experience with that. Like, Oh, now I'm in the Will Ferrell or here's Anna Gasteyer, you know, now it's Bill Hader. You met me when I was like doing everything. And then I became,

in charge and that's a whole other thing. And like we were talking about Farley and I remember when he hosted and I had to call everyone. I knew things were bad. I mean, you know, I just was like, he could not make it through this. And, um,

Everyone was so excited he was there. And I remember Tracy Morgan and Jim Brewer, were they were they? I think they shared an office and everyone was like it was a Tuesday night and Farley wanted to go out. And I called the entire cast into the talent department and I said, you cannot go out with him.

You, you cannot, I just knew something bad was going to happen. And, um,

I felt more like a mom. Like, I don't feel like you... You guys didn't know me in that role. You know, I was younger, I feel like. But then I became the mom of everyone. Well, you're like one of us. We're all around the same age. We're all younger and jumping around. The interns, you know, I'd be like, they can't come to the party. You know, like, they're young. I remember getting that little ticket, like you would slip all of us that said where the party was.

And then I would see people like Dana's table and have to have like someone in my office. I'm like, find out how many people David has. He's going to sit with Spade with Sandler and they can have a plus one each. And then all hang out and sit. And then, you know, and then,

it, it running a party at one in the morning. And I know nothing about running, but then eventually everyone was so nice. And that's the thing. Like everyone is supportive of each other. So no one ever got mad. Where's my table. You know what I mean? There was no party would kind of get up and running like at 2. Cause the good nights were at 1. We get in the cars, maybe it's during the winter. So it's like starting a party at two. When was the last time you started a party at 2. After 13 hour work,

day. I don't go out after nine. That's why I left. I couldn't, I never saw my kids. I think on Sunday I was completely out. Yeah. It's just, yeah, it's like jet lag. It's like, it totally like jet lag. Yeah. And you're just, and I'm still recovering as Jim Downey's like, he's still recovering from those days, covering from the 15th anniversary. I'm still, I remember that one.

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. eHarmony 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. Yeah.

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, uh,

It just makes us happy. You don't want to be watching The Godfather and the person next to you goes, this movie sucks. 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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All right. We better wrap it up with her, Dana. This went faster than we thought, Marcy. Thank you. I love you guys. I miss you. When you're out here. We could do a 12-parter with Marcy. And Jimmy Fallon. There's some screening of his. Of who? I hope Adam Sandler remembers me.

He will. He's on the road right now doing gigs. Why do you mean I'm not going to remember you? Iraqi Pete. Iraqi Pete. Marcy Klein. Yeah, this is... Season three, we're having you back because there's too many stories, but... Yeah.

It's so much fun to chat with you. She's the glue. Look us up when you're in LA. We'll go to that crazy restaurant that you put your phone in a satchel and be there for seven hours. And this time, Faye Dunaway better show up. Bye. All right. Bye, guys. Bye.

Hey, what's up, flies? What's up, fleas? What's up, people that listen? We want to hear from you and your dumb questions. Questions, ask us anything. Anything you want. You can email us at flyonthewallatcadence13.com. We're going to do a Q&A question. I got to first say my coat is fucking off the hook, if I may be so present with my thing. I didn't know Sears still had a boys department in the U.S.

I'm sorry. The code is the word bumping has been thrown around. That was a bit of a NASA vibe over there. Fucking ridiculously. Apollo 17. Cooler than fuck pie. But I don't want to talk about it. I don't want to over talk about it. What color do you call that? You know, that's a great question. Yeah, taupe.

Is it taupe? I don't think so. I said olive and then I said gray. It has an olive-y taupe. Yeah. And it's got a diametric. You can't buy this. You can't buy that shape. But you can live on the moon with it. Yeah. That's where I should go. It looks very astronaut-y to me. Thanks. Your new nickname is Buzz Spade. Buzz Plowood. That's my porn name. Buzzed Spade. Buzz Spade is more of a...

Hello. He's got his Ratatouille hat on. I like that. I want to tell you the question. Don't tell an accent or an accent. That's a good color. All right, let's hear Dana read a question. All right, I'm going to read a question. From Simon F.

Etherington. Hi, Dana and David. The show is great. Can't get enough. We always add that part. I listened to the entire... Hey, this is in your handwriting. I listened to the entire Farley tribute twice. That's nice. All nine hours. It seems like when you get to SNL, you get a wooden desk, a yellow legal pad, and Bernie Brillstein is your manager. How is that...

That seemingly everyone on the show ended up with Bernie as their manager. Or am I just imagining that he was everyone's manager? Maybe you could give a little more insight. It's a racket. Into how so many cast members ended up working with Bernie. Also, Lorne. Sharon. Lorne's with Bernie.

So what it was, I think at the beginning, you would know more, Dana. He had a management company. Sharon Ether... Simon. Oh, shit. Okay. I don't have my big boy glasses on. Excuse me. Where are you cheaters? Excuse me. I should never drink before these. I'm going to go to right. Simon Etherington. So Bernie... Simon. Was... Enough of Simon. Fuck that guy. Yeah, but that was the guy who wrote us the question. I know. I don't care about him anymore. Uh...

I took his question. Why are you so mad at Simon? I don't know. He's being a dick. All your rage is coming out. Bernie handled Belushi, Aykroyd, Lorne.

It's so funny to handle both sides of the table. Bernie was an old-timey manager. He was probably, when I met him, like 41. He seemed like he was 70. And then when he was 70, he seemed 70. He looked like Santa Claus. He looked exactly like Santa Claus, literally. White hair. And he did manage all the original cast. He just got in there. And I think Lorne was the first client. And then everyone went with Bernie. And then by the time I came along, Bernie had hired Brad Gray and Mark Gervais. What do you mean?

To be some of his partners. And we had Sandy Warnick in there. And... Brillstein Company is a company you'll hear about a lot. He has so many SNL people. You're right. Are connected to it. Me, Sandler, Dana, Kevin, Neal, and Dennis Miller, Norm, Farley, Lovitz, Schneider for a while. Who is that? Bill Maher, Ed O'Neill. Bill Maher, Ed O'Neill. Yeah. A lot of SNL people. A lot of just famous people. But...

they always had sort of a monopoly on SNL, which is great because they know Lauren so well. They know

the negotiations so well they know. It became a farm league ecosystem when Brad or Bernie would say, I think this guy could be good because he talked like that. Yeah, and then they'd sign you and then now they're going to, it's beneficial for everybody. And Bernie was just a taste of old show business. Like I said, he had a big voice and a lot of people do better impressions of him than me. Sandler used to call people from our office. We'd answer fan mail and he'd just call as Bernie. Yeah.

And talk to someone, some kid as Bernie. This is Bernie, Adam's manager. And we just answer fan mail when we're bored and just call the number and ask for some kid and then talk to him. He was one of those guys, he leaned into me when he first met me. He goes, you got a faith for television.

A face for television? Yeah. You do? Yeah, I don't know. I had a Disney face for a while before life beat the shit out of me. Have you ever been described as cherubic? That's what I was going to say. Whoa. Uh-oh, don't we do a thing? Abracadabra. I got legally carded by a mentally healthy person to buy a beer at age 53. I got carded. Honestly, I told you this, Heather. A month. Like it was, where was it? Was it my own show or something?

I went somewhere and they go, no, it was at Chili's. She goes, I gave my credit card. No, I ordered a drink. Because I have a problem? Well, you don't order drinks too much. Come on, fans. I had to because it was nighttime. Okay. So she goes, I know who you are and I'm a huge fan, but I have to see your ID. Why? I don't understand. So I give it to her and she goes, some quick math. And then she goes, okay.

Why did we do that? She was like, so you weren't in grownups when you were one? I've seen a 90-year-old man get carded at a liquor store. He's like, literally, I can't even see. We have to. It's just the law. It's the law. Even with the fuzz on the chin, they tag you. I go, you okay with this? Light a match?

All right. How did we answer the question? I don't know what the question is. Bernie. Bernie Burlstein, great guy. Everyone, it was an ecosystem of Farm League team, of being with Burlstein. He has a book out if you want to read it, and it's very interesting about all that stuff. Yeah. He has his own book out. Great guy, Bernie. Loved him. Thank you for the question. Thank you, Simon.

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