We started with the opening song from "Schmigadoon!" Yum. Schmigadoon! UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) We want corn puddin'. I'm Terry Gross. ", a satire of classic musicals from the '40s and '50s. You want to try with other people? STRONG: (As The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation with at a Party) And I'm sorry - if I could play devil's advocate for just a second, I think we all know the real reason Julian Assange is in jail, and that's 'cause she's a woman. And I think, you know, getting that job is how I got into the union. Like, I'm so proud of the work I've done. STRONG: Although, I went back to - I actually went back to public school, which was a tough decision - you know, whether to stay at the Catholic school or go back - because the rules of the expulsion or whatever, they let me back my junior year. Here to explain is Jeanine Pirro. Farmer McDonough craved a son. And I think my uncle probably didn't want me to be an actor as much as I did, just knowing that it was a tough life. Strong has been a cast member of "Saturday Night Live" since 2012. And it almost cost me my brother. The "Saturday Night Live" mainstay (and two-time Emmy nominee) started drama classes when she was just 3 years old as a way of channeling her oddball energy . I love the show so much. Thanks for finally letting a woman on late night TV. - the loving satire of '40s and early 1950s musicals. If I can play devil's abacus for just a second, I think we all know the real reason Julian Assange is in jail, and that's 'cause she's a woman. COLIN JOST: (As himself) Fox News personality Judge Jeanine Pirro returned to television tonight after being suspended two weeks for controversial comments about a Muslim congresswoman. And even on the tape - like, they do your expulsion hearings, and they're taping it. She's taken all these concepts and just turned them into something confusing and wrong that she's very passionate about. PAUL: Yeah, it's called "Make Him Watch It," and we make each other watch a movie we've never seen before. The show was filmed in Vancouver, Canada. Facts Buddy Fast, Factual, Free! HARADA: (As Florence, singing) Show me any other man more tender or expressive. I'm also - love the show and get a lot of joy from it. It's such a contrast for me seeing the joy in "Schmigadoon!" Do you feel like you're competing with other people who are nominated? STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) OK. Well, that one's on you. You know, already it's - I didn't feel like I fit in. Courtesy: Apple TV+. OK, can you just please tell us about the candidates? UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) First, she said something bad to get his gander. And then my uncle is also a Broadway producer. He's a queer one, that man o' mine. She's nominated for an Emmy for her work on "Saturday Night Live." My guest is Cecily Strong. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #5: (As character) Did somebody say corn puddin'? So - but talk about writing this and what you wanted to do with it. I'm sorry. It went to dress and not to air. Thank you so much. Oh, he'll have to marry me. STRONG: No. You put the bowl in your belly 'cause it's good for the soul. You know, I was much more protected. MsMojo 2010s snl cast memembers where are they now 2010s snl cast members 2010 saturday night live cast members jay pharoah taran killam vanessa bayer aidy bryant kristen wiig leslie jones bobby moynihan cecily . I've been slightly hypoglycemic since I was a kid, so I have to make sure I eat in the morning and get my sugar. She's nominated for an Emmy for her work on "Saturday Night Live." UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) Oh, she sure would like a taste. Her birth name is Cecily Legler Strong. STRONG: I did - and I mean, not always. It was at the 2019 Christmas party, that Cecily's agent made her meet him. Mama's got one volume, and it's three chardonnays deep at a crowded party. Like, clearly it was a thing for Rodgers and Hammerstein. total viewers were 4.1 million after three weeks lingering around 3.7 million. Oh, he'll have to marry me. Copyright 2021 NPR. Here's all the safety measures - until I finally felt safe. GROSS: We're listening to my interview with Cinco Paul. If you're just joining us, my guest is Cinco Paul, and he co-created, co-wrote and then wrote all the songs for the satirical musical series "Schmigadoon! You know, we were getting ready for one of those - I think they were two "Update" specials because it was an election year. And she recommends the corn puddin'. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) So what? She helps our kids to punctuate. Six episodes at approximately 30 minutes each.) KEY: (As Josh Skinner) I didn't say that. I want to get to another song. September 29, 2022 5:22pm. So I'd like you to talk a little bit about what you think of those moments in musicals where you have to sing about food or a picnic or a clambake. GROSS: Cecily Strong, welcome to FRESH AIR. Do you even know what women have to do when we go vote, Michael? I think my favorite character that you've been doing lately is Judge Jeanine Pirro, the Fox News host. And then they kind of looked - they made, like, a show of it and looked in every pocket but that pocket and then said, OK, you're good to go. This is FRESH AIR. ", "Carousel," "The Music Man," "The Sound Of Music," "South Pacific" and "Brigadoon." JOST: (As himself) That's great. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. Just like the idea, you know, that it's like, you can have so much passion and feelings about these things that you don't really understand and haven't given much thought to and using them to sort of put down other people. GROSS: Did you get to meet the actors? The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. And then my uncle is also a Broadway producer. Like, what word - what is, like, a word that's in the social lexicon of the moment that this girl would hear and say wrong? Production Photos See Emmy Nominee Cecily Strong Take the Stage in Los Angeles Run of The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. And then it was just such a gift. And they've asked me to leave. Can we skip that and get to the good stuff? Frank DiLella talks to "Saturday Night Live" star Cecily Strong about making her New York City theater debut in the revival of the one-woman Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner play "The Search For Signs of . We were in his office, and he was like, have you seen this lady? Mama's got one volume, and it's three chardonnays deep at a crowded party. This is FRESH AIR. And so in the spirit of turning your life into a musical, I just want to play the opening theme from your podcast, "Make Him Watch It. You don't land a job with SNL without being funny. Our technical director and engineer is Audrey Bentham. You bought some weed with a friend, put it in your backpack, then school security discovered the backpack, and you were actually handcuffed and arrested? I rented every musical on VHS they . We have to show our IUD. It was like as soon as I started singing, I knew what to say. Otherwise, it's hard to get an impression on the show. And so I want to play that scene 'cause it'll give a sense of how people just kind of break out into song around you and how you sometimes just chime right in. Lorne Michaels of 'SNL' fame is the executive producer of 'Schmigadoon!'. It's brought me such pleasure at a time when I think we all need some pleasure. And so that's partly why I just wasn't even there. STRONG: Well, thank you so much. One is the bad boy, you know, which is the Billy Bigelow character. What did you do to try to capture her voice? The Keegan-Michael Key character hates musicals. This one-woman show was a Broadway hit in 1985 and starred Lily Tomlin as 12 characters, something Cecily Strong seems very well-suited for. You're nominated for an Emmy for your work on "SNL," and so are some of the other cast members. GROSS: A turning point in your young life (laughter) was in 1999 when you were a sophomore in high school. (Singing) Some men like to fight and curse. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) It's just a lover's spat. So that wasn't even - I didn't even know we'd get to be vaccinated. And you can't have love without having a lover's spat. GROSS: And who did you think of as being the girl? It was so funny, and I just loved it. In this scene, the couple keeps trying to cross the bridge and escape Schmigadoon while bickering about their relationship. I'm like, well, live with my brother for a week and tell me you don't think psych meds are good. The studio behind the project is Universal Television, with Lorne Michaels and Andrew Singer of Broadway Video. So like, the reality - COVID was real to you. GROSS: They didn't connect to the world I lived in. And so it was like, I was going to be a fifth-year senior, which just felt bonkers. And so she was devastated when, in early 2020, he passed away at age thirty from the brain cancer glioblastoma. And is it hard for you to keep a straight face when he's having trouble keeping a straight face? GROSS: And who did you think of as being the girl? If you're just joining us, my guest is Cecily Strong. So I've gotten to see a lot of his shows in New York. If you're an avid fan of Saturday Night Live, you already know Cecily Strong. STRONG: (As The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party) And newsflash, Michael - 40% of children are just their legs. From now through February 6th she's performing a one woman, many dozens of characters play at The . She's nominated for an Emmy for her work on "Saturday Night Live." And suddenly, I used it just to make movies with all the neighborhood kids. What was it like for you to go from this heightened sense of anxiety and depression to flying to - was it Vancouver? I guess I knew it as a job. (SOUNDBITE OF GWENDOLYN DEASE'S "PORKCHOP'S BLUES"), GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. I mean, I think it's certainly been a part of my life since I was little. And for her, it's all these really positive qualities. . Apple TV+. And whenever a musical theater song would somehow pop up in my mix, he would say, skip. And I think a lot of that, you can feel it when you watch the show. Originally broadcast Aug. 9 and Aug. 23. He's a hard man to know, it seems - different. In "Schmigadoon!," a musical comedy about musical theater starting a six-episode run Friday on Apple TV+, Cecily Strong and Keegan Michael-Key play Melissa and Josh . You put the bowl in your belly 'cause it's good for the soul. GROSS: There's times on "Update" when Colin Jost has been laughing, like, so hard because you're so funny. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble, singing) Never had corn puddin'. Like, he doesn't look at other women. So I don't know what you do with that. Make him watch it. JOST: You don't have to shout, you know. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. But if you've got some extry (ph) STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble, singing) I sure would like a taste. And then in making fun of myself, we sort of just kept playing with that, and that led into the Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Come on, could be fun. She doesn't know what that actually means, but she really wishes the best for him and loves him. How did it affect your sense of self to be arrested and to be expelled and to think, maybe, you wouldn't even graduate high school? She's making her New York stage debut in the one-woman show "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe," opening at the Shed. The six episodes follow a couple (played by Strong and Keegan-Michael Key) stumbling upon the titular magical town trapped in a Golden Age-era musical, and star an A-list cast of Broadway greats . We'll hear from the co-creator of "Schmigadoon!" 'Schmigadoon!' star Cecily Strong and co-creator Cinco Paul embrace musical satire The Apple TV+ satire series . The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. Accuracy and availability may vary. In October of 2021, it was announced that Cecily will make her New York stage debut in an off-Broadway production, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in . The women are wearing long, colorful prairie dresses with big petticoats. GROSS: Well, let's take a short break here, and then we'll talk some more. And that's what I'd always rent whenever we'd go to the movie store. 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