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So I've gotten to see a lot of his shows in New York. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) Oh, no - no, no, no, no, no, no. Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key star as a couple of trying to reinvigorate their relationship by going on a hike designed for couples who need to reconnect. It's like, why are we learning this? It's not something we're going to eradicate. You put the bowl in your belly 'cause it's good for the soul. Saturday Night Live cast member Cecily Strong will provide an exclusive preview of her new memoir, "This Will All Be Over . So it wasn't, like, a big shock or anything I thought would - you know, that it was something she couldn't deal with. Cecily Strong as seen in May 2015 (The Peabody Awards / Flickr / CC BY-2.0) Best Known For. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. PAUL: (Singing) So now that there's COVID-19 PAUL AND DAURIO: (Singing) Here's what we're going to do. Please do a Season 2. And I think, you know, getting that job is how I got into the union. The off . STRONG: (As Jeanine Pirro) Can't do it, pal. That's just so funny. Again, my family, everyone I know - huge fans. Of course I love you. It was like as soon as I started singing, I knew what to say. . But in eighth grade, he swallowed his bottle of Ritalin and had to get his stomach pumped and was in the psych ward, the children's psych ward, in Rush Hospital for a week. She's always got a very gravely serious affectation. She has a new memoir called "This Will All Be Over Soon," and she stars in the new series "Schmigadoon!," a satire of classic musicals from the '40s and '50s. And usually in those songs, that's like, he's wonderful. 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 . So here you are on "Weekend Update" as Judge Jeanine Pirro. You've just really got her down (laughter). 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 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. PAUL: Yeah, I mean, that was the intention. Oh, that's really - it's a funny song, but it's also - it's a lovely song. GROSS: So let's hear a clip of you doing Jeanine Pirro. So - but talk about writing this and what you wanted to do with it. I think, you know, we were told - we went on our hiatus that was supposed to be our three-week or two-week hiatus in March and then just didn't come back until May. 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. But if you've got some extry (ph) STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble, singing) I sure would like a taste. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) But not together. And I think Hal Willner, our music producer, had passed away the night before or something. I saw "Once Upon A Mattress," which I absolutely loved and really wanted to do. Cecily Strong is saying goodbye to Saturday Night Live. 'Schmigadoon!' star Cecily Strong and co-creator Cinco Paul embrace musical satire The Apple TV+ satire series . KEY: (As Josh Skinner) Are you serious? She has over 500k followers on her Instagram. He's a queer one, that man o' mine. She helps our kids to punctuate. I - you know, it's hard. GROSS: Well, let's take a break here, and then we'll talk some more. Grown adults burst into song, one of which extolling the virtues of "corn pudding." Comedy stars like Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key mingle with Broadway . Strong joined "SNL" as a featured player in 2012. She's nominated for an Emmy for her work on "Saturday Night Live." 4. How does it feel? STRONG: No because it wasn't like they were not emotional thoughts, you know? And you know, everybody that was there was supposed to be there. My brother actually did try to kill himself in eighth grade. Oh, he'll have to marry me. Could be fun. And suddenly, I used it just to make movies with all the neighborhood kids. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, chanting) Corn, Corn KEY: (As Josh Skinner) That's it. Cecily Strong is an American actress and comedian. It was at the 2019 Christmas party, that Cecily's agent made her meet him. 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 . Now that delta is causing this resurgence, what's your level of anxiety now? I mean, they - I got it expunged from my record by doing a hundred hours of community service, and I wound up really loving the community service I did. So right away I was like, oh, God. It's streaming on Apple TV+. In her second season, she co-anchored Weekend Update with Seth Meyers and then Colin Jost. . That's called a bubble standard. We'll be right back. No. Why couldn't we cross? GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. It's an ode to those songs. And I think, you know, whatever name is next to an Emmy nomination, it still feels like everybody there is a part of that - why there's a nomination. We started with the opening song from "Schmigadoon!" Meet Cecily Strong's Partner: The Actress' Secretive Love Life Details. Mama's got one volume, and it's three chardonnays deep at a crowded party. STRONG: I almost enjoy it more to see when someone's laughing. Viewers noticed that longtime cast member Cecily Strong was missing from the show and its opening credits sparking rumors of her exit. She has a new memoir called "This Will All Be Over Soon." No. I've always loved musicals. Cecily Strong, who was a child actress and then an improviser in Chicago before finding fame on "Saturday Night Live," is set to make her New York stage debut this winter. I appreciate it. Andrew Singer executive produces with Lorne Michaels on behalf of Broadway Video. Mama's got one volume, and it's three chardonnays deep at a crowded party. GROSS: Were you thrilled to be doing a commercial? (SOUNDBITE OF MARVIN HAMLISCH'S "MULTI-TASKING"). I'm sorry. So I really was like, come on, everybody. You put the corn in the puddin' and the puddin' in the bowl. CHE: (As himself) So I assume you're not happy with the election. STRONG: (As The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party) Hello, Michael Che. For "Broadway in the Berkshires," producer and actor Deborah Grausman brought together director Robin Levine, music director Laura Bergquist, writer/comedian Jason Salmon, and production stage manager Kat West. Now Emmy-nominated actress Cecily Strong slides through the tour-de-force roles created by the Peabody and Emmy Award-winning writer Jane Wagner who is reimagining the legendary one-person play . GROSS: And the waitress delivering the corn pudding is the younger woman who's pursuing him. And then it was just such a gift. PAUL: You know, when we were early on conceiving of the show and the journeys that our characters would take, I really wanted Cecily's character Melissa to be involved in what I think are the two big tropes in these old musicals. But apparently, according to the leprechaun, this isn't true love. It's about her life during the first year of the pandemic, when she felt overcome by anxiety and depression. She's nominated for an Emmy for her work on "Saturday Night Live." We're not going to spend another minute in this town. The studio behind the project is Universal Television, with Lorne Michaels and Andrew Singer of Broadway Video. And I think you're probably not wrong. Accuracy and availability may vary. STRONG: (As The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation with at a Party) Please do not man-terrupt (ph) me when I'm wo-making (ph) a point, Michael. GROSS: What are some of the movies and some of the cartoons that you grew up with? 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 . You know, "The Coconauts," "Animal Crackers," "Horse Feathers" has a lot of songs in it. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Oh, I think they want us to take a verse. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. Talk about the process of writing that. During a recent . Farmer McDonough craved a son. And I'm now back to worrying about someone I love with COVID. It became my community, you know. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) Corn puddin'. The women are wearing long, colorful prairie dresses with big petticoats. If I think that he's laughing at something, I'll want to hit that harder. she frequently saw Broadway performances and occasionally got to go backstage to meet their casts because her uncle is a Broadway producer in an interview with Terry Gross for the National . And I was like, I'd also kind of had a breakup kind of the night before. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (Singing, as characters) My guys loves corn puddin'. So - but I definitely feel more anxious again. Apple TV+. I'm really glad we came. Comedian's romantic life explored. and also a terrific revival of "How To Succeed In Business," a Sondheim tribute. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #3: (As character, singing) You can't eat a fish without getting some bones. And new flash, Michael - 40% of children are just their legs. She doesn't know what that actually means, but she really wishes the best for him and loves him. (Credit: Apple TV+) "It was an easy yes for me to do this . STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble, singing) Never had corn puddin'. This was performed after Pirro made anti-Muslim remarks about Representative Ilhan Omar. Corn, corn, corn, corn, corn puddin'. And it's like, you don't know what corn puddin' is? 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 . STRONG: It's actually - I mean, it's funny timing. You put the bowl in your belly 'cause it's good for the soul. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) So you're ready to give up on us because of what a leprechaun said? Can we skip that and get to the good stuff? Her characters have included Fox News host Judge Jeanine Pirro, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Melania Trump and the girl you wish you hadn't started a conversation with at a party. And I was talking about something else, and then I sort of made fun of myself, like, yeah, because, you know, that's - well, that's an important thing for society to hear or something. It's like, I'll keep driving west. He's a queer one, that man o' mine. This is FRESH AIR. It's very beautiful there. But the fun thing is that, ironically, in our show, it does move the story forward because this stupid song gets Keegan to say, OK, we're leaving (laughter). Cecily Strong is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer who has a net worth of $4 million. I can hear you. She's nominated for an Emmy for her work on "Saturday Night Live." And I think, because my - we'd already gone through things with my brother. Accuracy and availability may vary. I'm Terry Gross. Extra-dirty vodka Martinis - they're so easy to drink! Thea Chaloner directed today's show. GROSS: Well, let's take a short break here, and then we'll talk some more. GROSS: One of the things in some musicals is - the love affairs in some musicals, I think, would be considered pretty age-inappropriate now, like, for example, "The Sound Of Music," where, like, she's a young nun who's just left the convent. We'll be right back after we take a short break. Mean, horny men lying on in-home hospital beds and white prison gangs who control the remote on Saturdays, thank you for watching. A TV series that I really enjoyed this year is "Schmigadoon!," a smart, funny and loving satire of musicals from the '40s and '50s. GROSS: That's really funny. Cecily Strong's character loves musicals and is initially charmed. STRONG: (As Jeanine Pirro) That's right. STRONG: Oh, definitely. Her characters have included Fox News host Judge Jeanine Pirro, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Melania Trump and the Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party. GROSS: They didn't connect to the world I lived in. ", a satire of classic musicals from the '40s and '50s. I mean, first of all, it's really funny to have someone who hates musicals be stuck in a musical but also for him to be the eyes and ears of the people unlike me, who don't love musicals. "Saturday Night Live" picked up around 400,000 viewers on Saturday from the previous week. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) It's just a lover's spat. She is best known for being a cast member of Saturday Night Live. (As characters, singing) Then he says something mean to get her back. And I started, you know - I would - I had to tell my mom because there was a couple of nights - I shared a car with my brother at this time. Then I kind of want to, like, go further. Let's get back to my interview with Cecily Strong. So I've gotten to see a lot of his shows in New York. 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. It was my first year talking with Colin. STRONG: Yeah. You put the corn in the puddin' and the puddin' in the bowl. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Come on. You know, I really wanted them - like, oh, that could genuinely have been a song sung in an undiscovered Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. STRONG: Right. When we left off, we were talking about her characters on "SNL.". Talking about her love interest, Cecily Strong's Partner is Jack. And you can't have love without having a lover's spat. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. STRONG: I said no, actually, at first to going to Vancouver and shooting because I was - I really was afraid. STRONG: Yes. And that was the germ of the idea. But if you've got some extree (ph) STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble, singing) I sure would like a taste. Luckily for us, but maybe - who knows? And, you know, their - a lot of their movies were kind of musicals. I think my favorite character that you've been doing lately is Judge Jeanine Pirro, the Fox News host. And you go like, whoa, what's that? GROSS: That was another scene from "Schmigadoon!," which stars my guest, Cecily Strong, and Keegan-Michael Key. Cecily Strong's character loves musicals and is initially charmed. And then they went, oh, wait a minute; there's one more pocket. Like, he's just - when he's managing it, he is the most delightful, wonderful - my brother is, like, one of my favorite people in the world. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) I'm not saying anything, but apparently some cosmic verdict has been reached, and we failed. GROSS: And this was pretty early in the pandemic, right? And so - but everything that is evidence that he's gay, she sees as a really positive quality. Facts Buddy Fast, Factual, Free! That strikes me as a little bit crazy. Like, you know? total viewers were 4.1 million after three weeks lingering around 3.7 million. So I really was like, come on, everybody. But she kept going, what? The town looks like a stage or movie set from the early 20th century. GROSS: Because she has gaydar and no one in the town does (laughter). And it is - it still feels a bit like controlled chaos, on "Update" especially, where it feels kind of fresh, and we're not exactly sure what's going to happen. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) So you don't really love me? GROSS: There's times on "Update" when Colin Jost has been laughing, like, so hard because you're so funny. . GROSS: Had you been vaccinated when you shot the series? And there's a bunch of kids who weren't as lucky as I was. So we just were relying on testing. STRONG: Oh, totally. She stars with Keegan-Michael Key in the new series "Schmigadoon!" I'm not going to do the show. And I'll meet - you know, I'll probably talk to Lorne more and talk to my agents, and we'll figure it out, figure out where I'll be. She's nominated for an Emmy for her work on "Saturday Night Live." (Singing) Some men like to fight and curse. The same year, she starred in, and was a producer for, Schmigadoon!, a musical parody series on Apple TV+. So here's another scene from "Schmigadoon!". Could be fun. I'd feel safer being a child actor in Chicago. The star appeared on The . You know, already it's - I didn't feel like I fit in. What - my parents put me in one, I should say. GROSS: Yeah, yeah. And I just - I did theater. And it was like, now let's read our sketches and see - and then, like, have to film them all by Saturday. And then my uncle is also a Broadway producer. I'm also - love the show and get a lot of joy from it. GROSS: Had you been vaccinated when you shot the series? It was so funny, and I just loved it. I'm so proud of the work he's done and who he is and how far he's come - and just a thing that he deals with and why I'm - you know, people have a lot of thoughts and opinions on psych meds and everything. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #2: (As character, singing) Every steak's bound to have some fat. But she does not, you know, embrace them in the way that I do. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Come on, could be fun. It just felt like, I've fallen through the cracks. Cecily Strong had a special bond with her cousin Owen. But that's really where it deepened into something different. Because, I mean, we shot last fall, so that wasn't even - I didn't even know we'd get to be vaccinated. CINCO PAUL AND KEN DAURIO: (Singing) Make him watch it. 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 . GROSS: Then you have a couple episodes where you share your opinions of films of the '80s and films of the '90s. CHE: (As himself) So I assume you're not happy with the election. That was weird. Her birth name is Cecily Legler Strong. This election is a mis-grace (ph), OK? PAUL: Yeah, that was part of the curriculum somehow. I mean, to me, there is a trope in these musicals often. STRONG: Well, thank you so much. Our interview was recorded in August. Photo: Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images. It was a McDonald's commercial that never aired. But I remember, you know, "Camelot" and "South Pacific" and "Guys And Dolls" and hearing those a lot. One of the really funny songs - the mayor, who's played by Alan Cumming, is secretly gay, and it's a secret he's never disclosed to anybody. She is the cast member of SNL since 2012. A queer one, that cecily & # x27 ; Secretive love life Details you grew with. 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