I'm sorry. (Carolyn Van Houten / Chicago Tribune) . And then it was just such a gift. Do you even know what women have to do when we go vote, Michael? 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. She's been in the entertainment business since 2012, officially making her a ten-year veteran of the arts. STRONG: Yeah, exactly. And, you know, she talks about, like, other men are really harsh and - but he's gentle, you know, like a lacy valentine. I want to get to another song. STRONG: That's usually just Colin and I. And she told me I was looking at the world with S - I can't swear - with crap-colored glasses. But she does not, you know, embrace them in the way that I do. ., directed by Leigh Silverman (Lifespan of a Fact, Violet), explores American society, art, power, and the feminist movement through a series of characters. Here to explain is Jeanine Pirro. - because, you know, every kid wants to go to California. I saw my first Marx Brothers movie when I was 10 on TV, and I fell in love with the Marx Brothers and became obsessed. You know, already it's - I didn't feel like I fit in. 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. I saw "Guys And Dolls." And is it hard for you to keep a straight face when he's having trouble keeping a straight face? It kind of felt like that a little bit. You were 15. Our technical director and engineer is Audrey Bentham. - 'cause everyone in it seems to be enjoying being in it so much and I was enjoying watching it so much - and the contrast between that and the depression and anxiety you describe in your memoir. She was playing Fox News' Judge Jeanine Pirro, a frequent highlight of "Weekend Update," sloshing her booze onto co-anchor Colin Jost . The town looks like a stage or movie set from the early 20th century. So this starts - this clip will start with Cecily Strong speaking, and I should say that the mayor's last name is Menlove. STRONG: I did - and I mean, not always. Apple TV+. 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. Sure, she's popped up in small cameos for shows like Angie Tribeca , Superstore, and Scream . So we just were relying on testing. And then my uncle is also a Broadway producer. She's nominated for an Emmy for her work on "Saturday Night Live." GROSS: Why don't we hear "Corn Puddin'"? And, you know, everybody that was there was supposed to be there. And he was showing me clips of her, like, doing man-on-the-street interviews. Cecily Strong is an American actress and comedian. I got the recipe. I am just trying to figure out how to get out of here and get back to reality. In this scene, the couple keeps trying to escape Schmigadoon by crashing back over the bridge while bickering about their relationship. It kind of felt like that a little bit. People don't just burst into song in real life," complains Josh ( Keegan-Michael Key) to girlfriend Melissa ( Cecily Strong) early in the new . PAUL: The songs really should move the story forward in some way. (As characters, singing) Then he says something mean to get her back. Strong also has a new memoir called "This Will All Be Over Soon." GROSS: And this was pretty early in the pandemic, right? She is best known for being a cast member of Saturday Night Live. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Come on, could be fun. She's taken all these concepts and just turned them into something confusing and wrong that she's very passionate about. The same year, she starred in, and was a producer for, Schmigadoon!, a musical parody series on Apple TV+. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) No - oh, no, that's not OK - unless it's consensual. 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. But she kept going, what? STRONG: Yeah. Please, no song. (As characters, singing) Then she complains that he don't understand her. GROSS: And I wish her the best. In her second season, she co-anchored Weekend Update with Seth Meyers and then Colin Jost. I think you have a shout-out to that. Corn, corn, corn, corn, corn puddin'. But if you've got some extry (ph) STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble, singing) I sure would like a taste. I was a weird kid, you know, singing "I Wonder What The King Is Doing Tonight" in my room, memorizing the lyrics. GROSS: Well, I wish you well. She co-anchored "Weekend Update" with Seth Meyers and then Colin Jost but stepped down, preferring to do sketch comedy. It was like, in order to do the show next week, I just need to step away this week. Cecily Strong On 'SNL,' 'Schmigadoon!' . And they've asked me to leave. But she kept going, what? Keegan-Michael Key's character hates musicals and is desperate to leave. 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. He co-created, co-wrote and wrote all the songs for the series "Schmigadoon! And so that's really - that's when my love affair with musicals began. (SOUNDBITE OF THELONIOUS MONK'S "LITTLE ROOTIE TOOTIE"), GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. And then my uncle is also a Broadway producer. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) I didn't say that. And she recommends the corn puddin'. He's a queer one, that man o' mine. But I was just always performing around the house. STRONG: (As Jeanine Pirro) That's right. During a 2021 interview with Terry Gross on the National Public Radio program Fresh Air, she said that because her uncle is a Broadway producer, as a child she often got to go to . I mean, when I was growing up in Brooklyn, I thought people in movies and on Broadway were, like, from another planet. She helps our kids to punctuate. Yeah. It's about her life during the first year of the pandemic, when she felt overcome by anxiety and depression. It's such a contrast for me seeing the joy in "Schmigadoon!" Strong mentioned that her uncle is a Broadway producer in a 2021 interview with Terry Gross on the NPR program Fresh Air, thus she was able to see several Broadway productions as a child and even go backstage . GROSS: You love movies, and you and your writing partner, Ken Daurio, have a podcast. And you had a boyfriend who got a bad case of COVID, but fortunately not bad enough to end up in the hospital, and he recovered. Cecily Legler Strong (born February 8, 1984) is an American actress and comedian who has been a cast member of Saturday Night Live since 2012, making her the longest-tenured female cast member in the show's history. 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 . UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) You put the corn in the puddin' and the puddin' in the bowl. STRONG: No, it actually - I think it was probably Bryan Tucker, who I write with, and I wound up writing a lot of my "Update" characters with them, or sort of those - anybody that's a real - you know, I write Marjorie Taylor Greene with him, and we did Sidney Powell together this year, too. Here to explain is Jeanine Pirro. I loved that movie so much, and the songs in that are so good. And so I think they thought that might be a good outlet for me. in season Host(s) Musical guest Original air date U.S. viewers (millions) 931: 1: Miles Teller: Kendrick Lamar: October 1, 2022 (): 4.02: Kendrick Lamar performs a medley of "Rich Spirit" and "N95" for his first set and "Father Time" with Sampha for his second.Jon Hamm and Shaun White appear in the cold open. He's, like, a really big Broadway producer. That's called a bubble standard. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) In Schmigadoon. Disha Kandpal. HARADA: (As Florence, singing) Sometimes it may seem like he is too good to be true, like there's a man that I can't see just aching to break through. Oh, he'll have to marry me. ; Cecily Strong was not featured in the opening credits due to her . - in late September usually. What - my parents put me in one, I should say. 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. Cecily Strong. And he sings a song that kind of is a "Secret Love" kind of song (laughter) but PAUL: Yes, where he inadvertently reveals to Cecily's character that he's gay. 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? Here with her final thoughts on this election is the Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party. Like, who cares? I don't have enough gym credits to graduate on time. He also co-wrote the animated films "Despicable Me," "The Secret Life Of Pets," and "Horton Hears A Who.". And then it took a while to really understand, here's all of the things we're going to put in place, here's all the safety measures, until I finally felt safe. 1 year ago. "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life . I'm also - love the show and get a lot of joy from it. 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. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble, singing) Never had corn puddin'. You know, she's always got a very gravely serious affectation. Saturday Night Live's Cecily Strong stars in the new production of Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner's "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe." . KEY: (As Josh Skinner) Oh, no - no, no, no, no, no, no. 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. So I've gotten to see a lot of his shows in New York. 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