CHE: (As himself) So I assume you're not happy with the election. We're leaving. And so it was like, I was going to be a fifth-year senior, which just felt bonkers. You know, we were getting ready for one of those - I think they were two "Update" specials because it was an election year. STRONG: Yeah, exactly. You put the bowl in your belly 'cause it's good for the soul. And I had that above my bed until we - I moved out - I think, till I went to college. And then it was just such a gift. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) No. It's such a contrast for me seeing the joy in "Schmigadoon!" Apple TV+ is close to putting in a series order for the project. So how much do you love musicals? GROSS: Well, I wish you well. (SOUNDBITE OF KEITH JARRETT TRIO'S "CONCEPTION"). STRONG: That's usually just Colin and I. The town looks like a stage or movie set from the early 20th century. So we just were relying on testing. 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. It's like, why are we learning this? GROSS: Yeah, yeah. GROSS: (Laughter) I like that idea, the square dancing lobby. Corn, corn, corn, corn, corn puddin'. And I think that the worst example is "Shipoopi" from "Music Man," which is - it brings everything to a grinding halt, and then this Marcellus character is just singing this nonsense song that has nothing to do with anything. They get lost in the woods, cross over a bridge and suddenly find themselves on what looks like a backlot movie set of a small town in the early 20th century, a town called Schmigadoon. And it was "How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying." which he also co-created and co-wrote. Is this still going on, your podcast? - where she sort of wishes he could be who he really is. And, actually, I flew out of the chair the first time because, you know, I hadn't done much physical comedy on the show at all. He co-created, co-wrote and wrote all the songs for the series "Schmigadoon!" And it's like, this is still when New York City is really the epicenter, and our show is so about New York City. What's YOUR favorite Ceci. You not only - because you were expelled, you not only weren't allowed to attend the ceremony; you weren't allowed within a three-block radius of where the ceremony was, and you were threatened with arrest if you overstepped that boundary. STRONG: Well, I actually will say the police had a program that I was really lucky to have. Cecily Strong (SNL) Biography, Net worth 2023, Salary, Age, Height, Educational Qualifications, Family Details, Parents, Husband, Boyfriends, Children . But she kept going, what? Strong said, admitting she immediately said yes to starring in the show, even though she thought the idea was "insane." Leigh Silverman is the director of the off-Broadway revival of The Search . GROSS: What was the impact of that on you? I mean, it's real to most people, but, I mean, you saw the worst that could happen. She also stars in the new series "Schmigadoon!," which is a very smart, funny and loving satire of musicals from the '40s and '50s. Let's get back to my interview with Cecily Strong, a star of the series "Schmigadoon!," which is a loving satire of classic musicals from the '40s and '50s that's streaming on Apple TV+. JOST: You don't have to shout, you know. STRONG: No. 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. The series is streaming on Apple TV+. Our schoolmarm is Emma Tate. 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. And she was like, well, no, this isn't OK. And then I went to see the family psychiatrist, who I loved. GROSS: Would you describe that experience? And actually, my dad took a bunch of pictures. But she kept going, what? First two episodes streaming Friday, July 16, on Apple TV+. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) Are you serious? (SOUNDBITE OF MARVIN HAMLISCH'S "MULTI-TASKING"). She has a new memoir called "This Will All Be Over Soon." I am just trying to figure out how to get out of here and get back to reality. You know, the first show we did, we did the table read on Wednesday. Copyright 2021 NPR. Was it your idea to do her, or did someone say, oh, you should do her? and "The Lorax." was a lifetime in the making. I saw "Guys And Dolls." GROSS: They didn't connect to the world I lived in. STRONG: (As Jeanine Pirro) And Colin, I just want to take this opportunity to say hi to my super fans out there. In "South Pacific," there's a younger woman who ends up falling in love with an older man. I feel like when my kids were little, they were still teaching square dancing. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (Singing, as characters) My guys loves corn puddin'. STRONG: Yeah. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) Oh, she sure would like a taste. During a recent . KEY: (As Josh Skinner) I'm not saying anything, but apparently some cosmic verdict has been reached, and we failed. - because, you know, every kid wants to go to California. STRONG: Thank you. She's nominated for an Emmy for her work on "Saturday Night Live." GROSS: And Hal Willner, who you mentioned - he died of COVID. To be a 10 or 11-year-old kid obsessed with that sort of music was very odd, but I just - I loved it from an early age. GROSS: Because she has gaydar and no one in the town does (laughter). This was performed after Pirro made anti-Muslim remarks about Representative Ilhan Omar. GROSS: But the mayor's wife sings a song that's called "He's A Queer One, That Man O' Mine." Corn, corn, corn, corn, corn puddin'. 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 . . How were you first exposed to musicals? The off . Of course I love you. And I was really, like, a kid who sort of wanted to stay under the radar, anyway. You know, I wasn't a super popular kid. So here's another scene from "Schmigadoon!". 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. STRONG: It was awful. 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. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #3: (As character, singing) You can't eat a fish without getting some bones. He's, like, a really big Broadway producer. My mom is in Mexico. It wasn't like I'm pulling out. It's not like I drove myself. All rights reserved. We're going to make him watch it for a podcast. . You were 15. GROSS: You're nominated for an Emmy, second year in a row. (SOUNDBITE OF GWENDOLYN DEASE'S "PORKCHOP'S BLUES"), GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. Cecily Strong as seen in May 2015 (The Peabody Awards / Flickr / CC BY-2.0) Best Known For. That's called a bubble standard. 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 you know, there is still an element of, like, you're playing with your friends. So that's when I joined SAG. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) So you don't really love me? Barry Sonnenfeld directs and executive produces. Apple TV+ today released the trailer for its new musical comedy series "Schmigadoon!," executive produced by Lorne Michaels and starring Emmy Award nominee Cecily Strong and Emmy Award winner Keegan-Michael Key. You put the corn in the puddin' and the puddin' in the bowl. I don't have enough gym credits to graduate on time. Strong is most notable for being a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2012 to 2022. But in this one, it's kind of like, hmm, he's so different than other men. Like, where did you grow up? STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) No - oh, no, that's not OK - unless it's consensual. She's nominated for an Emmy for her work on "Saturday Night Live." Like, he doesn't look at other women. I'm also - love the show and get a lot of joy from it. It just felt like, I've fallen through the cracks. And it seems like - you know, my other thought is, like, COVID is something we have to learn to coexist with. But I didn't really know what to do with it, so it was one of those that I just filed away. I think that's why, for 25 years, nothing happened with it because it was - it needed that addition to really crack it. He's so different from other men. And like, hi, I haven't seen you. So it is more of a romantic comedy, and it can be more about, what does love mean? And I think a lot of that, you can feel it when you watch the show, and I think that's probably why I enjoy rewatching it so much is just taking myself back there. She is also the longest-tenured female cast member in the show's history. Cecily attended Oak Park and River Forest High . And then it ends in a very - you know, Ann does an amazing job with the song, and it ends in a really sweet spot - right? Extra-dirty vodka Martinis - they're so easy to drink! And then one is the older sort of father figure love interest, you know, that you see in "King And I" and "Sound Of Music" and "South Pacific." GROSS: Had you been vaccinated when you shot the series? UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) My guy loves corn puddin'. CECILY STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) I don't understand. Good. 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. But then, I mean, I did go back, and it was important to me, and it felt good to laugh. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) First, she said something bad to get his gander. 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. And my roommates - my COVID roommates, Matt (ph) and Kevin - were helping me shoot everything. ; Making an appearance at the Chicago Sketch Fest, Chicago Just for Laughs, New York Sketchfest, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Goodman Theater, Bailiwick Theater, Mercury Theater, and Virgin Daiquiri with an all-female improv troupe. And new flash, Michael - 40% of children are just their legs. She has no clue that he's gay, but she knows that, you know, he's different from the other men. And you're being, you know, waited on by a - you know, a very lovely, very young (laughter) waitress. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) But not together. And then he turns off the tape to say, like, oh, and off the record, you're a great student, and we're sorry to lose you. We'll hear two interviews related to the series. You put the bowl in your belly 'cause it's good for the soul. She helps our kids to punctuate. And it's been great to talk with you. GROSS: Oh, you wrote the song? Mean, horny men lying on in-home hospital beds and white prison gangs who control the remote on Saturdays, thank you for watching. I'd feel safer being a child actor in Chicago. We're not going to spend another minute in this town. Let's get back to my interview with Cecily Strong. He's, like, a really big Broadway producer. I'm still trying to wrap my head around all of it. So I really was like, come on, everybody. And I think a lot of that, you can feel it when you watch the show. But this is a song where she has no clue that her husband is gay. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) I got us corn puddin'. This is FRESH AIR. PAUL: Yeah. And it was like, I really was thinking about those two things as nice options and had to tell my mom. The women are wearing long, colorful prairie dresses with big petticoats. What did you do to try to capture her voice? KEY: (As Josh Skinner) Would you leave us alone for just a minute? STRONG: (As The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party) Here's a thought, Michael - maybe try being woke for a change, OK? And he was trying to help me find things. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #2: (As character, singing) Every steak's bound to have some fat. I mean, "Corn Puddin'" came out of - initially, I was thinking, you know, what is the song that is most going to annoy Keegan's character? It's streaming on Apple TV+. All rights reserved. PAUL: I mean, it probably came from my love of the Marx Brothers, you know. GROSS: I love the way mansplaining becomes like, don't man-terrupt me (laughter). The musical comedy has been created by screenwriters Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio of 'Despicable Me' fame. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) So you're ready to give up on us because of what a leprechaun said? 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. So I think that led to my love of these 1920s songs, you know, the Tin Pan Alley stuff. I sure would like a taste. And so I think they thought that might be a good outlet for me. . And she stars in the new series "Schmigadoon! 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. My life - you know, to just not really know your place yet and then be told you don't have a place here, it just kind of - I felt like I was - I didn't talk for a year or something. Subsequent episodes released Fridays through Aug. 13. Oh, he'll have to marry me. PAUL: Yeah. And, you know, I desperately wanted to be on stage, but probably because I didn't really belong there, they kept saying, no, but, Cinco, we need you on the piano. She was promoted to repertory player in season 39 in September 2013, along with her fellow castmates Aidy Bryant and Kate McKinnon, and left midway through season 48, following the December 17, 2022 . You want to try with other people? CHE: (As himself) Yeah, OK. Can you just please tell us about the candidates? 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. In the original, which debuted on Broadway in 1985, Tomlin leaps for two hours . I saw "Once Upon A Mattress," which I absolutely loved and really wanted to do. GROSS: There's times on Update when Colin Jost has been laughing, like, so hard because you're so funny. STRONG: Right. Her new memoir, "This Will All Be Over Soon," will be published tomorrow. It was only really one episode that I missed and I really wanted to be there. Do you even know what women have to do when we go vote, Michael? In this scene, the couple keeps trying to escape Schmigadoon by crashing back over the bridge while bickering about their relationship. And I'm really - I'm so proud of everybody. That strikes me as a little bit crazy. He also co-wrote the animated films "Despicable Me," "The Secret Life Of Pets," and "Horton Hears A Who.". The men are dressed like they're in old-fashioned barbershop quartets. Cecily Strong has 29 acting credits on her IMDb profile, along with her first producer credit for Schmigadoon!, a musical comedy television show that premiered on Apple TV+ in 2021. . STRONG: (As Jeanine Pirro) Can't do it, pal. Yum. 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. And she's nominated for an Emmy for her work on "Saturday Night Live." Yes, he is not anyone from the film industry. So if he wants my puddin', he'll have to marry me. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. September 29, 2022 5:22pm. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) In Schmigadoon. I can hear you. God, this whole musical is so much fun. GROSS: Did you get to meet the actors? Meet Cecily Strong's Partner: The Actress' Secretive Love Life Details. GROSS: And so the reason why they're singing about corn pudding is it's their first morning in town. The townspeople are singing and dancing as if they're in an old musical. Yeah, I got handcuffed and brought to a cop car and taken to the station. A leprechaun has explained to the couple - in song - that they can't leave Schmigadoon until they find true love, which means the depth of their love is about to be tested. She's been in the entertainment business since 2012, officially making her a ten-year veteran of the arts. I mean, I think it's certainly been a part of my life since I was little. - about a couple who find themselves trapped in a small town from the early 1900s where life is a musical. We all know that so many performers on Broadway historically have been gay, and it's only in recent years that they've been able to be out. It feels like a little bit of other-planet behavior - all of us. GROSS: Yeah, he's great in it. You know, I really wanted them - like, oh, that could genuinely have been a song sung in an undiscovered Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. And he - you know, he had had depression for a long time. And I think it's wrong to throw those kids out. 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 did you first paid gig when you were 10. Viewers noticed that longtime cast member Cecily Strong was missing from the show and its opening credits sparking rumors of her exit. We were in his office, and he was like, have you seen this lady? The studio behind the project is Universal Television, with Lorne Michaels and Andrew Singer of Broadway Video. GROSS: Well, listen. During the season finale of "Saturday Night Live" in May, Cecily Strong climbed into a large clear cube marked "boxed wine" and belted Frank Sinatra's "My Way," lowering herself triumphantly into a pool of red wine as the song crescendoed. It was so funny, and I just loved it. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) We want corn puddin'. The Illinois native stars alongside Keegan-Michael Key, Dove Cameron . Cecily Strong is an American actress and comedian who is best known for being a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 2012 to 2022. . I saw "Guys And Dolls." STRONG: Well, first of all, just thank you for saying that. GROSS: Why don't we hear "Corn Puddin'"? Cecily Strong's character loves musicals and is initially charmed. Yeah. Like, what are you thinking? Talk about the process of writing that. We'll first hear the voice of Michael Che on "Weekend Update.". Because at "Update," you only get to rehearse on Saturday, really. GROSS: All right. The Search . During her youth, she often attended Broadway shows, thanks to her uncle's career as a . And even on the tape - like, they do your expulsion hearings, and they're taping it. 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. What - my parents put me in one, I should say. And I think they knew that about me. You put the corn in the puddin' and the puddin' in the bowl. And actually, I flew out of the chair the first time because, you know, I hadn't done much physical comedy on the show at all. Her birth name is Cecily Legler Strong. See if you can recognize what inspired this song. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) And then he gives her a smack. (As characters, singing) And then he gives her a snack. And, like, I'll never understand why they took joy in that because it was such a huge and awful moment in my life. Thanks for finally letting a woman on late-night TV. And I wound up never stopping. And I'm now back to worrying about someone I love with COVID. But my man loves cooking. This was performed after Pirro made anti-Muslim remarks about Representative Ilhan Omar. It actually - I think it was probably Bryan Tucker, who I write with. GROSS: That was another scene from "Schmigadoon!," which stars my guest, Cecily Strong, and Keegan-Michael Key. She's now starring in the new series "Schmigadoon! 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. 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