Vanessa Bayer
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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.

Okay, Vanessa Bayer is today. Vanessa Bayer. What a lovely girl. We had a great time with her. She's an SNL vet from not very long ago. No. She had a great run. She just took off. Like a lot of people, started as a feature, moved up to the main cast, and just created a lot of indelible, wonderful characters. Her name is Vanessa Bayer.

Her Laura Parsons, who acts out like adult movies. She does a lot of childlike things in such a funny way. Her Miley Cyrus is hysterical. Yes. And she's just really, really sweet.

And she talks a bit in her new show, she talks about surviving childhood leukemia. So there's a seriousness to it and how it affected the rest of her life. And so in this new show, I Love That For You, it's about that. Oh yeah, I thought it was I Love You For That, but it's I Love That For You. I Love That For You. I wrote it down because it is one of those...

So she's adorable and talented, and this was a really, really fun podcast. Yeah, I saw that. And then she comes in, and Molly Shannon, the great Molly Shannon. And Molly Shannon and her together. Yeah, so that's a score. I have to tell you, you know, off the record, Dana, I cram these things in. This is just a quick story. Okay. I told Dana the other day that I auditioned for the Monkees. He wanted to find out what happened. So the Monkees is a band. Oh, I knew. I was...

I was in that era. I'm a believer. I couldn't leave. I mean, I knew they weren't the Beatles, but I was watching that show every night. Dana, I just got the numbers and our crowd is four to seven year olds. That's our big demo that listens to this podcast. So it went from two to five to four to seven. Yeah, we're going up. We're getting more mature. So they reboot it. They reboot the monkeys. And they want you maybe to play. Right when I move out here, I'm just starting standup. I'm staying with Kevin. I'm staying with you maybe at that point.

or the funny boys, Jim and Jonathan on their couch. So I'm barely here. I'm back and forth to Phoenix. Oh, you just arrived. Scottsdale, yeah. So Bud Friedman, the legendary owner of the improv, sees me do a few spots, lets me stand. I'm probably 20. He goes, David?

They're doing a Monkees reboot or something. They never call it a reboot. They're going to do the Monkees again. It's called the new Monkees. I go, oh yeah? And he goes, you should get, I could try to get you an audition for that. He goes, you look young. You look like you're 15. I go, oh yeah? I go, but the only thing is I skateboard, but I don't play...

you know, I don't really sing or do band. He goes, it doesn't matter. These shows are like all fake. You just go in there and they have someone do it for you and it's all lip sync. I go, oh, okay. He's just such a nice man, bud. He goes, I'll get you in. I go, all right. I have to drive back to LA and I have to fly back on Southwest to,

To do it, and I go to Warner Brothers and I go to some trailer. It's not quite as glam as you see in the movies. So this dusty trail looks like a school trailer. And they're like, next. So all these kids are there and they have all- And cattle call. Yeah, cattle call. Cattle call. That's what they call it. Textbook cattle call. Yeah.

I go in, they all look like me and they're all little squirts. They're all fucking. Oh, I love it. Don't you love it when you go to, and I see all guys with weak chins. I'm like, everyone in here has a weak chin. Why am I in here? Yeah. And they're all like, but some cool like band looking dudes, you know? So I walk in, I literally sit down and he goes, so looking at your comedian. And I go, yeah, yeah. Pretty fucking funny if you go by the world. And he goes, so.

So what instrument you play? And I go, I don't play an instrument. He goes, you sing? And I go, no. And he goes, what are you doing here?

And I go, well, and he goes, do you know what this is? I go, it's the monkeys, it's all pretend. And he goes, well, you sing and play good. - Well, they learned, the real monkeys learned to play their instruments later. They had such a chip on their shoulder. They learned it and went out and toured and played all the instruments. But the initial, they didn't. - Yeah, but of course, I look like the biggest asshole in the world. And he goes, so why would you come in? And I go, I skateboard. And he goes, well, this isn't the X Games. Who gives a fuck?

Who was your agent at this point? I know, it was Bud Freeman. Oh, it was Bud Freeman. He just told me to go in. I didn't have an agent. Take it outside. So then I fucking cab back to the airport, back to Southwest going, I feel like I nailed it. You were the surfer, skateboard, teen idol look back then. Yeah. Hey, so here we go. Here's Vanessa Bayer. Where...

Oh, there she is. Is that her? That's her, yeah. I shut up a minute late like a little princess. Jeez, Meg Markle's finally here. Jeez, good lord. Where's Chuck? Where's the bigger guy? Oh, here's my microphone. Sorry, Vanessa, I'm new.

Do I need a microphone? This is David's first podcast. Vanessa is first time hosting a podcast right now. And you have a Broadway video sweatshirt. I have this on today and I thought I'll keep it on. Yeah. For those of you at home. Go team. Dana, what's Broadway video? For those of you at home who don't know, Broadway video is sort of a production company started by...

A gentleman by the name of Lorne Michaels, a Canadian gentleman. And the

They sort of do all kinds of activity and television shows. That's all I got. You know, David, when you get your check for Coneheads, if it says Broadway video, don't be frightened. It's still going to clear. David, Dana, if you're going to interview Vanessa, remember to be very clear. Be very, very brief and be on point. Thanks, Lauren. Call you soon. I like, really love you. Talk to you later, Lauren. I'm not kidding.

I don't even know what I'm doing. That's all I got. Mic drop. Let's get some house. Let's get housekeeping. Do you want me to record on QuickTime?

Greg? I haven't heard about QuickTime since I watched little porn clips when I was like 22. I had QuickChips. Remember QuickChips from 1962? No. You youngins don't remember. In my day, we had QuickChips. Vanessa, we're going to let you talk in about a half hour. Just hang tight. Oh, I can't. We're really self-involved. We're horrible hosts. I want to tell you guys, I... Well...

I have to, I was just on a plane. I'm in New York now. I was just on a red eye. That's not what I had to tell you. I love playing stories. Yeah. So anyway, I slept a little, whatever, but I was thinking about just now I was like getting ready for this and I, I didn't need to tell you at all that I was just on a red eye. That's not part of the story actually, but I was thinking about how excited I was to do this because I,

I really love both of you so much. And I just want to say like, I truly like you're two of my favorite, like comedians and actors. And I just like, just thinking about getting to do this with you and how influential both of you were. Like, I just am so happy to be doing this. Let's end it there. Yeah. I think this is great. Thank you for having me.

We're going to take a quick break now with our sponsor. That's been Vanessa Blair. She got the cue card we sent her. That's so nice. Right back at you. You know what I thought about you, because it's okay to be nice and sincere in 2022, I think. When I thought about you and I hosted the show, I thought, damn, she's like an incredibly nice person. Like literally, that's kind of, was I mistaken? That's the question. Yes.

Oh, yeah. I mean, I really like the whole cast, too. But no, but I remember you, Fred, they're all that cast was great. But anyway, love. Yeah. But no, I I hope that I am a nice person. But yeah.

Even if I was like a real nasty monster, I still meant what I said about you guys. That's nice. We have it recorded and it'll be on a tape loop. So we're going to work that on Instagram. We were wondering just quickly, who is the biggest bitch in the show again? I think you were...

Just quickly. Who did you, did you hate someone on 8H? You don't have to say the name, but was there someone you go, man, I hate that fucking person. Like, I mean, in general. No, I'm kidding. Don't have to. No.

She's like, eight people came to mind. She's like, well, let me whittle this down. I was going to start going through a list for you. No, I wasn't. Yeah. I think you guys had a good little squadron there when you were there. And I think you came on in 2010. Is that right? Yes, that's right. And you had a pretty long run, it says. And someone asked me at TMZ at the airport the other day. Literally, they're like, you know, and he goes, is everyone...

Leaving too quickly. I think Pete's been there for eight years and Kate's been there for 10. I'm like too quickly. I know. I stayed like six. I think Farley and Sandler were five. They go, why did people leave? I go, because it's a mental and physical beating every day. Yeah. Yeah. I was there for seven and I think Kate and Aidy were there for 10. That's a lot. Leslie's been there for 10. Yes. I mean, Keenan's been there.

Kenan was there before Lorne. Kenan predated Lorne. He grew up there. He was there in 1971, and there was a whole different, it was called SNL Nights, and I can't remember who the producer was. He was actually Rodney Allen Rippey. Dick Cavett was the producer of SNL Nights in 71, and Kenan was the number one cast member. That's all I, we'll let you talk now.

But if we're talking about Casimir, it's kind of interesting because it changed a lot for you. I had the same and then I had the bad boys come in, you know, Spade being one of them, Farley, Sandler, and Rob Schneider. So you started as a feature player and you had Zeth and Bobby Moynihan, Andy Sandberg, Jason Sudeikis, and then...

Cecily Strong or Cecily? Cecily Strong came. Cecily. I'm sorry. Yeah. Cecily, Kate, and 80 came like my...

Third year. And I knew 80 from Chicago. Okay. And she was a good friend of mine. So that was like incredible, but all of them are, were so great. And by the way, I have like, if you look it up, it says I have the record for the women who is there the longest because I was there seven seasons, but they were all there. No, hold on with you. And season. So it just hasn't been updated.

Yeah, I read that about you and it said 149 episodes in seven seasons. So that means you had episodes where you went past 20 shows a season. Well, yes, exactly. It was a technicality that I had was the most shows because other women had been there for seven seasons, but their seasons just weren't as long. Is that Maya? Right.

I think it's Maya. I think it's Maya. I'm going to call you the champion. I don't think I'd be out of place to call you the champion of Saturday Night Live episode quadrants or whatever. Dana, do you know how many shows or years you did or how many shows actually? I was just shy of seven years. David, thank you for asking. We'll be with you in a minute.

This is not about me. No, I was. I was as close... There was a strike. So I only ended up with like 130 episodes, but it was basically seven seasons. So I think that's a good run. Seven... What was it? Yes! What...

Did anything in specific participate your departure since all your bandmates, a lot of them were staying? Yeah. Well, a couple of one, the main thing was seven years was the contract, as you know, right. It was probably the con. Was it the contract when you were there? No, maybe not. Five. Okay. It was seven for us.

And I just couldn't envision an eight scam. You know, our, my second or third year, I think my third season, the pay went up and it was the first time it had gone up since like you guys were there. So it was like, wait, without you asking, it went up. It just sort of bumped.

I think they realized that meaning, meaning the pay for everybody that like set rate that you get, like you get a certain amount your first year, it like stayed the same since like,

I think the nineties. And then eventually in like 2012, they were like, maybe we should add to this a little because of inflation. So you were with, you had three roommates, you couldn't afford an apartment. So then you got down to two roommates. Yeah, it was cool. We got paid not well, but that's just on the side note that we all, you know, I think no one has leverage when they get hired because no one's famous. No one has any, you just say, I'll sign on the dotted line. And then,

The last year we got all tough and Farley and Adam and I asked for a raise and we said we were not coming back to the show. Can you believe how crazy we were? And Lauren goes, that's fine. Yeah.

And we go, wait, no, we're like not coming back. Show will collapse. He goes, no, I think it'll stay. Have you met Will Ferrell? Yeah. He's always coming in. And I was like, I didn't know he was such a home run hitter, but he's also good. We didn't, we actually backed ourself into a corner because we didn't know what to do. We were like, wait, are they not going to do anything? And we don't go. I mean, and,

And then I think he talked to Bernie Brillstein. This is how old we are. And Bernie met him in the middle. A Santa Claus superstar talent manager. He just said, give them half of what they want and let's just go. That's good. It was something. And then those guys left, I guess, got fired. I didn't know Sandler Farley got fired until a year ago, I think. Really? Yeah. Did you know that? Kind of heard about it, but I didn't really understand what happened. That it could be possible. Yeah.

Yes. But also, yeah, it was just confusing because it seemed like they were so beloved, but stuff was happening with the network or something. I think they wanted to start over, like, let's get new people in. I don't know. It seems dumb. I thought they were both doing so well in movies. They just left and it made perfect sense. Yeah. Nothing. I don't think anything at SNL, the culture of it would be you're called in and someone tells you, by the way, you can get your things and leave the building. Yeah.

It's like a cast member telling you, oh, I think you're fired. That's true. It's a slow motion thing. It's like, you never quite know what's going on. Maybe it's by design. Where's my desk and what am I doing? How did you land on that when you first got there? That's such a good point because it's like they probably don't even know. Adam probably doesn't really know exactly. Because you sort of hear and then it's like through reps and then there's like...

Yeah. Yeah. You're right. You're right. Nobody knows. It's never like, let's have a talk. Can you come to my office? And you're like, Oh, he's like, you know, it's just not working out. It's just it with us. It was Marcy Klein or Shoemaker. Yeah.

Right. Totally. And you'd see people running out of Lauren's office in tears, grabbing their script. I remember Erin Maroney, this girl that worked for Lauren, she used to come down and poke her head in my office and go, Lauren's really mad at you. And then she'd run off. And I'd go, well, he isn't mad at me? But it was so easy to get me going because it made sense. It was worse when they said, they said, Lauren really likes you. And that was scarier. Lauren really likes, he does? Yes.

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That's $50 off with CodeFly at BlueNile.com. BlueNile.com. You don't know this, but you starred in 2010. Right. And I'm going to go through a couple of things with you. Okay, I'll take it. Were you? Okay, first we're going to go back to when you, it says, because we're going to talk about your show name. And Dana and I argued, it's either called, hang on, Dana. I love you for that or I love that for you.

um well or wrong i was gonna say it's it's i love that for you oh we both missed it but it does it makes sense you'd be confused because

Well, initially it was called Big Deal. And then we changed it to I love this for you. Right. And then Showtime did like research because they were like, we're not sure that's the phrase. And the more common phrase is I love that for you. So honestly, I feel like any collection of those kinds of words. Yes. Right. Does that sort of sound... Is it supposed to be condescending when people say that to you? Yeah, it's supposed to... Well, it's supposed to be like...

it's a lot of people on like a home shopping network would say that, but it's also kind of this phrase that's used a lot, sometimes genuinely, sometimes condescendingly. We sort of love like all the kind of takes it could, all the kind of ways you could interpret it. It is true. I bought a house once and my friend had a girlfriend that was 20 and I was 35 and it was the first time I'm buying a house. It was pretty big. And she looked at it and I go, isn't this great? She goes, I think it's good for you.

And I go, what does that mean? And he told me later, she thought it wasn't big enough for her to live in. I go, this is the biggest house I've ever bought at to that point in my life. And I was like,

Dude, I don't know. But that's how it is. It sounded nice and I walked away feeling crummy and I go, what does that mean? Yeah, it's just got a little twist in it. Right on the edge of being patronizing. Yeah. I love that for you. But in the show, because I watched, it's on Showtime and I watched- Showtime and streaming. Oh, and streaming? And streaming through Showtime. Okay. Through Showtime. Like if you get like Hulu with a Showtime-

Yeah. It's not Showtime Plus, though. Is there no Showtime Plus? No.

No, there's Paramount Plus. There's Paramount Plus. I think there is a Showtime app. Yeah. If you have... They'll figure it out. So, yeah, I'm sorry to constrain that part. Well, I wrote a pilot for a show recently called How to Find That Show. And it's sort of... It's kind of... Well, you know, it's an office thing. Go back to your show. So, it seems like you're a master of... I don't know the...

Because I was looking at all your stuff, like of this very fine line of this sort of archetypal character you have that plays the line of sarcasm and sweetness. And how would you describe like what you and Molly Shannon are doing on your show as far as the banter and the subterfuge and things mean this and that? I mean, obviously, do you want to talk about that a little bit? Well, yeah. I mean, I think it's like it's like it's the thing of just trying to be like.

Just just trying to be sweet and stuff, but not fully, but also like trying to keep up. And so just talking to sort of like, look, I'm doing it now. I don't even know. But it's just kind of like trying to sort of seem like I like this character is like,

with it and understanding and fits in when, when really she's just like trying to figure things out. Yeah. It seemed to me like it's a, it's a, you, you have characters, a lot of your characters you're pulling for immediately. You have a very genuine sweetness and authenticity. And so, and you're always smiling and you're always upbeat. Like when they're just little things are doing your hair and you're, you're kind of excited. No one gives a shit that you have this new job and you're like the only one excited at a new job. And,

everyone has been in that position or a lot of showbiz people have it. Everyone's jaded, but you don't really know what the sharks are going to be like when you get to a new position. When I got to SNL, I thought they'd be like, for he's a jolly good fellow. Every time I go in the room, I go, is this a surprise party for me? And they're like, no, no one even knows you're here. And actually they're mad you are. So it's different. So you get hired at this home shopping network, but you're like a really good person and very excited about it. And you're going to a place where I'm not giving a lot away, I don't think, but you know, everyone's sort of,

In the groove. It's kind of like SNL. Everyone's doing their thing and everyone's sort of quietly competitive and everyone doesn't know if they like the new person. They're dealing with you, but, and then you, I think, have to at some point, as genuine and sweet as you are, you realize I have to do, make some moves here to keep up or I'm done. Yeah, totally. And, and, um,

I created it with other SNL people. My co-creator, Jeremy Byler, and I wrote together SNL. Jesse Kleiner, showrunner, worked at SNL. So we saw parallels. I don't know if you guys felt this way, but my first day, I was just like, there were so many famous people. And I just was like, now I have to work with these people. And I have to just kind of be normal.

normal with them and and that was hard for me and I had to you know you have to fake it

Well, you walk in and you probably have some SNL people that have been there for a while. And, uh, even writers are intimidating. You hear good, big writers are there. Yeah. And you want them to like you. Yes. That's all you want. It's for the writers to like you. It's kind of just like Larry David does a version of just awkward, awkward situations that are subtly played. You know, it's kind of fun to act like that. Right. To be that character. Totally. And I also think like, um,

Because like, I think because I smile a lot and I like have this nice demeanor, which I think is, I'd like to think is genuine, but I guess, well, yeah.

We'll see if we get a season two. You tricked Dana. He thinks you're nice. You're not even from Canada or Minnesota, right? But I'm from Cleveland. I'm from the Midwest. You know, Molly and I are from like the same part of Cleveland. We're from like 15 minutes from each other. Both the most likable people. You're both extremely, extremely likable. And I was excited when I saw that you're in a show together.

So I thought you have a comic sensibility that would match very nicely the way you play. It's so fun getting to do it with her. It's how I feel about you guys. It's like, it's just like, Oh my God, this is a dream. Um, but so because I, because I, um, because of that smiling and, and be like the, my demeanor, I feel like it's fun because I can sort of get away with more things. And I think this, like, um,

you know, in, in when, as this character, I probably in real life too. Well, and then extended going to SNL for a sec, like, uh, cause I looked at some of your stuff. There's some great YouTube videos that kind of show a lot of years that I was aware, but to watch it again, Laura Parsons, who talks like a child star and then goes way out of bounds. It's sort of that smiling, super likable, but then says the totally inappropriate thing. Uh,

It just feels like it's a wheelhouse that you have, you know, and I love the bar mitzvah boy. It's so, that character, Jacob. His name's Jacob, yeah. He's so cute and sweet and you captured...

a boy that's like 12 or something yeah yeah yeah completely try to interact with him but he just keeps reading his script of what he's kind of he's not like warm he's kind of like rude and very stuck on his script it really is a funny observation that he just has to keep going back to his speech yeah yeah well i think boys that age too that's i also i mean

I just think boys that age are so awkward and especially when they have to have bar mitzvahs, they don't know how to

navigate that like formality. And so they just like go like this to like, you know, put their glasses up and stuff because they're like hands are. It looks like high pressure. I went to a bat mitzvah last weekend. It looks like such high pressure. I got it. Who else was telling me they were going? Oh yeah. I know what, I know what you went to and I got to hear about it. It was pretty high. What was it? Why was any celebrities there? Conan was there. Conan.

I think he has a pass to go to all bat mitzvahs. I've seen him in every one. And, uh, but he, he was there and, uh, but the, the, you know, when they give their speeches and stuff, it's about two hours and it's like pressure for the parents. Everyone has to get up and talk. Everyone has to do things. There's a lot, there's a lot of changing of the hands and, and then they have to recite. I think she was singing, um,

Possibly in Hebrew? Is that possible? Yeah. Yeah. You usually have to sing like your, I could be getting like your half Torah portion or something. Yeah. And it's all like, like, it's all like, kind of like what? There were some toe tappers in there. I didn't understand all of it, but. Toe tappers. Yeah. And it was nice that you. Oh, that I went. Oh, you just froze. But I think she said I went.

She froze off. I'm just going to talk about myself. I did go. She had a great voice and she sang. And so to combine... Oh my God, Dana's frozen too. Am I the sole survivor? That's a little orthopedic action. Wait, I'm going to stop talking. David? David? David, we've lost him. But we're not frozen. So we can continue. My guest today is Vanessa Bayer. And Dave will be back in a second. He probably just took a bathroom break. Um...

Oh, it all just shut down. He's coming back. Rachel from Friends. I just have a list of some of your greatest hits that are just fun to talk about. David, are you back? Unfortunately, yes. We're so happy. Did you guys never go away? We never went away.

Oh, and I was talking about study, uh, singing. No. Well, we heard past that and there's something about going to the daytime. Bob mitzvah. And I said, I was saying you went to the service. I went to the service. There was singing. I'm going to go back a half hour. I went to the service. We talked only about you while you were gone. So don't worry. We talked about how her tunes were toe tappers. And then, uh, she has a great voice. She sang. We did two hours. Uh,

It was interesting and everyone was excited. And then that night they had a full-blown rager. All right, a super spreader event. Omicron 3.B-7X. I think I had the most germs out of anyone. You know what happened is, I think you were just talking about Jennifer Aniston. My daughter was so excited to meet Jennifer. We'll finish up that thought if we have a second. We'll go back. We'll go back, but let's go to the point. The funny thing was, I was at the table and I go on.

And I said, hey, you guys want a drink? I was running the bar and it was three celeb types. No, two. Two and a half stars. I'm going to go grab. And I go, you guys want anything? But I was a little buzzed. And they go, oh, yeah, maybe like a vodka soda with splash. And the other one's like, yeah, I'll take like a.

maybe creme de cassis lemon twist i go yep and then i'm walking and i'm realizing i don't really remember it and i'm saying it over and over my head and like paying telephone with myself but i'm saying it back wrong too and then people like it's better and i know people there and i'm like hold on hold on and then i come back to the table i'm like here's your jaeger bomber and a side of spaghetti and they're like what and i'm like what did you want and of course i botched the whole thing

Anyway, we can cut that out. I'm never going to be a bartender, Bob Mitzvah, after hearing that story. I will never allow myself to get recruited to serve drinks. We had a great time. And then when I think I left with Harper, my daughter, but Halsey was about to sing and Charlie Puth. Charlie Poop? What's his name? And Chuck Poop. And they sang. But the one before that was...

when I was leaving with my mom, when the other daughter had a rager and my mom was like, Oh, my feet are tired. I go, we can get you out of here. So we've been here in like three hours. So we're walking out and we, and, uh,

this guy goes don't go and i turn out it's adam levine and he's got his shirt off and uh my mom goes oh who are you and she goes he goes i'm a singer i'm going on right now it's a surprise and she goes oh why are we leaving i you wanted to leave and she goes no let's stay a couple and i go she goes i got my sketchers on i'm fine so we go back in and then she just is like holding her phone up like every kid they're watching oh my god that's so fun and

Those must have been the most fun bat mitzvahs of all time. I just hear, yeah. Yeah. I can't imagine. I mean, it was just like a, just a fun party and they all got to talk and sing and do everything. But anyway, back to this. So you did your, you're talking about her impression of Aniston, which is great. Very cool impression that Vanessa did. Jennifer Aniston. Yeah, that's so cool.

Yeah, I was just saying it was like she was sort of she was considered like a friend of the show and no one was really doing her. It's true. I was like, I don't think I've seen people do of all obvious huge stars. Yeah, because I think they were like, you have to get it. They're sort of like you have to get it right. And like, we love her so much. We don't want to like, even though like I was saying, like, I think usually often the impressions are like kind of.

You know, they're not like negative. They're not. But then I...

Then I did it on Kimmel, I think, actually. And then I did like Rachel, you know, Jennifer Aniston doing Rachel on Kimmel. And then the next my next season on SNL, they let me do it like on Weekend Update. And then I did a movie that Jennifer Aniston was in. And that's when I met her. And she was an office party. Yes. Office Christmas party. And she was so nice about it. And we were like, she was like.

I don't know if it was her or Chris McMillan who does her hair. Who's also so funny. One of them was like, it's, it was one of their ideas, I think maybe, or, or we were all like, that would be so fun to, for them to come on for her to come on as. And did she come on without hosting? Yeah, she came on. It was like the holiday episode, I think. And I did, I did like,

And then she like comes on to update, but she wasn't hosting. She wasn't hosting. No, that's even bigger for the audience. They go bananas. Did you have, you know, Oh, go ahead. Oh no, I've had nothing. I just have your technique. I need you to have a, a line or a little thing that she did as Rachel. I like, Oh, Oh, Oh, yeah. Yeah. Well, because I think I, I,

her going like, yeah. Oh, oh yeah. Like her, like thinking. And then, yeah, that's like spot on. And then how she, um, like finishes word words. She goes like, that's right. Like she does. Yeah. I mean, that's well, those are hard to pick up, but Dana's great at that. That's why I'm doing Ross Perot or something. This is a very subtle. I'm not near your, but I, but I, um,

But it was just, it's fun. Yeah. It's just fun to, to. It's a, it's incredible. It's incredibly fun. And, and now that we're here as Vanessa Bayer impressionist, you, you're Miley, Miley Cyrus was, were you the first one to sort of break that on SNL? Cause that's a really fun. I couldn't believe one of the hosts had like done it.

in like a sketch or something, but in general, no one was doing her. And I couldn't believe it because she also has such a distinct way of talking. It's a really distinct twangy voice. Yeah. And, and, and I think we have really, we both have these just like enormous mouths. She's like, Hey, leave me out of this. So I think it just felt like a natural, um,

a natural thing to do. So I auditioned with Miley. I, I, I was, I had been working on that. Yeah. And I, I, I did this thing about like her comparing herself to, um, not in like a sacrilege, but her comparing herself to Jesus. Like we both have really long hair and stuff like that. And like, we both have like nails in our hair. I don't know. Like it sounds like really bad importance. Let me try. I don't do it, but let me try it.

Hi, I'm Miley Cyrus. Oh, that's terrible. You just say, you always say the name of the person you're doing it. To let people know you're doing it. This is Miley Cyrus. How y'all doing? It's awful. You know, that's the thing about impressions. You just have to be bad at first. If you say, I'm consciously going to try to do this person, you have to just wander around by yourself.

And do it out loud and be horrible, right? I do. I do Madonna, but it's on the last day of her 160 city tour when she just left Japan and her voice is fried. Hardy, if we took off.

I'm Madonna. I saw a video of her and it was the last day of her tour. And I'm like, I think she blew a tweeter or something because her voice was so low at that point. You know, I auditioned with a Madonna and never made it on the show. And how did that go? That's a tough one. How did that go, Vanessa? I mean, what was the take? She was doing a roast of Sean Penn. And guys, it's going to be so bad. You're going to come. Just say, I'm Madonna and you'll be okay. Hello, I'm Madonna.

I'm Madonna. It was like, it was like,

This is a roast of my husband, Sean Penn. I don't know. That's when Madonna had a little bit of a British accent. Yeah, yeah. She used to be more British than now. Well, when I was... We go through that phase. We all do. She's intimidating. When I was interviewing Sean Penn as the church lady, she was just eagle-eyed, didn't even blink. She was right off the camera just staring at me. Don't you hurt my husband at the time.

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Did you have like out of body experiences? I mean, there's two things I want to get to is one is your audition and what that meant to you and how you kind of got there. We know you went through second city and other improv groups in Chicago, which seems to be a classic move, but talk to either of those things, either, well, your audition and how you, how you made your way to that. What was that? Yeah. Well, I had been living in Chicago. I was in Chicago, uh,

for like about five years and then i sort of got like fixated on snl and i was like um i like submitted a writing packet to them and stuff and then i took this workshop

With this director, Matt Miller, who was he was sort of starting to do these workshops where you would do like characters and impressions for like five minutes to a to a class room of people. And then the classroom and he would like give you notes on it. And then you would come. Yeah, you'd come back in two weeks and he'd put it on tape.

And then, and the thing that he told us, which was really helpful was he was like, if you're auditioning for something like SNL, like they want you to be like a good writer too. So you, so it's not just important that your characters and impressions are accurate or like good, but that also that what they're saying is funny. Yeah. Like really stuck with me. So, so I did that. Yeah. That's the hard part. Right. So I did that. And then,

I had my DVD and then a year later, SNL came to Chicago and I basically auditioned for Sharna, the owner of IO with this DVD. They were coming and I called to get an appointment and most people were getting booked for the next week. And she was like, can you come in an hour and audition for me?

to get into the SNL work showcase. And so I just watched my DVD that I'd given her a year before. Yeah. Never looked at it. I don't think, but, um, and, um, and I watched those characters and then I came in and I just did them for her and she put me in the showcase.

And then you got seen at the Improv Olympics by some SNL people. I got seen at IO. Who was working in talent? Was it Marcy or was it Shoemaker or any of those guys? Marcy was like sort of just, Shoemaker left the year before I started, which was so sad. I just missed him. Yeah, exactly. Down a floor to Seth Meyers. Yeah. I mean, yeah, same floor. Oh, it is same floor. Yeah, same floor, which is crazy, right?

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, but Marcy was sort of working more on 30 rock. And so it was Lindsay shook us. And I, I think, I don't think an Ayala. Oh, I'm a rail. Yeah. Yeah. She's an agent now. Yeah. Yeah. She's great. Yeah. And they come up to you. Are they there or are they contact you? How does that even work? So I, so I,

I auditioned and they

I auditioned and then they asked, like I left town right after I was supposed to, I was doing the Del Close marathon with my improv team from Chicago. And I, I was supposed to go to New York that weekend to do Del, the Del Close marathon. And for those who don't know, it's an improv marathon. And he's kind of the legendary improv teacher, the Del Close. Yeah. And, and so,

The showcase that I owe the first night ran really long. So they moved me to the second night. They added a second night. And so I missed my Del Close marathon show, which my team fully understood. Why did I bring that up? Oh, then I went to New York the next day to see my improv team there. And then they called SNL called and was like, do you want to do?

get drinks with like Lauren and some of the writers. Oh my God. I know. And I was like, I'm, I'm not in Chicago anymore. I went to New York and I was like, and they were like, it's okay. It's fine. Whatever. And then, so then, then they called me and said like, would you like to come to New York in two weeks to do the showcase for the camera test is what I mean. Well, that sounds like two weeks of hell. Yeah.

As far as nerves or... You know, can we just back up for just a second really quickly? Like, how...

Because I know that people listen to this, want to be in, want to get on Saturday Night Live or be in shows. Like what, what in God's name made you think you could do this? And how did you end up doing improv in Chicago? And when did you kind of think to yourself, I think I'm actually really good. I'm really funny. It feels so weird. But it's almost hard for me to talk about this to you guys. Cause you guys are like,

We're scared too. I mean, like we all did the same thing, but we all had probably no confidence. We all are just trying to just inch to the next thing and just hope crossing our fingers something clicks or whatever. Yeah, it was a it was a fantasy that seemed impossible, really, for the longest time. But then I Dennis Miller and friends got on and it became more reality. But for your journey, I mean, when was the genesis of that experience?

Of you thinking you might be a funny person in life for a living is such a huge thing. Anyone who's ever worked with me, excuse me, knows about the all-female sketch comedy and musical parody troupe I was in in college called Bloomers.

Okay, so it started in college. Yeah. Okay. Bloomers. It was, well, I didn't start it. It had been around for about 25 years when I started it. I love the name. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's still around. You can still, you know, it's online. You're in Philly. The show's there. Yeah. The shows are in live in Philadelphia, but I do think they have an online presence now because it's, you know,

been such a long time since I was there and the internet was like kind of newer, but, but I did bloomers and I like loved it. And I was like, I always like,

I was pretty good at school when I was in like growing up. Like I was like, if I study really hard, I can get good grades. I'm not saying that I wasn't good at anything else, but I'm just saying like all of my friends were like these incredible athletes and stuff. And I was like, I'll never know what it's like to like,

be like good at sports or something like that. Like, I just didn't know what it felt like. And then when I started doing bloomers, I was like, Oh, this feels like I get it. Like, I feel like I understand this or you fit in or something. Yeah. Yeah. It felt like this is a world where I can,

kind of. And then I was like, and I, I was like, this is what I should do. And I also, like, I've talked a lot about like with my show coming out, which is kind of about someone who, who survives like childhood leukemia as I did. And then also, and, and like really like once she's done with it, misses like all the attention she got and stuff. I like sort of,

I was like, I would joke about stuff like that with my friends when I was sick. Like we would joke around a lot. And I was like, I think that actually helped like kind of form my like sense of humor. And, and I was like, Oh, I should just, this is like the world I want to be in forever. And when you, when you go through something like that, uh, leukemia, um, and listen, I've caught myself telling people I have it. I get it. But, um,

But you know, when you have that, he got, and then you get beer 15, which is a very formative time of your life, which is very scary and your whole life's in front of you, but maybe it isn't. And obviously it's on, it's great that you got through it. And then you probably develop a sense of humor you're saying. And then also it said you helped with make a wish. You did a make a wish too, right? I did a make a wish. Yeah. And how does that work? Do they check if you're bluffing? I mean, is it, is it just like, so this is a common misconception about make a wish is that you have to be terminal and

You just have to have a life-threatening illness. Okay. I like that. You can be like, like I was actually done with treatment when I had my wish, which was to go to Hawaii, um,

But so, yeah. So, yeah. But but you do have to have like you can't fake that you have a disease, but your prognosis can be good. OK. And you and it says I think you work with them after, too, right? Yeah. When I was in Chicago, especially I volunteered with them and then I've I've done some stuff with them since with like.

some of their gala, like hosting some of their gala. You know, Sandler does a lot with them and you know, Sandler's always quiet about this stuff, but I've been over there at Happy Madison or he will call and say, Hey, we got a kid coming down. Do you want to come down? Cause he likes whatever movie or what? And then we'll all, whoever's around can rally down there and just like, he'll meet us. He plays basketball with him. Then we come and we meet him for lunch and then we all go back. But the kids, he always makes sure they have a good time. So I really think those things are cool. And I think they do a great job.

It's awesome. And by the way, on this same subject, How to Care for a Sick Bear, which I read today. And it's beautiful and really emotional because it's such a sweet book. It's for kids to really understand if their friend gets sick, how do they navigate that and react? It's really a sweet children's book.

Well, I sort of I I wanted to write that because I was like, I noticed like

from, from me being sick, like a lot of times people get like really freaked out when someone is sick and they think like, sure, they're maybe their personality has changed or something. Like, it's like, it's like you sort of, um, it's just, especially for kids, it's so scary, but like the lesson that I sort of learned from being sick is like, you, if someone's going through any kind of trauma, like you don't have to like

You don't have to like assume that they want to be left alone. Like it's good to like reach out to the person. And then if they want to be left alone, they can tell you, but like, it's good. I don't know. That's. Yeah. And is it good to be treated pretty normally when I meet these kids and stuff, I try to just goof around and be normal and not make such a production out of the fact. Yeah.

Just treat them like a normal dude or goof around with them. The same thing if you visit Walter Reed and people with shattered legs, same kind of thing. They want you to be kind of up and funny and ask questions. Take their mind off it for a second or something. Yeah. But it's awkward. It's hard to know sometimes what to say to someone who's having struggles, you know, just. Yeah. It's like, it's, it's, it's like, yeah, it's real. It's really hard for people. And again, I think that's why like,

I would joke around with my friends a lot when I was sick, not only about like all the perks I was getting, but also about like, you know, I'd be like, I'd be like, you know, you think you're so cool because your hair is real. Cause I was like, and I, they would like be like, great, you know? And then they would like come home from like school and like, give me all the gossip, you know, like they realized I was like the same person, but it is, it's like so scary for everyone. But that's, I do think like,

That's right. Like everyone's still the same. They just have this thing they're going through. Well, you know, pity is a powerful kind of force. And, you know, when I had my health issue, blocked arteries and stuff like that, and the doctor had a bad day, but I'm totally fine. But, you know, a lot of what I call the RCA Victor is that the head would tilt to the left like the little dog in the RCA Victor. Oh.

Are you feeling okay today? I said I either feel perfect or I'm in a hospital. There's no middle ground. So the hangover from you going through this getting completely healthy.

Totally rear view mirror. And then probably having, you know, residual people going, are you okay, Vanessa? How are you? Yeah. And that's not their fault, but it's like, you don't want pity at a given point. You want to go, I kicked ass. I'm fine. So, I mean, so go ahead, talk to that. I'm just babbling. No, no, no. That's true. I mean, it is, it is like, it is like, it's interesting because I sort of went from,

like everybody knowing that I was sick when I was in high school to then being in college where like nobody knew and it was like um and it was like fine but I had to get used to like everyone's treating me like normally when did you mostly like what's that yeah I was like well but can I kind of cut the line here it's like being famous or something well that's the thing and then like

I guess I graduated college in 2004 and I got on SNL in 2010. So then I got on SNL. It was like my new leukemia. Yeah.

No one's ever said that on this podcast. That's a t-shirt. I'm just saying. Lauren says, you know, it'll feel like leukemia for the first few weeks. It'll feel like you have some sort of autoimmune deficiency the first season. I have a few hard-hitting questions for Vanessa. Okay. Yes.

Okay, let's go. This is called the hot seat section. I was going over some of your things. Yeah. And Dana's not brave enough to hit you with these. I like the nice questions. David, go get her out. This is called the spade moment. I saw that you coincidentally make out with a lot of guys in your sketches. Yeah.

My God, Adam Driver, the great looking, Ryan Gosling, the biggest stud in America. Oh yeah, I saw the Ryan Gosling one. Yeah. I think Kristen Stewart even maybe. Hilarious. That's so funny. So is that planned or just accidental? And Chris Pratt? Yeah. Oh my God. Yeah, it is planned, but well, the Adam

The Adam Driver one I did not write, but the other ones I helped. I kind of co-wrote all the other ones. Hey, guess what? Just a newsflash so we can trend. All you have to do right now, only if you want to, is say, who is the best kisser? And it's going to be all over Yahoo News. Oh, that's right. Who is the best kisser? But you don't have to. But that's a classic. I don't have an answer because all the kisses were different and...

Wonderful in their own ways. You know, it's funny when I was watching those, I'm like going, you kiss when you kiss, when you have to kiss someone sort of crazy. Yeah. It's really not even kissing. You're just like, how do we do this? It looks nuts, but I don't know if it's sexy. And then you're always wondering, I don't want to get their icy leathery tongue actually jabbing around. You just never know. Like one time I kissed a girl on an old movie, Dana and I go, how do you, when does I never kiss anyone on camera?

And she goes, oh, just kiss me like I'm your girlfriend. It doesn't matter. I don't care anything. Do anything. So, okay. And so she came in close and I touched the side of her cheek and kissed her and she, and they go cut and she looks at the director and she goes, can you tell him not to touch my face? Oh yeah. Now you get canceled for that now. That's a bummer because you asked her. I asked her and then I go, is that me? And she didn't even look at me. She just looked at the director and I was like, I'm one inch away from her going,

I'll do whatever you want. I tried. I don't know what to do. I have a more benign kissing question for Vanessa because this may happen to anybody. Did you kiss anyone on SNL where you just had a little bit of electricity, just a little bit of like, oh, there's a chemistry. This is nothing illicit or pornographic. Just like, oh, this is some sort of physical chemistry with. You don't have to give us their name. This wasn't bad.

I'm going for a general... I'm going for a general... But then give us her name after. I think I sort of like... It's hard because you're like... If you're in a live sketch, it's like really hard to... It would happen during rehearsal probably. Like a rehearsal or like a pre-tape thing. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I...

- Any of the people we named, I would give it an R. - Well, what about Ryan Gosling? 'Cause my sister, my sister who's in her sixties, but she's always like, "Well, you gotta admit, Dane, Ryan Gosling." I'm just saying. She always says, "Well, you gotta admit, Dane." Admit what?

Like you're fighting her on it. He would be, I know, by the way, we'll just inject this as here now. How did we get weird podcasts you do with your brother? Which reminds me of me and my sister. It's really fun. Oh, that's so nice. Well, I'll just say this as we're recording. I'd love to have you...

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What was the first one? Movie or television show where as a little kid you go, holy shit. It could be The Wizard of Oz. It could be anything. I'm sorry to come back to this. It was watching you guys on SNL. Oh, wow. Damn, that's a first. Yeah, watching you guys on SNL. We would watch...

SNL. Here's what we would do. We would watch the movie April Fool's Day. It's a horrible horror movie. I was thinking, is that a horror movie?

My friend, Stephanie Rue, had the VHS tape, I think. So we would watch April Fool's Day. And then sometimes if SNL wasn't on, we'd watch The Incredible Mr. Limpet. So we would not be scared. Oh, don't. She also had that on VHS. But then we would stay up and we would watch SNL. And it was like our favorite thing. And we would quote it all week. I mean, you guys were exactly like it just...

It was you guys were so funny. I mean, we were doing like Wayne's World, like my friend Lissy did like a Wayne's World, like

Report, like where they played Wayne and Garth. And like, we were like quoting Tommy, like we were like reenacting Tommy Boyle. Like, it's like, we were just like, like just, it was so great. It was like, we were just laughing all the time to it. You're a lot younger than I am. So, you know, we had our people too. I mean, the SNL first cast, I was like just starting college, but they were like rock stars. And I can't believe there's people like,

that look like us, act like us on TV doing crazy stuff. So I get that, but that's always very nice. And if you ever run into them, I get it because when I grew up and I had movies that meant a lot to me and like, that's all that meant everything. Most kids are into comedy, but when you're with your buddies and you're watching a movie and it's so funny and you see it over and over again,

And then if I ran into Bill Murray, if I ran into Aykroyd or all these people like Eddie Murphy later in life and you see him and you, in your head, you're still like a kid going, I cannot believe I'm in some scenario where I'm in the same room with these people. Like the SNL 40th was really a candy store. It was like, oh my God. Vanessa, I just want to ask her a question real fast too, because it details what you said. Sure.

Like, do you have people fan out on you at an airport or somewhere? Oh, my God. It's Vanessa Panera. I can't believe it. So how do you react to that? I mean, so you see how it's just a... You have your fan base and people be flipped out to meet you and want to be like you. And it's a trip, isn't it? Yeah, it's so nice. It's so crazy. It's just is like...

It's crazy. Yeah. It's crazy to think that like, because you know, the thing Lauren says, is it about that? You're not the one that, what is it? I was going to say the one, and I'm going to try my impression. It's not going to be, no, everyone has to do one on the show. It's everybody's favorite cast is the one when they were growing up.

Oh, that's right. That's what he said. But I think that's true. And that's not to take any credit away from you guys. Sure. But it is kind of... We were in your formative years. You were watching Wayne's World and you were like 11 or 12. There are certain years, early formative years, teen years, that things just hit you harder. So go ahead, David. Right, right, right. And things are going out more. And by the way, we didn't have this benefit of if you miss it, which I miss it a lot, and then...

it's suddenly on a Twitter. Like I follow SNL now, but there, or it's on Yahoo news. There's like, here's our best sketch or here's five sketches. So you go,

oh, I didn't have to watch it. Like it's, it's going to be forced upon me at some point during the week that I see who hosted, who did this and that. And then you go, oh, that, that's a great benefit of getting the show out there. Yeah. Yeah, totally. And we would tape it. I mean, I would tape it a lot if I wasn't home, but then, you know, like you start watching it and someone's taped over. It's just like, it's just not very reliable. You wait for a rerun, you know,

six months later. I would just, and I'm sure you guys can relate to this, just the idea of the grease paint and the wires and the clothes falling off. Like you're in 8H, you're in your costume and you're seeing your bandmate, your co-star in the sketch, his wig is riding up

and you're exhausted or you just bumped your knee and you're just trying to get the crowd there to like you and then 10 years later you see it on youtube and it's all shiny and bright and and ever and you have people that are fans of it but in the moment it's like really i was just in a dress going isn't that special you saw it you know it's sort of so surreal it's really crazy the second you get done with it and you're doing laundry on sunday and then like

Someone calls you and goes, dude, it's Michael Keaton this week. What do you got? And you're like, we just fucking finished Tom Hanks last night. I mean, God, I got it. That's where the burnout comes from is you like you're there for 100 hosts or something, you know, and you're like, yeah, everyone Glenn Close comes in.

Danny DeVito, they go, what do you got for him? And you have to rack your brain and write and distress about read through. And then you don't get it on. And you're like, now I'm one show behind for the next show. I got to get something on. And what you're saying about the writers, you want, you want to give them some moves or some chop or be funny around the office. Just so they go, Oh, maybe you could do that in this sketch we're writing. Or maybe do you do Miley? And you're like, yeah, no. Okay. Maybe she could be in this sketch. And that all that synergy is where you have to be sort of ready at all times or have some moves, um,

to get in there. Very tricky. Did you have a character or a sketch that was just killing so hard that every time you did it, it just killed? Or one that when you're in it, you're like, damn, this is rocking. We are crushing it. Yeah, which is your best one that works? You know those kind of magic moments? I mean...

You had Rachel, you had the poetry class. Was it Weather Girl? Dawn, Weather Girl and Coherent. That's really acid humor. Yeah. Those ones, they, the weather one, I didn't get on to like right before I left. Like it was my, I did it my third to last show and my last show. And then I came back the next season and did it on update, like when I wasn't on the show anymore. But that one was really felt like, yeah,

It was just so fun. I mean, the Bar Mitzvah Boy 2 and Laura Parsons, the child actor, like it was just it was like it was like stuff that I felt like was like really from my life that I felt was so funny. And it felt also really not not saying that I was being so funny, but just like.

Like the way that kids act when they're in plays and the way that like boys are when they're getting permits that are being formal. Like it was so, it also feels kind of like validating because you're like, I knew that this was like a really funny thing that people do sort of, you know? So yeah.

But it is. It's so fun. I mean, you guys, it's like it's so fun when you're doing something like that out there. It's so fun. It's so hard. It's so hard to have fun because especially your first couple of shows and your quick changing and all that. But I think your stuff really exudes fun and you're not breaking, but you can just tell you're having so much fun.

doing those characters and it just translates your rom-com thing on update with oh yeah that yeah that's pretty funny you see that one name that's pretty funny too she starts going i mean the weather girl's a little weirder which is even funnier because your mom you're saying insanity and he's like everyone's like what and then the rom-com you're like is this kismet he's like is what you i just met you 70 seconds ago there was one funny one about uh

When you were playing, I guess, former porn stars were. Yeah. They carry Tina Fey by and she goes, she lets the dogs out. Yeah. She let the dogs out.

It was just like nonsense. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But it's hard to write smart, dumb stuff. It is. It is. I agree. Because just dumb doesn't work. Yeah. But it's so it's so fun when the audience responds to stuff that's so strange. Yeah. They're waiting for it. Yeah. They appreciate it.

Yeah. It's the best when it's a non-sequitur. It's a line that shouldn't be funny, but it is. It's just in that area of like, ah, then they, then they repeat it. It's like a good comedy club crowd or good improv crowd where you go up and they're, and they're pretty trained to go. Don't give us the basic stuff. Like, right. It's like going to a nice restaurant, going, give us the sushi from the back. Like, and then the people you do these weird things and they like it. Yeah. It's so if there's, yeah, there's like,

There's nothing like that feeling of like, because it's just, you can't predict any of that stuff, which is why it's so hard. It's like, you just don't know what stuff is going to work and what isn't. Yeah, because I don't know about you, but I just am not gifted at writing traditional jokes, like jokes. Like Dennis Miller, brilliant at it. Is it David? David. David is a really, really good writer. Yeah.

And performer, but he also can write really great jokes. And so I'm always coming off rhythm and abstraction and extrapolation. And I think you're kind of a kindred spirit because you do sort of acidy stuff. Yeah, it's so nice. I mean, yeah. And there's room for all kinds. When you do that stuff. Yeah. That's the good, that's part about the show. Everyone doing different stuff at work.

All right. Well, let's let her go, Dana. She's been very nice. We just want to reiterate, I love the...

You That I love that for you That for you Sorry I love that for you On Showtime With the lovely Molly Which is so fun to watch And uh Some of your Real life Uh things are In the show I don't want to give everything away But Yeah It did have a surprise ending Stay to the end Stay to the end And you'll see a twist You'll be hooked It's like It's like a M. Night Shyamalan I smell a big binge Oh

I'm just doing Lauren trying to work a thing at first stream that thing. Also, how did we get weird? A podcast with your musician brother Jonah? Yes. Yes. Who I know you met once he was at the show when you were there. He loved meeting you so much.

I don't think he's met you, David, but you'll all meet when... Was I nice to him? You were so nice. You were so weird. Oh, good. You were so nice. I love musicians. I like anyone who plays and sings, which you also sing, and you have...

I never had that. Here, I can funny sing, but you can sing. Well, I think I can more funny sing. Well, welcome to Compliment Theater. Bye, Dana. Mostly bye to Dana and also bye to Vanessa. Bye, you guys. Thank you so much. This was so fun. Love to see you at the 50th. See you at the 50th. Not sooner. Okay. Bye-bye. He's done. Okay. Bye. 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. Hey, Dana, David, this is Colin Mack. This is our Q&A session. Thanks, Colin. And Colin gets to see me sitting on my knees. Well, what is this question, David? It's called, we start with Big Fan. Thank you. Thank you. I'm wondering what props you may have kept from...

From your SNL days or your movie careers. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. I'll go first. I did... I do keep some stuff. You do. I've seen your house. You have a lot of mementos and memorabilia. Yeah. I have...

I have some clothes from Dickie Roberts, just the outfits for some reason I kept them. I have the Jodert, you know, what was that? Janitor shirt. I have the wig. It was a wig. Everyone's like, whoa. I wish it wasn't. I would grow my hair like that in a second.

And then I have, oh, Farley's family gave me his coat from Tommy Boy, which is a big one. Do you have like a diorama in your house, like stuffed people that are wearing these clothes that look like you? No, but we're working on it. Okay, I just had to ask. It's going to be you, Danny. That'd be scary to bump into in the middle of the night. When I stuff you. What, Tommy Boy? You have to jump back in. So you're saying Tommy Boy. Tommy Boy. Tommy Boy jacket from Farley, that checkered one from the poster. And, uh.

And then I have just some little knickknacks. What do you got? What do you got? I also have Joe Dirt's wig. Weirdly, that wasn't in the movie. I have Joe Dirt's pubes still. I have the chair and the receptionist spit that you did. And you are? No, this is weird because I got a, it's not weird, but I just said it was weird. I got an SNL and in those days I came in with Church Lady.

As a character. And then they changed the rule, but I owned it, quote unquote. So I had a copy of the church lady dress made and wig just in case I ever wanted to do something with it. Take on the road. So I have the church lady's dress and wig and glasses and

And maybe twice a year I wear it for a day. You could run a superhero movie where you go into a phone booth and come out as Churchley. You walk in, I wish the Churchley was here to fix this. You go, hang on, you on there? Wow. They're like, oh my God, Churchley. Well, the Churchley is funny to me because it's condescension and being patronizing and passive aggressive is a funny attitude. So she would say, well, well, well.

We kept the dress. We want to be the lady, but we're not. You know, just a fun rhythm. I do like you can get your voice like that. Dude, get me some lady. No, you go, well, well, well. Well, well, well. Well, well, well. Look what, oh, look what the cat dragged in. Apparently we don't love cats.

Apparently, we don't love Jesus. Yeah, there you go. Apparently, we punch people when we try to solve our problem. You already do it better than I did. No, your voice, I never see it coming. Your voice goes so different when you do these impressions. Well, well, well, well. We've got a little podcast. We've got to fly on the wall. We want to swat him.

Listeners are going, what is this and how do we turn it off? Listeners are going, how did my question turn into this? But that's what happens here. How come there's not a kill switch? You ask a question, get fucked. All right, thanks. Thanks, Colin. Colin Mack. This has been a podcast presentation of Cadence 13. Please listen, then rate, review, and follow all episodes. Available now for free wherever you get your podcast. No joke, folks.

Fly on the Wall has been a presentation of Cadence 13, executive produced by Dana Carvey and David Spade, Chris Corcoran of Cadence 13, and Charlie Finan of Brillstein Entertainment. The show's lead producer is Greg Holtzman with production and engineering support from Serena Regan and Chris Basil of Cadence 13.