And they don't even know what corn pudding is. Because, I mean, we shot last fall, so that wasn't even - I didn't even know we'd get to be vaccinated. Strong joined "SNL" as a featured player in 2012. PAUL: The first cartoon I saw that really impacted me, I think, was "The Jungle Book." . Strong achingly conveys her fears of loss and uncertainty, as well as the emotional scars left by a physically . It's like, I'll keep driving west. GROSS: So let's hear a clip of you doing Jeanine Pirro. It's on or near the Hudson River. . Please continue playing piano for us. And you can't have love without having a lover's spat. And you shot "Schmigadoon!" You know, we were getting ready for one of those - I think they were two "Update" specials because it was an election year. And 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. Cecily Strong is a 38-year-old American actress and comedian who has been a cast member of Saturday Night Live since 2012. Pick a womanany woman!and she can probably make the character really sing. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) First, she said something bad to get his gander. GROSS: Because she has gaydar and no one in the town does (laughter). And the first morning that you're there, you're having breakfast on the porch. And we are able to do musicals in a time when Broadway is shuttered, and that's so depressing to walk next to. 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? Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. And I had that above my bed until we - I moved out - I think, till I went to college. 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. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Guys, we're actually in the middle of something. So it was really important for the show to have that perspective. How are you doing? During her youth, she often attended Broadway shows, thanks to her uncle's career as a Broadway producer, and she sometimes got to meet the casts. Lorne Michaels, SNL's creator, is one of the play's producers. Lorne Michaels of 'SNL' fame is the executive producer of 'Schmigadoon!'. Strong will also serve as a producer. I met Daisy Eagen. Cecily Legler Strong (born February 8, 1984) is an American actress, comedian, producer, author, and singer. 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. She also stars in the new series "Schmigadoon!," which is a very smart, funny and loving satire of musicals from the '40s and '50s. MICHAEL CHE: (As himself) With the election only two weeks away, both candidates are trying to get a final message out there to their supporters. She helps our kids to punctuate. My guest is Cecily Strong. (As characters, singing) Then he says something mean to get her back. It was at the 2019 Christmas party, that Cecily's agent made her meet him. 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. 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+. STRONG: I did - and I mean, not always. I'm still trying to wrap my head around all of it. HARADA: (As Florence, singing) Some men stumble home at dark, want dinner and dessert. 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. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) Then she complains that he don't understand her. And I had that above my bed until we - I moved out - I think, till I went to college. That was so weird. GROSS: So let's talk a little bit about your work on "Saturday Night Live." GROSS: They didn't connect to the world I lived in. Corn, corn, corn, corn, corn puddin'. And they're sitting on the porch and about to have breakfast, and they're asked if they want some corn pudding. 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. Starring Keegan-Michael Key, Cecily Strong, Alan Cumming, Kristin Chenoweth, Ariana DeBose, Fred Armisen, Jaime Camil and Jane Krakowski. because everyone in it seems to be enjoying being in it so much. Comedian's romantic life explored. ; Cecily Strong was not featured in the opening credits due to her . I was a weird kid, you know, singing "I Wonder What The King Is Doing Tonight" in my room, memorizing the lyrics. Also, Keegan has, you know, this young farm girl pursuing him, played by Dove Cameron. And for her, it's all these really positive qualities. So they'll be - I think that'll brighten her day. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble, singing) And it may be a waste. STRONG: Well, first of all, just thank you for saying that. 4. And I was like, I'd also kind of had a breakup kind of the night before. She Knows Broadway Well. Strong stars in the new Apple TV+ satire about a couple who get lost in the woods and end up trapped in a town where life is a musical and the townspeople frequently burst into song. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) It's just a lover's spat. You put the corn in the puddin' and the puddin' in the bowl. And you know, there is still an element of, like, you're playing with your friends. Yeah. I think I took my first drama class when I was 3. It's a kind of - there's references to other songs in it, including "You're A Queer One, Julie Jordan" from - that's from "Carousel," right? In "Schmigadoon!," a musical comedy about musical theater starting a six-episode run Friday on Apple TV+, Cecily Strong and Keegan Michael-Key play Melissa and Josh . Like, who cares? And then it was just such a gift. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character, singing) You can't plow a field without hitting some stone. is a weird show. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character, singing) You can't plow a field without hitting some stone. It's about her life during the first year of the pandemic, when she felt overcome by anxiety and depression. He's a queer one, that man o' mine. Yeah. I had the idea for this almost 25 years ago, and it was while I was watching the movie "An American Werewolf In London," of all things, one of my favorite movies. You know, that PAUL: I'll tell you. I'll do anything. You just really got her down (laughter). And I think my uncle probably didn't want me to be an actor as much as I did, just knowing that it was a tough life. PAUL: Yeah, it's called "Make Him Watch It," and we make each other watch a movie we've never seen before. Cecily Strong is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer who has a net worth of $4 million. And, you know, everybody that was there was supposed to be there. It was Gardner's first time, and her eyes widened as a pile of men in short shorts burst into a number . 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. Keegan-Michael Key's character hates musicals and is desperate to leave. GROSS: And the waitress delivering the corn pudding is the younger woman who's pursuing him. It became my community, you know. The women are wearing long, colorful prairie dresses with big petticoats. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) I didn't say that. now and Cecily's character really likes to get involved in people's lives, she helps push him to, you know, proclaim to the whole town who he really is. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) No. And so that's what "Corn Puddin'" is. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) It's just a lover's spat. I'll do anything. And you go like, whoa, what's that? GROSS: Cinco Paul wrote all the songs for the satirical musical series "Schmigadoon!" 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." . So how much do you love musicals? STRONG: (As The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party) Hello, Michael Che. She is the cast member of SNL since 2012. I can hear you. No. Cecily Strong is good at women. (TV-14. If you're just joining us, my guest is Cecily Strong, and she stars in the new series "Schmigadoon!," which is a loving satire of classic musicals from the '40s and '50s. Cecily Strong is a total theater geek.. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Oh, I think they want us to take a verse. After we take a short break, Ken Tucker will review a new album of songs Prince recorded in 2010. He's, like, a really big Broadway producer. Farmer McDonough craved a son. Strong said that because her uncle is a Broadway producer, as a child she often was able to attend Broadway shows and sometimes go back stage to meet their casts. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Come on, could be fun. Corn, corn, corn, corn, corn puddin'. Thea Chaloner directed today's show. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Because at "Update," you only get to rehearse on Saturday, really. PAUL: (Singing) There's lots of movies Ken hasn't seen. And I was just part of a wave of kids who were expelled. And she's vaccinated. She suspects that he's not being his true self. It wasn't like I'm pulling out. We're going to make him watch it for a podcast. She is also the longest-tenured female cast member in the show's history. I think with the school, this new superintendent came in, and she made it her thing to have zero tolerance. So I really was like, come on, everybody. What did you do to try to capture her voice? Otherwise, it's hard to get an impression on the show. is initially really charmed by the idea that they're, like, living in a world of a musical. And we were making the sets and making our props and hair and makeup, so it was really - we had a fun little make believe studio here. And I always wanted to be an actor since I was little. Luckily for us, but maybe - who knows? So you must have had this idea early on that being in shows was something real people did. I love the show so much. The star appeared on The . STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) OK. Well, that one's on you. So let's talk a little bit about your work on "Saturday Night Live." UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) First, she said something bad to get his gander. I've never caught him looking at other gals more young, petite or fine. In watching "Schmigadoon!," I had to wonder who is able to produce such a great series that is both a tribute to and a satire of musicals of the 1940s and early '50s like "Oklahoma!," "Carousel," "The Sound Of Music," "The Music Man" and, of course, "Brigadoon." It played it on Broadway in the . I never wanted the songs to be too jokey, if that makes sense. ", (SOUNDBITE OF PODCAST, "MAKE HIM WATCH IT"). And that's what I'd always rent whenever we'd go to the movie store. It kind of felt like that a little bit. And so that's partly why I just wasn't even there. STRONG: Right. and "The Lorax.". And I just - I did theater. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. HARADA: (As Florence, singing) Show me any other man more tender or expressive. ", a satire of classic musicals from the '40s and '50s. GROSS: OK, let me reintroduce you here, and then we'll talk some more. 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 . Our interviews and reviews are produced and edited by Amy Salit, Phyllis Myers, Roberta Shorrock, Sam Briger, Lauren Krenzel, Heidi Saman, Therese Madden, Ann Marie Baldonado, Seth Kelley and Kayla Lattimore. - '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. STRONG: It was awful. And it's like, you don't know what corn puddin' is? Saturday Night Live cast member Cecily Strong will provide an exclusive preview of her new memoir, "This Will All Be Over . And it would, like, end in some crazy, like, exclamation. I am eating ice cream, and the voiceover says, like, well, McDonald's now has ice - soft-serve for 37 cents or whatever it was. Is that an idea that you originated? What did it feel like to be honest and say, I'm not ready, I can't do it yet? A powerful memoir from the Saturday Night Live cast member Cecily Strong about grieving the death of her cousinand embracing the life-affirming lessons he taught heramid the coronavirus pandemic. Let's get back to my interview with Cecily Strong. It was produced on . Now that delta is causing this resurgence, what's your level of anxiety now? GROSS: Cecily Strong, welcome to FRESH AIR. And then kind of like, well, I don't know that we'll ever get to do that again. So, I mean, I assume it'll have to be soon. She's created some great characters for the show. MAIN TITLE", GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. She co-anchored "Weekend Update" with Seth Meyers and then Colin Jost but stepped down, preferring to do sketch comedy. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #2: (As character, singing) Every steak's bound to have some fat. We - Ken and I, you know, played music all the time when we were writing. USA. Please do a Season 2. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) But not together. Was it your idea to do her, or did someone say, oh, you should do her? Seven of the comedy sketch show's cast members left the . She's nominated for an Emmy for her work on "Saturday Night Live." KEY: (As Josh Skinner) I'm not saying anything. But what really cracked it for me was, oh, instead of two friends, it should be a couple. It was a McDonald's commercial that never aired. It's not like I drove myself. I think my favorite character that you've been doing lately is Judge Jeanine Pirro, the Fox News host. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Yum. This was performed after Pirro made anti-Muslim remarks about Representative Ilhan Omar. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble, singing) And it may be a waste. And so I think they thought that might be a good outlet for me. PAUL: Yeah, that was part of the curriculum somehow. See if you can recognize what inspired this song. I mean, he did a couple attempts here and there. was a lifetime in the making. STRONG: (As Jeanine Pirro) That's right. Other men have eyes that spark at every passing skirt. Like, what are you thinking? And I wound up writing a lot of my "Update" characters with him 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. 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. KEN DAURIO: (Singing) Some Cinco hasn't seen, too. We'll be right back. OK, so here's "He's A Queer One," and this is Ann Harada singing. And so I think they thought that might be a good outlet for me. GROSS: Well, I hope your mom, like, recovers really soon. And then in making fun of myself, we sort of just kept playing with that, and that led into the Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #3: (As character, singing) You can't eat a fish without getting some bones. That's called a double standard. You've just really got her down (laughter). PAUL: I grew up in Phoenix, Ariz., so I didn't see a lot of shows live, but my mom really loved musicals, and she had cast recordings for - I specifically remember "Camelot" - you know, loving as a pretty young kid and listening to that. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) Corn puddin'. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Come on. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) So you don't really love me? I know from your new memoir that when "Saturday Night Live" did some episodes with everybody at home, that you were - you didn't want to participate at first, and you didn't do one or two of the shows because you just didn't feel ready to perform, I mean, because you really were in a serious state of depression and anxiety. Can you believe this, that we lost Hal, you know? I've always loved musicals. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Then what are you saying? We'll hear from the co-creator of "Schmigadoon!" That's outrageous. (SOUNDBITE OF GWENDOLYN DEASE'S "PORKCHOP'S BLUES"), GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. And so in the spirit of turning your life into a musical, I just want to play the opening theme from your podcast, "Make Him Watch It. . And anything I can do to help (laughter) would make me feel very good. It's not like I drove myself. Cecily Strong had a special bond with her cousin Owen. GROSS: That's Cecily Strong is Judge Jeanine Pirro. Rapper Jack Harlow was the . I need to get - I have to practice this fall. CHE: (As himself) Yeah, OK. Can you just please tell us about the candidates? But she does not, you know, embrace them in the way that I do. You put the bowl in your belly 'cause it's good for the soul. And, like, those are usually boring, too, and I never really understand the function that they serve. and also a terrific revival of "How To Succeed In Business," a Sondheim tribute. It's streaming on Apple TV+. And it was "How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying." JOST: (As himself) That's great. (As characters, singing) Then she complains that he don't understand her. Is that an idea that you originated? And you go like, whoa, what's that? And then I have to say the Marx Brothers have played a huge role in my life. The show was filmed in Vancouver, Canada. Strong was hired for SNL while doing improv at The Second City in Chicago, where she moved . MsMojo 2010s snl cast memembers where are they now 2010s snl cast members 2010 saturday night live cast members jay pharoah taran killam vanessa bayer aidy bryant kristen wiig leslie jones bobby moynihan cecily . I'm really glad we came. GROSS: Did you get to meet the actors? And I'm - that's according to doctors, Michael Che. Here to explain is Jeanine Pirro. I'm Terry Gross. "You know how much I hate musicals. 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. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) I didn't say that. ", "Carousel," "The Music Man," "The Sound Of Music," "South Pacific" and "Brigadoon." "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life . STRONG: I said no, actually, at first to going to Vancouver and shooting because I was - I really was afraid. FRESH AIR's executive producer is Danny Miller. GROSS: Reports are that you're not sure whether you're going back to "SNL" in the fall. 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. My Uncle Ed is a theater producer in New York, my dad and I went to his shows and saw "Guys and Dolls," "The Secret Garden." I was into the soundtracks. 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. It was my first year talking with Colin. GROSS: Another little clue. I sure would like a taste. GROSS: I really love that. It was like as soon as I started singing, I knew what to say. And it was like, now let's read our sketches and see - and then, like, have to film them all by Saturday. 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. CINCO PAUL AND KEN DAURIO: (Singing) Make him watch it. STRONG: That's usually just Colin and I. (SOUNDBITE OF GEORGE SHEARING'S "THINKING OF YOU"). And the trees are tall, and we call it Schmigadoon. And it almost cost me my brother. Why did you want him to hate musicals? Like, what word - what is, like, a word that's in the social lexicon of the moment that this girl would hear and say wrong? - where she sort of wishes he could be who he really is. 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. Are you reverting to that level of fear again? It was sort of like in that robotic tone that you get kind of when you're depressed, when it's like, this is just the reality of - this is what I want. Cecily Strong. She's a cast member of "Saturday Night Live" and stars in the series "Schmigadoon!," a satire of classic musicals from the '40s and '50s that's streaming on Apple TV+. You know, I really wanted them - like, oh, that could genuinely have been a song sung in an undiscovered Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. So we just were relying on testing. 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. And they embraced me. Copyright 2021 NPR. And I was enjoying watching it so much. Cecily Strong as seen in May 2015 (The Peabody Awards / Flickr / CC BY-2.0) Best Known For. And my roommates - my COVID roommates, Matt (ph) and Kevin - were helping me shoot everything. And so it's like, I knew I was kind of - it wouldn't last, this safety that I was feeling by being vaccinated. People don't just burst into song in real life," complains Josh ( Keegan-Michael Key) to girlfriend Melissa ( Cecily Strong) early in the new . STRONG: Yes. It turns out that her own uncle is a producer on Broadway, and that meant she had a lot of access to the stage when she was a child. Cecily Strong is an American actress and comedian. I wound up being lucky and getting to go to the Catholic school I went to. We started with the opening song from "Schmigadoon!" He's a queer one, that man o' mine. I'm still trying to wrap my head around all of it. STRONG: Right. Stop. which he also co-created and co-wrote. My mom is in Mexico. So I dropped out. SNL's Cecily Strong stars in it as Melissa and is also a producer. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble, singing) Never had corn puddin'. NBC. In addition to starring, Cecily Strong serves as producer, and Ken Daurio serves as consulting producer and writer. I'm sure that's why I ended up writing movies. She was playing Fox News' Judge Jeanine Pirro, a frequent highlight of "Weekend Update," sloshing her booze onto co-anchor Colin Jost . And it's just, oh, a song just about food. Can we please go now? 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