And so it was like, I was going to be a fifth-year senior, which just felt bonkers. One of the really funny songs - the mayor, who's played by Alan Cumming, is secretly gay, and it's a secret he's never disclosed to anybody. Like, what are you thinking? (TV-14. "You know how much I hate musicals. GROSS: Were you thrilled to be doing a commercial? I got the recipe. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. GROSS: There's times on "Update" when Colin Jost has been laughing, like, so hard because you're so funny. - which is now streaming on Apple TV+. We can't wait to make him watch it - with Cinco and Ken. ", "Carousel," "The Music Man," "The Sound Of Music," "South Pacific" and "Brigadoon." STRONG: No. And she recommends the corn puddin'. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) That's fantastic. And we just thought it was so funny, and it was a fun way to play her. And, you know, I wouldn't say my wife hates musicals. And I had that above my bed until we - I moved out - I think, till I went to college. GROSS: But the mayor's wife sings a song that's called "He's A Queer One, That Man O' Mine." And I will put on music I really like and get myself warm and fall asleep and not have to wake up. The "Saturday Night Live" mainstay (and two-time Emmy nominee) started drama classes when she was just 3 years old as a way of channeling her oddball energy . She has a new memoir called "This Will All Be Over Soon." And I just - I did theater. Is that an idea that you originated? You have to do people that everybody knows. GROSS: That's Cecily Strong as Judge Jeanine Pirro. Will Get Your Toes Tapping, So Sing Along If You Know The Words. GROSS: To make your point about being a good student, you were a National Merit-commended scholar based on your PSATs. Here to explain is Jeanine Pirro. The couple, Josh and Melissa, are played by Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (Singing, as characters) My guys loves corn puddin'. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, chanting) Corn, Corn KEY: (As Josh Skinner) That's it. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE"). GROSS: Well, I hope your mom, like, recovers really soon. That's outrighteous (ph). It's like, why are we learning this? And it's - more than anything, it's like, watching my brother deal with his own depression, and it's like how I feel about mine. Strong is the niece of prolific Broadway producer, Edward Strong. STRONG: (As Jeanine Pirro) That's right. But I want to play the theme song from this because I think it's you and Ken actually singing the song. We'll be right back after a short break. In October of 2021, it was announced that Cecily will make her New York stage debut in an off-Broadway production, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in . And he - you know, he had had depression for a long time. You know, there were a lot of tears on-set - happy tears - just so much love and so much joy and such - we were all just so honored to be there, and it felt like we got to share this magical thing. The series is streaming on Apple TV+. You know, I was much more protected. OK, can you just please tell us about the candidates? Here to explain is Jeanine Pirro. 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. Seven of the comedy sketch show's cast members left the . STRONG: I mean, I think I just felt smaller and smaller and smaller. Mama's got one volume, and it's three chardonnays deep at a crowded party. She has no clue that he's gay, but she knows that, you know, he's different from the other men. ; 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. You know, there were a lot of tears on set, happy tears, just so much love and so much joy and such - we were all just so honored to be there, and it felt like we got to share this magical thing. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #4: (As character, singing) Who wants corn puddin'? STRONG: (As The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation with at a Party) And I'm sorry - if I could play devil's advocate for just a second, I think we all know the real reason Julian Assange is in jail, and that's 'cause she's a woman. I need to get - I have to practice this fall. 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. Yes, he is not anyone from the film industry. STRONG: You know, we definitely loved the exclamations, you know, saving those for the - what. It's still - and I think, like, even though that seems crazy to say in the middle of summer, I think it's been a wild couple of years, and so I'm just - I'm OK with not knowing. (SOUNDBITE OF GEORGE SHEARING'S "THINKING OF YOU"). STRONG: (As Jeanine Pirro) And Colin, I just want to take this opportunity to say hi to my super fans out there. 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." I saw "Guys And Dolls." I think with the school, this new superintendent came in, and she made it her thing to have zero tolerance. And it wasn't easy to do this job this year. Then I kind of want to, like, go further. The musical comedy has been created by screenwriters Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio of 'Despicable Me' fame. And we both enjoy malapropisms, I think, as much as each other, so it's a lot of 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. . This was performed after Pirro made anti-Muslim remarks about Representative Ilhan Omar. was a lifetime in the making. I only wish that nightly he were slightly more aggressive. And I'm really - I'm so proud of everybody. centers on a couple who gets trapped in a town where people burst into song. in season Host(s) Musical guest Original air date U.S. viewers (millions) 931: 1: Miles Teller: Kendrick Lamar: October 1, 2022 (): 4.02: Kendrick Lamar performs a medley of "Rich Spirit" and "N95" for his first set and "Father Time" with Sampha for his second.Jon Hamm and Shaun White appear in the cold open. I can hear you. GROSS: Cecily Strong, welcome to FRESH AIR. You put the corn in the puddin' and the puddin' in the bowl. Lorne Michaels of 'SNL' fame is the executive producer of 'Schmigadoon!'. So - but talk about writing this and what you wanted to do with it. and also a terrific revival of "How To Succeed In Business," a Sondheim tribute. ; Cecily Strong was not featured in the opening credits due to her . Oh, he'll have to marry me. 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. The show was filmed in Vancouver, Canada. But in this one, it's kind of like, hmm, he's so different than other men. You know, we were getting ready for one of those - I think they were two "Update" specials because it was an election year. I wish your mother well. 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. 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. I mean, when I was growing up in Brooklyn, I thought people in movies and on Broadway were, like, from another planet. 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. But that's really where it deepened into something different. But she does not, you know, embrace them in the way that I do. Mama's got one volume, and it's three chardonnays deep at a crowded party. The entire town and you just spent the last five minutes singing about corn pudding. STRONG: (As Jeanine Pirro) Can't do it, pal. What - my parents put me in one, I should say. And they're sitting on the porch and about to have breakfast, and they're asked if they want some corn pudding. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) Oh, she sure would like a taste. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) Are you serious? 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. He co-created and co-wrote the series with Ken Daurio. I mean, I think it's certainly been a part of my life since I was little. I rented every musical on VHS they . Lorne Michaels, SNL's creator, is one of the play's producers. July 16, 2021 1:58 PM PT. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Mrs. Menlove, forgive me for asking, but how much do you really know about your husband? GROSS: Let's hear you as the Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party. Cecily Strong On 'SNL,' 'Schmigadoon!' . GROSS: And I wish her the best. Viewers noticed that longtime cast member Cecily Strong was missing from the show and its opening credits sparking rumors of her exit. All rights reserved. Cecily Strong is an American actress and comedian. 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. And so we played with that in two ways. ANN HARADA: (As Florence Menlove) That's a good question. You put the corn in the puddin' and the puddin' in the bowl. I am just trying to figure out how to get out of here and get back to reality. Her birth name is Cecily Legler Strong. 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. I need to get - I have to practice this fall. 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. She's an actress, and she's a comedian. Talk about the process of writing that. And this is how important it is to manage it. STRONG: (As Jeanine Pirro) That's right. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) So what? UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) Then he says something mean to get her back. GROSS: Cinco Paul wrote all the songs for the satirical musical series "Schmigadoon!" And this is from the February 20, 2017, edition of "Saturday Night Live." I've always loved musicals. Again, my family, everyone I know - huge fans. And I think it's wrong to throw those kids out. PAUL: (Laughter) I guess it was more appropriate for me growing up in Phoenix. Let's get back to my interview with Cinco Paul. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Come on. We'll first hear the voice of Michael Che on "Weekend Update.". And you can't have love without having a lover's spat. 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. And I think a lot of that, you can feel it when you watch the show. And then it was just such a gift. I'm also - love the show and get a lot of joy from it. 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. I'm still trying to wrap my head around all of it. Thank you so much for creating this series. And then I remembered, like, hearing my straight male friends talk about interactions that they'd had, like, with some girl that seems normal, and then it's like, oh, she just said something crazy, and how do I get out of this conversation? Sure, she's popped up in small cameos for shows like Angie Tribeca , Superstore, and Scream . Cecily Strong as seen in May 2015 (The Peabody Awards / Flickr / CC BY-2.0) Best Known For. And I think, you know, getting that job is how I got into the union. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. She also stars in the new series "Schmigadoon!," which is a very smart, funny and loving satire of musicals from the '40s and '50s. And you can't have love without having a lover's spat. She attended Oak Park and River Forest High School respectively. This is FRESH AIR. You put the bowl in your belly 'cause it's good for the soul. Why couldn't we cross? Did you get to go backstage? She has over 500k followers on her Instagram. And immediately he's concerned about the age difference, especially because the actresses, you know, who play these roles were never actually teenagers. What's true love really mean? Thirty-seven cents - it must not be very good, something that - and then I made a face like, huh? So a few weeks after talking to Cecily Strong about starring in the series, I spoke with Cinco Paul, who wrote all the songs. STRONG: It's hard to say, honestly. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) Would you leave us alone for just a minute? So it's like something my family had already been dealing with. 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? GROSS: Like, among the shows he did was terrific revivals of "Music Man," which is, of course, referenced (laughter) in "Schmigadoon!" We started with the opening song from "Schmigadoon!" That's outrageous. You put the bowl in your belly 'cause it's good for the soul. 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. Cecily Strong. GROSS: Some musicals have really corny scenes in them, and the kind of scene that always bores me is the picnic scene where it's like, this was a real nice clambake. 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. Disha Kandpal. GROSS: How did you come up with the idea of a musical about people trapped in a musical set in the early 20th century? UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, chanting) Corn puddin', corn puddin', corn puddin', corn puddin'. And my guest, Cinco Paul, co-created the series, co-wrote it and wrote all the songs. STRONG: Yes. So we just were relying on testing. GROSS: And the waitress delivering the corn pudding is the younger woman who's pursuing him. If you're just joining us, my guest is Cecily Strong. Let's get back to my interview with Cinco Paul. Stop. STRONG: No, I would - it feels great because, this past year especially, I'm just - I'm so proud of the show and being a part of the show. And I always wanted to be an actor since I was little. 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. 'The Addams Family' star Barry Sonnenfeld is the director, and the actor, while Cecily Strong too serves as the producer. Trying to figure out how to get out of here and get a of! 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