I want to get to another song. Schmigadoon! But I certainly - I remember getting to go backstage after "Secret Garden." In this scene, the couple keeps trying to escape Schmigadoon by crashing back over the bridge while bickering about their relationship. GROSS: That makes no sense at all (laughter). And it's - I'm a bad person. So they'll be - I think that'll brighten her day. And, you know, even, like, operas have, like, songs like that, where there's, you know, like, a festival or, you know, a picnic or something. You put the bowl in your belly 'cause it's good for the soul. You want to try with other people? 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? STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) So what? And, like, I'll never understand why they took joy in that because it was such a huge and awful moment in my life. Can you believe this, that we lost Hal, you know? So we just were relying on testing. The women are wearing long, colorful prairie dresses with big petticoats. KEN DAURIO: (Singing) Some Cinco hasn't seen, too. Strong joined "SNL" as a featured player in 2012. I'm not going to do the show. And I would be driving home. See if you can recognize what inspired this song. 'Cause "Kevin Can Wait," but Syrian referees can't, OK? When I went to - they called me down to security to say they'd found my bag. 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." We're leaving. Copyright 2021 NPR. and also a terrific revival of "How To Succeed In Business," a Sondheim tribute. So I dropped out. Do you feel like you're competing with other people who are nominated? It's very beautiful there. GROSS: My interview with Cecily Strong was recorded in August. And we both enjoy malapropisms, I think, as much as each other, so it's a lot of that. And they're sitting on the porch and about to have breakfast, and they're asked if they want some corn pudding. GROSS: They didn't connect to the world I lived in. 'Schmigadoon!' So how much do you love musicals? 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 . STRONG: I did - and I mean, not always. So you must have had this idea early on that being in shows was something real people did. (Carolyn Van Houten / Chicago Tribune) . You put the bowl in your belly 'cause it's good for the soul. Do you remember it? You know, we were getting ready for one of those - I think they were two "Update" specials because it was an election year. STRONG: (As The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party) Here's a thought, Michael - maybe try being woke for a change, OK? And she's nominated for an Emmy for her work on "Saturday Night Live." I am just trying to figure out how to get out of here and get back to reality. It's such a contrast for me seeing the joy in "Schmigadoon!" It was a McDonald's commercial that never aired. She's nominated for an Emmy for her work on "Saturday Night Live." Her characters have included Fox News host Judge Jeanine Pirro, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Melania Trump and the Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party. Our countdown includes Princess Jasmine, Gemma, Cathy Anne, and more! Also, Keegan has, you know, this young farm girl pursuing him, played by Dove Cameron. Starring Keegan-Michael Key, Cecily Strong, Alan Cumming, Kristin Chenoweth, Ariana DeBose, Fred Armisen, Jaime Camil and Jane Krakowski. In this scene, the couple keeps trying to cross the bridge and escape Schmigadoon while bickering about their relationship. My brother actually did try to kill himself in eighth grade. And the first morning that you're there, you're having breakfast on the porch. During a 2021 interview with Terry Gross on the National Public Radio program Fresh Air, she said that because her uncle is a Broadway producer, as a child she often got to go to . Cecily Strong is unsure about her future at Saturday Night Live after nine seasons on the iconic sketch comedy series. 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. GROSS: Cinco Paul wrote all the songs for the satirical musical series "Schmigadoon!" STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Mrs. Menlove, forgive me for asking, but how much do you really know about your husband? Thirty-seven cents - it must not be very good, something that - and then I made a face like, huh? Cecily Strong's character loves musicals and is initially charmed. Cecily Strong is an American actress and comedian. And then my uncle is also a Broadway producer. No - 'cause I - I mean, we shot in - last fall. You know, it's hard. STRONG: (As The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party) Wow. And we'll also hear the Cecily Strong character kind of join in in a verse, much to the Keegan-Michael Key character's annoyance. But in eighth grade, he swallowed his bottle of Ritalin and had to get his stomach pumped and was in the psych ward, the children's psych ward, in Rush Hospital for a week. And so we played with that in two ways. 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? Rapper Jack Harlow was the . Cecily Strong at Chicago's UP Comedy Club as a part of TBS's Just For Laughs Festival in 2013. STRONG: Yeah. I love the show so much. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) I'm not saying anything, but apparently some cosmic verdict has been reached, and we failed. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. But if you've got some extry (ph) STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble, singing) I sure would like a taste. And I had that above my bed until we - I moved out - I think, till I went to college. STRONG: I said no, actually, at first to going to Vancouver and shooting because I was - I really was afraid. And even on the tape - like, they do your expulsion hearings, and they're taping it. She stars in the new series "Schmigadoon!" 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. 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. GROSS: I love the way mansplaining becomes like, don't man-terrupt me (laughter). STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Come on, could be fun. Andrew Singer executive produces with Lorne Michaels on behalf of Broadway Video. In case you are wondering about his identity, Jack is an international traveler. And she used the playbill and a lot of those pictures. So I've gotten to see a lot of his shows in New York. Can we please go now? And we just thought it was so funny, and it was a fun way to play her. COLIN JOST: Fox News personality Judge Jeanine Pirro returned to television tonight after being suspended two weeks for controversial comments about a Muslim congresswoman. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) That's fantastic. I don't know exactly where you live. 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. Cecily Strong (SNL) Biography, Net worth 2023, Salary, Age, Height, Educational Qualifications, Family Details, Parents, Husband, Boyfriends, Children . And it was a lot of work, which is a good distraction and good to, like, have a job again. And I think, because my - we'd already gone through things with my brother. He co-created and co-wrote the series with Ken Daurio. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) But not together. For "Broadway in the Berkshires," producer and actor Deborah Grausman brought together director Robin Levine, music director Laura Bergquist, writer/comedian Jason Salmon, and production stage manager Kat West. Could be fun. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) We already tried together. But what really cracked it for me was, oh, instead of two friends, it should be a couple. ", (SOUNDBITE OF PODCAST, "MAKE HIM WATCH IT"). STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) So you don't really love me? STRONG: Yes. 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. GROSS: So your character in "Schmigadoon!" PAUL: (Singing) There's lots of movies Ken hasn't seen. And so it makes me want to, like, poke harder. Strong will also serve as a producer. You know, really, we talk about escapism, and I had real life escapism, where I flew into this beautiful, magical land of Vancouver, where there's, like, water and mountains and big trees - it was gorgeous - and then to be on those sets that were also gorgeous, and then to be with this amazing group of people. So I don't know what you do with that. And he - you know, he had had depression for a long time. So I really was like, come on, everybody. The series is streaming on Apple TV+. Cecily Strong is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer who has a net worth of $4 million. I'm also - love the show and get a lot of joy from it. GROSS: And it just reminded me, too, that when I was in school, we had to learn some of that kind of dancing - you know, like, square dancing. In the original, which debuted on Broadway in 1985, Tomlin leaps for two hours . Meet Cecily Strong's Partner: The Actress' Secretive Love Life Details. What's YOUR favorite Ceci. Let's get back to my interview with Cinco Paul. And so I think, more than anything, it made me realize, like, that's what depression does to you. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character, singing) You can't plow a field without hitting some stone. 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." . After we take a short break, Ken Tucker will review a new album of songs Prince recorded in 2010. If I think that he's laughing at something, I'll want to hit that harder. I'm also - love the show and get a lot of joy from it. I feel like when my kids were little, they were still teaching square dancing. GROSS: And the waitress delivering the corn pudding is the younger woman who's pursuing him. The entire town and you just spent the last five minutes singing about corn pudding. Frank DiLella talks to "Saturday Night Live" star Cecily Strong about making her New York City theater debut in the revival of the one-woman Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner play "The Search For Signs of . OK, so here's "He's A Queer One," and this is Ann Harada singing. (As characters, singing) Then he says something mean to get her back. Thanks for finally letting a woman on late-night TV. It just felt like, I've fallen through the cracks. Cecily Legler Strong (born February 8, 1984) is an American actress, comedian, producer, author, and singer. She has no clue that he's gay, but she knows that, you know, he's different from the other men. . You'll find lots of FRESH AIR interviews, including the ones we featured this week with Fran Lebowitz and Kieran Culkin. And I think they knew that about me. Like everyone on this list, we'll miss seeing her on "SNL," but we can't wait to follow her (and everyone else's) career! (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE"). STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble, singing) And it may be a waste. So if he wants my puddin', he'll have to marry me. So let's talk a little bit about your work on "Saturday Night Live." STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Oh, I think they want us to take a verse. Paul will be the showrunner and Daurio is a consulting producer. GROSS: There's times on "Update" when Colin Jost has been laughing, like, so hard because you're so funny. She doesn't know what that actually means, but she really wishes the best for him and loves him. And so I wanted to play with that. What - my parents put me in one, I should say. Of course I love you. Originally broadcast Aug. 9 and Aug. 23. Keegan-Michael Key's character hates musicals and is desperate to leave. The same year, she starred in, and was a producer for, Schmigadoon!, a musical parody series on Apple TV+. GROSS: So when does a decision have to be made? She suspects that he's not being his true self. Is that an idea that you originated? And then my uncle is also a Broadway producer. PAUL: Yeah, that was part of the curriculum somehow. I think that's why, for 25 years, nothing happened with it because it was - it needed that addition to really crack it. 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. Copyright 2021 NPR. CHE: (As himself) So I assume you're not happy with the election. centers on a couple who gets trapped in a town where people burst into song. STRONG: I did - and I mean, not always. And I was enjoying watching it so much. If you're a nerd, just be a nerd. STRONG: Oh, totally. I think you have a shout-out to that. So - but I definitely feel more anxious again. And I will put on music I really like and get myself warm and fall asleep and not have to wake up. And then they went, oh, wait a minute; there's one more pocket. And I think that the worst example is "Shipoopi" from "Music Man," which is - it brings everything to a grinding halt, and then this Marcellus character is just singing this nonsense song that has nothing to do with anything. That was my parents' question. GROSS: That's Cecily Strong is Judge Jeanine Pirro. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble, singing) And it may be a waste. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) It's just a lover's spat. If you're an avid fan of Saturday Night Live, you already know Cecily Strong. This was performed after Pirro made anti-Muslim remarks about Representative Ilhan Omar. And immediately he's concerned about the age difference, especially because the actresses, you know, who play these roles were never actually teenagers. GROSS: To shoot and be in these, like, exuberant, like, joyful production scenes? Like, who cares? That's outrageous. GROSS: What are some of the movies and some of the cartoons that you grew up with? We - Ken and I, you know, played music all the time when we were writing. (SOUNDBITE OF GWENDOLYN DEASE'S "PORKCHOP'S BLUES"), GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. I feel like my bubble just burst recently. 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. And then just being loud and over annunciating and trying to have a stern look, you know? In her second season, she co-anchored Weekend Update with Seth Meyers and then Colin Jost. and also a terrific revival of "How To Succeed In Business," a Sondheim tribute. GROSS: Cecily Strong stars in the new series "Schmigadoon!" And they've asked me to leave. I think my favorite character that you've been doing lately is Judge Jeanine Pirro, the Fox News host. You know, my grandmother would buy me musicals on VHS. I'm really glad we came. 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. And like, hi, I haven't seen you. That's all. Grown adults burst into song, one of which extolling the virtues of "corn pudding." Comedy stars like Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key mingle with Broadway . Let's start with "Schmigadoon!," which is filled with references to classic musicals, like "Oklahoma!," "Carousel," "The Music Man," "The Sound Of Music" and, of course, "Brigadoon." And my guest, Cinco Paul, co-created the series, co-wrote it and wrote all the songs. 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. Cinco Paul has loved musicals from his early childhood, and the opportunity to make a . Oh, he'll have to marry me. I mean, it's real to most people, but, I mean, you saw the worst that could happen. 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