WEBVTT - Hey Kenan Thompson! 0:00:11.350 --> 0:00:14.010 So the driver that we had today, he always has 0:00:14.250 --> 0:00:17.989 incredible music playing, and I think it's the radio, and 0:00:18.010 --> 0:00:21.330 I'm like, oh, my song came on again. And then 0:00:21.370 --> 0:00:25.509 today I spotted that his hits different playlists. So really 0:00:25.550 --> 0:00:27.730 he's just like, it's not the radio. He's just juicing 0:00:27.750 --> 0:00:29.380 you up? He's just making us feel good? He's making 0:00:29.410 --> 0:00:32.130 us feel good. Because it's like within a mix enough 0:00:32.159 --> 0:00:36.000 that it would be like on the radio. And I'm like, oh, sick. 0:00:36.040 --> 0:00:37.180 I haven't heard this song in a couple of years. 0:00:37.240 --> 0:00:38.500 I didn't know this was on the radio. Like today, 0:00:38.760 --> 0:00:42.540 I heard your song changing. And I was like. No, 0:00:42.560 --> 0:00:43.620 that was on the radio. I was like, I was 0:00:43.659 --> 0:00:45.059 on the radio. And I look up and then he's like, 0:00:45.360 --> 0:00:48.310 it's like listed our names. And he changed it. I 0:00:48.310 --> 0:00:50.790 was like, this is nice to juice this up, like 0:00:50.810 --> 0:00:52.650 play our own stuff in the car. This happened the 0:00:52.690 --> 0:00:56.790 other day with Malte Marie, our daughter. She and I 0:00:56.810 --> 0:00:59.590 were in the car and. There was a playlist, and 0:00:59.610 --> 0:01:01.720 I think it was one that we made at some 0:01:01.770 --> 0:01:04.040 point that had all her favorite songs and then a 0:01:04.080 --> 0:01:06.060 few of our songs mixed in so that she would 0:01:06.140 --> 0:01:09.100 get to know our music a bit more. And every 0:01:09.120 --> 0:01:10.300 time one of our songs would come on, she'd look 0:01:10.340 --> 0:01:14.200 over at me and she'd go, is this you? Yeah, 0:01:14.220 --> 0:01:16.840 she'd go, sing it. She wanted me to sing along 0:01:16.860 --> 0:01:17.199 to this. 0:01:17.220 --> 0:01:17.520 Sing it. 0:01:17.660 --> 0:01:22.270 I love it. Do your job. I love that. That's great. 0:01:23.130 --> 0:01:25.010 We don't listen to this in this house. You sing 0:01:25.030 --> 0:01:25.869 it in this house. 0:01:25.910 --> 0:01:26.199 Sing it. 0:01:26.970 --> 0:01:29.050 I love that. Um, we've had a kind of a 0:01:29.090 --> 0:01:32.330 crazy week. A little bit crazy. We've been getting after 0:01:32.390 --> 0:01:36.530 it because it was Daniel's birthday. Oh my gosh. 0:01:36.550 --> 0:01:36.789 Yeah. 0:01:37.330 --> 0:01:40.869 And also my birthday, which I gotta be, I gotta 0:01:40.910 --> 0:01:44.090 talk about this because I think a lot of folks 0:01:44.110 --> 0:01:47.560 that listen to our podcast might relate to this as 0:01:47.660 --> 0:01:50.220 a now 34 year old man. I think it's weird 0:01:50.260 --> 0:01:53.120 to like get excited about my birthday. And it's, it's, 0:01:53.140 --> 0:01:55.760 it's because of trauma. You're obviously not a Leo. 0:01:56.890 --> 0:01:57.080 Yeah. 0:01:57.140 --> 0:01:59.700 Obviously not. But I will acknowledge that I had a 0:01:59.720 --> 0:02:01.540 thing happen when I was nine where someone like made 0:02:01.580 --> 0:02:04.220 me feel bad about being excited about my birthday. What, 0:02:04.240 --> 0:02:06.620 what happened? I, it was like a teacher basically. And 0:02:06.640 --> 0:02:08.320 I went in with this birthday hat and I went 0:02:08.340 --> 0:02:10.000 to put it on and, and I came out all 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:12.859 excited and she's like scolded me for making it about 0:02:12.940 --> 0:02:15.200 myself or something. I was like, okay. And then I 0:02:15.220 --> 0:02:18.220 basically like never knew why I was embarrassed to tell 0:02:18.240 --> 0:02:19.700 my birthday. And then I talked to a therapist about it. 0:02:19.700 --> 0:02:21.320 Like that's probably it. 0:02:21.540 --> 0:02:21.760 Wow. 0:02:21.840 --> 0:02:24.120 That's probably it. Um, so it's still with me. I 0:02:24.139 --> 0:02:26.340 think it's weird to be like, Come to my party 0:02:26.380 --> 0:02:28.980 Can I Yeah well I'm glad that I'm proud of 0:02:29.020 --> 0:02:30.420 you then That you wore that birthday hat On the 0:02:30.440 --> 0:02:33.960 flight over Yeah I actually own that company now The 0:02:33.980 --> 0:02:37.430 birthday hat company Yeah In your face Edible arrangement Sponsored 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:40.410 too But it was a great birthday I think it 0:02:40.450 --> 0:02:42.770 was A great week And we should celebrate Oh my 0:02:42.790 --> 0:02:45.150 gosh It was It was really good And we didn't 0:02:45.169 --> 0:02:47.870 drink anything Not a single drop Alright let's get to 0:02:47.889 --> 0:02:49.950 business We have an amazing guest Such a great guest 0:02:50.030 --> 0:02:53.109 Forever huge Really we've known him for like Almost 20 0:02:53.110 --> 0:02:56.690 years You've grown up with him So have we And 0:02:57.610 --> 0:02:59.829 he's just always so much fun to be around, and 0:02:59.970 --> 0:03:01.830 we're all fans. Please give it up for our guest today, 0:03:02.110 --> 0:03:04.350 Kenan Thompson. Hey, what's going on, man? 0:03:05.290 --> 0:03:06.240 What's up, my dudes? 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:08.220 Congratulations on another season. 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:09.160 Oh, thanks, bud. 0:03:09.180 --> 0:03:11.200 You've been on 52 seasons. 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:16.260 Yeah, man. Season 52, and I've been there for all 52. 0:03:16.260 --> 0:03:17.440 That's crazy. 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:21.260 That is wild. When you decided to, when you created 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:23.650 the idea for SNL, was that something that just kind 0:03:23.690 --> 0:03:24.600 of came naturally for you? 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:25.740 It's crazy. 0:03:25.820 --> 0:03:29.260 I was like up in Canada where I'm from. And 0:03:30.940 --> 0:03:33.280 I just had a thought to myself. I was watching 0:03:33.340 --> 0:03:36.150 all of these really funny like improv people, one of 0:03:36.170 --> 0:03:40.990 them being my dear friend, John Candy. And I just 0:03:41.010 --> 0:03:44.690 had this thought like, you know, these people just aren't celebrated. 0:03:45.070 --> 0:03:47.390 And you're like, I'm going to bring it to England 0:03:47.490 --> 0:03:49.060 one day. We are good, man. 0:03:49.090 --> 0:03:52.120 How you feeling about those G-men? Oh, yeah. 0:03:52.140 --> 0:03:56.380 What a week we had. Pretty, pretty insane. I think 0:03:56.440 --> 0:03:57.940 it's the super bowl. You know, we're going to the 0:03:57.960 --> 0:03:58.800 super bowl. It's obvious. 0:03:59.080 --> 0:03:59.300 Yeah. 0:03:59.500 --> 0:04:01.580 That's the first text that went out. I think we're 0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:04.210 winning the super bowl. They did look like a completely 0:04:04.250 --> 0:04:07.230 different team to last year, which is great. Uh, coach 0:04:07.270 --> 0:04:11.270 Harbaugh setting the tone there. Um, we first met you, 0:04:11.310 --> 0:04:13.250 I think all the way back in the kind of 0:04:13.270 --> 0:04:16.410 the beginning of our, of our career. Um, when we 0:04:16.470 --> 0:04:20.720 went on to SNL, uh, for the Valentine's day special, um, 0:04:20.960 --> 0:04:26.580 Back in 08 or 09? That's right. You guys were babies. 0:04:26.600 --> 0:04:28.240 You were the first baby performers. 0:04:30.660 --> 0:04:31.300 You really were. 0:04:31.720 --> 0:04:33.700 You're saying you've always been cool to us. We've had 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:35.119 a chance to work with you at a few different 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:37.400 points with our roast on Netflix a couple years back, 0:04:38.339 --> 0:04:40.000 which we were just reminiscing about us being in football 0:04:40.360 --> 0:04:43.800 because Kevin had that one piece we shot at the 0:04:43.839 --> 0:04:47.430 SoFi and he kicked the field goal. It was the 0:04:47.460 --> 0:04:49.229 only field goal kicked by the team that day. 0:04:49.880 --> 0:04:50.580 First try. 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:56.140 Yeah, it was. I mean, who doesn't love you guys, man? 0:04:56.160 --> 0:04:58.600 You guys have been so nice and cool with me too. 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:01.840 That was like the most ballerific way to ever go 0:05:01.880 --> 0:05:02.600 to SoFi. 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:04.760 Like that's just you guys' life. You know what I mean? 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:07.750 It's casual for you. But for me, that's incredible. 0:05:08.110 --> 0:05:12.510 Like you guys were all security up and golf carting 0:05:12.570 --> 0:05:14.510 through the bottoms of SoFi. And then you get to 0:05:14.550 --> 0:05:16.450 go out on the field and like kick a field 0:05:16.490 --> 0:05:18.029 goal in front of the actual fans. 0:05:18.110 --> 0:05:20.100 Like, Come on, man. 0:05:20.140 --> 0:05:21.419 When they asked me to do that, I was like, 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:24.339 this is setting me up for so much failure. Like, 0:05:24.440 --> 0:05:26.260 and just to get booed. Dude, I think you guys 0:05:26.279 --> 0:05:28.050 were supposed to shoot before the game started, but there 0:05:28.089 --> 0:05:29.530 was delays or something. They couldn't get on the field. 0:05:29.550 --> 0:05:30.670 So they were like, hey, you're going to do it 0:05:30.690 --> 0:05:33.670 during halftime. And then you guys run out there. Like, 0:05:33.690 --> 0:05:36.230 it's so much pressure, but you guys delivered. The real 0:05:36.250 --> 0:05:37.450 story is that they asked all three of us to 0:05:37.470 --> 0:05:38.750 do it, and Joe and I chickened out. Yeah, we 0:05:38.770 --> 0:05:39.790 both were like, we're not doing that. 0:05:40.690 --> 0:05:42.950 Kev, Kev wasn't that rose to the occasion. 0:05:42.990 --> 0:05:43.390 He did it. 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:44.390 Rose to the occasion. 0:05:44.440 --> 0:05:46.920 Put me in, coach. Put me in. Long before that, we... 0:05:48.200 --> 0:05:52.060 We watched you on all that, of course, and we 0:05:52.080 --> 0:05:55.090 were massive fans of yours on that show. Oh, here 0:05:55.250 --> 0:05:58.210 it goes. And then Good Burger, of course, was big 0:05:58.350 --> 0:06:01.810 for us in the Jonas household. Oh, of course. To 0:06:01.830 --> 0:06:03.930 see you then make that jump, you know, for all 0:06:03.950 --> 0:06:05.850 your fans that grew up watching you and make the 0:06:05.890 --> 0:06:08.380 jump to be on SNL, how many years ago was it? 0:06:08.360 --> 0:06:10.479 2003, I want to say. 2003, wow. 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:13.460 23 years. That's so cool. Yeah, so to see that 0:06:14.060 --> 0:06:17.479 and having that foundation of fans who grew up watching you, 0:06:18.190 --> 0:06:20.830 It was really such an exciting moment. I think we 0:06:20.870 --> 0:06:23.380 all felt a part of it, you know, because we 0:06:23.390 --> 0:06:27.240 got to watch you and experience kind of your early projects. Now, 0:06:27.839 --> 0:06:30.180 do you hear from fans a lot about all that 0:06:30.360 --> 0:06:31.500 and Good Burger and all those projects? 0:06:31.980 --> 0:06:35.180 Yeah, they say similar things. They say it's like, yo, 0:06:35.220 --> 0:06:37.160 when you got on SNL, it's like we all got 0:06:37.220 --> 0:06:37.780 on SNL. 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:38.820 Yeah. 0:06:39.380 --> 0:06:42.810 No, because like we just like all grew up together, basically. So. 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:46.140 And the work that we did, you know, is so 0:06:46.180 --> 0:06:48.930 beloved because we were having such a good time that 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:51.570 it's like echoed through generations. So I just hear a 0:06:51.610 --> 0:06:53.589 lot of people like, yo, I watched you as a kid. 0:06:53.650 --> 0:06:55.750 Now I turn my kids on to it and they 0:06:55.790 --> 0:06:56.450 love it and blah. 0:06:56.470 --> 0:06:58.090 Blah, blah. So I don't know. 0:06:58.130 --> 0:07:00.810 It's just, it's all a blessing for me that all 0:07:00.850 --> 0:07:04.300 those memories are very, very positive. And we just had 0:07:04.339 --> 0:07:07.260 such a good time and made like lifelong friends, you know? 0:07:07.480 --> 0:07:11.490 And then the jump to SNL has just been, you know, 0:07:11.510 --> 0:07:15.810 an incredible bridge between, you know, child and adult performers. 0:07:15.830 --> 0:07:17.130 You know how that is? You know what I mean? 0:07:17.170 --> 0:07:20.000 I know you guys, did you guys have like a 0:07:20.060 --> 0:07:22.760 real like turning point where you're like, I don't want 0:07:22.800 --> 0:07:26.160 to do, you know, a certain kind of younger sound anymore. 0:07:26.180 --> 0:07:27.980 I want to do more of a mature sound. Was 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:30.020 there ever like a crossroads kind of moment? 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:33.590 Definitely. I think for all of us at separate points, 0:07:33.630 --> 0:07:35.340 and I think in our careers, for Nick and I, 0:07:35.350 --> 0:07:38.500 we did solo albums and that was when we were like, like, Oh, 0:07:38.540 --> 0:07:39.920 I want to write, I want to write something that's 0:07:39.940 --> 0:07:42.620 a bit more sexier or whatever you're going through early, 0:07:42.660 --> 0:07:44.340 you know, your early twenties trying to figure out who 0:07:44.380 --> 0:07:46.740 you are and that leap of faith and being like, 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:49.100 I'm going to change it up a lot musically. And 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:51.580 then I think bringing that as well as our fan 0:07:51.610 --> 0:07:54.610 base has grown up with us. Like you said earlier, like, um, 0:07:54.670 --> 0:07:57.270 for yourself, it's similar where, where we were watching our 0:07:57.310 --> 0:07:59.890 audience is like, well, we can't, it's not, it's not 0:07:59.930 --> 0:08:02.750 like cute first date stuff anymore. This is like relationship 0:08:02.870 --> 0:08:05.010 kind of stuff you want to speak to and where 0:08:05.030 --> 0:08:07.650 you're at in your life. Um, real quick, I'm just curious. 0:08:08.340 --> 0:08:10.619 What was your audition like for SNL? 0:08:11.060 --> 0:08:11.520 Oh, man. 0:08:11.880 --> 0:08:17.590 I did impressions. I did my best versions of things. 0:08:17.650 --> 0:08:20.090 I mean, I can mimic some people. I do a 0:08:20.130 --> 0:08:23.690 decent Charles Barkley and a pretty good Sharpton and stuff 0:08:23.710 --> 0:08:28.110 like that. So I tried Al Sharpton talking to Arnold 0:08:28.150 --> 0:08:33.489 Schwarzenegger just because I feel like everybody can do a Schwarzenegger. But, yeah, 0:08:33.550 --> 0:08:37.250 it was all over the place because I'm– I consider 0:08:37.290 --> 0:08:38.189 myself an actor. 0:08:38.370 --> 0:08:38.810 You know what I mean? 0:08:38.830 --> 0:08:41.120 I'm not really a standup comic, but I had to 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:45.120 do standup comedies for like, you know, five minutes or whatever. 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:49.179 But it was very much like an actor's version of 0:08:49.240 --> 0:08:52.480 doing standup. Like I didn't even address the audience that 0:08:52.500 --> 0:08:53.860 was in front of me and stuff like that. It 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:55.679 was just a very different kind of thing. It was 0:08:55.700 --> 0:08:58.300 more like a, you know, kind of kid playing in the. 0:08:58.260 --> 0:08:59.440 Mirror kind of stuff. Sure. 0:08:59.660 --> 0:09:03.390 And just, you know, doing sketches or whatever, like to myself, basically. 0:09:03.410 --> 0:09:07.420 But yeah, Yeah, it was really, really scary. 0:09:07.500 --> 0:09:08.120 You know what I mean? 0:09:08.140 --> 0:09:12.420 Because it's such a make or break moment for your career. 0:09:12.700 --> 0:09:15.080 It's just one of those things like, yeah, if you 0:09:15.100 --> 0:09:17.280 don't get it, it's not necessarily the end of the road, 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:20.300 but it's something that lives with you for forever. So 0:09:20.420 --> 0:09:24.000 I just wanted to be a positive version of that, 0:09:24.059 --> 0:09:26.280 even if I only stayed a year or whatever. 0:09:26.540 --> 0:09:29.540 So it was just a very stressful audition. It was 0:09:29.570 --> 0:09:32.949 a stressful three weeks or something like that. 0:09:32.970 --> 0:09:36.710 Do you feel like your early success helped or hurt 0:09:36.929 --> 0:09:39.230 your chances of getting on the cast? 0:09:39.850 --> 0:09:45.059 I think it helped because it just helped people's confidence 0:09:45.100 --> 0:09:47.920 that I could do the job as long as I'm 0:09:47.940 --> 0:09:49.439 not responsible for the job. 0:09:49.520 --> 0:09:49.960 You know what I mean? 0:09:50.000 --> 0:09:55.630 Because I've never really had to write necessarily. So I 0:09:55.650 --> 0:09:59.069 didn't really understand that part of the responsibility of being 0:09:59.090 --> 0:10:00.840 an SNL cast member. but you know, you learn on 0:10:00.860 --> 0:10:02.439 the fly and there's a lot of, you know, other 0:10:02.500 --> 0:10:05.300 writers there that you can collaborate, collaborate with. 0:10:05.420 --> 0:10:07.220 And like, not everybody writes, you know what I mean? 0:10:07.240 --> 0:10:11.240 Like some cast members are like myself, they're better off 0:10:11.320 --> 0:10:13.720 kind of, you know, improvising and then people take notes 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:15.970 and then, you know, they go write the sketches and 0:10:16.020 --> 0:10:18.050 I perform the sketches when it's table read time kind 0:10:18.090 --> 0:10:18.390 of thing. 0:10:18.809 --> 0:10:18.969 Yeah. 0:10:19.250 --> 0:10:22.770 Um, I think it was an assist that I had 0:10:22.809 --> 0:10:24.230 some experience. 0:10:25.150 --> 0:10:27.240 So is it hard for you guys to transition? We 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:29.680 kind of have this when we come off a tour. 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:31.240 So when you guys are done with the full season, 0:10:31.340 --> 0:10:33.700 do you guys do a come down afterwards? Is it 0:10:33.800 --> 0:10:37.540 weirdly different for you from a schedule perspective? Because obviously 0:10:37.620 --> 0:10:39.340 it's a grind doing the show every week. 0:10:39.940 --> 0:10:43.790 Yeah, it's like going from 200 miles an hour to seven. 0:10:45.070 --> 0:10:45.310 It is. 0:10:45.390 --> 0:10:45.870 It's jarring. 0:10:46.390 --> 0:10:48.890 Luckily like my kids are still in school. So that 0:10:48.929 --> 0:10:51.520 kind of pattern stays the same for like a third, 0:10:51.580 --> 0:10:54.960 you know, few weeks or whatever. Um, but it, it, 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:57.179 it's definitely like, Oh snap. All of a sudden, like 0:10:57.220 --> 0:11:01.180 I'm off work. And in my earlier years, that was 0:11:01.220 --> 0:11:03.120 when you would like jump into a movie or something. 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:04.770 So you would just go from work to work. 0:11:05.050 --> 0:11:05.209 Right. 0:11:05.490 --> 0:11:05.829 Keep going. 0:11:06.090 --> 0:11:06.370 Yeah. 0:11:06.429 --> 0:11:09.490 Now I can kind of choose to relax the schedule 0:11:09.550 --> 0:11:11.270 or something if I want to kind of thing. 0:11:11.309 --> 0:11:11.890 So that's nice. 0:11:12.250 --> 0:11:15.429 Well, season 52, as you mentioned before, kicks off, uh, 0:11:16.570 --> 0:11:18.670 This Saturday. And you've got a pretty crazy lineup for 0:11:18.690 --> 0:11:21.489 the first couple of hosts and musical guests. The first 0:11:21.510 --> 0:11:25.900 episode being New York Knick champion Jalen Brunson, of course. 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:26.620 So awesome. 0:11:26.640 --> 0:11:27.180 Let's go. 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:29.020 Let's go. 0:11:29.059 --> 0:11:31.340 What a crazy year for New York. And Cat's Eye, 0:11:31.400 --> 0:11:34.720 who are having just a crazy moment as well. 0:11:35.100 --> 0:11:37.480 Yeah. Shout out. Shout out to Cat's Eye. Shout out 0:11:37.500 --> 0:11:38.780 to K-pop. All of it. 0:11:38.820 --> 0:11:40.920 Do athletes generally make good hosts, do you think? 0:11:41.300 --> 0:11:42.980 I guess percentage-wise, no. 0:11:43.420 --> 0:11:47.199 But there are also those Those gyms, like the Jordan 0:11:47.220 --> 0:11:48.020 show was great. 0:11:48.600 --> 0:11:49.020 Manning's. 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:54.760 Yeah, Peyton Manning was great. Andy Roddick even had a 0:11:54.800 --> 0:11:57.319 good show. Like, you know, Buckley, of course. 0:11:58.850 --> 0:12:01.109 The Manning brothers are always hilarious, too. 0:12:01.510 --> 0:12:04.130 So, you know, as long as they come to play 0:12:04.230 --> 0:12:07.050 and they don't come to, like, be cool. You know, 0:12:07.130 --> 0:12:08.650 being cool is not helpful. 0:12:09.030 --> 0:12:11.130 Also, the thing they tell you, I remember when I was, 0:12:11.590 --> 0:12:14.270 you know, fortunate enough to get to host B-Musical Guests, 0:12:14.770 --> 0:12:17.130 they really stress you on the monologue at the beginning 0:12:17.210 --> 0:12:19.630 and just throughout the show to talk slower than you 0:12:19.670 --> 0:12:22.260 think you need to talk because your heart starts racing. 0:12:22.580 --> 0:12:25.839 Let me get through this. And you're just trying not 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:28.840 to flub a word, but also everything feels like it's 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:30.620 moving a lot faster than it actually is, and you 0:12:30.640 --> 0:12:32.140 just have to settle into it. 0:12:32.140 --> 0:12:35.320 That's exactly kind of how the audition felt. You know 0:12:35.340 --> 0:12:38.330 what I mean? You want to just get through it 0:12:38.510 --> 0:12:39.330 kind of thing. Yeah. 0:12:39.950 --> 0:12:43.210 They're good at like helping people like calm down and 0:12:43.290 --> 0:12:45.530 do it right for your own benefit sake. 0:12:45.670 --> 0:12:49.350 You know what I mean? Once you feel that first laugh, 0:12:49.429 --> 0:12:51.150 it's like, oh, this is working. You know what I mean? 0:12:51.210 --> 0:12:53.200 And I can just like relax and like read it. 0:12:53.429 --> 0:12:57.190 One of my favorite sketches from that episode was the 0:12:57.250 --> 0:13:01.559 one we did. with Aidy Bryant where she was the mouse. Um, 0:13:02.020 --> 0:13:04.040 and she, she basically Cinderella, but she was a mouse 0:13:04.070 --> 0:13:08.250 and she lost her shoe. I remember doing the rehearsal 0:13:08.390 --> 0:13:09.810 and both of us were like, this is either going 0:13:09.830 --> 0:13:13.690 to work and be really funny or just bomb. Sometimes 0:13:13.809 --> 0:13:18.540 my favorite things are watching, especially you when something just 0:13:18.620 --> 0:13:21.179 doesn't work, but you guys internally are just like, from, 0:13:21.300 --> 0:13:23.460 from my perspective, you guys are loving it. Cause you're like, well, 0:13:24.200 --> 0:13:26.840 we tried, we tried, we're here. We got to finish 0:13:26.880 --> 0:13:27.980 the sketch. We can't stop now. 0:13:28.980 --> 0:13:32.960 It's my favorite thing in the world only because it's like, 0:13:33.080 --> 0:13:34.179 what else are you going to do? 0:13:34.200 --> 0:13:35.120 You know what I'm saying? 0:13:35.140 --> 0:13:37.210 It doesn't get any better if this is as good 0:13:37.250 --> 0:13:37.870 as it's going to go. 0:13:37.890 --> 0:13:38.050 Yeah. 0:13:38.550 --> 0:13:39.430 We are out here. 0:13:39.510 --> 0:13:43.190 So like when it's, when things bomb or like we 0:13:43.230 --> 0:13:45.550 tell a joke and we're expecting a laugh and you 0:13:45.590 --> 0:13:48.370 get silence, it's hilarious. 0:13:49.250 --> 0:13:51.010 Like that is hilarious. 0:13:51.170 --> 0:13:54.079 Like, yes, it's embarrassing of course, but like, how could 0:13:54.120 --> 0:13:58.630 we be so on different pages with, our expectation in 0:13:58.670 --> 0:13:59.150 the audience. 0:13:59.350 --> 0:14:02.760 Has there ever been a sketch that worked in the 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:05.219 dress and then just bombed in the real show? 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:08.819 Yeah, that weirdly happens a lot. Like, you know, just 0:14:08.900 --> 0:14:12.340 different audiences have, you know, different mindsets or different placements 0:14:12.380 --> 0:14:15.320 in the show creates different momentums. 0:14:14.820 --> 0:14:15.500 Or, you know, just. 0:14:15.740 --> 0:14:16.520 Oh, that's interesting. 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:20.330 Like weird, like weird factors that are kind of out 0:14:20.350 --> 0:14:23.650 of your control. So I try to like, you know, 0:14:23.750 --> 0:14:26.740 pass the message along, like, don't try to get overly 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:30.740 attached to the outcome of this. Just enjoy whatever's happening 0:14:30.780 --> 0:14:33.120 in the moment. And like, that's kind of the beauty 0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:35.220 of a live show. 0:14:35.320 --> 0:14:35.900 You know what I mean? 0:14:35.940 --> 0:14:39.380 Like you can embrace the accident, you know what I'm saying? 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:42.110 So like, it's, it's a good time if you can 0:14:42.920 --> 0:14:44.270 get out of your head and get out. 0:14:44.210 --> 0:14:44.760 Of your panic. 0:14:45.250 --> 0:14:48.170 Speaking of advice, I'm sure you get approached by a 0:14:48.190 --> 0:14:52.400 lot of different actors, comedians, people that are trying out 0:14:52.460 --> 0:14:55.620 probably going for that audition that's terrifying that they dream 0:14:55.700 --> 0:14:58.340 of or hope to achieve an opportunity like that what's 0:14:58.380 --> 0:15:01.190 the advice you'd give to somebody that's the comic that's 0:15:01.250 --> 0:15:03.190 literally listening today yeah. 0:15:03.050 --> 0:15:05.230 I mean Michael Jackson said it best he's like if 0:15:05.270 --> 0:15:08.750 you're prepared you have no reason to be nervous another 0:15:08.850 --> 0:15:11.640 phrase of a lot easier said than done kind of 0:15:11.670 --> 0:15:15.240 thing because we're talking about perfectionist kind of people so 0:15:16.110 --> 0:15:19.450 You know, not everybody is rehearsing as much, especially comedy or, 0:15:19.590 --> 0:15:21.850 you know, improv comedy or sketch comedy. 0:15:21.910 --> 0:15:22.430 You know what I mean? 0:15:22.470 --> 0:15:26.370 Like, unless you're a groundling or part of the Upright 0:15:26.470 --> 0:15:30.250 Citizens Brigade or, you know, Second City or something like that, 0:15:30.270 --> 0:15:34.250 you're probably not getting those reps that are similar to 0:15:34.330 --> 0:15:38.370 what it's like to do the show. So you're probably 0:15:38.550 --> 0:15:40.990 going to be nervous. And I would just say embrace 0:15:41.030 --> 0:15:44.850 those nerves and maybe turn it into energy. But also 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:47.609 try to make sure that you do have a blueprint 0:15:47.630 --> 0:15:50.610 for where your laughs are supposed to be. And then 0:15:50.790 --> 0:15:53.510 if they don't come in those moments, those are opportunities 0:15:53.550 --> 0:15:55.890 to kind of point that out, which will lead to 0:15:56.010 --> 0:15:57.290 new unexpected laughs. 0:15:57.550 --> 0:15:59.240 That's great advice. It's awesome. 0:15:59.510 --> 0:16:00.740 This is the adult world. 0:16:00.780 --> 0:16:03.960 You know, we're not in elementary school where people can 0:16:04.020 --> 0:16:05.380 wake you up and get you to school. 0:16:05.440 --> 0:16:07.840 You got to go yourself kind of thing. So that's 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:08.340 how it is. 0:16:08.380 --> 0:16:08.800 Get to work. 0:16:09.300 --> 0:16:12.250 Where you guys are at, like you're in your what? 0:16:13.160 --> 0:16:14.340 late twenties, thirties. 0:16:15.260 --> 0:16:19.300 Thank you for that. That was great. Mid thirties. 0:16:19.340 --> 0:16:19.520 Yeah. 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:22.810 Just about damn near 40. 0:16:22.810 --> 0:16:25.770 It's on you to kind of like get the train 0:16:25.850 --> 0:16:28.630 rolling whenever you feel like it's time to like do 0:16:28.670 --> 0:16:33.030 another thing kind of thing to like Joe bro brand going, 0:16:33.050 --> 0:16:35.610 it's kind of like in your laps. So like, how 0:16:35.650 --> 0:16:38.980 do you guys kind of navigate when it feels good 0:16:39.010 --> 0:16:40.150 to kind of do something or. 0:16:40.580 --> 0:16:42.920 I think it's, yeah, it's exactly that. When it feels good, 0:16:42.940 --> 0:16:46.180 you keep going. I mean, I think we were laughing 0:16:46.240 --> 0:16:49.660 because sometimes it feels like when we're announcing a tour, 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:53.479 they're like online, they're like, these guys are on tour. 0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:57.930 They owe somebody something. And for us, we're like, or we, 0:16:58.570 --> 0:17:02.670 when it's good, you keep going. Turns out we like 0:17:02.930 --> 0:17:06.209 to do this. Yeah. The concern is when people are 0:17:06.230 --> 0:17:08.409 not showing up, that's when you're like, damn, okay, well, 0:17:08.430 --> 0:17:12.040 maybe we should take a break. But I think we, A, 0:17:12.470 --> 0:17:14.949 more than anything, and I'm sure you would probably say 0:17:14.970 --> 0:17:18.060 the same thing, when you love something, you're so excited 0:17:18.119 --> 0:17:20.580 to show up to work and how grateful and lucky 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:21.739 are we that we get to do what we love 0:17:21.760 --> 0:17:23.060 for a living. There's a lot of people out there 0:17:23.080 --> 0:17:26.379 doing something to hopefully have that opportunity to step out 0:17:26.420 --> 0:17:29.380 and do something else. But, you know, and then also like, yeah, 0:17:29.420 --> 0:17:31.700