Speaker 1: Have you ever thought about how incredibly complex I spit is.
Speaker 1: It may only be water, but just aliva isn't simple?
Speaker 1: That remaining one percent holds incredibly meaningful information that could
Speaker 1: change everything. And I'm not just talking about your family
Speaker 1: treat Hi. I'm barretton Day Thurston and on this season
Speaker 1: of Spit and I Heart Radio podcast with twenty three
Speaker 1: and me, we explore how DNA isn't just about ancestry,
Speaker 1: it can also be key to understanding your health. Hey you,
Speaker 1: welcome back. Today's episode is a really fun one. If
Speaker 1: you happen to be a fan of the TV series
Speaker 1: Gilmore Girls and are also interested in learning more about
Speaker 1: your genetic makeup, this episode is for you. Seriously, as
Speaker 1: random as all that sounds, Scott Patterson Gilmore Girls is
Speaker 1: Luke Naanes is here to make that connection you remember
Speaker 1: Luke backward hat flannel shirts, Star Hollows, local diner owner
Speaker 1: and on again off again love interests of Laura like Gilmore. Seriously,
Speaker 1: I hold you this episode. It's a fun one. Scott
Speaker 1: is the host of I'm All In with Scott Patterson,
Speaker 1: a wildly popular podcast dedicated to revisiting all one fifty
Speaker 1: four episodes and four movies of the classic series. But
Speaker 1: what I love about this show was how Scott and
Speaker 1: his co host use Gilmore Girls almost like a lens
Speaker 1: to help examine issues and problems we're currently facing in
Speaker 1: our everyday lives. For example, in this episode, you'll hear
Speaker 1: how a conversation about background actors inspired Scott and his
Speaker 1: co host to learn more about their own backgrounds and
Speaker 1: take health tests from twenty three and me. Together, they
Speaker 1: go on a journey of personal health discovery with plenty
Speaker 1: of laughs along the way. Let's listen in as Scott
Speaker 1: and team discovered just how important information can be to
Speaker 1: knowing your place in the scene. I am all in.
Speaker 1: That's just I am all in with Scott Patterson and
Speaker 1: I heart radio podcast Everybody. Scott Patterson, I Am all
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Speaker 1: today and we're gonna you know, we all took the test.
Speaker 1: We all did our DNA test. I think Danielle and
Speaker 1: I did it. We're going to discuss it. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: haven't done it yet. I'm going to hear about you guys,
Speaker 1: and then yeah, we're going to hear what happened for
Speaker 1: you guys. But you have to do it. You need
Speaker 1: to do it. It's the easiest thing in the entire world.
Speaker 1: It's just like a little swab in the mouth and
Speaker 1: you ship it off and like a few weeks later,
Speaker 1: it comes back in the mail and Waila, you know
Speaker 1: so much more about your It's really cool. I mean
Speaker 1: I learned so much, so much. You did it too, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I did it too. And and you know, they keep
Speaker 1: you informed via email as to where they are on
Speaker 1: the process, like a six step seven step process, you know,
Speaker 1: and we've now, um, we're now starting to analyze your DNA.
Speaker 1: It's in the lab right now, and professors, doctor, you know,
Speaker 1: it's kind of cool. And then and then you know,
Speaker 1: another couple of days later said, now you're at step three.
Speaker 1: They found some interesting things, Scott. Here's here's a preview
Speaker 1: excited or nervous, Like what was your emotion? And the
Speaker 1: like we're like, what am I gonna find out? You
Speaker 1: can't click the link faster to find it on It's
Speaker 1: so true. It's like, can you imagine, like this is
Speaker 1: your this is your past, your present, your future. Here's
Speaker 1: the link click at your Yeah, you're firing your finger
Speaker 1: through that keyboard. Man Oh, it's interesting, it's really interesting. Um. Anyway,
Speaker 1: you know, everybody knows Tara s By now she's the
Speaker 1: newly minted superstar of the Minnisota and there she is
Speaker 1: in all the Gloria Amy Sugarman. Hello, Hello, Danielle Romo,
Speaker 1: I'm all in podcast and I Heart Radio one of
Speaker 1: leven Productions special. Not only going to talk about our DNA.
Speaker 1: We have a whole theme here going Scott, you should
Speaker 1: explain our whole tie. Well, some people, some people thought
Speaker 1: it would be a nice idea, right thematically speaking loosely,
Speaker 1: you know, constructed that we get DNA background ancestry, even
Speaker 1: health reports, DNA background information, uh on, and then have
Speaker 1: some background actors from the show who we've been discussing
Speaker 1: the stirring in the background, and like why wise background.
Speaker 1: So so that's the that's the thread that we're doing
Speaker 1: a deep dive into your d n A. We're gonna
Speaker 1: talk to some extras on the show. We're gonna we're
Speaker 1: gonna talk to some background actors on the show. We're
Speaker 1: going to discuss d n A, our backgrounds, um where
Speaker 1: we come from, and other things. And uh, it's gonna
Speaker 1: be a pretty interesting show. So uh, here we are
Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen. Tara, Hello, do you have anything to say?
Speaker 1: Are you taking us away? Is there any synopsis that
Speaker 1: you want to make up on the spot? Let's let's
Speaker 1: hear what you can do on the We have three
Speaker 1: guests today. Um, they were all background actors, as you said,
Speaker 1: and um, some of them I know. One of them
Speaker 1: we found through TikTok right Amy, Yeah, yeah, and she
Speaker 1: talks about when we found on our own instagram. So
Speaker 1: thank you guys, follow us you never know what you
Speaker 1: might find on our Instagram. And then the other was
Speaker 1: a part of one of the most recent episodes that
Speaker 1: we watched with the bet and most iconic episode so far. Wait,
Speaker 1: we really have to ask about the music playing in
Speaker 1: the back, like, how did they dance? We have to
Speaker 1: ask her. Totally totally great. They were dancing to silence
Speaker 1: at at your piece in what they had going on
Speaker 1: like a silent disco? Oh my god. First of all, Scott,
Speaker 1: do you know what that is? Silent disco? No? What
Speaker 1: is that? Silent disco? People dancing around and disc with
Speaker 1: music headphonephones. That's so bizarre. So when you walk in
Speaker 1: the room, it's silent, but everyone's because they have their headphones,
Speaker 1: that's the thing. Huh, why did they invent a silent disco?
Speaker 1: Like is it so that you could have a party
Speaker 1: in a quiet neighbor because the neighbors would complain, and
Speaker 1: like this is a way to sort of make your
Speaker 1: money silently, right. The first thing you've ever heard of
Speaker 1: it was at Coachella, weirdly, and it was like one
Speaker 1: of those like after hours parties at the campgrounds and
Speaker 1: it was like from like one to three in the morning.
Speaker 1: And so I think it's because it's so late at night. Well.
Speaker 1: I also at E d C they had a disco
Speaker 1: and like a little section but Electric Cardinals. It's ant related, Danielle,
Speaker 1: did you guys discover that you're related? Twenty three and
Speaker 1: me tell you that stuff? Yes, it does. It tells
Speaker 1: you who you're like, I mean, I think everyone knows this.
Speaker 1: It tells you like what you're at, like what you
Speaker 1: are you know, like what your DNA shows. But it
Speaker 1: also shows you if you have like any relative matches
Speaker 1: and stuff like that. So um, Luckily, all my brothers
Speaker 1: and sisters popped up for me and my mom and dad,
Speaker 1: so we're good. Any celebrities doesn't show like if you're
Speaker 1: related to like Barack Obama or something, as long as
Speaker 1: they've done the test too, you know, so like but
Speaker 1: Barack Obama did not pop up for me. Um, But yeah,
Speaker 1: it shows you like anywhere from like cousins and like
Speaker 1: what percentage of d n A you share too, so
Speaker 1: like percent whatever, so you know how closely you are
Speaker 1: related to that. Yeah. It's actually very fascinating. But the
Speaker 1: one thing that I thought was really cool was all
Speaker 1: the like all the health stuff you learn about yourself too,
Speaker 1: so um, like just based off of your DNA what
Speaker 1: diseases or um, you know, health issues you can be
Speaker 1: you know, predisposed to. So like for me, I kind
Speaker 1: of like knew this, but like, you know, like my
Speaker 1: family suffers really bad with like heart issues, high blood pressure,
Speaker 1: things like that, and it popped up for me on
Speaker 1: my on my results of course. Yeah, but it's just
Speaker 1: good to know that stuff so you can like be
Speaker 1: proactive and take care of yourself now to hopefully avoid
Speaker 1: those things in the future. So you can get your
Speaker 1: results and then talk to your doctor about it and say, like, hey,
Speaker 1: anything I should be doing. Yeah, it's like, you know,
Speaker 1: you have a high risk of getting these things, you know.
Speaker 1: So it's just good to know that stuff so that
Speaker 1: you can you know. Yeah, well I discovered that I'm
Speaker 1: over the average of Neanderthal DNA. That's what I was
Speaker 1: trying to remember, Neanderthal. Are you making that up? I'm
Speaker 1: not making it up. No, no, no, no no, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: two and thirty three genetic variants that can be traced
Speaker 1: to Neanderthals, Thank you very much. Also, uh, my maternal
Speaker 1: Hoplo group is headed by none other than Jesse James,
Speaker 1: the Gunman. The gunman. Yes, don't don't get on my bedside.
Speaker 1: So that's that's all I'm saying. Show don't get on that.
Speaker 1: I have to say, it's very loop. The results are
Speaker 1: very loop, like you are, lou My goodness. It also
Speaker 1: said de Boleon Napoleon Bonaparte. Um, but I already knew that,
Speaker 1: and it's amazing that they picked that up. Yes, Sir
Speaker 1: Francis Drake, Deboleon ponent part Napoleon Bonaparte. And there's something
Speaker 1: I really can't reveal that I'm probably going to you
Speaker 1: keep saying, because somebody did it and realized they were related,
Speaker 1: and it was like in a magazine. Keep going, keep going, Uh,
Speaker 1: what's the part you can't reveal? Reveal it? I'm part
Speaker 1: Wolf stop it, okay? Like believe that I'm a direct
Speaker 1: descendant of my god Jersey Devil. What happened? Daniel what happened?
Speaker 1: I have eight six more percentage of neanderthalught and says
Speaker 1: to see what happens, to see and are related. That's
Speaker 1: why we survived. That's why the Bloodline survives. All right, guys,
Speaker 1: back by popular demand. Because this whole episode is dedicated
Speaker 1: to background acting. Scott. We have been honing our skills
Speaker 1: and we would like to have a do over from
Speaker 1: our previous background acting and give you another go at
Speaker 1: it for you to judge us. And I'm going to
Speaker 1: spring this on me right here now. You didn't, ye ye?
Speaker 1: We pulled a little script for you so that you
Speaker 1: can do an actual scene from the diner, and the
Speaker 1: three of us are going to be the background. What
Speaker 1: do you mean I'm going to do the scene? You're
Speaker 1: gonna be you, You'll be Who's gonna be? What's the
Speaker 1: who's going to Entara? Sure? Do you want to play
Speaker 1: the part of Taylor and then Danielle and I will
Speaker 1: be the background? Yes, So as you can see, we
Speaker 1: really play on things in advance. We do this all
Speaker 1: just by the seat of our all of those meetings,
Speaker 1: those endless midnight meetings, the planet, the structure literally in
Speaker 1: the text, like dude, be ready some good times tomorrow.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be at the dinner Daniel. We at the
Speaker 1: same table. Oh dude, he was a prop. I'm already
Speaker 1: ahead of my background. Oh it's like cover of coffee.
Speaker 1: I like that mug. Where'd you get that mug? I
Speaker 1: made it? You made the mug? Yeah, like one of
Speaker 1: those color me mind things. Would you like to make
Speaker 1: mugs for my coffee company? We'd love to sell those. Um,
Speaker 1: I don't think you want this, No, I do. I do.
Speaker 1: It's like keep talking, I'm getting a prop. Keep talking,
Speaker 1: keep um so Tara, all right, you're on kid. Let's
Speaker 1: go breathing deep folks, smells like falls. Why, oh you listen.
Speaker 1: I'd like to run something by you. I'm busy. I
Speaker 1: was just thinking how nice it would be if you
Speaker 1: could set up a little coffee stand at the marathon.
Speaker 1: Coffee I mean, yes, these people have to try and
Speaker 1: stay up for twenty four hours. What better to help
Speaker 1: you stay up than a nice, strong coffee. Huh, what
Speaker 1: do you say really for bucket cup? Luke? This marathon
Speaker 1: is a charitable event, Taylor. We've been raising money to
Speaker 1: restore that stupid bridge for eight years. We're not raising
Speaker 1: money to restore the bridge. No, we have that money.
Speaker 1: The Tennessee Williams look alike contest put us right over
Speaker 1: the top. What the hell is this dumb thing for
Speaker 1: a tarp to cover the bridge? This is the first
Speaker 1: tailor actually need to sit down. Well, Luke, you know
Speaker 1: as well as I do that if we start renovations now,
Speaker 1: heading right into snow and rainy part of the season,
Speaker 1: then everything we do is going to get ruined. And
Speaker 1: there we back up square one. If we're going to
Speaker 1: do this right, then we're going to need a tarp. Taylor,
Speaker 1: you're asking me to donate free coffee and hundreds of
Speaker 1: people so you can raise money to buy its tarp.
Speaker 1: How about fifty cents a cup? How about I charge
Speaker 1: for cream? You would kick tiny Tim's crotch you right
Speaker 1: out from under him, wouldn't you? If you ask for
Speaker 1: a free cup of coffee, give me He's going down.
Speaker 1: I looked over and Amy's like serving serving food to
Speaker 1: the camera. What is going on? I mean I felt
Speaker 1: like Taylor was like in my in my office, right,
Speaker 1: I mean that was so you nailed it, you guys.
Speaker 1: Anyone's listening has to watch the video. They were going
Speaker 1: on and on and not paying attention. Doesn't all the
Speaker 1: video always started feeding each other, so Scot so connected.
Speaker 1: It was his part that he wasn't really like observing
Speaker 1: our background that I started off. I didn't memorize the scene.
Speaker 1: That's when I looked over started laughing. You guys, wait
Speaker 1: a minute, so wait a minute. You were Danielle and Amy.
Speaker 1: You you guys were spoon feeding each other. It was
Speaker 1: like this, wow, oh my goodness. Should we bring in
Speaker 1: real background actors? For sure? But everybody listening needs to
Speaker 1: watch us. Dude on the Instagram and tell us how
Speaker 1: we did. Because Scott was being loosen, I'm just doing
Speaker 1: my job, trying to do my job. It did great.
Speaker 1: I think we were much improved. Danielle in the beginning
Speaker 1: the last time I had to do it, I don't
Speaker 1: even think you had to do it. And then we
Speaker 1: lost it. It's so boring being in it. I had
Speaker 1: a blast, thought it was fun. I don't think I
Speaker 1: could do it for fifteen minutes, like how long do
Speaker 1: they have to go in a diner scene? Like how
Speaker 1: long would that take to shoot? Hours? Oh no, I'm
Speaker 1: not cut out for it. I mean you're doing dozens
Speaker 1: of takes. Dozens. I stirred at that bowl pretty well, Tar,
Speaker 1: did you see me in the beginning. I felt like
Speaker 1: I was crushing at the beginning three minutes and I
Speaker 1: was like, oh no, it was like that messed up.
Speaker 1: I look over and I was like what because I
Speaker 1: was reading my script? Look over. We were focused on
Speaker 1: our jobs. We were focused on what we're doing. These days,
Speaker 1: you can be on your phone in the background, because
Speaker 1: that would be more fun just checking emails. Oh my god,
Speaker 1: I was going to be on my phone. I was like,
Speaker 1: I can't do that in Luke's diner. I was going
Speaker 1: to and I was like, that is so inauthentic. It's
Speaker 1: the Neanderthal DNA creeping into the work, as it often
Speaker 1: happens with me. Unfortunately, very broad choices like a caveman
Speaker 1: or a cave woman would do er er. You know that, big,
Speaker 1: big thanks to me. We've got background acting at its
Speaker 1: finest for you coming up. Okay, And if you want
Speaker 1: to learn about your background. Go to and me dot com.
Speaker 1: What do you your part? Irish? Yeah that I just know, Irish, German.
Speaker 1: I haven't done it yet because I wanted to hear
Speaker 1: you guys do it, and then I'm going to do
Speaker 1: it next. Yeah, I'm I'm Irish, German, Russian, what else? British, Ned,
Speaker 1: there's some Dutch, I got some Dutch. I got like
Speaker 1: I got a five percent er I think on the Dutch, Scotch, Irish.
Speaker 1: You both seem like blends, blends of everything, you and Danielle.
Speaker 1: I didn't want to say it that way. What are you?
Speaker 1: Daniel What are you? I am seventy eight percent European, uh,
Speaker 1: seventy two Spanish and Portuguese. Excuse me? How can you
Speaker 1: be seventy percent something? And and then um, I have
Speaker 1: one point five percent Ashkenazi Jewish And then weirdly enough,
Speaker 1: I have like point seven percent each gyp ship and
Speaker 1: some other little it's cool, but everything it's pretty much
Speaker 1: just Spanish and Portuguese. There you go. And did you
Speaker 1: know that going in did anything shock you? I mean,
Speaker 1: just like the like the little percentages of Egyptian and
Speaker 1: you know, like yeah, just a little things like that
Speaker 1: that was shocking, But for the most part I was
Speaker 1: pretty on target with what I've been told my whole life,
Speaker 1: which is refreshing. It's wonderful. Congratulations you two, Thank you
Speaker 1: very much. Who's up for Sarah? We have Sarah first?
Speaker 1: Let me bring her in. Hello, Hi, welcome to the show.
Speaker 1: Where you? Where you? Where are you today? I'm outside Seattle?
Speaker 1: Oh great? Great? So look we're doing twenty three and
Speaker 1: me background ancestry slash background actor episode today and you're
Speaker 1: our first guest on this portion of it. Um, what's
Speaker 1: your background? What's your first? Of all? Have you ever
Speaker 1: done twenty three and me? Have you ever checked into
Speaker 1: your lineage and your family for in the heritage? I have,
Speaker 1: in fact, yes, a very uh Northern European, but mostly
Speaker 1: British Isles, Scottish, English, Welsh, pretty much all up in
Speaker 1: that area. Well we have something in common on the Welsh,
Speaker 1: Irish Scottish thing. Um. So let's all right, So let's
Speaker 1: let's get into the background acting. How did you get
Speaker 1: the role of background actor on the show on Gilmore? Uh? So?
Speaker 1: I moved down to l a uh and got a
Speaker 1: job taking tickets at Universal Studios before I signed up
Speaker 1: with Central Casting and uh, I was twenty three years
Speaker 1: old and looked younger, and so uh was able to
Speaker 1: get on Gilmore Girls as an eight team to look
Speaker 1: younger to students and um so yeah, so literally called
Speaker 1: into Central Casting to try and get jobs, and Gilmore
Speaker 1: Girls was one of them. And refresh my memory, what
Speaker 1: what episode and scene were you in? I was in
Speaker 1: the Francy bathroom scene, which I hear you enjoyed. Oh,
Speaker 1: I enjoyed that so much. It was one of it's
Speaker 1: one of my favorite scenes in the whole time. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: so you were in that. Yes, I recognized ye starting
Speaker 1: the door, was guarding the door, You were guarding the door. Um. So,
Speaker 1: what was your experience like on the show? Do you
Speaker 1: have a great time or what was it like? Oh?
Speaker 1: I loved it, loved it. Um it was obviously a
Speaker 1: show that was incredibly hectic, I'm sure to work on
Speaker 1: daily with the hours and all that. Um especially you know,
Speaker 1: I remember getting to the end of your shooting weeks
Speaker 1: and we'd be starting our call times would be like
Speaker 1: four o'clock in the afternoons because everything had gotten so
Speaker 1: long in the days and all that. But it was
Speaker 1: a great show. The crew was awesome. Um. Always had
Speaker 1: a good time on set and everyone was friendly and welcoming.
Speaker 1: Were you a fan of the show before you came
Speaker 1: on the show? Were you aware of it? I was.
Speaker 1: I'd only watched I hadn't watched the first season when
Speaker 1: it aired, but then I'd gotten into it in the
Speaker 1: second season, and so when I came down to l A.
Speaker 1: Getting to work on the third season was was quite fun.
Speaker 1: And what's your favorite Gilmore Girl's memory? Um, That Francy
Speaker 1: bathroom scene was awfully cool. You know, it was a
Speaker 1: fun experience to be one of only two background in
Speaker 1: the scene, which meant we got a little bit more
Speaker 1: special treatment than sometimes background, uh that they have time for, right,
Speaker 1: and so we got to feel more like we were
Speaker 1: part of the show in the episode in that way,
Speaker 1: and that was a lot of fun. Cool. Yeah, it
Speaker 1: almost felt like you were you know, and you were
Speaker 1: an integral part of that scene. Uh, instead of really background,
Speaker 1: it was more featured almost. Maybe what's your favorite Gilmore
Speaker 1: Girls episode? If you have one? Um, I actually really
Speaker 1: like the I think it's the season finale, the season
Speaker 1: two where the wedding scenes, the wedding with um Suki
Speaker 1: and Jackson's wedding, and then Christopher is there and then
Speaker 1: he leaves, and um, I really enjoyed that whole dynamic.
Speaker 1: Um I realized, you know, as an adult now looking back,
Speaker 1: the whole relationship is not the most healthy. But um,
Speaker 1: as a twenty something watching it, I enjoyed the Laura
Speaker 1: like Christopher dynamic. Interesting. All right, now we're gonna play
Speaker 1: a little rapid fire. You know what rapid fire is.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna fire questions that you gotta fire answers back
Speaker 1: to me. Ready, here we go. How many cups of
Speaker 1: coffee to have in a day? Are you good for? You?
Speaker 1: Are your team Logan, Team Jess or Team Dean? Who's
Speaker 1: your Who's your favorite Gilmore girl's character? What would you
Speaker 1: order it? Luke Steiner French? Would you rather go to
Speaker 1: on a road trip with Taylor or Michellee? Finish the
Speaker 1: lyric and where you lead? I will follow dot dot dot.
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, but I can't come up anywhere that
Speaker 1: you tell me to Jackson Vegetables or Suki Bakes Goods.
Speaker 1: Would you rather listen to Drella's Harper, The Troubadours, cover Songs, Children,
Speaker 1: Prepper Stars, Hollow High, oh, Childen prep all the way.
Speaker 1: It was a pleasure talking to you. Thank you for
Speaker 1: your contribution to the show. You were wonderful in that scene.
Speaker 1: It's one of my favorite scenes and everything I've seen
Speaker 1: so far, and I haven't seen the rest of it,
Speaker 1: but we're in the beginning of season three. But that
Speaker 1: that seemed to me was just fantastic. Um, thanks for
Speaker 1: coming on, stay safe, keep up the good work. Thanks
Speaker 1: for having me on. It was a pleasure. I appreciate
Speaker 1: it having a good time. Take care, Jan How are
Speaker 1: you doing good? Good? Good? Were you calling in from um?
Speaker 1: From my work and Pennsylvania? Oh? That that's that's part
Speaker 1: of the School Kill Expressway or the end of it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I know it. I know it well or the short
Speaker 1: the short Kill Expressways they used to call it. Um.
Speaker 1: So let's dive right in. How did you get a
Speaker 1: roll of the background actor on the show? So I
Speaker 1: was actually Suky's stand in for season three? Oh my goodness.
Speaker 1: And it just happened to be one episode where they
Speaker 1: were short on extras their background actors, and so they
Speaker 1: asked myself and the the girl who played Loraa Lie
Speaker 1: stand into just you know, fill in. So we kind
Speaker 1: of did double duty that episode. Okay, what what episode
Speaker 1: and scene were you in or it was in season three? Um,
Speaker 1: the episode's an episode called mac Keg and it was
Speaker 1: kind of a walk and talk through town and Laura
Speaker 1: line Szuki, We're going to get pizza at the pizza joint.
Speaker 1: So I was just kind of sitting in the background
Speaker 1: for that and la Lie Standard was standing in line
Speaker 1: to get pizza. Very low key, right, right. So what
Speaker 1: was your experience like on the show. It was great. Um,
Speaker 1: Like I said, like, I had moved out to California
Speaker 1: and a couple of months after their central casting had
Speaker 1: called an asked if I had ever done any stand
Speaker 1: in work, and I said I didn't know what that meant.
Speaker 1: So they called back and they said that, you know,
Speaker 1: they wanted me to come out and they had had
Speaker 1: trouble keeping somebody I guess for a stand in for
Speaker 1: Melissa for whatever reason. So I started working on the
Speaker 1: show probably one or two days a week, and then
Speaker 1: she wasn't in a lot of episodes or you know,
Speaker 1: it would just depend on who was being featured. So, um,
Speaker 1: it was just such a surreal experience too. The you know,
Speaker 1: I was a big fan of the show for doing it.
Speaker 1: And it's just crazy now how big the show has
Speaker 1: become in in retrospect, because I remember at the time
Speaker 1: I would tell people what I was working on and
Speaker 1: they wouldn't really be that familiar with it. But now
Speaker 1: everybody knows the show, and everybody seems to be a
Speaker 1: huge fan and such a resurgence. So it was it
Speaker 1: like working with Melissa McCarthy was she is graceful and
Speaker 1: kind to you, as she was everybody else. I'm sure
Speaker 1: she was. She was absolutely the sweetest person that you
Speaker 1: can imagine, as I'm sure you know. I mean, I
Speaker 1: wasn't always there on set with her because I was
Speaker 1: there when she was not, but a few times that
Speaker 1: we did encounter one another, I mean, she was just
Speaker 1: always so kind. Um, she was always complimenting me on
Speaker 1: my chair that she was trying to achieve a similar color,
Speaker 1: I think, and I remember she hadn't I did not go,
Speaker 1: but she had invited me to the rap party at
Speaker 1: the end of season three, and she had invited me
Speaker 1: to come see her perform. It's a local comedy center,
Speaker 1: and um, she just was so nice. Yeah's you really
Speaker 1: miss something not seeing her perform she's extraordinary, the character
Speaker 1: she created. She writes all that stuff and then she
Speaker 1: performs it. It's like groundlings. Yeah, and we went one night,
Speaker 1: all of us went one night, I think in season one,
Speaker 1: and just we were floored. Really, oh, we were floored.
Speaker 1: We were laughing so hard. Our stomachs hurt, our sides hurt,
Speaker 1: everything hurt. Um. She's she's gloriously talented person. Um, So,
Speaker 1: what's your favorite Gilmore Girls episode. Absolutely, I'm kind of
Speaker 1: a fan of the first couple of seasons, I guess,
Speaker 1: just because those were the ones I had started out watching.
Speaker 1: And um, you know, I always was a fan of
Speaker 1: you know, your interactions with Laurel. I I mean, I
Speaker 1: loved that type of dynamic and you know, of course
Speaker 1: the mother daughter relationship was you know, just so I mean,
Speaker 1: I just it wasn't so much of one episode that
Speaker 1: got me. It was just the way the script was written,
Speaker 1: just like it was so clever, It was so funny,
Speaker 1: you know, just this, you know, just the way that
Speaker 1: they would tie in old movies, old Broadway shows, I mean,
Speaker 1: any type of kind of throwback, and it was just
Speaker 1: so well put together, so funny in such a highbrow
Speaker 1: kind of way almost in a lot of ways, but
Speaker 1: I just but very relatable at the same time. I mean,
Speaker 1: it wasn't it wasn't condescending. So that's that's kind of alright.
Speaker 1: So now we're at the point where we're going to
Speaker 1: play a game with you called rapid fire. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: fire questions that you're gonna give me answers real quick? Ready?
Speaker 1: How many tups of coffee to having a day? Are
Speaker 1: you team Logan, Team Jester, Team Dean? What is your
Speaker 1: favorite Gilmore girl's character? What would you order at Luke's
Speaker 1: Diner coffee? Would rather go on a road trip with
Speaker 1: Taylor or Michelle Taylor? Really, that's the first nobody's ever
Speaker 1: picked Taylor. Why Taylor? I don't know, he's funny, It
Speaker 1: would it wouldn't be right, right? No? I agree? Uh,
Speaker 1: finish the lyric and where you lead, I will follow
Speaker 1: dot dot dot. Oh you got me, don't don't bom
Speaker 1: anywhere that you tell me too? Yes, Jackson's Vegetables or
Speaker 1: Suki's baked Goods. I think we know the answer to that,
Speaker 1: Thank you very much. Would you rather listen to Drella's
Speaker 1: Harp or the Troupadours cover songs? Children, Prepper Stars, Hollow High.
Speaker 1: So Jan you've won some wonderful prizes. Uh Danielle will
Speaker 1: tell you as your parting gifts, and thank you so
Speaker 1: much for joining us. It was a blast. Say hello
Speaker 1: to everybody over there in Concho Hawking. Will I know
Speaker 1: that area? Well? I was born in Philadelphia, raised in
Speaker 1: South Jersey. My father lived out in Later in his
Speaker 1: life he lived out in Valley Forward, so I know
Speaker 1: all about that area. So anyway, all the best to you,
Speaker 1: thanks for coming on, Stay safe, okay, all right, all right,
Speaker 1: Hi Mary, thank Scott here. How are you? Thanks for
Speaker 1: coming on? Good, thank you for having me. I'm in
Speaker 1: Los Angeles, all right. I just got on the door
Speaker 1: from a cross country road trip. Oh my goodness. Those
Speaker 1: are so much fun. I used to do those all
Speaker 1: the time. So let's just dive right in. How did
Speaker 1: you get the role of being a background actor on
Speaker 1: the show. So I did a lot of gigs dancing
Speaker 1: with Roscoe Barnsworth and uh so he was working on
Speaker 1: the show and he recommended me to Kenny Ortega. The
Speaker 1: Kenny Ortega connection got you. Yeah, So Ning requested that
Speaker 1: I'd come in an audition, and uh my auditioned. He
Speaker 1: was throwing me around an aerials and the audition, which
Speaker 1: was very unexpected. A lot of fun Kenny in the audition.
Speaker 1: That was a lot of fun. Yeah. And then, um,
Speaker 1: what episode was that? What scene was you in? Well?
Speaker 1: I was in two episodes, but that one the first
Speaker 1: episode that I was on was, um, they shoot Gilmore girls.
Speaker 1: Don't think oh okay, oh yeah, which one were you?
Speaker 1: Which one? Because we just we we just did that,
Speaker 1: we just reviewed that. I was the sailor girl. So
Speaker 1: you were one of the ones that we're doing fancy
Speaker 1: dance moves and going up in the air and spinning around. Yeah,
Speaker 1: there were there were a couple of actually went in
Speaker 1: the air, but that was one of the future dancers. Yeah, okay, alright,
Speaker 1: so tell me what the experience was like. Was it
Speaker 1: a long day, a long couple of days? What was
Speaker 1: it like? It was several days. Actually, Kenny had asked
Speaker 1: me to be the last couple battling it out, um,
Speaker 1: but my partner couldn't stay. So that was kind of
Speaker 1: crushing to me because I wanted to stay for the
Speaker 1: whole thing. But um, it was so much fun. Um.
Speaker 1: I remember on set. It was the first day, and
Speaker 1: we're dancers kind of out there earlier early, showing each
Speaker 1: other moves and stuff, and pass and crew started coming in.
Speaker 1: I was like, okay, guys, we gotta stop. We gotta
Speaker 1: be quiet. We can't be distracting. And my friends are
Speaker 1: like uh, and then I'm like, no, we have to
Speaker 1: be professional. Penny walks in and he runs over to
Speaker 1: us and he was like, what's that movie lost? Just
Speaker 1: did you show me? And that kind of set the
Speaker 1: tone for the rest of the time. And yeah, he
Speaker 1: had lunch with us. Every day. We had like a
Speaker 1: picnic blanket and he would come over and have lunch
Speaker 1: with us. I remember one day he was telling us
Speaker 1: about working with Michael Jackson, and he called Michael Jackson
Speaker 1: and started talking into him on speaker and then he goes,
Speaker 1: hold on a second, I gotta do something. Talk to
Speaker 1: my assistant, and he gave one of the dancers the
Speaker 1: phone is still on speaker. So we're like all sitting around, uh,
Speaker 1: talking to Michael, and he was talking to Mike. Got
Speaker 1: a chance to talk to Michael Jackson. There are you ken?
Speaker 1: He trying to impress you. What's going on with that?
Speaker 1: What a what a story? And then it's all to
Speaker 1: be on the next week another another show. We were
Speaker 1: like future dancers for the Disco Ball, all of our
Speaker 1: little picnic group, and he made this big speech about
Speaker 1: us at the Disco Ball to like I was went
Speaker 1: Empler Casey in the suntime. I was like every big
Speaker 1: band from the seventies. The meeting was like, these dancers
Speaker 1: are awesome and you've got to be cool to them
Speaker 1: because they're really cool. And I have a great show. Guys,
Speaker 1: it's so great. Yeah. Great. You know, my wife is
Speaker 1: a a dancer. She she grew up at ballerina and
Speaker 1: she does now she does hip hop and she does
Speaker 1: um what they call it, high heels, high heels, sexy
Speaker 1: things whatever. She just she just went yeah, she just
Speaker 1: came from a class with it. She showed me the video.
Speaker 1: These dancers are so good. She's so good. Um. And
Speaker 1: we're talking about what a life that is and what
Speaker 1: a struggle it is to make ends meet. If that's
Speaker 1: your career. You know, that's so few people go on
Speaker 1: and really you know get you know, very few, you know,
Speaker 1: a lot get into choreography and and directing and all
Speaker 1: that stuff. But it's a tough road to hope, but
Speaker 1: you really love it. Dancers really have to do what
Speaker 1: they really love it, Is that true? Oh? Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I can see how addicted she is to it. I
Speaker 1: mean she just loves that she has to have it.
Speaker 1: I mean her spirit is just sores when she's dancing.
Speaker 1: It's just most alive. Yes, yeah, when people are at
Speaker 1: their best. You see the best in people when they're dancing. Right,
Speaker 1: It's so connect so intimately with people. Like my specialty
Speaker 1: is partner dancing, So I love that connection between people. Right.
Speaker 1: Oh that's anyway. What do you have a favorite Gilmore episode? Um?
Speaker 1: It was probably that one I would I got it.
Speaker 1: Kind of a stupid question. I'm so sorry. I am
Speaker 1: larger presenting andrethalon the most people, so I apologized. I was.
Speaker 1: Another cool thing that happened on that set was Kenny
Speaker 1: was talking about dirty dancing and he grabbed me and
Speaker 1: he did a reenactment of um, Johnny and Baby. We
Speaker 1: had me doing Baby and he was doing Johnny on
Speaker 1: set and they recorded it. Remember them filming it. I
Speaker 1: remember him and telling me like afterwards, like get a
Speaker 1: copy of the editors cut. I'm gonna put this on there,
Speaker 1: our director's cut. But I don't. I never saw that,
Speaker 1: so I don't know if that's floating out there somewhere not.
Speaker 1: You gotta get that, you gotta you gotta get in
Speaker 1: touch with Kenny and get that rough, you know how,
Speaker 1: let me know, just you know contact, Oh gosh, I
Speaker 1: guess any if you're listening, you can get to Kenny.
Speaker 1: You can get to Kenny somehow. He's that easither out
Speaker 1: here in New York, right you would imagine or Miami.
Speaker 1: I don't, I don't know. Um oh, that's great, that's
Speaker 1: just great anyway. All right, so now we're gonna play
Speaker 1: what we call rapid fire. I'm gonna fire questions that
Speaker 1: you fire answers back at me. You ready, I don't
Speaker 1: know how many cups of coffee you have a day? Zero?
Speaker 1: That a girl? Are you team Logan, Team Jess, team Dean?
Speaker 1: Who's your favorite Gie More Girls character? Or what would
Speaker 1: you order it? Luke Steiner? Would you rather go on
Speaker 1: a road trip with Taylor or Michelle? Taylor again? Another Taylor?
Speaker 1: That's you know, nobody picks to white Tailor over Michelle.
Speaker 1: It would be organized. He'd keep you on schedule and
Speaker 1: in time. Right, Okay, finish the lyric and where you lead,
Speaker 1: I will follow dot dot dot anywhere that you tell
Speaker 1: me to. You nice, you're the first one to nail it.
Speaker 1: I think you're the first one. You're very special. Jackson's
Speaker 1: vegetables or Suki's baked goods. Would you rather listen to
Speaker 1: drell Is Harp or The Troubador's cover songs? Cover song,
Speaker 1: childn Prepper Stars Hollow Hi Stars, Hollow Hi. There you go, Mary,
Speaker 1: it has been a pleasure. Um, you're a lot of fun,
Speaker 1: great stories. Uh, find Kenny, get the tape, come back on.
Speaker 1: We gotta see this thing. Get that tape. We'll have
Speaker 1: you back on. We want to see this thing. Okay, alright, alright,
Speaker 1: have a great time, get some rest. Welcome back to
Speaker 1: l A and all the best. Okay, all right, all right,
Speaker 1: take care all everybody that's gonna do it. That was
Speaker 1: a lot of fun. I enjoyed that. Did you have
Speaker 1: as much fun with that as as we did? Getting
Speaker 1: to know some of these background actors, the unsung heroes
Speaker 1: of film and television business, I'll tell you they they
Speaker 1: put in serious hours every single day. They are they're
Speaker 1: from dawn to midnight, uh and sometimes longer. Um. So
Speaker 1: thank you for their contributions and they were so interesting
Speaker 1: and great and uh thanks to twenty three and me. Um,
Speaker 1: I uh it was, it was. It was very shocking
Speaker 1: and informative and wonderful experience with twenty three in me. Uh,
Speaker 1: there's a lot I haven't said, but um, there's a
Speaker 1: lot I found out about myself that I had known.
Speaker 1: It was really a fascinating journey with them. Uh and uh,
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