Speaker 1: I am all in. Oh just I am all in
Speaker 1: with Scott Patterson and I heart radio podcast Everybody, Scott Patterson,
Speaker 1: I am all in podcast special Episodes twenty three and
Speaker 1: me um Our sponsors today, and we're gonna you know,
Speaker 1: we all took the test. We all did our DNA test.
Speaker 1: I think Danielle and I did it. We're going to
Speaker 1: discuss it. Yeah, I haven't done it yet. I'm getting
Speaker 1: here about you guys. And then I think, yeah, we're
Speaker 1: going to hear what happened for you guys. But you
Speaker 1: have to do it. You need to do it. It's
Speaker 1: the easiest thing in the entire world. It's just like
Speaker 1: a little swab in the mouth and you ship it
Speaker 1: off and like a few weeks later, it comes back
Speaker 1: in the mail and Waila, you know so much more
Speaker 1: about yourself. It's really cool. Daniel I mean, I learned
Speaker 1: so much, so much. Goot, 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 thing. Um. Anyway,
Speaker 1: you know, everybody knows Tara s By now she's the
Speaker 1: newly minted superstar of the Minnisotia. 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 in. Well, some people, some people
Speaker 1: thought 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 DNA. We're gonna talk to
Speaker 1: some extras on the shot. We're gonna we're gonna talk
Speaker 1: to some background actors on the show. We're going to
Speaker 1: discuss d n A, our backgrounds, um where we come from,
Speaker 1: and other things. And uh, it's gonna be a pretty
Speaker 1: interesting show. So, uh, here we are, ladies and gentlemen. Tara, Hello,
Speaker 1: do you have anything to say? Are you taking us away?
Speaker 1: And any is there any synopsis that you want to
Speaker 1: make up on the spot. Let's let's hear what you
Speaker 1: can do on the flat. We have three guests today. Um,
Speaker 1: they were all background actors, as you said, and um,
Speaker 1: so I know. One of them we found through TikTok
Speaker 1: right Amy, Yeah, yeah, and she talks about when we
Speaker 1: found on our own Instagram, So thank you guys follow
Speaker 1: us you never know what you might find on our Instagram.
Speaker 1: And then the other was a part of one of
Speaker 1: the most recent episodes that we watched, with the most
Speaker 1: iconic episode so far, we really have to ask about
Speaker 1: the music playing in the back, like how did they Yeah,
Speaker 1: we have to ask her. Totally totally great to know
Speaker 1: that they were dancing to silence at your piece in
Speaker 1: what they had going on, like a silent disco? Oh
Speaker 1: my god. First of all, Scott, do you know what
Speaker 1: that is? Silent disco? No? What is that? Silent disco?
Speaker 1: People dancing around and just go with music headphones. That's
Speaker 1: so bizarre. So when you walk in the room, it's silent,
Speaker 1: but everyone's because they have their headphones. That's the thing. Huh.
Speaker 1: Why did they invent a silent disco? Like is it
Speaker 1: so that you could have a party in a quiet
Speaker 1: neighbor Maybe because the neighbors would complain and like this
Speaker 1: is a way to sort of make your money silently. Right.
Speaker 1: The first time I've ever heard of it was at Coachella, weirdly,
Speaker 1: and it was like one of those like after hours
Speaker 1: parties at the campgrounds and it was like from like
Speaker 1: one to three in the morning. And so I think
Speaker 1: it's because it's so late at night. Well, I also
Speaker 1: at etc. They had a settle disco in like a
Speaker 1: little section but select Carnival. It's act related, Danielle, did
Speaker 1: you guys discover that you're related? Twenty three and me
Speaker 1: tell you that stuff? Yes, it does. It tells you
Speaker 1: who you're like, I mean, I think everyone knows this.
Speaker 1: It tells you like what you're at, like what you are,
Speaker 1: you know, like what your DNA shows. But it also
Speaker 1: shows you if you have like any relative matches and
Speaker 1: stuff like that. So um, Luckily all my brothers and
Speaker 1: sisters popped up for me and my mom and dad,
Speaker 1: so we're good. Any celebrities, does it show like if
Speaker 1: you're related to like Barack Obama or something, as long
Speaker 1: as they've done the test too, you know, so like
Speaker 1: but Barack Obama did not pop up for me. Um.
Speaker 1: But yeah, it shows you like anywhere from like cousins
Speaker 1: and like what percentage of d n A you share too,
Speaker 1: so like percent whatever, so you know how closely you
Speaker 1: are related to them. Yeah. It's actually very fascinating. But
Speaker 1: the one thing that I thought was really cool was
Speaker 1: all the like all the health stuff you learn about
Speaker 1: yourself too, so um, like just based off of your DNA,
Speaker 1: what diseases or um, you know, health issues you can
Speaker 1: be you know, predisposed to. So like for me, I
Speaker 1: kind of like knew this, but like, you know, like
Speaker 1: my family suffers really bad with like heart issues, high
Speaker 1: blood pressure, things like that, and it popped up for
Speaker 1: me on my on my results of course. Yeah. But
Speaker 1: it's just good to know that stuff so you can
Speaker 1: like be proactive and take care of yourself now to
Speaker 1: hopefully avoid those things in the future. So you can
Speaker 1: get your results and then talk to your doctor about
Speaker 1: it and say like, hey, anything I should be doing. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's like, you know, you have a high risk of
Speaker 1: getting these things, you know, so it's just good to
Speaker 1: know that stuff so that you can you know, yeah,
Speaker 1: well I discovered that I'm over the average of Neanderthal DNA.
Speaker 1: That's what I was trying to remember. Neanderthal. Are you
Speaker 1: making that up? I'm not making it up. No, no, no, no, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: two D and thirty three genetic variants that can be
Speaker 1: traced to Neanderthals. Thank you very much. Also, uh, my
Speaker 1: maternal HOPLO group is headed by none other than Jesse
Speaker 1: James the Gunman. The Gunman. Yes, don't don't get on
Speaker 1: my bedside. So that's that's all I'm saying. Show don't
Speaker 1: get that. I have to say, it's very loop. Your
Speaker 1: results are very loop, like you are. Louh. My goodness.
Speaker 1: It also said Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte. Um, but I already
Speaker 1: knew that, and it's amazing that they picked that up. Yes, Sir,
Speaker 1: Francis Drake, Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon Bonaparte. And there's something I
Speaker 1: really can't reveal that I'm probably going to you keep saying,
Speaker 1: because somebody did it and realized they were related, and
Speaker 1: 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 wolf?
Speaker 1: Stop it? Ok, Like believe that I am a direct
Speaker 1: descendant of my god, jer Devil. What happened? Daniel? What happened?
Speaker 1: I have eight six more percentage of neanderthought and says
Speaker 1: to see what happens are related. That's why we survived.
Speaker 1: That's why the Bloodline survives. All right, guys, back by
Speaker 1: popular demand, because this whole episode is dedicated to background acting. Scott,
Speaker 1: we have been honing our skills and we would like
Speaker 1: to have a do over from our previous background acting
Speaker 1: and give you another go at it for you to
Speaker 1: judge us. So it's going to spring this on me
Speaker 1: right here now, you didn't, ye ye. We pulled a
Speaker 1: little script for you so that you can do an
Speaker 1: actual scene from the diner, and the three of us
Speaker 1: are going to be the background. What do you mean
Speaker 1: I'm going to do the scene. You're gonna be you,
Speaker 1: You'll be Who's gonna be who? What's the Who's going
Speaker 1: to me? And Tara? 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 plan 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 the planet, the structure literally in the
Speaker 1: text like dude, be ready some good times tomorrow. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna be at the dinner. Daniel We at the same table. Oh, drop,
Speaker 1: I'm already ahead of my background. Oh it's got Luke's
Speaker 1: cover of coffee. I like that mug. Where'd you get
Speaker 1: that mug? I made it? You made the mug? Yeah,
Speaker 1: like one of those like color me mind things? Would
Speaker 1: you like to make mugs for my coffee company? We'd
Speaker 1: love to sell those. Um, I don't think you want this,
Speaker 1: No I do. I do. It's like, keep talking, I'm
Speaker 1: getting a prop, keep talking, keep um so Tara, all right,
Speaker 1: you're on kid, Let's go breathing deep folks, smells like falls.
Speaker 1: Why oh you listen, I'd like to run something by you.
Speaker 1: I'm busy. I was just thinking how nice it would
Speaker 1: be if you could up a little coffee stand at
Speaker 1: the marathon. Coffee stand, I mean, yes, these people have
Speaker 1: to try and stay up for twenty four hours. What
Speaker 1: better to help you stay up than a nice strong coffee? Huh?
Speaker 1: What do you say really for bucket cup? Luke? This
Speaker 1: marathon is a charitable event, Taylor. We've been raising money
Speaker 1: to restore that stupid bridge for eight years. We're not
Speaker 1: raising money to restore the bridge. No, we have that money.
Speaker 1: The Tennessee Williams lookalike contest put us right over the top.
Speaker 1: What the hell is this dumb thing for a tarp
Speaker 1: to cover the bridge? Just the first tailor. I actually
Speaker 1: need to sit down. Well, Luke, you know as well
Speaker 1: as I do that if we start renovations now, heading
Speaker 1: right into snow and rainy part of the season, then
Speaker 1: everything we do is going to get ruined. And there
Speaker 1: we back up square one. If we are going to
Speaker 1: do this right, then we're going to need the 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 harp.
Speaker 1: How about fifty cents a cup? How about I charge
Speaker 1: for cream? You would kick tiny Tim's crotch right out
Speaker 1: from under him, wouldn't you? If you ask for a
Speaker 1: free cup of coffee, give me. He's going him down.
Speaker 1: Just really looked over and Amy's like serving serving food
Speaker 1: to the camera. What is going on? I mean I
Speaker 1: felt 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 video.
Speaker 1: I started feeding each so sc so connected. It was
Speaker 1: his part that he wasn't really like observing our background.
Speaker 1: I'm being and he started off. I didn't memorize the scene.
Speaker 1: That's what I looked over, laughing. You guys, wait a minute,
Speaker 1: So wait a minute. You were Danielle and Amy. You
Speaker 1: you guys were spoon feeding each other. It was like this, Wow,
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness. Should we bring in real background actors?
Speaker 1: For sure? But everybody listening needs to watch us. Dude
Speaker 1: on the Instagram and tell us how we did. Because
Speaker 1: Scott was being loosen, I'm just doing my job, trying
Speaker 1: to do my job. He did great job. I think
Speaker 1: we were much improved, Danielle. In the beginning. Last time
Speaker 1: I had to do it, I don't even think you
Speaker 1: had to do it, and then we lost it. It's
Speaker 1: so boring being in it. I had a blast. I
Speaker 1: thought it was fun. I don't think I could do
Speaker 1: it for fifteen minutes, Like how long do they have
Speaker 1: to go in a diner scene? Like how long would
Speaker 1: that take to shoot? Hours? Oh no, I'm not cut
Speaker 1: out for it. I mean you're doing dozens of takes. Dozens.
Speaker 1: I stirred at that bowl pretty well, tar, did you
Speaker 1: see me in the beginning. I felt like I was
Speaker 1: crushing at the beginning three minutes and I was like,
Speaker 1: oh no, it was like that part where I messed up.
Speaker 1: I look over and I was like what, Because I
Speaker 1: was reading my script over. We were focused on our jobs,
Speaker 1: we were focused on what we're going to 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 dinner. 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 dot com. What
Speaker 1: 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?
Speaker 1: British Neanderthal. There's some Dutch, I got some Dutch. I
Speaker 1: got like, I got a five percenter. I think on
Speaker 1: the Dutch, Scotch, Irish. You both seem like blends, blends
Speaker 1: of everything you and Danielle. I didn't want to say
Speaker 1: it that way. What are you daniel what are you?
Speaker 1: I am seventy eight percent European, uh, seventy Spanish and Portuguese.
Speaker 1: Excuse me, how can you be seventy eight percent something?
Speaker 1: And and then um, I have one point five percent
Speaker 1: Ashkenazi Jewish and then weirdly enough, I have like point
Speaker 1: seven percent Egyptian and some other. Yeah that's cool, but
Speaker 1: everything it's pretty much just Spanish and Portuguese. There you go.
Speaker 1: And did you know that in did anything shock you?
Speaker 1: I mean, just like the like the little percentages of
Speaker 1: Egyptian and you know, like, yeah, just a little things
Speaker 1: like that. That was shocking. But for the most part,
Speaker 1: I was pretty on target with what I've been told
Speaker 1: my whole life, which is refreshing. It's wonderful. Congratulations you two.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, guys, look the thing about twenty
Speaker 1: three and is the more we know about our d
Speaker 1: n A, the more we take control of our health. Right, So,
Speaker 1: I mean it just it just stands to reason. I mean,
Speaker 1: knowing information about your d n A allows you to
Speaker 1: take action, and you know, look, make the changes in
Speaker 1: your life that we all take and we all want
Speaker 1: to take and do. Take that kind of thing. Danielle
Speaker 1: used to get her heart check. I know I do, well,
Speaker 1: I definitely do. Yeah. So I mean you knew that
Speaker 1: from taking the test, right they like my dad's had
Speaker 1: the family man alright, well yeah check, get that checked out.
Speaker 1: And look, DNA is more than just understanding your past, right,
Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's one of the really cool aspects
Speaker 1: about it. But it's it's about taking control of your future, right,
Speaker 1: I mean it really, really truly, especially your your healthy future. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, look, a personal health experience can start with
Speaker 1: meaningful information from again, your DNA. It's just as simple
Speaker 1: as that. I have a question for you, how much
Speaker 1: like how much of your DNA plays intervene a good
Speaker 1: actor like you? A great question? Oh my god? Like,
Speaker 1: do you have any relatives that were you know of
Speaker 1: the arts? Well, my mother was always considered to be
Speaker 1: the best actress in the town we grew up, and
Speaker 1: we had a in hadden Field, New Jersey. We had
Speaker 1: this thing called plays and Players, hadden Field Plays and Players,
Speaker 1: and it's a pretty reputable theater company. And my mother
Speaker 1: and father were involved in that in their youth before
Speaker 1: I was even born. And from what I was told
Speaker 1: by all of our friends is that your mother was
Speaker 1: very gifted, and she was a really gifted character actress
Speaker 1: and your dad stunk. Wait, that's so cool. Yes, yes, um,
Speaker 1: oh my god, great question. You got it from your mama.
Speaker 1: Manning answer, So do you think probably my someone I
Speaker 1: have a relative that was a background actor, considering obviously
Speaker 1: a line of line of Sugarman's on IMDb credited for
Speaker 1: extra work. Oh my god, that's such a good question
Speaker 1: and such a fascinating answer. Is in the d n A.
Speaker 1: I think my father ran on stage once. He had
Speaker 1: a couple of lines and he forgot his lines and
Speaker 1: then he ran off. And also, you can sing, so
Speaker 1: I'm assuming someone in your family can sing usually that's
Speaker 1: definitely past. Um. My mother could not carry a tune
Speaker 1: to save her life. I don't know about my dad.
Speaker 1: I don't know if I'm really that good a singer.
Speaker 1: Um Oh, there's people that are really good singers and
Speaker 1: they can just do it right. They could do it
Speaker 1: when they were caring. People are hearing that well. I
Speaker 1: think I'm right in the middle. I don't think I'm gifted.
Speaker 1: Who's an amazing singer that has a child that's also
Speaker 1: an amazing singer. I mean, I know there's a million,
Speaker 1: but um, all that's coming to my mind is Carly
Speaker 1: Simon and James Taylor's kids can both sing. Judie Garland
Speaker 1: and Liza and Ellen Good one example, Barry Manilowe and
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Speaker 1: rock singer in the world if she focused on that.
Speaker 1: She did a cover, she did a Metallica cover at
Speaker 1: Glastonbury a couple of years ago. That just blew the
Speaker 1: doors off. I mean it was what about her that's
Speaker 1: on TikTok right now when she's doing like Papa, don't
Speaker 1: preach she is. Her range is unbelievable. The Jackson five
Speaker 1: there you go there right right? How about the Jonas brothers,
Speaker 1: the Jonas brothers, but do they have children that sing?
Speaker 1: And did their parents and three brothers and I don't
Speaker 1: know about that. Bonus Jonas if you can carry it
Speaker 1: to Bonus Jonas anyway, continue on, Scott, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 1: So what enlightening, empowering and maybe life changing things can
Speaker 1: your genetics tell you? And that's that's a question at
Speaker 1: me wants you to answer. D n A is amazing.
Speaker 1: Not only does it help you understand your ancestry, but
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Speaker 1: It's the intrinsic value of this this process in this
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Speaker 1: lot of information it gave me about my health and
Speaker 1: I I'll share some and some I won't, but it's
Speaker 1: you know, you know, it's it's help. The other thing,
Speaker 1: it's totally private. So like we happen to be on
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Speaker 1: you can keep it to yourself too, and then do
Speaker 1: you know, do what you want with it? You don't.
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Speaker 1: and order your kids and and take that journey because
Speaker 1: it's it's fascinating. I would never have known how much
Speaker 1: of the Neanderthal I truly was unless it was for
Speaker 1: this company. Thanks so much. Ye Sarah, we have Sarah. First,
Speaker 1: let me bring her in. Hello, Hi, welcome to the show.
Speaker 1: Where you Where Where you? Where are you today? I'm
Speaker 1: outside Seattle? Oh great? Great? So look we're doing twenty
Speaker 1: three and me background ancestry slash background actor episode today
Speaker 1: and you're our first guest on this portion of it. Um,
Speaker 1: what's your background? What's your first? Of all, have you
Speaker 1: ever done twenty three and me? Have you ever checked
Speaker 1: into your lineage and your family trade and the heritage
Speaker 1: all that I have? In fact? Yes? What are you? A?
Speaker 1: Very uh, Northern European but mostly British Isles, Scottish, English, Welsh,
Speaker 1: pretty much all up in that area. Well we have
Speaker 1: something in common on the Welsh, Irish Scottish thing. Um
Speaker 1: so let's all right, So let's let's get into the
Speaker 1: background acting. How did you get the role of background
Speaker 1: actor on the show on Gilmore? Uh? So, I moved
Speaker 1: down to l a uh and got a job taking
Speaker 1: tickets at Universal Studios before I signed up with Central Casting.
Speaker 1: And uh, I was twenty three years old and looked younger,
Speaker 1: and so uh was able to get on Gilmore Girls
Speaker 1: as an eight team to look younger students and um,
Speaker 1: so yeah, so literally called into Central Casting to try
Speaker 1: and get jobs and Gilmore Girls was one of them.
Speaker 1: And refresh my memory, what what episode and scene were
Speaker 1: you in? I was in the Francy bathroom scene, which
Speaker 1: I hear you enjoyed. Oh, I enjoyed that so much.
Speaker 1: It was one of it's one of my favorite scenes
Speaker 1: in the whole fun. Oh yeah, yeah, so you were
Speaker 1: in that. Yes, I recognized starting the door as guarding
Speaker 1: the doors. Were guarding the door. Um. So what was
Speaker 1: your experience like on the show. Do you have a
Speaker 1: great time or what was it like? Oh? I loved it,
Speaker 1: loved it. Um. It was obviously a show that was
Speaker 1: incredibly hectic. I'm sure to work on daily with the
Speaker 1: hours and all that. Um, especially you know, I remember
Speaker 1: getting to the end of your shooting weeks and we'd
Speaker 1: be starting our call times would be like four o'clock
Speaker 1: in the afternoons because everything had gotten so long in
Speaker 1: the days and all that. But it was a great show.
Speaker 1: The crew was awesome. Um. Always had a good time
Speaker 1: on set and everyone was friendly and welcoming. Were you
Speaker 1: a fan of the show before you came on the show?
Speaker 1: Were you aware of it? I was. I'd only watched
Speaker 1: I hadn't watched the first season when it aired, but
Speaker 1: then I've gotten into it in the second season, and
Speaker 1: so when I came down to l A, getting to
Speaker 1: work on the third season was was quite fun. And
Speaker 1: what's your favorite Gilmore girl's memory? Um, That Francy bathroom
Speaker 1: scene was awfully cool. You know, it was a fun
Speaker 1: experience to be one of only two background in the scene,
Speaker 1: which meant we got a little bit more special treatment
Speaker 1: than sometimes background Uh that day 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 uh you know, and you
Speaker 1: were an integral part of that scene. Uh instead of
Speaker 1: really background, it was more featured almost. Maybe what's your
Speaker 1: favorite Gilmore Girls episode if you have one? Um, I
Speaker 1: actually really like the I think it's a season finale,
Speaker 1: the season two where the wedding scenes, the wedding with
Speaker 1: um Suki and Jackson's wedding and then Christopher is there
Speaker 1: and then he leaves, and UM, I really enjoyed that
Speaker 1: whole dynamic. Um I realized, you know, as an adult
Speaker 1: now looking back, that whole relationship is not the most healthy,
Speaker 1: But um, as twenty something watching it, I enjoyed the
Speaker 1: Laura like Christopher dynamic. Interesting. All right, now we're gonna
Speaker 1: play 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 you Team Logan, Team Jess or Team Dean? Who's
Speaker 1: your Who's your favorite Gilmore Girl's character? Ry? What would
Speaker 1: you order it? Luke Steiner French Price? Would you rather
Speaker 1: go to on a road trip with Taylor or Michelle? Michelle?
Speaker 1: Finish the lyric and where you lead, I will follow
Speaker 1: dot dot dot. Oh my goodness, but I can't anywhere
Speaker 1: that 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, Children preps 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 it.
Speaker 1: Having good time. Take care all right, jan how you
Speaker 1: 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 Expressway they used to call it. Um,
Speaker 1: So let's dive right in. How did you get a
Speaker 1: roll the background actor on the show? So I was
Speaker 1: 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 or background actors, and so they
Speaker 1: asked myself and the the girl who played moral stand
Speaker 1: into just you know, fill in, So we kind of
Speaker 1: did double duty that episode. Okay, what what episode and
Speaker 1: scene were you in? Or it was in season three? Um,
Speaker 1: the episode She's an episode called mac Keg and it
Speaker 1: was kind of a walk and talk through town and
Speaker 1: lawrelnes Sukie, 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 Lora life 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 up to California
Speaker 1: and a couple of months after their central casting had
Speaker 1: called a nast 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 she
Speaker 1: wasn't in a lot of episodes or you know, it
Speaker 1: 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 before 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, Um,
Speaker 1: you can imagine as I'm sure you know. I mean
Speaker 1: I wasn't always there on set with her because I
Speaker 1: was there when she was not, but a few times
Speaker 1: that we did encounter one another. I mean, she was
Speaker 1: just always so kind. Um. She was always complimenting me
Speaker 1: on my hair because she was trying to achieve a
Speaker 1: similar color, I think. And I remember she hadn't I
Speaker 1: did not go, but she had invited me to the
Speaker 1: rap party at the end of season three, and she
Speaker 1: had invited me to come see her perform. It's a
Speaker 1: local common d center and Um, she just was so nice. Yeah,
Speaker 1: she's sort of you you really miss something not seeing
Speaker 1: her perform. She's extraordinary the character she created. She writes
Speaker 1: all that stuff and then she performs it. It's like groundlings. Yeah.
Speaker 1: And we went one night, all of us went one
Speaker 1: night I think in season one, and just we were floored. Really, oh,
Speaker 1: we were floored. We were laughing so hard. Our stomachs hurt,
Speaker 1: our sides hurt, everything hurt. Um. She's she's gloriously talented person. Um. So,
Speaker 1: what's your favorite Gilmore Girls episode? Definitely 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: love 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 you know, it's 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
Speaker 1: a trip, all right. So now we're at the point
Speaker 1: where we're going to play a game with you called
Speaker 1: rapid fire. I'm gonna fire questions that you're gonna give
Speaker 1: me answers real quick. Ready, How many comes to coffee
Speaker 1: to having a day? Are you team Logan, team Jeser,
Speaker 1: team Dean? What is your favorite Gilmore girl's character. What
Speaker 1: would you order at Luke's Diner coffee? Would rather go
Speaker 1: on a road trip with Taylor or Machete l Taylor? Really,
Speaker 1: that's the first nobody's ever picked Taylor? Why Taylor? I
Speaker 1: don't know, he's funny. It would it wouldn't be boring,
Speaker 1: right right? No? I agree. Finish the lyric and where
Speaker 1: you lead, I will follow dot dot dot. Oh you
Speaker 1: got me, d don't don't bump anywhere that you tell
Speaker 1: me too? Yes, Jackson's Vegetables or Suki's baked goods. I
Speaker 1: think we know the answer to that. Thank you very much.
Speaker 1: Would you rather listen to Dreller's Harp or the Troupadoura's
Speaker 1: cover songs? Children, Prepper Stars Hollow High that they so, Jane,
Speaker 1: You've won some wonderful prizes. Uh. Danielle will tell you
Speaker 1: as your parting gifts, And thank you so much for
Speaker 1: joining us. It was a blast. Say hello to everybody
Speaker 1: over there in Kancho Hawking. I know that area well.
Speaker 1: I was born in Philadelphia, raised in South Jersey. My
Speaker 1: father lived out and later in his life he lived
Speaker 1: out in Valley Forward, so I know all about that.
Speaker 1: That area. So anyway, all the best to you, thanks
Speaker 1: for coming on. Stay safe. Okay, Hi Mary, Thank Scott here,
Speaker 1: how are you? Thanks for coming on? Good Thank you
Speaker 1: for having me. I'm in Los Angeles, all right. I
Speaker 1: just got on the door from a cross country road trip.
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness. Those are so much fun. I used
Speaker 1: to do those all the time. Um, so let's just
Speaker 1: dive right in. How did you get the role of
Speaker 1: being a background actor on the show. So I did
Speaker 1: a lot of gigs dancing with Rockco Barns word and
Speaker 1: uh so he was working on the show and he
Speaker 1: recommended me to Kenny Ortega. Kenny Ortega connection, got you. Yeah,
Speaker 1: So Lenny requested that I'd come in an audition and
Speaker 1: uh I auditioned. He was throwing me around an aerials
Speaker 1: and the audition, which was very unexpected and a lot
Speaker 1: of fun. Put Kenny in the audition. That was a
Speaker 1: lot of fun. Yeah, And then, um, what episode was that?
Speaker 1: What scene was you in? Well? I was in two episodes,
Speaker 1: but that one the first episode that it was on
Speaker 1: was um they shoot Gilmore girls don't think Oh okay,
Speaker 1: oh yeah, which one were you? Which one? Because we
Speaker 1: just we we just did that we just reviewed that.
Speaker 1: I was the sailor girl. So you were one of
Speaker 1: the ones that we're doing fancy dance moves and going
Speaker 1: up in the air and spinning around. Yeah, there were
Speaker 1: there were a couple of actually went in the air,
Speaker 1: but I 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 were
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? Was? 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 wow, and he would come over and have
Speaker 1: lunch with us. I remember one day he was telling
Speaker 1: us about working with Michael Jackson, and he called Michael
Speaker 1: Jackson and started talking to him on speaker and then
Speaker 1: he goes, hold on a second, I gotta do something,
Speaker 1: talk to my assistant, and he gave one of the
Speaker 1: dancers the phone is still in speaker. So we're like
Speaker 1: all sitting around, uh talking to Michael, and he was
Speaker 1: talking to Mike. Got a chance to talk to Michael Jackson.
Speaker 1: There are you? Was Kenny trying to impress you. What's
Speaker 1: going on with that? What a what a story? And
Speaker 1: then he quit. It's all to be on the next
Speaker 1: week another another show. We were like future dancers for
Speaker 1: the Disco Ball, all of our little picnic group, and
Speaker 1: he made this big speech about us at the Disco
Speaker 1: Ball to like I was went in Flyer Casey and
Speaker 1: the Sunstipe. I was like every big band from the seventies.
Speaker 1: The meeting was like, these dancers are awesome, and you've
Speaker 1: got to be cool to them because they're really cool
Speaker 1: and have a great it's so great. Yeah, that is
Speaker 1: so great. My you know, my wife is a a dancer.
Speaker 1: She she grew up at ballerina and she does now
Speaker 1: she does hip hop and she does um what do
Speaker 1: they call it, high heels, high heels, sexy things whatever.
Speaker 1: She just she just went Yeah, she just came from
Speaker 1: a class with it. She showed me the video. These
Speaker 1: dancers are so good. She's so good. Um, and we're
Speaker 1: talking about what a life that is and what a
Speaker 1: struggle it is to make ends meet if that's your career,
Speaker 1: you know, that's so few people go on and really
Speaker 1: you know get you know, very few, you know a
Speaker 1: lot get into choreography and and uh 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? Yeah, Yeah, I
Speaker 1: can see how addicted she is to it. I mean,
Speaker 1: she just loves that she has to have it. I
Speaker 1: mean her spirit is just so wars when she's dancing.
Speaker 1: It's just you're most alive, yes, Yeah, when people are
Speaker 1: at their best. You see the best in people when
Speaker 1: they're dancing, Right, it's going to connect so intimately with people,
Speaker 1: Like my specialty is partner dancing, so I love that
Speaker 1: connection between people. Right, Oh that's fantas Anyway, what do
Speaker 1: you have a favorite Gilmore episode? Um? It was probably
Speaker 1: that one I would. I got kind of a stupid question.
Speaker 1: I'm so sorry. I am larger presenting Andrethal and the
Speaker 1: most people, so I apologized that. I was. Another cool
Speaker 1: thing that happened on that set was Kenny was talking
Speaker 1: about dirty dancing and he grabbed me and he did
Speaker 1: a reenactment of um, Johnny and Baby. We had me
Speaker 1: doing Baby and he was doing Johnny on set and
Speaker 1: they were did it? Remember them filming it? I remember
Speaker 1: him and telling me like afterwards, like get a copy
Speaker 1: of the editors cut, I'm gonna put this on there,
Speaker 1: or 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
Speaker 1: or not. You gotta get that, you gotta go. You
Speaker 1: gotta get in touch with Kenny and get that. If
Speaker 1: you know how, let me know, just you know, contact,
Speaker 1: Oh gosh, I guess any if you're listening, you can
Speaker 1: get to Kenny. You can get the Kenny somehow, he's
Speaker 1: that easither out here in New York, right you would imagine?
Speaker 1: Or Miami? I don't, I don't know. Um oh that's great,
Speaker 1: that's just great anyway. All Right, so now we're gonna
Speaker 1: play what we call rapid fire. I'm gonna fire questions
Speaker 1: that you fire answers back at me. You ready, I
Speaker 1: don't know how many cups of coffe? Do you have
Speaker 1: a day? Zero? That a girl? Are you team Logan,
Speaker 1: Team Jess, Team Dean? Who's your favorite Gie More Girls character?
Speaker 1: Or what would you order it? Luke Steiner? Would you
Speaker 1: rather go on a road trip with Taylor or Michelle?
Speaker 1: Taylor again? Another tailor? That's you know, nobody picks to
Speaker 1: white tailor over Michelle. We It would be very organized.
Speaker 1: He'd keep you on schedule and in time. Right, Okay,
Speaker 1: finish the lyric and where you lead. I will follow
Speaker 1: dot dot dot anywhere that you tell me to. You nice,
Speaker 1: you're the first one to nail it. I think you're
Speaker 1: the first one. You're very special. Jackson's Vegetables or Suki's
Speaker 1: baked Goods. Would you rather listen to drell Is Harp
Speaker 1: or The Troubader's cover songs? Cover song children, Prepper Stars,
Speaker 1: Hollow High Stars, Hollow Hai. There you go, Mary, it
Speaker 1: 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 tape. We'll have you
Speaker 1: 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, alright, alright, take
Speaker 1: care all everybody that's gonna do it. That was a
Speaker 1: lot of fun. I enjoyed that. Did you have as
Speaker 1: much fun with that as as we did? Getting to
Speaker 1: know some of these background actors, the unsung heroes of
Speaker 1: film and television business. I'll tell you they put in
Speaker 1: serious hours every single day. They are they're from dawn
Speaker 1: to midnight, uh and sometimes longer. Um, So thank you
Speaker 1: for their contributions. And they were so interesting and great
Speaker 1: and uh thanks to twenty three and me. Um. I uh,
Speaker 1: it was it was. It was very shocking and informative
Speaker 1: and wonderful experience with twenty three in me. Uh, there's
Speaker 1: a lot I haven't said, but u 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
Speaker 1: uh thanks everybody. Danielle Romo, Amy Sugarman, Tara s We
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