Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang - “I’m The Party” (w/ Amy Poehler)

Episode Date: April 23, 2025

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Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Look, man. Where? Oh, I see, wow. Oh my. Bowen, look over podcasts. Look, Matt. Oh, I see. Bowen, look over there. Is that culture? Yes. Las Culturistas. Ding dong. Las Culturistas calling.

Get into it. Mayhem in the desert. Mayhem in the desert merch. My favorite color, the color that works best for me and my skin tone, neon. I can't tell if you're joking because Matt is one of our olive-toned legends. And you really must cherish this fact about yourself. I like... You've been, can I say, as a platonic person in your life...

Here we go. You looked really good this weekend. Shut up! Were you looking at my photos, scantily clad? I mean... I sort of went there in my photos. You could have withheld from posting. I didn't want to. And one of these sort of fringe things that happens, one of the fringe consequences is that sometimes your friends go, oh.

Sometimes your friends get a little chub for you. It's actually Ruliculture number 16. Sometimes your friends get a little chub for you. Well, thanks. Awkward. Wait, can I say lucky for you. Well, thanks. Awkward. Wait, can I say, lucky for you though, cause I've went to, I've not went to weekend one, we're going to weekend two.

It's going to be 20 degrees colder. In a good way. It's gonna be, yes. It's gonna be in the mid seventies for my legend. The gods said it's Bowen Yang's first Coachella, cool it down. Although earthquake today. Heard about this when I was driving back,

couldn't feel a thing cause I was gunning it in the HOV. And you were bouncing on that thing that you couldn't even, sometimes you were just boom, boom, boom, boom. I haven't felt an earthquake once. No, that's a lie. That's not true. We were in Palm Springs the last time we felt an earthquake. Felt that one.

Neetra Johari was sitting next to me and- Sandy Hornick was there. Sandy Hornick was there. We were in Palm Springs the last time we felt an earthquake. Felt that one. Mitra Juhari was sitting next to me and- Sandy Hornick was there. Sandy Hornick was there, we were stoned. And we were at the Tropicana eating dinner. Tropical. Tropical, I'm sorry, eating dinner. Full on earthquake. I was eating like my chicken piccata or whatever the fuck.

And then I was like, Mitra Juhari is shaking her ass in this booth. What is going on? Which was unlike her. She usually just sits very still and eats. She sits very still and eats. And then we realized in the commotion at the restaurant that it was an earthquake. A loco motion. Loco motion. Kylie was not at Coachella. She's everywhere else. She's everywhere else.

It was the New York gay night last week, the Kylie Minogue concert, and I was gonna try to go, but we were at work. I've seen her on accident 19 times in the last year. And that's not to say it needs to be an accident. It's not an accident. It's not an accident. It's not an accident. It's not an accident. It's not an accident. It's not an accident. It's not an accident. It's not an accident. night last week, the Kylie Minogue concert, and I was going to try to go, but we were at work.

And I've seen her on accident 19 times in the last year. And that's not to say it needs to be an accident for me to see Kylie Minogue. It just so happens everywhere I am Kylie Minogue is. That's amazing. Oh, that's so nice. You must understand how important Kylie Minogue is. She's important to the culture. She's invited on the pod. We would have a great conversation with Kylie, starting with the locomotion and going all through her career. Just to speak quickly on Gaga, it was unfucking believable. You're going to have the best time. And also Charlie was amazing. I'm so excited to go with you. I'm so excited. But here's the thing.

In order to sort of get there, we have this other milestone that's happening, which is this episode that we're doing today. I have to say, probably the reason I do comedy is sitting across from us. And what an instant, what a nice soothing soul moment that it's so easy to be around her. I walked in, she was making coffee, stirring her mug with a knife.

With a knife. It's a knife win. It's a knife win. Period. Period. So this is a big day, Beau. She's already podcasting royalty. Number one in the land.

Not even a month into the game, and she's number one in the land. Good hang on Spotify. Hey, Joe Rogan, shut up. Get bent over. Cool it. Cool it. It is fantastic.

Just as the title suggests, it's a good hang. We'll talk about the format because there are some innovative things. You thought you couldn't innovate in the podcasting space. No. You haven't met our guests. Yeah. Restless Like Tours back,

one of my favorite live comedy shows in the last lifetime of mine. And my last lifetime, it's my favorite live comedy show. The blueprint of two people doing comedy. Literally. There had never been anyone before. Carol Burnett and Julie Andrews, who? That's my example, gay man.

Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett is like, that's so funny. Like you think of them as like the comedy icons. But we forget about them as comedy duo icons. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what I mean? They turned it. You know what we need to do? We need to do Abbott and Costello meet the monsters,

but Matt and Bowen meet the monsters. Yes! I'm pitching this to Universal. Have us meet the wolf man, I'm serious. This is a film franchise. This is Matt and Bowen meet Dracula, meet the bride of Frankenstein. Victoria Frankenstein.

Oh, we're coming for her. Have you heard about Victoria Frankenstein, the great granddaughter of, well, let's ask her after we bring her in. Everybody please. She's a legend, everyone please welcome Amy Bowler. Amy Bowler. Hi, that was like being at my own funeral.

Ha ha ha, floating above the casket. Yes, I was dissociating. Like Rise Like The Monsters, have you heard about Victoria Frankenstein? Oh my gosh, I don't. We asked Tina the same exact thing in her episode. Did she tell you? Yes, and she mixed it with Lisa Frankenstein,

the Diablo Cody movie. Okay. But have you heard about Victoria Frankenstein? Yes, I think so. She basically- Tell me more. So there's the new theme park in Universal Studios in Orlando, Epic Universe,

and there's the Dark Universe, which is sort of like all the monsters. And the big ride in the pre Epic Universe, and there's the Dark Universe, which is sort of like all the monsters. And the big ride in the pre-show, it's hosted by Victoria Frankenstein, who is like the girl boss great granddaughter of Victor Frankenstein. And her whole gig is, she wants to show that the monsters can be contained.

And she wants to basically take you around the mansion so you can see all the monsters, and you know something goes wrong. She's like Dom energy, like I got it covered and then she's in over her head. No, and this just goes to show you like, can women Dom? Can women?

Can women? We wanted to know from you. Should women be in charge? That's what we're here to talk about. And the answer is maybe. Maybe. Maybe. For. Maybe. I think because it's a theme park ride

and something's going to go wrong, people are going to have a lot to say. Everyone leaving is all those Florida people leaving are going to be like, well... I know you guys are big theme park people. I am not theme park. So this is where you and Tina sort of go... In fact, Tina and I just did a show in Orlando and she was very excited to get me to go on the rides.

And I did not want to go on the rides and I did not want to go on the rides I'm not a theme park person. All right, sorry. I know it's We are the ones who should probably take a seat right our guide was talking about you too wait, okay Was it Sam? Yeah, lovely and he he had the best time with you We had the best time with him and he was really a classic. He was the perfect prototype of what you want that person to be. Oh yeah. Disney World is overwhelming.

Oh, it's one of the- Too big. And too many, like too far away. Too far away, too spread out. Too spread out. A lot of the same images kind of like being projected at you from like Plato's cave. You know what I mean? You're like, is this an illusion?

It's not, it's real. Like you have to come out. I'm also at an age where I don't want to be shook anymore. Like I don't want to be so shook. I can't handle it anymore. I don't want to be shook. I don't like being nauseous. I don't like the lack of control.

It definitely feels like I never get to the, it's like when people say when you get a runner's high, and you never happen, that's what it feels like at those theme parks, which is like, aren't you feeling it? And you're like, I'm so sorry, I'm not, I don't know. Do you know what's the thing that I never realized about all theme parks until I brought a friend

who pointed it out and then I can't un-hear it every time, the music never stops. It's always, dun dun dun, dun dun dun dun, dun dun dun dun dun dun. And that's how it is in my brain all the time, I think. Maybe we share that with Tina. But like, it never stops being adventure music in my brain. So Greta was like, it doesn't stop, does it?

It never stops. I was like, oh, I guess not. And Dratch and Tina and I were all together and they went and had dinner at Epcot Mexico and I was supposed to meet them and they texted me and they were like, you would hate it here, don't come. And I was like, that's a real friend. That's a real friend.

That's a real friend. I literally know where they went because those guides have a place they take us. And then there's a Neil Patrick Harris cocktail. There's a Neil Patrick Harris cocktail. Is it a Doogie Howser cocktail? No, it's like a place they take us. And then there's a Neil Patrick Harris cocktail. There's a Neil Patrick Harris cocktail. Is it a Doogie Howser cocktail? No, it's like a horchata thing. I tried it.

I didn't love it, Neil. I'm sorry. That's okay. I just had a tequila rocks. That's okay. But you guys are normally so aligned on your activities on tour. Yeah, we're pretty, we do like very similar things.

We go to Bloomingdale's. We like get us by a sweater. We like have, you know, we watch, we got to watch the White Lotus finale in our hotel together. And that was really fun. And yeah, we do simple, we're like, ooh, did you see there's a place for croissants

around the corner? We'll go get one, that's about it. But yeah, this one, we were not aligned. That's okay. But they knew that the Mexican place was not your. That is what a real friend, don't you feel like a real friend knows, don't come here. A real friend sometimes says,

you're not invited for your own good. That's a rule of culture number 30. A real friend sometimes says, you're not invited for your own good. Well, talk about this idea. Do you feel like your life is scored? Because I'm watching the pit now and I'm loving that it's not. Love the pit. I love the pit. I, talk about this idea. Do you feel like your life is scored? Because I'm watching the pit now and I'm loving that it's not.

Love the pit. I love the pit. I gotta get into the pit. Oh, I gotta say, we wrote a parody of the pit called The Ditch and it was East London. It took place in Shoreditch Medical. It was just me, Ago, and Jonaham speaking in East London accents.

And it was, it did not do great at dress because no one understood what we were saying. So that's- Sometimes you gotta wait for the culture to catch up. I feel like the people are just now talking about the pit. Yes. Yeah, I feel like TikTok loves the pit. My TikTok loves the pit.

But I mean, I look Noah Wiley, I've been a Noah Wiley stan for 20. I mean, I've, I watched the entirety of ER three times. That was your show? I watched it again during the pandemic. And then I watched it in the, when it came on. I used to be doing like improv at night and waiting tables. That was it. And I would smoke a bong at like seven o'clock and watch ER reruns. Let's go. Because they used to be on like TNT.

Right. And then like go to work or go to a comedy show. And so I feel like I've known Noah forever. Yeah. And to see him back in scrubs has to be surreal. Yeah. And so I feel like I've known Noah forever. Yeah. And to see him back in scrubs has to be surreal. Yeah. And, you know, Dr. Robbie's not in scrubs. He's got his hoodie over the scrubs. He has a hoodie. This is why I need to watch the pit. He's up. Yeah.

I have to know what's up. Yeah. But it's so good. It's so good. A bong, huh? You were for real. I used to. Yeah, that was back, you know, God, let's see, 90. I was living in the East Village, so I was 26 maybe? Or maybe still too old to be-

No, no, no, no. Our friend Dave had a bong probably until we were 27 and then 28 and then it broke, which is the only reason we stopped using it. But I couldn't believe how high I would get to watch Homeland. Like fully Claire Danes having a very real breakdown. Like we have to get her in that chair at some point and be like, how did you survive?

Because she's shaking and convulsing because of her own brain. And I'm sitting there so high, like just taking that. Actually, when I was coming up here in the elevator, there was a gentleman, a gentleman, a nice young gentleman and a young lady. And he was made to pretend good. And he had a chart with all this red string.

And he was joking. And it smelled so much like weed. They really, really reeked of weed. And I was like, oh, I thought to myself, oh, weed. Remember that. Like, it's been so long. And I just had that, it was like nostalgic. Yeah.

We might be hitting that developmental time now between the two of us. Well, I don like nostalgic. I'm like, hmm. Different timing. We might be hitting that developmental time now between the two of us. Well, I don't know. I don't know. I was so back this weekend at Coachella. Oh yeah, you were at Coachella. No, well, actually it is. It gets, what I like now is that there's so,

it's such a science now that you can kind of know exactly what it is. Yeah, but yeah. I'm, yeah, that was a different time. And I felt like I had no real responsibilities, even though I felt like my life was overwhelming. I didn't have a lot of responsibility. So it was like, okay, if I was a little stone,

but now I don't think I could handle it. Not anymore. I think my ideal trip, that my ideal trip is what you and I have connected on, which is what you've talked about in the last time I saw Restless Leg, which was going to Iceland. One of your sons or both of them.

Yeah, with one of my sons, yeah. And just enjoying, just getting high off of nature. Yes. How about that? Well, I also think that I've gotten to a point where, I mean, I don't barely drink anymore, where I know it sounds super cheesy, but actually being conscious, like actually just being in the moment is like, is like a high is a win.

Cause I'm always future tripping or I'm always thinking about what I just said or did, and I just feel such less personality hangover in general when I'm not altered. So I'm not that into being altered right now. Wow. With like, and also I'm older and it just like you need a lot of time to recover. And I stopped drinking right before the pandemic and was really grateful that I didn't really do it during it. And now it's not a it's not I'm not in a program or anything, but just like every once in a while maybe have a thing, but I don't really need it.

And it feels very good. Yeah, honestly, whenever I take my like six weeks, I feel like, wow, this is the new me. But I have over, I don't know what- Six weeks is a long time. I don't know what it is about the past two years, but maybe it's just mid thirties where I'm just like sobriety, maybe.

And then I'm like, and then, and then like, that all goes away. I'm like, nah, not for me Yeah, I do think I can if I can look to the future I can see it for myself at some point I can see it alcohol is poison. Yeah, but it's okay. You know, you can have a little poison Like just like sugar is poison. You can have a like it can't sugar. It's all poison Yeah, but I think especially as a woman of a certain age you do start to feel the poison a little bit more. The poison really turns on you.

And it just, you don't get the same kind of thing anymore. No, it goes away. Is it the microplastics in our brain as well? Yeah. I'm sorry to bring this up. Are you worried about microplastics? We were thinking of writing an update about, because this thing came up in last week,

this New York Times piece came out about microplastics, the equivalent of a spoon is in your head, is in all of our brains. No, stop, the equivalent of a spoon. You guys haven't heard this? The equivalent of a plastic Dairy Queen's blizzard spoon is in our brains in little granules, and there's really nothing we can do about it.

Yeah. Yeah, but come on. First of all, you can't tell me that we're not better off than generations ago. We drink water. How about that? Well, that is- They did it back then.

We did not drink water growing up. No one talked about water and ever. Are you being serious? Yes, in school, no one made us drink water. No one talked about water and ever. But are you being serious? Yes. In school, no one made us drink water. No one talked about water. Water was not a thing. Like you would go to the water fountain and you would drink, like you would drink and drink and drink.

Because you were so thirsty. You didn't realize. No water bottles. No. You didn't have, like maybe at a soccer game they would have water maybe. But it was like. Or like Gatorade or Powerade which is poison. Your parents never checked.

Never said, did you drink water? They never brought water. There was never, now I'm obsessed with water. Yes, yes. Do you have one of those jugs that says the time of day? I did have that, but- That's good. And it was positive reinforcement.

Like you're doing it, you're doing great. You're almost there, whatever. But now- Molly Shannon had one of those on the set of I Love That For You and you know she was always like, isn't it great? Isn't it great? It reminds me, I love it. She was like, isn't it great? You drink water too? I love that.

I love water. Did you think about how great it was? There's something that's just so great about it. You know what I mean? You know what I'm saying? No, I have a basic bitch, like white girl, Stanley, that I love cause I like to sip it like a gerbil. Like I like the straw.

And I like to be like. This is the second episode in a row that gerbils have come up. Ooh. There's something in the culture about gerbils. Guinea pigs, Guinea pigs. Oh shit, Guinea pigs. Rodents at large are having a moment.

Right. No, but that's what I'm saying is like when I was growing up it was not water on the table. I'll tell you what there was. A Coke, a diet Coke and a Sprite, two liters each. Don't forget about milk, babe. I was just gonna say, we shared this thing. We came up with milk was king.

You would chug a glass of milk. You would chug a glass of milk. At least. Once a day. They said two. There was a time they were saying milk. At least. At least. Once a day. They said two. There was a time they were saying two. It was like Cindy Crawford on the cover of whatever the fuck

with her got milk mustache being like, if it's not two, you're gonna die of osteoporosis. And one of the things I remember my nana saying to me when I was little was she looked me in the eye and said, osteoporosis is not fun. And I'm like, and now I'm scared. And where is that in the culture now? Like, have we just forgotten about osteoporosis?

Or not only have we not forgotten about it, but as a woman of that age, all my friends are getting bone density tests. Girl, Dexa scan. And we are and everything is coming home to boost because a couple of things you get, I didn't know this, you get all your calcium before the age of 30, number one. Number two, if you are fair skin, like myself, you don't get enough sun, you don't get enough vitamin D, vitamin D, you should be taking it.

You're pretty screwed. You guys might be okay. But, and also there's these things in LA that I'm obsessed with that I want to go to, which are like, they're like salons for people who have osteopenia, which is pre osteoporosis, where you just, you know, you have to do heavy lifting now. Like now I have to lift weights. So you have to do a lot of weight. Keep your bone density together.

Yes. And so you have to take your calcium and you have to do weights. And so there's like programs where it's like you do leg presses, you do whatever. And it's just designed for women my age who are smart enough to get their bone density tests. And they're like, I have a little bit of, you know, osteopenia in my hips. I need to do leg presses. Wow. So to I know a lot about osteoporosis. They're, they're penia clubs. There's penia and osis, osteopor, or PENIA and PROSIS. So one is pre, one is you got it. And there's things you can do, but you kind of like, you know,

our bones stop growing at like 18 or something. Yeah, when I started working out like more seriously a few months ago, my trainer literally said, it's great that you start now because at 35, your bone density is completely gone. And then by 37, you lose any metabolism you ever had. And I was just like going cross-eyed like, oh no. It is wild that as a woman, you go through being like a sex object and then maybe a mother and then maybe like menopause. And then they're like, and on your way out, you need to eat 45 grams of protein a day

and lift very heavy weights or all your bones will break. If you don't turn into a monster now. It's like you got, and you're like, what? You're like, this can't be true. I can't, I have to go to the gym and lift the heaviest I've ever lifted. Hey, what if we shuffled the order? What if you started off low bone density,

then you become a sex, or no, it'd be fun to end on sex. That would be incredible. That would be incredible. I mean, things are changing, but you know, can you do, I'm sure you can do pushups, right? So they say women need to be able to do like 10 or 11 pushups, real pushups a day and you got, you're just like, okay. Well, I'll try.

It's hard. Are you saying these are clubs specifically for osteopenic women? Yeah, they're like physical therapy places. That sounds like heaven. I agree because my age, I'm the youngest, oldest person. I see. And that, do you like that? I think 30s and 40s, yes.

Okay. 30s and 40s are a little tricky, because you're like, I'm not as young as I used to be, but I don't feel old and nobody, like old people dismiss you. They're like, you're 30, whatever. Like, you know. Right. But when you're in your 50s, you're not young, right?

And young people do not think you're young. No way. 50 is like a nightmare to them that wakes them up in the middle of the night. But you feel young and old people are like, so you're the youngest, oldest person. I gotta say, and please, please shut me up if this sounds patronizing in any way. I feel like this current crop of 50 somethings

is still aspirational to me. I would rather be living your life honest to God. I would rather be going to Bloomingdale's and museums and things every day on tour than the bullshit that 30 year olds feel. We just did that. We had that moment, we were in Berlin, we went to Burgheim and we were there.

We went like Saturday at 2 a.m. thinking there was going to be a line. No, we soared in there, like had a time. We were there for- With friends, acquaintances we have have been in that club for 48 hours. Yeah, we know people that have been there for days. We'll be like, let's see how long we last.

We left after hour four. It was maybe five or six. And it wasn't because, it was just like not, it was great, we had the best time, but we were like, oh, you know what, we'll go home, we'll catch some Z's, we'll come back later. I text Bo and I'm like, can I say something? What if we didn't go back?

What if, and then we walked to a museum and walked back because we realized we had to pay. So what did we do that afternoon? We walked to the museum and walked back, didn't even go into the museum. We had a burger. I'm here to tell you that if you enjoy that now, the future is very bright.

Oh, I'm happy. Because best decade yet for me, 50s by far best decade, way better. And also I have to say to your point, Bowen, like women my age or the age in our 50s, it used to be kind of like made in mother crone. Those were the made in mother crone. Yep.

And now I think that we've managed to carve out our generation. My generation has carved out a step before crone. And it's kind of like I'm calling it like boss or something. But at some stage before you become like the wise witch, where you are allowed to actually like, enjoy the fruits of your labor, not be so beholden to like external validation, and you still like feel good.

I think it's just a full supplanting of crone. Like- Well, there is, I kind of, what crone means is like wisdom and you know, like medicine woman. But it's a tough word. Crone is- It's a tough word. It's a tough word, but it's a word that I associate

with sex in the city. Because there's the theory that they each represent the four crones in like classical. I didn't know there were classical crones. There's like the four crones. And they were like. Is it Shakespeare's Crone? No.

Oh yeah, it might be Shakespeare's Crone. They're like, Shakespeare's Crone's disease. Crone's disease. Crone's disease. No one knew, they didn't have the words for it back then. He was always bloated and shooting his brains out. Yeah, we should rename him Crone. We should call it like, um, like a medicine woman or something.

Medicine woman. Diva! Diva. Wait, Diva is this, is this extra step that you're talking about. Okay. Yeah. It's literally Diva. Yes.

Yeah. Can I, I'm wondering something about you two though, about like, like you being like, can't wait to get to Bloomingdale's, like, but you guys also like share the fact that for a long time you guys did entertainment's most difficult job. So did you feel like that, like socially also was like after that on the other side of that, you were like, okay, you also had the kids and then-

Well, but I didn't have kids when I was at SNL and I cannot believe the way I socialize. Like SNL is such crazy believe the way I socialize. Like SNL is such crazy extroverted social job. Right. You see hundreds of people like during the week and then you have to do the show and then you have to host the host. You're hosting the host. Exactly.

Then you have to go to the party, which I know is like, oh, go to a party, but it is still a work function, even as fun as it is. And I cannot believe, like it is so much energy that I can't believe I did it. I really, and I'm glad that I was younger when I did it. I'll just never forget, because I told you this when we first met, but I was there, I was a standby kid.

So I would wait on the standby lines and I would go and then I'll never forget. I believe it was the episode that Anne Hathaway hosted with The Killers, which we talked to Seth about this episode and that was the very first Lawrence Welk show. And then a couple weeks later on the Weekend Update Thursday, you did the Palin rap, like nine months pregnant, right? And I have never forgotten how Herculean that was, of you doing that. Like, that has to feel like a highlight of doing that show.

Like, with carrying your child almost to full term, like, barking out that song next to this figure and culture. And I'll just, that was, it felt like a lightning bolt had hit the studio at that moment. Thank you That was really fun. Really fun. It had to be and very exciting and Just kind of felt yeah, it felt like There was a feeling during that whole time remember when we thought that was a crazy election Yeah, but but like there was a feeling that whole time of just the audience was really paying attention

everything was and But like there was a feeling that whole time of just the audience was really paying attention. Everything was. And when you're really pregnant, giant pregnant, you have a ton of power because people are a little worried for you, but you also, you know. And so we had a lot of fun with it. Like me and Emily Spyby, we wrote a scene about me knocking things over. Emily was also pregnant during that time too. And there was just this feeling, you know, it's kind of like Chekhov's gun, like is she going to give birth? Like, oh. Was it the episode, was it Josh Brolin that hosted

where it was just you moving over to him in a bar? It was just Amy pregnant as fuck. Yes, and he was really into me. Yeah. He's so sweet. Here comes little lady, like making her way. That was the same episode. That was the Josh Brolin episode.

And Sarah Palin just came on update. That was the Josh Berlin episode. And Sarah Palin just came on update and she was a really good sport. And she was like, okay, sure. I'll just dance next to you. And I remember thinking, I wonder if her team has really told her what this is, but that's okay.

We're gonna do it. And I think my pregnancy helped. Like it was like, how can you say no to the lady? And it was so, it was thrilling at the moment. It was really fun. It was really fun. And then I gave birth like, let's see, maybe like four or five days later.

Yes, I remember. He said that on update. He was like, Amy's not here because she's having a baby. And that was the first Jon Hamm episode. Yes. Whole circle. That's right. And he was just at the show. And Hamm was the host. I mean, Yes. Whole circle. That's right. He was just at the show. And Hamm was the host.

I mean, the millionth craziest thing about that episode, which was the Josh Brolin one, is that the musical guest was Adele. Fully Adele. Like pre like Adele. Oh, like chasing pavement? Chasing pavement. Yes.

And then I remember she won Best New Artist a couple of months later, and I was like, well, yeah, probably because everyone in the world was watching that episode. And they were like, who the hell is she? She's incredible. That's right. That was a night of culture. And I was like, well, yeah, probably because everyone in the world was watching that episode. And they were like, who the hell is she? She's incredible. That's right.

That was a night of culture. And you were at that show. I was, I went to all of them. I was addicted. And I, again, I told you this, but it was the very first time I had ever gotten in. And I was like, there was this feeling like, I don't know that it's this that I have to do,

but I have to do something like this. And I was very lost. So I went back to my dorm room and sat on my bed and like tearfully because I wanted it so bad. Like, Googled you because you were the person I respected the most. And then I saw that you had started UCB and that you were in your improv group at your school. So I was like in my head, I was like, I'm definitely auditioning for the improv group in the sketch group, which is ultimately what I got in and started doing UCB. And it was because I Googled your name that night because of me going to those shows. You.

So nice. Thank you for saying that. I mean, you have to know the impact that you have you've had on a generation of people, obviously, because it's true, but also like it's it's just such a very real thing, especially I think on gay men. Like you know what I mean? Yeah, absolutely. Oh, you must understand this. Well, thank you for saying that.

I sometimes feel like I have more gay women that I get that feedback from, which I appreciate, but that's nice of you to say gay men. The men, I think, just, I don't know. The men respond to this thing where, like, you are just being like your full powerful self on TV. And that is something that like, we kind of have to like go about sideways in media sometimes

and we will eat our own sometimes. And so like, it's, I feel like you do figure very, very largely in that sense. Wow, that means a lot. That's a high compliment. I mean, I feel like for me, the biggest thing that culturally that I get a lot of feedback from, especially from gay men is mean girls. Oh, absolutely. That feels from, especially from gay men, is Mean Girls.

Like that feels like, especially for the millennials, felt like their version of how to interact with me, more I think than SNL and Parks, I don't know. But you know. I was gonna bring up Strang and Fairchild. Oh, of course. For Blades of Glory. It was Blades of Glory.

You're right, the outfit, the outfit. There are certain press interviews that you guys did for that, but I watched a million times. That was really fun. Those were like when movies, like when they were just like money, money, money, money, movies, movies. I know. And here's a fun story about that. Will and Arnett and I played brother and sister, but we were actually married in real life.

And we, they tested that movie and the testing, they were like, we hate Strawns and Fairchild. Well, they're the villains. What do you mean? They're the villains. Right. And I remember the info coming back like. A lot of people don't really like the and we were like, well, we're the villains, you know, but but to the director's credit, they I think they kept a lot of it in. But that was really but yeah, we did tons of photo shoots

and DVD extras. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Peace to the planet. I go by the name of Charlamagne the God, and guess what?

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And John Heater, obviously huge, like big moment for him. But I was just so tickled as like a comedy person watching SNL every week, as someone who was like scrolling like the writing credits for the Simpsons, like we were like those kids. Like it was just thrilling to see you and Will in a film like that.

And I will always, always remember just you as Marilyn and him as JFK. Also, also, first of all, I was walking in today, I was like, who am I dressed like? And I was like, I'm dressed like Will in Night of the Roxbury. Oh my God, yeah! I kind of have like a-

Paying homage to our producer, Will. Yes, I have, yes, I'm paying homage. Funny story about that movie, we had to learn how to ice skate. Right. And I knew enough to know, I'm not homage. Funny story about that movie. We had to learn how to ice skate. Right. And I knew enough to know I'm not going to be doing a ton of ice skating this movie. You know, they had incredible body doubles and face switcheroo technology. And they had really good ice skaters having to do things.

And I knew I was like, think if I could just fake it from the waist up, I'll be fine. You went like this at one point. I was just like, the fact that it was so green up. I'll be fine. You went like this at one point. It's just like the fact that it was so green screen. I loved it. I was up here. But they had an incredible professional, like ex Olympian ice dancer, coach, performer coaching me. Again, it was a time when movies were like, you're going to have to.

We're going to. And I was on SNL. And so on the weekends and in the, you're gonna have to, we're gonna, and I was on SNL. And so on the weekends and in the mornings, I would have to go to Chelsea Piers and ice skate. And I remember she was this really, I'm sorry, I forget her name, if you're listening, you were awesome. But I would do that thing that I learned early when I wanted someone to not do something

where I would just, she would sit, we'd have our coffee in the morning. I knew we only had an hour. The clock would be behind her. And I'd be like, wait, what's going on with you? And she'd go, well, we have to get out on the ice. And I go, I know, I know, I know. We have to, we have to train. I'd be like, but how is your daughter? I would try to get her to talk and the clock would just tick away. And I'd be like, geez, because I, it was so hard to learn. Because we're bone tired between shows.

Bone tired. And also, I knew it. I knew I didn't have to know it that well. Exactly. You're like, they're going to, it's going to be this. It's going to be, it's going to be waist up. We're going to be on wires. It's going to be Marilyn with the pills.

And I'm never going to get it. Yeah. And at one point she said to me, you know, if at any point something's hurting, make sure you tell me to stop. We were like practicing. Well, I was like, I will. I'm not an athlete. I'm not gonna play through the pain. I am not trying to get a medal here.

No, no, no. So I can kind of ice escape, but not that well. Did you do sports in high school? I was, I was like, did a bunch of sports moderately well. Like good trash talker, like out on the field, played softball, played soccer, like a little basketball. Like just kind of was like, like the mouth. But it wasn't particularly good.

Because team captain energy is something that I would, I would ascribe to you. Thank you. I was really good at keeping the team up. There you go. And really good at like knowing where the play is. Like a lot of like plays a second, you know, like that. But not, didn't really have the skill.

Small. Didn't really have an arm. You're talking about softball? Yes. And it's amazing that I'm not gay because every picture of me during that time. Looks kind of gay. Looked like the cutest like baby lesbian. But we all did back then.

We all did in many ways. But like not a jock. Yeah, right. And then was a cheerleader sometimes too. Just kind of a floater to use a mean girl's term. No, that's great because I feel like there's something about young people now where they are struggling with finding people, just socializing

in general. It's a thing. It's like what you want to tell them is like, oh, is it like an osteoporosis thing? Like it's like a calcium thing. You have to start early and like get the get the sportsman thing going. I think to be in it, to learn how to collaborate in any way, I think it's important to be not to do sports, but to be involved in activities like that. I just think, I don't know, it was a different time where you could be okay at softball and play in your local softball league for a long time.

But now you have to be on a traveling team and it's very intense and parents are involved. Parents have ruined a lot of things. When parents show up, they kind of ruin things. And my generation, my parents, no one went to anyone's, like occasionally went to a game, but there were no like adults taking things over. Everything was a little less stressful.

You could try a bunch of things and it wasn't necessarily your identity. Right. I imagine you have not been dumb parent in that context with your kids. I feel like I'm trying not to be. I feel like- You're not showing up to the things that in a way that is like kind of, all right. It's some people it's their identity, right? Like they're living through their kids, I guess.

But, which I mean, you have to be supportive. How old are your kids now? They're 14 and 16. Okay. Those are, yeah, you got teen boys. Yeah, I love teens. You breaking tiles in half? I love teens, I'm here to say it. Stop, gross!

How dare you? Don't tell me that I'm gross. Those boys are gross. Stop it. I love teens. I know what they do. I love teens, I'm here to say the teen years have my favorite years.

Are they? Is it because they're kind of like riding hard for you right now? They're just like interesting people and also their friends are kind of interesting. And you're like, this is like the black diamond of parenting. This is where it's coming in and you're having big conversations. They're making choices. You're trying to keep them safe. It's people like focus on the little, the youngins, like the baby stuff and the youngins, but I don't know, there's something,

I think I'm good with teens. Yeah, it's Black Diamond, it's moguls, moguls, moguls, moguls, gotta either ride on top or ride around. Is this tied to, because I've always thought of you as this aspirational TikTok person, because I'm like, well, I need to get on TikTok because I feel like there are people out there like Amy Poehler, like it's cool. I like it there.

I feel like you were on TikTok almost first when you were lip syncing and then you came in, you dominated and then you like left. Like, you know what? That wasn't TikTok. We were so ahead of the curve on Instagram. That was Instagram. We had so many viral things. Pre-TikTok things that would have taken off on TikTok.

Now I know that's this sounds so cloying and obnoxious, but it's true. Like Matt and I would like start like song like. Oh, yeah. We had tunes. Yeah. We would start TikTok songs. Bare People.

If you know what we're talking about. You know. Four Nights in Orlando, which was our American horror story. But every episode was 15 seconds long. Every episode was 15 seconds long in Orlando. We would go, we would be on about a metric ton of edibles and we would-

And shoot like horror anthologies at Disney World. Oh my God. It's out there. It is out there. If you go deep in the Instagrams, they are there. But what was the horror anthology called? Four Nights in Orlando. And then it was like Four Nights in Orlando Hotel.

Four Nights in Orlando Gay Ghost. Four Nights in Orlando Witch War. Witch War was our best one there. We always say that was the most satisfying one when you watched it all together. And also you could see so many easter eggs. And you can't find that? You can't put that back out on TikTok. No, I tried and it didn't really, you know, less culture is huge on TikTok. Right. But that's we do pretty good.

I was that's our lovely social team. I feel like we could put it back on TikTok, but there would just be that 2014 patina on it where you'd be like, you, I don't want to watch anything from that time. I feel like more and more, I mean, even starting this podcast is a good example of that. I'm getting a little less worried about whether or not my timing is right. It's OK. Yeah. No, you can't worry about that.

I feel like if you want to do it, I feel like you can do whatever you want. If you want to, if you don't want to do it, certainly don't. Right. Right. Do whatever you want. Anytime you want. It seems fun. Yeah, it. Certainly don't. Right. Right. Do whatever you want. Any time you want. It seems fun. Yeah. It should only be fun. It is fun. And there was a time when I was even doing like the challenges. Yeah. Like I just looked through it and it was just like me. One time I did a totally earnest TikTok to Taylor Swift's song Paris.

It was earnest. It was it was so it was I deleted it. We're post cringe. We're post cringe. Well, we climbed Cringe Mountain. Have you heard about this? It's so, I deleted it because I am the cringe. We're post cringe. Well, we've climbed Cringe Mountain. Have you heard about this? It's so major. Once you climb Cringe Mountain, then you get to the other side and you're in Nirvana. Oh yeah. I mean, that's where the power lies is post cringe.

I mean, you learn that with comedy a lot. You know, you have to just, you can't be embarrassed. Do you have the moment in your career that you're like this, I climbed Cringe Mountain at this point? Yeah. Cringe Mountain is far behind me. Yeah. I don't worry about that at all because basically you survive a ton of embarrassments like death by a thousand cuts.

You just realize I'm OK. It's OK. And then you realize that like actually the the longer in your career, you should be taking more risks and trying new things. And you should be like a little nervous and a little excited. And the minute you are afraid about being cool, you're screwed. You're totally. It's so true. And it stops you doing things. It does.

And and everyone is so obsessed with themselves. I would so much rather somebody be a little tender rony and make a cringey mistake than the opposite. Like when people are really cool, I'm like, oh, honey, like when they're trying to be very cool, I get so I get so stressed for them. It's not easy. It's not easy out there. But it's the same way with like hosts at SNL.

Like a host that will come in and will be like kind of open face sandwich. You'd be like, I'm nervous or whatever. Like I'm gonna try it. And they give your sketch there all. And you're like, I love you forever. But when someone who's trying to be cool, you're like, hmm.

I can think forever. Yes. But when someone is trying to be cool, you're like, hmm. And I can think of the people and the coolness, you know, it's so it's a protective shell. So you kind of feel for them. We've all been there, but it is it's so fleeting. Like, what is what is cool? Right. It's not defined. It actually never was. I mean, you guys do kind of define it in the best.

You guys, you do kind of define it. And why I'm gonna say this, the reason why you define it is because your list is about not being cool. Right. But it is the coolest list in the world. It takes the piss out of the list in the first place. Yeah, and it reminds you that like,

we're all like dumb humans. We're dumb Do you want to know what it was? I think for me in high school I don't know about you Did you guys have friends that made fun of you constantly in high school? Like I I allowed myself to be the butt of the joke a lot They made fun of me for the way I held a fork They made fun of me for the way I wore a hat They made fun of me because I couldn't see colors

Like I was constantly getting ribbed on by my friends. And I think it made me realize like, well, I'm not cool and shouldn't try. And then years later, I remember someone said, yeah, you're a cool person. Like people think that. And I was just like, I don't think, and don't tell me that, because that will get me in my head.

I think the key is just like always being surrounded by people who are a little bit like this. And I just hit button. I do that all the time, Matt. That's a lot of language. You need people to rib you. Well, I think it's a very East Coast thing, too. I would agree. It's a very East Coast thing. Like the more I like you, the more I'll tease you. Yes. It's like it is like a safety thing.

I mean, with within reason, like you don't want to be bullied. No, don't hurt my feeling. Manners are for people we don't know. OK, yes. You know what? That was actually an unspoken thing, especially with my my first ever like ensemble I ever felt like I was a part of was my like friend group in high school. Yeah. And our thing was we always took the rip the shit out of. Yeah. There's there's nothing more satisfying than when you can tease someone with

love. Yeah. And they tease you back and you're like, oh, we're sick. Like, this is intimacy. Is that how you and your friends are? Yes, that was Boston all the way. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And then through SNL as well. Yes. Yeah. Like hard. Like because when you tease someone the right way, it also means that you see them. Yeah. Like you feel seen. Right.

And like the most delightful thing when someone can like, you know, you're like talking about someone, you're like, I'm so tired. And someone's like, you are? I couldn't tell, you know? Like, you're like, you just feel so like delighted. He knows I'm tired all the time. But are you downloading this into the boys at all?

I'm trying to, like, I think I'm trying to just kinda, but you know, here's the thing about teens. They don't wanna be told. No downloading. No downloading. You go from producer to consultant. Oh. And that is not my line.

That is someone else's line. Someone else said that, but you go from handling your kid's life over, like, and scheduling their play dates and getting their stuff and getting, like, and making their lunch. All this stuff that's like, you're in charge to being like, I know you didn't ask me, but what I would do is you have to just stand back.

You can't you almost can't tell them anything. Yeah, right. Right. Just think about it when your parents would say something at that age, it would just be like, shut up. So you you you do, I don't know, there's a really good technique. I'm super into it. It works for people too. But where you just repeat back to them

what they said to you. So I hate my teacher, you hate your teacher. Yeah, because she doesn't listen to us and she's always like giving us assignments we don't like, she's always giving you assignments, you know, like, yeah, you just don't say. You don't- And it kind of keeps pulling the thread until it loosens. It keeps pulling the thread and they talk to you

and they're not looking for you to fix it and certainly not to give advice. No. Barf. Like, you know, what you should do or, you know, teachers are really like, and they're working really hard these days or whatever. They just wanna say it to you.

Even adults don't wanna be told that. Agree, I did it for a year. I was trying a thing where I would only give advice to people that asked for it and no one ever asked. No one asked. You know what's funny? I'm almost never asking for it. And I still have friends, there are certain friends

and I feel like it's conversations I have to have where it's like, I haven't realized it will be really easy to change a dynamic in our friendship if I just tell them, I don't need advice. I think I have a therapist for that. Like, I don't need prescription. You know what I mean? It's like, when people give me prescription,

it's, I'm not good anymore at, maybe at a certain point I was, when I felt like we were all in our 20s or something, figuring it out, but it's like, I do sometimes just need to externalize my feelings. Cause maybe it's cause I've realized how well therapy works. Cause what you're talking about is therapy technique. All your therapist does is facilitate you

speaking to yourself. And then you hear it and you're like, oh, I've heard it out loud finally. It's Brene Brown walk alongside, not like face the person and say, this is what we should do. It's like, they just wanna be told that meme of, hey, I'm not reading all of that.

I'm so happy for you. Or I'm sorry that happened. It's like, they just wanna be told great, or I'm so sorry. And the other side of that is, I'm really egotistical about my advice. I think I have great advice. So I not only don't want advice that I don't ask for,

but I like to offer advice that nobody asked for. And then I get a little butt hurt when they don't take it. I'm like, you didn't take my advice? Like that's solid gold advice. And then my therapist was like, why are you giving advice to people that don't take it. I'm like, you didn't take my advice? Like that's solid gold advice. And then my therapist was like, why are you giving advice to people that don't ask for it? That's precious advice that you can't just give out willy nilly. Like be respectful of your own advice. Yeah. And you can value it. You can even say like, are you open to advice? And if they say yes, you go,

you know, if I give it, do you think you'll, this advice means something to me, would it mean something? It's like a lot. Can we ask you for, like, do you have any advice for us? Give us advice. Like, God, I have such a little advice for you. No, come on, tell us.

Okay, in what area? Can you ask something specifically about, or just life advice? I want like all of these things at SNL that I feel like are not compatible in terms of like lifestyle things of like dating and like having a dog and like all of these things. Yes. Maybe the advice is,

the advice is it's just, just wait it out until you finish one thing. Also, you're so ahead of the game by realizing it's something that you want. Oh. I think just even knowing what you want, you're ahead of the game. Life is an arrow pointing you to what you want.

So by not getting it, you're like, oh, I'm really missing that. I want that. That's interesting. That's, oh, thank you, SNL, for pointing the arrow to what I want. And I think my advice would be try to imagine that it's not binary, it's not like either have it

or you don't, you can't have it there, you can't. Like the can'ts and shouldn'ts and maybe nots isn't like, there's like, there's a lot of space in between that not being a place where you could have it and a place where you could have it. I'm receiving that. Thank you. Mine's really specific. I need like a moving company. Oh, I have a great one. I need like some people to box some stuff up.

Very good. So my advice there would be don't lift a finger. I won't. You have, you have, we have, you have, you're doing well. You have enough money, you know, thank God. Very lucky. Take your privilege and get somebody. We ran through my bank account before we started. Yeah, yeah.

She knows all my financial stuff. We made sure. And get somebody to pack everything up for you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But do one pass and go through and grab anything, a document, anything that you would sob over if it was lost. I mean sob, not like I love this chair, I love this, whatever, like go through and go,

if this got thrown in the ocean by accident, would it ruin my life? Get those things out, everything else, let them pack it for you. Wow. You know what's crazy is I'm realizing that stuff is less and less and less. Stuff means less to me. Even like sentimental things, which I felt like, You know what's crazy is I'm realizing that stuff is less and less and less stuff

Yeah, and even like sentimental things which I felt like oh shouldn't they mean more to me over time? I think as I get older I realized just things are things Mm-hmm. It's it's bizarre like we were doing playing this game At Coachella the night before the festival We were doing like the newlywed game with each other and one of the questions was, it was for me to answer, what would he grab if he had to grab one thing if the house was like, you know, it was an earthquake, on fire, whatever it is, a disaster.

And I sat there and couldn't think of one thing I could take. And then everyone was like, my dog Bill, my partner David. And I was like, oh, I guess it's just because I don't have any of those like real things. I was like, and I wrote down a lot of phone chargers. I just would grab all the chargers because you never can have enough.

Right? But that's good. You might not be attached to things. That's very healthy. Maybe I'm not. I don't know. I think that is changing about. That's good.

That's very good. There's a thing called Swedish death cleaning. I produced a show about it, which is all about that. Swedish death cleaning. The gentle art of Swedish death cleaning, which is the Swedes believe one of the things that you can do for your family is you can clear out your stuff before you die.

Like, you know, they want less stuff. Right. And why not give your stuff away while you're still vital and alive and tell people why it means something to you so they can get to know you. Because what happens in the States is people die, they leave all this stuff, then you go through your grandfather's papers

and you're like, he was, you know, he played the tuba. Like I didn't even know or whatever. And so let people know you while you're alive, but it's all about minimizing and getting rid of stuff. And so maybe you're just kind of doing that along the way. Yeah, maybe. Very Swedish. Is your brother still there?

Yeah, he lives in Sweden. Oh, nice. I know, so cool. There was a smart girls thing where he was just playing basketball and I was like, that seems like a cool dude. Yeah, maybe. Is your brother still there? Yeah, he lives in Sweden. Oh, nice. I know, so cool. There was a smart girls thing where he was just playing basketball and I was like, that seems like a cool dude. Yeah, my brother is the coolest.

He's a really funny writer and performer and he moved to Sweden. He met a woman who lived in Sweden. They got married, they had a kid. And now he's been there, God, it must be almost 20 years. He's like a full expat. He lives outside of Stockholm and speaks Swedish. No, it's so cool.

I'm really trying to find a husband with another passport. Oh yeah. I do think it's time. It's time. And weirdly enough, this is a pattern. I've been going out with a lot of guys that weirdly are also from another country and are sober. Ooh, I like that for you.

That's really good for you. Isn't it weird? I'm not even trying to date like sober guys and I'm not trying to date guys with like dual citizenship but like it keeps happening. What country would you like to, let's just put it out there. I mean, I guess like Canada or England. Okay. Okay.

There are people. There are people. There are people out there. Listen, I'm talking specifically to People that live in Toronto and London, I suppose. I just we were in London and it was so great Right, but be careful with that London weather. That's all I got to say That London weather is like Sweden. It is dark. It is a dark cold country. So just be aware I do well with overcast. You know what I mean?

Like it's I don't really... You're right. I'm definitely a sun boy, but like I've had enough of it. It's like I grew up on Long Island and I'm like a child of the beach and the sun. And so now I'm kind of like maybe I've had enough like for my life. I love a UK guy for you. I think so. With a scarf and everything?

I don't know about the scarf. You don't like the scarf? I could do a scarf, I suppose. You're good with a scarf. Like a scarf and like an overcoat? Overcoat, certainly. I see when you said scarf, I went my mind went to Ascot and I do see- Oh no, no.

Can I say I do see some people out there trying to bring back the Ascot and I'm not ready for that. That's okay. That's fun. Like a winter, like a Jude Law winter look. Like a, what's the guy's name? I love a winter look. You know, the guy that did all the movies,

like a Richard Curtis, coming in from the cold. We met at the Oscars. We did meet Richard Curtis. Richard Curtis at the Oscars. Oh, that was special. Just a gentleman, like shaking off the snow off his overcoat. Yes, oh, that's good.

Okay, now I'm like upset that it's gonna be spring and summer because my favorite time to date is the fall and the winter. It'll come. Because it's cuffing season. Yes, but like I never cuff. My thing is like, I just like to be dressed up for a date and also maybe it's like you're less self conscious of what your body is doing.

Right. This is the dysmorphic part. What I project upon you that I want for you is a gentleman who's maybe a little sober or whatever just like not he's just like he's oh he's not the main character. Okay. He's the one that's like he's just like look at him go. I do think I do need that. Do you subscribe to flower gardener sort of duality in relationships? Say more. Like one person is the flower they need to be watered and gardened and one person is a gardener and they kind of in relationships. Like one person is the flower, they need to be watered and garden and one person is a gardener and they kind of,

that's what they do. It can't be as simple as that, but that is a, it is a dichotomy thing that people sometimes think about. I think that's interesting because I would say for you, you're extroverted person, right? Probably secretly more introverted than we think. You're, yeah. But an extroverted person who I think it would be nice for you to have like a British Jude Law looking gentleman.

I love that. I love this. Who has the taxi waiting while you work the room. Has the taxi waiting. Yeah. Has the taxi waiting. I love someone that wants to leave. He's like ready to go love. Yeah, like I'm ready to go love. Ready to go love. Oh, that rocks. Yes, there's actually nothing less sexy than someone who doesn't know when to leave a party.

Oh yeah. It's a problem when someone can't leave a party because they're just kind of waiting for this thing that hasn't happened yet to happen. Yeah. Absolutely not. Absolutely, and it won't happen. It won't happen.

And also I'm the part, like, I'm the part. Yeah, hello. Like, what are you waiting for? Exactly, I'm the party. I'm the party. I'm the party. I'm the party. I'm the party.

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This is what was the culture that made you say culture was for you? Okay, well, you know, you are my favorite podcast. So I've thought about this a lot. This is wild. Is that true? I love this podcast. And I thought about it a lot.

And, you know, I didn't want to overthink it. But I have to say, for me, growing up, there was a woman who I just related to, she just felt very strong. She had a really specific POV. She kind of asked her what she wanted. She always had good jokes. And that woman was Miss Piggy. Oh!

You know that she might be coming on Lost Cult. She might be a guest on this very podcast. We are obsessed. She's one of the top icons. She, at a time when women were told to be, you know, seen and not heard, she took up space. She was very body positive. Yes. Yes. She was, space. She was very body positive.

She was, yes, at times a little violent. We would maybe correct that now. There was some- It was almost always in self-defense. I completely agree. She often saved the day. Yeah. She often saved the day.

She said what she wanted. She was like one big intrusive thought. And if you suffered from those, like I did as a kid, you were like, I can't believe she said that out loud. She was always funny. Always. She had really good jokes.

Yeah, she did. Kermie loved her. Obsessed. She was the only person in M. Muppet Christmas Carol who stood up to Scrooge. You're believing? What? I want this! Whenever she goes, oh my God!

It is a panicle of comedy. Respectful of martial arts culture, respectful of Eastern culture. OK, if you say so. I'm here to tell you. I don't know. OK, I'm happy social arts culture, respectful of Eastern culture. Okay, if you say so. I'm here to tell you. I don't know, okay, I'm happy. Don't worry, you can enjoy Miss Piggy's hi-yaz. Yes, her hi-yaz. It's done respectfully.

And she was such a funny character. Yeah, hilarious. Funny, funny, funny, funny. She was an outsized diva who demanded that she get her shine and what was always great was the budget they would blow out for her sets and everything and how disastrously it would go wrong. But yet it's still, she still came out on top.

And they never, she was allowed to like, I guess like keep failing. She was a woman in Hollywood that they let keep flopping. Look, it was the seventies, right? It wasn't perfect. So at times Miss Piggy like almost felt like, oh, she's a cautionary tale of someone who's too. But the audience did not feel that from her. No.

The Muppet Show, when it would come on and the it's time to get things started and the song would start as a kid. I was like, this is Hollywood. Everything. This felt like this was, you know, I didn't know anyone that was an actor or writer. I'd never seen anyone famous. Something about the Muppet Show was like, there is a place where my jokes

and what I like is gonna live. And it was get ready for the show. It was like very SNL. It was a good show. Was it your pre-SNL, SNL in a way? It was my pre-SNL. Yeah. Because my generation of SNL, the people I like,

I was like 10 when Eddie Murphy joined SNL. And I was like 14 my pre-SNL. Yeah. Because my generation of SNL, the people I like, I was like 10 when Eddie Murphy joined SNL and I was like 14 when it was like Dana Carvey and Jan Hooks and Phil Hartman. So that was, but the Muppet Show was the first feeling of there's a show about to be put on. Yes, yes. And Miss Piggy was the star of the Muppet Show. Uh huh. Yes, she was.

She was the star. She was the star of the Muppets show. Yes, she was. She was the star. She was the, she told everyone what to do and Kermie couldn't resist. I mean, he was a little shy and, you know, she kind of probably spoke for him in a way that I think he liked. Well, it, it, it, yes. Thank you for putting some shine on Kermit too because Kermie, I think was also just as valuable

of a male, a masculinity comp that, as Miss Piggy was a femininity sort of example. Yeah, they flipped. He was kind of a soft boy. Also though, during that time, we also had people like Alan Alda and Mash, right? Who was like so nice. Even though he was so sweet. We had some sweetie pies.

It wasn't as masculine all the time as people think. Like the 70s there were some like groovy like, you know, dads or even like Michael Landon, who was like tough but like loved his daughter and was kind of sweet. But Kermit was very in touch with his feminine side. Yes. It sounds like you have feelings for Kermit. You know why I love Kermit was very in touch with his feminine side. Yes. It sounds like you have feelings for Kermit. You know why I love Kermit? Kermit was a peacemaker.

Yes. Kermit was a peacemaker. And as I get older, I'm drawn to people, men especially, who are looking for peace. Oh yeah, all I wanna do is feel calm. Me too. I want to feel calm, I wanna feel safe, and I don don't conflict used to be the way I'm an enneagram. Eight, do you care about your enneagram?

Oh, I'm a seven. That's right. You're a seven. That makes sense. What are you? A four, a bowen. Oh, that's so hard. No one understands you.

You're very, it's very hard to, no, fours are like, they're like special romantic. Yeah, fours are dream maker, like that makes artists. Remind me eight. Challenger. Yeah. So I used to think conflict was how I, and it was often how I got intimate with people.

Like, and now I want more peace. I see. And sevens are so much fun. You know, we exhaust ourselves. Yeah, sevens are- And require a lot. But they're so fun. Yeah, I mean, I like, it's so funny because I,

and then I looked at the results and it was like, whoa, I didn't stand a chance. I was such a seven. Like it was, it was, I was thinking like, oh, I don't know. These answers aren't going to all go together. It was like, you're a seven down. The house down. Yes.

And I mean, I get that. It's funny, like as I get a little bit older, I'm also, I don't know if you ascribed to the astrology of it all, but I'm also like a triple water sign, double Pisces, Cancer Moon, which is like that and a seven is like, oh, he gonna take up a lot of space.

And also you're just gonna be kind of like, what's the next thing? You're definitely for the adventure. I'm also a consumer. Suda used to say that about me all the time, that I like to be excited. And sometimes that can get me in. I have a lot of sevens in my life.

I love them for those that you don't care about, Enneagrams, whatever, but they're enthusiasts. They're enthusiasts. Yes, they love things and they love having fun. But a seven's always like, you're like, let's go do this thing. And they're like, is it going to be fun? And you're like, I mean, I guess. Fun.

Fun is hmm. Fun is important, newness is important. It's interesting to be the kind of person that's like seeks excitement and seeks like to consume things and have experiences, but then also have like an anxiety creep up. Because it's like, that's when you get in your head with a lot of like judgment, judgment, judgment.

That's why I wanna be calm. It's cause I just want someone who's just gonna be like, it's okay. Like, you know what I mean? Like, it's, you know what? Like this experience is gonna be what it is and then it's gonna be over and then we're gonna have another one tomorrow.

But I am sort of waiting and I do think, I haven't really said this on the podcast yet, but I am fully moving back to New York. Like I finally bought my first place. And so like, I think that that will be a place where I can like root, because I am looking for that. I think I deeply feel like my next step is to just feel like I can sit down and be comfortable in a place.

And like, that would be nice if someone could be a part of that like, tentoes down. Yeah, tentoes down vibe. But it's interesting that you say all that stuff, because feeling calm is something I never thought I wanted. Yes, same. I always thought that my thing was to challenge

and buck the system and kind of push and push. And now I really feel lucky that I'm surrounded by a lot of people who are not that way, who are more peaceful and peacemakers and kind of like a little bit like it could be this, it could be that. Like for the longest time, being definitive and like certain and decisive was like safety. And now I'm like, luckily a little bit more like, I don't know. Yeah. You know, I think it's interesting because one of your like, I would say defining comedic and like public traits is your energy. You know what I mean?

Like, so I would imagine, I identify with this, that sometimes when people like interact with you, they feel like they also need to bring a lot of energy and then there you are meeting that. And all of a sudden, you exhausted girl. And like, you're like, wait, hold on. Where was I in that? I was definitely talking. Where was I in that? I was definitely talking.

What was I saying? But it's interesting. You bring what you get praise for and credit for and notices for, especially at a place, I would imagine, coming up through comedy and having to make your way and being one of one in many ways, and then getting to SNL and then having to like,

I know it started really well for you pretty much. Like you kind of hit the ground running and then when you were in the main cast, like kind of right away, right? Yeah, pretty fast. So everything was happening really fast, but you probably had to give it. Oh yeah, you know, we were like,

it was a different time where there was less women. You had to kind of, you know, for those that are not watching, I'm swinging my elbow. But you bring up something that's so true, which is I feel like, and getting back to like your 50s and osteoporosis, but I'm all about practicing my backhand. That's my new phrase, which is my forehand

has served me so well. It is I've made a lot of shots. I feel really confident. It's I'm very, very grateful for what it's gotten me. And now it's time to practice my back end. What is the thing that I don't really always give as much attention to or practice to? And it's exactly that. It's not depending on my energy to be the way that people connect with me or like,

or that like sparring or conflict is going to be the way that people connect with me or like, or that like sparring or conflict is gonna be the way in which I can get something done, but just like be a little bit more watery. And yeah. It's thinking about how you communicate subtextually rather than literally or super textually where you're just like, I'm gonna communicate what I think by saying it.

And right, something like this where it's like- Well, this is a very for answer you're giving right now because- I'm being such a for. No, because you're right. You're saying like, you're coming from a feeling place and I'm coming from an action place. Yeah, yeah.

And that's a challenger thing. That's an A. So the for is like, how can I express my feelings or have these feelings differently? It's like, what can I do differently? And our work is to like, and I'm so sorry if this is boring for anybody. No, our work is to feel more. Yeah. Your work is to be do more, less feelings, more doing.

And mine is more more feelings, less doing. Is Piggy an eight? Is Miss Piggy an eight? I think she is definitely an eight. I think Miss Piggy is kind of an island. She is definitely an Enneagram. That would be fun to do that with all the Muppets. Well, Fozzie there is a seven. Aw, an enthusiast.

I think so. I think Kermit's a nine. He's the peacemaker. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He has to be the whole, the center of that place. Yeah, he's like, hey guys. Yeah. Wait.

Maybe Kermit's my man. Kermit's your man. Maybe I need to fuck Miss Piggy up. When she gets here, I'm gonna be like, listen, although I think they broke up. Didn't they break up definitively? Well, remember the ABC show? They introduced that new pig girl.

Oh, I don't like that at all. That pig woman. I don't know this. Do you remember? There's that new pig woman. Oh no. And she was pooping in and trying to pick up Kermit and the internet lost their mind.

They were like, get the fuck away from him. She needs to get the fuck away. She never stood a chance against Miss Piggy. I gotta watch this. I did not know that. And do you also remember that, public television is so great, Sesame Street. Do you remember when Sesame Street,

when I was growing up, there was a character called Snuffle Up Again? Yes. I think Piggy's still there. Okay, you too? But then they took Snuffle Up Again away because it was frustrating kids. Yeah, because why couldn't they see him?

And I was like, ugh. Wait, but who said this? Didn't they say- No, someone said that they took him away because some kids, especially in the eighties when child abduction was a thing, they were like, parents would like, it was that like they wouldn't believe what kids were saying.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like on the show, yeah, a kid didn't feel believed. Right. And it was at a time when you needed to trust what children were saying. Like, I saw a strange man at the side of our street. You know? Like, this is crazy.

There's like a lot of implications when it comes to like PBS and children's programming. Did you ever get to go down there to Sesame Street and interact? I did. I got to do something with ElmoMO, which is really cool. What did you guys do together? We did like a Word of the Day or something. Awesome.

Yeah. And then, you know, and when I like, and I loved growing up, I loved we had an Oscar the Grouch alarm clock. Oh, I like Oscar the Grouch. He's a great resource. Larry David owes a lot to Oscar. Yes. Yes. The alarm clock used to start with it's going to be a lousy day. Wake up. It's got to end.

It was such a Gen X alarm clock. You could never do that now. But yeah, I love him. That whole Jim Henson world, I have to say, it has permeated most of my life because it also was in the beginning of SNL, but just like those muppets and puppets are everywhere in my psyche. Yeah. Absolutely.

We got to send up a prayers up. What the heck was that? Oh my God, that was Miss Piggy squealing. Miss Piggy's here, her ears are burning. Wait, is she gonna maybe come here? Yeah. That is stressful though, because have you ever been with someone

who's working a puppet? No, this is so we heard that like it's basically what it is It's like they can go for like 25 30 minutes at a time and then they need a short break. It's stressful. Yeah, I mean God bless everyone who works puppets. It's amazing. Oh, it's it's intense. Yeah, right. Where do you look? Right? I guess you look at the puppet. I'm gonna have no problem looking right into Miss Piggy's eyes. I'm telling you, I'm committing so hard. Okay, you'll be great.

I might cry though, because I feel the same sort of cosmic connection to her that you're talking about, which is that I'm like, she was my first glimpse into old Hollywood, and she's modeled after those actresses. She's modeled after like Peggy Lee, right? Peggy Lee, right? Peggy Lee.

Yes. Yeah. And she was also kind of like in drag a little bit. She had like a real vibe of like costumes and you always were going into her world. And it was like satin. And she was very like, she was very feminine. She was a showgirl. She was a showgirl.

She was the last showgirl with Pamela Anderson. I just think she's beautiful. Yeah. And pigs have newly become my favorite animal. Oh, really? And a lot of cultures, pigs are really, really revered. Revered. Yes.

So smart. Are they one of the smart ones? Yes. Smart, clean. So I'm like now I'm like in this new kick where I'm finding out about how deep the intelligence of certain animals goes. Like I went in on elephants the other day and now I'll never be the same.

I know. Did you know that octopuses decorate their homes? What? So the next time you go to like, I don't know, someplace on Larchmont and they're serving up a grilled puss. No way. Just know that that puss was a decorator.

He was an interior decorator. That was Nate Brookes. That was Nate Brookes. That was the Nate Brookes of the season. That's so many arms. You might be eating the Nate and Jeremiah of the season. Those arms can put up so much shiplap. So fast. Did you know my mom has revealed how obsessed she is

with Nate and Jeremiah? Do you watch Nate and Jeremiah? Oh, Nate and Jeremiah, incredible. My dad was talking to me about, Queer Eye? I was on the phone with them and my mom was talking, my mom started watching Queer Eye and she was like, cause Jeremiah joined. Yeah, of course. And now Jeremiah's in the crowd. And my dad says to me on the phone, your mother is beaming ear to ear harder than I've ever

seen her talking about Jeremiah Brent right now. She loves him. They also decorate in this beautiful aesthetic that does feel like, how do I put this? Like no one will ever live there. No, no, no, no. Like the tiling that they put in. Like I watched their, like when someone is just like, yeah, so we ripped out the floors. I'm like, shut up. What are you talking about?

Like in all respect, but I'm like, I could never be like, I want to rip out these floors. I want to reupholster. No, I don't know what that word means. It's hard. And also there is something about I love interior design. I do. I love it. It's kind of like a I want to say a hobby, but I love doing things with people and making spaces and looking at making it.

I love it. Yeah. And I love looking at like magazines and looking at stuff online. And I find just like what people think is comfortable. Yeah. I is so subjective. It's just so subjective. And for me, the eye must rest. My eye must rest.

Got it. So there's like there was like an organizing show where it was like, what kind of organizer are you? Are you? So let me ask you this. There's four different ways and I'm gonna butcher this. But do you like a room where there's an open shelf and like, you know, your plates and cups and everything, you can see them.

Floating? No way. Absolutely not. I'm sorry, I'll let you go through all of them. So there's one where you're like floating shelf and cups and organized well, but visible. One where they're behind a shelf and cups and organized well, but visible. One where they're behind a cabinet,

organized behind a cabinet. Those are two options. And then also, do you like to have, let's say you're putting away your important piece of paper. Do you want to have it in a drawer where you throw it in, in a drawer, and it's worth all the important papers and you'll organize it later?

Or do you want to have a place that it lives every time? That one. I see. I mean, here's my thing. I don't like looking at cupboards. I don't like looking at cupboards and shelves. I think I'm SOL for the places I've moved. Some people like to see their stuff,

and some people like to not see their stuff. I think it could be interesting to see my stuff. I am gonna be the not see your stuff school because if one thing is off on the floating shelf and it's out on display, it's gonna bug the shit out of me. I'm never gonna feel, I'm gonna have that itch in my brain the entire time I'm looking at it. Yes.

And what about countertops, tables? Do they need to be clear or? They pretty much have to be clear. Yeah. Yeah, you think in my place. He has such a strong aesthetic. I mean, I keep telling him that he should get A.D. over to his place because it's so cute and cool. Get a product line going, Bowen.

Of like- Housewares. Yeah. What about you? What are you doing? Yeah. Would love to do that. What? Come on. Everybody- No, it's too- Well, you know what? I'm going to take my own advice. It's never too late. It's never too late. Wait, to do that. What? Come on, everybody. No, it's too, well, you know what? I'm going to take my own advice. It's never too late.

It's never too late. Wait, to do what? To just have a housewares line. To have like a housewares line. Okay, wait, your conversation with Tina about this, don't you think Bowen Ulster should open eyeglasses? I've been trying to get Tina to make money off of eyeglasses for her entire life.

But she refuses the side hustle. She doesn't want to do it. I understand, I respect it.. She doesn't want to do it. I understand. I respect it. Only do what you want to do. But you could do it too, Bowen. I don't know. I'm of the same mind as Tina.

I'm like, what? Or no, what is she getting in your head because she said it? No, I just, I've always thought the same thing. There's no practical reason for me to do that. You know what I mean? I'm going to sell socks, jerseys, I'm selling it all. Whatever, honey.

I'm doing whatever. I'm just a sweatshirt with my face. Put my name on the plastic water bottles, whatever. No, yeah, only if you'd be into the design and into the aesthetic of it. But something aesthetic would be interesting and fun to work on. Perhaps, perhaps.

Watch this space. I can see it for you. I think you're a huge brand. No, Spockwin. I completely agree. You know what I'm saying. Yes. I don't know y'all.

I completely agree. But at least get AD into that house and get them to walk around and put your bowl of limes, show them your bowl of limes. My bowl of limes. The bowl of limes. Dakota Johnson's bowl of limes. Wait, who was the bowl of limes again?

Dakota Johnson. Dakota Johnson. Dakota Johnson. I love that. I love limes. I love limes. I love limes. I love limes. I actually do. But she said, I love limes.

And then afterwards she was like, I don't know why I said that. Yeah, no, she revealed later she doesn't know. She was like a joke. Wait, now I'm actually thinking because they say like, just think of some images that you like and like things that you'd want to see around your house. I actually would love limes.

I like limes. Limes are so good. Or how about this? A bowl of artichokes. Oh, I like artichokes. If you put artichokes in a bowl, you're a billionaire. Really? Yes. I guess that is what that means.

If you put three artichokes in a bowl, you're a billionaire. Really? Yes. I guess that is what that means. If you put three artichokes in a silver bowl, you're done. I've always wanted to have bananas on the table. Of course you can do that. Nothing's stopping you. You can do that. You can do that today. You can do that today.

I don't think you understand what my living situation has been like. It's only now that I'm like. Very seven, okay, we need to root it down. Super seven. My life has been so seven. It's only now that I'm like. Very seven, okay, right, we need to root it down. Super seven, like my life has been so seven. It's been so like LA, New York, LA, New York, like where can I go next?

Coachella again this weekend. I am exhausted. Living out of a suitcase. Yeah, very that. And I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't. The seven has to, you know. The seven has to go to a nine, peacemaker. Your space has to be, your space is important.

Yeah, it is, it is, it is, it is. It is. What is your most interior designing motif? I love, well, I love, right now my house is a California ranch, so I do like that kind of, a tiny bit of Quaker. Quaker. There's a tiny bit of Quaker craft.

Like, I like a wood, like I like a wood bench with like a patterned cushion. I like a nice pattern rug with a black sofa. I like warm tone chairs that match a warm tone table with an amber light fixture. I like a bit more masculine in my house. It's coming at you so naturally and it's very masculine. I literally, what I said to the guy

who's doing my apartment is I was like, I want it to be like masculine, but light. You know what I mean? Masculine can sometimes be like too much like steel. That's what I'm saying, not that. You know the word I said? Redford. Ooh.

Like it's kind of just like, it's giving like, not denim, but like warm masculine wood, but with like little light blue denim-y touches. Like, cause they say look in your closet and that's like a hint as to what you might wanna look like. And I'm leaning lately less mid-century and more like a little bit like worn and waspy. I'm more into the, I'm trying to do more antique

and flea pieces than new pieces. But your masculine is, call back, Alan Alda. My masculine is Alan Alda. Like a very groovy 70s, sweet, loves his wife. Cause mid-century is kinda done. Don't you feel like everyone was doing mid-century? Sure. Once like Dwell came out,

like in everything was very like weird table and like, yeah, everything got a little too mid-century and it's very LA Yeah, mid-centuries. Well the first time the first apartment I ever got I walked into West Elm And the first thing I said was does it look like I don't belong here because I thought like it was for fancy people And they said no, what are you talking about? We'll help you And so I because I'm colorblind and have no taste, I was like, I guess I like this. And I just pointed to a display and they were like, you like just this?

And I was like, yeah, I think I like this for my living room. They're like, you don't want to change anything? I go, yeah, the rug. Which rug would you like? That one. And that's what happened. Great.

But they're not supposed to make you feel that way. No, they didn't. They were so beautiful and lovely in the West now. I think you're telling an old story about yourself. I think you do have a sense of style. I'm colorblind. I know a lot of men are. A lot of men are.

Like that's, that's- It's true. What do you mean that doesn't? I was gonna say that doesn't, I don't think that correlates to taste or style. I've been very malleable in my settings. Like I'm subletting something in New York right now and the guy has like a crazy pink gallery wall

with all sorts of different colorful pictures on it. And I've just been like, yeah, I live here and I like it. And I have no idea whether or not I do or don't. That's a sublet reality. I'm the one that's asking him like, what are the spaces that you like? Where do you feel comfortable? And I'm the one that's asking him like, what are the spaces that you like? Where do you feel comfortable? And I'm literally like, you should think of your favorite restaurant at Disney World. I love being everywhere. I love being in a

sushi place. I love being in a Mexican spot. Yeah, but do you like, like I like things to feel nice. Yeah. I love texture. So I have these two chairs in my living room that are upholstered with them like that really fuzzy like. Yes, the fuzzy stuff. Fuzzy stuff. He's got that. And why I like is when I walk by them, I like always touch them. You pet them. But they're a nightmare to clean. Oh, but you know, that's OK.

This is you're not going to be worried about cleaning. I'm covered in buffalo sauce most of the time. I didn't tell you that. Eat it on the. We ran through my financials. I forgot about like 98 percent of it in buffalo sauce most of the time. I didn't tell you that. You have to eat it on the thing. Wait, ran through my financials. I forgot about like 98% of it is buffalo sauce. I have so much buffalo sauce, like all my shit. You know what you should do? Just do one room.

Just do one room. Like what would be your version of a nice room? Yeah. Yeah, that's great. Just one room. See, what I love is like also like, I love when I go to someone's house like in the suburbs and the living room is like the beach

and the bathroom is the ocean. And that's just what it is. It's like almost every suburban house is like my bathroom is the bottom of the sea. You know and there's seashells. Well I always say people's houses people either want to tell you where they've been or where they are. Oh they never tell you where they're going.

So exactly, so it's like, where have I been? I've like have African masks and I have, you know, saris and I have like all this stuff that I've collected or we are in Denver baby and you're gonna know it. You're gonna know that we are in Colorado. Like it's one or the other. Well, I think Matt has a lot to work with in terms of where he's been and where he is.

Agree. One thing I don't want to do, a lot of gay guys, like in their first apartments, they have a big gay picture. Yes. Like if someone's tricep, or like someone laying on the beach and it's just like this part of someone's body.

I think I can forego big gay picture. And never sleep on a plant and a mirror. See, plants have been something I never interacted with, and I love a mirror. Yeah. Oh God. A mirror and a plant? Mirror and a plant.

Can change your life. A mirror and a plant creates a large space. Mm-hmm. And you're reminded of a tree. And there's like AI now that you can put your room in and it'll tell you all this stuff. It's incredible. Damn AI.

We're gonna fix that with AI. Oh yeah, people should know that. Have you already spoken about it on the pod? No, we haven't. So we've heard you guys say that our new profile image for The Lost Culture is this. I am out of focus. I do see it. I do think it is a striking picture.

It's one of my favorite photos that Bowen and I have taken. And I'm hesitant to change it because Bowen looks so insanely good in it. You can't keep it to my- But I think I look good, it's just that I'm out of focus. I think it's she. This is a really interesting experiment about how we see ourselves and how do we want people

to see us? Yeah. Yes. But I think it's also a statement on depth. You are getting depth because this side of your face is not, it is in focus and then this side isn't. Yeah, my right eye is in focus. But you know, don't you deserve to be in focus? I think I do.

You do. Don't you? Absolutely. Doesn't one deserve to be in focus? I'm bringing my four energy into this. I'm like being academic about a lot of things. And also, it is an incredible picture of you. It is such a good picture. Thank you.

And it's a great picture of you too, but I mean, I would try to get in focus. You had said maybe AI can get you in focus and you were saying, I don't know if I want that. Cause I don't want to necessarily support AI. Right, right. But then again, at this point, it's like, you have to just, we have to just kind of like succumb. It's too late. This is all AI. Everything is AI. Everything is artificial.

I've been AI for nine years. This is going to be H-I, human. We are about to go into, I don't think so. Okay. This is the human intelligence part of the podcast. Okay, hold on. Okay, hold on. Piece of the planet, I go by the name of Charlamagne the God

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on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. So this is, I don't think so, honey. This is, in fact, our 60 second segment where we sort of tear up culture. And, you know, I've realized something. I was on the drive home with with Patrick Rogers, come back from Coachella and a motorcyclist went by us really fast. And Patrick said his mom's nurse, and said,

you know, my mom saw the gnarliest things from motorcyclists. Motorcyclists, and that was her one rule, you're never getting on a motorcycle because of what I've seen in the ER. And one other thing, and this is what I'm allowed to be solving. I thought you were gonna do something.

That was just the preamble. My God, exciting. This is Matt Rogers, I don't think so honey, his time starts now. I don't think so honey, trampolines. You don't need it. Like honestly, your kids don't need to be up that high. You're right.

What I would say is get like, I don't know, get like a room, like a matted room. You know what I mean? Like if you have a trampoline, you can afford a trampoline, you probably have like a playroom or a designated area where the kids go, pad it like a cell,

have the kids toss themselves all around the room. That is better than trampolines. And also, let me tell you something about people who have trampolines. You're also good old days people. Like, oh, in the good old days, we could just, who cared about the nest on the trampoline? I could ride my bike to Connecticut.

You know what? I don't care. The good old days stuff is problematic. Like, protect your children. Don't even get me started on zip lines. You'll have some people with zip lines, like from one street to the other in their own backyard. My dad made one for us and we had a trampoline.

And I'm looking back thinking, I'm glad I have my neck. I don't think so, honey. These, I want to say what my dad said to me to you. When I was little, I used to play with a stick. Take the screens out, get the trampolines out there, just give the kid a stick, have him run around in the yard or in a padded cell, and also enough with the video games because your brains are melting.

And that's one. Oh, is that it? Oh, well, that's at minute 15. Well, wow. I let my sister go. It's okay. I feel like the trampoline culture. You lost the teens at the end with the video game. I know.

I mean, sure, but like, I think I lost the teens so long ago. Yeah, it's okay. It's okay. We'll get them back. The teens are all about, the slang has been video games with Gen Alpha and Gen Z, like SideQuest and NPCs.

It's like, this is permeating the culture with them in a way that I'm like, y'all, we all should develop a video game vocabulary on the basics. And I agree with you about trampoline. None of my childhood memories include jumping on them. None of my good childhood memories, you know what I mean?

Broken bones. You know where you're gonna end up? The pit. The pit. And you're gonna end up in the pit. And the worst place to be. And the wait time is long. Is that part of the show?

Long wait times, there's a bed shortage. Oh, it's a mess. Dear God. It's a mess. It's stressful, but it's real time, no scoring, grounded acting. I couldn't believe it this morning. Like when Patrick was like,

yeah, my mom said it's insane what you watch happens to the human body on motorcycles. And then he was like, end trampolines. And I was like, don't even, don't even keep going. I can't. If you're going to write a motorcycle on kids, right? If you're going to write a motorcycle and I, I just sounds a little insensitive, at least go on the donor list. Well, yeah, at least make it useful for society.

So am I. Of course. Of course. Come on, cut me open. Get on the, cut me open and take this stuff. Some of this stuff is good in here. Some of this stuff's still good. These eyes? Oh, honey.

Someone should have. I was noticing them. Are we giving gray blue? Well, you know what? I think we are, we're giving gray. Yeah. Wonderful. Wonderful.

All right, well that was mine. That was incredible. Wow, this is hard to do this third, I just have to say, because you guys are so good at this. No, we're setting you up for success. Oh yeah. And I want you to chime in on mine after I'm done. Or during, please, please.

Okay, okay, okay. Okay, so this is- Have you ever done someone's, then you've done what they were gonna do? No, never. I was sweating on yours because I have a little bit of crossover, tiny bit. Oh really?

Nothing bad, nothing bad. Thematically, tight. Here is Bo Yang's I Don't Think So Honey, his time starts now. I Don't Think So Honey, standards and practices, we should be able to say at least five shits and five fucks on SNL per season. Oh!

Because after this whole Ego Wodem, Miss Eggie, because these men ain't what, shit moment, first of all, favorite moment of Televised, it's great ever. Yes, incredible. Second of all, we are so hampered in our comedy at SNL by not being able to say shit and fuck. Celeste and I talk about this all the time.

Let us say shit and fuck. Like, it's us, it's Abbott, it's ghosts. We're the last network comedies. It's like, can you give SNL an exception, an exemption? Like if we're dismantling the FCC because of Trump, like can we at least, can one boon, can one silver lining be that we get to say shit and fuck? And I'm even keeping it to an allotment,

to an allotted five and five, five shits, five bucks. It would make, it would bring a sketch to the next level. It would make it so that you would be able to like, no, oh, this is the real world. It's not a heightened sketch reality. Shit and fuck are so comedically powerful as words. I really think it would help us. And that's one minute.

Yes. So were they intense about that? Like did the hammer come down? I don't think anything came down, which I love. And Ego was like, no, I didn't hear anything. That was hilarious. So funny. But don't you agree? Wouldn't which I love, and Ego was like, no, I didn't hear anything. That was hilarious. So funny. But don't you agree?

Wouldn't have it been this much more fun? And I'm going to say, NBC, I think you can monetize this. Yes. Why don't you have a competition and people can vote like American Idol as to which cast member gets to say the shit in front of them? Oh my God. So you could be like, if you want Bowen to say it,

you know, text 0032 on your phone and let Bowen say it. Thank you. Or if you want to monetize it in a way that is like, I don't know, like GoFundMe coded, like just have a fundraiser for our FCC fines and just help us cover our fines for the five shits and the five fucks that we get to say. 100%.

You know who should get to say it? Like whenever he decides to stop Keenan on his last episode, the whole 90 minutes should just be him saying whatever the fuck he wants. Well you could treat it like vacation days. You don't use it and it rolls over to the next year. And then you get to say 10 of them. Yes, exactly.

Casual Saturday night lives. I really like that. I never understood, and I actually, I don't understand, because you can say, you can say dick on the show. Depends. May I offer one small counterpoint? Yes, please.

I do think there's something fun about not being able to say it. Yes. That causes comedic tension. Of course. That's fun. So, the air may be let out of that balloon when you do, and you might not get the juice that you wanted to squeeze.

You want it because you can't have it. I also feel like shit's not even really a curse word anymore, come on. Over time it's like, who is actually bothered if their kid says shit? Who is actually bothered? Fuck, I understand is one thing. It's like, it's a, I guess, still a little taboo.

But like, shit and ass, give me a break. You it's a, I guess still a little taboo, but like shit and ass. Well, it's the thing. You can say ass, you can't say asshole. You can say taint, but you can't, no, you can, you can say taint because it's a part of the body. Oh, you can? Yeah. We've had, we've had standards notes on this.

You can say taint. You can say taint, but you can't say like. Taint hole. Gooch or whatever. You know what I mean? Because it's like, it's not anatomically precise. Unless the musical guest is named gooch. And then you can say ladies and gentlemen, gooch.

Once again, gooch. That would be, that would be a hack. Anyway, that's my thought. Oh my God, that's a good one. Okay. This is a moment in time. Listen. Okay, is that okay? Yes, of course it's okay. The greats have taken notes. Okay, Okay. This is a moment in time. Listen. Okay. Is that okay? Yes. Okay

The greats say, okay Your notes. All right. I'm ready. I'm ready. So this is Amy Poehler's. I don't think so honey. Her time starts now Okay, I don't think so honey horror movies. Okay. Okay. Life is scary enough. I do not need to unlock a new fear No, I have a very active amygdala. I have a decent amount of empathy. I do not want to watch a young couple have to eat their own eyeballs to get out of a locked room. OK, and don't tell me that it's about the rush of being in the same room with people and feeling social,

because if you want to get that kind of like social bonding, you need to go to church. Not a horror movie. And by the way, church is social bonding, you need to go to church. Not a horror movie. And by the way, church is another thing that I don't go to anymore as an adult because I've realized it's not for me. There's three things that shorten your life. Motorcycles, agree with you. Smoking and violent images.

And then lastly, this also means pranks. No pranks. A jump scare and a prank is a hate crime. If you prank me, that means you hate me. The only devil that I want to see on the screen is the one that wears Prada. Thank you! And that's one minute.

Excellent. I am with you every word. So hard. I went to go see the movie Drop. No. No. Can I say I advocate for this movie Drop. No. No. Never. Can I say I advocate for this movie because it wasn't that this is an all positivity. It wasn't that scary.

It was a thrilling suspenseful movie. Not violent. You're talking about violent images. No. Yes. I'm telling you. I don't like any kind of scare. No scare.

When people die in a movie, it's sad. The world is too scary. The news is rough. I cannot handle it. My nervous system cannot handle it. And I could never handle it. And I just want to say this. I did participate in pranks at one point in my life. The patriarchy comes for all of us. Yeah. But I apologize and I have listened and learned and no more pranks for me.

Honestly, we don't prank each other. We don't prank. Have we ever pranked each other. We don't prank. Have we ever pranked each other? No, and I wanna say, I would never do that to you. This is a real call out. There were some Instagram accounts, Diet Prada did a whole April Fools thing of like,

this is the casting of the Britney Spears biopic, Ariana Grande, Troye Sivan, and people thought it was real. I'm like, April Fools, let's just. No more April Fools. April Fools, go down. No more, and right now we can't afford it. No, no, no. We can't, we can't.

Because people really don't know anymore what's real and what's fake. And so to have a whole day of like fake as. No, no, no. But like when you look at the movies, it's like, what do you want to see? The gorge or a baby in the basket? It's like, am I, like, is this a punishment?

Well, yes. I mean, it's literally punish. I think it's, well, there's a whole community of people whose whole thing is like, I'm gonna go watch these movies where like with the final girl of it all. I know. That means at least six or seven young women are dead. No.

No. I hate when people die. You ever see the movie Zodiac? I did. See, tough for me because there's that one horrible scene. I know. Where he comes and murders the couple in broad daylight. I did. See, tough for me because there's that one horrible scene. I know. Where he comes and murders the couple in broad daylight. I know.

Are you kidding me? And then it's also real. Yeah, it's real. It happened. It happened, God. God. Why do we have to make everything a movie about everything that happened?

True crime is so nasty. Why do we have to make, if it was bad and it happened, let's not make a movie about it. We can read about it. We can read about it. We can listen to podcasts about it. See, but the podcasts are even worse sometimes because then it's like, it's all happening in your head.

You fill in the gaps. But the images. Are you, is this how you feel about true crime? Okay, so I had a moment, a true crime moment, you know, cause I'm a white lady of a certain age. So I moment, a true crime moment, you know, because I'm a white lady of a certain age. So I did have a true crime moment, but I can't watch anything. I can read or listen, but I can't watch anything

that's about true crime. Like any of those dates, any, even softy stuff, like softball stuff, like I cannot watch it. Does softy stuff count as, does like cult stuff count as softy stuff? Cult? A cult documentary. Well, that one isn't as bad,

but I don't understand people that join cults. Right. I can't relate. Even as an enneagram seven. Yeah, I was gonna say, you have a high cult susceptibility. I'm probably the closest, but I don't got it either.

I did like the one with the- Love is One. Yeah, because Mother is Resting is, when she asked for the chicken parmesan- I was just gonna say, and I was just, this is my- I can't. He hasn't watched it, but I'm like, my selling point to him is like,

there's this whole segment in an episode where they go through her recipes, like galactic taco salad. She's like, I asked for the chicken parmesan! She's screaming at these people like, where's my chicken pot? Like it's amazing. The term mother is resting is incredible.

I just didn't like. But she's talking in wingdings. Right. And everyone is sitting by her bed and it's like, I don't get it. I don't get it. It's tough. I just didn't want to see.

When I heard she was like actually dead and blue in the first scene. I was like, that was really hard for me. That was my head around watching. Yeah, culture tough. But when a woman is in charge, it's a little bit more fun. That is why it's fun. I even get scared of like urban legends and conspiracy theories. Also, like when I was a kid, no spooky stories.

I didn't like being scared. I didn't like I do not like that feeling. Oh, there was a show, Are You Afraid of the Dark? This was on Nickelodeon when I was a kid, and there was one episode with Tia and Tamara, who I loved. The storyline was one of them gets like cursed and turns into a lizard,

and then the lizard becomes the other one. So like, so it was this crazy situation where was it scary? One of them was a lizard and one of them was a real girl. And they were played by Tia and Tamara. Tia was like real and Tamara was like the lizard who had become a human. And their best friend, who they shared, was like had to spray one of them with a hose. And the one they sprayed would turn into a lizard. And the girls were like, it's me, Tiffany, it's me,

you know it's me. And she was like, Tiffany, don't you remember the times you would have at recess? You do. And then she was like, and it became a thing where she sprayed the one, there's a huge hug. The last scene of it is, we'll say it's Tia, has picked up the other lizard and goes,

literally, she didn't say this, it was Nickelodeon, but she was basically like, bye bitch, and threw her down a well, crushed her. And that was the real one. And that was children's entertainment. That aired after Sesame Street. That literally, they expected me as a child of the 90s to hold both these things.

That like Miss Piggy is queen and also like Tia and Samira at each other's fucking throats. One of them would see the other one dead, crushed at the bottom of a well. And that was like children's entertainment. Oh my God. That and the Goosebumps books, fuck off. Fuck off, no more.

Yeah, R.L. Stine. He was around the Goosebumps books, fuck off. Fuck off, no more. Fuck off. Yeah, R.L. Stine. He was around UCB for a while, you know that? Oh he was? He came to a lot of ass cats. He came to, he was like. He was. I remember one time I was going in maybe to do Mod Night.

Did you get Goosebumps when he came in? Well, I think it was. I think it was like he had been part of like a spank or something, or like something was happening. Which was the name of a show. Which was the name of a show, yes. We were coming in to do Mod Night and they were like, RL Stein is here.

Yeah, this is where it gets inside base. We had a spank, we had a fun spank. Oh my God. We got a run. We got a run out of it. Oh, you did? You're the best, right? Spoh gave us a run. Spoh gave us a run.

Top Roo Left's Amazing Earth. Nice. Maybe it's on YouTube. Maybe it's on YouTube. Well, damn, this is the wine. I mean, this is so fun. It was a good hang. It was a good hang.

Congrats on having the most successful podcast in the landscape. Thank you. I hope someday you'll want to do it. We will want to do it. Come on. It would be my absolute joy if I could do it. You've been killing it. And I mean, truly... Any advice?

You know, we talked about advice before we leave. Any advice for me? Don't change a thing about it. The reason we've done this for so long is because it's basically, formally, the same thing as episode one. Don't add too many bells and whistles. I was gonna say what you've innovated on in the podcast

is starting out with that panel discussion with the people who know your guest. I'm like, that's so damn smart. That's really fun. And just keep it exactly the same. Don't change a thing. Don't overthink it. That's the. Don't overthink it.

And also don't like over time we accumulated more people because we started as like, you know, a Brooklyn comedy thing. You started it and immediately it was like the like everyone came and like, you know, started listening. But over time people started to have notes for it. And that's when you're like, oh, that's because everyone's gonna want something different from it. So I would just say keep it fun for you and everyone's gonna want something different for it. Like, I like it when it's people from SNL or like, I want it when it's this.

I like when it's like anecdotes or this. Just keep having fun. Stay true to yourself. Yeah. Just listen to your- The most boring advice ever. No, but it's true. Listen to your instinct. What is your space?

Redford. Yeah, Redford. Redford. Redford. Alan Alda. And Alan Alda, the 70s queens. 70s queens. 70s queens.

Well, we end every episode with a song. Oh. What is the song? It comes. It's coming. Hold on. Hello, hello, baby you caught I can't hear a thing. I have got no service in the club you say. You say what what what did you say? Oh you're breaking up on me. Sorry I cannot hear you I'm kind of busy. Kind of busy. Maybe Beyonce will come out this weekend when we're there. Ooh. Bye.

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