. GROSS: Like, among the shows he did was terrific revivals of "Music Man," which is, of course, referenced (laughter) in "Schmigadoon!" We'll be right back after we take a short break. Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key star as a couple of trying to reinvigorate their relationship by going on a hike designed for couples who need to reconnect. Like, what word - what is, like, a word that's in the social lexicon of the moment that this girl would hear and say wrong? She's making her New York stage debut in the one-woman show "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe," opening at the Shed. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #4: (As character, singing) Who wants corn puddin'? And we wrote a sketch, actually, that didn't make it onto the show. Cecily Strong as seen in May 2015 (The Peabody Awards / Flickr / CC BY-2.0) Best Known For. FRESH AIR's executive producer is Danny Miller. Cecily Strong is good at women. This is FRESH AIR. You know, that PAUL: I'll tell you. 1 year ago. which he also co-created and co-wrote. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) So you don't really love me? UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) We want corn puddin'. And from the - I was a weird little kid, Terry, I have to say. You want to try with other people? . STRONG: Well, thank you so much. And I just - I did theater. Cecily Legler Strong (born February 8, 1984) is an American actress, comedian, producer, author, and singer. And you shot "Schmigadoon!" Her characters have included Fox News host Judge Jeanine Pirro, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Melania Trump and the girl you wish you hadn't started a conversation with at a party. We'll hear two interviews related to the series. And we were making the sets and making our props and hair and makeup, so it was really - we had a fun little make believe studio here. Cecily Strong's new book, This Will All Be Over Soon, isn't what you expect from a Saturday Night Live cast member's . CECILY STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) I don't understand. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) But not together. GROSS: What are some of the movies and some of the cartoons that you grew up with? We're leaving. So a few weeks after talking to Cecily Strong about starring in the series, I spoke with Cinco Paul, who wrote all the songs. GROSS: Yeah. No - 'cause I - I mean, we shot in - last fall. GROSS: Because she has gaydar and no one in the town does (laughter). But to then think I'm - not only do I not fit in, I'm not welcome. I did a driver's-ed video for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Courtesy: Apple TV+. But also, I remember singing "Singin' In The Rain" for the first time as a kid and Donald O'Connor doing "Make 'Em Laugh," and I thought that was the greatest thing I'd ever seen in my life. God, this whole musical is so much fun. You know, already it's - I didn't feel like I fit in. You know, there were a lot of tears on-set - happy tears - just so much love and so much joy and such - we were all just so honored to be there, and it felt like we got to share this magical thing. I did, like, a video for kids - for schools to show about kids with parents with drug and alcohol problems. I mean, they - I got it expunged from my record by doing a hundred hours of community service, and I wound up really loving the community service I did. But she kept going, what? This past summer, Strong published a memoir called "This Will All Be Over Soon." GROSS: Yeah, yeah. She has no clue that he's gay, but she knows that, you know, he's different from the other men. So here's another scene from "Schmigadoon!". He co-created and co-wrote the series with Ken Daurio. But they both soon realize they're trapped in Schmigadoon, where life is a musical. I'm Terry Gross. The six episodes follow a couple (played by Strong and Keegan-Michael Key) stumbling upon the titular magical town trapped in a Golden Age-era musical, and star an A-list cast of Broadway greats . We'll be right back after a short break. My guest, Cecily Strong, is nominated for an Emmy for the second year in a row for her work on "Saturday Night Live." I'm Terry Gross. CHE: (As himself) So I assume you're not happy with the election. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Guys, we're actually in the middle of something. MAIN TITLE", GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. It turns out that her own uncle is a producer on Broadway, and that meant she had a lot of access to the stage when she was a child. It went to dress and not to air. (SOUNDBITE OF DON BYRON'S "SHAKE 'EM UP"). STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Then what are you saying? Mean, horny men lying on in-home hospital beds and white prison gangs who control the remote on Saturdays, thank you for watching. And you know, there is still an element of, like, you're playing with your friends. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) Are you serious? Disha Kandpal. It's not like I drove myself. Our schoolmarm is Emma Tate. You put the corn in the puddin' and the puddin' in the bowl. You put the bowl in your belly 'cause it's good for the soul. CINCO PAUL AND KEN DAURIO: (Singing) Make him watch it. And that really changed everything because then suddenly that became my tribe, you know, the theater kids. It's about her life during the first year of the pandemic, when she felt overcome by anxiety and depression. Please continue playing piano for us. GROSS: Some musicals have really corny scenes in them, and the kind of scene that always bores me is the picnic scene where it's like, this was a real nice clambake. And so I want to play that scene 'cause it'll give a sense of how people just kind of break out into song around you and how you sometimes just chime right in. With a Broadway producer uncle in her own family, Strong was heavily exposed to the musical scene, making it an early love in her life. Thanks for finally letting a woman on late-night TV. It was at the 2019 Christmas party, that Cecily's agent made her meet him. And I wound up never stopping. KEEGAN-MICHAEL KEY: (As Josh Skinner) I mean KEY: (As Josh Skinner) Look; this whole thing is insane. She's always got a very gravely serious affectation. During the season finale of "Saturday Night Live" in May, Cecily Strong climbed into a large clear cube marked "boxed wine" and belted Frank Sinatra's "My Way," lowering herself triumphantly into a pool of red wine as the song crescendoed. Cecily Strong attends the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards at L.A. LIVE on September 19, 2021 in Los . And, like, we're ending someone's, like, educational career right now in this moment, and you're playing a game with it. STRONG: (As Jeanine Pirro) That's right. JOST: (As himself) You don't have to shout, you know. And, actually, I flew out of the chair the first time because, you know, I hadn't done much physical comedy on the show at all. GROSS: And he's not just a Broadway producer. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) We want corn puddin'. I'm Terry Gross. Oh, he'll have to marry me. Do you feel like you're competing with other people who are nominated? Yum. And "Corn Puddin'" suddenly came to me as just a - it's kind of the perfect representation of these sort of songs like the - it's "A Real Nice Clambake." The musical comedy has been created by screenwriters Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio of 'Despicable Me' fame. And then just being loud and over annunciating and trying to have a stern look, you know? STRONG: You know, we definitely loved the exclamations, you know, saving those for the - what. See if you can recognize what inspired this song. GROSS: I love the way mansplaining becomes, like, don't man-terrupt me. Actress, writer, producer, and all-around comedy titan Cecily Strong has built up quite the resume over the last few years. And I think that's probably why I enjoy rewatching it so much, is just taking myself back there. STRONG: I almost enjoy it more to see when someone's laughing. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #5: (As character) Did somebody say corn puddin'? I feel like my bubble just burst recently. GROSS: A turning point in your young life (laughter) was in 1999 when you were a sophomore in high school. Mama's got one volume, and it's three chardonnays deep at a crowded party. And I was like, I'd also kind of had a breakup kind of the night before. What did you do to try to capture her voice? So if he wants my puddin', he'll have to marry me. I saw my first Marx Brothers movie when I was 10 on TV, and I fell in love with the Marx Brothers and became obsessed. And I'm now back to worrying about someone I love with COVID. I had the idea for this almost 25 years ago, and it was while I was watching the movie "An American Werewolf In London," of all things, one of my favorite movies. ", (SOUNDBITE OF PODCAST, "MAKE HIM WATCH IT"). But she kept going, what? And I wound up never stopping. STRONG: (As Jeanine Pirro) And Colin, I just want to take this opportunity to say hi to my super fans out there. During her youth, she often attended Broadway shows, thanks to her uncle's career as a Broadway producer, and she sometimes got to meet the casts. GROSS: That's Cecily Strong as Judge Jeanine Pirro. And she has a new memoir called "This Will All Be Over Soon." You've just really got her down (laughter). Yes, he is not anyone from the film industry. I can hear you. So that wasn't even - I didn't even know we'd get to be vaccinated. She stars with Keegan-Michael Key in the new series "Schmigadoon!" PAUL: Yeah. Her characters have included Fox News host Judge Jeanine Pirro, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Melania Trump and the Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) It's just a lover's spat. GROSS: And this was pretty early in the pandemic, right? . And it's just, oh, a song just about food. And then in making fun of myself, we sort of just kept playing with that, and that led into the Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party. The same year, she starred in, and was a producer for, Schmigadoon!, a musical parody series on Apple TV+. But she does not, you know, embrace them in the way that I do. The first two episodes will premiere globally on Friday, July 16, 2021 exclusively on Apple TV+, followed by one new episode . STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Come on. I should really just drink olive juice; it'd be safer. Apple TV+ is close to putting in a series order for the project. This is FRESH AIR. I love the show so much. Strong slid into a corner booth with her fellow "S.N.L." cast member Heidi Gardner. We can't wait to make him watch it - with Cinco and Ken. Now that delta is causing this resurgence, what's your level of anxiety now? GROSS: So let's hear a clip of you doing Jeanine Pirro. And I always wanted to be an actor since I was little. And it was like, I really was thinking about those two things as nice options and had to tell my mom. She's nominated for an Emmy for her work on "Saturday Night Live." And immediately he's concerned about the age difference, especially because the actresses, you know, who play these roles were never actually teenagers. This is FRESH AIR. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) That's it. He's . 'Schmigadoon!' UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) Oh, she sure would like a taste. Here with her final thoughts on this election is the Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party. Schmigadoon! But I was just always performing around the house. And she ends up, you know, falling in love with this kind of mean-spirited older man who, of course, becomes a much better human being as soon as he falls in love with her, this kind of, like, magical transformation. GROSS: And he's not just a Broadway producer. GROSS: Were you thrilled to be doing a commercial? He co-created, co-wrote and wrote all the songs for the series "Schmigadoon! UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #7: (As character, singing) Who wants corn puddin'? Congratulations on "Schmigadoon!" That's just so funny. But I remember, you know, "Camelot" and "South Pacific" and "Guys And Dolls" and hearing those a lot. You not only - because you were expelled, you not only weren't allowed to attend the ceremony; you weren't allowed within a three-block radius of where the ceremony was, and you were threatened with arrest if you overstepped that boundary. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Seriously, please? And so I want to play that scene 'cause it'll give a sense of how people just kind of break out into song around you and how you sometimes just chime right in. Lorne Michaels of 'SNL' fame is the executive producer of 'Schmigadoon!'. The Keegan-Michael Key character hates musicals. now and Cecily's character really likes to get involved in people's lives, she helps push him to, you know, proclaim to the whole town who he really is. in season Host(s) Musical guest Original air date U.S. viewers (millions) 931: 1: Miles Teller: Kendrick Lamar: October 1, 2022 (): 4.02: Kendrick Lamar performs a medley of "Rich Spirit" and "N95" for his first set and "Father Time" with Sampha for his second.Jon Hamm and Shaun White appear in the cold open. STRONG: No. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) You put the corn in the puddin' and the puddin' in the bowl. GROSS: You did you first paid gig when you were 10. God, this whole musical is so much fun. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Guys, we're actually in the middle of something. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) Then he says something mean to get her back. GROSS: Let's hear you as the Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party. GROSS: That was another scene from "Schmigadoon!," which stars my guest, Cecily Strong, and Keegan-Michael Key. And then my uncle is also a Broadway producer. Corn, corn, corn, corn, corn puddin'. So here's another scene from "Schmigadoon!". She has over 500k followers on her Instagram. I mean, to me, there is a trope in these musicals often. centers on a couple who gets trapped in a town where people burst into song. SNL season 48 premiered without some cast members many considered synonymous with the show in recent years. ; Making an appearance at the Chicago Sketch Fest, Chicago Just for Laughs, New York Sketchfest, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Goodman Theater, Bailiwick Theater, Mercury Theater, and Virgin Daiquiri with an all-female improv troupe. And I think she's doing well. OK, so here's "He's A Queer One," and this is Ann Harada singing. She's nominated for an Emmy for her work on "Saturday Night Live." STRONG: I haven't. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #4: (As character, singing) Who wants corn puddin'? And she's nominated for an Emmy for her work on "Saturday Night Live." You know, really, we talk about escapism, and I had real life escapism, where I flew into this beautiful, magical land of Vancouver, where there's, like, water and mountains and big trees - it was gorgeous - and then to be on those sets that were also gorgeous, and then to be with this amazing group of people. But that's really where it deepened into something different. STRONG: Yeah, exactly. So you're back on Fox. STRONG: Right. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) That's fantastic. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) No. (SOUNDBITE OF GEORGE SHEARING'S "THINKING OF YOU"). Let's get back to my interview with Cecily Strong. Strong, 35, has been on SNL since 2012, joining alongside current . But I didn't really know what to do with it, so it was one of those that I just filed away. Here's all the safety measures - until I finally felt safe. And I'll meet - you know, I'll probably talk to Lorne more and talk to my agents, and we'll figure it out, figure out where I'll be. But they both soon realize they're trapped in Schmigadoon, where life is a musical. And I had that above my bed until we - I moved out - I think, till I went to college. And so I think they thought that might be a good outlet for me. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, chanting) Corn, Corn KEY: (As Josh Skinner) That's it. She's nominated for an Emmy for her work on "Saturday Night Live." And we both enjoy malapropisms, I think, as much as each other, so it's a lot of that. But also, really, in many ways, the mayor's story is at the heart of the show 'cause he is one of these characters that, back in the day, could only be queer coded, you know, and - but because we have modern characters in "Schmigadoon!" But if you've got some extry (ph) STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble, singing) I sure would like a taste. It's streaming on Apple TV+. And so that's what "Corn Puddin'" is. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) Would you leave us alone for just a minute? So if he wants my puddin', he'll have to marry me. STRONG: (As The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation with at a Party) And I'm sorry - if I could play devil's advocate for just a second, I think we all know the real reason Julian Assange is in jail, and that's 'cause she's a woman. I - you know, it's hard. And then I thought, what if these two modern guys, instead of stumbling on a town that has a werewolf, stumbled on a town that was in a musical? Our digital media producer is Molly Seavy-Nesper. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. The women are wearing long, colorful prairie dresses with big petticoats. Why did you want him to hate musicals? The entire town and you just spent the last five minutes singing about corn pudding. JOST: (As himself) That's great. You just really got her down (laughter). Thanks for finally letting a woman on late night TV. Strong is the niece of prolific Broadway producer, Edward Strong. Thank you so much. PAUL: The songs really should move the story forward in some way. It was Gardner's first time, and her eyes widened as a pile of men in short shorts burst into a number . So I don't know what you do with that. And I can't - she's so far away. (Credit: Apple TV+) "It was an easy yes for me to do this . A TV series that I really enjoyed this year is "Schmigadoon!," a smart, funny and loving satire of musicals from the '40s and '50s. You know, she's always got a very gravely serious affectation. Cecily Strong, who was a child actress and then an improviser in Chicago before finding fame on "Saturday Night Live," is set to make her New York stage debut this winter. And he was showing me clips of her, like, doing man-on-the-street interviews. GROSS: (Laughter) The music is kind of like a hoedown. And I'd go, well, tonight I'm going to either - I'll just keep driving. Cecily attended Oak Park and River Forest High . And then I have to say the Marx Brothers have played a huge role in my life. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble, singing) And it may be a waste. GROSS: Oh, you wrote the song? During a recent . This election is a mis-grace (ph), OK? So it was really important for the show to have that perspective. SNL's Cecily Strong stars in it as Melissa and is also a producer. I mean, first of all, it's really funny to have someone who hates musicals be stuck in a musical but also for him to be the eyes and ears of the people unlike me, who don't love musicals. So you're not in the middle of New York City right now. USA. Lorne Michaels, SNL's creator, is one of the play's producers. Paul will be the showrunner and Daurio is a consulting producer. So if he wants my puddin', he'll have to marry me. Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key in "Schmigadoon!" premiering July 16, 2021 on Apple TV+. GROSS: How were you introduced to music of that period? And you can't have love without having a lover's spat. Accuracy and availability may vary. This was performed after Pirro made anti-Muslim remarks about Representative Ilhan Omar. She doesn't know what that actually means, but she really wishes the best for him and loves him. She's been a cast member of "Saturday Night Live" since 2012. And then I remembered, like, hearing my straight, male friends talk about interactions that they'd had, like, with some girl that seems normal, and then it's like, oh, she just said something crazy, and how do I get out of this conversation? GROSS: And so is that one of the things you wanted to play with - also the idea that, like, love can totally transform a person into - you know, a kind of stern, rigid person into a much more loving, lovely person? It actually - I think it was probably Bryan Tucker, who I write with. I saw "Once Upon A Mattress," which I absolutely loved and really wanted to do. (As characters, singing) And then he gives her a snack. During a 2021 interview with Terry Gross on the National Public Radio program Fresh Air, she said that because her uncle is a Broadway producer, as a child she often got to go to . Please, no song. July 16, 2021 1:58 PM PT. The town looks like a stage or movie set from the early 20th century. COLIN JOST: (As himself) Fox News personality Judge Jeanine Pirro returned to television tonight after being suspended two weeks for controversial comments about a Muslim congresswoman. It's streaming on Apple TV+. How did it affect your sense of self to be arrested and to be expelled and to think, maybe, you wouldn't even graduate high school? Cecily Strong at Chicago's UP Comedy Club as a part of TBS's Just For Laughs Festival in 2013. Cinco Paul has loved musicals from his early childhood, and the opportunity to make a . He's a queer one, that man o' mine. Cecily Strong's new show (lovingly) pokes fun at 'problematic' Golden Age musicals. And so - but everything that is evidence that he's gay, she sees as a really positive quality. GROSS: So let's talk a little bit about your work on "Saturday Night Live." PAUL: Yeah, it's called "Make Him Watch It," and we make each other watch a movie we've never seen before. The show was filmed in Vancouver, Canada. Strong, who joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live" in 2012, received several accolades for her impersonations of Melania Trump, Fox News host, Judge Jeanine Pirro, and many others. GROSS: He was dealing with a lot of mental health issues? Cecily Strong's character loves musicals and is initially charmed. And it opens with, you know, two friends hiking through the wilderness, and they're hiking over the countryside. STRONG: You know, luckily, I have producers there and and Lorne, too, and I feel very taken care of by the show. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) Oh, no - no, no, no, no, no, no. No. And I started, you know - I would - I had to tell my mom because there was a couple of nights - I shared a car with my brother at this time. I am just trying to figure out how to get out of here and get back to reality. . It kind of felt like that a little bit. But in eighth grade, he swallowed his bottle of Ritalin and had to get his stomach pumped and was in the psych ward, the children's psych ward, in Rush Hospital for a week. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) So what? You know, my grandmother would buy me musicals on VHS. And we failed. STRONG: Well, it was sort of a mix of, like, I'm making fun of myself, and then I'm thinking about people I'd seen on Facebook. during the pandemic. What - my parents put me in one, I should say. I saw "Once Upon A Mattress," which I absolutely loved and really wanted to do. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. We'll first hear the voice of Michael Che on "Weekend Update.". You know, it's hard. And then I remembered, like, hearing my straight male friends talk about interactions that they'd had, like, with some girl that seems normal, and then it's like, oh, she just said something crazy, and how do I get out of this conversation? And she told me I was looking at the world with S - I can't swear - with crap-colored glasses. GROSS: Well, let's take a short break here, and then we'll talk some more. When I went to - they called me down to security to say they'd found my bag. And she was like, well, no, this isn't OK. And then I went to see the family psychiatrist, who I loved. And then it was just such a gift. GROSS: So your character in "Schmigadoon!" UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (Singing, as characters) My guys loves corn puddin'. COLIN JOST: Fox News personality Judge Jeanine Pirro returned to television tonight after being suspended two weeks for controversial comments about a Muslim congresswoman. I met Daisy Eagen. ; Cecily Strong was not featured in the opening credits due to her . Copyright 2021 NPR. And she used the playbill and a lot of those pictures. "Saturday Night Live" picked up around 400,000 viewers on Saturday from the previous week. So - but everything that is evidence that he 's gay, she would... 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