All rights reserved. STRONG: (As Jeanine Pirro) Judge Jeanine Pirro, and it's up to you to decide just what my whole deal is. In October of 2021, it was announced that Cecily will make her New York stage debut in an off-Broadway production, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in . The men are dressed like they're in old-fashioned barbershop quartets. So here you are on "Weekend Update" as Judge Jeanine Pirro. And then my uncle is also a Broadway producer. You were 15. GROSS: Had you been vaccinated when you shot the series? . I guess I knew it as a job. GROSS: Like, among the shows he did was terrific revivals of "Music Man," which is, of course, referenced (laughter) in "Schmigadoon!" GROSS: And he's not just a Broadway producer. I mean, when I was growing up in Brooklyn, I thought people in movies and on Broadway were, like, from another planet. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) I think they want us to take a verse. We're not going to spend another minute in this town. You want to try with other people? And I think that the worst example is "Shipoopi" from "Music Man," which is - it brings everything to a grinding halt, and then this Marcellus character is just singing this nonsense song that has nothing to do with anything. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. PAUL: He was not a fan. She co-anchored "Weekend Update" with Seth Meyers and then Colin Jost but stepped down, preferring to do sketch comedy. And it's only recently that are - there are actually musicals about gay people who are out of the closet. So that's when I joined SAG. You know, my grandmother would buy me musicals on VHS. She's nominated for an Emmy for her work on "Saturday Night Live." And I'm - that's according to doctors, Michael Che. GROSS: To make your point about being a good student, you were a National Merit-commended scholar based on your PSATs. GROSS: And this was pretty early in the pandemic, right? GROSS: Cinco Paul, welcome to FRESH AIR. If you're looking for things to listen to over the holiday weekend, check out our podcast. No. It actually - I think it was probably Bryan Tucker, who I write with. GROSS: To her participation. STRONG: I mean, I think I just felt smaller and smaller and smaller. And I always wanted to be an actor since I was little. SNL cast member Cecily Strong's recent The View interview has got fans wondering about her dating life. When I went to - they called me down to security to say they'd found my bag. It became my community, you know. . Is that an idea that you originated? These Cecily Strong "SNL" performances were more than strong. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) It's just a lover's spat. GROSS: How were you introduced to music of that period? I know from your new memoir that when "Saturday Night Live" did some episodes with everybody at home, that you were - you didn't want to participate at first, and you didn't do one or two of the shows because you just didn't feel ready to perform, I mean, because you really were in a serious state of depression and anxiety. 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. Congratulations on "Schmigadoon!" She's an actress, and she's a comedian. We're leaving. In a 2021 interview with Terry Gross on the National Public Radio program Fresh Air, Strong said that because her uncle is a Broadway producer, as a child she often got to attend Broadway shows and sometimes go back stage to meet their casts.She then attended a private Catholic school until transferring for her senior year to the Chicago Academy for the Arts, where she graduated in 2002. and "The Lorax." UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) Just 'cause you feuded don't mean that you're concluded. She's taken all these concepts and just turned them into something confusing and wrong that she's very passionate about. GROSS: Let's hear you as the Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party. I got the recipe. But I was just always performing around the house. You'll find lots of FRESH AIR interviews, including the ones we featured this week with Fran Lebowitz and Kieran Culkin. It was gorgeous. GROSS: You're nominated for an Emmy, second year in a row. He co-created, co-wrote and wrote all the songs for the series "Schmigadoon! GROSS: So let's hear a clip of you doing Jeanine Pirro. And I think my uncle probably didn't want me to be an actor as much as I did, just knowing that it was a tough life. ", which is a loving satire of classic musicals from the '40s and '50s. And I wound up writing a lot of my "Update" characters with him or sort of those - anybody that's a real - you know, I write Marjorie Taylor Greene with him, and we did Sidney Powell together this year, too. GROSS: Had you been vaccinated when you shot the series? If you're just joining us, my guest is Cinco Paul, and he co-created, co-wrote and then wrote all the songs for the satirical musical series "Schmigadoon! She has had numerous popular celebrity impressions in SNL. . STRONG: Sure. It's streaming on Apple TV+. Keegan-Michael Key's character hates musicals and is desperate to leave. Now that delta is causing this resurgence, what's your level of anxiety now? So they'll be - I think that'll brighten her day. STRONG: Right. Was it your idea to do her, or did someone say, oh, you should do her? GROSS: A turning point in your young life (laughter) was in 1999 when you were a sophomore in high school. My guest is Cecily Strong. That's just so funny. Production Photos See Emmy Nominee Cecily Strong Take the Stage in Los Angeles Run of The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. It was all just this crazy bad timing. And this is from the February 20, 2017, edition of "Saturday Night Live." I'm Terry Gross. I wish I could free him so I could finally see him the way he truly is and let him shine. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. - for the greater world - someone else can judge - luckily or not, but she became more popular and more of a household name. But they both soon realize they're trapped in Schmigadoon, where life is a musical. GROSS: I really love that. Did you see music theatre? Like, I'm so proud of the work I've done. STRONG: Yes. SNL season 48 premiered without some cast members many considered synonymous with the show in recent years. So somebody at Fox News said my name into a bathroom mirror three times, and here I am. overall No. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) So what? And I was really, like, a kid who sort of wanted to stay under the radar, anyway. HARADA: (As Florence, singing) Some men stumble home at dark, want dinner and dessert. And there was no lines; it was all facial expressions. And it's - more than anything, it's like, watching my brother deal with his own depression, and it's like how I feel about mine. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Yum. And she stars in the new series "Schmigadoon! Here with her final thoughts on this election is the Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party. during the pandemic. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) Oh, she sure would like a taste. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Come on. They get lost in the woods, cross over a bridge and suddenly find themselves on what looks like a backlot movie set of a small town in the early 20th century, a town called Schmigadoon. 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. And she told me I was looking at the world with S - I can't swear - with crap-colored glasses. She's a cast member of "Saturday Night Live" and stars in the series "Schmigadoon!," a satire of classic musicals from the '40s and '50s that's streaming on Apple TV+. Is that an idea that you originated? Unless she's a superwoman, you won't be seeing Cecily Strong on "Saturday Night Live" tonight. I think my favorite character that you've been doing lately is Judge Jeanine Pirro, the Fox News host. STRONG: Although, I went back to - I actually went back to public school, which was a tough decision - you know, whether to stay at the Catholic school or go back - because the rules of the expulsion or whatever, they let me back my junior year. I want to get to another song. She also stars in the new series "Schmigadoon!," which is a very smart, funny and loving satire of musicals from the '40s and '50s. And actually, my dad took a bunch of pictures. Strong said that because her uncle is a Broadway producer, as a child she often was able to attend Broadway shows and sometimes go back stage to meet their casts. ", (SOUNDBITE OF PODCAST, "MAKE HIM WATCH IT"). . And for her, it's all these really positive qualities. I'm really glad we came. So it was really important for the show to have that perspective. And it was like, now we're seeing all of each other on Zoom at our first Zoom table read, and it was just so overwhelming. I'm not going to do the show. July 16, 2021 1:58 PM PT. She's nominated for an Emmy for her work on "Saturday Night Live." GROSS: To shoot and be in these, like, exuberant, like, joyful production scenes? 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? (TV-14. 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. Our technical director and engineer is Audrey Bentham. And I'd go, well, tonight I'm going to either - I'll just keep driving. And I guess there's also "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man Of Mine" (ph) - you know, these women who sing songs where, you know, he has maybe these flaws, but I still love him, you know? I'm so proud of the work he's done and who he is and how far he's come - and just a thing that he deals with and why I'm - you know, people have a lot of thoughts and opinions on psych meds and everything. I can hear you. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) You put the corn in the puddin' and the puddin' in the bowl. . If you're just joining us, my guest is Cecily Strong, and she stars in the new series "Schmigadoon!," which is a loving satire of classic musicals from the '40s and '50s. KEEGAN-MICHAEL KEY: (As Josh Skinner) I mean KEY: (As Josh Skinner) Look; this whole thing is insane. GROSS: So your character in "Schmigadoon!" He's a queer one, that man o' mine. It's a journal of her first year of the pandemic, dealing with anxiety and depression. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) I'm not saying anything, but apparently some cosmic verdict has been reached, and we failed. We can't wait to make him watch it - with Cinco and Ken. STRONG: I said no, actually, at first to going to Vancouver and shooting because I was - I really was afraid, you know? You put the bowl in your belly 'cause it's good for the soul. Corn, corn, corn, corn, corn puddin'. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) Then he says something mean to get her back. And then my uncle is also a Broadway producer. One is the bad boy, you know, which is the Billy Bigelow character. Oh, that's really - it's a funny song, but it's also - it's a lovely song. The Keegan-Michael Key character hates musicals. Oh, he'll have to marry me. OK, so here's "He's A Queer One," and this is Ann Harada singing. And the trees are tall, and we call it Schmigadoon. Cecily Strong as seen in May 2015 (The Peabody Awards / Flickr / CC BY-2.0) Best Known For. So you're back on Fox. He also co-wrote the animated films "Despicable Me," "The Secret Life Of Pets," "Horton Hears A Who!" Cecily Legler Strong (born February 8, 1984) is an American actress, comedian, producer, author, and singer. 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. If you're like me, you've never watched the show, and you didn't know her name until now. But of course, like, everything's bad timing over the past couple of years or whatever. You put the corn in the puddin' and the puddin' in the bowl. A powerful memoir from the Saturday Night Live cast member Cecily Strong about grieving the death of her cousinand embracing the life-affirming lessons he taught heramid the coronavirus pandemic. Then I kind of want to, like, go further. GROSS: What are some of the movies and some of the cartoons that you grew up with? STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Come on. We're going to make him watch it for a podcast. Cecily Strong. GROSS: Oh, yeah. And usually in those songs, that's like, he's wonderful. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. From now through February 6th she's performing a one woman, many dozens of characters play at The . 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. And so that's partly why I just wasn't even there. Cecily attended Oak Park and River Forest High . You know, we were getting ready for one of those - I think they were two "Update" specials because it was an election year. The first two episodes will premiere globally on Friday, July 16, 2021 exclusively on Apple TV+, followed by one new episode . But they both soon realize they're trapped in Schmigadoon, where life is a musical. And he was trying to help me find things. Meet Cecily Strong's Partner: The Actress' Secretive Love Life Details. And we just thought it was so funny, and it was a fun way to play her. Yes, he is not anyone from the film industry. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) Oh, no - no, no, no, no, no, no. A married couple, played by Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key, have gotten lost in the woods and emerged to find themselves in a small town called Schmigadoon. For "Broadway in the Berkshires," producer and actor Deborah Grausman brought together director Robin Levine, music director Laura Bergquist, writer/comedian Jason Salmon, and production stage manager Kat West. And - yeah. The series is streaming on Apple TV+. But I didn't really know what to do with it, so it was one of those that I just filed away. And, like, we're ending someone's, like, educational career right now in this moment, and you're playing a game with it. She grew up visiting him backstage . First two episodes streaming Friday, July 16, on Apple TV+. Originally broadcast Aug. 9 and Aug. 23. It's very beautiful there. and "The Lorax.". But I was just always performing around the house. She's always got a very gravely serious affectation. We'll be right back. GROSS: But the mayor's wife sings a song that's called "He's A Queer One, That Man O' Mine." It's on or near the Hudson River. ", a loving satire of classic musicals from the 1940s and early '50s, like "Oklahoma! STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Seriously, please? Strong achingly conveys her fears of loss and uncertainty, as well as the emotional scars left by a physically . So you must have had this idea early on that being in shows was something real people did. In "Schmigadoon!," a musical comedy about musical theater starting a six-episode run Friday on Apple TV+, Cecily Strong and Keegan Michael-Key play Melissa and Josh . This Mueller report completely exonerated the president, and therefore everybody on the Trump train - woo, woo (ph). But my man is gentle, as soft and sentimental as any lace adorned a valentine. GROSS: That's pretty great. 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