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. PAUL: Well, it's kind of crazy. No. I mean, "Corn Puddin'" came out of - initially, I was thinking, you know, what is the song that is most going to annoy Keegan's character? Let's get back to my interview with Cinco Paul. I've always loved musicals. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Mrs. Menlove, forgive me for asking, but how much do you really know about your husband? Sure, she's popped up in small cameos for shows like Angie Tribeca , Superstore, and Scream . And the contrast between that and the depression and anxiety you describe in your memoir, which - a lot of your memoir is about living through the pandemic, like, the first almost year of the pandemic. And I can't - she's so far away. 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. CINCO PAUL AND KEN DAURIO: (Singing) Make him watch it. Just like the idea, you know, that it's like, you can have so much passion and feelings about these things that you don't really understand and haven't given much thought to and using them to sort of put down other people. Photo: Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images. You put the corn in the puddin' and the puddin' in the bowl. ", a loving satire of classic musicals from the 1940s and early '50s, like "Oklahoma! And we both enjoy malapropisms, I think, as much as each other, so it's a lot of that. The Illinois native stars alongside Keegan-Michael Key, Dove Cameron . I mean, it's real to most people, but, I mean, you saw the worst that could happen. Our digital media producer is Molly Seavy-Nesper. My mom is in Mexico. STRONG: I almost enjoy it more to see when someone's laughing. You were 15. And it was hard - you know, I had theater, thank God, and really was comfortable in that world. This past summer, Strong published a memoir called "This Will All Be Over Soon." It was so funny, and I just loved it. And you kind of have a song parodying that called "Corn Puddin'.". I - you know, it's hard. So here's another scene from "Schmigadoon!". 'Schmigadoon!' star Cecily Strong and co-creator Cinco Paul embrace musical satire The Apple TV+ satire series . Cecily Strong is good at women. I've been slightly hypoglycemic since I was a kid, so I have to make sure I eat in the morning and get my sugar. 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. If you're like me, you've never watched the show, and you didn't know her name until now. STRONG: No. Here's all the safety measures - until I finally felt safe. I'm also - love the show and get a lot of joy from it. So that's when I joined SAG. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) In Schmigadoon. 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. So how much do you love musicals? So you must have had this idea early on that being in shows was something real people did. She's been a cast member of "Saturday Night Live" since 2012. When we left off, we were talking about her characters on "SNL.". And it is - it still feels a bit like controlled chaos, on "Update" especially, where it feels kind of fresh, and we're not exactly sure what's going to happen. She has over 500k followers on her Instagram. In addition to starring, Cecily Strong serves as producer, and Ken Daurio serves as consulting producer and writer. 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. He co-created, co-wrote and wrote all the songs for the series "Schmigadoon!" Strong stars in the new Apple TV+ satire about a couple who get lost in the woods and end up trapped in a town where life is a musical and the townspeople frequently burst into song. And I loved school, so it was really tough being expelled. 'Cause Kevin can wait, but Syrian refugees can't, OK? 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! And then my uncle is also a Broadway producer. And that's according to doctors, Michael Che. . UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) Schmigadoon, where the Sun shines bright from July to June and the air's as sweet as a macaroon, Schmigadoon - Schmigadoon, where it's warm and safe as a new cocoon and our hearts all glow like a harvest moon, Schmigadoon - Schmigadoon, where the men are men and the cows are cows and the farmers smile as we push their plows. Congratulations on "Schmigadoon!" I got the recipe. And I think they knew that about me. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. (SOUNDBITE OF DON BYRON'S "SHAKE 'EM UP"). And whenever a musical theater song would somehow pop up in my mix, he would say, skip. And from the - I was a weird little kid, Terry, I have to say. JOST: (As himself) That's great. The same year, she starred in, and was a producer for, Schmigadoon!, a musical parody series on Apple TV+. GROSS: Oh, that's nice of you to say. I'm really glad we came. And I will put on music I really like and get myself warm and fall asleep and not have to wake up. We'll start with Cecily Strong. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Yum. It's brought me such pleasure at a time when I think we all need some pleasure. Did you see music theatre? It's such a contrast for me seeing the joy in "Schmigadoon!" I mean, the season starts - what? It's a nice melody. . Cecily Strong attends the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards at L.A. LIVE on September 19, 2021 in Los . We - Ken and I, you know, played music all the time when we were writing. Apple TV+ is close to putting in a series order for the project. It was my first year talking with Colin. GROSS: And he's not just a Broadway producer. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) You put the corn in the puddin' and the puddin' in the bowl. STRONG: Sure. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) That's fantastic. It wasn't like I'm pulling out. PAUL: I grew up in Phoenix, Ariz., so I didn't see a lot of shows live, but my mom really loved musicals, and she had cast recordings for - I specifically remember "Camelot" - you know, loving as a pretty young kid and listening to that. Here to explain is Jeanine Pirro. GROSS: You did you first paid gig when you were 10. I think with the school, this new superintendent came in, and she made it her thing to have zero tolerance. This is FRESH AIR. overall No. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Come on. You don't land a job with SNL without being funny. But my man loves cooking. And I think, you know, getting that job is how I got into the union. GROSS: What are some of the movies and some of the cartoons that you grew up with? You just really got her down (laughter). STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) So you don't really love me? I guess I knew it as a job. It's a journal of her first year of the pandemic, dealing with anxiety and depression. STRONG: (As The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation with at a Party) Do you even know what women have to do when we go vote, Michael? MsMojo 2010s snl cast memembers where are they now 2010s snl cast members 2010 saturday night live cast members jay pharoah taran killam vanessa bayer aidy bryant kristen wiig leslie jones bobby moynihan cecily . And new flash, Michael - 40% of children are just their legs. GROSS: And Hal Willner, who you mentioned - he died of COVID. Because at "Update," you only get to rehearse on Saturday, really. All rights reserved. And, you know, I desperately wanted to be on stage, but probably because I didn't really belong there, they kept saying, no, but, Cinco, we need you on the piano. So you're not in the middle of New York City right now. GROSS: And the waitress delivering the corn pudding is the younger woman who's pursuing him. I can hear you. The "Saturday Night Live" mainstay (and two-time Emmy nominee) started drama classes when she was just 3 years old as a way of channeling her oddball energy . Can you believe this, that we lost Hal, you know? We'll first hear the voice of Michael Che on "Weekend Update.". GROSS: Yeah, he's great in it. It's streaming on Apple TV+. September 29, 2022 5:22pm. was a lifetime in the making. It became my community, you know. And Alan does such an amazing job with this character and really gives him depth and heart in a way that elevates it even beyond, you know, what I'd hoped he'd bring. And so it makes me want to, like, poke harder. This is a colostomy, Michael Che. The studio behind the project is Universal Television, with Lorne Michaels and Andrew Singer of Broadway Video. GROSS: Because she has gaydar and no one in the town does (laughter). And I wound up doing correspondence classes and graduating on time. JOST: (As himself) You don't have to shout, you know. And I think a lot of that, you can feel it when you watch the show, and I think that's probably why I enjoy rewatching it so much is just taking myself back there. But I remember, you know, "Camelot" and "South Pacific" and "Guys And Dolls" and hearing those a lot. I think I took my first drama class when I was 3. 1 year ago. There's a song called "Something Wonderful" from "King And I" and another song from "Carousel" called "What's The Use Of Wond'rin?" It was only really one episode that I missed and I really wanted to be there. I never wanted the songs to be too jokey, if that makes sense. 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." 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. You want to try with other people? 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. STRONG: Right. I saw "Guys And Dolls." GROSS: They didn't connect to the world I lived in. STRONG: No because it wasn't like they were not emotional thoughts, you know? Cecily Strong (SNL) Biography, Net worth 2023, Salary, Age, Height, Educational Qualifications, Family Details, Parents, Husband, Boyfriends, Children . Frank DiLella talks to "Saturday Night Live" star Cecily Strong about making her New York City theater debut in the revival of the one-woman Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner play "The Search For Signs of . GROSS: Well, in some ways, maybe it was a good thing because you ended up - after going to Catholic school, you ended up in a performing arts high school, which is where you really fit in. So I've gotten to see a lot of his shows in New York. Yes, he is not anyone from the film industry. STRONG: You know, luckily, I have producers there and and Lorne, too, and I feel very taken care of by the show. She co-anchored "Weekend Update" with Seth Meyers and then Colin Jost but stepped down, preferring to do sketch comedy. STRONG: (As The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party) Hello, Michael Che. 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. Like, you know? 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. I'm still trying to wrap my head around all of it. (As characters, singing) And then he gives her a snack. Developed by Cinco Paul and Ken . STRONG: Yes. Please do a Season 2. You know, we were getting ready for one of those - I think they were two "Update" specials because it was an election year. And I'm now back to worrying about someone I love with COVID. And he was trying to help me find things. So that wasn't even - I didn't even know we'd get to be vaccinated. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Oh, I think they want us to take a verse. STRONG: No. She's taken all these concepts and just turned them into something confusing and wrong that she's very passionate about. So it was really important for the show to have that perspective. GROSS: Were you surprised that you told your mother about how you were feeling and about having thoughts about suicide? It's about her life during the first year of the pandemic, when she felt overcome by anxiety and depression. You have to do people that everybody knows. Is that an idea that you originated? Apple TV+. 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 I wound up never stopping. Six episodes at approximately 30 minutes each.) . and also a terrific revival of "How To Succeed In Business," a Sondheim tribute. Cecily Strong at Chicago's UP Comedy Club as a part of TBS's Just For Laughs Festival in 2013. And I should mention here that you now - you bought a home in the Hudson Valley, which is outside of New York City. Was it your idea to do her, or did someone say, oh, you should do her? And that's what I'd always rent whenever we'd go to the movie store. We'll be right back after a short break. And then it ends in a very - you know, Ann does an amazing job with the song, and it ends in a really sweet spot - right? Cecily Legler Strong (born February 8, 1984) is an American actress and comedian who has been a cast member of Saturday Night Live since 2012, making her the longest-tenured female cast member in the show's history. GROSS: Why don't we hear "Corn Puddin'"? (SOUNDBITE OF KEITH JARRETT TRIO'S "CONCEPTION"). I met Daisy Eagen. And it wasn't easy to do this job this year. STRONG: (As Jeanine Pirro) I'm Judge Jeanine Pirro, and it's up to you to decide just what my whole deal is. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. In "South Pacific," there's a younger woman who ends up falling in love with an older man. And then they kind of looked - they made, like, a show of it and looked in every pocket but that pocket and then said, OK, you're good to go. It's brought me such pleasure at a time when I think we all need some pleasure. STRONG: Yeah, exactly. Luckily for us, but maybe - who knows for the greater world - someone else can judge luckily or not, but she became more popular and more of a household name. But she does not, you know, embrace them in the way that I do. And, you know, everybody that was there was supposed to be there. And there was no lines; it was all facial expressions. GROSS: Another little clue. is a weird show. 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. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) So what? So - but talk about writing this and what you wanted to do with it. GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. I'd feel safer being a child actor in Chicago. She Knows Broadway Well. You know, it's hard. I mean, it's certainly stuck with me. I mean, I think it's certainly been a part of my life since I was little. So you have a few really funny references to, like, closeted gay people in musicals. Can we please go now? STRONG: I almost enjoy it more to see when someone's laughing. GROSS: To her participation. GROSS: Oh, you wrote the song? And it was a lot of work, which is a good distraction and good to, like, have a job again. This Mueller report completely exonerated the president, and therefore everybody on the Trump train - woo, woo (ph). Like, clearly it was a thing for Rodgers and Hammerstein. and "The Lorax.". GROSS: Cinco Paul, welcome to FRESH AIR. It's not like I drove myself. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) I didn't say that. 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. Corn puddin'. GROSS: That's pretty great. 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? And then to be on those sets that were also gorgeous and then to be with this amazing group of people - and we are able to do musicals in a time when Broadway is shuttered, and that's so depressing to walk next to. You want to try with other people? I mean, when I was growing up in Brooklyn, I thought people in movies and on Broadway were, like, from another planet. And she stars in the new series "Schmigadoon! ", "Carousel," "The Music Man," "The Sound Of Music," "South Pacific" and "Brigadoon." I wish I could free him so I could finally see him the way he truly is and let him shine. GROSS: All right. STRONG: Well, first of all, just thank you for saying that. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) Oh, she sure would like a taste. And my mom made a little poster for me for my room growing up that said Cecily on Broadway. And so that's really - that's when my love affair with musicals began. Lorne Michaels of 'SNL' fame is the executive producer of 'Schmigadoon!'. And I would be driving home. It was sort of like in that robotic tone that you get kind of when you're depressed, when it's like, this is just the reality of - this is what I want. Cecily Strong is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer who has a net worth of $4 million. And I was really, like, a kid who sort of wanted to stay under the radar, anyway. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) We already tried together. And then my uncle is also a Broadway producer. PAUL: Well, I thought it was really important. You bought some weed with a friend, put it in your backpack, then school security discovered the backpack, and you were actually handcuffed and arrested? The Search . He's become a little more of a fan. Accuracy and availability may vary. - because, you know, every kid wants to go to California. You know, I wasn't a super popular kid. 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 so I think they thought that might be a good outlet for me. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) I'm not saying anything, but apparently some cosmic verdict has been reached, and we failed. I rented every musical on VHS they . When I went to - they called me down to security to say they'd found my bag. So here you are on "Weekend Update" as Judge Jeanine Pirro. Cecily Strong is a total theater geek.. STRONG: You know, we definitely loved the exclamations, you know, saving those for the - what. But she kept going, what? GROSS: Yeah, yeah. Talk about the process of writing that. 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