You know, I wasn't a super popular kid. I think you have a shout-out to that. And she recommends the corn puddin'. STRONG: (As The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party) Here's a thought, Michael - maybe try being woke for a change, OK? The townspeople are singing and dancing as if they're in an old musical. But she kept going, what? 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 . UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) It's just a lover's spat. And it wasn't easy to do this job this year. Was it your idea to do her, or did someone say, oh, you should do her? Like, he doesn't look at other women. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) Are you serious? Like, I'm so proud of the work I've done. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) No. But if you've got some extree (ph) STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble, singing) I sure would like a taste. STRONG: (As Jeanine Pirro) And Colin, I just want to take this opportunity to say hi to my super fans out there. Starring Keegan-Michael Key, Cecily Strong, Alan Cumming, Kristin Chenoweth, Ariana DeBose, Fred Armisen, Jaime Camil and Jane Krakowski. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Yum. PAUL: He was not a fan. PAUL: What would be the worst possible song to subject him to, you know? Corn, corn, corn, corn, corn puddin'. . STRONG: No. Courtesy: Apple TV+. PAUL: You know, when we were early on conceiving of the show and the journeys that our characters would take, I really wanted Cecily's character Melissa to be involved in what I think are the two big tropes in these old musicals. KEN DAURIO: (Singing) Some Cinco hasn't seen, too. But I was just always performing around the house. This Mueller report completely exonerated the president, and therefore everybody on the Trump train - woo, woo (ph). It became my community, you know. Let's get back to my interview with Cecily Strong, a star of the series "Schmigadoon!," which is a loving satire of classic musicals from the '40s and '50s that's streaming on Apple TV+. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #5: (As character) Did somebody say corn puddin'? That strikes me as a little bit crazy. So we just were relying on testing. It feels like a little bit of other-planet behavior - all of us. We have to show our IUD. GROSS: Because she has gaydar and no one in the town does (laughter). We'll be right back after we take a short break. You know, I was much more protected. But my man is gentle, as soft and sentimental as any lace adorned a valentine. STRONG: That's usually just Colin and I. She grew up visiting him backstage . STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Guys, we're actually in the middle of something. And from the - I was a weird little kid, Terry, I have to say. GROSS: Were you surprised that you told your mother about how you were feeling and about having thoughts about suicide? I was a new cast member. Do you remember 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. And so that's really - that's when my love affair with musicals began. 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. which he also co-created and co-wrote. You put the bowl in your belly 'cause it's good for the soul. SNL season 48 premiered without some cast members many considered synonymous with the show in recent years. Also, Keegan has, you know, this young farm girl pursuing him, played by Dove Cameron. 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. Let's get back to my interview with Cecily Strong. GROSS: And the waitress delivering the corn pudding is the younger woman who's pursuing him. What - my parents put me in one, I should say. MICHAEL CHE: (As himself) With the election only two weeks away, both candidates are trying to get a final message out there to their supporters. And then just being loud and overenunciating and trying to have a stern look. Our countdown includes Princess Jasmine, Gemma, Cathy Anne, and more! She has over 500k followers on her Instagram. STRONG: I did - and I mean, not always. 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 . And I was talking about something else, and then I sort of made fun of myself, like, yeah, because, you know, that's - well, that's an important thing for society to hear or something. It's very beautiful there. He co-created, co-wrote and wrote all the songs for the series "Schmigadoon! Can you believe this, that we lost Hal, you know? Did you get to go backstage? Developed by Cinco Paul and Ken . GROSS: Let's hear you as the Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party. STRONG: You know, we definitely loved the exclamations, you know, saving those for the - what? ., directed by Leigh Silverman (Lifespan of a Fact, Violet), explores American society, art, power, and the feminist movement through a series of characters. A leprechaun has explained to the couple - in song - that they can't leave Schmigadoon until they find true love, which means the depth of their love is about to be tested. What's true love really mean? We - Ken and I, you know, played music all the time when we were writing. And so in the spirit of turning your life into a musical, I just want to play the opening theme from your podcast, "Make Him Watch It. It's brought me such pleasure at a time when I think we all need some pleasure. You just really got her down (laughter). And it opens with, you know, two friends hiking through the wilderness, and they're hiking over the countryside. Thanks for finally letting a woman on late night TV. So, you know, I'm - I would love to do it. And so we'll hear Cecily Strong doing a little solo in part of this as Keegan-Michael Key objects (laughter) to her participation. And then they went, oh, wait a minute; there's one more pocket. And even on the tape - like, they do your expulsion hearings, and they're taping it. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) But not together. And she used the playbill and a lot of those pictures. Please, no song. I want you to talk about writing this because this is an example of a song that I don't think closely adheres to another song. Accuracy and availability may vary. Sure, she's popped up in small cameos for shows like Angie Tribeca , Superstore, and Scream . 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. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) Are you serious? Cinco Paul serves as showrunner, and wrote all of the original music for the series. But my man loves cooking. GROSS: So I want to ask you about another character that you've done, and that's the Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party. GROSS: And I wish her the best. I'm Terry Gross. You put the corn in the puddin' and the puddin' in the bowl. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) Then she complains that he don't understand her. This election is a misgrace (ph), OK? Can we please go now? . The first two episodes will premiere globally on Friday, July 16, 2021 exclusively on Apple TV+, followed by one new episode . To be a 10 or 11-year-old kid obsessed with that sort of music was very odd, but I just - I loved it from an early age. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) Would you leave us alone for just a minute? MICHAEL CHE: (As himself) With the election only two weeks away, both candidates are trying to get a final message out there to their supporters. GROSS: And who did you think of as being the girl? KEY: (As Josh Skinner) That's it. 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. (TV-14. It's a nice melody. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) It's just a lover's spat. You have to do people that everybody knows. But in this one, it's kind of like, hmm, he's so different than other men. Apple TV+ today released the trailer for its new musical comedy series "Schmigadoon!," executive produced by Lorne Michaels and starring Emmy Award nominee Cecily Strong and Emmy Award winner Keegan-Michael Key. 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. KEY: (As Josh Skinner) I didn't say that. The men are dressed like they're in old-fashioned barbershop quartets. GROSS: And this was pretty early in the pandemic, right? is a weird show. Cecily Strong. This is FRESH AIR. We're not going to spend another minute in this town. It's brought me such pleasure at a time when I think we all need some pleasure. I don't have enough gym credits to graduate on time. It's - so I just don't know for sure yet. Was it your idea to do her, or did someone say, oh, you should do her? 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. Luckily for us, but maybe - who knows? You know, she's always got a very gravely serious affectation. 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: That's really funny. One of the really funny songs - the mayor, who's played by Alan Cumming, is secretly gay, and it's a secret he's never disclosed to anybody. Cecily Strong's new book, This Will All Be Over Soon, isn't what you expect from a Saturday Night Live cast member's . My Uncle Ed is a theater producer in New York, my dad and I went to his shows and saw "Guys and Dolls," "The Secret Garden." I was into the soundtracks. We all know that so many performers on Broadway historically have been gay, and it's only in recent years that they've been able to be out. Like, where did you grow up? STRONG: You know, we definitely loved the exclamations, you know, saving those for the - what. And there's a bunch of kids who weren't as lucky as I was. 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. - because, you know, every kid wants to go to California. 'The Addams Family' star Barry Sonnenfeld is the director, and the actor, while Cecily Strong too serves as the producer. JOST: (As himself) You don't have to shout, you know. 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? But of course, like, everything's bad timing over the past couple of years or whatever. Is this still going on, your podcast? And she just told me she's got COVID. She attended Oak Park and River Forest High School respectively. GROSS: Reports are that you're not sure whether you're going back to "SNL" in the fall. GROSS: Were you thrilled to be doing a commercial? And it's like, this is still when New York City is really the epicenter, and our show is so about New York City. And it seems like - you know, my other thought is, like, COVID is something we have to learn to coexist with. So how much do you love musicals? And so she was devastated when, in early 2020, he passed away at age thirty from the brain cancer glioblastoma. UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) My guy loves corn puddin'. STRONG: Right. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. That was my parents' question. So we just were relying on testing. And I just - I did theater. GROSS: (Laughter) I like that idea, the square dancing lobby. GROSS: So let's hear a clip of you doing Jeanine Pirro. So you're back on Fox. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. So - but I definitely feel more anxious again. This was performed after Pirro made anti-Muslim remarks about Representative Ilhan Omar. She stars with Keegan-Michael Key in the new series "Schmigadoon!" Cinco Paul has loved musicals from his early childhood, and the opportunity to make a . And it would, like, end in some crazy, like, exclamation. What is your critique of how the school and the police handled you? She's nominated for an Emmy for her work on "Saturday Night Live." 'Schmigadoon!' . GROSS: That's music from "Schmigadoon!" 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. Here with her final thoughts on this election is the Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party. STRONG: (As Melissa Gimble) Then what are you saying? ; 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. She's taken all these concepts and just turned them into something confusing and wrong that she's very passionate about. What did you do to try to capture her voice? Comedian's romantic life explored. (SOUNDBITE OF RICHARD RODGERS' "'OKLAHOMA!' STRONG: Sure. Cecily Strong has 29 acting credits on her IMDb profile, along with her first producer credit for Schmigadoon!, a musical comedy television show that premiered on Apple TV+ in 2021. . I am just trying to figure out how to get out of here and get back to reality. GROSS: How were you introduced to music of that period? It was like as soon as I started singing, I knew what to say. - in late September usually. 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? UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (As characters, singing) First, she said something bad to get his gander. Cecily Strong is good at women. and "The Lorax.". There must be a lobby somewhere that is making sure that that's still taught in schools. That was so weird. 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