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Hello everyone, welcome to another episode of Good Hang. I talk to the amazing, kind, hilarious Keenan Thompson today. And we talk about some really fun stuff. We talk about Eddie Murphy and how important he was to both of us. We talk about learning how to ice skate and how it is hard and Keenan is good at it. We talk about how we partied really hard and how we suffered because of it. And we talk about, can I wear sunglasses on the red carpet? Am I allowed? Is that cool? And the answer is no. So we're going to talk to Keenan today, cannot wait. And before we do, we always check in with somebody who knows our guest, who wants to speak well behind their back, who wants to give me a question, ask them. And that person is World Superstar Maya Rudolph. Maya Rudolph joining me today from Zoom. You know, just, I don't know, comedy legends, whatever, no big deal, friend of the pod.
Let's see what Maya's up to. And check in on that cutie pie, Maya. Woohoo! You know those tiny back-to-school emergencies that somehow become your problem? That's where Uber Eats comes in. You can order school supplies, snacks, and lunchbox essentials for $5 or less. So when your kid casually drops, I don't like peanut butter anymore. Or I need five green highlighters for a project due tomorrow. Uber Eats has you covered. Get everything you need for back to school today, from your favorite brands, like all the and staples on Uber Eats. Order now. End September 7th, $5 or less before taxes and fees. Select items only, availability varies. See app for details. Well, you look much nicer than I do. I'm trying to dress a little bit like Keenan. Aww. Ooh, what mug are you drinking out of?
It's late night with correction jackals from late night with Seth. Is your house just filled with mugs that you've gotten from various talk shows? Yeah. Mine kind of is. I wonder if like Johnny Carson and like Merv Griffin and Dina Shore, if they ever had mugs. You know what I would give for one of those mugs? Right. You know what we were looking? This is going to, this is really ADHD and this is going to take us on a completely different tangent. It doesn't matter. You know what we were just looking up this morning? Bison teniel, 31 flavors, slash bask and robins, bison teniel, ice cream flavor. And do you know what some of them were? Wait, so just set that this is 1976 flavors? 1976 for the bison teniel, 31 flavors, aka now known as bask and robins. Or is it the other way around?
I think it's the other way around now. They don't, they have more than 31. Right. Yep. One of them was called Valley Fudge. Valley Fudge. Valley Fudge. What was another one Maya? Oh god, no, I got to look it up again. One pie was, one was apple pie allumode. Yeah, sure. That's cute. Cute. But like give me Valley, give me a whole more. Yes. Oh, thank you. Minute, men, men. So stupid. You know, Jen X has lived, we were alive. I was alive during the bison teniel. And here we are celebrating 250 years and boy has America never been better. That's exactly how I feel. Yeah. I mean, you think about how far we've come. Well, how far we've come and how much we fixed.
That should be the slogan. We've fixed a lot. We're talking to Keenan Thompson today. And I'm so psyched that I'm talking to you because you and Keenan are linked in a lot of ways for me. Like, I think some of my most fun and most tender and funniest moments are watching the two of you perform. Like you guys really have a connection. How would you explain it? You know when you meet your people and you can't really find words for it. So you just feel like you've known the person your whole life. I always feel that when I see Keenan, I feel like he's always been there and we don't have to say anything. And there's a relaxation that comes over me when I see him when I watch him. Yes.
It's like watching an incredible musician. You know that you're in good hands and you can't wait to see what they're going to bring you because you know it's going to be masterful and amazing. But it's also going to fill you with like a joy. It's relaxing. I just feel that way about watching Prince on stage. I'd get relaxed because I was like, he can do anything. He can do anything. Keenan, I'm instantly, instantly like warmed and already giggling a little bit. There's a twinkle in his eye that says it all. Yes, Maya. It's so true. There's a twinkle. I have such strong memories of inviting him into our dirty, dirty office. Sit on the floor on his knees or something. Like, I mean, we lived like disgusting college students, Amy.
And you too, that was your perch. That was a bad perch. Bringing friends into that and giggling till four in the morning. I remember so clearly writing stuff with him. If I bring it up now, I'll probably get canceled what we were writing. But it was so fun and all we did was laugh. Listening to songs and finding the little tiny minute things and then going in and laughing. I thought a great example of that is one of my favorite characters and sketches in an SNL ever, which is TT and Mario. TT and Mario. So for people that didn't ever watch TT and Mario, how would you explain who TT and Mario were? It's a great thank you for asking me. TT and Mario is a duo from your childhood past that is so, they sing the most beautiful love songs that are so raunchy and disgusting. They think they're very loving.
Yes, they are romantic. They're very coupled with children. They've been together for a very long time. And sometimes one might say that sometimes they need the music to make things fun again. And what I love about them is they always start so beautiful and so romantic. And then maybe 10 or 15 seconds in, they start talking about each other's booty and how tight it is. Yeah, there's a lot of booty play involved. And TT and Mario, serenaded you in the hospital. That's right. When Archie was born. That's right. I want to talk to Kenan about it because it was so, it was like if I could have picked two, I couldn't have picked two better people when I was in a postpartum haze to be singing at me. I'm not too sure. Perfect. Then you guys, it's funny. I'm excited to interview Kenan because there's a lot I actually don't know about him. He's more of a coyote. More of a coyote. More of a, he's more of an observer and a mirror than he is sometimes a shareer.
Do you have any questions for me today that you would like to hear Kiki talk about? I mean, we're different ages in terms of like art influences, but he was so well formed when we met him. I want to know what he was doing. I know he was performing as a young person, but how did that get in there? I know when I'm big, I'm going to be this. How did those influences create the Kenan that we know? Because I feel like he came out like this. I can't imagine him any other way. I also just want to know like, I know you're going to ask him about like, how do you keep it fresh, Kenan? Totally. I mean, I'm so curious about like, what do you not go to or do anymore? I mean, after 22 years of the show, how have you like bypassed? Yeah. How does the system work for you? I'm curious.
I feel like he might actually be experiencing like the dream of Asinal because if you've been there long enough to be like, hey guys, I'm going to have to go this way. Yeah. It's probably the dream. I know. It's probably why would you ever leave? It's so fun. You ever, like he figured it out. Yeah, that's he cracked the code. And I want to know what he cracked. I think there's gold behind those doors. But like little Kenan is always what I think about. And I didn't know little Kenan. And I'm curious. Like, I guess I equate it to when we were little. Like, we would do plays in our living room and things like that. Like, was he just the guy who made his friends laugh? Was he the guy who was like, because he's always been so steady and so funny? Yeah. He feels like, like, where does that charm come from? Okay. So I'm going to ask Kenan about little Kiki, which we all know.
Little Kenan is probably the cutest kid we've ever seen. On Earth, like, like, hands down. And because I like knowing if that person knew that that person was going to be the person we know today, and I feel like it's a yes. I feel like that guy always knew. I feel that way about you too, Maya. Like I feel like seeing little Maya on a home movie, like singing into a microphone. You knew that too. That's all I wanted. I just wanted a microphone in the laugh with my friends. Yeah. And look at you guys singing together about putting whipped cream on each other's business. That's all I want for America. It's for them to put whipped cream on each other's business. All we want is for Valley Fudge to make a comeback. Honestly, yeah. Don't you love this angle? I mean, I picked a great angle. My neck looks like... You actually look great. What is it saying in your shirt? Aurora's place. Oh. It's my favorite restaurant in my life.
Maya just dropped the phone down her shirt by accident. Wow. Oopsy. Yeah. Exactly. Oh no. It fell down my pants. Do you kids want to see what happens when my phone falls? I feel like relaxed and smiling because we're talking about Kina. You know what I mean? Totally. I love you. I love you. Bye, Mama. Thanks. Bye. Woohoo. This episode is brought to you by Subaru. There's something about being on the road that has a way of leading to those unexpectedly memorable little moments. And in the all new 2026 Subaru hybrid, it's like the destination isn't even important. It's the drive, baby. Now let me tell you, I'm in that car and I feel like a million bucks. Quiet ride. Comfortable. Love my Subaru. Can't get enough. With up to 581 miles in the Subaru Forester Hybrid and even more 597 in the Cross Track Hybrid, you can go further between stops and stay in the moment longer. Visit Subaru.com slash hybrid to learn more.
The Subaru Forester Hybrid and Cross Track Hybrid love goes the extra mile. Woohoo. Listeners, Kenan brought me some fish. Of course. Well, this is becoming a thing now where I'm getting fainting food. It's real. How are you doing? Are you going to wear your sunglasses on the time? I'm not. I knew that would be a thing. Well, no, because I was going to say I'll put someone on too if it would make you like it. I don't have any, but I could wear some. I would like them all, because I want to see your beauty. Of course. It's good to see you. I just feel cool when I wear them. I do too. I feel cool. Look at this. Oh, man. Come on. Okay. Let me explain as Kenan. It is for you. Kenan brought me a pizza, a slice of cheese pizza. I think it's an artistic expression of the pizza rat. Oh, it's pizza rat. There's a rat riding a slice of cheese. So this is the first time I've had a fake food that moves like in any way. This is great.
It almost reflects us, because I feel like we're such fun, kind of like life lovers of like a good time kind of. It just reminds me of like us as characters. Kenan, and then you have to kind of get a go. We're just pulling back a little bit. We're pulling it back. And then it goes. We'll pull it back over stronger. Come on. And you can't break it. I saw it. I saw it. And I thought of you. And I've been holding on to it before I even know I was booked on here. No way, Kenan. Just fingers crossed holding back. One day I would get to come sit in the throne. Okay. Well, I'm going to put it in the room. Oh, my God. You know, we got to add. Thank you, Jenna. I'm going to put this on my wall. I'm going to put that back. Oh, look at the placements. It's at a placement. That is that's super bowl placements. That's super bowl placements. That is. That is. It's a lot of money for this. By running out in placement. You know, man, the best.
Kenan Thompson is here. Hi. Hi, how are you doing? I'm great. You're doing this on both coasts. Yeah, we get to do it in LA in New York, which is the best. You just get to do it wherever you are. Yeah, and convenient for like, guessing people I'm guessing. Yeah. Really can be. Good job. Congrats on the golden. Who gets a goal for a podcast? No one does. Exactly. That's why I guess they're against it. Exactly. That's amazing. Congrats to everyone. You guys. That's really cool. Congrats to podcasting. Yeah. Wait, go podcast. Come on Spotify. You have a podcast, right? I did a podcast for a long time with a buddy of mine. Yeah. What was it about? It was just two black guys existing in America. In the name of the love of like, you know, Hollywood and stuff like that. Yeah, he did. So, you know, this kind of director. Yeah, listen to podcasts. I listen to yours. I just caught up with the lonely island because I did a guest appearance because of the reverb episode. Yeah. And then I was like, wait a minute, let me look at how long they've been doing this. And I went back to the beginning. And it is a long ride.
And God bless those guys for just showing up and they're so cool. Showing up, barely showing up. Barely showing up. It's hard to get all four of them on the line. Oh, it rarely happens. And it's such a treat. Totally. But they're coming through like such good memories. I know. I felt the same way. It was like really good to go back in time. And we have so much to talk about, Keene, because we were on the show together for like six years, which now was the, it was like the first six miles of your marathon basically. Yeah. When did you depart? I left in 2008. Yeah. It was like a five year because I started in no three. So. Well, I mean, getting to work with you is some of my most favorite times. And I want to talk to you about it today because you're so attached to so many important moments in my life. We thank you. And likewise, like I talk about my sisters all the time, like I consider you all like, you know, it's such that like get out of my room kind of like, but also like straightening up
and don't come like playing games. That's why I was like, I was ready to take my sunglasses off. So. It's not a game. It's a key to take. I'm like your bossy older sister. Let me just analyze. Are you going to keep those on the whole time? Are you going to wear your sunglasses to mom's birthday? Yeah. You're so right. We do have a very, there is a very sisterly quality with you and a lot of the women that you performed with during my time. And then you've like you've gone your family dynamic at us and now has changed from like younger brother to like elder statesman. I'm like grandpa at this point. Yeah. Yeah. I'm Gramsey. Hey, Gram, Grams. Good morning. It's like grandpa. Grandpa's sleeping. Grandpa's feet hurt. Don't tell him. It's just do less for grandpa. Yeah. Okay. I'm going to take you back in a little time machine. It's a little keen in because the teeny tiniest little version of keen in knew pretty early
that he wanted to be a performer. You're one of three kids. You're the middle. Yeah. But my sister's my half sister. Okay. Just for tech mechanic. Got it. So you grew up with it. Okay. So were you then were you the baby then? I was the baby. Okay. That makes more sense. Yeah. That makes more sense. Just reckless and fearless. Yeah. And just strange like you know kind of ignorant confidence if you will. You know. Do you remember the very beginning? I feel like a lot of performers have this feeling like they remembered that sparkle that they got when they got like attention or looked at. Do you remember that like earlier time? Yeah. I mean, I talk about it all the time. It was the gingerbread man. You know, like in kindergarten. Yeah. And I was in the graduating play. But like I was a gingerbread man. You know what I mean? Like I wasn't the stove. Yeah. So it wasn't awakening because in rehearsal, it was just like learning lines and like this. It's got to do this thing or whatever. But once I saw people there and then I recognized my mom and my mom was smiling and you know, she was so happy and like excited and she just made me like perform more and then
like, you know, the audio of hearing laughter. Like after something I said, I'm like, oh, why what is this? And totally. Yeah, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Like the feeling of just like getting a little feeling a little bit taller when you were when people were looking at you. I mean, look at us. And that was still just fishing for laughs constantly. It's just so good. So embarrassing. God bless. It's so true because and I read that you were you were a total and that's what I'm saying. I got really hooked on trying to do something that that games laughter. I just wanted to put those away because they were OCD me a little bit. First of all, these glasses are gorgeous. Who makes them? Thank you. Those are Gucci glasses. Of course they are. And I get it now. I get it. What you mean about being able to talk behind the sunglasses? Yeah. Do you think I could pull off and we'll get to your life? I can't. I can't. I can't act as intense. Yeah. And you can pull off anything. No, but you can pull off sunglasses on the red carpet, right?
That's cool. I have made it a thing to where like I'm just fine with if they're mad about it or not because I feel like Jack was the coolest and he never took a sunglasses off. And I'm like, that means you don't have to. But wouldn't it look like I just recently had eye surgery if I was only in the beginning? Right. And once it's a thing, it's just like, oh, that's her artistic expression or whatever kind of thing. Like excuse you can get away with. You're so right. Okay. Wizard, I just want to get back to Toto for a second. You played Toto. I played Toto because all the parts were taken. And I was like, well, nobody's going to be the dog. And this is a church play on the south side of Atlanta. I'm sure we didn't have many like, terriers to choose from. So I was like, I'll do the dog. Like, why not? I just wanted to be down. There's a lot of people I've talked to that have been in the Wizard of Oz in different ways. What did you bring to the role? This was the Wiz.
So it was fantastic. Even more fun. Yes. The music and everything. And I brought tenderness to the role when Dorothy needed it. I remember like cuddling up to her and like the whole church being anything. You know, there's a small like maybe like 100 people maybe something like that. And to feel all of them acknowledged my performance in that way was like, yes, a dig dig. You know, and like, there's a moment where everybody like runs to the back of the church when the scene is over to set for the next scene. And like, I've been crawling around on all four. So they left me and I was just like, oh snap, like they're all going. And I can't go. So I stood up as a dog and ran and that got a laugh. Just like fucking swinging on that one. I don't want. I don't mean to be like jumping, like comparing your story to mine, but I had a similar experience. I was Dorothy. We had a real dog. Yeah. And then the scene where Dorothy is supposed to have a tornado. Like the tornado is supposed to come and she's supposed to go total, total, where are you?
But I was holding the dog. I was like, this is, we didn't go over this part. Right. So I put the dog down, walked a few feet away. And I said, total, total, where are you? Big laugh. Huge laugh because everybody watched you process that and you stuck with it and committed to like continuing the word. Big man improv is the greatest coolest thing I wish I would have gone to one of the schools. I know you have you you feel like a like from that air from that like style and family. And did you know any actors growing up? No, no, it was such a distant dream. The best I would have thought would be like a commercial, like a national, like a public is, you know, when I was starting a book, those in the beginning, you know, Sonic, like whatever kind of like I thought that was kind of the, you know, the mountain I would be on. And was it your mom that was taking you those mostly? Yeah. Yeah. And she was just like, Mom, so dedicated. She got a job at the Alliance Theatre School so I could take classes. She got like a side gig there like as a like answering the phone or like some kind of
like office assistant, you know, like a take classes at a discount or whatever it was. Like the acting thing I just, I just loved it. You loved it. I mean, the theme I feel like of today's talk and you, Kenan, is like, you feel like everywhere you arrive, like is the, like timing is so important in your life career and in the way you perform. I think you have the best timing of anyone I've ever worked with. Oh, thank you. Your timing is incredible. The way you know how to play moments and the way you know how to play life because life is its own game. You have to figure out how to play. And I'm just in awe of your timing. Oh, man. And so I guess I'm the second one to start crying. Shout out to Seth. Here we go. Oh my God, Seth. So easy to get that guy. The best. The best. But so like, but because of that, I look at your life and your career, which is still we're in the middle of it. We're not, which but like and the way in which wherever you are was where you were supposed
to be at the time. And weirdly enough, it's always felt that way. You know what I mean? We've been like overly pressed like that. And I audition was extreme. But like on the way to that, for some reason, everything felt done already. Like I already have this job. Like I already have made my friends, you know, before even like met all that cast. I was just like, I feel like this is mine to do kind of things. Yes. Yes, it was like, that's exactly right, Kenan. It's like it feels like every opportunity for you felt like you were meeting the opportunity when it was meeting you. And when you were, I mean, you were, you were on TV when you were at 11, 12 doing like movie reviews. That was like a real job. Yeah. Like when I first like was dipping my toe in the water, we would like kids going along with the news anchor to this new like exhibit at the zoo. Like it was like about dinosaurs. Yeah. And they did like a little mini special about that. Like that was like the beginning.
So I was like, this is just play time. We could be in the zoo after hours kind of like that's cool. But like real news for kids, I was like, Oh snap, I have like an ID badge. Like I get to like happy to have that so young. It just pointed me confidently in the in the direction of like this is kind of what I feel like I should be doing. And then all kind of kids met stuff started happening. Like my first review was the first mighty ducks movie. No way. Like almost a year to the day I got to audition for the second one and ended up like making it in. And then the director knew the producers from the Nickelodeon shows and they like connected me to that. So that audition, I was real cocky. You know, like, Hey, guys, hey, old friends. What do you need? You need a Jamaican? I got you. It's interesting because you look young. You still look young. Thank you. Um, isn't it nice to now? And like wise is what we're supposed to be saying. I don't know about that. Maybe with the sunglasses on. Put the glasses on.
It wouldn't be weird if I wore those glasses, a cane and like a and a boot and went to a red carpet. Well, that's when people are starting to worry. Yeah. And like a wrist like one of those, um, um, like what did she fall down on the beach? And have my face is unburned. Um, but you, but you had a, you have and had a baby face, but you definitely had a poise of someone much older than you. Like, I'm curious if you've always felt your age. I mean, a lot of kids who are acting at a young age, especially like making money for their family and being around adults most of the time, but you had the kind of pleasure and privilege of working on a show with a bunch of other kids. Yes. So you were with people your own age pretty much. Yes. Did you, do you feel older or younger than your age? Like what is your size? I've always felt like an old man. Yeah. Like I feel like I came right from something that happened in the 70s and I stayed kind of like connected to the 70s and I don't want to like, it's my favorite era.
And like, yeah, I feel like Torres energy just, you know, capitalizes on that. And I'm very relaxed and just chill and like don't want to be that not too loud. Please everybody just everybody settle down. Please. So like I can't handle it. Like, do you feel like you're like now talking to restaurants and it's just love it, but they when they shout my name, I'm like, please. Yeah. You don't like that. I know that about you. Your influences were like that too. Like Richard and. Sure. Procure prior Eddie Murphy. Just the black, Zagget, zeitgeist basically. Yeah. Of that era and then onward. And then of course, as I got older looking backwards and learning your history kind of stuff, but I'd love like, you know, the black exploitation era and like diving back into those sounds and those words and like having fun with it. Yeah. Because it's like, you know, playing in your dad's clothes basically. Yes. Did you guys watch as a family like stuff together? Were you a laughing family? Like were you a comedy family?
My dad is the Joker for sure. Really? Like he's the joke teller and he does really well. He's like a room pleaser when he does that. Like I remember like at my grandmother's house, he would have my grandma like almost like peeing her pants like literally. And this is my mom's mom. Uh-huh. You know what I mean? So we're really doing a dance. Yeah. Is he a frustrated performer? I don't know. He's a, he's a Gemini. So I think he does a lot of things well. So you know, just like he drove like NASCAR kind of cars. He's in the military. He's like mechanic. You know, you know, you know, amazing like real estate person like, you know, made history in Atlanta for kind of desegregating like listings and stuff like that. Really? Yeah. So like he's a very cool dude. And on top of that, yeah, loves to tell a joke. And then my mom has this like secretive kind of sense of humor like a little pussy because she's like the older, she's the oldest of seven, you know, and they come from kind of,
it's actually called forest of Virginia. So you can imagine there's lots of trees there. And not a whole lot of buildings. So she comes from literally the forest and like kind of had to be a little more like suited and booted. But yes, she has this like sneaky little laugh where she's like, oh, you like to laugh at the naughty. Look at you being naughty kind of. So for me, I have a little bit of both, but I'm not really like a room gatherer unless it's like a fixed performance. No, you're not like you're not looking to win the room. Yeah. No, I mean, I would say that my experience with you is that you are a little bit more with three point shooter like you wait for your time and you like to observe. You like to see how people are playing. Yeah, I like to just have courage and a little bit. Yeah. And like when it's time to turn it on, just like take over the game and you shoot it. And you shoot it. You do like a no look on your way out. Oh, yeah, like I know that's going in. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's definitely your style. That's good. And it's rare to have like a career before you reach SNL. Yes. And not always helpful. No, it had gone well.
I don't think for anyone at that point. I was like, I just want to do whatever because this writing thing freaks me out. So you guys tell me what you want. And it took five years before I wrote something that was like my idea on the show. I mean, scared straight was like the first thing that actually made it on the show. Well, well, you know, we talked, we brought up Eddie Murphy and I want to talk about what it was like to do that sketch at the 50th. But what's your early memories of Eddie Murphy? Because for me, I'm older than you, but not by much, but enough that when I was watching SNL, when I started watching SNL, it was Eddie's year. He was 18, 19. When do you remember me? But that was kind of me watching from down the hall when I wasn't supposed to still be awake kind of stuff. Right. And I remember hearing Hot Tub before I actually was able to watch it, you know, just like trying to just be, I just remember being in PJs, you know, and like watching my dad just like laugh. Yeah. I think he was still like, my mom was asleep. He was just like the only person up. How's it dark?
Can you just see that? Like blue flashing to the glow and like, yeah. Is it funny? You have memories as a little kid of like when your parents would laugh really hard at something, you would look at them like, what happened? What's funny? And it just imprints on your brain immediately then forever what you think is funny. It was always fun getting to a place where like we could share laughter together in the same sort of sense of humor like with my dad. Yeah. And like once we started like quoting coming to America to each other in like certain moments, it was just such a dynamically fun time because it was like our little thing, you know, like we played pool. We quote coming to America, you know what I mean? And it's like a dad and two brothers basically really cool. It's kind of like what you're saying. Like that's reminding me that like for some families, comedy is sports. Like that's how you connect is you talk about what you think is funny and like, and I know that you love to Eddie. I know that you love Richard Prior and you also love Chris Farley who you got to work
with. 100% us about that. And Jim Carrey. Like, oh, and Jim Carrey. Super duper fan of Jim Carrey and I emulating him. I think more probably than anybody as far as like micro performing goes. Like I feel like he performs every possible like syllable kind of thing in his physical body. It's wild to watch. But Farley is just a full buffalo, you know what I mean? And like he was just so dynamically funny, not just falling down funny. Like he had some quips that were incredible. And sometimes his performances were just like, he's the only one that can do that kind of thing. So he came to all that and did that. Like, it was the greatest day I've ever seen because I was like, that's a true pro. That's somebody that doesn't need because they would tell us and rehearse us a lot because we were kids kind of thing. He came in and didn't need any instruction at all. He was playing a ketchup chef that likes to put ketchup on everything.
And of course, my character likes to put chocolate on everything. So it was a battle. And they had this eight layer chocolate cake because we were celebrating something or whatever. And you know, Nickelodeon likes to make a mess, but they like to shoot up until right before the mess and stop and like do that part a few times to make sure they got it. Or you will. And they really politely asked him like, please. And you know, take one after we got and we got to that point, destroy that cake. Like it was nothing like I think on purpose because they tried to tell him to do something. And he like beat the cake up to where there was like, there's no way we're doing a second take of this. Jumped in the car and jumped in the limousine and was going. Like they have showers. We like we got showers. We like, fine. Tiled off a little bit, still ketchup in his hand and was out of there. And I was like, now that's a gangster. That's a professional gangster. And so damn funny and so nice.
So nice. So nice. Never fronted on me for being a kid or anything. You just came in and like, let's get to it kind of. You know, I think I'm sure every young person feels this way. They remember the people that like treated them like peers when they were feeling. Yeah. When they were and they remember the people that were dismissive of them when they were young. Because we really do act, especially with young people. Like they don't know what the fuck they're talking about or like we're always doing that to them. And like I have a problem with like people's boundaries. Like I learned hard lessons with that because I'm just very like outgoing and kind of like we're fine with this, right? You find if I just keep tapping you on the shoulder, like you know me kind of thing. And some people put you in your place and you're like, hey, man, stop tapping me. And I was like, oh snap, like I'm sorry, I crossed that line. TC. Like Magnum P.I. TC. I was so excited to be next to him. You know what I mean? I was so excited to put us, you know, in proximity to a lot of very famous people kind of thing.
I was just overly excited. I'm like, didn't this great, my man? Look at this. This is an awesome piece that, hey man, stop tapping me. And I was like, oh my god, I over tapped TC. But you're what you're talking about is just like straight up like etiquette on set that a lot of people when they arrive at SNL not only have not ever been like on TV, but often have never been on any kind of set. And there is an etiquette to your point how you approach people, how you, how, like how to be a professional. And like I, Kenan, you are such a professional in the way you approach your work and the way you deal with people. You're really, really smart. And you have a lot of experience and you could feel it immediately when you arrived at SNL. But when you think back on those early like days of learning about what it was like to be on a set, what was like the things that you learned, what were some like takeaways,
you still think about like what you try to bring to other sets. The first, thank you for all of that. Second, free stuff was the first thing I noticed. I was like, I'm in the right spot. I knew it. I knew if the price was right, was doing it. I knew everybody was doing some version of that, whether it was snacks or drinks or whatever, whatever. I needed to ask for it for you. Little Wendy's, little bacon cheeseburger meal. Can I get that? Absolutely. You can get that. Don't even take your wallet out. Fantastic. I'll do whatever. We'll be here in 19 hours. You know, how many of them more? You want to jump in the lake? Am I supposed to jump in the lake? Whatever. Yeah. And that was definitely like a check, check that box, but also the size of things. Like when I got on the Mighty Ducks and saw like a movie set, all his trailers and like so many clothes for everyone. I'm like, what are all these clothes for?
Like all the different scenes in the movie. I got to wear different clothes. Different clothes. That's crazy. Oh, it's a lot of pressure. Super pressure. I didn't know how to escape. Okay, let's talk about Mighty Ducks because you are one of my friends who escape the best. Thank you. You're an incredible ice skater. A lot of people don't know this. Thank you. And I pride myself with that because it's not like a big known thing amongst the black community to just ice skate like that. Yeah. You know, like there's only certain people that do it. There's only certain couple of few people in, you know, in the NHL or whatever kind of thing. You know, New Yorkers were people in cold climates kind of do it around Christmas time. Kind of thing just, you know, kind of like going bowling, if you will. I remember I remember I would be good at it. It's wild. To get good at it is hard. And I have a very clear memory that used to let us at Christmas shows at SNL. That's the best. Yeah. They don't do that anymore. I haven't done it. I'm so long. I gotta do it. They used to let us, I mean, talk about free stuff. Talk about perks is on the Christmas show.
We'd be like, good night. And then they'd cut to like maybe a bumper. And we'd all get to run downstairs. What would we do? Gotta get there. There would be like a golf cart all of a sudden inside the hall and sometimes like for people to just like zip down there. Some people would be down there already. But if you're in that final thing, kind of thing, and then we would wave good nights on the ice. And then rock it on the ice. Underneath the Christmas tree. Yeah, rock it, fella, send it. And just us at one o'clock in the morning. Yeah. And I go down there and I see Kenan and Kenan is, you are skating forwards, skating backwards, skating fun. Yeah, I think she's doing it. What are you doing? Doing 45 million tricks. Thank you. And I was like, I was fresh off of learning it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So how hard was it to learn for you? Very. Because like I remember like I was just talking about this the other day, like roller skating and going to like roller skating rinks is what we had in Atlanta. Yeah. Like I was busted in my ass constantly. You know what I mean? As a kid, but you don't feel anything as a kid. You just feel the knots later, kind of thing. But I remember like both feet up falling all the time.
You know, like all the time. Yeah. So sure, I put it on my resume under special skills. Then I could roller skate or something like, yeah, roller skating, you know, but like I never in a million years considered hockey. I wanted to learn, but after that first day of hockey camp, which was on my birthday, my 15th birthday, I wanted to quit it all. Oh, I got it. I was like, I want to be an actor. I want to do it. If this is what it's about, like, am I, thank God my mom didn't let me quit. She was like, no, go back tomorrow. Keep going back and back and like eight weeks on both movies. You learn how to skate. Yeah. Do you find ways to skate now? Do you know? Yeah. Great skating with the family, you know, I mean, Christmas time. You know, that's awesome. Yeah. That's awesome. Yeah. They both are good little skaters. They are. Do you watch any ice skating during Olympics? Yeah. I mean, I watched the figure skating. Yeah. I watched the girl with the three tiered, you know, kind of hairdo. Yeah. Alissa Liu. Is that her?
Yes. I know she's from Oakland area. Yeah. She's from the Bell. How tall was that? Unbelievable. Just because of how casual she is. Yes. And like, she's just chilling. But like, the thing she can do on the ice, bro, is that I give her all the medals. Like, it was wild to watch. Well, she. That and hockey, I guess I watched. She reminds me of when you perform because she was very relaxed. And you get, and like when we're watching, we're like, she's good. Very good. And the nerves, like nerves are like if you can figure out how to channel your nerves. Oh, man. So what were your nerves like when you were auditioning for SNL? You're 23, which is still really, I mean, in the context of the show, I guess it's not so young, which just feels so young. When I watch your audition on SNL, there's a small moment that is, Samberg did it to you in the audition where you take a moment before you start and you go, oh my God, SNL, you said it like to yourself.
And I, Samberg had a similar memory. He was like, you could tell he was like, well, but it's, it, it's very, it was very inviting. It was not like this person is like cannot handle their nerves. It was, it felt like what you do so well, which is you like zapped yourself to the present moment. You're like, here I am. I'm here. I think I have to call it out because if I don't, it'll be like it didn't happen kind of thing. So I have to like put it in the words that like I recognize that this is crazy. It feels like also just a way to secretly kind of quiet your nerves. Oh, yeah. That's like, say it. Signally putting that seatbelt on. Like, and like, remember in Fight Club when he's just like, you know what? I'm just going to get crazy with this and let this steering wheel go. What's going to let it go? And I just like let my mind just start rambling. It's so my audition is so rambly. It's crazy. I mean, it's not. And I think I've told you the story, but I watched your audition from a, um, we were
filming Mean Girls. Can I tell you this story? I've told you this story. And Lauren had the auditions. He was watching them on the plane. Private. Private. P.J. P.J. Somebody that got money. I forgot money. And probably the first time I had ever, um, flown private. I don't even remember. I remember and it was during Mean Girls and we must have been flying back from the set because Tina was there. And Lauren was there and Lindsay Lohan was there. Incredible. And we watched your audition. That's crazy. And we were all like, he's incredible. And Lindsay was like, I love him. And I remember. And I remember. And I think at the time you probably already had the job, but it was, I, the one thing I remember more than the content, which you realize very fast. Nobody cares about the content. Like you think the content, the jokes, everything is so important. You can have the best written material in the fucking world. You can have the best jokes in the world.
If people don't feel like relaxed, happy to see you, drawn to you for whatever reason, it just, it doesn't work. It's like it's this crazy chemistry. The craziest part of casting. Yeah. Like casting is such a, like shout out to, you know, casting people that like, do it well because it takes a whole lot of like, thanks for coming in, but you know, we'll get back to you and like being able to, they're like nurses, you know, just give it. They're like, we're going to give you the awful news. We're going to give you a shot. It's going to hurt. Yeah. Or like, let's try that again. Yeah. And this time, do everything different. Oh, I mean, yeah, they're like, maybe this time try to be like a normal person in the world. Like what a normal person would, yeah, that's a good note. And then you do it and you still like, didn't like check those books. Did you have fun? Yeah.
I want to say something about what, watching you ride the wave that is SNL because it is a series of waves. What do you think has been the, like, the way that you've surfed the last 23 years? I think in the beginning, I became friendly to the process of it. Like, I became a friendly, useful, like, tool, if you will. So like, all kinds of people would like, write for me because I was able to deliver. Nobody gave us this rule, but, and I'm sure you now tell people this, but if I could go back and tell people one thing, it would be try to do as well as you can in anything you're given. That simple thing gets people to just, because everyone's nervous. Give me one word. Yeah. Or half a line. I love it. Yeah. What have you changed about how you interact with the job that, how you've made the system mark for you? Yeah, I don't let it just keep me out anymore.
Yeah. It used to keep us out. Well, Kenan and I have seen some of my favorite stories ever of us doing that bit. Please tell us. Okay. Let's tell this to our, I totally, okay. I need a drink. Let's take a drink. Okay. So I'll start it. Kenan and I, okay. This was a different time before we had children. This was a different time before we had children. So we would go out a lot, Kenan and I and all of us would party a lot. Yeah. We would hang out. And we would hang out. It's New York. So we, there was a night of many nights, but there was a particular night where I was out too late. Yes. Just before I understood the schedule too, I was just like hanging out because like we were still out there. And we were at a place called Bungalow 8. Fantastic. Shout out to you. Shout out to Rashida. Shout out to Rashida. Look, Rashida, Rashida Jones turned always my beautiful wife turned me on to so many aspects of life.
Literally the greatest. And she'd be like, Hey, I'm hosting this club thing and I'd be like, Oh my God, what time? 1 a.m. Sounds great. I mean, what the fuck? We're there. And like it doesn't close like the other places like it can kind of just stay open. And then you walk in. It's like, Oh, you know, Amazon rainforest. And it's time to listen to music and drinks and like, Tion. Lots of people. Yeah. Lots of people are building. So we went to Bungalow 8 and I was there and all the sudden, guess who comes in later than me is Kenan. Yeah. Kenan comes strolling and strolling. And we had we had a 6 a.m. call. I probably had a 6 a.m. You may be a little bit later because ladies have a lot. It was first thing in the morning. We had to be up maybe two or three hours later to play the black eyed piece. Fantastic. And I used to get in full, you know, spray tan. A whole lot of wiggins to be where I am.
Heavy as dreads. Heavy dreads. And it was the host was John Heeter. Okay. Who did not say I'll late that night? No. He was ready. Yeah. He didn't have an issue at all. But he's like Mormon. He's Mormon. So he just chilled. Yeah, he chilled. He was responsible for that. He was responsible. And he chilled. And he didn't even have caffeine. That's how. And then those shoots used to be 10,000 miles away. I had not slept. You had not slept. Who else was in it? Who was I? I want to say four tape. Four tape. I just remember four tape like laying on a very hard floor. We were so hungover. Face down. And could not move or talk. And literally they stopped traffic in the middle of a New Jersey highway. Yeah. For us to pretend to be the black eyed piece. And rolling. Like 10, 9 a.m. like rush hour. And people were just like, what is that? Yeah. You have to be very good. I'm going to work with my heart. And we had to dance.
And Keenan was doing a bit that I will never forget, which is he was taking phone calls from his past self, pretending to tell him to go home. Yes. Like you are being unkind to yourself, sir. He's a Keenan. This is Keenan. You got to go home. Yeah. What are you doing there? You know, you know you have to get it, this is not good. Put it down. When you started, you mentioned this earlier, you were you and Joe's were, what are your memories of being if you and Joe's sharing an office? It was the best because we were so dynamically different in my opinion. You know, like him coming from like Harvard and Staten Island and like me coming from like the south side of Atlanta kind of thing. And like I didn't finish. I went to Santa Monica City College, you know, so I didn't even really get too far down to like college college, like sharpness road, you know. So like I was still like high school educating in my opinion. I learned a lot from the we share the office for eight years. Yeah. Yeah, because other offices would open up, but like we enjoyed that office so much.
And like I think being together so much and then scared straight was born from that. Yeah. You know, kind of stuff. I don't know. Talk about full circle Keenan. Like you see your fan of Eddie, you write scared straight for. You know, I don't know if you're going to get about Colin and then you do with him at the 15th. What did I say? Shout out to those guys like shout out to people that are like like Colin and Chey are both like that. And I shout out Chey out so much because a lot of my favorite stuff that is like very silly and black and really, really smart. You know, it's coming from him sharply like black jeopardy and stuff like that. And what when you and Eddie did it for the 50th, what what what do you remember? What was the little special twinkly magic moment and when you did that, what did it feel like? So at the 40th was the night before was the first time I met Eddie. You know what I mean? And he just came to that like toast to Lauren in the rainbow room. So everything was like very New York magical because it was like in the sky and he emerged from a separate elevator from everybody else.
And I'm like, of course, he has his, you know, specific way. And like I was like, that's really cool. I couldn't contain myself. And he recognized. You know what I mean? He was like, hey man, like, who are you? I'm like, I'm like, oh my God, this is amazing. So fast forward to the 50th. Collins suggests we do a scare straight and put him in it. You know, he and hosted, which was the greatest show ever when, you know, he hosted for Christmas time and then back to Che, put me in that monologue with him, Chris Rock Tracy and Dave Shapelle, like what an epic picture. I'll keep it for forever. So at the 50th, they're talking about doing a scare. I'm like, I wasn't even planning on, I didn't know what to do because everything was so last minute, you know what I mean? So I just heard that they wanted to do this. And I'm like, they're down to do this. I couldn't believe it. Like Eddie and the goat will Ferrell like, bro, like, will Ferrell is the greatest cast member we've had ever. I think in many people's opinion. So for them to be in my little baby sketch was unreal.
That's so cool. Unreal. Yeah. I felt that. I felt like you were a peer and a fan at the same time with them because you are a peer to them. Thank you. Thank you. You realizing that moment was special is kind of like what going back to our theme, which is you were really present in the moment. And the other thing I'm just going to say about you, Keenan. I just eat too much humble pie to, to like not feel like a little kid looking at his hero kind of thing. Well, that's what I mean is, you know, okay, do you ever watch a show alone? I talk about it all the time, but here, but it's a, um, okay. Alone is a, is a, um, it's kind of like an adventure reality shown. It's about people who are dropped off in the wilderness and they have to survive by themselves and whoever stays the longest alone and they all have to hunt and fish and gather and all the stuff. But what you realize is the people that last the longest are not the ones that celebrate the hardest and they're not the ones that take the losses so personally. They stay with somewhat relatively event.
You bag a moose week one, you're not going to bag it every week. Right. Your shelter falls down. It doesn't mean because you're a jerk and bad things happen to you. Like you don't internalize. And I get that from you. You ride those highs and lows. Do you think that that's true about yourself? Yeah. And it's always been that way. Yeah. And I think I kind of focus on that a little bit, you know what I mean? Just to make sure that I don't allow things to just carry me away. You know what I mean? Like there's so much to be emotional about outside of the business. Like the world is in like full chaos and has been my whole life. I feel like. And there's always been some sort of representation of a bad guy, if you will, or a bad, you know, situation kind of stuff. And then the more you learn about the world is like, how dare I even be bothered or upset about, you know, such minuscule things as a misaccompaniment in my career kind of thing. You know, so I've always kind of just been like, cool.
Like if something great happens, great. Something bad happens. It's like, all right, pick up the pieces and like, let's keep pushing kind of thing because you can't dwell on it if you want to let it like suck it down a little whirlpool and stuff like that. But then where would we be and where would all the people that depend on me be kind of thing if I about the darkness to keep in. But it's like a it's like a life lesson of like, can you be satisfied? Sat like the life lesson of can you be satisfied? Yeah. Is it really, you know, that I can I can easily be. Yeah. Yeah. I know the things I like and I'm happy when they're around when you speak about I let you know what you like. I feel like you love working with Maya. Oh, she's the greatest. And she loves working with you. Maya is such I never met such a dynamic force of nature. You know what I mean? Just in pedigree and talent and, you know, the kind of person she is, the kindness she
is like she's very maternal. You are as well. Like all four of my like original drench and Tina like my four horsemen horse lady sisters are giant forces of nature, you know, and it started with Maya and like I'm deeply indebted to her for kind of pulling me out of the fog of Tuesday night and getting something done in my first week and constantly kind of being that source of just funny combo or wonderful performer to perform things with. I mean, you guys are like instant family. Like you were a family in another life. You immediately met each other and you were like, oh, yeah, you play the same way I play. Yeah. And also just I'm obsessed with songbirds, you know, I mean, it's an amazing talent to sit next to and just listen to her just take off on some sort of like musical number or something like while she's just sitting there and it's like, do y'all hear this? Like, I always say this you would be better than most of the professional singers. 100% and you're too keen and they I try.
But like, man, what a what a cool thing to kind of like being close to kind of thing. Like I just I love it. So the same with like, you know, even, you know, up to the current cast and like everyone in between and I just love our family so much that I like being close to it. And like it's just I'm not afraid of how it will be when I leave. It's just I would much rather just stay. Just like why not? He's writing this brew book. Yeah, exactly like I'm up to 23 years. I know possibly starting 24 or whatever. Possibly. You know, like it's happening. I mean, yeah, I know you're exactly right. What are the rules? And so, so we do this thing in the show where we talk to somebody we get a question. So we talk to Maya. Oh my God. How wonderful. What does she say? She loves you so much. God bless her man. I love her too. And we laugh so hard at how dumb and how fun the stupid shit you guys have done. Yes, the best. It's the best.
We talked about TT and Mario, which you know is my favorite. It was just a couple that is hands and rollerskates and flip you upside down and then will you into the kitchen put whipped cream on your business? I didn't know I was singing that on the way here. We've cream on your business. What a gorgeous lyric God bless censorship. If it wasn't for censorship, the word play would be so. You're right. The guard rails make it way fun here. And you can't say anything dirty. So you have to say put whipped cream on your business. But Maya was talking like and and also I just want to like say thank you again. I know I've thanked you many times in my life, but you and Maya did one of the most tender, wonderful, like funny and beautiful things for me in my life that when I rushed from set to have my kid and my first son Archie and he was in my arms and I was watching the show that the day before I was rehearsing, which talk about like feeling like you're in a crazy alternate reality.
You guys sang to me from update you and Maya and with the TT and Mario Flair, but not as filthy. So were children present. Of course. Yeah. And I couldn't have chosen two better people to have that feeling from and it was so. It was such a wonderful beautiful. My really treasure at Keenan. I'm so glad because it felt that way in the moment and I was still so young. You know, I was just honored to be asked to be a part of a like I'm this is such a moment for you like a brand new mom and we watched you be pregnant the whole time. And we thought you were going to troop out the show like it was a super. I was the plan. You know, I mean, so it was like showing up on Saturday and it was like hearing the news like Amy won't be with us. There was like all hands on deck kind of energy because you're such a pivotal part of the show. So you not being there was just like there's such a gap. We have to acknowledge this in some sort of way and yet to be asked to do it was like,
this is cool. Like this is what makes this place, you know, an epic kind of place. And I felt very grateful to be involved in any sort of like moment like that. You know, it's very special, man. My as question to you was it was basically more of like a statement, which is you're fully formed. Little keen in felt like he kind of came out fully formed. And I think a little Maya to the same thing. I think you guys saw that in each other. And I think her question was really like, do you think that's true? And I do think we kind of talked about like do you think you knew from the very earliest age what you wanted to do? And some sort of some sort of way and definitely in that direction, you know, the mean of like, I don't know if sports is going to be it. Like I'm like I enjoyed playing sports, but I don't I didn't think I was going to be bow Jackson, you know. Yeah. Yeah. So like, yeah, I think I had an affinity towards my path kind of and I always felt like
it had already been carved in some sort of way. You know what I mean? Like it was just, you know, big destiny believer that could have something to do with like faith and growing up in church and stuff like that. But it just felt that way. And then I kept getting reminded of those things when those kids' midi kind of things would happen along the way. Yeah. Just like, I think I should just give over to the universe and just stay positive, stay ready. Yeah. Well, um, what's where are you going? I'm just going to my daughter's little like summer play. Oh God. You're going to your daughter's daughter's street. Okay. Across the highway where they're allowing the parents in at 135. Oh my God. We have to get you out of here. Okay. So we cannot. It's 130. Yeah. So let's go. That's the time. I got to ask you one question. I'm going to put your glasses on. Yeah, please. What are you listening to right now? Yeah. What are you? What's making you laugh? Yeah. What is making me laugh? I just play. What is the best? What is she doing? What is she doing? What is she doing? What is she doing?
I want to say it's just they're like six grade. I think the end of school. Did she want to be a perfect school or anything? Sports kind of thing. She a little introverted. But I see it in her. You know, she has her moments where she just hands it up, you know, kind of thing. We have a lot of energy. Yeah. But what are you laughing at right now? What's making you laugh? I'm laughing at a lot of the park. I'm watching my friends work, you know, like whoever's putting out like new work kind of thing, you know, I just like I wasn't really aware of Sarah's like stand up presence and I watched that special. That's special. So we she's a force. We had her on she is that special is the craziest shit I've ever seen. It's the craziest and I like thank God because who else can do it, you know, kind of so like well, she's here for a reason and like buckle up everybody because when she decides to like let the train lose, it's gone. Like it was great. Yeah. She's fantastic and like that's one of the newer things that I caught on to recently. But like, you know, any and all of our friends that are doing stuff, you know, like Leslie Jones is special is fantastic.
Yes. And still out there killing for this is out there with Tisha Campbell, which is what he got Tisha Campbell doing stand up. And it's really funny. Yes. So like, yeah, I'm just, you know, celebrating all of our friends. Keenan, you always do. You've always been like laughing with us along the right way and always like reminding us that like we won the lottery for getting to do what we get to do. A lot of the time it is really a nice reminder and a pleasure to like take a look around, you know, and be reminded of the reach when we're like flicking through the channels or like something pops up in the zeitgeist. Like, thank you for broad city, you know, and like for page in Hannah, you know, I mean, like just supporting like new people along the way and like constantly just keeping the vibe alive, you know, I mean, a fishing for fun times. Thank you for always shouting out all us women too. You always do that. We love you for it. It's unbelievable and it's undeniable. You can put your glasses back up for this last thing and we're getting worried.
I mean, I love that you're going to your daughter's play. Yeah, my sweet heart. Yeah. Yeah. I'm so excited. And my other one had a few days and her country to represent was Austria. So she had to learn about Austria and listen into a seven year old talk about Austria is adorable. And I've seen the faces of these children and they are sweet, insanely sweet and cute. God bless them. And they're so lucky to have you as their dad. And now that you're a grandpa, we're so lucky to have you as a grandpa. Yeah. And hopefully I'll be a great, great before I'm out here like Morgan Freeman, you know. Yeah. And I'm going to meet you on the red carpet and have also have sunglasses on and weirdly a sea at like a dog. At the start, bringing a backup pair for people that I like and it was like, all right, this is make sure. Thank you. We'll get you some. Keenan, we're so lucky to have you. I'm so lucky to know you and it's so good to see you. Same. Love you. Thank you for doing this. So much. So much miss you and so happy to see you today. Yeah. Same. So thank you so much, Keenan Thompson. You are the best.
You're the best. Most wonderful person and so hilarious. And I'm so lucky to know you and thank you for doing this. And you know, in these polar plunges, we usually kind of dig deeper into something that we talked about. But I just want to take a minute to just dig a little bit deeper into the fact that Keenan's characters on SNL, 23 years in, still kind of remain the characters that I quote on a weekly basis, whether it is TT and Mario saying, I'm going to put whipped cream on your business. Or it's Jean-Kéjon, the French stand up comedian who says, Zootelores when he does update. Or DJ Dynasty Handbag, a character that he did on a sketch called Deep House Dish, which was kind of like a Euro MTV show and rid by the great James Anderson and Keenan's character used to say, OK, instead of OK. And I say, OK, or bouquet or bouquet or whatever, however you said it all the time.
I guess my point is, Keenan is like woven into the fabric of that show and my experience in that show in a way that's like very, very, very special to me and is kind of stuck in my brain. My plunge today is to encourage you to keep watching his stuff past, present, and future and to stay in the present like Keenan does too. So thank you for listening to this podcast called Good Hang with Amy Poehler. OK, bye. You've been listening to Good Hang. The executive producers for this show are Bill Simmons, Jenna Weissberman and me Amy Poehler. The show is produced by the Ringer and PaperKite. For the Ringer production by Jack Wilson, Kat Spalane, Kaye McMullen, Alayez and Eris, Bridget Gierlings, Paige Garberini, Bell Roman, and Drew Van Steenbergen. For PaperKite production by Sam Green, Joel Lovell, and Jenna Weissberman, Original Music by Amy Miles.
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