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Good evening everyone. How are you

feeling tonight?

Welcome to Town Hall. I am Amy Polar. I

am so happy that you're joining us this

evening.

Here we go. Here we go.

Before we start, we just wanted to say

thank you everybody for coming and

especially thank Chase Inc. Business

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Thank you, Chase. We are going to start

our show with a performance. Um, an old

beautiful friend of mine who happens to

sing the good hang theme song. A

performer, a writer. She is an

incredible artist and a wonderful

person. and she's joined by her friend

Chris Anderson. Give it up for Amy

Miles, everybody. Amy Miles,

>> how do you

how do

>> One thing my friend Miss Polar always

taught me is whenever I would say, "I'm

nervous. I'm nervous." She'd say, "Don't

say I'm nervous."

Just say, "I'm so excited."

>> So, I'm excited.

>> You ready, Mr. Chris?

>> Yes.

>> Okay. So,

I need audience participation. Do you

guys know how to clap?

>> Okay. So, what you're going to do is

you're going to clap 16 times really

fast, just like this. You're going to go

one, two, three, clap, you're going to

go,

yeah, I don't know how many that was,

but that sounded right. Just clap until

it's like awkward. You know what I mean?

Are you guys ready?

>> Cuz you're a part of this. Don't mess it

up. One, two, three. Clap.

Low consequences and low advances in my

arm. Break the bone. Coming back to city

in late summer. Everybody. Everybody.

Everybody's gone. Everybody. Everybody.

Everybody's gone. Everybody. Everybody.

Everybody's gone. Everybody. Everybody.

Everybody's gone. Everybody's gone.

Woohoo! Going

for the hug.

Going with a bang. Was it What do you

say?

All I ever wanted was a really good

hang. Hold my hand, see if I'm

breathing. Tilt to the right and start

believing. Money's got a dress that the

party started. Money's got a party that

starts tonight. Money's got a dress.

Then the party starts

to dress. Then the party start.

You broke my heart.

When I see you, I turn and go home.

Woohoo. Going for the heart.

What's up? What do you say?

I wonder if it was a really good hang

up. What do you say?

I wonder.

People of town hall.

The Amy you've been waiting for.

Hello.

WOOHOO. AMY MILES, EVERYBODY. Amy Miles.

Amy Miles. CHRIS ANDERSON.

HELLO.

WOOHOO.

Hello everyone. Welcome to town hall.

Hello. Hello.

Happy National Kinetic Sand Day.

Not a sponsor.

And happy Viola Davis's birthday.

Yeah.

How psyched are you that the show is at

6:00,

right? I know what you want. I know what

you want.

You know, I wanted to do the show at

5:00

and Jenna said no. She said that we have

to give people some time to come from

work. So, just out of curiosity, did

anybody leave work? By a show of hands,

anybody leave work early today?

Wow, a lot of people have jobs. I'm I'm

very impressed. Anybody um uh not work

today?

>> I know you're all up there. Hello.

You're all up there. You'll get down

here one of these days. Don't you worry.

Anybody work from home today?

Oh, that's great.

But think about it. You'll be in bed by

8:30.

Fully entertained.

You can watch a show tonight.

It's incredible. And we're very, very

excited about our guest. I am very, you

know, on the way over here, I was

thinking to myself, "Oh man, I get a

chance to hang with Amy and Chris and

this guest." And I'm like, "How lucky am

I?" And I think you'll understand when

you hear from our guest tonight. She is.

Talk about a good hang. Our guest, this

person is well, let's just say it's

Darcy Carden joining us tonight.

Hey,

DARCY.

And you know what, Dar? I didn't even I

didn't even say hello to Darcy backstage

because I wanted to keep the tension. I

wanted to

But Darcy is such an incredible actress.

You may know her from uh The Good Place.

You may know her from Broad City.

You may know her from Five-Star Weekend.

Humongous hit. I mean, she Darcy does so

many things so well and we're we're

thrilled to be talking to her tonight

and I think you're in for a treat. So,

um really glad you could join us. But,

you know, we always do uh this on Good

Hang. We always talk well behind our

guests back. Um, it's a little different

when you're on stage and they can hear

it, but it's still the same.

And we we get a question from someone

who knows our guest that I can ask them.

And we are very very excited to

introduce our guest tonight who um oh, I

don't know, maybe you know from the good

place as she

give it up for William Jackson Harper,

EVERYBODY.

WILL

have a seat.

Will Tony nominee?

That's all I got to say.

>> And you're an American Hostage with John

Ham coming out in September.

Congratulations. Will

>> thanks.

>> Good to see you.

>> Good to see you, too.

>> I like your hat.

>> Thanks. Yeah.

>> Okay. Great to see you. No, I'm just

kidding.

>> Um, well, um, we do this thing, you

know, where we talk about our guest, and

I want to get into Darcy cuz it's so

easy to talk about her.

>> Yeah.

>> Right.

>> Yes.

>> Right. We can talk about how great she

is all night.

>> All All night and all day. Yeah.

>> But, um, how was your day?

>> Uh,

largely uneventful. I uh I I I hung out

with my wife Ally and hung out with my

dog Chico

>> and did nothing else.

Yeah, it was pretty great.

>> Did you get caught in the rainstorm that

I heard happened just a bit ago?

>> No.

>> No. Missed it. Missed it entirely.

>> Now, what's a what's a nothing day for

you look like? What's your dream

nothingness? You know?

>> Oh, dream dream nothingness or like the

typical nothingness? Oh, that's an

existential question right there.

>> That's some good place [ __ ] right there.

>> Yeah. Yeah. Um, dream nothingness is

going to the gym on the early side.

>> Okay.

>> And then going to have brunch.

>> Yeah.

>> Like late morning. So, you're having

that cocktail around like 12:15 or so.

>> And we earned it cuz we went to the gym.

>> We went to the gym. So, we're like,

>> "And what are we doing at the gym? What

kind of reps and stuff?

>> All right. Well, you want to get into my

split? Um, yeah, it's uh it it ranges

like I do strength training like three

days a week and then why am I still

>> It's a podcast. We're supposed to talk

about our workout

>> and then I and then I do like hit

training and cardio stuff another three

days.

>> Okay, fantastic. Brunch and then

>> and then a nap.

>> Yeah,

>> cuz we're drinking during the day.

drinking during the day

>> and then

>> and we have a show to get to at 6:00.

>> 6:00. This is also a 6:00 show is I'm

I'm so excited.

>> Thank you. That

>> it's a People laugh when I say it, but I

I wish I could I wish every show was a

matinea.

>> I I I Yes, I know. Actually, Ally and I

go to matineese.

>> Yeah. for theater shows often because

we're just like, I don't want to be

coming home when it's dark outside. I

want to be inside already.

>> Yeah.

>> Like

>> 10:30 I want my head gear on. I want to

be fully

>> Yeah.

>> fully in in pajama mode. Yeah.

>> Yeah. Yeah. Put on the do the red light

therapy and all that stuff. And

>> Yeah. Um, well, I feel like we have a

lot to talk about and I want to talk

about your uh partnership in many ways

with Darcy because that show was such an

ensemble and you guys like really loved

each other and and you can tell from the

work and it's not surprising because the

kind of show you made together

>> and you know Darcy has so many people

that want to speak well of her

>> and we thought you know because she's

such a dynamic wonderful person we

should maybe uh bring out two people who

love Darcy. So joining us along with

Will um from uh well uh author uh

producer, actor, anyagram 8 and um and

uh and uh Broad City star Abby Jacobson.

Everybody

Woo! ABBY,

>> do I talk about my workout, too?

>> Yeah. Yeah. What was your workout?

>> Lot of reps, heavy stuff.

>> Yeah.

>> What's your circuit?

>> Yeah. Lots of different circuits.

>> It's constant. Constantly mixing it up.

>> Yeah.

>> Yeah. Yeah. You got to keep it fresh.

>> Muscle confusion.

>> Yeah. Lower body, upper,

back.

>> Yeah, you love doing back. I love that.

>> Okay. So, you both have worked on

fantastic, groundbreaking shows that

have a common denominator, which is

Darcy is in them. And um and I guess I

just wanted to ask what it's like to

have a person like her around at work.

Well, all right. Like

for for for Darcy and I, I feel like it

was like The Good Place was kind of our

first like big big like we're here every

day kind of job. Mhm.

>> And um we were I feel like we sort of

bonded over how not normal it was, which

was a lot of fun, you know, to sort of

like show up and like, you know, they

they feed you, you know, and

and you know, it's like that you you you

you get paid enough to pay the you know,

the rent.

>> Yeah.

>> And like just things like that. And just

being like, "Oh, wow." And then like

doing things like afterwards like with

the like panels and all this stuff and

people have watched the thing that you

ran and you're like what is what is what

is this like how

>> how this isn't normal at all. And so

like bonding over how not normal

>> everything was um and sort of going

through all of that the first time

together was really like it it really

bonded us cuz I mean I think I don't

know I I won't speak for for Dar but I

know that it was like

>> it came at a time in life when I was

like well you know I probably won't get

to experience that kind of of job or

that kind of life and to have someone

else there in the same sort of space

that I could check in with um was was

was great.

>> Oh, that's special. And and also you're

like you've you've been you know you've

been working for a while, so it's not

like your first job, right?

>> So you can you can have like some wisdom

around knowing that it's good.

>> Yeah. Yeah. It's like this is that was

that was great. That was uh we were

spoiled on that job. It was was

fantastic.

>> Yeah. And Abby, what's it like having

Darcy around when you work? I mean I

>> you worked together a few times.

>> Yeah.

>> You've made out heavily.

>> We have made out heavily.

>> I think you know I go Darcy and I go way

back. I was thinking about this today. I

met her in a UCB class, uh, commercial

acting class,

which is like not really a typical UCB

class, but immediately I was like,

that's the funniest person maybe I've

come across and so kind and generous and

warm. And I was very new, this was

probably 2007. And I was like,

everybody's kind of scary and Darcy is

not that way. And I think after that, we

just became really good friends. And

then I was like, I if I ever I mean, at

that point, I wasn't like, I'm going to

get a show and then I'll get to write

her on the show. But, uh, eventually I

was like, I this person has to be on

everything I ever get to do. Um, first

on Broad City. I mean,

>> so I should apologize for that to her

cuz Gemma,

>> what we made?

>> Yeah. I was like, yeah, we were like, so

you're going to be the only naked one

today all day. She's like, gota gota got

She's just like So, how would you

describe that character?

Both characters that I've gotten to work

opposite Darcy, I think are getting to

amplify a part of her that you see when

you're friends with her, which is this

like really silly like like she's just

the most fun. And Gemma is like Darcy's

not Gemma, but Gemma's like wacky and

like says it all and means it and is

like the most flirtatious like sexually

like all of it out there. And that's not

Darcy, but Darcy like has that. Yeah.

And I think when I was got into League,

I was like, Darcy gets is like this

incredible actor and like can has this

huge comedic range, but when I'm with

Darcy, she's also like the sexiest.

>> Yeah. She has some swag.

>> She She just is. She's like she's like

so flirtatious. And so when we were when

we were creating Greta, I was like,

"This is the thing that I see in Darcy

all the time, but but I don't know if

the world has gotten to see." And

obviously Darcy's not Greta, but there's

like the heart of her. I was like, she I

want her to show this part of her. And

then there's also like the silliness and

the openness and the vulnerability that

is is in Darcy. So yeah, did I answer

it?

>> I don't even remember what I asked.

>> You know, the cool thing though is it's

kind of remarkable to see someone who

has all those things that you're talking

about and can be so incredibly

vulnerable,

>> but then is like a very easy hang and

very easy to be around.

>> Yeah. Some would even say good.

>> A good hang.

>> Some would even say good. Some would say

that. And I I I'm curious if you feel

this way like the best scene partner.

>> Mhm.

>> Yeah.

>> Like the best like giving you

everything.

>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. She's Yeah. She's

locked in. And I feel like I'm talking

about like a a college recruit.

>> Well, I just want people to feel like

they're watching their own funeral.

>> Is that weird,

Dar? Is that weird? We'll talk about it.

Um, so, um, what question do you guys

want to know? Something, you know, small

or big? Something you want to have Darcy

talk about, a story, or something you

don't know about her? You both known her

a long time. Anything you think I should

ask her?

>> I want to know when Darcy

knew she was funny.

>> Great. Great. And Abs, I have two. Okay.

Okay. Here we go. First one is

she's been in so many things. She's

acted in so many roles,

but I feel like

there's so definitely something that she

hasn't gotten to do yet as an actor

>> and like or I don't I I'm wondering if

she if there's a thing that she's dying

to do. Ooh.

>> And then my other question, I'm sure a

lot of people are curious this.

Of all the people that she's

gotten the opportunity

to kiss,

scream

like which one

like did she feel was the best?

>> Yes.

I love these questions. Thank you so

much for these questions. Thank you for

talking about our friend. Thank you guys

both. Again, if you get the subway, you

literally could be asleep by 7:30.

I don't mean to

Would you like 8:00 you can? No.

>> Okay. But anyway, we leave, but I was

gonna say thank you so much for coming.

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>> All right. All right. How's everybody

doing?

>> Don't worry, I have my laptop.

Anybody want me to look anything else

up?

It doesn't have Wi-Fi.

Okay. Thank you, Will and Abby. It's so

good to hear uh about our friend who's

joining us uh tonight. So, without

further ado, please give it up everybody

for Darcy Carden.

WOO!

HI, DAR.

>> HI, AID.

>> You look so good.

>> Okay, first of all, is there are there

two people in the back row that would

rather sit in the front row?

>> Oh, look at this. Look at this.

>> There's two of you. Come up here.

>> This caring person.

>> Hurry now. It's your chance. Literally,

if you're on if you you have to be on

the aisle, though. Ready? Go.

>> Yeah. There they go. Good job, Darus.

And that's it. was saved for Guffman.

>> Yes, he didn't show.

>> Guffman didn't show.

>> Hi, Amy.

>> Hi, Darcy.

>> Before we start, I have a present for

you. Wait, I feel like What do I do

right now? Should I scoot back so I can

see it?

>> Great. That's a great call. Let's

adjust.

>> Okay, we're

>> Well, I want you to come this way and

face me more.

>> Okay, maybe I'm not doing it cuz I want

to give you the present. I don't want to

reveal.

>> Okay. Okay, give me the present first.

>> So, first and foremost, here is I know

how much you love fake food. What about

a very realistic looking corn?

>> I don't have corn.

>> Hold on. Hold on. It feels like there's

a button underneath it that maybe you

could press and just like I don't know,

hold it up to the microphone or

something. Oh, okay. Here we go. Here we

go.

It

>> wow.

So this is this is opera.

>> Operaorn.

Opera corn.

>> Wow. So uh listeners

>> Yes.

>> Um

uh Darcy has handed me what is a

glistening glass corn cob.

>> Sllicked in butter. Gorgeous.

>> And it and it has a button and it plays.

Let's just hear it one more time.

>> Yeah, please.

>> Yay.

>> Two great opera songs.

>> I love it.

>> Oh my god.

>> Thank you so much. Opera.

>> Of course.

>> Incredible. Okay. Okay. Okay. So, do you

feel good about am I ups am I are we

fine?

>> I think we're fine. Are we fine?

>> Oh, Jenna, you guys will tell us.

>> Okay. Has this ever been said before?

For the first, I don't know, three times

I listened to the podcast when it first

came out, I would have bet $1 million

that you were singing the theme song.

Anyone else?

>> Isn't it her voice? You guys are

twinsies.

>> Oh my god. You get that. You get that.

You get that.

>> Oh my god. That's my dream to sing like

Amy Miles.

>> But yes, much like um Nicole Kidman, I

insisted on singing my own theme song.

>> Do you guys remember when she sang that

theme song? It was so good. What show

was that for?

No, not

>> I love the theme song.

>> She sang a theme song.

this week on Mulan Rouge.

>> No, it was for a TV show. I believe it

was with Hugh The Undoing. Thank you.

The one with the coats. That was Nicole.

She can do it all.

>> She can do it all. We know this because

of

>> We know this. We know this.

>> And also, I want to say Darcy, thank

you. You were on our second episode. You

did this. You did the um you gave me a

question for Rashidita Jones.

>> That was that was so fun. And thank you

because you know when people invest

early in a podcast before

>> I know I really

>> you know you're coming on before you

know if it's going to be something

special.

>> Amy anything for you and I cannot mean

that enough.

>> Thank you.

>> Anything right now.

>> Thank you. I love you so much. Okay.

Okay. So let's get down to business.

Darcy.

>> I just want to keep goofing.

>> Well,

you grew up in the Bay Area and Yeah.

And you know, I know

>> that's my cousin Neva.

>> And also the Bay Area, I think of the

the of Lonely Island.

>> Yes. Yes. Totally.

>> And Bay Area is like for us East Coast

people, it's like what is it?

>> Yes. Totally.

>> Like it's it feels like such a big area.

>> Yes.

>> Such a a bay.

>> The Bay Area. Entire area.

>> It's like would be like like it would be

like if we were like we grew up like

we're from like the triate area. We

never say that. I thought about this

before that like there's not a lot of

areas. We don't talk about it in area.

>> Yeah. The Bay Area.

>> The Bay. The Bay Area. The Bay Area.

It's almost one word. The Bay Area.

>> Yeah. Yeah.

>> And your dad you called yourself you you

like in a very sweet and and um like

self- aacing way. You've called yourself

a Nepo baby because your dad your dad

was in in the music business and he

started a magazine, BAM, which was a

music magazine.

>> Bay Area Music.

>> Bay Area Music. So, I've never seen a

picture of your dad. He's Turkish.

>> He's Turkish and Greek. Half and half.

>> What did he look like?

>> Um, he looks like it does look like he

looks exactly like Harold Ramos.

>> Great.

>> Like, I'm like expecting a picture to

>> like like

that. Like listening, a picture popped

up.

>> So, not like not like mustache. There

was he he had a mustache for one church

play.

>> Okay.

>> That he was in or he attended.

>> He was in I think it was um I think it

was our town.

>> And did he know any Turkish?

>> Well, he must have. He was born there,

>> right?

>> Yes. But he moved to America when he was

I want to say like

>> I like three or four.

>> Okay.

>> But he was like you know three or fours

talk. Three or fours talk. Three or four

year olds talk. They talk.

>> They do talk. Yes,

>> they talk all the time.

>> They be talk.

>> Yeah, they be talking.

>> Um, so he did know Turkish and now he

really doesn't.

>> Do you know any Turkish?

>> I don't know any Turkish and I'm and I'm

like full of shame about it. I've never

been to Turkey.

>> We We're like He's also half Greek and I

feel like I know a lot of

>> And did he kind of absor like that's

what he embraced a little bit more?

>> I think Greeks in the audience maybe

know like it does sort of take over. If

you're like a little Greek, you're 100%

Greek. If your spouse is Greek,

>> I mean, look what's happening now. The

Greeks are going nuts. They're dancing

in the aisles.

>> All right. All right.

>> On the wall.

>> Exactly.

>> But yeah, so we I feel like we really um

we were like a Greek family.

>> Okay. I'm saying this, I know Greek

either. Say,

>> okay,

>> that means I love you.

>> And um your dad loved music.

>> Yeah.

>> You know a lot about music. You grew up

loving music. Was there any It's I mean

to have a cool dad who loves music. Was

there m ever music that you liked that

he was like this is garbage.

>> It's so funny that you're saying this.

Okay. My mom is equally my my mom and

dad started this magazine together.

Erasing the woman.

>> No, no, no, no.

>> Already 7 minutes in.

>> It's she she is my mom is like very

behind the scenes. So her name she

wasn't like

magazine at all. She was just like, you

know, she was there with him. and she

also has this like incredible sort of

encyclopedia

knowledge of music. And out of

absolutely nowhere, I think 3 days ago,

she texted me. I wish I had my phone. I

want to read it to you. She was like,

>> "When you were in junior high, I told

you that I didn't like the sound of

Eddie Veter's voice, and you got really

mad at me, and I just want to say I

think he has a great voice, and I'm

really sorry."

>> She was making amends. Yes, it was wild.

It was so wild. And I And I I was like,

I actually really appreciate that. I was

like, I'm sorry. I It's funny to think

of like 12-year-old you being like, I

love Pearl Jam.

>> Screw you.

>> It is how you were like rebelling a

little bit against cool parents.

>> And I think also we did, you know, my

siblings and I really um loved a lot of

my parents' music and my parents also

liked really modern music. So to have

anything that they did that they weren't

into felt

>> like I don't know. Also I grew up in the

Bay Area so

>> I know I know I know we we we listen to

like a lot of hip-hop. I feel like my

mom was always sort of like okay

>> she she was really into Run DMC

but the rest of it she was like great

enjoy. Like there was just some things

that sort of missed her right.

>> Um but in general my dad and I I feel

like we really liked a lot of the same

music. And actually,

>> yes,

>> I'm just remembering that also my mom

didn't like Pink Floyd.

>> Uh-huh. Hot take. Hot take. And then

when I was in like college, I sort of

discovered that I really like Pink

Floyd. And my dad was like, "Finally, I

love Pink Floyd." He's like, "We can't

talk about it around your mother."

>> Exactly.

>> You know, can I talk about Pink Floyd

for a second?

>> Please, Amy.

>> Songs are too long.

3 minutes or die.

>> I mean, there's a couple times it's like

it's like man spreading.

>> That's interesting.

>> It is. It's like, dude,

>> dude, we get it.

>> Come on.

>> It's kind of like you already said that.

>> I heard you.

>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

>> You already said that.

>> You already said that.

>> Now, did you go to shows all the time?

This was like to me that my one of the

coolest parts of my childhood was that

my parents really included us in the

concerts of it all. Like we we and and

everything everything came through the

Bay Area. So we saw everything.

>> We we they would just we Yeah. They

would take us to everything.

>> And do you remember like a a formative

moment when you were a young person

watching somebody on stage?

>> Yeah, I do. I like Well, Huey Lewis was

my first concert.

>> Oh my god. Huy Lewis was one of my first

concerts, too.

>> That's cool. Oh, that is cool.

>> That is cool.

>> And I also love

>> Give it up for Hu Lewis.

>> Wait, what?

>> Give it up for Hugh Lewis.

>> Thank you.

>> Talented.

>> Such a voice.

>> Talented.

>> And the harmony, the whole band and the

news. Give it up for the news.

>> They never get any credit. They never

get any credit. Um, I remember being

much like you guys in the very front row

of an Eddie Money concert.

>> I was just talking about Eddie Money the

other day. You were.

>> Yes. I just w I was looking him up when

I when we were driving because I was

like, "What is Eddie Money's deal?"

>> What is his deal?

>> First of all, it can't be the name his

mother gave him.

>> And it's not right.

>> No.

>> What a cool name.

>> I believe his last name is Mahon. His

real last name is Mahoney.

>> I mean, that's kind of a cool like from

Mahoney to Money, but he did one of

those I think I bet this was like my

second or third concert. I was so

little, probably too little to be there.

But he did the thing where he's singing

to the mic and then he put it down to

me. And I remember being like, I don't

know this lyric.

I'm like five.

And it was but but you know, cool. Cool

to There's something about when I say

like Nepo baby,

what I mean is like there was no like

the proximity like to to to be close.

>> Well, you were around creative people,

right? That's like and I know nepo

actually doesn't mean that but what

we've sort of decided nepo maybe means

it's like I think a lot of people you

know are like want to be an actor and

they are raised in Ohio or something and

they're like well I don't I've never

seen a movie filmed here so I don't

really you know like it doesn't it you

can't like grab it

>> and so there was something about even

though the music industry is not the

it's the entertainment industry and I

was like well that could be a career

that could be something that you like do

with your entire life.

>> Yes. Did you ever want to go into music?

>> I kind of did. I mean really when maybe

this is like every kid but when I was in

elementary school I made like a we had

to make something like like about our

future and I drew myself as a pop star

>> as an actor as a major league baseball

player.

>> I mean you made that happen.

>> I know.

>> And then as the president

>> sure

>> but like overly confident. My god.

>> That's incred That's a very healthy

child.

>> I think I think great.

>> That's my parents.

I've heard that you as a young person

also had a big love for Annie.

>> Yes.

>> Can we talk about Annie a lot?

>> Can we talk about Annie?

>> When did you see Annie?

>> Annie, I guess, was my first real play.

Like we saw a lot of children's theater

where you're kind of like sitting on the

stage or whatever, but Annie, we went to

the Conquered Pavilion. Ne knows it. And

um and we saw like a real production of

Annie and it was Did you have this thing

where you were just like get me up

there?

>> 100%. I feel like it was a real It's a

real divining moment for young women of

our age or maybe you're younger than me,

but like in that age group where Annie

was like

>> it was like incredible parts for young

women. There was like 12 orphans. Also,

the idea of being an orphan, the idea of

being an orphan was like was so

romantic.

>> It really was.

>> It really was. It really was.

>> Let's play orphans. Like, let's be

orphans.

>> Let's pretend to understand like orphans

were cool.

>> Yes, I know. I know. Why is that? And I

always, for some reason, I was like,

well, certainly I wouldn't play Annie,

but Pepper.

>> Yeah, you're right. I was And there was

just this moment of like the songs are

it was like they're singing about us.

>> Yes. It's totally okay. Now, okay, now

I'm just going to bring up this damn

Nepo thing one more time, but but we got

to go backstage. Okay, whatever. Sorry

to brag. And in my whatever age this

was, four or 5year-old delusion or

whatever this was, Miss Hanigan was

backstage, the woman who played Miss

Hanigan, and she was sort of like bent

over talking to someone and I slapped

her ass. No. No, Darcy.

No,

no.

>> Like almost like like almost like I

punched her in the face. I was just like

you badly.

That poor actress. That poor actress.

Oh my god. Do you remember her reaction?

I I think she was kind of like, "Woo!"

Definitely was not expecting some weird

little like girl boy being like short

hair.

>> You love to sing. You love to harmonize.

>> I do. Yeah, you do too.

>> Um I have the lyrics. I have the lyrics

to um Maybe by Annie.

>> You ready? Okay.

>> Just sing the first couple lines

>> with you.

>> Yeah. Let's try it. I don't remember it.

Maybe

far away

or maybe real nearby.

>> God damn it.

>> What a what a like what a song.

>> Kind of sad romantic song.

>> I know. We were We were just talking

about it. We were like, "Could it be a

song at a wedding?" can be like it can't

be. Can it? Bet you he bet you he reads

he

sews. Maybe she's made me a closet of

clothes.

Maybe they're strict as straight as a

line.

Don't really care as long as they're

mine.

Incredible. Incredible. Incredible

works. Incredible. Good job, Annie.

Okay, so then you get to teen years and

you [ __ ]

>> do the coolest thing.

>> You put an apostrophe in your name. You

put an apostrophe in your name.

>> I'm kind of Eddie Money in that way.

>> It's your Eddie Money moment.

>> That's my Eddie Money moment. and you

come to school and you're like, you put

it. So, for people who don't know, Darcy

spelled, how do you spell your name,

Darcy?

>> It was just D lowercase A R C Y.

>> And then I really became obsessed with

grunge music and Smashing Pumpkins. And

Smashing Pumpkins has Darcy Ritzky on

bass and she was just like the [ __ ]

coolest. Sorry. And um Child in the

Front. Children in the front. Children

in the front. Good to know. Good to

know. I don't

so maybe

um

um Yes. And I just I just I was Thank

you. I was basically like she's cool.

>> I love her.

>> I want to be her. And I It was a It was

a not decision. It was just like then

that was my name.

>> It wasn't a big decision. It really was.

>> First of all, that's an earthshattering

decision. So funny. It really was like I

I wasn't like should I could I just did

it.

>> And when you walked into school,

>> I was like, "Pop my collar."

>> I picture that like

>> I think I just It just was like I just

started doing it. I just started doing

it. And my mom was like, "Hm."

>> And she does this thing. She doesn't

really do it anymore, but she would

often like sign a letter M apostrophe om

like a little

like I can do it too.

>> Lori Lori said Lori,

>> you know, I have a quick Darcy story

from Smashing Pumpkins, which is I was

waiting tables in Chicago

>> and one of the guys there was like, "Oh,

I do a catering business on the side and

I cater weddings. We need extra help.

Can you help me this weekend?" I said,

"Sure." Uh, oh, we're going to

somebody's house for a wedding. Who is

it? It's Darcy from the Smashing Bum.

>> Oh my god, you catered Darcy's wedding,

Amy.

>> Well, I didn't I didn't cater I I I I

passed around or

>> I think that's catering, right? Because

I didn't actually Yes, but I had a white

shirt and black pants and she lived in

Michigan City, Michigan. I forget who

she was marrying.

>> I could look it up, but I It's just my

laptop's so far away.

>> It's so heavy. It's like,

>> and I hope they're they're together. I

don't know. And I don't think they are.

I don't know. I don't believe they are.

>> And I hope they are. And I don't believe

they are.

>> I don't believe they are.

>> Um,

>> but but it was a very intimate small

wedding. And Billy Corgan sang in the

living room.

>> Oh my god.

>> I know. Is this like something that

you've told before?

>> I did. I wrote about it in my book

because

>> I've read your book.

>> I was like only me with a Darcy story.

But she was so cool. even like not at

her wedding as well. And

>> at her was she wearing not a white

dress?

>> Oh, that's a great question.

>> You know what I mean? It's got to be

black.

>> You know, my memories are like um

>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I get you.

>> You know, they're really like a You

know, like when um a child makes a

drawing Yes.

>> and then it's left out in the rain

>> and you're kind of like just like colors

and there was a tree.

>> Yeah. That's how it feels.

>> Yeah. That's I mean

>> Yeah.

>> Yeah.

>> You were also class clown in high

school.

>> Congratulations.

>> I love a a a woman a woman class. A

woman clown.

>> Well, I would just say that women who

are class clown kind of sometimes go two

ways. Sometimes they're the bad kids.

Mischievous. Mischievous.

>> And then they're just genuinely funny.

Rachel Dra was class clown. was

>> Rosie O'Donnell, class clown.

>> Yes, I we and yes, Rosie O'Donnell,

class clown and also

>> prom queen.

>> Me, too.

>> You were prom queen, too.

>> We We didn't have prom queen, but we had

homecoming.

>> Oh, yeah. Home. You were homecoming

queen and class clown. It's incredible.

>> It was the It's the apostrophe.

>> Okay. Well, here's It was the You know

what's funny is like um this is because

we're doing this live. I feel like I can

like peek behind the curtain. The guests

ahead of time are supposed to be a

surprise, right?

>> Okay. You should know Abby absolutely

spilled the beans.

>> Yeah, we forgot we forgot to tell, you

know, I don't love surprises and I I get

stressed out about pranks.

>> Oh, I do.

>> So, I don't want to make anybody feel

like they have to keep a secret.

>> And it was And also, it's not like I

knew what they were going to say. It was

It was actually perfect cuz then I could

hang out with them backstage and

everything.

>> Great. So, I was like, tell or not tell,

up to you.

>> It reminded me that my dad spilled the

beans the night before the the

homecoming queen.

>> Isn't that funny?

>> Oh my god.

>> Isn't that funny? I guess. Maybe a

but it it just reminded me where where I

was like, do I like to know things in

the moment or do I like a little a

little heads up? But my dad was like, I

got to tell you. You got homecoming.

>> Well, he didn't really he didn't like

accidentally spill the beans. He told

you.

>> He fully told. And my mom WAS LIKE,

DENNIS.

>> AND THEN HE WENT, "Just kidding.

>> Dennis, he couldn't tolerate his own

stress about it."

>> That's right. Yeah. Tell me. That's kind

of a cute memory.

>> And did you like it? I did cuz then I

didn't have to be I mean then Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

>> And then you were like, "Oh my god." I

was kind of like, "Oh my god."

It's like the Bay Area.

>> Okay. You go to school for theater.

>> Yeah.

>> You think about music, but you're you're

um

>> Are you Are we checking our pants?

>> Well, my pants did that, you know. Well,

here's the thing about pants now.

>> Pants are ridiculous.

>> They're stupid. Everybody knows it.

>> Everybody, they're so big. There's so

many pleats.

>> And I want them big, but then when you

sit, they're like, "Haha,

this is the joke part. You look insane."

>> So, how do you go from theater? Where do

you Where do you go to college?

>> Southern Oregon University in Ashland,

Oregon.

>> Interesting. How do you get there?

>> You Okay. You go straight up the

>> Okay. Because I couldn't remember the

the freeway either. So,

um I Okay. Ashland is a big It has the

the I want to say it's the biggest

Shakespeare festival in the country. Is

that right? Ashland Connoisseurs. Yeah.

Um Um And I And so my theater class in

high school every year we would go up

and watch a bunch of plays and I just

loved it. It's like a It's like an

almost like a bless you blast from the

past like out of the Elizabethan era uh

town. Ooh,

>> it's it's wild. It's

>> So, you used to go up there and watch

Shakespeare. So, you enjoy Shakespeare?

>> I do, but don't hold that against me.

>> I don't I enjoy Shakespeare, too, but I

don't I It's I'm It's a long process for

me.

>> I know. I know. Yeah,

>> it's a long process for me.

>> It's another sneeze. Chill out.

>> We already have the one. Oh my god,

guys.

I I I

mean, you know,

>> I love Shakespeare when it's good,

right? I mean, whatever. Also, I've seen

like I've seen kids do Shakespeare and

it can be good, but but um Can it?

>> No.

>> Not good. Not good.

>> Yeah, they do it. Maybe cute.

>> Sort of. Yeah. You're kind of like do at

least like Shakespeare Jr.

>> Yeah.

>> Don't give me the full Monty.

>> Yeah, you're right. Do a quick quick

Shakespeare.

>> Um, but I did I you know, it's like I

fell in love with it so hard in I guess

high school, but really in college when

we studied it.

>> Cool.

>> And then uh the further away I get from

college. It's been 2 years now.

What is that joke? Um the further away I

get, the less I like have a connection

to it. So I'm almost like I need I need

to I'm like scared of it a little bit.

I'm like, do I remember who's my f was

my favorite show? Who was my favorite

character? I don't know.

>> Now, do you have a part Shakespearean

part you would have loved to have played

or you did play and love doing

>> there? In Midsummer, I always really

loved Helena. Yes.

>> Which I'm sure you know she's our if

we're

>> I was in in college we did Midsummer

Night Stream and I was one of the

fairies. I was Peas Blossom.

>> Peas Blossom. Of course you were

freaking Peas Blossom. I was Titan

Titania. Titania. Titania. Titania.

>> Who's that? She's like the queen in the

beginning and then you kind of never see

her again till the end.

>> Oh, I I'm having a memory now that I was

also I doubled up and I was the New

Yorker that comes in.

>> Isn't there a New York?

>> No, wait. That's Priune.

>> Okay, this is Sorry. Funny.

HEY, THOU ART THOU ART PEAS BLOSSOM.

>> SO, how do you go from Shakespeare to

comedy to UCB?

>> Okay. I So, I I do my four years in

Ashland. I loved it. I got I I loved it.

It was It was a great college

experience, but I was like itchy as hell

to get to New York. I had to get to New

York.

>> And so, truly like, you know, graduated

and hightailed it to New York. And what

we spent like a year or two auditioning

for things and doing what every actor

that comes to New York does, which is

kind of go like, "Oh, it's harder than I

thought it was going to be." Yeah. Like

like this is really something. They

weren't kidding.

>> And um and and had like um I think I had

hit the 2-year mark and I was like, I

love it here, but I think I don't want

to like keep temping. like I probably

just have to I'll I'll move back home or

whatever.

>> Um but I loved it. Like I'm so glad I

did my two years and Amy

>> then a friend took me to a UCB show

>> and it w and I knew what UCB was from

the TV show. I knew who you were because

I was a big fan of you from SNL, but I

didn't really know what UCB was in in as

far as like you know the live theater of

it all. And I had seen some improv that

was more like short for me and always

enjoyed it, but it wasn't like calling

my name. And I my friend took me to an

Ascat, which is like the big UCB show

every Sunday night. Yes. And Yes. And

>> and

>> and Wow. Wow.

>> So good. And you were in the show and

which she wasn't every week at all.

She's a busy lady, but she was in the

show and it was like Jack McBreer and

and and Rob Wgle and Jason Manzukas and

maybe Seth Meyers. It was like I I was

kind of like, "Oh, holy [ __ ] Oh god."

Like just and then and then had the

thing where you almost like go into like

a tunnel of light and I watched the show

with and like everybody else fell away

and I was like a little bit like the

Annie moment where I was like get me up

there.

>> Get me like I get me the hell up there.

Everything in my life just changed. This

is all I want to do.

>> This is like like I figured it out. I

found it.

>> And I signed up for class the next day

and it was so long ago that you would

like bring your form and your check in

to sign up for class. And the person

that took my check was an intern named

Donald Glover.

>> Amazing.

Eddie Money moment. Childish Gambino.

Um, and then I just and then I just

became obsessed and I stayed in New York

for 11 years and it became my like my

life, my love, my church, my everything

everything.

>> Yes. And I feel like a similar feeling

with you about our love of improv like

which I know like like any art form you

can kind of make fun of it. Improv is

definitely made fun of a lot.

>> Um, cuz it's it's like not

>> it doesn't feel cool sometimes. Um, but

I think it's like the coolest thing in

the world and the coolest people do it.

I think What do you like about it?

>> I um, by the way, I I agree so hard and

and truly like the top of that pyramid

or whatever is you, dude.

Like

I don't know how I mean I could I could

spend the entire episode talking about

you and what you mean to me and what you

mean to us but what you mean to me you

like you in so many ways you completely

changed my life and like showed me how

to do it. You really like showed me how

to do the thing I wanted to do that I

didn't know even existed. And that's

improv but that's everything. like

[ __ ]

>> I mean I Yeah. You know, like it's it's

it is always a weird thing to be like

friends with somebody that you actually

worship.

>> That's just the brakes,

>> but I you know, I I agree. Like I know

it's sort of like almost cool or trendy

to [ __ ] on improv. And I but I I I I

don't even care. I don't care. I don't

play to it. Like I get it if you don't

like it or if you think it's cringey. I

think it's like magical art. I think it

can be the the the funniest thing you

have ever seen in your entire life.

>> The way it like connected me to people

that I'm still friends with all these

years later and in in like a special way

that's different than just working

together or doing a show together, like

a sort of

>> psychic bond, you know.

>> Um I It also shows you like how to be a

person in the world, not just an actor.

>> That's right. you know, like listen to

the person um set you up for success.

Like I I want you to succeed. I want to

help you. I want you to help me. I want

to be a team. I mean, all I ever wanted

was a really good hang. All I ever

wanted was to to like be on a team, you

know?

>> Yes. To be on a team. And you bring up

the word listening. I feel like it

teaches you because it's kind of life or

death because you have to listen very

carefully because you're like, "Where

are we? What are we doing? What are you

talking about?" And that kind of active

listening bonds people really fast. I

agree.

>> And when you're around people that

aren't used to or don't practice that

listening, it's like,

>> wo.

>> Yeah.

>> I mean, in life and in in work,

>> it's also what makes you like so

unbelievably good at this, you know?

It's okay. Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.

But really, I mean, but also as an actor

and everything like But don't you think

everything like as a director, as a

writer, as a mom, like I'm sure it's

like just a person in the world.

>> Yes. Yes. And I also feel like if you

have that skill, if you feel like you

can, then it's like a like some form of

meditation where you're actually in the

present moment, which is impossible to

be.

>> Yeah.

>> I mean, it is impossible to actually be

where you are,

>> sitting here, feet on the ground,

>> sneezing, whatever you're doing, right?

It's it's impossible to actually be not

racing ahead or thinking back. Like,

it's it's it's for me it's it's a

lifelong lesson. Improv helps me stay in

my body. Actually,

>> 100% agree. I Oh, you took a breath.

>> Okay.

>> No, keep going.

>> I was going to say I'm having a memory

of the first show I did with you.

>> Yes.

>> Which was it was an Ascat,

>> so I was like

>> I was on the sort of list of performers

that would kind of like fill in last

minute, which was a dream come true. I

was so happy to be included. And so on a

Sunday night, I would kind of keep my

Sundays open just in case. And sometimes

it would, you'd know in the morning,

sometimes you would it would be like,

"Someone bailed a half hour ago. Can you

get here?" And I would always try to do

it. But I I there there was like a night

where husband Jason, hi Jason, and I we

were I mean, oh my god, we were dirt

poor. But we decided to like go to a

nice dinner for some reason in our

neighborhood. I think we were new to

Brooklyn Heights and we went to like a

nice dinner and I ordered a freaking

steak. like we were having a nice dinner

and we're sitting there having like a

nice little romantic date and I get a

text and it was like uh someone dropped

out. Can you be UCP in like 30 minutes?

And I was like bye.

And I'm not kidding. got up so fast that

I knocked over the table behind me

and Jason was like

and then we got to do a show together

and you were so warm and welcoming and

cool and we did it was actually like a

it's hard to remember improv shows and

scenes but I kind of remember it and it

was like actually a great show

>> and you did the thing that you do which

is like

>> on the backline which is like when we're

not in the scene but we're still on the

stage so you shouldn't really talk you

like talked to me and said I did

something funny and you said like you

made me laugh so much and I was just

like I like ascended like like into the

heavens and you just you take care of

your people and you're such a giver.

You're such a giver. You're such a giver

with your laugh and your love and that

mean and yeah and your and your praise.

It really it changes people's lives.

>> Thank you. Thank sorry very much. Thank

you very much.

In the words

of Lena W.

>> Yes.

>> Thank you. And I received that.

>> Okay, great. That's all I needed. I just

needed

>> I received that. But you're talking

about Jason, your wonderful husband who

you met at Disneyland.

>> Why did it have to be that?

>> Jason.

>> Jason, producer. Are you a Disney adult?

Do you care about Disney?

>> I I you know, we got one.

>> Not with that, but like I always am like

I'm not a Disney adult and yet I go

every year. We go every year.

>> Okay. This actually a really good

question is what makes someone a Disney

adult because going once a year feels

like not so much

>> but once a year like what I mean it is

really fun to go with like my nieces and

nephews. It's really fun.

>> But you go sometimes without them.

>> We went twice without. We went twice

without. Yeah. With nieces and nephews

like just took my whole We my whole

family we just went in the spring and it

was so fun. And you know

>> And when you were with Jason when you

met Jason you were with a group of

people. Yes.

>> And what was the moment the meat cute

>> deal? Well, I was like, hubba damn

>> hubba.

>> But I was also like not looking for a

boyfriend or anything. I was just kind

of like that guy is cute. And then I

sort of like

>> I think I class clowned him a little

bit.

>> You classed.

>> I like burped at one point which is

fine.

>> Girls can burp.

>> Yeah, they can burp. I have some like

weird thing that pops in my sternum and

I was like, "Hey, feel this, BROTHER.

THE OLD CLASSIC.

>> Like I wasn't flirting with him, but I

was like, "Oh, I like him." And then

>> I

Yeah.

>> And how long have you guys been together

now?

>> We have been together for like 20 years.

>> Yeah.

>> Yeah. She's the very best. Around this

time, you also meet Abby Jacobson, Alana

Glazer, Alana,

>> and you guys um work together in many

different ways, including Broad City,

which we mentioned.

>> Yes.

>> Do you remember those times coming in?

Because you know there is a Reddit

thread about your character on Broad

City.

>> What do you mean? What? Just like

>> just a lot of theories about her. You

should go down if you ever want to go

down.

>> I think you should. I don't know.

Sometimes it's scary to go down. But I

bet they're pro.

>> I feel like when Yeah, that's true.

Also, there's like enough distance that

I could handle it. If it was like

current, I might be like, "Oh, right."

>> So, those early scrappy days.

>> Scrappy Dappydoo.

>> Um,

>> so scrappy.

>> What was it? What is it like to have

worked on a show that like you've worked

on a couple now where people come up and

still feel really connected to it? It's

it's um it's kind of like a little bit

beyond wildest dreams because I think I

just wanted to act and you want to

touch people but you almost don't think

about that next step of them like

letting you know that

>> and with a show like Broad City

that people keep discovering and

rediscovering and it kind of like you

know especially younger generations are

like feel seen

>> and a show like the good place I mean I

I really I I in League of Their Own like

I've really lucked out with some some

shows that have have meant have touched

people and and hearing that I mean you

know like it's it's kind of beyond

wildest dreams.

>> Do you have um Abby had a question for

you which was do you have Well, she had

two.

>> Yeah, she did.

>> Let's get the easy one out of the way

first. Who did you like to kiss the

most?

>> Okay, let's see. Okay, here's the thing

you may not know. I have kissed so many

people. on camera.

>> Fantastic.

>> It's It's actually crazy.

>> Men and women.

>> Men and women. Should I name 10?

>> Yeah.

>> Okay. Let me see how quickly I can do

this.

>> Okay. Abby,

>> Gemma Chan, Roberto Kendras,

Justin Long, are you ready for this?

Lenny Kravitz,

Kristen Bell. Um, damn it.

Okay, that's six.

>> Wow.

>> There's more. There's more. But

whatever. But whatever.

>> AB Kravitz is in the race.

>> Abra. Yeah. Yeah. In the race.

>> It's Abby. It's Abby.

>> It's Abby.

>> It's Abby.

>> It's totally Abby.

>> What's it like to kiss your friend?

>> Want to try?

>> You want to find out?

Um,

that's it. That's such a straight person

question.

I'm like, "Wait a minute. Are you

kissing your friend who's a girl?"

>> Wow.

>> It is. You know, it's funny. It's like

It's It is

It's the It's like the immediate sort of

awkwardness of like, "Okay,

>> we're going to kiss. You're my friend.

We've known each other for a long time."

And then there's something like very

easy about it. It's like the

>> the awkward moments that may come later

don't come.

>> Yeah.

>> You know, it's really easy. And we were

also goofing. We were kind of like,

"This is crazy."

>> And we did get like there's a there's

like a really great, in my opinion, a

great scene, great kiss in that pilot

episode in the first episode. And we did

it a few times and we were like, "Wow,

this is great. We're doing it. We're

doing it." And then um Jamie Babin, an

amazing director who who directed that

first one was like, "Guys, you got to

use tongue."

She's like, "What are you doing? More

tongue." And we were like, "Okay,

here we go."

So, we tonged each other down.

>> But, you know, it's better than the

opposite, right?

>> Can you imagine the opposite? They were

like, "Guys,

can you imagine if you got the note of

like, guys?"

>> Just one of you. Just one of you gets

the note.

>> Just one of you.

>> It's like Darcy, can I speak to you for

a second? Oh, hey. I love what you're

doing.

>> I know.

>> It's so good.

>> I'm so lost in the character. I didn't

even

>> Yeah. And we can tell

>> and it's so good. But you're You got to

stop using so much time.

>> It's actually It's an HR issue.

>> And then Aby's other question was, is

there a part that you're like a thing

that you're dying to do that you haven't

done or want to do? I mean I there

speaking about Shakespeare like I have

such a love for it and and to like never

do it again feels like a shame to me.

>> Yeah.

>> Um so I would you know like I would I I

would love to do that for myself to kind

of like remind myself what this this

particular genre of theater and of

acting that I fell in love with that

I've like really lost touch with.

>> Would you like to do it in the park?

>> I would love to do it in the park.

>> I would love to do it in the park.

>> Well let's let's claim it. Yeah,

>> let's claim it in the park.

>> I would love to play peas bottom in the

park

>> and then I'll play the New York lady

that

>> you come in off the street every night

they're like uh-oh. Like it's part of

the show.

What's this Shakespeare

in a park?

I mean, we don't usually get this in the

triar area.

Um, okay.

But also bor.

>> But also boring.

>> Yeah. Like also kicking like kicking ass

and actually killing people and actually

using guns.

>> Like I got I got to do Handmaid's Tail.

>> Oh god. That's right.

>> Which is wild. And I did get to kill

dudes.

>> That's right.

>> Not to spoil, but you know.

>> You know like like it was great.

>> Child in the front row.

>> Yeah. I'm so sorry.

That

>> it's a hard knock.

>> He's so cute.

>> That is that like coming into a show

like that season four or five must have

been so fun.

>> Dreamy. Yeah. Yeah.

>> With Dow with Annam Dow.

>> What a what a giant she is. What an

actress she is.

>> Oh my god. And she's so like Have you

met her or worked with her?

>> No. I would love I saw a movie that she

I mean she does sit down. Have you seen

the movie Mass?

>> No. Okay, we got you. It's so sad.

>> Okay. Okay. I want to watch it. I want

to watch it. Watch it.

>> It's so good. It is a cry fest.

>> Do yourself a favor. Watch it on an

airplane.

>> I was just going to say that. I was

going to say I'm going to watch it on an

airplane.

>> Sobing.

>> She like she is the sweetest, warmest,

like love. She's like a handholder. She

like tells you she loves you a lot.

She's like she she's sort of like, "Oh,

darling." She's like, "Darling, oh, I'm

so glad you're here, darling." And then

they would be like, they would truly be

like action. AND SHE'S LIKE, "WHERE ARE

THE GIRLS?"

IT WAS AMAZING. I was like, she would

she would switch on a dime. And it was

incredible to watch. Okay, now we needed

to spend a moment talking about Janet.

>> Okay,

we do.

We need to talk about Janet.

Incredible performance.

>> Thanks, man. I mean nominated for

dram critic's choice and Emmy Emmy. Yes.

And

>> like what a part to get

>> like what a fun weird character to play.

>> Totally.

>> And for people who have never seen The

Good Place, Shannon is kind of like if

you know your Siri came to life.

>> Exactly.

>> She's your assistant that is there to

fulfill all your needs.

>> Yes. She's like part like servant, part

all knowing deity and she goes on this

journey in the show and there's so much

so many jokes.

>> Yeah.

>> And you got to work with Mike. Sure.

>> The best.

>> So let's talk for a second about how

great it is to work with Mike.

>> It's like you're so spoiled. And it was

like it was like my first show where I

was a regular. So I was like, you know,

Will and I were like there every day and

we got so spoiled. And the spoiled is

meaning because he's the best. That's

what I mean by spoiled. Like like it was

the best experience with the best

people.

>> You're treated so well. The writers are

are beyond I'm like beyond 100. I don't

know what that means, but I that I just

kind of came up with a phrase. They're

beyond 100.

>> Beyond 100.

>> Um

>> I'm taking your course and it sounds

amazing.

>> It was like it was perfect. It was

perfect. and and um he is a genius and

he's the sweetest and he's I mean like I

you know if I if you could have asked me

what my dream was before I got the good

place it's like parks and wreck right

it's like I want to be on that show I

want to be on a show like that with like

with those people and like with that guy

and it was and then and then it really I

got to do the next thing like I got to

do it just

>> what was your audition part process like

did you have to audition a lot

>> a lot yeah I auditioned a lot and I

didn't know anything about anything

about the show at all.

>> And did they ask you to change how you

played her at all? Like was it like we

want you to come back, but we want Janet

to be more, you know, like were they

adjusting the character while you were

auditioning?

>> As far as I remember, not really. Not

really. They There was some There was

something like in the stage direction

where it was like nothing throws her.

She's like unflapable. And that really

>> I really that for some reason that kind

of gave me everything that I needed for

for the audition

>> like non-judgmental you know like just

>> I don't know there was something there

was something in the stage direction

which is also a credit to him like

that's so hard to do to just get sides

for an audition and and understand the

character which later realizing I didn't

understand the character but before the

audition

>> right

>> um and it was it was dummy sides which

means like fake side fake script because

they didn't want to give anything away.

So, it was like um I was a um a hotline

operator and you would somebody would

call in because their doll was broken

and I would give them advice on how to

fix their doll.

>> Interesting.

>> So, nothing about the Good Place at all.

Just sort of they wanted to see someone

that was like helpful and kept getting

you know um problems thrown at her and

she was unflapable and helpful.

>> Now, this show came out before AI

like has like started to um take over.

Yeah.

>> And it's really interesting like you

know it it was when Siri and and like

the idea that your phone talked to you

was still kind of cute.

>> Yeah. Totally

>> cute little

>> and now we're all just like like but

we're all very scared.

>> Yeah.

>> Um totally.

>> And do you think it would have changed

the way you would play Janet now? Like

would there be a darkness to Janet now?

>> That's so interesting. Like

>> I mean I I could definitely see the

writers being inspired by that.

>> You know they they're brilliant and

they're beyond 100 as we know.

>> Yeah. They're beyond

>> and but I'm like I'm glad it was when it

was.

>> Yeah.

>> Cuz I guess that would have been

interesting to play sort of like

darksided Janet or whatever. Different

than bad Janet. But like

>> but I love her the way she is.

>> Would you ever have a robot in your

house?

[ __ ] No.

>> Interesting.

>> I mean, no. I don't have I I I like turn

everything off.

>> Okay. But don't you think it's

inevitable that every single person in

this room in like less than 5 years will

have a robot in their house?

>> I think. Yes. But I like I am so afraid

of everything. Anything with a camera,

anything that records my voice,

anything. I'm like, "Turn it off. Break

it. Break it before it comes in the

house." Like I don't want to be tracked

where I go.

>> You are being tracked.

>> I know. Oh,

>> I know. I I hear you, but it's like it's

inevitable now.

>> I know. So, is it like just lean into

it?

>> I'm just wondering. I just asked because

I I I would I'm surprising myself. I

would never think that I would want a

robot.

>> Yeah.

>> But now, I don't know.

>> Actually,

actually,

>> like as an older person, would they

bring you your medicine?

>> Yeah.

>> But wouldn't you want like a real person

with like a like a like a a breath

>> and a heart?

>> Yeah. Like a nurse perhaps.

>> Like perhaps a nurse. Yeah.

>> I don't know. Like Yeah. I I mean I did

just watch like a robot clean my

sister's floor and it was pretty rad.

>> It was like

and it would be like

>> That's right.

>> DJ Roomba. That's right. Very famous

parks and wreck character.

>> Um Will spoke so sweetly about you guys

working together.

>> I love him. I love the man. And um his

question was really tender and sweet I

thought which was when did you know that

you were funny?

>> Can you answer that?

>> I mean okay I think can you answer that?

>> I feel like there might have been I'm

just trying to think of like a

performance where I got a laugh

>> and I remember being like

>> Amy me too.

>> Okay. I remember being like

>> yes

>> like this like like when a vampire is

born.

>> Tell you you're like I was like yes.

Okay. That's that's great. I was

thinking like there's a couple moments

where I can remember making my family

laugh. Like

>> if I would if my mom was in a bad mood,

I would like,

>> okay, imagine you're at dinner with your

family. You're at the table and mom's

kind of in a bad mood. And at some

point, I'd like sneakily take a gigantic

gulp of milk. Actually, not gulp, just

fill my mouth with milk

>> and then like a minute later, somebody

would be talking and I would just smile

and like let it all go out on the on the

plate. And my mom would like laugh every

time. And it was and I don't know if

that's when I knew it was funny, but I

was like, "Oh, this works. This joke

like cheers her up." But I do remember

being in junior high and doing the

talent show with my girlfriends and the

song um No Rain by Blind Melon was out

>> and and they sort of dressed as the

band, but I dressed as the bee girl.

>> Yeah.

>> And I did like a little tap dance and

then was kind of like, "Hey." And then

the music was supposed to start and it

didn't. And so I just did like another

little tap dance and kind of did that

and the audience laughed and the vampire

moment happened

>> where I was like, "Huh?"

>> You were like, "I shall be chasing this

for the rest of

>> that felt better than anything I've ever

felt."

>> God, isn't it funny that it was in an

accident, too? Like you had to

improvise. Improv. Yeah.

>> Okay. We spoke about um Broadway. We

talked about, you know, you were on in

Thanksgiving play. H how was your time

on Broadway? Um, and um, was it really

hard?

>> Okay. My time on Broadway was so fun.

>> I need you to do it.

>> No way.

>> Yes.

>> Here's my theory. Here's your words.

Only madonnaise.

>> Madonna. Yes. Totally.

>> It's too hard. It's too hard.

>> No, it's not.

>> Look, somebody's leaving. It's so hard.

>> They're like, I love Broadway and

especially the night performances.

That's so hard.

>> I It's not I mean here's the thing like

every night.

>> I know. I know. Twice.

>> Not Sunday.

>> Two days.

>> Yeah. But what you would do is a show

like I did which is like a 90minute

comedy in and out

>> and you and people give you the like,

wow, you're doing a Broadway show and

you're out of the show when like Cats is

at intermission

>> and they're still like sweating and

dancing and they still have to take

their makeup off and you're like already

at Sardies.

>> It's really

>> at Sardies. after the show. After the

show.

>> Oh, yeah. Well, that's the thing is you

kind of like

>> You can't eat that late, Darcy.

>> You kind of I can't eat that. And what

you will do is you kind of push your

schedule. You like wake up at 10:00.

>> You know, Amy, Miles and I used to stay

up all night and party. And I literally

if I'm awake at 10:30, I'm like, "What's

wrong? I lose it." I mean, I I'm done. I

cannot believe the the night I used to

have. And I I mean I wasn't in like

Chicago with you, but when we would do

like the marathon, the DCM marathons, we

stayed up all night

>> all night.

>> And we drank beer.

>> We drank beer.

>> Straight out of the can.

I also want to talk to you about in

being in yet another like five-star

weekend. Huge hit.

>> Did I see it? A big old fashioned hit.

>> Fashion hit

>> with a bunch of ladies.

>> Yes. the adorable, wonderful Jennifer

Garner.

>> Yes, I know. She's listening to this

right now. When I when when I posted

that I was doing this, she wrote,

"Bullshit.

>> What a peach."

>> A peach and a pro.

>> A peach and a plum.

>> And a plum and a pro. Peach and a plum

and a pro.

>> And congratulations on like

>> did like And then you're going to do

another season.

>> Yes.

>> I'm so excited. It was it's like I will

say like let me just tell you guys you

know okay five women Judy Greer also

>> West and Harlo like so many women in the

cast

>> yes

>> two female directors that's all we had

like five female producers

>> female writer it just happened female

cinematographering

>> it just happened to be that

>> and it absolutely

ruled Yes,

>> it was incredible.

>> It was like it was it it was

problemfree.

>> Yes, of course. Of course it was.

>> Yeah, it was really

of course it was. Of course it was.

>> And people showed up for it and and like

you shot it in Nucket.

>> We shot in Nucket.

>> And what month were you there?

>> September, which is apparently the

>> perfect the perfect month because all

the tourists are gone. You kind of get

that chill in the air.

>> The island is still gorgeous. It was

really beautiful. Did you stay in a

house?

>> We stayed in these sort of like

furnished apartmenty homes. It was

great. The White Elephant shout out.

>> Oh my god, we love the White Elephant.

And then um um

>> No.

>> Well, not a sponsor, but I do love the

White Elephant. Yeah.

>> Um

>> would love a sponsor.

>> And then love a sponsor.

>> Um

>> uh I also love Chase. And

>> what else? Other things.

>> I love Chase Inc. business credit cards.

>> Yes.

Um but um that idea of of every of all

those women coming together of like when

we we always we say that like oh it's

great to have women around and but

you're you're a real lover of women. You

women love you and there is some way of

working sometimes that it's like hard to

explain but I think people when they are

around it feel it. What is the best part

of that? Like like what you know what's

the vibe? Like what's the way of

working? Cuz I'm always looking to see

like how people like to work.

>> Yeah.

>> How do you like to work? And how was

that special in the way you were

working?

>> Okay. There was like a few This is going

to sound so sort of cryptic, but there

were like a few heavy things that

happened during filming in people's

lives.

>> Okay. And the way that these women just

sort of like made it work in the most

loving, supportive, simple way where it

was not a problem. It was like, "We got

it. We've handled it. It's done. Take

the day." What whatever it needed to be.

It was just like that that's only like

one small thing, but I just remember it

was it was like sort of a surprising

amount of things happening during during

shooting and and it really just um it

was like kind of remarkable and

beautiful how how how

>> just how much they took care of it. How

much they took care of the person that

needed to be taken care of.

>> Very nice. Very cool.

>> Yeah. And then also just like Gavin.

>> Just Gavin.

>> Just Gavin.

>> Just freaking Gavin. Well, I mean, I

don't want to freak people out cuz by

the way, I took a poll of the audience.

A lot of people have jobs here.

>> Okay.

>> Which I'm shocked. I know. Um like most

of the people raise their hand. And um

do you know that you spend more time

with the people you work with than

usually your family and your loved one,

>> right? When you have a job.

>> When you have a job.

>> Yeah. You get like a couple hours at the

end of the day. You're like, "Love you."

>> It's what? Like you bet the people that

you work with. How many here? Anyone

here tonight with people they work with?

>> Yay. Cute.

>> Cute. So cute.

>> Cooworker night.

>> Cooworker night.

>> Yeah.

>> They're like, "Let's get out of here.

Let's They're like, "It's 7:40 and we're

almost done."

>> Um, okay. Darus, I asked everybody this

question. I need to know um what is

making you laugh these days. You're a

comedy afficionado. You know so many

funny people. You are you like you know

like you know sometimes when you do a

lot of comedy that's not the thing you

want to escape and and watch or do. What

is the thing you're liking watching

reading that you're into?

>> This answer is coming to me so easily

because it actually happened yesterday

on the plane waiting to take off. I

started watching I went down a rabbit

hole of let me just think if I can like

phrase it perfectly. Okay. I also do not

like pranks.

>> No,

>> I do not like being scared.

>> No,

>> at all. But there's like this area of I

guess you know Instagram, Twitter, I

mean not Twitter, Tik Tok, YouTube where

um it's like people scaring their spouse

and the way that they react. It's not

like it's not like ah it's like

Do you know what I mean? It is so funny.

And I was watching a compilation of

people stare scaring their spouse or

roommate or whatever. And the it would

it would the reactions are like

they're so insane. I was crying on the

plane.

>> Like am I I'm picturing am I getting

this right? Like it's like someone

holding a laundry basket

>> and then Yes.

>> Yeah.

>> And then Yes. Somebody holding a lawn

and then someone comes around the corner

and they're like

It is so funny that while I was laugh

crying on the plane and people were

walking on, I was like, should I pretend

like I'm actually sad crying so it's

less weird?

>> Now, does it have to be someone's spouse

for it to work for you?

>> No, it can be I mean, I'm like, could it

be a kid? Yeah, it could be anybody. It

could be freaking anybody. I think it's

just a lot of spouses or roommates in

their home where you feel safe and

comfortable. Also remember recently

remember my husband he knows not to

scare me and he did he was like he did

something where honestly I was in the

shower and I see through a window and he

was like right there. That's not okay

with me

>> as a joke.

>> No, he was like fixing something and I

saw him and I WENT NOT COOL.

>> Not cool. Jason, I don't like to be

scared. I really don't like that.

>> I really don't like to be scared. I

really implore you to kind of go down

this and it is heaven.

>> I

Okay, can I unpack it with you for one

more second here?

>> Is that not a an act of violence?

>> Yes, it is. It is. It's violence. It's

abuse.

>> It is abuse.

>> It's a prank, which we both said we

don't like.

>> Yeah.

>> So, what

Yeah. You don't like

>> I couldn't I couldn't not laugh if I

tried. It like when something tickles

your funny bone. It's tickling.

>> It so true. You can't help it. Yeah.

>> Yeah. I think I would

like the funniest noises.

I'm just like I mean this is going to be

on camera.

Okay. Darcy Carden, before we leave, um

I'm gonna just give a little bit of love

back to you as you've heard tonight. But

Darcy, you are

so fun to be around. You make everybody

feel very included. You're such a good

listener. You're such a good act to

rest, grounded all the way, babe.

Deeply, deeply funny, and very, very

real. And I find that to be the same way

you show up as a person. It's very very

rare to find somebody as deeply funny as

you are like like Abby was saying like

really like laugh out loud funny and a

really really genuine authentic fun

connected person. Thank you for being

both. Thank you for your work. Thank

you.

>> Thank you for coming tonight. I love you

so much. Thank you for changing my whole

entire life. It means so much that you

were here. Everybody give it up for

Darcy Carden.

Thank you for being here. Give it UP FOR

AMY BOWLER,

THE one and only.

>> You've been listening to Good Hang. The

executive producers for this show are

Bill Simmons, Jenna Weiss Berman, and

me, Amy Polar. The show is produced by

The Ringer and Paperkite. For The

Ringer, production by Jack Wilson, Cat

Spalain, Kaia McMullen, Alia Xanerys,

Bridget Gearlings, Paige Garberini, Bel

Roman, and Drew Vanstein Bergen. for

Paperkite. Production by Sam Green, Joel

Levelvel, and Jenna Weiss Berman.

Original music by Amy Miles.

>> Was a really good Hey