“I Feel So WILD!” (w/ Hannah Solow)

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Bowen, look over there. Is that culture? Yes. Las Culturistas. Ding dong, Las Culturistas calling. We're in a different room today recording. Because we were booted for Malala. Yeah. That's true. That's true. Malala is upstairs in our regular studio. And yeah. You gotta respect that. You gotta respect it. You know, if it's sometimes in life, you're given a choice between Malala and Matt Rodgers and Bowen Yang, and you pick Malala. And that's actually really culture number 10. Sometimes in life, you're given a choice between Malala and Matt Rodgers and Bowen Yang, and you pick Malala. If it were like a fifth grade PE class and people were picking kickball teams. You would get picked. I was gonna say Malala. You think Malala would better kickball than you? Malala grew up in the expansive fields of her home. You're not thinking about winning the game. It'd be cool to hang out with Malala on my team. You're not thinking about who's gonna kick the ball and get around the base as quick as you. I'm saying Malala had like more space growing up just to run around and be athletic. I certainly didn't. I don't know. I think, well, look at your Amigo games. I'm always looking at your legs because you're always walking in front of me at the speed of light. But we haven't seen Malala's legs, have we? Should we go up there? What if Malala was yoked in the bottom half? Like Malala upstairs. Looking like Malala from the waist up, but the legs are like... Senui big fat calves like me. Yeah. Damn. Thick. Malala's upstairs all thick. We're down here with our guest. I would pick our guest in every situation, especially for between the two of us, especially for between her and Malala. No, I pick our guest over Malala. Every day of the week. I think our guest is nominee for best vibe hands down. Best vibe hands down. Oh my god. Next year. Her, Seth Meyers, Malala, you subside. I don't know. I have no idea what Malala's vibe is. Like, and to think... I bet it's wonderful. She's only five floors above us giving whatever that vibe is. Giving shows. Malala's giving thick shows upstairs. You show up to pieces one night and you're like, Malala's giving shows tonight. Yeah, I heard the lineup tonight is... It's Brita Filter. It's Yank cut. It's Yank cut. It's Yank cut hosting and Malala's coming out to do shows. She's coming out every 15, 20 minutes to give... What do they call it? Not a combo. Like drags. A mix. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The Malala mix. If you could see Malala lip sync to four songs, what would they be? Well, okay. And then we'll bring in the guest. I think it's my own worst enemy. I want her to do like a fun like odds rock moment. Yeah, I was... What about this? God, what are we talking about? I don't know. Our guest is one of our dearest friends since college. She is on the boards as Mary Todd Lincoln on O'Merry in O'Merry, I should say. Excuse me, September 30th, October 12th. Get the two, the Lyceum. I'll never forget going to the Lyceum when our guest got to step onto the boards for the first time as Mary Todd Lincoln. I'm currently wearing and Bowen is wearing the Ohana sweatshirt that's every variant. So I've known the guest since we were literally on the same floor freshman year. I think our guest tonight to be... I think we might have been in the same audition for a comedy group. Oh. Damn. And she's giving me the eye going, well... Well, I think we could give you a similar rise because we... Me and the guest both didn't make it because of your imperious ways. I wasn't... It was an up to me. You're imperial. You're imperial. Our guest is one of the greats. You can catch her as Mary Todd Lincoln right now until the day of... October 12th. I said the dates. No, all good. All good. Please welcome into your ears. Oh my gosh. We have a whole crew of people here watching you. The audience. Hi audience. How does it feel to be a Broadway superstar? Oh my gosh. I feel insane. It's actually insane that we're all here together on these couches. I know. Well, you're in a spinning chair. That's true. That's true. I knocked the whole mic over. Okay. Well... What were your first impressions of the big city when you moved to New York? That's a really good question, Matt. Thank you for asking. Did you have to learn the subways? I had to learn the subways. So many sounds. The ways of the sub. The ways of the sub. The ways of the sub. The ways of the sub. But remember our first... Remember our freshman year at NYU, it was the thing where you had the little card map in your wallet. Like I had the card map in my wallet. This is a pre-app. And you didn't have cell phone service when you were on the subway. So you'd just be like, bye. Hope we make it there. I'll talk to you in 35 minutes on Euclid Avenue. Oh God. When you'd end up on the sea, like truly in no man's land. That was so scary as an NYU student. It was one of the scariest things you could ever see. Haunted by the memories. Just to like sort of fall asleep on the subway, wake up in Euclid. Oh my God. Very season two finale of Girls. Very much that. You loved Girls. Listen. Which one were you? Terry, Samantha, Hannah, or Marnie. Well, one time I was walking down the street when we were in college and a man went, Lena Dunham! Did you ever do like guests? I said, I guess. Not not. Pretty much. You felt seen by girls. You know what? I did feel seen by girls at the time. Which part was reflective of you? Just sort of like flopping around in New York. The way those girls all four of them had one thing in common. They flopped around in New York. That's actually torture number 50. All four of those girls had one thing in common. They flopped around in New York. Am I wrong? And Bradmore's still doing it. Here's a question. Would you rather flip or flop? Oh, yeah. Flip. Yeah. Flup. Flup. Would you rather flip, flop or flup? You just wanted to say flup because it rhymes with boop. And you wanted to talk about your viral moment. You wanted to talk about the viral moment. You were the one that made the connection between boop and flup. And flup. I want to say third option, fourth option, flap my gums. Yeah, exactly. On this podcast with y'all. I love that. Also, a tap dance. It's off you. Sure. So you were in the WAP 21 musical theater, which means you had to be excellent at singing, dancing, and acting. Which of the three do you love the most? These questions. I want to get to know you better. You're so right. And this is insight into me. What was the question? You were at cap 21, which means you had to be excellent at musical theater. So which did you love most? Singing, dancing, or acting? Okay, this is really professional. Yeah, we came with questions. I love this. Okay, I am not the best dancer, but I love dancing. Yeah, I'm the same. Like it feels so good to dance, but my brain isn't keeping up with what my body is doing. No, totally. All the best dancers are the same way. It's true. I don't know. I mean, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Twyla Thorpe, Twyla Thorpe, our girl, our girl, Twyla, moving out, moving into this love for Twyla. Absolutely. So I take singing. I love to sing. You are one of the great singers. Now, is the infamous improv group Rumpelties are still performing? Please talk about this. They are still performing. I was gonna advertise Rumpelties. Thank you. I don't really get to perform with them anymore because of Broadway. Yeah. The greatest excuse in the world, but they are still performing. Do you want a shirt that says I can't? I have Broadway? Yes, absolutely. I have a blanket in my dressing room that I got off of Amazon that is theater sayings blanket. What is on them? It's all like lights up. It's me. All of the theater like I can't. I have rehearsal. Play day. We'll do it on the day. I love it. Do it on the day. That's good. And it's best to say it when it's the same day. Yeah. So on the day, I think I'll be over here. I mean, in two seconds. And there is this to be a brain teaser when that happens. How do you stay agile intellectually? I do a lot of crossword puzzles. Do you actually? I do. I'm hoping that that will stave off some sort of dementia. Yeah. Do you do it all the way up to Saturday, Sunday? I've been trying to get better. I've started the new Pips. Yeah, what's Pips? It's like sort of a domino puzzle. Okay. I'm into it. That's wonderful. And as long as my memory stays sharp, I'll do anything. Anything's possible. Anything's possible. I gotta be, you know, I'm not going to age into the roles that I'm supposed to play for another 25 years. So I gotta stay sharp. Remember those lyrics. Right. If I want to play Dolly in Hello Dolly, you know, oh, Hannah, oh, Hannah, that's going to be, that's going to be amazing. But who cares? I think like, I think we should all just do it. I think so too. I want to play 50 now. Absolutely. You both could. And we will. Okay. Tevia, Golda, hello. It's the We're Waiting. Who's the young one? You can be like, modeled the Taylor. Never seen Fiddler. You've never seen it? No, no, I'm so sorry. The vibes are, well, in the beginning they're fun and at the end it's bad. Yeah. Because what happens to the characters? I can't quite remember, but it's something bad. You know, what happens to the characters in Fiddler? Does anyone know? Raise your hand if you know. Yes, thank you. There's a diaspora. They have to leave their home. Yes, good. Okay, good. You use diaspora correctly. So what? Far from the home I love. Far from the home I love. So one of the big narratives on this podcast has been, are we using the word diaspora, right? But we are using it. Owen always uses every word, right? I think it was good. It was good. Well, that time, you describing Fiddler as it starts, the vibes start out great, but then the vibes end up bad. That I think accurately describes a lot of shows. That's true. Wicked, Cabaret, yeah. Redwood. Redwood. Did you say, did you end up getting to go see Redwood? I did get to go see it. What'd you think? I thought, you can save it right now, but your review can bring it back. Can bring it back. Why didn't you go, we could see Redwood? Yeah. Could have really saved it. Listen, I did have some offers. Not specifically from Redwood, but there were other offers of people being like, well, you could be that. Could you tell him about maybe being able to go see Arsha? So basically for those who don't know out there, Hanisolo basically was the one who said, we could go see Boop. Can you do it because I'm doing it wrong? No. I feel like you have the right essence. Well, we could see Boop. Was that what it was? It feels like the character is right in front of me. I tried to remember it was, oh, well, we could see Boop. Oh, they're always really important. We could see Boop. And this was at TKTS. Yes, I was walking by the Red Steps. Why? Because honey, when you're on Broadway, you're just circling haunting a whole way for a second right by the steps. Right. We're right next to the steps. We are right next to the steps. Now I remember. And I heard a man, which then I got a lot of DMs from people being like, it was me. You heard me. There was a lot of men. A lot of men being like, I'm the one who said it. It was me. It was me. Men be claiming. Truly. And I was like, I don't know you. Men be claiming. So what? Who do you think? Did you get a sense that one was the actual guy? The energy that I was feeling was that this man, he's not on Instagram. Yeah. He's not DMing me a Broadway person. He seemed like a tourist. He seemed like a tourist. Yeah. I thought he said tourist. Yeah. A tourist. A tourist. A tourist. A tourist. A tourist. The worst kind. Such a real culture. Number 17. Tourist. Tourist. The worst kind. Because they're so hardheaded about what they want to do where they want to go. How they want to do it. It's New York. You have to be immealiable. I'm sorry. No, you're so right. You have to go with the flow. You have to. You can't have a plan in New York City. Abandon it. Throw it out the window. Throw it out the window. So there were other approaches. There were other approaches. Interesting. And I wish I could have helped many shows. But I'm not saying that I wish I could have helped many shows. Because you famously kept pooping. This is what people were saying. But I didn't see the ledgers. I don't know. And I'm the one responsible for putting that idea out there in this conversation because I said you could have saved Redwood. And you didn't even... I apologize. Thank you for your apology. I have to come out and say if Redwood was going to be saved, it needed to be during the writing and development process. And that I don't think happened. Big tree religion. Big tree religion. Remember Big Tree Religion? It was a full song on the show. I worship Big Tree Religion. Okay. Now I'm remembering it. I just remember so many screens. Yeah. That was actually one of the exciting parts of me. Jamie Lloyd. It was... But it was very... I felt a little bit soren over California if you will. I love soren. Can I tell you that's what I loved about the show. Of course. It was the theme park nature of it. Yeah. That's why you loved it. The fact that I felt like when... There was a point where like Adina was probably singing this note. And like at one point like everything was moving around her. And I was like, I feel like I am in the Avatar Flight of Passage ride. And to say nothing against soren. I just felt like I'm out of the trees. It felt like Avatar. I love that. Hey there. This is Josh from Stuff You Should Know with a message that could change your life. 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I'm whispering because... As the queen. Queen of social media. It's about time for my ASGMR series. So I'm recording this on my phone and then I'm going to use Canva to edit and upload it. Oh, sorry babes. I'll make that whisper when I edit it. Anyways, Canva makes social media edits so easy. I'll upload this in a minute. Canva, make everything iconic. How do I stop recording, DARREN? Thoughts on Adina Menzo? You love her. Love the gal? Yeah. Never, never. We've seen her in every show she's ever done. We saw her in the Off-Broadway play Skin Tight. Skin Tight. Never even heard of it. There was a staircase in that. Broadway loves staircases. What's the best staircase of theater? Well, recently, did you see the Hills of California? Yes. The staircases. My God. Cases. Did you see that? Cases? No, I did not see them. Oh, I really liked that. Purpose had a great staircase. Great staircase. That comes, obviously. Hello, Dolly. Great staircase moment. Big staircase. That's so true. Theater's just like, let's put a staircase in. You know, there's also a not often remembered staircase from Death Becomes Her that's the other staircase, which is the one that Michelle Williams is supposed to be descending now. Right. That goes, that like comically goes up the middle. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Really good. That one had two staircases, which is probably why it was double the fun. Put that on the building. Yeah. Anyways, what's your best memory of being an RA with me at Coral Towers at NYU? You guys were RA's together. I forget. We were RA's together, absolutely. So, first answer this question, and then we'll go back in time to see what you remembered about me from freshman year. And then I'll say what I remembered about you. Okay, I have a memory. Well, when we were RA's together, we were, I'd say we were cool RA's. We were like, if you- We were always joking in the corner. They were joking. Yeah. We were like, if we don't hear you or see you, then we're going to let you do your thing. Yeah. But if you're in the hallway with your whip-its, then I'm going to write you up. What was your most difficult thing to confront as an RA at NYU? Well, do you remember that a girl went missing? And you kidnapped her? Okay. We found her, okay. Spoiler, we found her. She's okay now. And they finally found her in my room. Uh-oh. Well, her roommate came and we're like, she's gone. We checked her computer. She had gone to meet a guy. She had been gone. So, she was a straight woman. I can't assume- You gotta watch her. Sexual identity. She might not have gone to meet the man for sex. Well, she did. Because they called her parents and then she came back and she had been tied up for two days. In a way, she enjoyed, I believe it was consensual, but- Can you enjoy being tied up for two days? Is this Mr. Beast? Oh my God. What is this? Mr. Beast? She's getting 100K for this forever. For this grand jury. So, they found her tied up. They- Well, I think she untied herself, came back and then everyone was like, where were you? And her parents were there that you've been missing and she had to be like, sorry, I was tied up. What did you do as an RA? I'm just going to ask, how did you save her? Well, I didn't save her at all. Because when your shift ended, even though she had been missing, when your shift ended, you were like, I gotta go. I gotta go. I have ballet. My shift's over. My shift's over. This is Eva. She's the next RA. Literally, that's what it was. You turned in the cell phone and you're like, here, I guess I'll fill out the paper from- And I had to type. Remember, it was like, don't use embellish- You know I don't remember because I didn't do any of it. That's true. I got fired. Matt was fired. Matt was fired. You didn't do your bulletin board. Was the bulletin board like, I'm- This is what's happening this week, like that? It was sort of an opportunity to be creative or at least I found it to be. I had some fun things on my bulletin board. I feel like you sort of slapped a paper on there and said like, good luck. I'm not good with like visual aids. You know what I mean? Also, we weren't a freshman dorm. It was an upper class person. So we were literally like juniors and everyone in our dorm was like of sophomore or junior or a senior. Yeah. And so it kind of was just like, okay. And everyone knew. We had to share a suite with them. Like other RA's got their own suites. And so we were living with people on our floor that we had to be like, okay, don't bring wine into my room that we share. Right. Can I ask what the vibe of Coral Towers was because it was sort of like a, it was kind of like an under, it was kind of like an undersung dorm. And it's the name. Coral Tower sounds like a golden girl spin-off. It sounds so Floridian. It sounds so like chic and like- I would have done a really good bulletin board for that. Yes. A gorgeous- I don't think I ever set foot in Coral Towers. I don't think you did either because there would be no reason. Right, right. Like we were, it was on the corner. It is on the corner. Yes. She's still left. It's above the Duane Reade. You can still go there. You can go see it. It's a Hanice, Ella, one Matt Rogers and Suity Green, honestly, Lamarck. We all lived there. They shed. They should put up a plaque. And so basically like it was just like, it was bad. I mean, when we got the assignment that we were there, we were like, oh, we didn't get one of the good ones. Oh man. And I also was an alternate to be the RA. I think I might have been too. I think maybe we were. Because they would very rarely put people as RA's who were in Tish, because they knew that historically Tish kids get busy. Like they want to do shows. They want to do whatever they have. Like not reliable. You know, community outside of the residence hall. Right. Because the residence hall thing, it was so much more of being an RA was build community in these spaces. Hang out with these kids. I couldn't, I couldn't do that. I had pizza night for the Oscars. I think once one year they made me cook a turkey. What? Me. What does that mean? It means kids are getting sick. That's what it means. It means, it means I, you know, take the bird out the oven and go, well, K. Sarah. K. Sarah. Let me, let me put this meat thermometer in there. 75 degrees. Oh, mama, what's a meat thermometer? 75 degrees sounds like a good temperature to me. Is that right? It's not really warm. 164. 164. 169 is optimal. Okay. 169. Remember that. Depends on the bull droid. Depends on the bull droid. The bird. Suddenly, suddenly the whole room is activated. Everybody's chiming in. We're all Martha Stewart. No, we usually don't get the audit. We don't get the girls in the studio with us. We're kind of sequestered. I was fired from being an RA because I forgot to pick up the, you were too. You were fired? No. I was, you said, I thought you said same. You said, say it. Say it. I was not fired. How could you ever? No, you were a great employee and lovely to be around. You know what happened was? Why were you fired? Well, I don't think our boss liked my sense of humor. Okay. He's more of a keep it guy. Topical, topical. He was more of a keep it guy. He would prefer I was Lewis Fertile. No, don't you remember that? Like our residence director didn't let my sense of humor. Well, there was a change over in leadership. Oh, that's tough. Well, we don't, we all know. Don't you understand? That is really tough when there's a change over in leadership. Everything changes. Jokes just weren't hitting the same. We had a woman named Daenerys the first year. Of course, I'll never forget her. The first Daenerys I've ever met. Like literally, but a kind person who loves my humor. And then she said, I have some news. I'll never forget. She said, I have news. And then she told us I will be leaving. And we were like Daenerys. And then she left and this other guy came in his, I won't say his name, but he was not having it. Not the way Daenerys was. Can I ask where the residence directors also students? No, they were adults who lived in the building with us. So then these were adult people that had to like sign in their guests and like dates. It must be so strange to do that. So I feel for him in that way. Yeah, yeah, it must be, must maybe he doesn't love the fact that he's living with a bunch of 20 year olds. Right. Right. And we were annoying. I think looking back, there's a high probability I was annoying because I did think that my role in the residence hall community was to sort of provide vibes. Yeah. And it was. Because I wasn't doing the bulletin board. I wasn't picking up the phone. But I do think I provided vibes and laughs. And then he didn't, he didn't really want that. But we thank you for the vibes and laughs. We had fun. We had so much fun. How many people did you guys write up? Like, oh God, I never did that. What would that involve? Like, well, Stacy was smoking crack and I, and she's crack. I walked in and Stacy was smoking crack. I have to run you up, Stacy, because you're smoking crack in the residence halls. And we're very clear that happens out on the streets. No crack in the residence hall. Crack is whack. And that's why you have to write up a little report. But they had no emotion. So it had to be just factual. I walked in, Stacy was smoking crack. I grabbed the crack. I said, no. No more. I said, no more. I'm so angry with you about the crack. No emotion. I'm just quoting myself. I'm just quoting what I said in the room. I walked out, I took the crack in a bag. I don't really know. It's crack loose. I think crack can be all sorts of forms. That's beautiful. Especially in the literature number 79. I think crack can be all sorts of forms. And that's beautiful. What is your favorite part of playing Mary? Oh my gosh. I'd say my favorite part of playing Mary is the moment before the doors open. And just bursting myself up and bursting through those doors. I can't wait to see. I still have not had the joy and pleasure of seeing you. Oh my gosh. I think you'll like it. I think so. You know, you know, I love a Hanasolo moment. I would go to the musical improv show back in the day. And there was the my my favorite feature of a Hanasolo performance is any time. And is it fair to say, please deny this if it's not true. I can't wait to hear what you're going to say. There's a phrase. I'm not saying you're a catchphrase comedian, but there's a phrase that I think I've heard you say at least twice, and it always destroys me. Ready? Okay. I feel so wild. And I kind of knew I was like, it's going to be about being a horny teeth. But I feel so wild or bummed for Malala. Bummed for Malala. Really sort of both and they're related. What do you make of that wild? Is there something wild within you that must that you're subconsciously sort of like masking? I think it really is this thing of like the music starts and I just feel something inside. What animal are you saying now? Okay. Immediately I'm thinking a snake. What is that? I'm like, you're not a snake at all. Iguana. Iguana. I love Iguana. Me too. You do? Yes. Do you or not? You were in Miami when one fell out of the tree. When I was tying my shoe and almost hit me in the head. You wouldn't like him so much. And then what? It hits you in the head and what happens? Excuse me? You know there you know there are upwards of 50 pounds. At least the way this one hit the fifth row with a thud. Could you know they were in trees? I did not know they were in trees. They're climbing. They're climbing. Get to Miami. Honey, get to the Lyceum first. Get to the Lyceum. Then Miami. Oh, that would be an amazing vacation. Oh my gosh. Well, we're going, we're spending a week. We're going to do three days at the Lyceum. Then we're going to head down to Miami. We're going to look at the year and I was at the Lyceum and see all the pictures of coal. And then we're going to go down. What is it like knowing that you'll fill the shoes of coal? It's really sort of. And so many talents before you. So many talents before me. And who was the best? Don't, don't. Well, okay. So unfair. It's so unfair Matt. When a friend comes on the show, it's like we're so unkind to them. Is that true? Why do you think we're really kind? I feel wild. I, I love doing the play. I'm honored to follow in Cole's footsteps. And technically I was the first person to do it after coal. Which was truly scary. Of course. But it happened. It went well even. Was that the night we were all there? Yes. That was that very night. The very first time. And I think everyone was a little bit like, what if the play doesn't work without coal? Oh God. But the play is so good. That's the genius of the play. Is that anyone can do it? Yes, exactly. Well, that is really nice to hear. It's the best play in the world. Honestly, like you, like we were talking about with Jinx last week, the great day monologue. And you actually have one of my favorite performances of that. And that was such a, it's such a beautiful, important monologue. And obviously such a, you know, like zany, like hysterical show. But it's this moment where you, I think, really understand Mary's anxieties. Like Jinx was talking about how the way that she was playing, Mary was as if it was someone with ADHD. Like in a way where it's like, obviously it's, it's Omeri and you're going out there and you're going for the joke, but in a grounded way for you, like, how are you thinking about her? I think I really am not going for the jokes. I'm really thinking of her as like this woman who has big dreams. And there's just everyone in her life is trying to stop her from doing them and is telling her she sucks and is annoying. And all she wants to do is sing, which like, I really understand that. And people are like, no, you can't, you're annoying. We understand. Action, action, action. And everyone is wrong and they don't know it. Yeah. Yeah, that's really, I feel like the trap of the show is to like look to the audience and be like, hehehehehe. But that's when you like actually ultimately ruin what is so beautiful about the show that everyone does have heart and like these characters have really big wants and it's just the highest stakes of these wants. Yeah. Oh, I wonder too, like when you're doing that monologue and you're obviously having a moment like where you know that, like, as an understudy, you're there all the time and you might get the chance to do it, but might, but probably likely not. And then finally it's there and you know that like so many people are coming out to support you and then you have to do this monologue about having a great day. Like that probably was really emotional. Oh my gosh. I cry like every time because it really is like, I'm going to cry thinking about it. Like I am like living my dream and saying like these lines about how, oh my gosh, like I've wanted to have this great day for so long. And then I'm like in the midst of the great day. As it's ending, which is like also what the monologue is about. Right. It's like you don't want it to be over. Exactly. And because I am an understudy, it is like this is in the moment. I don't know when I'm going to do it again. Is this going to be the last time I do the show or is this like am I going to wait a few months so it really does feel like this moment of like so in sync with the show? I mean, I want you to give a primary account. I know that this is like widely known, especially like through like the like stages out of COVID, but like talk about like, I just really want us to give like a moment for this like understudies. Sure. It's the same thing. Like talk about that experience. Give us like like it's the hardest thing I could, every time I see a show on Broadway, I'm like thinking about like two of these fucking people on stage or back backstage, no like four of these parts left to me and know all these tracks. That's crazy. It's crazy. When I saw Stranger Things, I was the whole time I was only thinking about like, how in the world are you an understudy being like, well, okay, I guess I'm going to go out there and hopefully the thing works and I fly across the room, right? Right. Because if they added a harness and flying to Omario, it would be much harder. Yes. I have asked if they could. We have a lot of fly space up there that we're not utilizing. You're like, I want to go more vertical. Exactly. You should always go more vertical. How high do you think you can jump? If you had the harness, I've got the wire on you. Am I on a trampoline or is this jumping off of the ground? Certainly not. We can't afford it and then can't ensure it. I can't jump high at all. Well, shit. I just want to be honest. This is going to be a big problem for the vertical Omari. But in a real way, like, you know both of these parts, you know, not just Mary but Louise. Yes. And you're back, you're backstage with other people knowing the same thing. Like that's, that's a lot to learn. It's a lot to learn. It's, I like to say it's almost like 75 percent mental actually is what I've learned is like the learning of the lines and where to go and all the blocking and stuff is actually not as hard as I thought it was going to be. But for me, it's really the mental work of being like, okay, I'm going to go out there and it's okay. Yeah. And I having to psych myself up and having to understudy being fortunate enough to understudy these big, big names that, you know, people are of course disappointed when the person that they came to see isn't in. So really just like giving myself the mental headspace of like, you're good. You can do this. You're fine. Go out there and just do the show. Yeah. Don't pick up on any nasty energy from like whoever the fuck is in the sixth row. I will be in like, which is how they talk. That's how they talk. That's what they were like. And then I'm like, I loved. I can really like hear people. This is the thing. People don't understand. We can hear you from the stage and I have heard people like scene three be like, okay, she's good. Fuck. Seriously from the audience. Yes. We are so close to the audience. I'm like, I can see you. I can hear you. You are not being quiet. Can I ask please? Coughing. He has a real sensitivity to this. A thing. Look, I'm not like out here saying like, fuck you if you're coughing in the theater. But there is a point where it starts to on a collective level. It's it's it's it's panoramic coughs. And it starts to affect the show. Certainly on an audience level, I'm sorry. And I'm sure on a performer level. Well, the coughing thing is like if you have a wet cough and you're going to the theater, you knew you had the cough when you came bring a Ricola. Something with you. Why are you letting this loose? I don't know. I don't have a I don't have a solution. I think you gotta go. I think honestly, like if you're if you start having a coughing attack, you know when it's the kind of thing that's not going to stop. Unfortunately, you gotta go. It's like it's a walk on out. Walk on out. It's like a crying baby. Yeah. What would you do with a crying baby? You wouldn't let the baby cry during Mamma Mia. Super trooper. You believe. No. Super trooper. And during the play, it's like you can't get away from it. We went to go see Purpose. It was the worst. People were dying all around us. It was coughs and phones going on. It was more. That's what that's why I got to me. I was like, wait, everything is out of control. Well, we were in the West End seeing Tide Tanique. And we were in, I think, the believe the fourth row. And like you are so aware that they can see you like and this woman next to us was double fisting wine with her phone out in front of her with a spreadsheet on the phone. Do you remember this? So she was doing Google Sheets. She had a Google Sheet and she was like, and she was like doing this. And Bowen just over me goes to her. You read Life Theater. I said, you're at it. I said, you're at the theater. Good for you. I don't care. I don't fucking care. He doesn't. Disrespectful. When people leave right before bow starts. Oh honey, the lights are up. We can see you. You got to get to the parking garage, please. Please. 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The Stuff You Should Know ThinkSpring Podcast playlist is available now. Whether Spring has sprung in your neck of the woods yet or not, the Stuff You Should Know ThinkSpring playlist will make you want to get your overalls on, get outside, and get your hands in the dirt. You can get the Stuff You Should Know ThinkSpring playlist on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Speaking of engaging with patrons of the arts in odd places, this sort of connects us to your culture. So, Hanna Solo, what was the culture that made you say culture was for you? The culture that made me say culture was for me was dinner theater. Let's go. When I was a kid doing it, I was too afraid to go to sleep away camp. And so my parents put me in a... Thank you. I was at a day camp called Swing Kids. Oh my God. Swing Kids. Kids preparing to be swings. Kids preparing to be swings. Give us a second. We're all together. We're going to make this generation of talent ready to be swings. And I learned, so this was the thing, it was a cabaret space connected to a coconut. Which coconut? Did you all ever have coconuts? It was like a California, like sort of diner type bakery. This whole pie. Cute. Really cute. Great chicken tenders. Love. I mean... So we would do like medleys of like old timey songs, but before the shows, we would be the waiters. Oh my God. So we would take our families orders, which I fucking loved. I was full like, what do you want? Okay. Going back to the kitchen like, I need two chicken tenders. And then you deliver the food. There's a food ring too. She's just saying. Two orders, Matt. You haven't been in the restaurant, I'm busy and I'm wide open. That's what I want since I'm in the street. We deliver the food and then I'd be like, be right back, hop on stage, sing like, I'm going back someday. I'm warming. It was blue pie. You guys blew pie. I didn't know that. Honestly, that pull out of nowhere means you probably did sing blue pie. You have read my day. I'm blue. Blue pie. That one. It was so powerful. I loved it. And I was like, this is the life. This is the life. So many things about this are perfect. Well, difference between panoramic coughs and phones versus clink, clink. Like, like that, you know, like that, but that's an agreed upon premise. We've agreed upon this. There's sort of a base level of chewing, clinking, clinking. You're going to be eating and we accept it. And you'll be eating on stage. Yes. A mutual agreement to eat. To have eight, 10. I mean, what was the thing that was like, what was the thing that prepared you the most, do you think? Like, what did you like, did you think you like got you had a better experience than sleep away camp? I bet you did. I feel like I did. I mean, I was so scared to go to sleep away camp. I wouldn't have been able to really be present. How old were you? Yeah. I mean, I think I was like nine or 10. Oh my God. Are you anxious? Or just a home body? No, I was anxious. Like I was like, they're going to drop me off and my parents are going to die. No, really? I just had that fear. Yeah. So it was it was having to do not exactly with being at the camp. It was just like being as a separation thing. Yes. Yes. But I'm okay now. Swing Kids is the perfect name. It's like as if you made it up. Right. And also the woman who was in charge of it was called Darla Dreyer. Where's she at? I don't know Darla. If you're listening. Darla. Thank you for your service. She ran it? She ran it. Oh, that's so beautiful. I'm Darla Dreyer. I run Swing Kids. Hannah has been incredible. She's really fast on the floor and her blue by you. The way she slides up to that last note is always clean, resonant. We love her. And she's great with the fingers. They never hit the ground. She never dropped it. We got other kids who are always dropping the fingers. Floppy hands. All right. Not me. They're dropping on the floor. They're flopping up on stage. But not Hannah, not your daughter. Happy you didn't send her to camp. The reviews are in. The reviews are in. Your daughter's a sleigh. A sleigh. How many kids was it? Oh my God. It was just like a rag tag group of 10 kids. You know, like selective. Selective. Okay. It's like all ages, you know, where it's just like a little tiny kid who's scared to go on stage. Yeah. Did y'all ever sing Hard Knock Life? I'm not sure. You should have. Two on the nose. Two on the nose. Great number for a bunch of kids. I feel like Darla was really looking for interesting. I remember singing Johnny Angel Rock and Robin was a real hit. Rock and Rock. Rock and the tree drops up. Think about the resonance also of kids just. Yeah. Up and out of up and out of up and out of up and out of up and out of up and out. Wow. Resident kids. Resident kids. That's how we're that. That's our theater, Drew. Resident kids. Resident kids. You know one of my favorite compliments I ever received was you when we were 20 saying that I had resonance. You really do. You do. I often describe you as someone who has resonance. Optic. That is kind. He's very playful. He's a generous person. He's very resonant. Resonant for sure. Well, now we're there all races in this game. Was it a melting pot? It's a melting pot of color, of culture. In my memory it was. You can say no was all. I honestly don't quite remember but maybe that's because I was very focused on myself and my performance. And you didn't see race. Exactly. Right. I saw sort of vocal part. I don't see race only voice type. Only voice type. Mezzo, outo. And then you're incredibly discriminatory based on those. That's cool. Like you don't even see bases. All control toes go to jail. Jail. To jail. Jail. Lock them up. Which you're always saying. Well, that's kind of my catchphrase. As a catchphrase comedian. Thank you. Lock them up. I feel wild. Lock them up. Lock them up. I feel wild. You can kind of combine the two. Wait, I did not mean to say you were a catchphrase comedian. I just heard you say I feel wild. But I feel like when you said that I was like wow, Bowen really sees me. Because the amount of times that I have played a teen discovering herself. Are you kidding? We all have our type. I'm not saying that's even your type. I have my type. Yeah. Bitch, bitch. Bitch, bitch. My type is also bitch, bitch. Yeah. I've never seen it. You're competing against each other. You see me in anything? I'm a bitch. I'm a bitch. Bitch. I'm literally like hey, you know what I mean? You can count on me to come in and deliver a bitchy line read. Hey, wait. I finished The Hunting Wives. Oh my God. Just in time. I want to say that Matt threatened me and said if you don't finish, we will walk out on air. Like this. This is what I would have experienced. But thank goodness I watched. Oh my God. Thank goodness. Wicked. Fuck resonance. Didn't even need the mic. Didn't even need the mic. I'm not even warmed up. I'm drinking a Coke Zero and huffing crack. You can huff it too. It's loose. Now what did you think of Hunting Wives? Well, I did sort of have a thought because I was watching it backstage and everyone was like, what are you watching in there? And it was like, it's porn. Yeah. You're like, I'm watching Mollin and Cochrane's erect nipple gets sucked by Britney's smell. The door was closed and everyone was just hearing, and the gunshot. Are you so happy? I mean, wow, the twists and turns. They're not even turns. They're horns. The twists and turns. I did audition to play who Chrissy Metz's part. Oh, wow. Was her name Darla Dreyer? She kind of had the Darla Dreyer energy. What was her name? Can you show your tape? I could show it. You know, I've actually, I watched it. I've sent it to Melissa and I was like, this is pretty good. Yeah, of course. I was like, of course you are. Being like, y'all need to get back in there and find who killed my daughter. Holy shit. Could have been. What could have been? Rebecca Cutter. Y'all need to get back in there and find my fucking daughter. Okay. You go, you go do one more time. Y'all need to get back in there and find my fucking daughter. My turn. Yeah. Here we go. Y'all need to get back in there and find my fucking daughter. Daughter. Daughter. Daughter. I have chills. Yeah. I mean, Hannah. It just goes to show that it can be done four different ways. Chrissy, Bowen, Matt or Hannah. It's very like the girls girls. It's like, are you a Chrissy? I'm Matt Rogers, a Bowen Yang or a Hannah Solo. Tell us at home. Make sure you comment in the comments. Hey, make sure you comment in the comments. Which one of us you are? Are you team Bowen? Team Chrissy Metz. Team Matt or team Hannah. Hashtag drag race. Which is what that show is. Which is what that show is. Now, how long did you do swing kids to bring it back? I think I did it like multiple summers. Well, I hope. Beautiful. And then I. Hope they invited you back. I was invited back. I was a good performer, organized on top of my line. And good on the floor. Great on the floor. Now, when you think about waiting tables, how did it change you? Listen, I think everyone should wait tables. You have that opinion? I do. Like it should be like everyone has to do two years in restaurant. Yeah, I think so. I feel like you can always tell when someone has never worked in a restaurant. Yes. When they go out to dinner. Because they're being an absolute bitch. Why were you looking at me? I never worked in a restaurant. I worked service. See that counts. I worked at my first job was at an ice cream store. Oh, I dealt with people. Yeah, you have to deal with people. Yes. Yes. Wait, correct me if I'm wrong. You didn't work with your sister. No. Why did I make that up? Are you? I don't know why. You worked with a female friend. Sure. Another girl worked there. A girl worked there. A girl was working there. I didn't get at least one girl, one woman. Okay. One girl and one woman. What was the shop? Maggie Mewes Creamery. Wait, where is that? What the fuck? I've been there. Maggie Mew and Darla Dreyer? Maggie Mewes was kind of the more kid-friendly version of Cold Stone. But the mascot is this kanji cow with eyelashes and lips. I've seen her. I'm picturing her. Maggie Mewes. She and she wears like a polka dot or no, a cow print dress. Of course. And she is stunning. Are you? Are you kidding me? Oh my God. Oh my God. Maggie. It's me. You take off your wig to reveal the Hunting Wives wig. It's you take off your hair to reveal Mullen's wig. It's back here. And it's just like, it's me, Maggie Mew. I'm Maggie. Maggie Mew. I love Margot. Margot. Margot. Stop. Bring it in. Maggie's dress. She's kind of. She's handling Maggie Mew. Show us the picture, Melissa. I know. Oh, my God. It's you today. It's you today. I'm actually freaking out. It's you today. Are you getting this? Nick's getting it. That's me. That was my first job. Does she ever come in? I don't think I ever had to. I was the only employee who did not have to get in the costume. I don't think I ever had the pleasure. I don't think I ever had the pleasure. Did you say you didn't want to or they were like, you don't have to? They were like, you don't have to. Okay. Because you were so good at serving ice cream. Because I was really good at serving ice cream. And we had the very first cotton candy flavored ice cream. Oh, that changed my life. Yeah. I love cotton candy ice cream. I do too. I don't think so many people who shit on. Yeah, it's chemicals. So is everything. Everything is chemicals. Yeah, I don't understand what you think you're eating when you eat vanilla. It's chemicals. Chemicals. You're eating chemicals. You're eating chemicals. So restaurants taught you. Patience. Servitude. Servitude. Focus. I did work in a restaurant after college and I was bad at it. In a city? Yeah. Does it still exist? I don't think so. Brother Jimmy's. Thank you so much. That's an honor. But no, I didn't work at Brother Jimmy's. A lot of people leave new doves. That's true. I worked at another one that someone else got me a job at. And it was a disaster. Oh, no. They would have put like one person on shift and it'd be like brunch. And then they'd be like, Hannah, can you bartend? And I'd be like, no. Remember when? I don't know. Remember when we used to think Max Brenner's was a normal restaurant? I thought it was the fanciest restaurant. It's so there. It's a chocolate by the Bald, man. Why? Why? Why chocolate by the Bald, man? And that little like, a little line drawing of the guy? I made my parents take me there because I was like, you're coming to New York. I'm going to show you the best restaurant. You know how many dates I went on there? What did you order? Bleep this out. I went on my first date there with. What's up to married and he was at the Betty Hill concert. You must. Oh my God. He and I went to Max Brenner's, went across the street and saw the film nine. Can you imagine a gayer date in the year of our Lord? But was it twenty two thousand nine? Yeah. The nine. That's a gay union square date. That's a very much hitting up. You're in square to be gay. Yeah. I miss union square. Me too. It used to be fun now. Now I don't know. Not anymore. Right. The cozy is gone. Cozy. You know what else is gone? Vapiano. Torrible. Torrible. Vapiano is a very special place for me and my sister. It's where we had lunch. Of course. The pasta selection. It's where we had lunch and where I said to Boniang, he can't go back to Denver. He has to stay in the SB and Papa left. Vapiano is actually such an important place. Like it was a life changing place for me. That lunch changed the course of my stay in New York. What do you think it is now? PF Changs. It's a PF Changs. I think it is a PF Changs. I think it is a PF Changs. I picture the horse outside. Which is great. You guys don't have to say that because I'm. Hey, we love it. Excuse you. I wasn't even thinking about that. I don't see you. And we love this guy. I see your voice type. Yeah. What is that? Tanner. Tanner. No. Despite the fact, despite your cries, you are a Tanner. I'm not a Tanner. Can you just settle this for us once and for all? Should we get the keyboard out? Yeah. Do you bring it? I got it in my bag. Yeah. You know the vocal type. I'm like a baritone bass one. Speaking. No, singing. I've never heard higher singing. What? What, Melissa? No. No. You guys are projecting down the way you sang those high harmonies on I Don't Want to Miss a Thing, a Bass. In my falsetto. That doesn't mean that it's not. What would you say? Well, I feel like however you want to identify when you're allowed. What do you, you're a Tanner. Yeah, I'd say. I think also. Give us a little show. Tanner two. Bowen, Tanner two. Sure. That means super high Tanner. Bear a Tanner. Tanner one is. Tanner one. My Tanner one. Tanner is very high. No. I maybe I used to be. I think you're a Tanner one. Maybe I used to be back before the years. Well, I think it sounds like we're going to sound great together. It does. I agree. Our chorus. You are. I would say I have mezzo-soprano with belt. Yeah. What did you sing at Pop Rock Night for cap 21, which was the big show at musical theater cap 21 where each and every person got to sing a pop rock song? What did you sing? Do you know? Does anyone remember? I probably blocked it out. Fiona Apple. That feels kind of right for me. I'm sure that I was like. I know what you sang, River by Joni Mitchell. Wait, how did you know that? I know a lot of things about you guys. I did say that. Because you know that back in the day when we weren't doing performance really, I was just a fan of you guys. That's crazy. It was so fun for me to be on all of your floor freshman year because you guys were always singing and everyone was always like, I hate being around the cab kids because they're always singing. And I was like, I think it's great. I was like, I just wanted to go sit in the room because you were down the hall from me. And I remember it was like, it was a whole corner of musical theater girls. Yes. Yeah, we're always singing. Always singing. Well, you asked earlier what my one of my first memories of you was. Of me? Yeah. We slept out to wait for tickets for SNL. Yes, we did. I believe at the time you were straight. And I just have a memory of you talking about titties. Like I just remember being like, he's really talking about titties a lot. Matt Rogers is a boob gay like me. I'm really processing this. Take it in. That one of your first memories of me was this a straight guy talking about titties. Not even SNL. Outside of SNL. Outside of SNL. Using that word titties. And you were turned off. You didn't like it. I was like, what an interesting character. You wrote in your journal later. I'm not the most interesting character tonight. Clearly gay guy. Sitting outside of SNL talking about titties. Earmarking this for later. We'll come back to this. They returned to this thought. We didn't get tickets. I did. You did? That's what I thought you were going to say. Because we all waited and they were going to let one of our group in. And something took over inside me and I turned to everyone because it was my number. It was 39. Because they were taking 39 people. It was I was number 39 and then you guys were all behind me. And I thought I can go with my floor. Back to back to the dorms and do whatever or I can go in. And I felt very compelled to go in. And thank God I did because that ended up being a turning point for me to decide to come out of literally come out of the closet, stop talking about titties and take a UCB class and then try to audition for the groups. But that was like a fateful night for me. Holy shit. You witnessed him on the precipice. This is actually crazy because also my memory of it was that we all went in and then the cast of gossip girl got into the elevator before us and they went it's full. Yeah. They let one person in and it was me. They said, OK, we can take one more. There's one more seat. But the universe said it needs to be you. I remember I looked around at you guys and I was like, I think I want to go. And they were like, and a couple people were like, go. Yeah. And I was and then a couple people were like, and I was just like, I'm going to go. And I walked in and the elevator doors closed and I was like, I can't believe I just did that. Wow. OK. So were you in the elevator with like Leighton Meester and Blake Lydon? I don't remember the gossip girl cast. I do remember sitting two or three seats away from Emma Stone and her partner at the time, Teddy Geiger. Wow. Sure. Just for it to be very 2008. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. First memories of me. Yeah. Well, as we said before, we all auditioned for the same improv team together and Bowen did get in. You made it pretty far though on the audition, right? I believe I made it to the finals with you. Yes. Yes, you did. You beat me out. He's vicious when it comes to final rounds. Oh, I want to see Bowen. I'm going to the final round. I remember thinking you were so funny. I remember I remember thinking you were so. I was like, this girl is fucking funny. That's probably would have been the best idea for you guys to just go off and create your own group, your own queer group. Too late. Too little too late. I guess you guys had investments in traditions, you know what I mean? It feels like you guys were putting all your institutions instead of creating your own. We've since learned. Yeah. You have to create your own work. You have to create your own work. Exactly. I remember being shy. Oh my gosh. You were kind of shy freshman year. Yeah, I was. I was like so overwhelmed, I think. Was that why you? Yeah. Oh my gosh, freshman year. It was like, what is going on? And also I wasn't like a big star at my high school. So I didn't come in being like, oh my god, I'm the most talented person here. I was a little bit like, they're going to find out that I snuck in and be like, you have to leave. Fuck. That's sort of an info in my mental state. No, I get it, though. Similar feeling to like being hypothetically being dropped off at sleep away camp. Yes, exactly. It's like. I was just like, what am I doing here? Where did everyone go? Yep. Oh, that year is so tough. My roommate was this girl that was like pledging a sorority and we weren't sure, but we were pretty certain that she had given her a chicken that she had to take care of. How did you not know? How did you not know? Because we were like, it's in her bag. The chicken is in the bag. She's carrying the chicken around. Did it never once cook? Never once saw the chicken, but she was really wild. Yeah. Who do you look up to? That's a really great question, Matt. Who do I look up to? Really? Bernadette Peters. Bernadette Peters answering him for me. Ask him the same question. Seriously. Seriously, who do I look up to? Who's your hero? Who's my hero? Is that a different question? I feel like it is sort of a different question. I mean, you know, I've had the opportunity to work with so many amazing people at Omari. And like Cole is of course one of my heroes. It's kind of boring. We talk about Cole a lot. Well, shut the fuck up then. Just saying. It could be boring. Okay. Changing my answer to someone no one's ever said before. Jane Goodall. Do you look up to her? I actually, when I was a kid, I loved Jane Goodall. She is like an iconic. Yeah. I was like, I should help save the monkeys. Is that what she does? Or are they gorillas? Whatever. I think she does them all. Have you ever seen gorillas in the mist? That doesn't end as happy. Okay. That's what we said. Kind of like the round the roof. Starts on happy ends. Bad. Yeah. Well, gorillas in the mist is about Diane Fosse. Oh, she was killed by poachers. Please. Watch the movie. And I will. And I will. That my assignment for tonight, gorillas in the mist. I'm done with the hunching wives. Time to move on. Or walk. Or we walk. I'll come back and I'll have watched gorillas in the mist. Okay. And you'll be better for it. And I will. I'll know what it's about. What's next for you? Well, right now I'm really excited. I'm really just trying to hunker down and do these weeks on Broadway. That is going to be a like a fully different feeling for you. Yes. Just to like go on stage and not hear the, have to hear the fucking guy be like, oh, she's good. Truly. I'm like, I don't know what's going to happen. And I've never done it more than five times in a row. Yes. So I guess, yeah. You're just going to be tea and honey for you. Tea and honey. Nobody talked to me vocal rest. Broadway is a prison. You do get that sense. You do. It's a beautiful and a wonderful prison I'm so grateful to be a part of. But it's so hard. Did you read that Megan Hilty New York Times diary where she was like, I don't eat after 4pm. I don't speak to anyone after the show. She's just like going to physical therapy, going to the show. It's, it's so hard. She's a fucking queen. Absolutely. I met her after death becomes her. And I was like, God, you're the coolest, most beautiful, chillest. Motherfucker on the planet. So cool. But yeah, like the discipline that she's, she's used to it. But then this is what you want to like, I don't know. Like we're not complaining obviously about our lives. Like we're obviously so grateful. But it is like the thing that they don't like tell you about. There's no way to extrapolate how you are going to be feeling and living as like a 30, 40, 50 something, 60 something, however long you want to work to balance like your actual life with like, Oh God, I got to like do eight shows a week and not. And suck on Gretters past deals all day. I be sucking on the Gretters past deals. I be sucking on Gretters. And what's weird too is like to have a job that isolates the area of your life that is like six to 10 p.m. It's just such a bizarre part of your day to be when you work. And I mean around 2 p.m. I'm like, Hey, anybody free? Anybody out here and everyone's like, anybody want to have dinner? It's two. I'm thinking about having pasta. A little spaghetti. But no. So then I'm eating a full meal at 11 p.m. But sleeping until till when you must be sleeping in these days. Well, recently I've been unable to sleep in, which is concerning. But I don't know. My body just says it's 9.55, which I know isn't super early. No, but when your schedule is shifted later, it's I do. Yes. When you're going to bed at like two or three, 9.55, you're like, okay, but I could have used a little bit more. Let me have a little bit more. We get up at night smoking weed. How dare you? Jacking off. You know, but like smoking weed, jacking off. Jacking off. Gambling. Well, I gotta get in my gambling fix on my horses. Which one's going to win? Lucky seven. Big blue. I got 10 on big blue. Me too. I hope we win. We win. Can we talk about Aaron Jackson? Wait, I wanted to bring Aaron up too because you guys are kindred spirits. Oh, 100%. Talk about the, because the vibe is like we are devil may care in a way. You guys are like, yeah, whatever. It's just, but it's, it flows out of you like magic. The humor. The humor. You guys have the same styling. You have, you have a very similar styling. Well, I learned a lot from Aaron when I started Rumpel Teaser. It was like Aaron and Josh Sharp and Jeff Hiller. And for like months, I was so panicked like on the back wall being like, just, just walk out and just do the scene. You're going to be fine. But I learned so much by like literally performing with them weekly for years. So you were on stage with Hiller all the time. Yeah. We did a show the night after Trump was elected for the first time. And I'll never forget it. Like Jeff led us like a song about how like gender is a river or something. All of us were crying. I mean, the things that we have said and done Aaron and I have played sisters who fucked like probably multiple times. Can I say that? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Say sisters who fucked. Sisters who fucked. But don't say brothers who fucked because that's not through the male gaze. We can talk about sisters who fucked because the men, this is a manosphere podcast. So the men that listen to us can see two women fucking and they get it. But if you talk about two gay guys fucking, that's disgusting. Whoa. So just to maintain our manosphere presence. Okay, I got you. Sisters were fucking just sisters. But yeah, I really feel the spirit of Aaron lives within me of just like. That is Aaron, right? What did you feel when Hiller won the Emmy? Oh my gosh, I truly wept. I wept. I mean, obviously you are a star and I would have loved if you won as well. Not true. No, he says. Untrue. Okay. With his legs crossed. No. But I mean, like, wow, I had seen Jeff like a week prior and he was like, I'm not going to win. I know I'm not going to win. It's just so beautiful. He's so beautiful on that show. The euphoria that I felt. Oh my God. And this is someone who like to see hundreds of people on Instagram being like, this is the kindest person they work so hard. Like I was just so moved by the amount of people that felt like, oh, this was a win for us. You know? Yeah. So huge. Like when does that happen? No, no, no, please. No, I was just going to say, I feel that way too. Like just with me being in the show sometimes where I'm like, it's not just me like making it to Broadway. It's like all of our friends and like the people that we came up with. I'm like, yeah, we're doing it. We did this. It did feel like that. Like I will say like Ernest moment. It was like so overwhelming and so emotional and felt so good for it to be you that we were all going to see because I feel like you're one of the people that like universally everyone that's in your life like loves you and roots for you and knows that you deserve it because you are so special. And so the fact that you're going to get this like hunk of time to do it, I'm so happy they gave it to you because you deserve it and B, it's going to be fucking phenomenal because you're so good at it. And especially the mad cat medley, which is when I feel you can be the most wildest. Fucked up. Most I feel so wild. You get to feel so wild. The last time I did the show, I was like, I need to stop sticking my tongue out. No, that's your take. My take is tongue out. Yes. It's like, you know, like a sexy little devil, like what do you call it? Like what about a cute dog but a devil? Just like, I love someone who thinks that their cute face that they're making as an aside is like someone who's whose cute little thing is who me. Like whose cute little thing is the worst face they could make. Sometimes you do want to do that. You do. But you have to let it out. And you have to let it out on stage. Exactly. My medium. You should throw, I know like Mary's in distress for most of the show, but I think in one of the scenes you should be like during the great day monologue, you should go at some point. Direct, like to an audience member. To an audience member. Make eye contact. Well, you'll have to find out if she does it at the show. Maybe you'll be the person I choose. We're going to move into I don't think so, honey. This is our 60 second segment where we take exactly that amount of time to rent, rail and rage and not retreat. The opposite of retreat. Absolutely tear apart something in culture that gets to us and I have something. Okay. Okay. Yeah. This is Matt Rodgers. I don't think so. And this time starts now. I don't think so, honey, still using a towel that has a brown stain, even if it's clean. Okay. So who is doing one thing that happens is like you wash towels, they come out of the dryer, they're clean, but they still have a brown stain on it. And people are like, well, it's just the stain from what was there. It's not currently soiled. I don't think so, honey. I think once a towel has a brown stain, look, we're in entertainment. It could be makeup. It could be poop. 30 seconds. Because it could be poop. I don't think so, honey. And poop touches so many more things that I think we could even understand. But the fact that this is a towel, a thing expressly used to, you know, comfort oneself after a shower, comfort meaning dry. To me, it's just like if it could be poop, for me it is. Because it's actually because the towel is in the bathroom as well. Sometimes what happens is you get a towel. Five seconds. It's a little bit fucked up. I don't think so, honey, rolling the dice, throw it away, get a new towel. I don't think so, honey. And that's one minute. It could be poop. It could be poop. Oh, well, it could be poop. It could be poop. It could be poop. I'm just saying like today, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. You had to. I had to. And there was a towel and I sort of saw the towel and there was like a little bit of a stain on it. And I'm like, I should just get rid of this. And then I thought, OK, I did use that towel when I took makeup off my face. Sure. You can entertain it, by the way. I mean boys. Sorry. Very binary today, apparently. Anyway, I just think if your towel is covered in stains, you got to. OK, I support this. I support. I think we're all in agreement. Yeah. All right. Well, I'm glad I said it. What's the peanut gallery saying? Oh, you can have whatever stains you want. Black towels and brown flowers. Please stop. Stop it once. I'm going to be a laugh. You can do that. Do you have something to say? I have something. It's I'm going to go for it. OK. OK. And it's an important part of the community, but there's something about it that is fundamentally really devastating to to what we do and our and our time. And I have to call this out. I'm really and I love this place dearly. And this is Boniang's I don't think so. Honey, your time starts now. I don't think so, honey, that there are not one, not two, but three locations of Ripley Greer Studios that I spent at least 45 minutes trying to get to the right one. Because it was not specified clearly to me which one I was supposed to be at this morning. And so, of course, I had a lovely time in a yellow cab because that's what was available on 8th Avenue and 36th. But I went to the 36th Street location, didn't see anything on the board. 30th to the 38th Street location, realized I was at the wrong one, then had to go all the way up 8th Avenue to the 55th Street location. And you guys, I think we have to figure out a naming convention so that it's SEO friendly, so that if I type it in Google Maps, I am at the right place. So you can have a shorthand say I'm at Ripley 55th. I'm at Greer 58. I'm being very calm about this because I say this with love. Five seconds. But I think it would eliminate so much consternation strife in the theater and dance and performer community. And that's a rehearsal. And that's one minute. Well, I'm so sorry. I did fuck up my day a little bit. I think it needs to be raised to the ground and rebuilt or that. It's not. It's not ethical. So ethical. You're talking about Ripley Greer specifically. It's unethical. The way it's laid out is unethical. I'm not saying that without ethics. I'm not. And I obviously love everybody who works there. As a decades long patron of that place, I say this with love, but it is not the first time I've been to the wrong Ripley. Do you know what you need to do once you get into one of those studios? Spray energy. Spray air assault? What? Spray air assault? Well, it's always like so thick and sweaty in there. It's thick and sweaty. It's DMV lighting. But we can put up with that. I can put up with that. I cannot put up with multiple locations and being very hard to specify which one. You're already stressed. You're probably already late. You're already in an I can I have rehearsal mentality. And you're also already a little stressed out because you know you're going to go dance. Exactly. Like I've never once gone to Ripley Greer or really any rehearsal studio like that and been like, I'm excited to be here. It's always I'm going to do something that's I'm going to be bad at at first and scary. Yeah. So then be lost. You have to show your ID, the panic of getting to the elevator. The police state of that building. State of 528th Avenue. It's a police state, Hannah. You don't have your ID. Good luck. Good luck. You're not getting into rehearsal. Oh, okay. Kristi Noem. I guess this is fucking this is the airport. Kristi Noem at the gate. By the way, I did go to the airport and start all those Kristi Noem videos. Like it was fucking, you know, a pre-show for a Disney ride. I was like, this is crazy. She's she's Beaty Wong at the Jurassic Park ride. She really thinks she's Beaty Wong. She thinks she's Beaty Wong. And she's deeply mistaken. I haven't seen these videos. Go to the airport. Okay. Get on a flight. Get on a flight tonight. After this. Hurry. I'm going to Florida. Callback. That's improv. That's improv. I didn't go to Florida for an improv callback. I'm doing a three days at the Lyceum. And then I'm going to Florida for my callback. Head to Toronto tonight for my improv callback. Hope I see Kristi on the screen. They want me to be one of the one of the fountains. The voice of a fountain. I sit in a small room that's too hot. I have a little microphone and a tiny, tiny screen. I can see who walks up to a fountain. And I play a fountain that talks. Okay. What's your fountain voice? This one. That's good comforting. Kind of similar to that. Who's had a showroom? I'm a fountain. Well, come on, can't stop acquainted me. Make a wish, why don't you? Oh, this is a good character. Really good. Of old fountain. Hold on. I'll be right there. Just kidding. I can't move. I'm a big hole in the ground. Go have fun. Is someone writing this down? We have producers for this. Are you writing down what I'm saying? For my fountain bit? Okay. I would have felt better. Oh. Okay. Yeah. This is important. I'm sweating. You've done this before. I have done it before. She's done it with my mom. I don't think so, honey, live. I believe I was at the first ever one with the hat. You were. You were. Yeah. Oh my God. We had the culture race, this hat. Oh my God. Remember those. Used to be culture crusaders. Doesn't really fit with the hat, but whatever. I don't think most of the things we've done have like fit in with the hat. But it was a gorgeous hat. It was. Sort of pirate-esque. Pirate-esque. You ready? Okay. Okay. Do you have a topic? Yeah. This is Hannah Solos. I don't think so, honey. Her time starts now. I don't think so, honey. Cooking a meal for yourself and then it turns out bad. Oh no. I just spent 26 whole ass dollars and three hours of my one wild and precious life on a goddamn stew. And now I'm either going to throw it in the garbage or eat it for the next two weeks because I don't want to waste it. Scallions gone. Carrots gone. Can of tomatoes gone. Certainly. And people are trying to put new ingredients in to fix it. I don't think so, honey. You can't fix it. She is who she is. Walk away. And you're thinking, well, oh, you made this stew. It's your fault. I don't think so, honey. It's the stew's fault. Yeah. Blame the stew. 15 seconds. Well, and I should have just maybe ordered delivery like I wanted to in the first place. And I would have spent $52.86 on a single chicken wrap. But now I'm having toast for dinner again. Toast dinner. I don't think so, honey. Toast dinner. Look, you can't be a hero in the kitchen. No. Me crying over a bowl that I worked on so hard. It tastes horrible. Oh, my God. So I'm gagging it down. Gagging it down. Why don't you text Dave and ask what happened? Dave? I don't know. And you buy all these ingredients where you have to use a single tablespoon. He's grimacing at you. Oh, I hate that. He's grimacing at you. You buy all the ingredients and then you get home and they're like a dash of it. I spent $30 on this oil. Now I got seven cinnamon sticks sitting in my pantry for the next eight years. Exactly. And you're googling, what can I do with cinnamon sticks? Oh, shut up. You can make a winter sangria. Next time you have. Next, I actually see the thing is this is why you text your friends in your community. Had you done that, you would have been able to hear from me. I've been inspired. That's what to do with the cinnamon sticks. Okay. Well, now I know I was in full shame mode, you know, when you go, I have to just be by myself eating this bottle of slob. Right. But it is just tough to go. Do I throw it out? Exactly. Because that sucks. Toast dinner again. It's such a hard image for me. You saying I'm eating a toast dinner again. Toast dinner. Toast dinner. Toast or dinner. Just like you. It's like 11 30 p.m. You didn't get to go on because no one was sick. That sucks. You get home. You fucking flop it in the kitchen. I guess I got to pop that Ryan hit, hit, hit heavy. And I burn it every time I burn it. Oh God. Ryan heavy toast. You burn the toast every time. And I don't have a toaster. I don't have a microwave. Oh well. I'm just out here in this world. Just lost. I hope with the money you make from being Ohana. You bye. That's our biggest laugh of the episode. You're hilarious. You're hilarious. That's rich. Unlike me. A swing. I think it sounds similar to the fountain. These are all really different. Really different. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Actually. Excuse you. Excuse you. And it's been like this since the beginning. Excuse you. That's really been the vibe. Excuse you. You come in here. Well I think maybe I'm going to walk out now. No, don't walk. We're all going to walk out together. What's your name Maggie Moo or Mono-Me? Okay. Mono-Me. You're Mono-Me. Maggie Moo. Mono-Me. Darla Dryer. Darla. The cats of Hounding Wife season 2. Because they're all dead. They're all dead. I'm going to get a starry spoiler on it. They're all dead. So many of them are dead. When it kept happening. Yeah. I was astounded. You could tell they were riding with abandon. Click. Click. Click. Click. You cunts. You're dead. You're dead. I really thought that Redheaded Callie. Yeah. Yeah. Icon. Yes. Also good. I tanks her husband. Yes. And then starts with a new show. And now she's like she has her own Nancy Grace show. Oh yeah. To get the real Nancy Grace. Nancy Grace flying into guest star and be like, you need a show. You got a future. You got a future. You need to really think about what's next. She had a great day on set. No she did. You could tell everyone's like Nancy. Thank you so much for doing this. Now if I'm to be correct. If I'm looking at what I'm looking at. It looks like a lot of people are dying in your town. What is happening in this crunchy. What is happening in this town. Do you think she improvised? I feel like she was like I have some ideas for the script. Let me just let me just do a fun one. I bet Nancy Grace knows what a fun run is. Yeah. Yeah. Do a fun run. What about one for me? I got to do a tight cut. Can I use one for me? For me y'all. Let me just let me just do one for me. I'll be quick. I got a pitch. I got a pitch. Meanwhile she goes it tears everyone. Everyone's like dying, moved, crying, laughing, insuspense. Sort of like watching you do O'Mary. Oh you have to September 30th, October 12th. I cannot wait. It will be a grand old time. I am proud of you. Please I'm gonna cry. You're such a star. I've always known. You just rock and we're so happy that you're here. I'm so proud of you both and truly it really means so much to be here with you both. Love you. Do you. Love you now. Love you. Are you grateful to Milala that we actually got to have a great time in this room? I feel like I'm loving the vibes of this room. I was trying to set us up. Now better than I did coming in. That's true. You came in with a different energy and now it's sort of our room. Milala I don't know what's going on up there. Oh she's crushing. She's tearing it up. She's got really good material. Well we end every episode with the song and I know it with a perfect one. It's coming on Christmas. They're cutting down trees. They're putting up rain. They're singing songs of joy and peace. I wish I had a river. I could skate away on. Wow you guys the voices are lower. The voices are really amazing. I wish I had a river. Oh my god. See you might be too fly. Oh my. I wish I had a river. I could skate away on. Listen to that song stream blue by Joni Mitchell. Or so many albums everyone's covering that. People love river. Genders are river. 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