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Before we start, we just wanted to say thank you everybody for coming. And especially thank Chase Inc. Business Credit cards are sponsored tonight. Give them a round of applause. Thank you, Chase. We are going to start our show with the performance. 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 you?

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. Are 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 want to go. One, two, three. Clap yourself. 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? Because you're part of this. Don't mess it up. Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody's gone. Everybody, everybody's gone. Everybody, everybody's gone. Everybody's gone. Whoo-hoo-hoo. Got it. But I love it. Go out with a bag. What's up? What do you say?

All I ever wanted was a really good hang. Oh my hair, see you found breathing To the right and start believing. Money's got to just think the party started. Money's got to party the stars tonight. Money's got to dress the party's totally safe. Money's got to dress the party's totally safe. Party, you broke my heart.

When I see you, I turn and go home.

“We're sure to go in for the love, go out with a bag. What's up? What do you say?”

All I ever wanted was a really good hang. Oh my hair, what do you say? All I ever wanted was a really good hang. People up town hall, they need you've been waiting for it.

Hey, everybody. Hey, everybody. Hey, everybody. Hey, everybody. Hey, everybody.

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“Yeah. How psyched are you that the show is at six o'clock?”

I know what you want. I know what you want. You know, I wanted to do the show at five o'clock. And Jenna said no. She said that we have to give people some time to come from work. So just had a curiosity. Did anybody leave work by a show of hands? Anybody leave work early today? Wow. A lot of people have jobs. I'm very impressed. Anybody I'm not work today. Maybe you're all up there. Hello, you're all up there. You 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 eight thirty 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, I'm going to know 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 Card and joining us tonight. Hey, Darcy! And you know what, Darcy? I didn't even, I didn't even say a little Darcy backstage because I wanted to keep the tension. I wanted to. But Darcy is such an incredible actress. You may know her from a good place. You may know her from Broad City. I mean, Darcy does so many things so well. And we're thrilled to be talking to her tonight. And I think you're in for a treat.

So really glad you could join us. But, you know, we always do this on good hang. We always talk well behind our guests back.

It's a little different when you're on stage and they can hear it, but it's still the same. And we get a question from someone who knows our guests that I can ask them. And we are very, very excited to introduce our guests tonight. Oh, I don't know. Maybe you know from the good place as sheady. Give it up for William Jackson, or for everybody! [Applause]

Well, have a seat. [Applause] Well, Tony nominee. That's all I got to say. And you're an American hostage with John Hamm coming out in September. Congratulations, well. Thanks. Good to see you. Good to see you, too. Like your hat. Thanks. Yeah.

Okay, great to see you. No, I'm just kidding. Well, we do this thing, you know, where we talk about our guests. And I want to get into Darcy because it's so easy to talk about her. Yeah, right? Yes. Right. We can talk about how great she is all night. All night all day? Yeah. But how was your day? Yeah, largely unaventful. I hung out with my wife, Ali. Yes.

Yes. With Madog Chico. And did nothing else. Yeah, that was really great.

“Did you get caught in the rainstorm that had happened just a bit ago?”

No. No. You didn't get it. You missed it entirely. Now, what's a nothing day for you look like? What's your dream and nothingness, you know? Oh, dream, dream nothingness or like the typical nothingness. Oh, that's an existential question right going.

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 because we went to the gym. We went to the gym. So we're like, What are we doing at the gym? We'll kind of wrap some stuff. All right. Well, we're going to get into my split. Yeah. It's, it ranges like I do.

Strength training like three days a week and then one month. It's a podcast. We're supposed to talk about our workout. And then I do like hit training and cardio stuff and other three days. Okay, fantastic. Brunch and then and then a nap. Yeah. Yeah. Because we're drinking during the day.

We're drinking during the day. Yeah. And then we have a show to get to it.

It's also a six o'clock show is I'm so excited.

Thank you. You know, we both laugh when I say it.

“But I wish I could wish every show was a matinee.”

I guess, I know. Actually, I only go to matinee's for theatre 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. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Put on the do the red light therapy and all that stuff. Yeah. Well, I feel like we have a lot to talk about. And I want to talk about your partnership in many ways with Darcy because

that show was such an ensemble and you guys like really loved each other. 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 bring out two people who loved Darcy.

So joining us along with Will from author, producer, actor, anyogram age and, and broad city star, Abbey Jacobson, everybody. [ Applause ] Abbey.

[ Applause ] [ Applause ] But your circuit? Yeah. Lots of different circuits.

[ Laughter ] It's constant constantly mixing it up. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Lots of muscle confusion. Yeah. My lower body upper back. Yeah. I love that.

[ Laughter ] Okay. So you both have worked on fantastic groundbreaking shows that have a common denominator, which is Darcy's in them. 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 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. And we were, I feel like we sort of bonded over how not normally was, which was a lot of fun, you know, just sort of, like, show up in, like, you know, they feed you, you know? [ Laughter ]

And, you know, it's like, 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're earning, you're like, "What is, what is this?"

Like, how this isn't normal at all. Like, bonding over how not normal, everything was, and sort of going through all of that the first time together was really, like,

“it really bonded us, because I mean, I think, I don't know, I, I won't speak for, for Dars,”

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, was, was great.

And also, you're like, you've been, you know, you've been working for a while,

so it's not like your first job.

Right. So you can have, like, some wisdom around knowing that it's good. Yeah, yeah. It's like, this is, that was great. That was a, was spoiled on that job.

It was fantastic. Yeah.

“And Abby, what's it like having Dars see around when you work?”

I mean, I've worked together a few times. Yeah. You've made out heavily. We have made out heavily. I think, you know, I go, Dars, and I go way back.

I was thinking about this today. I met her in a UCB class, commercial acting class, which is like not really a typical UCB class. But immediately, I was like, that's the funniest person. And I was like, maybe I've come across.

And so kind and generous and warm. And I was very new. This was probably 2007. I was like, everybody's kind of scary. And Dars sees not that way.

And I think after that, we just became really good friends. And then I was like, if I ever, I mean, at that point, I wasn't like, I'm going to get a show. And then I'll get the right her on the show. But eventually, I was like, I, this person has to be on everything

I ever get to do. First on Brad's city.

So basically, I don't know.

I apologize for that to her. Because whatever we made, Dars, yeah, we were like, so, you're going to be the only naked one today. All day. She's like, got it, got it, got it, got it.

“But she's just like, so, how did you describe that character?”

Both characters that I've gotten to work opposite Darsi, I think are getting to amplify a part of her that you see when you're friends with her. She's just like really silly. Like, like, she's just the most fun.

And Gemma is like, Darsi's not Gemma. But Gemma is like, wacky. And like, says it all. And that means it and is the most flirtatious, like, sexually, like, all of it out there.

And that's not Darsi. But Darsi, like, has that. Yeah. And I think when I was gotten to league, I was like,

Darsi gets this incredible actor.

And like, has this huge comedic range. But when I'm with Darsi, she's also like, the sexiest. Yeah, she has some swag. 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 Darsi all the time. But I don't know if the world has gotten to see. And obviously, Darsi's not Greta.

But there's like, the heart of her. I was like, she get, 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 in Darsi. So, yeah, did I answer it?

I don't even remember what I asked. It's a cool thing though. It's kind of remarkable to see someone who has all those things that you're talking about. And can be so incredibly vulnerable.

Mm-hmm. But then is like a very easy hang. And very easy to be around. Yeah. Somebody even say good.

Somebody even say good. Someone say that. And I'm curious if you feel this way. Like the best scene partner. Yeah.

Like the best. Like giving you everything. Yeah. Yeah. She's locked in.

And I thought I'm talking about like a college recruit. Well, I just want people to feel like they're watching their own funeral. Is that weird? Darsi's that weird? We'll talk about it.

Okay.

“Um, so, um, what question do you guys want to know?”

Yeah, it's something, you know, small or big. Something you want to have Darsi talk about a story or something. You don't know about her. Are 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. And abs. I have two. Okay.

Okay. Here we go. She's been in so many things. She's acting so many roles. But I feel like there's definitely something that she hasn't gotten to do yet as an actor.

And like, or I don't, I'm wondering if she if there's a thing that she's dying to do.

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 and scream. Look at this. One. Look at him. 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 eight, like eight o'clock? Yeah. Okay.

But I believe. But I was going to say thank you so much. Well, it happened to everybody. This episode is brought to you by visible.

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Hi, John. Hi.

I'm sorry. Okay. First of all, are there two people in the back row that would rather send the front row?

Oh, look at this. Look at this. Can't change you. Come up here. Karen, person. Hurry. Now, it's your chance.

“Literally. If you're all of you, you have to be on the aisle though. Ready go.”

Yeah. There they go. The job is. Let's see what's saved for Guffman. Yes, he didn't shove. I have a present for you. Wait, I feel like, what do I do right now?

Should I scoot back so I can see you? Great. Let's just. I want you to come this way and face me more. Maybe I'm not doing it because I want to give you the present.

Okay, give me the present first. First and foremost here is, I know how much you love fake food.

What a very realistic looking corn. I don't have corn. It feels like there's a button underneath it, but maybe you could press. I'm just like, I don't know, hold it up to the microphone or something. Oh, okay, here we go.

Here we go. [audience laughing] Wow. So this is, this is opera corn? Opera corn.

Opera corn. Wow, so listeners, yes. Dersie is handed me what is a glistening, glass-tick corn-com. Slicked and butter, gorgeous. And it has a button and it plays.

Let's just hear what we're talking about, please. Oh, wait, what is it? [audience laughing] Yay! [audience laughing]

I think we're fine, are we fine? [audience laughing] 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 one million dollars that you were singing the theme song.

[audience laughing] Isn't it her voice? You guys are twinsies. Oh, my God, I wish. Oh, my God, that's my dream.

I know. I know. But yes, much like Nicole Kim and I insisted on singing my own theme song. [audience laughing]

“Do you guys remember when she sang that theme song?”

It was so good. What show was that for? I don't know. No, no, no, no. I love the song.

She sang the theme song. [audience laughing] This week, got me along with. No, it was for a TV show. I believe it was with you, great.

The undoing, thank you. The one with the coats. That was Nicole. She did it all. She did it all.

We know this because we know this. 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 gave me a question for Rashidians. That was so fun. And thank you. Because, you know, when people invest early in a podcast before,

you know, you're coming on before you know if it's going to be something special. Anything for you, and I cannot mean that enough. Thank you. Anything for you. Thank you.

Thank you. I love you. Okay. Okay. So, let's get down the business, Darcy. I just want to keep goofing.

Well, you grew up in the Bay Area. Yes. And, yeah. And, you know, I... That was my cousin, Meba.

And also, the Bay Area. I think of the Love Long Island. Yes. Yes, totally.

“And Bay Area is, like, for us, East Coast people,”

it's like, what is it? Totally. Like, it's just, it's just a big area. It's just a big area. It's just a big area.

It's just a big area. It's like, it would be like, like, it would be like, if we were like, we grew up, like, we're from like, the Tri-State Area. Yeah.

I understand that. I thought about this before that. Like, there's not a lot of areas. Yeah. We don't talk about it in the area.

Yeah. The Bay Area. The Bay Area. Yeah. The Bay Area.

It's almost one word. The Bay Area. Yeah. Yeah. And you're dad.

You called yourself, you, like, in a very sweet, and, um, like, self-effacing way. You've called yourself a neppo baby. You're dad. Your dad was in, in the music business.

And he started a magazine Bam. Which was a music magazine. Bay Area. Music. Hey, area music.

Yeah.

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? He looks like...

Oh, he does look like that. He's exactly like Harold Ramus. Great. Like, like, expecting a picture. Like.

Like that. Like you're just seeing a picture popped up. [ Laughter ] So, not, like, not like mustache. There was, he had a mustache for one church play.

Okay. [ Laughter ] And he was in, or he attended. [ Laughter ] 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 four is talk. Three or four years talk.

They talk. They do talk. Yes. They talk all the time. 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, we're, like, he's also half Greek. And I feel like I know a lot of it.

“And did he kind of, like, that's what he embraced a little bit more?”

I think Greeks and the audience may be know, like, it does sort of take over. If you're, like, a little Greek, a little, a hundred percent great. Yeah. If you're spouse, is, I mean, make what's happening. Yeah, the Greeks are dancing in the aisle.

All right, all right. Spam it. But on the wall. Exactly. But, yeah.

So we, I feel like we really, um, we were, like, a Greek family. Okay. All right, I'm saying this. I know no Greek either. Say that.

Okay. That means I love you. And, um, your dad love music. Yeah. You know a lot about music.

You grew up loving music. Was there any, I mean, to have a cool dad who loves music? Yeah. Was there 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. He's really asleep. I'm wasting the woman. No, no, no, no.

She's already seven minutes in. She, she, she's, my mom is, like, very behind the scenes.

The first magazine out. She was just, like, you know, she was there with him. And she also has this, like, incredible sort of encyclopedic knowledge of music. Yep.

“And out of absolutely nowhere, I think three 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 Vetter'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 a mess. It was wild.

It was so wild. And I was, like, I actually really appreciate that. It was like, I'm sorry. It's funny to think of, like, 12 year old, do you being, like, "I love Pearl Jam."

Yes. She was, how you were, like, I'm rebelling a little bit against cool appearance. And I think also we did, you know, my siblings, and I really loved a lot of my parents.

Music and my parents also, like, really modern music. So to have anything that they weren't into felt, like, I don't know. Also, I grew up in the Bay Area, so Bay Area. I know.

I know. We listened to, like, a lot of hip hop.

I feel like my mom was always sort of like,

"Okay." She was really into Randy MC. But the rest of it, she's like, "Great enjoy." There were just some things that sort of missed her. But in general, my dad and I,

I feel like we really liked a lot of the same music. And actually, I'm just remembering that also. My mom didn't like pink Floyd. Uh-huh. Had to take, had to 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." I can't talk about it around your mother. Exactly.

Can I talk about pink Floyd for a second? Please, Amy. [laughter] Songs are too long. [laughter]

Three minutes. Or die. I mean, there's a couple of times. It's like, it's like, man's spreading that. It's pink.

It is. It's like, dude. We get it. Come on. It's kind of like, you already said that.

Yes. I heard exactly. 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 one of the coolest parts of my childhood was that my parents really included us in the concerts of it all. Like, we, and everything, everything came through the Bay area. So we saw everything.

Mm-hmm. We, they were just, we had, they would take us to everything. And do you remember, like, a formative moment

“when you were a young person watching somebody on stage?”

Yeah, I do. I, like, well, he was, was my first concert. Oh, my god, he, Louis was one of my first concerts. That's cool. That is cool.

That is cool. That is cool. And I also, given for you, Louis. Wait, what? Give it up for you, Louis.

Thank you, Louis. Thank you, Louis. Tell me, dude. Such a voice. Talented.

And the harmony, the whole band. And the news. Give it up for the news. [LAUGHTER]

We never get it, we never get it.

We never get it. I remember being much like you guys in the very front row of an Eddie money concert. Oh, I was just talking about Eddie money the other day. You were?

Yes. I was just, I was looking him up on all of them when we were driving. Because I was like, what is Eddie money's deal? What is this? First of all, can't be the name as Mother gave it.

Maybe it's not, right? No. What a cool man.

“I believe his last name is Mahoney's real last name is Mahoney.”

That's kind of a cool way. Totally. From Mahoney to money. But he did one of the, I think, I bet this was like my second or third concert. I was so little, probably too little as we there.

But he did the thing where he's singing the mic. And then he put it down to me. And I remember being like, oh, I don't know the lyrics. [LAUGHTER] I like five.

[LAUGHTER] And it was a bit, but, you know, cool to, cool to, there's something about when I say like Neppo, baby. [LAUGHTER] What I mean is like, there was no, like the proximity.

Like to be close. Well, you're around creative people. Right. That's like, and I know Neppo actually doesn't mean that, but what we've sort of decided Neppo, baby, means.

Yeah. I think a lot of people, you know, are like want to be an actor, and they are raised in Ohio or something in their way. No, well, I don't.

I've never seen a movie filmed here.

So I don't really understand it. Yeah. You can't like grab it. Yes. And so there was something about even though the music industry is not the,

it's 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 mean, like a, we had to make something like, like, about our future. And I drew myself as a pop star.

Oh. As an actor, as a major league baseball player. I mean, you made that happen. I know. Yeah.

And then as a president. Sure. But like, oh, really confident.

I think that's great. That's my parents. That's my parents. I've heard that you, as a young person, also had a big love for Annie.

Thank you. Yes. Can we talk about Annie? Can we talk about Annie? 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.”

Yeah. And kind of like sitting on the stage or whatever. But Annie, we went to the Concert Pervillian, and even knows it. And we saw like a real production of Annie.

And it was, did you have this thing where you were just like, "Give me up there." 100%. I feel like it was a real,

it's a real, divine 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. They were like 12 orphans. Also the idea of being an orphan. The idea of being an orphan was like, "Oh, bro, man, say."

It really was. Yeah. It really was. It was like orphans. Let's see.

Let's just be orphans. Yeah. Like let's put some energy in it. Like orphans were cool. I know.

You 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. Yeah. And there was just this moment of like,

the songs, it was like they're singing about us. Yeah. Totally. Okay.

Now I'm just going to bring up this damn net bow thing one more time. But we got to go backstage. Okay. Yeah.

Sorry to brag. And in my, whatever age this was, four or five-year-old delusion or whatever this was, Miss Hanagan was backstage. She's the one who played Miss Hanagan.

And she was sort of like bent over talking to someone. And I slapped her. No. No. No.

No. Darcy. No. No. No.

Like almost like, like, almost like I punched her in the face. It was just like, you badly. [ Laughter ] That's four actors.

That's not the actors. [ Laughter ] Oh, my God. Do you remember her reaction? I think she was like, kind of like,

woo! [ Laughter ] Definitely was not expecting some weird little like girl boy. [ Laughter ] Sure.

You love to sing. You love to harmonize too. Yeah, you do too. Um, I have to lyrics. I have to lyrics.

I have to lyrics too, um, maybe by Annie. [ Laughter ] Really? All right. Just sing the first couple lines.

With you.

“Yeah. Let's try it. I don't remember it.”

[ Laughter ] ♪ Be far away ♪ ♪ Or maybe real dear boss ♪ She's your girl. [ Laughter ]

[ Laughter ] What a song. What a song. What a song. It's a sad romantic song.

We were talking about it. We were like, could it be a song in a wedding? It could go. It can't be. Can it? Bet she reads?

[ Laughter ] ♪ Bet she reads ♪ ♪ Bet she shows ♪ ♪ Maybe she's made me a closet of clothes ♪ ♪ Maybe they're strict as straight as the line ♪

♪ Don't really care as long as they're mine ♪ [ Cheers and applause ]

Incredible. Incredible. Incredible.

Incredible. Good job, Annie. Okay. So then you get to teen years and you fucking do the coolest thing. Oh, you put in a posture, can you? [ Laughter ]

You put in a posture, can you? I'm kind of Annie money in that way. [ Laughter ] It's your Annie money, Mom. No, it's my Annie money, Mom.

You come to school and you're like -- Thank you. You put us. So for people who don't know, Darcy, how do you spell your name?

Darcy's D. Lowercase ARCY. Right. And then I really became obsessed with Grunge Music and Snashing Pumpkins. And Snashing Pumpkins has Darcy Redski on bass.

And she was just like the fucking coolest, sorry, and a child of a friend, child of a friend, child of a child, child of a child, child of a child, child of a child, child of a child of a child, child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a child of a

It was just like then that was my name. It wasn't a big decision. It really was just, well, that's an earth-shattering decision. It was so funny.

“It really was like, I, I wasn't like, should I, could I?”

I just did it. And when you walked in a school, I was like, pop my collar.

Like I knew it.

“It just was like, I just started doing it.”

I just started doing it.

And my mom was like, hmm?

[LAUGHTER] And she does this thing. She doesn't really do it anymore. But she would often like sign a letter M apostrophe O.M. And I was like, oh, I'm just doing it.

It's like, I can't get too dark, you know? Lori, Gus Lori, you know? I have a quick Darcy story from Fashion Pumpkins, which is, I was waiting tables in Chicago. And one of the guys, they 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. Oh, we're going to somebody's house for a wedding.

Who is it? It's Darcy from the smash-a-bombs. You catered Darcy's wedding, Amy? Well, I didn't cater, I passed around, or Dermz. I think that's catering.

Yeah, I did not actually write. Yes, but I had a white shirt and black pants. And she lived in Michigan City, Michigan. Wow.

I forget who she was marrying.

I could look it up, but I, it's just-- There's no way to know. My laptop's so far away. It's so heavy. It's so cheesy.

And I hope they're together. I don't know. 10, I don't know. I don't know. But it was very intimate, small wedding, and Billy Corgan sang in the living room.

Oh, I know. Do you know what? Is this like something that you've told before? I did. I wrote about it in my book because I read your book.

I was like, only me with Darcy's story. But she was so cool, and like not at her wedding as well. And what was she wearing not a white dress? Oh, this is a great question. You know what I mean?

It's got to be black. You know, my memories are like-- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I get you.

You know, they're really like a--

you know, like, when a child makes a drawing, yes. And then it's left out in the rain. And you're probably like, I just like colors. I know it was a tree. Yeah, that's how it feels.

I mean, yeah. You are also class clown in high school. Mm-hmm. [LAUGHTER] Congratulations.

Thank you. I love a woman-- Oh, my God. A woman class clown. Oh, my God.

Well, I would just say that women who are class clown kind of sometimes go two ways, right? Sometimes they're the bad kids. Right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right. She is.

And then they're just genuinely funny. Rachel, Dratch was class clown. She was a Rosy O'Donnell class clown. Yes. And, yes, Rosy O'Donnell class clown

and also prom queen. Me too. You were prom queen too? We didn't have prom queen, but we had homecoming. We had homecoming.

Yeah, homecoming queen. I was prom. Isn't credible. And when I see a policy of posture fee. OK, well, here's--

It was a posture. You know what's funny is, like, this is because we're doing this live. I feel like I can like peek behind the curtain. Yeah. Guests ahead of time are supposed to be a surprise.

Right.

“OK, you should know Abby absolutely spilled the beans.”

Yeah. We forgot. We forgot to tell you, no, I don't love surprises. OK. And I get stressed out about pranks.

Yeah. 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 actually perfect because then I could hang out with the backstage and everyone. 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 Halloween queen. Is that funny? Oh, my God. Is that funny?

Oh, my God. Is that funny? Oh, my God. Where I was like, do I like to know things in the moment or do I like a little heads up? But my dad was like, oh, I got to tell you, you got home going.

Oh, he didn't really say-- he didn't like accidentally spill the beans. He told you. Holy total. And my mom was like, yes. And then he went, just kidding.

He couldn't tolerate his own stress about the-- That's right. Yes, tell me. That's kind of a cute one. I did, you like it?

I did. Because then I didn't have to-- Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was like, oh, my God. My God.

I was like, oh, my God. It's like the Bay Area. [APPLAUSE]

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You think about music, but you're, um, are you

are we checking our pants? My pants to that, you know. You don't think about pants down. No, pants are ridiculous. Everybody knows everybody knows everybody.

They're so big. There's so many pleats. And I want them big, but then when you sit, they're like, ha ha ha. This is the joke part. You look insane.

[LAUGHTER] So how do you go from theater? Yeah. Where do you go to college? Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon.

Interesting. Which is how you get there. You, okay, you go straight up though. No. [LAUGHTER]

“Because I couldn't remember them the freeway.”

You there, so. [LAUGHTER]

Okay, Ashland is a big, it has the, I want to say it's the biggest,

Shakespeare festival in the country. Is that right? Ashland, can I swore? Yeah. [LAUGHTER]

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, almost like a bless you. Blast from the past, like, out of Elizabeth and Era town.

Ooh, it's, it's, it's wild. So it's easy to go up there and watch Shakespeare. Yeah. So you enjoy Shakespeare? Yeah.

But don't hold that against. I don't. I enjoy Shakespeare too. But I don't, I, it's, it's a, it's a long process now. Yeah.

It's a long process. It's another sneeze. Show out. [LAUGHTER] We only had the one.

[LAUGHTER] Oh, my God, guys. [LAUGHTER] I, I, I, I, I, you know, I love Shakespeare when it's good.

Yeah. I mean, whatever. Also, I've seen, I've seen kids do Shakespeare and it can be good. But, um, can it? No.

[LAUGHTER] I don't think, not good. No. Yeah. They do it.

Cute. Maybe cute. Sort of. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Don't give me the full. Lancy. Yeah. Yeah.

Quick Shakespeare. 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. Well, I studied it. Cool.

And then, uh, the further away I get from college, it's been two years now. [LAUGHTER] 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 favorite show? Who's my favorite character? I don't know. Now, do you have a partially experienced part?

“You would have loved to have played or you did play and love doing?”

They're in midsummer.

I always really loved Helena.

Yes. Which I'm sure, you know, she's our, if we're... I was in college. We did midsummer and I dream and I was one of the fairies. I was peas blossom.

peas blossom of course you were freaking peas blossom. I was t-tenia, t-tenia, t-tenia, t-tenia. T-tenia, t-tenia. Who's that? She's like the queen in the beginning and then you kind and never share again,

Jolien. Oh, I am, I'm having a memory now that I was also, I doubled up. And I was the New Yorker that constitutes me. Isn't there a New Yorker? No wait, that's pretty good, dude.

Okay. Sorry, funny, silly. Hey, how are? How are peas blossom? So, how do you go from Shakespeare to comedy to TV?

Okay. So, I do my four years in Ashland. I loved it. I loved it. It was a great college experience.

But I was like, it's she as hell to get to New York. I had to get to New York. And so, truly like, you know, graduated and high-tailed at New York. And, well, 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.

You know, like, like, this is really something they weren't getting.

“And, and, and had, like, I think I had hit the two-year mark.”

And I was like, I love it here, but I think I don't want to, like, keep ten things. Like, I probably just have to, I'll move back home or whatever. 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, 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 as far as, like, you know, the live theater of it all. And I had seen some improv that was more, like, short-formy and it was enjoyed it, but it wasn't, like, calling my name. And I, my friend took me to an asscat, which is, like, the big UCB show every Sunday night.

Yes. And yes. And, and, and, wow, wow.

And, which she wasn't in every week at all, she was busy lately.

“But she was in the show and it was, like, Jack McPrayer and, and Robert Gull and Jason Manzook is maybe Seth Meyers.”

It was like, I was kind of like, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 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. [ Laughter ] Amazing. [ Laughter ] Any money moment, childish, can't be, no?

[ Laughter ] And then I just -- and then I just became obsessed. And I stayed in New York for 11 years. And it became my life, my love, my church, my everything, everything, everything. Yes, and I feel like I'm a similar feeling with you about our love of improv,

which I know, like any art form, you can kind of make fun of it. Improv has definitely made fun of a lot, because it's -- it doesn't feel cool sometimes.

“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 -- by the way, I agree so hard. And truly, like, the top of that pyramid or whatever is you, dude. I mean, I didn't -- [ Cheers and applause ] Like, I don't know how -- I mean, I could spend an 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 in Prague, but that's everything. Like, bitch. [ Laughter ] Ders. I mean, I -- yeah, thank you.

You know, like, it is always a weird thing to be like friends with somebody that you actually worship.

[ Laughter ] And that's just the breaks. [ Laughter ] I agree. Like, I know -- it's sort of like, almost cool or trendy to shit on improv. And I -- yeah. I don't even care. I don't 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 cringy, I think it's, like, magical art.

I think it can be 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, like, a special way that's different than just working together or doing a show together. Like, a sort of psychic bond, you know? 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 set you up for success.

Like, 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 -- or, like, a prank. All I ever wanted was 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 for 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, "Whoa." Yeah. I mean, in life and in -- in work. It also makes you, like, so unbelievably good at this, you know? It's okay. I'm okay. I'm okay. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I mean, but also as an actor and everything. 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. And I also feel like, if you have that skill, if you feel like you can -- then it's like, 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, feed on the ground, sneezing, whatever you're doing. Right.

It's impossible to actually be not racing ahead or thinking back. Like, it's -- it's -- for me, it's -- it's a life-long lesson. And improv helps me stay in my body actually. A hundred percent of the grade. 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. Okay. It was an asscat. So it 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 Sunday's open just in case.

Can you get here?

And I would always try to do it.

But I -- there was, like, a night where husband Jason hijason, 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 romantic date. And I get a text, and it was, like, someone dropped out. Can you be -- you see me in, like, 30 minutes?

And I was like, "Bye." And I'm not kidding. I got up so fast that I knocked over the table behind me. And Jason was like, "Oh, oh, oh, oh." And then we got to do a show together.

And you were so warm and welcoming and cool. And we did -- it was actually -- it's hard to remember in Prove shows and scenes. But I kind of remembered, and it was, like, actually a great show. And you did the thing that you do, which is, like, on the back line, which is, like, when we're not in the scene, but we're still in 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 into the heavens." And, again, you just -- you take care of your people,

and you're such a -- give her. You're such a giver. You're such a giver with your laugh and your love. And that -- mean -- and your -- and your praise. It really changes people's light.

Thank you, John. We'll see. Thanks. Sorry. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. In the words of Lena Wake. Yes.

Thank you, and I receive that. Okay, great. That's all I need to say. I received that. But you're talking about Jason.

“You're a wonderful husband who you met at Disneyland.”

I don't know. Why did it have to be that? Jason? Jason, please, are you a Disney adult? You care about Disney?

I -- oh, you got one. And we got one.

Like, I always look like I'm not a Disney adult,

and yet I go every year. We go every year. Okay. That is actually a really good question as what makes someone a Disney adult. Because going once a year,

feels like not so much so crazy. But once a year, like what? I mean, it is really fun to go with, like, my niece is a nephew. It's really fun.

But you go sometimes without them. I'm a trice without. You're a trice without. Yeah. With niece's and nephews, like, just took my whole --

Well, 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 the group of people.

Yes. And what was the moment that made me cute? Well, I was, like, hubba, damn hubba. Yeah.

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 clasked him a little bit. You clasked him. I worked at one point.

Which is fine. Girls can burn. I have some weird thing that pops in my sternum. And I was like, "Hey, feel this burning?" [ Laughter ]

No, clashing. Like, I wasn't flirting with him. Right. Like, oh, I like him. And then...

[ Laughter ] Yeah. [ Laughter ] And how long have you guys been together now? We have been together for, like, 20 years.

[ Cheers and applause ] And right now? Yeah. She's the very best. Around this time, you also meet Abbie Jacobson.

Abbie Jacobson. Along a glaser. I want to cheer. And you guys, more together in many different ways, including Brad City, which we mentioned.

[ Cheers and applause ] Yes. Do you remember those times coming in? Because, you know, there is a reddit thread about your character in Brad 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 want to go down. I think you should. I don't know. Sometimes it's scary to go down for sure. But I bet they're pro.

I feel like... [ Laughter ] Yeah, that's true. Also, there's, like, enough distance that I could handle it. Yeah.

Yeah, it was, like, current. Yeah, right. Yeah, right. So those early scrappy days, scrappy do. Um, so scrappy.

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, 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. Mm-hmm. 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 in a show like the good place. I mean, I, I really, I, I, and League of Thrones,

like, I really looked out with some, some shows that have, have, meant, have touched people. Yeah. 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, should, too? Yeah, she did. (laughter) Let's get the easy one out of the way. I first.

Who did you like to kiss the most? Oh, let's see. Okay.

Here's the thing you may not know.

I have kissed so many people on camera. Fantastic. It's actually crazy. Men and women. Men and women.

Shining 10? Yeah.

“I'm going to see how I put the egg into this.”

Okay. Abby. Gemma Chan. Roberta Clanders. Justin Long.

Are you ready for this? Lenny Cravitz. (laughter) Kristen, no. Demon.

Okay. That's six. Wow. There's more. There's more.

Whatever. Whatever. Abby. Cravitz is in the race. Yeah.

Let's tell the race. It's Abby. It's Abby. It's Abby. It's Abby.

(applause) It's Toby Abby. What's it like to kiss your friend? Do you want to try? (laughter)

I want to find out. (laughter) That's it. That's it. That's such a straight person question.

(laughter) I'm like, you need a minute. You kiss your friend. You kiss your girl. (laughter)

Wow. Yeah. It's funny. It's like, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, the, it's like, the immediate sort of awkwardness of like, okay. Let's go.

Let's go. Yeah. 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 awkward moments that may come later don't come. Yeah. It's really easy. And we were also goofing. And we were kind of like, this is crazy.

Yeah. And we did get like, there's a, there's like a really great, in my opinion, a great scene, great kiss in that pile 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 Jamie Babin, an amazing director who, who directed that first one was like, guys, you

got to use town. She's like, what are you doing? More town. We're like, oh, okay. There we go.

So it's on to each other down.

“But you know, it's better than the opposite, right?”

What? It's the opposite. The opposite. They were like, guys, my guy. Can you imagine if you got the note of like, guys?

Just one of you. Just one of you gets the note. It's like, Darcy can speak to you for a second. Oh. Hey, and what were you doing?

I know. It's so good. So lost in the character. I didn't even. Yeah.

And we can tell. Yes. And it's so good. But you're, you've got to stop using so much town. It's actually, it's an HR issue.

And then Abby'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, I mean, I, I, they're, it's speaking about Shakespeare. Like, I have such a love for it.

And it's like never do it again.

It feels like a shame to me. Yeah. So I would, you know, like, I would, I would love to do that for myself to kind of, like, remind myself what this particular genre of theater and of acting that I had fell on love with. I thought it was 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. Let's, let's, let's claim it. Yeah. Let's claim it in the park.

Would love to play Peas bottom in the park. And then I'll play the New York ladies. [laughter] You come in on the street every night they're like, "Uh-oh." Like, it's part of the show.

[laughter] What's this, Shakespeare? In a park? [laughter] I mean, we don't usually get this in the dry borrower.

[laughter] Okay, but also borrower. But also borrower. Like, also kicking ass and actually killing people and actually using guns. [laughter]

Like, I got to do handmade steel. Oh, God, that's right. She's wild. And I did get to kill dudes. That's right.

You know, you know, it was great. Child in the front row. Yeah. I'm so sorry. [laughter]

That's a hard not one. [laughter] Thank you so much. That is it. That, like, coming into a show like that season four, five months.

I'm in so fun. Dreamy, yeah, yeah. And out. And down. Down.

Down. What a giant she is. What an actress she got.

“She's so, like, have you met her or worked with her?”

No, I didn't look. I saw a movie that she, I mean, she does sit down. Do you see the movie Mass? No. Okay, my God.

Hi. It's so sad. Okay, okay. I want to watch that one. It's so good.

It's a cry fest. Okay.

Watch it on an airplane.

I was just going to say that.

“I was just having a watch on an airplane.”

So I'll be. She, like, she is the sweetest, warmest, like, love. She's like, a hand holder. She tells you she loves you. She's like, she's sort of like, oh darling.

She's like darling. Oh, I'm so glad you're here darling. And then it would be like, they would truly be, like, action. She's like, where are the girls? That was amazing.

She would switch on the diamond. It was incredible to watch. Okay. Now we need to spend a moment talking about Janet. Okay.

We need to talk about Janet. Incredible performance. She's the same. I mean, nominated for drug, critic 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 a good place, Janet is kind of like, if, you know, your

Siri came to life. Yeah, exactly. She is 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. But us.

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, willing, I were like, there every day. Yes.

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. The best people. You're treated so well. The writers are beyond, I'm like, beyond 100.

I don't know what that means. But I just came up with a phrase. Yeah. They're beyond 100. I'm taking your course.

It sounds amazing. It was like, it was perfect. It was perfect. Yes. And he is a genius.

And he's the sweetest. And he's, I mean, like, 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 Rec, 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.

“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.

There was something like in the stage direction where it was like nothing throws her. She's like, unflaccable. And now really, I really, that for some reason that kind of gave me everything that I needed for the audition. Like, nonjudgmental, 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 understand the character, which later realizing I didn't understand the character, but before the audition, right?

And it was, it was dummy sides, which means like fake, 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. So something about the good place that I'll just sort of, they wanted to see someone that was like helpful and kept getting, you know, problems thrown at her and she was unflappable 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 was when Siri and, and like the idea that your phone talked to you was still kind of cute. Yeah, totally. And now we're all just, like, like, we're all very scared. 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 could definitely see the writers being inspired by that. Yeah, you know, they're brilliant and they're beyond 100 as we know. And, but I'm, like, I'm glad it was when it was. Yeah.

Because I guess that would have been interesting to me sort of, like, dark-sided Janet or whatever, different about Janet. But, like, but I love her, the way she is. Would you ever have a robot in your house? Fuck no. Interesting.

I don't have, 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 five years will have a robot in your house?”

I think, yes, but, like, I am so afraid of everything. Anything with a camera, anything that records my voice, anything. I'm like, turn off, break it, break it before it comes in the house. Like, I don't want to be trapped where I do. But you are being trapped.

No. I know. I hear you, but it's like, it's inevitable now. So is it, like, just lean into it? I'm just wondering, I just asked because I, I would, I'm surprising myself.

I would never think that I would want a robot.

Yeah. But now I don't make sure. Actually, like, as an older person, they bring you your medicine. Yeah. But when you want, like, a real person with, like, a, like, a, like, a breath.

In a heart. Yeah, like a nurse, perhaps. Yeah. 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, mrrr. And it would be, like, that's right. That's right. Me, Jane, woman. Yeah.

That's right. Yeah. Very famous Parks and Rec character. Um, Will spoke so sweetly about you guys working together. I love him.

And um, his question was really tender. And sweet.

“I thought, which was, when did you know that you were funny?”

Hmm. Can you answer that? I mean, okay, I think, can you answer that?

I feel like there may have been,

I'm just trying to think of, like, a performance where I got a laugh. Yes. And I remember being, like, me. Okay. I remember being, like, yes.

Like, this, like, like, when a vampire is born. Totally. I was like, yes. Okay, that's, that's great. I was thinking, okay.

There's a couple of moments where I can remember making my family laugh. Like, if, if my mom was in a bad mood, I would, like, okay, imagine you're in dinner with your family or 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. Uh-huh. And then, like, a minute later, somebody would be talking, and I would just smile and, like, let it all go 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, Rob.

Yes.

So, I remember being in junior high and doing the talent show

with my girl friends. And the song, um, no rain by blind melon was awesome. And they sort of dressed as the band, but I dressed as the be girl. Yeah. And I did, like, a little tap dance.

And then it 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. Yeah.

Where I was like, huh? I shall be chasing this one last time. That felt better than anything I ever felt. Yeah. Kind of sounded 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. How was your time on Broadway? Um, and, um, was it really hard? Okay. My time on Broadway was so fun.

Yeah. I need you to do it. No way, do you? Yeah. [ Cheers and applause ]

Yes. [ Cheers and applause ] Here's my theory. Here's yours. But only Madness.

Yes, yes, totally. Yeah. It's too hard. It's too hard. No, it's not.

Look, somebody's leaving. It's so hard. Yeah. I love Broadway, especially the night performances. So hard.

I, it's not.

“I mean, here's the thing, like, every night.”

I know. I know. Twice. Two days. Yeah.

Well, what you would do is to show, like, I did, which is, like, a 90-minute comedy. Yeah. Yeah. And people give you the, like, wow, you're doing a Broadway show. And you're out of the show when, like, cats is that intermission.

[ Laughter ] And they're still, like, sweating and dancing. And they stuff to take their makeup off. And you're, like, "Artion Sardys." It's really...

It's sardys. I'm sure this show. I'm sure this show. Oh, yeah. Well, that's the thing is, you kind of, like,

Can't eat that late. Darcy. You kind of... I can't do that. You will do, is you kind of push your schedule.

You, like, wake up at 10. You know, Amy Miles and I used to stay of all night and party. And I literally, if I'm awake at 10, 30, I'm, like, "What's wrong with you?" I mean, I, I'm done.

I cannot believe the night I used to have. I mean, I wasn't in, like, Chicago with you, but when we would do, like, the marathon, the DCM marathon. We stay up all night.

All night. And we drink beer. We drink beer. Straight out of the kitchen. Straight out of the kitchen.

[ Laughter ] I also want to talk to you about being, and yet another, like, five-star weekend. [ Cheers and applause ] Darcy it.

I'm big. Oh, fashion hit.

With a bunch of ladies. Yes.

“The adorable, wonderful Jennifer Garner.”

Yes. I know.

She's listening to this right now.

Oh, when I, when I posted that I was doing this, she wrote, "Oh, shit." [ Laughter ] What a peach. I know.

A peach and a pro. A peach and a plum. And a plum and a pro. A peach and a plum. A peach and a plum.

A pro. And congratulations on, like, like, did, like, and then you're going to do another season. Yes.

I'm so excited. It's like, I will save, like, let me just tell you, guys. You know, okay. Five women.

Judy Greer also. West and Harlow, like, so many women in the cast. Yes. Two female directors. That's all we had.

Like, five female producers.

A female theater. It just happened. Female cinematographer. Amazing. It just happened to be that great.

And it absolutely ruled. Yes. It was incredible. Yeah.

“It was like, it was, it was problem free.”

Yes. Of course. Of course it was. Of course it was. Of course it was.

Of course it was. Of course it was. Of course it was. Of course it was. Yeah.

And people showed up for it. And the, like, you shot it in Nantelka. Shot Nantelka. And what month were you there? September, which is apparently

Perfect. Perfect. Because all the tours are gone. Yes. You kind of get that chilling.

Yeah. And it's still gorgeous. It was really beautiful. Did you stay in a house? We stayed in these sort of, like,

furnished apartment. Home. Okay. That was great. We know we've been shot out.

Oh, my God. And then, um, you know, but you're not a sponsor, but I do love the White Ellen. You do. Yeah. Um, love a sponsor. And then love a sponsor. Yeah. Um, I also love Chase. [ Laughter ] For those other things. I love Chase English business credit cards.

Yes. Um, but um, that idea of, of every of all those women coming together of, like, we, we all, we say that like, "Oh, it's great to have women around." But you're, you're a real lover of women. You let women love you. Hmm. And there is some way of working. Sometimes it is, like, hard to explain,

“but I think people, when they are around it feel it, what is the best part of that?”

Like, like, like, what, you know, what's the vibe? Like, what's the way of working?

Because I'm always looking to see, like, how people like to work?

Yeah. 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. Whatever it needed to be. It was just, like, that's only, like, one small thing.

But I just remember, it was sort of a surprising amount of things happening during shooting. 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. Yeah. Just freaking Gavin. Well, I mean, I don't want to treat people because, by the way, I took a poll. The audience, a lot of people have jobs here.

Okay. Which I'm shocked. I know. Like, most of the people raise their hand. Yeah.

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. Yeah. Love you. It's like, the people that you work with. How many here?

Anyone here tonight with people they work with? Hey. Chew. Chew. So cute.

So cute. Co-worker night. Hey. Co-worker night. Yeah.

They're like, let's get out of here. Let's get out of here. It's like, it's seven, forty, and we're almost done. Um, okay. Dars, I ask everybody this question.

I need to know. Um, what is making you laugh? Okay. Okay. You're a comedy-efficient auto.

You know so many funny people. You are. You're like, you know, like, you know, sometimes when you do a lot of comedy, that's not the thing you want to escape 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. Okay. Where what waiting to take off. I started watching.

I went down a rabbit hole of, let me just think if I can like freeze it perfectly. Okay. I also do not like pranks. No. I do not like being scared.

At all.

But there's like this area of, I guess, you know, Instagram, Twitter.

I mean, not Twitter. TikTok 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. It is so funny.

And I was watching a compilation of people scaring their spouse or roommate or whatever. And it would, it would, the reactions are like. So insane. I was crying on the plane. I'm picturing.

Am I getting this right? Like, it's like someone holding a laundry basket. And it's like, you know, yes. Yeah. Somebody holding a laundry basket.

And then someone comes around the corner and they're like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 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. No.

“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 can be freaking anybody. I think it's just a lot of spouses or roommates in their home. Where you feel safe. And also remember, recently, remember my husband.

He knows not to scare me. Right. And he did, he was like, he did something where I was in the shower. And I see through window and he was like, right there. That's not okay with me.

As a joke. No, he was like fixing something. Okay. So I went, not cool. Not cool, Jason.

I don't like to be scared. I really don't like to be scared. I really don't like to be scared. But 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?”

It's that not of an act of violence. Yes. It is. It's violence. It's abuse.

It is abuse. It's a praying, which we both said we don't like. Yeah. So what is it? But I, yeah, you know, I couldn't.

I couldn't not laugh if I tried. Yeah. It's something. Tickles. You're funny, but yes.

It's tickling. It's so true. Can't help it. Yeah. Yeah.

I think I would... I'm just like, oh, I mean, oh, this is going to be on camera. Okay. Darcy Kardon.

“Before we leave, I'm going to 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, Abby was saying, like, really, like, laugh out loud, funny and really, really genuine, authentic, fun, connected person.

Thank you for being both. Thank you for your work. Thank you. And thank you for coming tonight. I hope you're having so much.

Thank you for changing my current spirit. It means so much that you were here. Everybody give it up for Darcy Kardon. Thank you for being there. You're going to bring me forward.

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