-Hi, Ces! -Hi. Hi, Seth!
-It's so nice to see you.
And I want to start by congratulating you
on your Emmy nomination this year.
So well-deserved. -Well, thank you. It was --
And I've never been so happy to lose, I think.
-Because you're a fan of who won in your category.
-Yes. I mean, I'm a fan of everybody.
But I was like --
I joke that I was maybe only third on my own list.
-This is -- We should give a shout-out.
This is Annie Murphy of "Schitt's Creek"
that won in your category, and that is a show you love.
-Yes. Has it been announced?
-I think it's out now. It's a little weird.
The end schedule is weird this year.
-Yeah. -This is very exciting for us
to see you because you were one of the last people we had
in studio before everything went sideways back in March.
-Oh, I know. And I was talking so big.
And I said I was going to go to the soccer game, which I did.
I went to an arena on Sunday.
And the person I was with was sick by Thursday.
-Really? That was the Thursday
where everybody basically left town, right?
-Yeah. Well, I quarantined for two weeks.
-You lived your best life right up until the last minute.
-[ Laughs ] I sure did.
I got to see the soccer team win.
The U.S. Women's National team.
-You had something that is,
I think, on par with that kind victory.
Which is -- A lot of times, people will now --
Because they know your skills as an impressionist,
they will cast you from the public,
and someone suggested you play
Don Junior's girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle,
and it was Bette Midler in a tweet.
-It was the divine Miss Midler. I cannot believe it.
I e-mailed Lorne immediately after I saw that tweet.
-And he responded.
-I was like, "Bette Midler said to do it, so..."
And he said... [As Lorne] "We'll get the wig."
-That's so nice of him.
He has such good wig contacts.
-Yeah. Yeah. He got his -- He's giving me one of his.
-Oh. That's nice.
You -- My personal favorite -- And I think I text you
almost every time you do Jeanine Pirro.
Is this as much fun to do as it is to watch?
-Yes. Absolutely.
And it's fun because Colin is always a little bit surprised,
and he enjoys it so much, being tortured.
-Yeah, I feel like that kind of woman
throwing a drink on Collin
is like a weird, like, maybe fantasy of his.
-[ Laughs ] Probably.
But I don't want to think about it that way,
because it'll change things for me.
-It'll put you in your head the next time you do it.
-Yeah.
It's kind of fun, you know, playing her.
And then even with Bette Midler tweeting,
I've never felt more honored than, like,
when a crazed brunette screams on television,
people think of me.
-Yeah. That's true.
If saw a crazy brunette, I'd think, "Uh-oh.
You're about to get Cecily'd."
-"That's Cecily." Yeah.
-I think one of the exciting things
about Saturday that everybody's looking forward to
is Jim Carrey's gonna be there.
He's gonna be playing Joe Biden.
And the last time he hosted,
there was the Carrey Family Reunion.
And there you are as Fire Marshall Bill.
A very convincing Fire Marshall Bill.
-Classic look. Yes.
-Was that good times?
-That was so cool, because it was one of the instances
that happens a lot on our show
where you get to meet, like, your comedy heroes,
and it was nice --
Doing a sketch like that, we kind of got to show him.
And I think he really appreciated it, too.
-Not all -- This is a little heartbreaking,
but I think it's good for young actors out there
to know that not -- you don't succeed at every turn.
Not all of your impressions have made it on "SNL."
You have an impression of Idris Elba
on the television show "Luther."
-Yeah. It has to be "Luther." -Right.
This is not an Idris Elba impression.
This is specific to the BBC cop show "Luther."
-And I wound up doing it for him at the host dinner.
-And did he like it? -He said he did.
And I'll tell you what he said after I do it.
Because it's mainly -- it's a physical thing.
-Okay. -He just goes...
[as John Luther] "No.
You won't, though, will ya?
'Cause I'm a coppa!
And it's Ian, mate!"
[Normal voice] It's a lot of just --
And he went -- [As Elba] "So a lot of squintin'?"
And that's a bad Idris. That's --
I was playing him then, not Luther.
And I said, "Yeah, well, you're tired.
Luther's tired."
-Luther's tired. He's a little over it.
I think his job is obviously made a lot harder.
-His job is freaking exhausting! -It's exhausting.
But I think I missed that,
that Luther is often sort of just working --
A lot of this, yeah.
A lot of working the chin for old Luther.
-Yeah. -And then I believe you were
just listing the other characters
that work with Luther. Those were just his colleagues.
-Yeah, that's a lot of my impression work,
is just me saying the other names of people on the show.
-Well, it makes it very clear to the person
you're doing the impression of that you've seen the work.
-Yes. Brett Butler --
I just yell at Quentin when I do "Grace Under Fire."
-Well, I think you can't do a Luther and not do Brett butler
from "Grace Under Fire." -Well, it's just like,
[As Grace Kelly] "Quentin, Quentin.
Go get Russell at the pharmacy, Quentin.
Where is Nadine?"
[Normal voice] So, again, it's a lot of the other characters.
-Do you get asked to do that one a lot?
-Um, I did it once, and then they stopped asking me...
-Well, that's --
-...if there's an impression I'm hiding.
You know how they do that on the show?
-Oh, right, right, right. -They e-mail you once a week.
-Oh. Oh, I see. Like, yeah, right.
They want to do an impression parade sketch,
and they'll say, "Hey, do you have anything
in your back pocket?" And that's what you drop them.
And I'm like, "Well, 'Grace Under Fire.'"
-This is very --
There was very exciting news that was released today.
You have a show that's coming out on "Apple TV."
-Yes.
-Where are you in the production schedule of that?
Just about to start? Is that accurate-ish?
-Ish, yes. I'm not 100%.
I don't know about anything. I'm locked in a house.
-But it's an incredible cast. -I'm so excited about this cast.
We got -- I mean, I've been, like,
waiting to scream it from the mountaintops.
Just to get to work with -- Keegan is my co-star.
And then all these amazing Broadway folks.
And it's just -- I'm thrilled.
I've only had a Zoom cocktail party with them so far.
-is the title official? Is it officially the title I've heard?
-No. -Great.
Then I won't say it. -Yeah.
Well you can say whatever you want, and you'll be wrong.
-Well, I try to avoid that at all costs.
-Unless, I mean, if you have a good idea. By all means.
-But this is you and Keegan Michael Key.
You're basically a couple that stumbles onto
sort of a magical land
where everybody believes they're in a musical.
-Yes. Fred is in it.
-Fred. Kristin Chenoweth. -We're getting Fred.
-Kristin Chenoweth. Alan Cumming. Aaron Tveit.
Dove Cameron. Ariana DeBose.
It's really exciting.
-That's amazing. Congrats on that Cecily.
I can't wait for Saturday. It's always such a joy to see you.
Thanks for being here.
-Yeah. Thank you, Seth. -I'll see you soon.