-You had a wonderful "SNL"
this past Saturday with John Mulaney.
-So much fun. -So nice when John is back.
He has just turned into the consummate "SNL" host.
-It's, like, someone who is a bigger theater geek than I am.
-And you really put your theater geekery to week --
to work this week. -"To week."
-"To week." -You weeked your geek.
[ Laughter ]
You did "Sound of Music." -We did, and I do want to say,
I was very proud. I feel like I did a lot of
the blocking myself in that scene.
-Oh, really? -'Cause I was like,
"Liesl runs around the entire time."
-Gotcha. So did you -- -Behind trees, yeah.
-Did you -- You felt good when it was over.
-I was doing a lot of... [ Laughter ]
Yeah. -'Cause you love --
You and John both love musical theater.
-Yes. -There was also "Airport Sushi."
-Yes. -This was a fantastic sketch
about someone who orders LaGuardia sushi.
-This song in particular was driving me insane
because it's a very hard song to do,
"America," from "West Side Story."
-Yes. I think it's a song that, like,
people think they can sing. -Right, 'cause you sing along.
-Yeah, like... ♪ I'm gonna live in Amer-- ♪
But you're saying it's very hard.
-And then they want you to do it on live TV.
-Yeah. -And it's very difficult.
And at one point, they didn't have the "Bye-bye,"
that bit, and I was, like, we gotta get the "Bye-bye" back.
[ Laughter ] I mean, I --
-It was very important you got it in there.
Your birthday, you had an episode.
-Yes. -Your birthday was on
a Saturday, and you did, what might be one of my
favorite sketches of the year, with RuPaul,
that was very "Designing Women"-inspired.
-Yes. Absolutely.
My favorite scene, the "Lights Out in Georgia"
that Marjorie -- I've called people Marjorie in my life
when they've driven me crazy. -And this is --
It was never referenced that this scene
was wholly inspired by "Designing Women."
-No, but... -Yes.
I mean, the look was pretty obvious.
-It was for a specific audience. [ Laughter ]
And anyone else who enjoyed it, good.
-Did RuPaul understand the reference point?
-Absolutely. -Gotcha.
-And it was such a dream to get to do that with Ru.
I was, like, "I can't even think about it yet
because I'm gonna happy cry." -Uh-huh.
-And finally at the end of the show, I got to, like,
turn to Ru and go, like, "That was the best moment of my life."
[ Laughter ]
-So, doing "Designing Women" with RuPaul
is right up at the top of your list.
-Absolutely.
-You've now been in the show since 2012.
-I know. -And you've had a fantastic run.
So many successes. But I do like more than anything
talking to people about their bombs.
-Yes.
-Did you have any hard-core bombs at dress?
-The biggest bomb was --
I don't know if you were there for it, but Vanessa and I
were playing, like, two forensic detectives...
-uh-huh. -...from Buffalo.
-Okay. -And we just kept going,
"Oh, gross." [ Laughter ]
And pick it and be, like, "Ew, there's a --
Oh, it's a -- gross. Look at that hair."
And it was, like, not a laugh from the second we walked in,
and it was like, "Oh, no.
There's four more minuets of this."
It doesn't change. -Yeah, there's nothing
more depressing than when you start a sketch
that has no second move in it. -Yeah.
-And people wholly are out on the first move.
-And another character's gonna enter
and gonna sound the same. [ Laughter ]
Yeah. -You have an obsession,
and I remember when I came back and hosted, you wrote a sketch,
we didn't end up doing it, about Untuckit shirts.
-Yes, yes. -Will you sort of speak to
the origins of your obsession with these ads?
-Well, it was, like, right after the 2016 election.
A lot of advertising was very emotional,
because people were very emotional,
and talking about their issues
and things they were scared about.
And then this Untuckit ad I saw one day,
and it blew my mind because it's, like,
inspirational music, kind of, like, contemplative,
and he's going, "There's a lot of problems
in the world, and we all have them.
And mine was I couldn't find a shirt that looked good."
[ Laughter ]
And it was, like, "This is so tone-deaf, it's unreal."
[ Laughter ] -It made you so angry.
-Yeah. Well, not even angry.
I actually love it. -Yeah.
-And I have a friend on Facebook who, like,
writes me once a month. -Yeah.
-Untuckit news. [ Laughter ]
-It's nice -- I guess it's nice that there
are people who are so untroubled in this era
that they can still be most worried about their shirts.
-But he wanted to be troubled. -Yeah.
-He was, like, "I am, too. I'm getting in on this."
-Yeah. [ Laughter ]
He would be out with friend who are genuinely concerned
about and had empathy for, you know, people who
are having a tough time, and he was, like, "I'm with you guys."
-"Yeah, 'cause you know what I did?"
-Yeah. -"I fixed mine.
You guys would be okay, too." [ Laughter ]
-I laughed very hard when you did a sketch
with Chance the Rapper this year where you were on wires.
-Ugh! -And wire sketches
are very hard, 'cause this is a beautiful still
that makes it look like it was very easy for you guys
to get up in the air, but it was not that easy.
-I don't know that it's that beautiful.
[ Laughter ] -I mean, it's pretty --
-It was always, like, my little dangly feet
were always kind of funny. -Yeah.
-No, wire -- Immediately, at air, we went,
"Let's go," to go that way, and we were immediately
pulled the wrong way. [ Laughter ]
So, it's like, "Oh, it's gonna be great."
[ Laughter ]
And then I was stuck.
They were trying to hook Beck up.
-Yeah. -Like, the scene can't end
till Beck's in the air. -Yeah.
-And I was -- They couldn't hook him up.
So, I was just stuck dangling upside down over a chair
for like a full minute.
I go, I've never seen breaks so much.
And they're just going, "Oh, Jennifer.
Oh, Jennifer. -Yeah, 'cause they couldn't
cut to Beck yet. -Yeah.
-It makes me laugh so hard, because I love when a character
in a sketch walks out, and you can already see wires,
because, you're like, "Well, clearly this guy
is going up at some point." Yeah.