I'm so happy you're here. I'm happy. This is your first
tonight show appearance. This is my first time you guys.
I'm happy that you're here. Uh what a great time because this
is your sixth season. You have a lot going on right now.
You're also on shrinking on Apple TV Plus. Jason Siegel and
Harrison Ford. Yes, we have some fans. Uh I have questions
about you though because before comedy was a part of your life.
You are a hairdresser. Yeah. Yeah. I did hair. Whoo. Uh
that's cool. Yeah. And what did you did everyone know that all
your clients know that you were funny and they were like, oh
you're going to be on Saturday Night Live and you're going to be. Not at
all. I I kept the comedy thing very secret. So, when I told
them like, yeah, I I'm leaving the salon to pursue comedy.
They all said, are you funny? Wow. I just said time will
tell. Wow. Are you funny? All you do is talk to them the
whole time. Are you a good hairdresser? I am a good
hairdresser. I did all my friends, all my family.
Actually, my last hold out client was my dad. Oh, I know
because he had a very specific haircut that he's been getting
for decades. Um I don't know if any of the guys are familiar
here. It's called the Mummy Cut. Okay, so no do you have
you ever gotten the mummy cut no I have no idea what that is
okay the mommy cut is Brendon Frazier and the mummy's hair
are you guys were calling oh yeah now I now I know what
you're talking about this is oh yeah okay right it's like a
pretty cool hair no I did and yeah he's a stud yeah okay so
my dad's been getting that cut for 25 years oh and it was a
big night in our family when Brendon Frasier won the Oscar
because the next morning I got a text from my dad that said
Brendan for the Oscar.and. I chose the haircut years ago.
And so I think you yes. He thinks he's responsible for
Brendan Fraser getting it Oscar. Yes but I didn't hear
Brendan Frazier thank Rick Gardner. So tonight maybe we
thank Rick Gardner. Yeah thank you Rick. Thank you. For
Brendan's career. Oh, here is your dad. Oh, interesting.
Here's your dad with the mommy cut. Mommy cut, right? Yeah,
not too bad. The swoops? Yeah, he looks good actually. Yeah.
Yes. Wow. Fantastic. He's a stunt. The white shirt? Rick,
good job. Congratulations. It's a mommy cap. Uh are are you are
you from Kansas City, right? This is this, I know you're a
big Kansas City Kansas, you love it. I love it. You do. I
love it. Yeah, I think good nights. I see you when you wave
goodnight. Sometimes you're wearing the jersey or somebody
that. Head to toe cheese overalls. Yeah. All all Kansas
City. Um even when I go home now. I love to go back to
Kansas City and actually my dad, Rick Gardner. Um we have a
tradition. I know him. You know Rick the mommy cap. Yeah he's
the one that got Brendan Fraser the Oscar. Yeah we all know. My
dad. Pretty famous. Um so, he has this tradition where he
likes to take me to like the greasiest diner or find like
the most loaded burger. Yeah. Stuff and so this last time I
went home, he was like, I found this ground beef taco where the
cheese is the powder from Kraft Macaroni said a place called in
a tub and their sign is a bathtub. Um we gotta go try it
and I go, that sounds disgusting. Yes, let's go.
Yeah, of course. Yes. It does to me that sounds fantastic.
Yes. So. Cheese is the powder from Craft Macaroni cheese. For
the kids, you know. Oh, for the kids. Yeah, of course. I sound
so like something I would love to eat yeah the kids get in
line yeah exactly yeah so we get in the car to go and it
just so happens that I decided to wear like the most expensive
pristine pair of white pants we go to in a tub we're eating
eating the ground beef taco with the powdered cheese it's
delicious he was right yes I get like just the tiniest speck
of that powdered cheese on my pants and I knew if I took a
nap it would spread it. Can't touch it. Yeah. So, I was like,
I'm going to have to blow this off but I was like at a weird
angle to like blow on myself and my husband who was also
enjoying a ground beef taco. I turned to him and I was like,
hey babe, would you just blow that cheese off my pants and he
was like, oh yeah, babe. I got it and he takes a massive
breath in and then the second he starts blowing ground beef
just starts spraying and he lays a strip of the greasiest
chewed up taco meat. Oh. All My pants. Yes, of course that's
what happens. So, they ended up costing us like $500 dollars.
Yeah, exactly. I'd say that's what happen when you go in the
tub, exactly. Uh did you go crazy when Travis Kelce was on
SNL? I mean, I've been begging Lauren for two years to have
Travis Kelce host the show because I had a feeling. I was
like, not only is he the greatest Titan of all time.
He's funny, he's charming, he's going to be great and Lauren
was like, yeah, of course, he can host Heidi, he just has to
win the Super Bowl. Yeah. And I was like, that's a lot to ask
yeah and then he went and did it then he went and did it and
I keep saying he won the Super Bowl and then he won SNL
because he killed it oh he did crush it yes if it wasn't for
you and your dad what would we do with all these other
people's careers we're winning Oscars Super Bowls these are
the guardians do you like having celebrities sorry guys
celebrities athletes host as opposed to just celebs I do
because I'm a huge sports fan and I feel like just the stakes
are a little bit lower because no one's expecting like an
athletes who be great they're already great at the thing they
do so when they when they are great it's like everyone saying
like you read the reviews of the Kelsey show and it's like
he's the greatest actor of all time he's better than half the
cast I'm like yeah Wow. Wow. Yeah. No. No. That one that's
not the truth but he was amazing by the way. Yeah. Uh he
that was a phenomenal show. It was so fun. Uh I will say my
favorite sketch you did this season was the Joker sketch.
Yeah. It was so funny and your delivery by the way was
phenomenal. It was perfect. I was like, oh my gosh. Heidi
Gardner for the win on that one. That was. Joker, don't
dress like the Joker at my wedding. That was an Andrew
Dismute sketch. He always puts me in stuff and I'm so lucky.
No. So great. No, he's so lucky to have you to be to put in a
sketch. Uh Heidi, you're phenomenal on the show.
Congrats on everything. Best year dad. Thanks for being on
the show. I appreciate it. Heidi Gardner Saturday Live
returns April 1st with host Quinta Brunson musical guest
Lil Yachty. We'll be right back with Michaela Shepherd. Stick
around everybody.