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So I went backstage and I saw Queen Latifah, and I was like, oh, my God. Queen Latifah. And she spoke Spanish to me, and I was like, you speak Spanish? She was like, of course. Like, you know, she's just. She's that. She's the coolest.
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Look at me. No impression. I speak Spanish. I pulled it.
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That's your Queen Latifah. And he was. He was Mexican. I can't believe I'm sitting here.
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No, I said that.
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I can't believe it.
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Wow.
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I heard it.
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You heard it right here next to Dana Carvey.
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I don't know what he was doing.
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Sorry. David Page.
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Like, I think Jesus at Sebastian.
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I just got booked on a bigger podcast.
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What a loser. So we've got Marcelo Hernandez. Marcelo Hernandez. He's. He's a spark plug from Saturday Night Live. Saturday Night Live, yeah.
C
Yes.
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And we did a sketch with them.
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We did a sketch Church lady with him. And David did his now infamous. And Hunter Biden. Paula, my wife, loved your hair, by the way, as Hunter Biden said. Whatever that was. Do that.
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You know, it's funny because my almost my hair like this, but it was still a wig because they really want to nail it perfectly and get the hair, everything. And Sarah Sherman was in that with us as Matt Gates. So, anyway, Marcelo, we don't know him that well. We watch his stuff. He has a special out on Netflix. But I really get along with him. He's a fun dude. He stayed after we went to lunch, and then last night he was at the Comedy Store. We all went over there and just goofed around.
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Yeah.
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Super fun.
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When I was there last fall, I did a sketch for, you know, because I was asked to be in this weird show he does, like a telemer. And. And I came out and I went all out and played a dead silence. And he talked about.
B
We talk about that. It's like how you say it haunted you for months.
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You know, you're just sort of. It's just sort of a strange feeling. You know, you commit that hard. But the. The sketch is really funny because it's so bizarrely abstract, like anything could happen any second in it.
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But he's broke it down to camera angles and writing and where everyone was and the placement. It's so interesting to hear that stuff about a sketch and then you. Yeah, then you go watch it.
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People watch on YouTube, hang out with him. You know, he's. He's a man with a plan. He's. He's. You know, he's Just kind of at a point where he's starting to get really famous. So for so on, new movie with.
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Kevin Hart coming out. He's got a lot of stuff happening.
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Very humble, nice guy. Yeah.
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Here he is. Marcelo.
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I want to go for a long time and then. And then we're having lunch, right? You're buying me lunch.
B
Oh, Jesus.
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Went out for lunch.
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You said we can if you want.
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Is this your kind of mic drop? I mean, you've been running, running. Are we recording?
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Yeah.
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Did you do anything canceled on this? No. Okay. Because I can't wear it. If you just.
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It was called a hit show across the house.
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I'll do my Koi Hans for you. Whoops.
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What are you gonna do?
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Well, just Koi Hans.
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Oh.
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We have to hope he knows all of our old.
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Someone is getting famous. I can't turn on the TV and not see him crushing on SNL and the Grammy. Oh, yeah, it's a 2, 4. Anyway, our guest today, I had to do it, but we know each other.
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I know nobody applauded, but we don't usually. We'll put it in later. Applause.
A
Yes. Well, I will say you have two guys in here that can only be described as what? What?
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They're both like. They say, this one's had Covid since I met him. And this one got it.
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This one has lupus. Oh, yeah, no, I made that up.
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Okay, good sound funny.
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Is that not a funny word? So anyway, we. We should say that when I was on SNL for that 10 weeks, that's where we got to know each other.
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A little bit to hang out. You gave me a sweater, remember?
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Oh, this is sore subject.
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Yeah, why? No, it's not a sore subject.
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Did you tell people that I bullied you out of the sweater?
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Not at all.
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Yeah, he did. Right now. Took it off. Give me that.
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Do it to me. I'll let you know.
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It's very me. People go, oh, he's a people. I've decided. No, I'm nice. Does it have to be negative? But I already liked you a lot. You were so cool. And like you, I. But here's what I want to know. We're at a. We're a photo shoot for the New Yorker magazine. No, there's that SNL issue where I hung out with Christopher Walken.
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Yes.
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For like an hour by myself with him.
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You were doing so many bits to him. Yeah, bits to Christopher Walken.
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But this is funny for old people. I said to them, do you paint to Christopher walker? Paint? He's 82, cost of paint. All old actors paint, quote, just like that.
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It's true.
C
So anyway, so I want to address that.
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I'm wearing sunglasses because I'm trying to send the message that I did have. I went to a party last night.
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Oh, yeah, you're at the Grammys.
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I went to.
B
No, let's count.
C
I mean, this is because you're coming out Thursday.
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Whoops. You don't push it. You don't fold it.
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No.
C
Nobody holds Hernandez. It's immediate. We'd release it live if we could, but just really fast. Why didn't you have a shirt? We're at this photo shoot, and there's a place where you didn't have a shirt. All of a sudden, you're shirtless. Go. Does anyone have a shirt?
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That's my first time ever, like, dealing with, like, a photographer that has, like, an idea, artistic idea, and it was scary. I don't know. I get scared with stuff like that. I don't know what to do.
B
Wait, you didn't have a shirt when you came?
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No, I had a shirt when I came. And they were like.
B
To take it off maybe.
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Yeah.
C
And then you close the shirt. Where do I intersect? I walk in to for my clothes, and you say to me.
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I say to you. I. I need a shirt, if you don't mind. And because I came in with, like, they took. Essentially, I think I, like. I don't know what happened. I must have messed up my clothes. Were you roofy and I messed up.
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Your clothes and somehow they got lost.
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Yes. And then I didn't, and I needed a shirt.
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Told me to take my shirt off.
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I, like, underdressed to this. Because I was late and I was scared. I was late because it was like a bunch of famous people there. So we showed up late, and it was cold out, and I didn't have a sweater, so I asked, can I please have your sweater? And you were like, of course.
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You said it to me. Right at that moment. Walkin said, liar. But anyway, no. Then I said, fine, but all I have is a Crew neck sweater, $19 from Gap. 100% happy to give it to you. Fit perfect.
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Fit perfect. Still have some of your hairs on it.
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Whoops. DNA. Tmi.
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This sweater is nice.
C
I just. They discontinue the sweaters. That's the only thing.
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Oh, no. But it was from Gap.
C
Yeah. All right. That was my story.
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David, let's go over the Grammys to you.
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David, let's go to the Grammys.
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Go to the Grammys. Any highlights? Anything Any Chateau Marmont party.
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Dude, it was cool. Yes to Chateau Marmont. Oh, you did go into there. It's. It was probably like my first real, like Hollywood, like real.
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A lot of.
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Outside of snl. Yeah. Like, and I presented. So I went backstage and I saw Queen Latifah and I was like, oh my God, Queen Latifah. And she spoke Spanish to me and, and I was like, you speak Spanish? She was like, of course. Like, you know, she's just, she's that. She's the coolest.
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Look at me. No impression. I speak Spanish. I pulled it.
A
That's your Queen Latifah.
B
I'll skip that one.
C
Go ahead.
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But yeah, so many like. And Olivia Dean won this award and then she came off stage crying and then she had the moment with like somebody on her team. It's like, you, you've won a Grammy and they're just crying and jumping around. So it was like an emotional evening, I think in general. And because there was a lot of young artists winning felt like a big.
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Like, yeah, you know, Olivia Dean is new. I barely had heard.
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She's.
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I don't go by me, but she seems like gorgeous, cool, funny and she.
C
What popped in the room? I'm watching on tv but where did people go? Because I have a, I have a. What popped for me on TV the most but in the room, was it Justin in the boxers or what was it?
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Um, I feel like it's. I feel like a lot of stuff pops because I didn't know it was in an arena. I thought it was like critics choice where it's a theater smaller, using a full on arena. So they're happy to see everyone. There's a bunch of fans.
C
I didn't know it was all up.
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In the thing, the celebrity area or whatever, the nominees and stuff and presenters. It's a small group so people go crazy for just about everybody. So yeah, it was a lot of that, A lot of like during the commercial. I've never been before, but what I saw is during the commercial you get up, you get up and you say hi to the people. You go, I'm a fan of yours and all that stuff.
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And I bring in seat fillers sometimes when people win, like they leave if they win or don't win. And now they bring in seat fillers so it never looks empty, but there's less and less populated stars fillers.
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It's a sad thing to watch sometimes because they sit down, they. I saw, I saw this one girl, she's a c. Filler she sits down. The guy goes, can I get you something to drink? One of these guys? And she's like, yes, I'll have a water. And the guy goes, no problem. He hands her the water and she goes. She goes to put her lip to it. And then somebody goes, up, up, up.
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Now get up now.
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Stop. Rude.
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Out.
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And then somebody famous sits there. So that. That was a lot.
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That is so funny. It is very sweet. I'm a filler.
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And then they take them away at the SNL 50th. They gave me a juicy front row seat. And then they go, you're. She's like, it's you. Then Bill Murray and Brandy Carl behind you go, great. So I sit down and it's empty. And they're like, five minutes. I'm like. And then they go, everybody sit down. And then I'm waiting for Bill Murray. And then this seat filler comes in.
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He goes, I can't believe I'm sitting.
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I'm separate. I go, no, I can't believe it either.
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He was Mexican. I can't believe I'm sitting.
C
No.
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I said, that's a little crazy.
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I can't believe it.
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Wow.
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I heard it.
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You heard it right here next to Dana Carvey.
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I don't know what he was doing.
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Oh, sorry. David paid.
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This is why I don't do impressions.
C
No, it was a hint. It was just like a hint.
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Yeah, a little bit.
B
No, he just said, iba.
A
What?
C
You pain. Yeah, from L. No, I will say from L. Out. I said ice out. From ice out.
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Yeah, from ice. Get out there. Maybe. I don't know, cuz I work there, you know?
C
So it says, did you get people? Cuz you're emerging. This is my theme of this podcast. People coming up to you going, I just got to say. I got to. Because you're new to that club. You've seen a million celebrities. Snl.
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Yeah.
C
But then all in one room. I can't stand out the most on you.
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I don't know. I can't. You can never tell if it's real, right? You can never tell if they really know you. But if they say, like, you're funny or something, you're like, okay, at least you know what I do.
B
Right?
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But I think it is crazy. Like, I went up to Queen Latifah like a child, and I was like, queen Latifah, I love you. It's so nice to meet you. I think you're amazing, and we love you in my house. And then she's like, and I know you, and you are very funny, and I love what you're doing. And thank you for bringing, you know, the Latino energy to snl. And I was like that. Those moments are surreal, right?
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Yeah.
C
And then you said, do you. Do you know the character Domingo?
B
Do you know it?
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No. No.
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And she goes, I gotta go. I'm Queen Latifah.
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And you start doing the Domingo dance.
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Yeah. What's that?
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Not that.
C
No.
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He has epilepsy.
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You can't even dance in the impression.
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Domingo is cool. I mean, he populates the show, right? Yeah, it's a very.
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I think he's. He's retired.
B
Have you toned it down on Domingo? Have you said maybe?
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Well, it's not mine, so I don't.
B
Oh, they only. Oh, they write you in it, right?
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Oh, oh, oh.
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So you're not in charge of it.
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Yeah, but, I mean, I can't say that it didn't, like, alter the course of my life.
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Sure.
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Domingo.
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Well, it's the way you're doing it. They. They didn't get James Austin Johnson to do it. I mean, you had to be you because.
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Because he's Latino and it's me, right? It's me and the janitor and the. He. The janitor.
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Are you supposed to be good looking in it?
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Huh?
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Are you supposed to be kind of sex symbol? Because the soul patch does a lot.
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Yeah, I think so. But I like that they made him a doctor and a veterinarian.
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Is he.
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They gave him a good job.
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Yeah.
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They didn't do the Latino trope. Like, I'm not a. A sexy gardener or something. I have a. I have a few.
B
I let you finish those sentences.
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I.
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Wait. Yeah, no, but Domingo was big. Sebastian, of course, is big.
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Do you ever do Sebastian?
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Oh, yeah.
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I love doing Sebastian.
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You got you by the pool, the guy shack clip in his stone. You can't exaggerate it, but you own it now. You killed it. And I. I love impressions and I love when you got the stuff on.
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I just love that he's the best. I. I was him at a critic's choice that I want to see. I can't wait to like. I want him to play a father in law. Like, I think, oh, wow.
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Jesus.
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That's Sebastian.
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I just got booked on a bigger podcast.
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What a loser.
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Hey, man.
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It's not the first time. Chevy Chase only made it 10 minutes.
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That was pretty good.
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Scared to be here.
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We're going to take it out, unfortunately, but it's a great one.
A
No, I can't wait to see you be a father in law. I told him this. I did a tried to do a bit to him. Thank God he liked it. But it was right before we presented at the critics Choice. I was like, you as a father law would be hilarious just to see a girl like your daughter be like. And I actually went to the doctor last week and my husband Jason, he couldn't come because he was working. And just a camera straight to Sebastian. Guys, guys, got a job. It's more important than my daughter. Send my daughter to the doctor by herself.
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See if you've done this yet. This is another lane, though. This is great because it's another flavor. It's a whispery almost.
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I'm not gonna tell me your little job is more important than the life of my baby. You understand?
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This is a feast.
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She's a good girl. She never did nothing to you.
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Are you gonna. When are you gonna do them next? I don't know on the show.
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I don't know. I hope we do them again.
B
Hi, this is Jill Schlesinger, CBS News business analyst, certified financial planner, and the host of the Jill on Money podcast. With the new year upon us, there's no better time to take control of your financial life. And the Jill on Money podcast is here to help. It's your questions that make it possible for me to provide unconventional and, I hope, entertaining insights on your money and more importantly, on your life. Follow and listen to Jill on Money wherever you get your podcasts. Dana, it's time for a little five hour energy action.
C
Yes.
B
You know, correct. I dabble in five hour energy to do a little wakey wakey. I don't mind a little energy in the day and I don't want sugar.
C
Yeah.
B
And this is a little sippy sip. Fits right in your sock if you need it to.
C
Seen them?
B
They're this big.
C
Yeah, absolutely. That's what's great about them. Confetti craze is one of their new flavors.
B
Yeah.
C
Tastes like birthday cake. I mean, that's the thing that they're doing now is all kinds of flavors with five hour energy. So you can pick your favorite. Vanillary and buttery.
B
It doesn't need to be your birthday because, Dana, when we're out, you're always telling the restaurant your birthday to get something free, right?
C
Yeah, yeah. And. And it's my anniversary again.
B
Oh, yeah. You were milking that one last week. You're like, it's that again this week.
C
Yeah.
B
But 17 flavors.
C
When you're out, you always take off your sweater and then you go, it's kind of cold in here. Could I get a down vest?
B
I go, it's kind of cold. Can I get a free meal? I'm freezing.
C
Yeah, I mean, it's weird.
B
You're.
C
You're kind of. You have some picadillos.
B
Yeah. But confetti craze is great. It's a little buttery. It's a little vanilla. It's like, you know, like birthday cake. Yeah.
C
Now, basically, they're giving you caffeine now. Five Hour Energy shots. And get this sounds like a lot to me. 17 flavors.
B
17. It's not too many. It's a lot. But at least it gives a big selection. And you don't get a sugar crush. You just get a little. So I'm excited. They're on. You can get these at, you know, obviously five Hour Energy dot com. You can go to Amazon. They're stocking up. I'm stocking up. I have to load up because I kind of buzz through them pretty quickly. Cake on the brain. Confetti craze. It's back. You can go five energy.com Amazon.
C
The funfetti flavor is back on five hourenergy.com or Amazon. Crack open. Confetti craze. Five hour energy shot today. If you're like this and you gotta be like this, it's five Hour Energy.
B
Yeah.
C
Take that to the bank. Take it.
B
But does Lauren ever go. Maybe Sebastian this week.
A
He is definitely. He looks out for sure. Like, if you. Well, the first. The first thing I ever did on the show was a Lauren request. The first thing that, like, ever was good was the baseball thing about how white baseball players are boring to watch and Latino baseball players are fun to watch. It was. I had nothing in the show was my second show, and he brought me into his office and he was like.
C
It was his idea.
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Yeah. He was like, I don't want to do a Lord impression, but I have.
C
A good one if you can do.
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You do have one.
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I have one.
B
Okay, go ahead.
C
But everyone has one.
A
But I'll do it last. Sebastian. Yeah, he goes. He goes. Did you see Aaron Judge? He just hit a big home run. And I think it'd be good to have something about baseball this week. And then I was like, you got it.
B
Something Mexican. You're like, of course, of course.
C
I'm not saying this because you're a Latin heritage. It's just. It's that thing of, like a baseball player and they can be festive and theatrical. Just that thing of, like, it's funny, right? Which is a good thing.
A
Well, all he said was baseball. He was like, something about baseball. And then I've had this bit that I think I did in my audition that he kind of maybe remembered or somebody told him, like, Marcel has a baseball thing. And then I did that. And that was like the first time that I think the writers and everybody saw me do something funny on the show. And then that's a big deal. When you do your first funny thing, then you get written in.
B
The more they don't really know. Everyone's sort of a blank slate until. And you go, why don't they write for me? And I used to say that. And, like, you don't. They don't know what even. What you're funny about it. So if you give them some hook or angle, even around the office a little bit, sometimes they bite on something. Go, what is that? Maybe we could play with that. Or you could 100% without looking too thirsty, but you can do that. But if they know you didn't your act, they saw your audition. That's perfect. And you're just waiting for that scenario, like the playoffs or some big.
A
But he's done that. He's done that a few times. Like, he's been like. Like, just like. Like he's the. With me and Jane, the couple you can't believe are together.
C
Yeah.
A
He's like. We were like. Because I think it's tough to bring something back. There's. There feels like a little bit of entitlement when you're like, this should come back. When you think of it, it's. It feels gross.
B
Sickeningly.
A
You should be back. But he, like. I think he's brought it back before. Then we were like, oh, amazing. Yeah, we'd love to do it.
C
I think when I like something, I want to see it again.
B
Yeah.
C
As long as there's some other little tight.
B
But you can't be the one.
C
Because when you go, everyone.
B
Because one time Lauren said to me, which I didn't say it, but he goes, everyone's gonna tell you you're the funniest person on the show. You're not. He said, they say that to every cast member, right? Because they do. Everyone goes, why aren't you on more? You're actually really good.
C
Well, that's true. Your team.
B
And everyone thinks that. And I was victim of just only people I would see that. Whether they thought or not, they go, you should be on more. And so I didn't say it. Thank God. But he said that I was like, oh, my God, that's fucking brutal and true, but it's hard to say. I need you to come.
C
He is.
B
Yeah. Now, you did baseball when we were. Who did you play? Pete Alonzo. Who'd you play when we were.
A
Oh, on church.
B
Oh, on Soto. Yeah, that's right.
A
Yeah. On church chat. Yeah.
C
You brought one thing.
B
I know. Me too.
A
Yeah. Who did you play?
C
Man, we got the team back together.
A
You played Trump's son?
B
No, I played Hunter Biden. You hunt?
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Oh, Hunter Biden. Biden guy was.
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It was close.
C
It was his son. Come on, let's not get.
B
He's like. You say the boys are back. No, he was mad at Biden.
C
What was.
B
Was Sarah in it, too?
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Sarah was in it too.
C
You nailed it.
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Sarah did Matt Gaetz.
C
Well, the look was hysterical.
B
Which camera.
C
Which camera did you. You know, one thing I noticed about you, this might be kind of too heavy, that you're a boss.
B
What?
C
Well, like, you're. We're doing that Zapado. What's the thing? We'll talk about that in a second.
A
Yes.
C
One of the biggest bombs. It ha. It haunted me for months.
B
Show a clip of David.
C
We'll talk about that in a sec. But I noticed that you, in a nice way, casually, you're like talking to Liz and like, I think this should be here. Here. Same thing with the baseball player. I think I should do this and this, you know, and that's. You're like, that's really, really a great skill set to have.
A
Well, I don't know general, but I meant Latin stuff.
C
I do feel, in a loose sense, people really, you know, they sort of look out for their character or the sketch.
A
Yeah.
B
Or also the camera. You're like, make sure. If I get up, make sure you stay on me. Or I'm gonna do something like this. So cover it. Because sometimes they're like, we weren't on you. Or you do a movie and you ad lib something. They go, great, let's do it again. We weren't on you. I'm like, oh, my God. If something that really works in the moment. But that's good, that's smart. At least you have the ball.
A
That was a tough thing.
C
Well, that day.
A
Yeah. I think it's just like, no, I.
C
Know what happened, but you tell your side.
A
What do you think happened?
C
I think that.
A
I think that. I'll be honest, I Dead serious thing that they didn't hear you. Like, I think that we were playing so much with the voice and stuff.
C
Right. And I probably swallowed the Vanessa, I don't think you.
A
Yeah. I don't know. I feel like. Because your character. So fun sometimes the biggest thing that happens at SNL sometimes is you forget you're in a theater.
C
Right.
A
And like, the. I think on tv, it probably translated a lot better. But in that room, you have to be so clear about what you're saying.
B
You just hit it wrong because.
C
Well, in that hear you and then you feel the origin of that sketch, just explain it.
A
For Salvador Don Francisco show, one of the most legendary shows. He did this big game show. It was like our Wheel of Fortune mixed with.
C
It's a huge avant garde coming at you, saying.
A
Yeah. Characters jumping out. El Jackal, a guy that just plays a trumpet in your face.
C
Makes no real sense.
B
Big funny characters. Like a children's show.
A
Yes.
C
Yeah.
A
And. And it was also like American Idol, but only the bad. Like, he would only bring out bad singers and they would sing really bad. Yeah. And then have the whole crowd go out of here.
C
I love it. I love it.
A
It was hard to make it. It's. It's. It is like, there is a degree of difficulty in making something like that in a place like SNL when maybe like one or two people know the show. So. But I think. I think it's. I look back on it as a great bonding thing for you. And I just going back and forth with you in my face all the time.
B
Yeah.
C
I was doing that. And then, like, you came in, like, 20 minutes before air and sort of. Just because I. Because I was just like, you were the captain of the sketch. Like, what do you want me to do here? But I think the. The initial instinct with that one was doors like this. I'm back. I come out and it closes.
A
Right. Which is funny just saying it like that.
C
Funny.
B
Right.
C
But then somehow we got excited. We'll keep it all come downstage. So that was the pressure on it. Even though there was no real laugh point. So. But I committed really hard, and I'm. Put that out. I'm dancing out. I'm totally a thousand percent. And you go behind those slats, dead silent.
A
Oh, my.
C
No eye contact. All the crew, everyone. You go, hey. And they.
A
I think it's the ultimately for something like Salvador Gigante, you doing that and it making no sense, the crowd being a little bit confused. Yeah. It makes sense for the show.
B
You know, it goes back.
A
It's with the sketch.
B
Old sketches, like, cheaper, cheaper. I watch them and they don't get laughs. You go, oh. Because they're teaching you to like it. They're like, this is our sketch, right? The next time it comes on, more laughs. And the next time, everyone, if I'm.
C
In New York and that's on, I want to do a cameo. You don't have to pay me.
A
No, I would love. Did you guys do the Italian one where you're, like, waitering the people?
B
El Cantori. Was that it?
C
There were two kind of Christie Alley.
B
Yeah. Yeah.
C
And I had Victoria Jackson's legs. Yes.
A
Yeah, that. So I did one with Miles Teller, and we were just doing little sexual innuendos. And then somebody, like, immediately sent me that one, which we, like. I had known about it, but I hadn't watched it recently. And I was like, oh, this is just better. This is just ours, but better. Back when you could do, you know, you could do.
B
Unless they got in trouble for that.
A
I think you guys did.
C
I think they pretended because I had done Victoria's legs over my. You know, and so it's not grinding, but it implies a lot. And then they. Right before we went, you know, three, two, one. Smigel was pretending to try to reach me. Oh, never mind. So he could say to the census people, we didn't get the note to him.
A
Oh, my God. Right before.
C
But, yeah, you could do a lot more in those days, though.
A
Yeah, you could.
C
Really.
B
One time I said on update, I go. I was doing in and out list, and it was trying to be fake edgy. And I go in going, oh, going straight home after the show out. Going to the after party and trying to get some. And then the sensor met me backstage, and he said, guys, and he had Lauren. He goes, listen, we lose. If we hear the word pussy, we lose three big advertisers.
A
Oh, my God.
B
And I'm like. And Lauren goes, well, I don't say then. And I go, I'm not really saying it. He goes, we know what you're saying. The guy's mad. Andrew Brewer, remember? He's very nice, but he's like, I'm in the middle, and then I go out there and Dennis Miller goes. He goes. He does it. And I'm nervous. That joke's coming up, and I guess I'm a. And he gets a big laugh. And Dennis goes. And then at the commercial, he goes, you're fucking cooked, dude. That got too big a laugh, meaning.
C
They heard it, dude.
A
Cooked. That's a young term.
B
Yeah. Unk. You heard me talking to the.
C
Marcello.
A
I can't.
B
Don't just look at me. Marcello. You don't make me get to all my questions about you. Have you ever heard of Tick Tock?
A
What do you. What's your relationship with Tick Tock? A guy like you?
B
I'm not legally supposed to be on it, but I'm on it at 40. They say it's kind of for younger.
A
You know what it says?
B
Don't ever give the.
C
I didn't memorize it.
A
Up here. It says, no, dad.
B
Whoa.
C
Well, I saw your special. I saw your special.
A
Don't do this, don't do that.
C
I won't do that. American Boy.
A
Yes.
B
American Boy special on Netflix.
A
Yes.
B
I saw him prep for this special, Dana, while he's reading.
C
I went, shall we talk about the special now?
B
The special is a big deal.
A
Special.
B
Special. Trying to hype up your shitty special, dude.
A
Thank you, man. I appreciate it.
B
So I go down, bless my heart, doing superstar shit around my house. Whatever.
A
And this house is crazy, by the way.
B
No, actually, you didn't even ask.
A
This house, as soon as you walk in, you feel a little bit of anger.
B
Yeah, a little bit of anger. Covid, what do you think?
A
What's his name? He's call him Covid. Ye.
B
He's sweating.
A
I just.
B
He's got long. Covid. It's been three years.
A
Oh, he's switching the cameras from camera to camera.
C
Yeah.
A
So even when you talk to me, camera, Lee, look at you.
B
I told him. I told him to stay on me.
A
So focused.
B
I get a text from either. I think it was more Sarah Sherman than you.
A
I invited you.
B
Oh, you did.
A
Yes, I did.
B
And also, I went to.
A
Sarah was like, I'm bringing spade.
B
Yeah. So I did a set. I hope this is what's happening, though, world.
A
You didn't open for me. You did a spot.
B
I did a spot at the Comedy Store.
A
Oh, my God.
B
I will say I was angry when I walked in because it was pat, and I go for this pip squeak, this twerp. Who gives a about this?
A
Sorry. So I go, what would Han say?
C
Oh, no, it's a new generation.
A
There was a wish. Wait list.
C
So long, old timers. You had your day.
A
Oh, no. Standing room only.
B
I know.
C
It was.
B
Now the teachers become the pupil. So anyway, I, I.
C
You actually did good.
B
And this kills me. Thank you. I. I watched the whole thing.
A
No, you didn't. But go on.
B
While I sat with Sarah for the first 15, I knew it was Sarah because she was throwing up. Up the whole time.
A
Right.
B
Working on a new bit.
C
Yeah.
B
Here's. Here's her notes. For me, that. That would be funny. What if your eyes popped out of your head? Sarah.
A
Sarah Sherman.
B
So anyway. And she has a special out also.
A
Yes. On hbo.
B
Hbo, that's right. Competing network. And. And so anyway, you did a great job.
A
Thank you.
B
And. And I. And then Nick Goosen told me he's doing your special.
A
Yes.
B
I was actually shocked. You got so many swings at it.
A
I know we did six.
B
I was like, I hope it's good. Six tries, dude, but it's hard to pick. And I talked to you a little bit. I think I FaceTimed you once after. I think after a couple times. Sebastian, I hit you up and said, great job last night.
A
And we were editing. Yeah, a couple times while we were editing. And you were on a private jet.
B
Yeah, Right. So which I keep in. You saw in the kitchen.
A
Yeah, I saw it in the kitchen.
B
No, but Goosen's a buddy and I was checking on these guys and they were editing, but working hard. And then I hit you once. I think your lovely girlfriend was there. I have a question for you about that.
C
Oh, yeah, we're off the special already?
B
No, the special. What is it on Netflix, right? It is, yeah. Okay, good.
C
I have thoughts about it, but we can.
B
We're going. I just want to say. And I. This is.
A
What is it? What do you. What are your thoughts first?
B
Well, they're not that.
C
I think some people forget in stand up. It doesn't take much, but to connect to the audience. Like you're a real person up there, not just doing bits.
A
Right.
C
So one moment, I don't know if you did ever show. You're like, I can't believe what just happened to me because it's still for us, the American public. You kind of just arrived.
A
I agree.
C
You know, even though it's been a while for you.
B
It's been.
A
Yeah. Four years.
B
Oh.
A
Of, like, things going okay.
C
Yeah. So that. That really kind of. I go, God, this really. The audience is just connected to you. And the other one is all the physicality. Most people. Most people don't do that. I know that's Robin Williams. That's, you know, I don't know who else, but it's just like fun to watch.
A
Somebody told me and it's. I think it was a quote from somebody like, you know, maybe somebody else. Usama Siddiqui, he's a comedian from New York. And he was like. When I first started, I met him and I was like, he does a lot of physical stuff. And I'm like, I do a lot of physical stuff. And he goes, yeah, I think we're taking risks because it's much scarier to bomb here.
B
Yeah, it's so true. It's so sweaty. Yeah.
C
Let's not go back to that sketch I did on this day. That was as physical as I get.
B
He walks off in the commercial with a separated shoulder.
C
Was it worth it?
A
That sounds like the seat filler for spade at that thing.
C
I have a question for you about Spanish people.
A
Yes.
C
Like cuz we have so many friends in Latino people.
A
Careful.
C
But when. Sometimes this guy was snaking our toilet or something. And when he spoke in English, he's what?
A
Cleaning the toilet?
C
Well, he's a plumber. He's a plumber.
A
There was a clogs and he owns the company and he's very successful.
C
Extremely.
B
Yeah.
C
Jose.
A
Jose's clubbing. Okay, great.
C
But when he spoke in English, he talked really, really fast.
A
Right? Well, because we talk fast in Spanish. I think the problem with English sometimes is that it takes longer. Yeah, let's try it. Ready? Give me a sentence to say in English.
C
To say in English.
A
Yeah, something.
C
See, we could pick you up at 3:30 or 4:30. Or we can get you after dinner at 8.
A
All right, ready? We could pick you up at 3:30 or 4 30, or we could pick you up later at 8. That's in English. In Spanish.
C
You didn't say that.
B
Ocho or och you thought I was something.
C
Ocho. Isn't that eight?
B
I fucking caught you.
C
Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, ocho. Nueve.
B
No way.
C
Yes.
B
Welcome to Spain.
C
This is eight years of Spanish. Yeah, boy.
B
Thought we were rookies, dude.
A
Let me tell you. Let me tell you both something right now.
B
Yeah.
A
Let me tell you something right now. Yeah, don't practice on me.
B
No, it was good.
A
Don't practice on me.
C
Why was it?
A
I'm good at it. You understand?
C
Okay.
A
I'm an expert at it.
C
Let me ask you.
A
Go practice with COVID Guy or somebody. Yeah, One of these guys that don't speak. Say something in Spanish fast. Go. 3, 2, 1. Come on, do it. Say something. Go. Come on. It can't be.
B
Ola pork.
A
Okay, that's good.
C
Como?
A
He's got some Covid.
B
He's got some game.
C
Covid.
A
What do you got? This guy's an enigma.
C
Hola.
A
This guy's an enigma.
B
That's it.
A
Nobody knows what you're thinking. You know that.
C
Hola, Covid.
B
You don't know if he likes you or hates you?
A
No. You don't know anything about him. And you see his shoes. Usually shoes say a lot about a person. I see his shoes and I'm more confused.
B
Yeah.
A
Isn't that interesting?
C
What do you think of mine?
A
You need to clip you guys counting at me in my face during that.
C
Why are you both in color chromatic?
A
Is that a PR issue? Okay.
C
Why are you guys dressed alike? I was gonna ask. Your mom's Cuban.
A
My mom is Cuban.
C
Okay. So one of my favorite movies is Scarface. So Al Pacino does a Cuban accent, which I love to do. But is it accurate? It's a theatrical or what?
A
I don't know. I think it's definitely theatrical, but I think the movie is so good and so many people love the movie that you can't really get mad at them.
C
Oh, no, I love it. It's operatic. It's musical.
A
I can't tell what I'm watching. And if, like, I don't know. What do you think, Marty? Do you. Do you think the Scarface accent is good? Like, do you think it's realistic? Oh.
C
Man.
A
And that's my time. No, I'm kidding.
C
You got a time to watch a movie, man? Yeah, his mama, Sakura, I think, you.
A
Know, what's good about it is that he makes it really understandable for everyone.
B
But you can hear.
A
Yeah, Yeah. I think if, like a. If that movie was about a real Cuban, you would have had a tough time understanding that guy.
C
Yeah, I think he made his own.
A
And man was hiding with the guy in the. Coming to my house.
B
Yeah, they go too fast and let me go faster.
A
He goes slow. But I think there's guys that talk like that, but it doesn't matter.
B
Catchy musical rhythms.
C
It's almost like Sebastian.
A
It is a little bit like, you.
B
Know, I think Sebastian, wasn't that. That animated in the early days, really? And I think what happens is sometimes, like, I. I move around a little bit. I'm not super animated up there.
A
No, you. You move around a little bit.
B
No, it hurts. But.
C
But.
B
But if I get. And, you know, if anything to help a joke.
A
Yeah, yeah.
B
If it helps sell it. If it helps clarify it, you go for it. You go for it.
C
When Sebastian came out, I think it was 2012 or 2013. I don't usually watch specials. I watch, like, 10 minutes. Oh, that was the theater. It's pretty good, right? Doesn't matter who it is. And then I watched all of yours. But when I saw Sebastian, I go, this is something new. This is like a new thing. And I looked it up. And he had toured with Andrew Dice Clay. And then I saw him, I think it was Craig Ferguson or one of those late night shows, early days. And he. Everything was more contained and not as physical. And then you see him a few years later, the confidence, he just extenuated.
B
Oh, like when he goes, I get an Uber. And he goes, I'm out front going, are you Gagak?
A
Yeah, yeah. The names. He also does the Chipotle.
C
You ever been the Chipotle Got band aids on it.
B
He goes, I get in the car. And Uber goes. You like iPhone charger, iPhone 7, iPhone 8, iPhone 9, Android crest, white ship. How long am I in this cook?
A
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Harry Potter.
B
Yeah.
C
Did you say Harry Potter?
A
No, no, no. I added a tag. You had a question.
B
Okay, you have a question.
C
Oh.
B
Two. This is a two parter. Oh, one. When people always. I think this is a common thing. And I got this for years. Like, certain questions they ask you too much at every. People that do a skim job that don't know you probably Sabrina Carpenter. Domingo, we already talked. But just that you know Sabrina Carpenter and you have a lovely girlfriend. That's what I was saying. And I think there's a quiet part of the agencies and studios that would rather you be single. They would rather. It's interesting just because if you're seen with someone, maybe you're with Kendall Jenner. Maybe we don't know. We're not commenting. And. And always when people date, if there's something to that, it's not bad or good.
A
It's just, no, no, no.
B
And so if you do that, then they go, oh. Because it's almost. People are bummed out we have a girlfriend. You were on Dax the other day and. And he was like, first of all, you couldn't believe it or something.
A
Yeah.
B
Instead of just going, yeah, let's move it on. But I think the excitement level for someone go, oh, he's a certain. And you're a young guy and you're marginally good looking. I think I just skim over that. Yeah, it's okay.
C
But I'll have my own.
A
You can't get offended when a guy like you says that.
C
I have my own thesis, but go ahead.
B
So am I good looking?
A
Sure.
B
Thank you. Oh, who else? Okay, here's another one. Lorne Michaels.
A
Does the guy that cuts your hair, does he have the same hair?
B
This feels like a burn. And I'm not. I think it looks good right now. So I. You can't hurt me.
A
Okay.
C
It's 7:00am It's a little bit of.
B
A Molly, but you know what your gender.
A
Hey, listen, I'm saying because I'm barely held together. You're just. You're friends with Sarah Sherman and just. I'm just.
B
I do like that her mullet is cute. I think girls at mullets are cute. Okay, this one is FaceTime me.
A
She was. Someone was cutting her hair. I was like, sarah, you're keeping up with the mullet. Who's cutting your hair? And then she puts her phone like this, and it's a guy with a mullet.
B
Oh, yeah, yeah.
A
It's like, yeah, of course he likes.
B
You could look good in a mullet.
A
Mullet. I am trying to do a little mullet.
B
You could look cool.
A
I'm trying to do it.
B
Who would take over SNL if Lauren leaves? Do you know anybody there at the show? Now?
A
I don't know who's a big. It's hard because Lauren has built so many years of people that pick up his calls.
B
That's the hard part.
A
Biggest question is who's going to get the call picked up?
B
Right.
A
So I don't know.
B
I mean, I always think Tina Fey or something, but Colin also, maybe.
A
Yeah, Yeah. I think he's. He's singularly a guy that when he calls you, you pick up.
B
Well, he's turned into this whole enigma.
C
Lauren's been brilliant with the suits. There's been different regimes over the years, and he knows how and what to say to them. And it's very interesting.
B
You text Lauren?
A
Not really.
B
Sarah said she texted. I was like, I don't. We never had his number. We never. Well, we didn't have phones, but we guys, we would. We couldn't even sent him letters. I sent him a letter. Dear Lauren, by the time you get this, I'll be long gone. I hope you feel good about yourself.
A
I'll text him. If there's like a big. If there's something happens in sports or something that's funny, I'll send it to him because he loves.
B
It's like this. Who's interrupting my lunch? Or.
C
So I had my thought. Not about you, but just about relationships in general.
B
There.
C
If someone you meet, if you're kind of being famous, you meet someone. I use the word earnest. Earnest is highly underrated. It means someone with no guile. And you meet someone who's just got this classiness about them, like they're a good person. And I think for a lot of celebrities, that appeals, you know, I mean, just a Wait, I was just casually serving.
A
No, he's saying probably my girlfriend is a good person.
C
I'm kind of implying that that is very appeal. It's a very wild, topsy turvy celebrity world and all these. And you meet someone with a heart of gold. Neil Young. Whoops.
B
Or just someone.
C
Keep me more searching for a heart of coal.
A
I just don't know any of that stuff.
C
You don't need to know it.
B
I don't either. We're both young and we're lost right now.
C
Okay. I heard you talk about this on Bobby Lay. Beatles vs. Lincoln park, which I did think was a little silly.
A
It's two bands that I've. I've really. Obviously the Beatles. I've heard a lot more, but I listen to all Latin music.
B
Do you really?
A
Now there's meringueton, which is a mixture of merengue and reggaeton, of course. And meringuetong is like. They take this old school meringue, which is. And then they add the. So it's like so so. And you guys should not be concerned with it because if you heard it, you might. I don't know.
B
Well, the Grammys were. I didn't know anything happened to us.
C
Might happen to you, but anything's good.
B
Did you know everybody at the Grammys? Did you know all this people up for Grammys?
A
I knew all the. Yeah, I knew a lot of the people. I think now Tick Tock has made, you know music.
B
So sometimes you know the song and not the person. Yeah, yeah.
A
But then you see like the picture of the person. But yeah, I listen to mostly Latin music. It's all very positive and upbeat and even when it's sad, the beat is positive. I talked about that in the special. So I do like. That's my kind of stuff really often. And then. And then occasionally like this Olivia Dean girl. I've got her in my phone. She's. You know, the. Her music is also.
B
What is she. Just. What kind of music is.
A
She's like. It's like classy pop, I would say. I don't think that's a. I don't.
B
Think that's a genre like movie star.
A
Ish. Yeah, she does. She has. Yeah, she has a great energy and she's. She's also elegant on stage and she wears these flowy dresses. Old school. It's old school vibes. Yeah. Yeah. So that stuff's good.
B
That stuff's good. It's funny, those Grammys, when you see people. I'm over here, buddy. It's Funny when I'm. This is.
C
I was just trying to think all this time in my head of, like, how I've been exposed to Latin music.
A
Yeah. What kind of stuff?
C
First one. The first one, Big, Big Time was a band called Santana, of course.
B
Yeah, of course.
C
And what's dad put me on? Yeah. So you're doing all this rhythm and stuff, and I was an amateur drummer, and when you hear that with bongos and all of it going together, it's like. It is very infectious. It was. That was the first and only band of Bill Graham, who was the. The Lorne Michaels of music back then.
B
Oh, yeah. Was he.
C
He knew the first time he saw them they would be huge.
A
Yeah.
C
Carlos Santana.
A
It's also a big moment right now for Latin music, you know?
B
Yeah, it's a big.
C
Why? Because Bad Bunny.
A
No, Because.
C
Yeah.
A
You know. Oh, you.
B
Were you with Carol G last night.
A
That we presented together? Yeah, yeah.
B
Oh, I thought that was Nikki Glaze. Oh, no.
C
You were with Carol G. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
B
And Nikki. Okay.
A
Yeah, yeah.
B
Because I saw you last night.
A
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Nikki Glazer went out with Tiana. But there's a lot right now. There's a lot of, like, big Latin artists that are killing it.
B
Yeah. Last night. Killing it.
A
Young Miko is touring with Billy Eilish.
B
Rico Suave.
A
Excuse you.
B
Do you know who Rico Suave is?
A
Yes, of course.
B
You know, Ricky Martin is my father.
A
Rico.
B
I've seen Ricky.
C
That was a great video. I don't remember it much.
B
More friends of Ricky Martin.
A
How about you? Are.
B
Yeah.
A
Oh, wow. Where'd you guys meet?
B
El Pollo Loco?
A
Sorry?
B
Nothing. I met him at a dinner party. Now I'm doing We're Friends.
A
To be fair. For it, for the listeners, me and you. Me and these guys are friends?
B
Yeah, Yeah.
A
I like them and I respect them.
B
They know we're trying to be more friends with you than Bobby Lee.
A
Oh, my God, I love Bobby.
B
I know. He's so funny. Yeah.
C
He was in that seat.
B
I can't get mad at Bobby Lee.
A
He came here.
C
Yeah.
A
What was that like?
C
Well, he put his.
B
Oh, yeah.
C
Like that. He had just shaved his entire genitals at a nightclub.
B
He's so good because he laughs, even if he doesn't really hear what you're saying. He's a good laugher.
C
And he was standing up a lot. Yeah, he's a pistol.
B
Now, what's next for Marcel? So you. You came out here right after SNL to the Grammys because we were like, why is he out here right away. Just did a show.
A
We left the show. We didn't get. We didn't go to the party. We went straight to the. Grab our bags, go to the airport and then.
B
How'd you get here? How'd you get.
C
So you took the red?
A
I flew in a flight from American Airlines.
B
No, you didn't.
A
I did. I did.
B
From snl. In the middle of the night.
A
Yeah, we left. No, we left at 7, 8.
B
Oh, you got up and. Oh, the day of the Grammys.
A
Yeah.
B
Oh, no wonder you're burned out.
A
Yeah. Flew in and right away.
B
Oh, yeah.
A
I'm here for two days and then I go to the University of Florida. I'm doing a show there.
B
Are you doing shows? I saw.
C
Are you doing the Gator Bowl?
A
And then I'm doing something with the Gators.
B
You're doing the work.
C
Is it the Gator Bowl? Because I did that once. You go to a stadium.
A
Oh, I don't know if we're doing a stadium.
C
It's not the Gator Bowl.
B
He's doing a couple nights at Wilbur Mod Boston.
A
Yeah.
B
Are you doing those? Because you can do them through snl. You can jump back and forth.
A
Because it's Boston. So close. Yeah. So I'm doing eight Wilbur's, dude.
C
Whoa.
A
That's six Wilburs. Six nights.
B
Six is nothing.
C
And it's about four nights. It was eight.
A
It is down to four.
C
The trend is going down. I understand.
A
We're doing eight shows there and then we're doing a show at a place called the Chevalier.
B
Oh, I'm in the Chevalier.
A
Chevalier, Cool.
B
Yeah, it's great.
A
There's apparently like a Dominican, that's Medford population close by. We're gonna try.
B
Yeah.
A
They were not over Lynn. Sam J. Told me places called Lynn Lynn. We're have some Dominican.
C
What do you do? Your special just dropped. You got another hour.
A
I have, yeah. I have some new stuff.
C
You do?
A
Yeah.
C
Really?
B
I'm from the school and we always talk about this.
A
It's not ready.
B
No.
C
It's not like tight tight.
A
No. But I have enough material to go out. But I also worked. As soon as we finished the hour, I will start sat down with Marty and we started looking at all the stuff that we didn't put in the hour. And then you make it a little bit longer, then you have some other bits.
B
I'm from the school of. It doesn't have to be 100% new because it takes a while to buff out the edges. And some stuff you put that's a little undercooked. And then you go, now that bit works better. And it's longer. And I did it. I did it probably too early, because now it's this long. And there's. So if you do it, that seems new. Some people don't watch the last 20 minutes of your act.
A
It's like, exactly.
B
It's so funny that these comedy aficionados like, it's got to be. Yeah, all new. And you go, but I've seen people's new hours sometimes. And I go, it's all right. It wasn't ready. Like, they just go special. Like you're doing other stuff. But some people do tour. Special tour.
A
I'll probably figure it out after. Like, oops.
B
Oops.
A
Eight Wilbur.
C
Yeah, the Wilbur. Like, Marines and seats available. I know he broke Sebastian, man.
A
There's no way John Mulaney did 23.
C
No, he did 23 Wilbur.
A
23. Something like that.
B
My buddy.
C
And then he leaped to Madison Square Garden.
A
Must have. Yeah.
B
I mean, that's so crazy. Now I see you jumping up like, Okay.
C
I think because of this special and everything else. Where. What are they? What are they throwing at you now? What size rooms?
A
Oh, I mean, what?
C
You're not.
A
Well, I'm trying to work out the new stuff in, like, clubs, so I'm not even really trying to.
C
Clubs is fun.
A
It's fun. And you can work out and you can learn and, you know, stretch.
C
Right.
A
But you're in a big room. If you don't have it kind of a little bit figured out, that can get scary.
B
Oh, and they're paying a lot. I know. They got babysitters and big screens.
A
So many. Oh, you do? I don't know.
B
Sometimes they have screens.
A
I've never done it like an arena or anything like that.
C
Do you show them a little bit? Do you do a little bit of your SNL characters? Just a little bit.
A
I've seen a little bit of your act. You do a great job of. Of doing that. And you kill.
C
I just gave up. They wanted so bad. Like, I'm doing regular stand up, and then I do guards for a second.
A
Gothic. And then that. We did the benefit.
C
Oh, that murdered. Oh, I guess so. I was so rusty.
A
Yeah, whatever.
B
What was it for?
A
It's just so funny because all of us are coming straight from work, and we're all like, what am I gonna do? What am I gonna do? And we're just, like, thinking. And then we just look at Dana. Dana's got this paper just, like, banger.
B
After he's like, see on the other side.
A
Yeah, Literally. Literally. And he's very humble.
C
And I'm just gonna try the margins. In the margins of the paper, it says banger, banger, banger, double banger, double banger. Follow that.
A
Follow that. Loser.
C
Sorry. James Austin Johnson. I like. I like.
A
Oh, that's. What happened is that you came out, you. You were doing Biden, and then he was doing Trump, and it was.
C
Yeah, that was fun.
A
Oh, my God.
B
Yeah, here's. Here's a text. I said, love, James. I went to see this prick and that you. And then here's what I said after I left.
A
Oh, yeah, go ahead.
B
After I left the show. Hey, don't blame yourself. I. That second show crowd is super tough. They were just tired.
A
You're the worst guy ever.
B
That's me. After he kills.
A
Don't blame yourself.
B
Yeah, fuck it. Don't freak out over this.
A
That's friendship, by the way.
B
I know.
A
That is good to me.
B
That's what Dana does to me all the time.
A
Negativity is friendship.
B
It's funny.
C
Yes.
A
Because being nice to people, that's people you don't know.
B
Yeah.
A
That's how you were taught at home.
C
Yeah.
B
You can tell these awards, very mean.
A
To you, but nice to everyone else.
B
If you go to Oscars or Emmys or those things like last night, the Grammys, and you're seeing. The fun is seeing people you never see in real life.
A
Right.
B
And then if they know you, it's fun. If they know something you do. The general one is, I like your work.
A
Yes.
B
And that's general. Then you're funny. Now they know you're a comedian. And then if they. They like something you do that helps, then it's a little more specific. But it is fun. All those things are a blast. That's. That's a good. And plus, you're just presenting, so you don't really have to worry about it.
A
No. Yeah. I was excited to present. I was nervous. I wrote that. I wrote it.
B
But you said. You said something in Spanish, right?
A
Yeah. So we came out, we said, buenas noches.
B
That means good noches.
A
No good nuggets.
B
Good night, Good nuggets.
A
We heard you.
C
Nine years of bring back the snack wrap, and you've won. But maybe you should have asked for more. Say hello to the hot panny snack wrap.
A
Now you've really won.
B
Go to McDonald's and get it while you can.
C
I'm just curious about you starting to get famous in the neighborhood and with your sisters and you know, it was very sweet at the end, the way the camera stayed on you and you gave your mom a big hug. Oh, it did affect me because of the way.
A
Was that an accident?
B
Who played your mom?
C
I actually played his mom. It's dark.
A
Yeah, it doesn't matter.
C
I didn't. I just. Church lady said, do it.
A
No, she was sweet. Yeah. But she was standing there, like. I think she kind of wanted to be there either way, for the last one. Told her, you know, it would be a great shot probably if you do that.
B
But she has drive to watch the whole thing then.
A
No, dude, she's.
B
They bring her to the end.
A
The thing is, a woman like that that's been through so much, these jokes, they're not gonna affect her, you know? And I talk about it now in this new hour a little bit about, like, it's hard to offend. Like, real immigrant Latinos like to get offended over words. It's hard because they just.
C
They've seen.
A
They've been through so much stuff. My mom went through so much that, like, she. The words kind of don't affect her so much. She's more like, how do I treat her? You know, do I come home for Christmas? Those kind of things are more important. Do I call? Do I. Am I active? Do I, you know, call my sister, take care my sister? All that stuff is that kind of thing. Am I a good man? You know what I mean? Am I a good person? Those things showing your parents with, you know, the family dynamic is more important than, like, what people will say.
B
Well, do you feel. You feel sometimes a little dirty, or is your act not like that? Are you scared?
C
Not really. Dirty.
B
Dirty.
A
No. No.
B
Because mine. I've had a few things because some of my.
A
Well, you are filthy. You're a filthy guy.
B
And she goes, but the funny thing.
A
Is, it's not you. It's not you talking. Your mullet has ideas.
B
You gotta.
C
And they talk to you.
B
You better behave when you go home. My mom goes, baby, I promised the neighborhood boys you'd ride bikes with them. I go, right? Aren't they 11? She goes, oh, don't get like this. I go, like what? And then she goes, that's adorable. She goes, we go to Costco, and she buys deviled eggs.
A
Yeah.
B
And they're little plastic, you know, divots. And then there's like 100 of them. And she puts them down. It's got the tag on top. She walks in. Okay, what else? I go, mom, are you gonna take. Are you gonna pop this Open. And she goes, oh, don't get all Hollywood on me. I go, no, I'm just saying, if you take them out of the divots on a plate, maybe they won't know you got them from Costco and they won't barf their fucking guts out. And she goes, okay.
A
Showbiz. Yeah. Yeah.
B
But it's also. You have to be very careful.
C
Careful.
A
My mom is like that with me, too. My mom also is very concerned about, like, me spending my money. She's very concerned about that stuff. Like, I think on Dax, it slipped out that, like, I rented a Porsche because I wanted to drive a Porsche, right? I never, like.
C
And what did she say?
A
And. And then I came out. He was like, you came here in a Porsche? And I was like, oh, yeah, I wanted to drive a Porsche. I don't know. And if you rent it. And so I. It came out. And then my mom called me after the podcast came out, and she was like, and when were you gonna tell me, huh? There's a lot of cars with four wheels, Marcelo. It doesn't have to be that. So flashy. Yeah, she's. But that. But I love that dude, because it's so scary, you know, all the. And I. You hear about it with athletes and stuff, that they make money and then they end up losing it all. So I'm very glad that I have her to be.
C
Yes. I mean, I have a theory, an algorithm.
A
And how much money do you have, Dana? Yeah.
C
Mean, if counting the. All the houses.
A
No, no, not just exactly.
C
We can cut if we want.
B
He can count his house on one hand. 5, 10, 15, 20.
C
Here's what you need. Here's what you need to tell your older self. So you want to not need money at all by the time you're. Let's just say 50, right? So for that to be true, you have to have such a wall of money that at 3 to 5%, it will spit you out so much money that you don't have to do a commercial you don't want to do. You just do show business, but only do anything you want to do. So that's the thing is, until the relatives get hungry and the whole neighborhood, you know, just make sure you get that wall of passive income.
B
Just.
C
I know, it's not fun.
B
No, it's true.
C
That's my advice.
A
No, that's good advice.
B
Because if you buy something, like, it's not too frivolous, like a house or something like that, we gotta have a house. It saves you from spending that money. In my head that's, I think something. Or stocks where you go, I won't touch that. I can't screw around with this money because obviously it burns a hole in your pocket. You want to buy stuff and it's fun and you want to treat yourself like you're working so hard.
C
Does it speak to you? Because I asked my wife this sometimes. Did I ever talk about being famous or rich ever? Because we're together at 79 and I didn't. I never thought about it. I knew it was possible, but I kept thinking, could I headline the club?
A
Right.
C
You don't strike me as someone's like, now I'm rich.
A
No, early on. No, no, no. I do think it's funny though. It is funny to say you're rich, like with like, like, I think it was. I was with a writer one night we went to a diner after SNL and the check was like, you know, $80 or something. And I'm like, I'll pay. And he grabs it and he goes, I'm rich. And he paid for it. And I like those little stupid bits like that. But no, I also never like. I remember thinking that it would take me 15 years to make it in comedy when I first started. So I had this, such a patience for it.
B
Oh, that's your year?
A
Yeah, that I was like, I'll be, I'll just work my ass off.
B
Semi realistic.
C
Yeah, yeah.
B
Most people say a year.
A
Yeah.
B
No, I'm not doing it a year. I'm going to tell people it's not happening.
A
Exactly, exactly.
B
Give it. If it's 110 in a year.
C
But you got in three or four from when you first started.
A
No, no. Yeah, SNL was seven years. Six or seven.
B
Okay. Oh, you got that in six. Oh, that's huge.
A
Started at 18, like almost full time. Since I was 18, like, because I was in college. But I was doing three or four shows a week in college and okay, I was traveling to New York to sell tickets on the street. I was barking and I was. I did like a Tonight Show. A horrible. I don't even want to talk about this, but I did it at my college. I did like a stupid little show sketches and stuff.
B
Bombing it get you warmed up though.
C
I mean, so bad.
B
It does help, though. It's practice. It all helps.
A
I put in, I put in the work.
B
Have you done a stand up set on like Fallon or anything? Or have you ever done a stand up set on those?
A
And did you look up anything about me before we came?
B
I know he doesn't do stand up.
C
He comes out as the first guest.
B
No, I'm saying, come on.
C
I'm not kidding.
A
No, of course. Yes, I've done it. And I.
B
So you did stand up.
A
Well, the first time I did it was they asked me to do chair. Or was it called couch?
B
Couch, yeah.
A
And then. But I had never done stand up on Valentin, and I was supposed to. Before I got snl. I thought my big break was that I was gonna do stand up on Fallon.
B
Yeah, yeah.
A
So I had. They had seen me at jfl and they were like, we'll give you a spot on Fallon. And I was like, oh, my God, it's gonna be amazing. And then I got snl. And then that changes things because you have to.
B
And you turn down on the show.
A
You don't even turn it down, but they go, you have to do the show. Then SNL decides when you do Fallon because they.
B
Yeah, and they go do Seth this day.
A
Exactly.
B
Now it's been. Chloe's on a lot.
C
Jimmy. You'll do Jimmy Year two.
A
Exactly. Some stuff like that. So when I finally got to do the interview, he was like, do you want to do a little bit of stand up? So I did my first time doing Fallon stand up. I did two minutes out on the two minutes. No, I did the interview. And then he goes, do you want to go to stand up? The way we had planned it out?
B
Kind of fun. Yeah.
A
Then I got up and I did it. And I almost liked it because everybody's attention span is so short now that, like, it was actually just the right amount of standup. And it was like, you know, and they already.
B
You already won them over.
C
So how was that set? That two minute set? Like, did you start out kind of slowly, but 45 seconds in, you landed something. And no.
A
Yeah, I went. I went hard. I practiced.
B
I would imagine because you're already working on the couch.
C
You gotta just.
A
You gotta just start. You go, right away, I'm Latino. And then you.
C
I'm Latino.
A
Just in case the rest. For the. For the rest of these jokes, all you got to know is, I'm Latino.
C
I put the joke in the machine and then I press Latino.
A
Don't want the people to be like, what's going on with this guy?
C
Got to do this update.
B
It's really quiet. Whole thing.
A
When I go to a restaurant, it's getting quieter. That's why he doesn't give me the.
C
Breath his consonants get.
A
Why is it that when we eat the bread, we gotta tear it apart? I'm tearing the bread apart. I'm ripping the bread up on the table. There's a. There's a. A cacophony of crumbs on the table. And then the guy comes with a little. He's got a shaver. He comes in with one of his shave, takes the stuff out. The of. Not as quality.
C
First of all, you gotta do that in your stand up. Even if it's like you do your regular stand up and you come out in for your encore and it's sort of. You're talking about Domingo and this so.
A
Fun to do it. I have to stop. I feel like it's like annoying. Like, I can't imagine if I was Sebastian. And then there's a kid.
C
Keeps going, oh, no, I can't get enough of it. Here's what you do. Maybe, but I don't. If you go out on update. If you go out on update as Sebastian, you literally just say factual things. I'm coming on the show, sitting in the chair.
A
It's also funny if he's like cue cards, you know? I mean, most cargo trucks have 18 wheels. Yeah.
B
Well, if you walk.
A
Just stays quiet.
B
What if you walk by?
C
That's it. Just information.
B
If you walk by update and they go, sebastian, what are you doing here? You go, go. You were just at a restaurant and then you got lost. And they go, oh, what happened to the restaurant? You sit down and then you go, I'm sitting there and we sit down, but I know I don't sit down. This is not the table. We're gonna sit because my wife's gonna complain. I think my mom will come. We. We're gonna move. So I wait. Remember he does that joke where he goes to sit down.
C
So I'm up. I'm up late at night. I get tired, and I lay down in the bed with the pillow with the lights out.
A
Walking in there too, and I'm sl. Yeah.
C
Just that he's making a benign.
B
Yeah.
A
I also just love that stuff. Those jokes. Like, those are the jokes that I love the most, are the jokes that are about something that's just so minuscule. Yeah. Yeah. That stuff makes me. I love that.
B
Yeah. Like your toenails.
A
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
C
They got band aids on that toes. I'm supposed to go swimming. You know these people. I'm just. I'm just quoting it.
A
I. I wanted to do something about how when a guy goes to the airport in a motorcycle.
B
Oh, yeah.
A
I'm gonna. You're gonna put the helmet in the overhead.
B
Knock over everything.
A
Knock everything over. No, but I'm sorry. I feel like I have to say sorry to Sebastian because I can't stop doing it.
B
No, it's.
C
Oh, no, Sebastian. It's a love letter. I told him he was on our podcast. I said musicality and physicality, which is a lot of what you do too. And that, that's very potent when you're physically funny and then verbally funny.
B
Look familiar?
C
A little bit of a symposium.
B
I have four pages on you.
A
Can I see something and see, maybe there's a question I would like to answer.
B
Yeah, this is just your research.
A
Okay. And who did this?
B
We got it from the top. No, it's another guy with COVID back east that he sends it in. I'm not showing you my real question.
C
I had a quick question.
A
Yeah, please.
C
When was comedy your job? When did you stop doing any other job and comedy was your job? How much did you make at that point?
A
It wasn't until snl, because before then you were still.
C
You're coaching a team or something.
A
I saw I was coaching a team, but I was doing that for free at my high school.
C
Okay.
A
But no. So I worked for this Instagram account that was my first real. That's what I felt like. I had like a non real job.
B
Miami Dade.
A
Yeah. Only in Dade, which is an account that does all this news about Miami.
C
Right.
A
And I got like, like truly at that time, it felt like the honor of being like a modern day, like news anchor because it's only on Instagram and TikTok and I'm sitting in my house with a camera.
C
Perfect.
A
And I'm editing it myself. And it's just me being like, this week in Miami, this happened, this happened, this happened this weekend. That job definitely was like the first time because I moved out of my mom's house. And so like that job paid me enough to like move out. So I was working that job and a different job. And then I told the my boss, hey, man, I really want to do this with you guys. I don't want to have to work my 9 to 5 and this.
B
Yeah.
A
Is there a way you can pay me enough to get me out of. And he did, and I got out of it and I could pay my rent doing videos. At the same time, I was writing for some. For a podcaster. And at the same time I was. Was coaching a guy to do stand up. I was like going to his house a couple hundred bucks and like writing jokes for him at his house because he was like a Businessman that just sold his business and he wanted to do stand up. And so I was like writing jokes for him for 200 bucks a week or something. I was like, this is amazing. Every time I sit with him for a couple hours, I get a couple hundred bucks. And so that's how I was covered. And then at the time also I was touring with Mark Vieira and the Gilbert Gottfried I got to tour with and huh.
B
Was Tim Dylan.
A
Tim. Yeah. And Tim Dillon. Gilbert's the funniest dude.
C
He was Gilbert.
A
Gilbert was the best. And Gilbert, he just loved. He loved candy and he.
C
He needed his impressions.
A
Oh my God.
C
Was just so weirdly funny.
B
Yeah, he's got a weird delivery night.
C
He had a.
A
He wanted muffins. And I'm like, I felt like I'm gonna do whatever he needs. So I'm like getting this guy. We need the muffins for Gilbert. Gilbert needs the muffins. And I can't tell. Gilbert is just like the sweetest thing on earth. But the next day in the morning, my job is to go to his door, knock, get him out.
B
Yeah.
A
Take him to the car, go to the airport, fly home. So I go knock on the door. I open the door, he opens the door for me. He's like, I'm just finishing up packing and I, I look and he's putting the muffins in his suitcase and I'm like, you are just the best of all time. And yeah, just. He was dry. I drove with him for a few hours also a few times. And just his jokes in the car.
B
Gilbert. Yeah. He's so crazy. I. I stayed with him for a week one time, live with him. And it was same kind of crazy. He was eating like frosted flakes in the morning and like those old school cereals. And it was. It's always odd when you're on a comedian. You're living, you're staying doing gigs and you're in the same house or condo.
C
The comedians come.
B
Yeah, comedy condo.
A
Yeah, I've been in a lot of those.
B
Yeah, those beds. Yeah, it's bad. I mean, it's.
A
It's not bad.
B
It's sexy.
A
Bad is like a 9 to 7 nightmare job.
B
Dishwasher from 9 to 5 to 9.
C
To 7, even thousands.
A
Even like a sales job that I was working. That's a headset in your house. That's not fun.
B
Like, like if you want Marcelo telemarketing.
A
All doing that, I was going, no, this is Marcelo and I'm calling them behalf of your health center. I would name the health center. And I'm just calling to let you know that we can get your medicines delivered to your house at no additional cost to your.
B
Pretty smooth. That's pretty good.
A
And they would be like, you're a thief. And then the daughter would come in and be like, who is this? And I'm like, oh, I'm sorry. I'm just. I'm calling on behalf of the health center. I'd like to get your parents, you know, medicines delivered at no additional cost to your insurance and that. You animal. How dare you try to take advantage of my. My mother.
C
Do you do this in your stand up?
A
No, no, no.
C
Make a note.
A
I think it's a chiller.
C
No, no, I think you can extenuate that and make it a little.
A
I think I'm taking advantage of your telemarketer.
B
They you go, I got you on the phone. Can you hear my new bit?
A
What do you. What is the episode that you guys have liked the most of the show outside of. Outside of this one? Of course.
B
This one might blow up. Who is it?
C
We mean our biggest banger from this.
A
Yeah.
C
Well, in the early days, we just tapped all our really close friends that are superstars. Tina Fey, Adam Sandler, Tom Hank Martin, Maya Rudolph. I don't know.
B
We.
A
Yeah, they're the best. Seeing them pop by the show is always crazy.
B
Yeah, it's really fun to.
C
We're part of a, you know, a heritage.
B
We feel like we all need to eat, so let's.
A
We're gonna wrap it up.
B
Do you want me to take you to eat for real?
C
Do you get a rest now or you go to another thing. Thing?
A
We're going to chill a little bit today and then tomorrow we go to my.
B
Or.
A
Yeah, tomorrow. Wednesday we go to Miami and then I go to Gainesville. Then I go to Boston and then I'm back in New York and I'm.
B
Watching all that before the next show.
A
Yeah.
B
Oh, wow.
A
Watch the super. I don't get back to my house till Sunday.
B
Oh, super bowl is this Sunday, right? Yeah.
A
Oh, good.
B
Okay. All right.
C
Go. Pats or sea chickens.
B
Say thanks for coming on, Dana.
A
Dude. Thank you guys for having me. Can I say something nice?
C
Yes.
A
I think to both of you. I think. Think I came. Being on the show is always like, every time you go there, you feel like it's the first day a little bit.
C
Yeah.
A
And I bet when you came back, you also felt like, whoa.
B
It was weird.
A
It was weird. But you guys have been so kind to me and I appreciate it. And I am always quite scared. I think it's a fair word to use about this whole. The whole thing I'm doing. It all feels crazy. And it's happening. Even when it's happening slow, it's happening fast. And I appreciate you guys being kind and sweet and being doing bits with me and, you know, because I can be a lot. And you guys have accepted me and I appreciate it.
B
Thank you for saying that.
A
You know, and also right back, I also think you guys are aging beautifully.
B
That's nice. That's what I was waiting for.
C
So. So are you. I remember at one point I told you I just said in the hallway ago because I watched how you operated. Maybe, you know, I said, there's nothing I can teach you.
A
You.
C
Yeah, there's nothing I can tell you, you know, But I will ask you.
A
Always the best advice you get is somebody going like, just keep doing it. It's like all the best people told me.
C
And I think you're gonna be even have more fun this year. I think four under your belt in the fifth year. I think where you get there's levels of relaxation and confidence and the audience discovering you and vice versa, and then it gets even exponentially more fun. That was my experience in year five, man.
A
Well, I appreciate you both. And you both are wearing very sensible footwear.
B
Look at this shoes.
A
They're not bad, these guys, man.
C
We never had anybody do snl, do the Grammys. Coming out takes a bubble bath before the podcast.
A
Yeah.
B
You walk in and watch SHS all over the place. Thank you for coming.
A
Thank you.
B
You're looking good. You're very cute. Thank you. I'll see you at lunch.
A
All right, let's go.
B
Okay, bye, guys. Hey, guys. If you're loving this podcast, which you are, be sure to click follow on your favorite podcast app, Give us review 5 star rating and maybe even share an episode that you've loved with a friend.
C
If you're watching this episode on YouTube, please subscribe. We're on video now.
B
Fly on the Wall is presented by Odyssey, executive produced by Danny Carvey and David Spade, Heather Santoro and Greg Holtzman, Maddie Sprung Keyser and Leah Reese Dennis of Odyssey.
C
Our senior producer is Greg Holtzman and the show is produced and edited by.
B
Phil Sweet, tech booking by Cultivated Entertainment.
C
Special thanks to Patrick Fogarty, Evan Cox, Maura Curran, Melissa Wester, Hillary Shuff, Evan, Eric Donnelly, Colin Gaynor, Sean Cherry, Kirk Courtney and Lauren Vieira.
B
Reach out with us. Any questions to be asked and answered on the show? You can email us@flyonthewalldecy.com that's a U-Y dot com.
Release Date: February 5, 2026
Guests: Marcello Hernandez (SNL cast member, comedian; with Dana Carvey and David Spade)
Main Theme: Bridging eras of 'Saturday Night Live' through comedy, career reflections, and the current landscape for new SNL stars, as veteran comics welcome rising talent Marcello Hernandez for an energetic, lighthearted, and insightful studio session.
This in-studio episode welcomes Marcello Hernandez, rising SNL star and fresh Netflix special headliner, to swap stories and comedy wisdom with Dana Carvey and David Spade. The hosts riff on generational shifts in comedy, Marcello’s journey from Miami to SNL, the intricacies of the SNL writing process, recent experiences at the Grammys, and the role of heritage and family in constructing comedic identity. Fast-paced banter, character comedy, and moments of sincere advice pepper a conversation rich in both nostalgia and celebration of the present.
On Star Encounters:
“Queen Latifah… spoke Spanish to me and, and I was like, you speak Spanish? She was like, of course.”
—Marcello Hernandez (07:08–07:23)
On “Making It” at SNL:
“That was like the first time… the writers and everybody saw me do something funny on the show. And then that’s a big deal. When you do your first funny thing, then you get written in.”
—Marcello (19:14–19:39)
On Repping Latinos:
“…thank you for bringing, you know, the Latino energy to SNL. And I was like—those moments are surreal, right?”
—Marcello (11:16–11:20)
On Family & Fame:
“My mom… has been through so much that, like, she. The words kind of don’t affect her so much. She’s more like, how do I treat her? You know, do I come home for Christmas? …Am I a good person?”
—Marcello (53:09–53:36)
On Early Career Hustle:
“I was working that job and a different job. …Then I told my boss: ‘…I don’t want to have to work my 9-to-5 and this. Is there a way you can pay me enough to get me out of [it]?’ And he did, and I got out of it, and I could pay my rent doing videos.”
—Marcello (64:48–65:11)
Advice for Young Comics:
“Always the best advice you get is somebody going like, just keep doing it. All the best people told me…”
—Marcello (70:05–70:10)
On Multigenerational Respect:
“We’re part of a, you know, a heritage.”
—Dana Carvey (68:30–68:34)
| Timestamp | Segment / Topic Brief | |------------|-------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:08–01:36| “Church Lady” SNL sketch breakdown; wig/hair stories | | 07:03–08:47| Marcello’s first Grammys, Queen Latifah encounter | | 11:16–11:20| Queen Latifah’s praise for Marcello and Latino representation | | 17:35–19:14| Baseball-themed SNL sketch—Marcello’s SNL breakthrough | | 21:33–24:58| Handling a sketch bomb; “Salvador Don Francisco show” parody | | 28:00–32:19| The making and risk-taking of Marcello’s Netflix special | | 38:11–41:42| Showbiz, relationships, and maintaining authenticity | | 42:24–43:36| Latin music, the rise of meringueton, and positive vibes | | 44:33–45:36| Latin artists at the Grammys & the state of representation | | 52:05–53:36| Family, parents’ pride, generational resilience | | 55:30–56:27| Carvey’s lesson on ‘the wall of passive income’ | | 63:36–65:11| Marcello’s Instagram news anchor job and early hustle | | 68:30–68:34| “We’re part of a, you know, a heritage.” — Carvey | | 70:05–70:10| “Just keep doing it” — the best advice in comedy |
Marcello Hernandez proves himself both student and innovator of SNL legacy—balancing gratitude, humility, and drive. Dana Carvey and David Spade blend mentorship with equal-parts mockery and admiration, revealing the timelessness of comedic grind and the thrill of breaking through, no matter the era. The episode is a feast for SNL fans, comedy nerds, and anyone interested in the behind-the-scenes reality of making people laugh in a world where both opportunity and pressure have never been greater.
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