“I Feel So WILD!” (w/ Hannah Solow)

Summary

LAS CULTURISTAS with Matt Rogers & Bowen Yang
Episode: “I Feel So WILD!” (with Hannah Solo)
Release Date: October 1, 2025

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Overview

In this lively and affectionate episode, Matt and Bowen are joined by their longtime friend and Broadway star Hannah Solo for a freewheeling romp through pop culture, theater memories, New York nostalgia, and the highs and lows of waiting tables. The hosts and their guest bring signature warmth, irreverence, and vulnerability as they reminisce about NYU escapades, discuss the glories (and mundanities) of being an understudy, and share why “feeling wild” on stage is everything.

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Recording Situation, Malala, and Vibes

[02:11–05:54]

• The group is displaced to a new recording space due to Malala occupying their usual studio.
• Lighthearted speculation about Malala’s athletic abilities and whether she’d make kickball teams, segueing into a humorous, imaginary “Malala drag show” concept.
• Joke about Malala doing a lip sync to “My Own Worst Enemy” and Olivia Rodrigo’s “Good 4 U.”
• Matt asserts strong guest loyalty:
  • “I pick our guest over Malala every day of the week.” (Matt Rogers, 04:15)

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Introducing Hannah Solo and Broadway Adventures

[05:45–06:48]

• Hannah is introduced as the current Mary Todd Lincoln in “O Mary” at the Lyceum Theatre.
• Matt and Bowen reminisce about their college days with Hannah, including auditioning for NYU comedy groups and being floormates.

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New York and Early Memories

[07:00–08:17]

• Hannah describes first impressions of NY, learning subway navigation pre-smartphone—“you just be like, bye, hope we make it there…” (Hannah Solo, 07:26).
• Bowen and Hannah bond over feeling “seen” by HBO's “Girls” and being recognized as “Lena Dunham” on the street.

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Musical Theater and Skill Preferences

[09:17–10:14]

• Hannah admits she’s not the best dancer—“My brain isn’t keeping up with what my body is doing”—but loves to dance nevertheless.
• Ultimately, she loves singing most.

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On Improv, Rumple Teaser & Backstage Rituals

[10:21–11:04]

• Hannah discusses her connection to improv group Rumple Teaser, now less frequent due to Broadway schedule.
• She has a “theater sayings” blanket in her dressing room (“It’s all like, lights up, it’s me…”).

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Fiddler on the Roof and Diaspora

[12:08–13:09]

• The group jokes about musical plot summaries:
  • “The vibes start out great, but then... the vibes end up bad.” (Matt Rogers, 12:59)
• Light-hearted self-doubt if they’ve ever used “diaspora” correctly on the podcast.

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Viral Broadway Moment & “Boop”

[13:39–15:20]

• Matt and Bowen ask about Hannah’s viral “Boop” moment outside TKTS.
• Hannah shares that many men have DM’d her claiming to be “the guy," but she suspects the real one is “not on Instagram.”
• Astrology humor: “Taurus, Taurus. The worst kind—‘cause they’re so hard-headed.” (Matt Rogers, 15:06)

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Culture Talk: Dinner Theater & Childhood

[44:49–47:28]

• Hannah’s “culture that made her say culture was for her” was dinner theater at a cabaret space next to a Coco’s diner—serving food and then hopping onstage to sing.
• The group delights in the absurdity and formative power of kid-run dinner theaters and the unique discipline it instills.

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Waiting Tables and the Restaurant Life

[54:01–57:03]

• Hannah insists everyone should wait tables at some point:
  • “You can always tell when someone has never worked in a restaurant when they go out to dinner because they’re being an absolute bitch.” (Hannah Solo, 54:16)
• Bowen reminisces about working at Maggie Moo’s Ice Cream and notes the “cunty cow” mascot.

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Musical Type, Voice Parts, and NYU Nostalgia

[59:13–61:29]

• The group debates vocal types—Bowen denies being a tenor; Hannah offers, “You are, I would say, a mezzo soprano with belt.”
• Reflect on musical theater college memories, including “Pop/Rock Night” and always singing in dorm halls.

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Early Improv Auditions & Coming Out

[62:33–63:57]

• Hannah recalls their SNL ticket campout, with Matt still closeted and talking about “titties.”
• Matt reveals that getting into SNL that night was pivotal for him coming out and joining NY improv:
  • “That ended up being a turning point for me to decide to come out… and take a UCB class and then try to audition for the grand groups.” (Matt Rogers, 63:13)

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Understudying on Broadway: The Emotional Reality

[35:08–38:07]

• Hannah shares the unique emotional weight of understudying—balancing hopes and anxieties, especially during her “Great Day” monologue:
  • “I am living my dream and saying these lines about how I’ve wanted to have this great day for so long. Then I’m in the midst of the great day as it’s ending…” (Hannah Solo, 35:25)
• Details the mental preparation and pressures of knowing you’re “the backup,” the fear of disappointing an audience, and the pride in going on.

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Audience Etiquette and The Cough Discourse

[39:02–40:51]

• Discussion of theater pet peeves—audience coughing, phones out, people leaving before curtain call.
• Hannah: “If you have a wet cough and you’re going to the theater… Bring a Ricola. Bring something with you. Why are you letting this loose?” (39:28)

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Broadway Discipline and The "Prison" of Eight Shows a Week

[68:23–70:10]

• Hannah describes the beauty and difficulty of a Broadway schedule:
  • “Broadway is a prison… a beautiful and a wonderful prison I’m so grateful to be a part of, but it’s so hard.” (68:45)
• She references Megan Hilty’s intense vocal regimens from a New York Times diary.

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Friends, Mentors, and Celebratory Moments

[71:17–74:56]

• The group celebrates friendships and communal wins, discussing Jeff Hiller’s Emmy and the way friends’ successes feel shared.
• Matt, sincerely addressing Hannah:
  • “Universally everyone that’s in your life loves you and roots for you and knows that you deserve it because you are so special.” (74:22)

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“I Feel So Wild”—Hannah’s Onstage Persona

[30:40–31:13]

• Discussion about Hannah’s signature phrase and performing ethos:
  • “I feel so wild.” (31:00)
  • The “wild” energy comes from music and performance, with Hannah imagining herself as animals on stage—“immediately I’m thinking a snake... Iguana!” (31:23)

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I DON’T THINK SO, HONEY

[79:25–89:38]

Matt:

• Rants about towels with mysterious stains:
  • “Once a towel has a brown stain… just throw it away. Get a new towel.” (80:51)

Bowen:

• Rants about Ripley Grier Studios’ multiple confusing locations causing performer panic:
  • “We need a naming convention so that it’s SEO friendly, so that if I type it in Google Maps I am at the right place.” (82:37)
  • “It’s a police state… Christy Gnome. This is the airport at the gate.” (85:02)

Hannah:

• Rants about the heartbreak of spending time and money making a meal only for it to turn out bad:
  • “I just spent 26 whole ass dollars and three hours of my one wild and precious life on a goddamn stew and now I’m either gonna throw it in the garbage or eat it for the next two weeks…” (87:25)
  • “It’s the stew’s fault. Yeah, blame the stew.” (87:35)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On going out as an understudy:

  • “You can really hear people. This is the thing people don’t understand. We can hear you from the stage.” (Hannah Solo, 38:47)

• On the NYU RA experience:

  • “We were always joking in the corner. We were like, if we don’t hear you or see you, then we’re gonna let you do your thing. If you’re in the hallway with your whippets, then I’m gonna write you up.” (Hannah Solo, 22:05)

• On swing kids & childhood theater magic:

  • “We would take our family's orders… then you deliver food, be right back, hop on stage, sing ‘I’m going back someday, come what may…’” (Hannah Solo, 45:41)

• On culinary disasters:

  • “Now I’m having toast for dinner again. Toast dinner? I don’t think so.” (Hannah Solo, 88:20)

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Closing Segment

[93:41–94:02]

• Group sings “River” by Joni Mitchell in honor of Hannah’s signature Pop/Rock Night number, closing the episode in classic, sentimental Las Culturistas style.

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [02:21] – Malala, studio displacement jokes
• [06:38] – Hannah Solo joins, Broadway talk begins
• [07:00-08:17] – First impressions of NYC, “Girls”
• [09:17] – Which musical theater skill wins?
• [13:39–15:20] – Viral Broadway moment & “Boop”
• [30:40–31:13] – “I feel so wild”
• [35:08–38:07] – Understudies, “Great Day” monologue, heart of Broadway
• [39:02–41:04] – Audience etiquette, coughs, phones, leaving early
• [44:49–47:28] – Childhood dinner theater, formative “Swing Kids”
• [54:01–57:03] – Waiting tables, Maggie Moo mascot
• [59:13–61:29] – Musical types, NYU singing girls
• [62:33–63:57] – SNL line, coming out, turning point memories
• [71:17–74:56] – Jeff Hiller’s Emmy, communal celebration
• [79:25–89:38] – I Don’t Think So, Honey rants

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Tone & Appeal

The episode is warm, silly, and deeply affectionate—full of inside jokes, theater-specific humor, and sincerity about friendship, career, and the unpredictable joys and woes of the performing life. Both longtime Las Culturistas listeners and newcomers will find this episode funny, poignant, and illuminating about the realities and magic of Broadway.

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Transcript

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[Matt Rogers]

Look, man.

[Hannah Solo]

Where?

[Matt Rogers]

Oh, I see my eye. Oh my. Bowen, look over there. Wow.

[Hannah Solo]

Is that the culture? Yes.

[Matt Rogers]

Ding dong Las Culturistas calling. We're in a different room today recording.

[Bowen Yang]

Because we were booted for for Malala. Yeah, that's true.

[Matt Rogers]

That's t. Malala is upstairs in our regular studio. And yeah, you got to respect It.

[Bowen Yang]

You got to respect it.

[Matt Rogers]

You know, if. If it's. Sometimes in life you're given a choice between Malala and Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, and you pick Malala, and that's actually really close to number 10. Sometimes in life you're given a choice.

[Bowen Yang]

Between Malala and Matt Rogers and Bowen.

[Matt Rogers]

Yang, and you've got to.

[Bowen Yang]

If it were like a fifth grade PE Class and people were picking kickball.

[Matt Rogers]

Teams, you would get picked.

[Bowen Yang]

I was gonna say Malala.

[Matt Rogers]

You think Malala would be better at kickball than you?

[Bowen Yang]

Malala grew up in the expansive fields of her home.

[Matt Rogers]

You're not thinking about winning the game. You're thinking about, okay, it'd be cool to hang out with Malala on my team. You're not thinking about who's gonna kick the ball and get around the bases quickest. You.

[Bowen Yang]

I'm saying Malala had, like, more space growing up just to run around and be athletic. I certainly didn't.

[Matt Rogers]

I don't know. I take one look at your big old gams. I'm always looking at your legs because you're always walking in front of me at the speed of light.

[Bowen Yang]

Well, we haven't seen Malala's legs, have we?

[Matt Rogers]

Should we go up there, check them out?

[Bowen Yang]

What if Malala was yoked in the.

[Matt Rogers]

Bottom half like Malala upstairs? Like, looking like Malala from the waist up, but the legs are like.

[Bowen Yang]

Sinewy, big fat calves like me. Yeah.

[Matt Rogers]

Damn.

[Hannah Solo]

Thick.

[Bowen Yang]

Thick.

[Matt Rogers]

Malala's upstairs. All thick. We're down here with our guest.

[Bowen Yang]

I would pick our guest in every situation, especially for between the two of us. Especially if it were between her and Malala.

[Matt Rogers]

No, I pick our guest over Malala every day of the week.

[Bowen Yang]

I think our guest is nominee for best vibe hands down.

[Matt Rogers]

Best vibe hands down. Oh, my God.

[Bowen Yang]

Next year, her Seth Meyers. Malala Yousafzai.

[Matt Rogers]

I don't know. I have no idea what Malala's vibe is like.

[Bowen Yang]

And that's wonderful.

[Matt Rogers]

She's only five floors above us. Giving, giving, whatever that vibe is.

[Bowen Yang]

Giving shows.

[Matt Rogers]

Malala's giving. Giving thicc shows upstairs.

[Bowen Yang]

You show up to pieces one night and you're like, malala's giving shows tonight.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah, I heard it's. I heard the lineup tonight is, is. It's spread a filter.

[Bowen Yang]

Izzy Uncut.

[Matt Rogers]

It's Izzy Uncut. Izzy Uncut hosting. And Malala's coming out to do shows. She's coming out every 15, 20 minutes to give. What do they call it? Not a combo.

[Bowen Yang]

Like, like, like drag. A mix yeah, yeah, yeah. The Malala mix.

[Matt Rogers]

If you could see Malala lip sync to four songs, what would they be?

[Bowen Yang]

Well, okay.

[Matt Rogers]

And then we'll bring in the guest.

[Bowen Yang]

I think it's, um, my own worst enemy.

[Matt Rogers]

Whoa.

[Bowen Yang]

I wanted to do, like, a fun, like, otz rock moment.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah, I was. What about this?

[Hannah Solo]

Good for you. Happy, healthy memory.

[Matt Rogers]

God.

[Bowen Yang]

What are we talking about?

[Matt Rogers]

I don't know.

[Bowen Yang]

Our guest is one of our dearest friends since college. She is on the boards as Mary Todd Lincoln on O Mary. In O Mary, I should say. Excuse me. September 30th to October 12th. Get thee to the Lyceum.

[Matt Rogers]

I'll never for going to the Lyceum when our guest got to step onto the boards for the first time as Mary Todd Lincoln. I'm currently wearing. And Bowen is wearing the oh, Hannah sweatshirt that we have variant. So I've known the guest since we were literally on the same floor freshman year.

[Bowen Yang]

I think our guest tonight. Did we. I think we might have, like, been in the same audition for a comedy group. Oh, damn. And then she's. She's giving me the eye going.

[Matt Rogers]

Well, I think we could give you similar eyes. Cause we, Me and the guest both didn't make it. Cause of your ways.

[Bowen Yang]

I didn't. I wasn't. I wasn't up. It wasn't up to me.

[Matt Rogers]

You're imperial.

[Bowen Yang]

You're imperial.

[Matt Rogers]

Our guest is one of the greats. You can catch her as Mary Todd Lincoln right now. Until the day of October 12th. October 12th.

[Bowen Yang]

I said the dates. All good. All good.

[Matt Rogers]

Please welcome into your ears.

[Hannah Solo]

Oh, my gosh.

[Matt Rogers]

And we have a whole. We have a whole crew of people here watching you.

[Hannah Solo]

The audience.

[Matt Rogers]

You have an audience. How does it feel to be a Broadway superstar?

[Hannah Solo]

Oh, my gosh. I feel insane. It's actually insane that we're all here together on these couches.

[Matt Rogers]

I know.

[Bowen Yang]

You're in a spinning chair. That's true. That's true.

[Hannah Solo]

I knocked the whole mic over.

[Matt Rogers]

Okay, well, what were your first impressions of the big city when you moved to New York?

[Hannah Solo]

That's a really good question, Matt. Thank you for asking.

[Bowen Yang]

Did you have to learn the subways?

[Hannah Solo]

I had to learn the subway. So many sub.

[Matt Rogers]

The ways of the sub. The ways of the. The way to the sub.

[Bowen Yang]

But remember our first. Remember our freshman year at nyu? It was a thing where, like, you had the little card map in your wallet. Like, I had the card map in my wallet. This is pre app.

[Hannah Solo]

And you didn't have cell phone service when you were on the subway, so you'd just be like, bye. Hope we make it there. I'll talk to you in 35 minutes on Euclid Avenue.

[Matt Rogers]

Oh, God. The one you'd end up, like, on the sea, like, truly in no man's land. That was so scary. It was an NYU student. It was one of the scariest things you could ever see.

[Hannah Solo]

Haunted by the memories, just to, like.

[Matt Rogers]

Sort of fall asleep on the subway, wake up in Euclid.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh, my God. Very season two finale of Girls.

[Hannah Solo]

Very much that.

[Matt Rogers]

You loved girls.

[Bowen Yang]

You loved girls.

[Hannah Solo]

Which one were you?

[Bowen Yang]

Carrie, Samantha, Hannah or Marnie?

[Hannah Solo]

Well, one time I was walking down the street when we were in college and a man went, lena Dunham.

[Matt Rogers]

Like guests?

[Hannah Solo]

I guess not.

[Matt Rogers]

Pretty much. You felt seen by girls.

[Hannah Solo]

You know what? I did feel seen by girls at the time.

[Bowen Yang]

Which part was reflective of you?

[Hannah Solo]

Just sort of like, blah, blah, blah. Flopping around in New York.

[Matt Rogers]

The way those girls, all four of them had one thing in common. They flopped around. That's actually number 50. All four of those girls had one thing in common. They flopped around New York.

[Hannah Solo]

Am I wrong?

[Bowen Yang]

And we're still doing it.

[Matt Rogers]

Here's a question. Would you rather flip or flop?

[Hannah Solo]

Oh, yeah. Flip.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah.

[Hannah Solo]

Floop.

[Bowen Yang]

Floop.

[Hannah Solo]

Would you rather flip, flop or floop?

[Matt Rogers]

You just wanted to say floop because it rhymes with boop. And you want us to talk about your viral moment.

[Hannah Solo]

You wanted to talk about the viral moment. You were the one that made the connection between boop and floop.

[Bowen Yang]

And floop. I want to say third option. Fourth option. Flap my gums.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah, exactly.

[Bowen Yang]

On this podcast with y'. All.

[Hannah Solo]

I love that. Also a tap dance, a soft shoe.

[Bowen Yang]

Sure.

[Matt Rogers]

So you were in top 21, musical theater, which means you had to be excellent at singing, dancing and acting. Which of the three do you love the most?

[Hannah Solo]

These questions.

[Matt Rogers]

I want to get to know you better.

[Bowen Yang]

Know you better.

[Hannah Solo]

Okay. You're so right. And this is insight into me. I.

[Matt Rogers]

What was the question?

[Bowen Yang]

You were at cap 21, which means you had to be excellent at musical theater. So which did you love most? Singing, dancing, or acting?

[Hannah Solo]

Okay, this is really professional.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah, we came with questions.

[Hannah Solo]

I love this. Okay, I am not the best dancer, but I love dancing.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah, I'm the same.

[Hannah Solo]

Like, it feels so good to dance, but my brain isn't keeping up with what my body is doing.

[Bowen Yang]

No, totally.

[Matt Rogers]

All the best dancers are the same way.

[Hannah Solo]

It's true. I don't know anything.

[Matt Rogers]

Ginger Rogers, of course.

[Bowen Yang]

Twyla Tharp.

[Hannah Solo]

Twytharp. Our girl.

[Bowen Yang]

Our girl. Twyla.

[Hannah Solo]

Moving out.

[Bowen Yang]

Moving into this love for Twyla.

[Hannah Solo]

Absolutely. So I'd say singing. I love to sing.

[Matt Rogers]

You are one of the great singers now.

[Bowen Yang]

Is the infamous improv group Rumple Teaser still performing? Please talk about. I was gonna advertise Rumple Teaser.

[Hannah Solo]

Thank you. I don't really get to perform with them anymore. Because of Broadway.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah.

[Hannah Solo]

The greatest excuse in the world. But they are still performing.

[Bowen Yang]

Do you want a shirt that says, I can't? I have Broadway?

[Hannah Solo]

Yes, absolutely. I have a blanket in my dressing room that I got off of Amazon. That is theater sayings. Blanket.

[Bowen Yang]

What are the.

[Matt Rogers]

What's on them?

[Hannah Solo]

It's all, like, lights up. It's me. Like, all of the theater, Like, I can't. I have rehearsal.

[Matt Rogers]

I cannot have rehearsed play day. Or we'll do it on the day. Oh, I love doing on the day.

[Bowen Yang]

And it's best to say it when it's the same day.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah.

[Bowen Yang]

So on the day, I think I'll be over here. You mean in two seconds.

[Matt Rogers]

It never ceases to be a brain teaser. When that happens, how do you stay agile intellectually?

[Hannah Solo]

I do a lot of crossword puzzles.

[Matt Rogers]

Do you?

[Hannah Solo]

Actually, I do. I'm hoping that that will stave off some sort of dementia.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah. Do you do it all the way up to Saturday, Sunday, I've been trying to get better.

[Hannah Solo]

I've started the new Pips.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah. What's Cats?

[Hannah Solo]

It's like sort of a domino puzzle.

[Bowen Yang]

Okay.

[Hannah Solo]

I'm. I'm into it.

[Bowen Yang]

That's wonderful.

[Hannah Solo]

And as long as my memory stays sharp, I'll do anything.

[Bowen Yang]

Anything's possible.

[Hannah Solo]

Anything's possible. I gotta be. You know, I'm not gonna age into the roles that I'm supposed to play for another 25 years, so I gotta stay sharp. Remember those lyrics, right? If I want to play Dolly in hello Dolly, you know.

[Matt Rogers]

Oh, Hannah.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh, Hannah. That's gonna be. That's gonna be amazing. But who cares? I think, like, I think we should all just do it.

[Hannah Solo]

I think so, too.

[Bowen Yang]

I want to play 50 now.

[Hannah Solo]

Absolutely.

[Matt Rogers]

You both could.

[Hannah Solo]

And we will. Okay. Tevye, Golda. Hello. We're waiting.

[Matt Rogers]

Who's the young one?

[Hannah Solo]

You can be, like, model the tailor.

[Bowen Yang]

Never seen Fiddler.

[Matt Rogers]

You've never seen it?

[Bowen Yang]

No.

[Matt Rogers]

No.

[Bowen Yang]

I'm so sorry.

[Hannah Solo]

The vibes are. Well, in the beginning, they're fun, and at the end it's bad.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah.

[Matt Rogers]

Because what happens to the characters?

[Hannah Solo]

I can't quite remember, but it's something bad.

[Matt Rogers]

You know what happens to the characters in Fiddler does anyone know? Literally no one knows what happens to the characters.

[Hannah Solo]

Yes. Thank you.

[Matt Rogers]

There's a diaspora.

[Hannah Solo]

They have to leave their home.

[Bowen Yang]

Yes. Good.

[Matt Rogers]

Okay, good.

[Bowen Yang]

You use diaspora correctly.

[Matt Rogers]

So what?

[Hannah Solo]

Far from the home.

[Matt Rogers]

Far from the home. I love. So one of the big narratives on this podcast has been, are we using the word diaspora right? By we, I do mean me.

[Hannah Solo]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Matt Rogers]

Owen always uses every word, right.

[Bowen Yang]

No, it was good that time. You describing Fiddler as it starts. The vibes start out great, but then they. Then the vibes end up bad. That I think accurately describes a lot of shows.

[Hannah Solo]

That's true.

[Bowen Yang]

Wicked Cabaret.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah.

[Hannah Solo]

Sounded redwood.

[Matt Rogers]

Redwood.

[Bowen Yang]

Redwood.

[Matt Rogers]

Did you end up getting to go see Redwood?

[Hannah Solo]

I did get to go see it.

[Matt Rogers]

What'd you think? I thought, you can save it right now, but your review can bring it back.

[Bowen Yang]

Bring it back. Why don't you go. We could see Redwood.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah.

[Bowen Yang]

Could it really save it?

[Hannah Solo]

Listen, I did have some offers specifically from Redwood, but there were other offers of people being like, well, you could be.

[Matt Rogers]

Could you tell me about maybe being able to go see our show? So basically, for those who don't know out there, Hannah Solo basically was the one who said we could go see Boop. Can you do it? Because I'm doing it wrong. Do it.

[Hannah Solo]

I feel like you have the right essence.

[Matt Rogers]

Well, we could say Boop. Was that what it was like?

[Hannah Solo]

It feels like you're. The character is right in front of me. Yeah, I try to remember. It was, oh, well, we could see Boop.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh, is really important.

[Hannah Solo]

We could see the rhythm.

[Bowen Yang]

And this was. This was at tkts.

[Hannah Solo]

Yes. I was walking by the red steps.

[Bowen Yang]

Why?

[Hannah Solo]

Because, honey, when you're on Broadway, you're just circling, haunting a flower.

[Matt Rogers]

I forgot where Broadway is for a second. Right by the steps.

[Hannah Solo]

Right, sorry.

[Bowen Yang]

Continue right by the steps. We are right next to the steps.

[Matt Rogers]

Now I remember.

[Hannah Solo]

And I heard a man, which. Then I got a lot of DMs from people being like, it was me. You heard me.

[Bowen Yang]

And it was a lot of men.

[Hannah Solo]

A lot of men being like, I'm the one who said it. It was me. It was me.

[Bowen Yang]

Men be claiming.

[Hannah Solo]

Truly.

[Matt Rogers]

And I was culture number 40.

[Bowen Yang]

Men be claiming. So what? What? What? Who do you. Did you get a sense that one was the actual guy?

[Hannah Solo]

The energy that I was feeling was that this man? He's not on Instagram. Yeah, he's not DMing me a Broadway person.

[Matt Rogers]

He seemed like a Taurus.

[Hannah Solo]

He seemed like a tourist.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah, I thought he's a Taurus. Yeah. Yeah.

[Hannah Solo]

Also a Taurus.

[Matt Rogers]

Hard headed Taurus. Taurus. The worst kind. Such a little closer. Number 17. Taurus, Taurus. The worst kind. Because they're so hard, hard headed about what they want to do, where they want to go, how they want to do it. It's New York. You have to be malleable. I'm sorry.

[Hannah Solo]

No, you're so right.

[Matt Rogers]

You have to go with the flow.

[Hannah Solo]

You have to.

[Matt Rogers]

You can't have a plan in New York City.

[Hannah Solo]

Abandon it.

[Matt Rogers]

Throw it out the window.

[Bowen Yang]

Throw it out the window. So you. So there were other approaches.

[Hannah Solo]

There were other approaches.

[Bowen Yang]

Interesting.

[Hannah Solo]

And I wish I could have helped many shows, but I don't. I'm not counting, like, I'm not saying.

[Matt Rogers]

That I was the one. I wish I could have helped many shows.

[Bowen Yang]

Many shows.

[Matt Rogers]

Because you famously kept Gooba Poop is still there.

[Hannah Solo]

This is what people were saying. But I didn't see the ledgers. I don't know.

[Matt Rogers]

And I.

[Bowen Yang]

And I actually, I'm the one responsible for putting that idea out there in this conversation. Because I said you could have saved Redwood and you didn't even. That's true. I did not mean. I apologize. I didn't.

[Hannah Solo]

Thank you for your apology.

[Matt Rogers]

I have to come out and say if Redwood was going to be saved, it needed to be during the writing and development process.

[Bowen Yang]

Okay.

[Matt Rogers]

And that I don't think happened. Big Tree Religion. Big Tree Religion. Remember Big Tree Religion? It was a full song on the show.

[Bowen Yang]

I worship Big Tree Religion.

[Hannah Solo]

Oh, okay. Now I'm remembering it. I just remember so many screens.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah. That was actually one of the exciting parts of it.

[Bowen Yang]

Jamie Lloyd.

[Hannah Solo]

Yeah, it was, but it was very. I felt a little bit soaring over California, if you will.

[Bowen Yang]

I love Soarin.

[Matt Rogers]

Can I tell you that's what I loved about the show was the theme park nature of it.

[Hannah Solo]

Yeah. That's why I think about it.

[Matt Rogers]

The fact that I felt like when there was a point where like, like Idina was probably singing this note and like at one point like everything was moving around her and I was like, I feel like I am in the Avatar Flight of Passage ride. And it's to say nothing against Soren. I just felt like all the trees, it felt like Avatar.

[Bowen Yang]

I love that.

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[Hannah Solo]

God sucks so hard though. I'm so sorry. Can you out petty them? Can you match their pettiness for funsies?

[Melissa Fumero]

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[Hannah Solo]

And remember when we were in that scene where you guys were just supposed to hug and I was standing, oh yeah. And I was like can I also hug them? I'm like this has no friends.

[Melissa Fumero]

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[Hannah Solo]

Oh finally.

[Melissa Fumero]

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[Dr. Leslie]

Do you want to hear the secrets of serial killers, psychopaths, pedophiles, robbers?

[Matt Rogers]

They are sitting there waiting for the vulnerable thing.

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[Hannah Solo]

When you were described to me as a forensic psychologist, I was like snooze we ended up talking for hours and I was like, this girl is my best friend.

[Dr. Leslie]

This is a podcast where I cut through the noise with sarcasm, satire and hard truths.

[Hannah Solo]

I'm not going to fake it and.

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[Bowen Yang]

Thoughts on Idina Menzel.

[Matt Rogers]

You love her.

[Hannah Solo]

Love the gal.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah.

[Matt Rogers]

Never met her in every show she's.

[Hannah Solo]

Ever done, the gal.

[Matt Rogers]

We saw her in the Off Broadway play Skin Tight.

[Bowen Yang]

Skin Tight.

[Hannah Solo]

Never even heard of it.

[Bowen Yang]

There was a staircase in that.

[Hannah Solo]

Broadway loves staircase.

[Matt Rogers]

Dolly, what's the best staircase of theater?

[Hannah Solo]

Well, recently, did you see the Hills of California? Yes, the staircases. My God.

[Matt Rogers]

He says, did you see that?

[Bowen Yang]

No, I did not see all the stairs. I would have really liked that on purpose. Had a great staircase.

[Matt Rogers]

Great staircase.

[Bowen Yang]

Debbie comes her, obviously. Hello, Dolly. Great staircase moment.

[Hannah Solo]

Great staircase. That's so true. Theater's just like, let's put a staircase in.

[Matt Rogers]

You know, there's also a not oft remembered staircase from death becomes her. That's the other staircase, which is the one that Michelle Williams is supposed to be descending down.

[Bowen Yang]

Right.

[Matt Rogers]

That like, comically goes up the middle. Really good. That one had two staircases, which is probably why it was double the fun.

[Hannah Solo]

Put that on the building.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah. Anyways, what's your best memory of being an RA with me at Coral Towers at NYU?

[Bowen Yang]

You guys were RAs together.

[Hannah Solo]

I forget. RAs together. Absolutely.

[Matt Rogers]

So first answer this question, and then we'll go back in time to see what you remembered about me from freshman year. And then I'll say what I remembered about you.

[Hannah Solo]

Okay, I have a memory. Well, when we were Aries together, we were. I'd say we were cool ras. We were like, we were always joking in the corner. We were joking.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah.

[Hannah Solo]

We were like, if we don't hear you or see you.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah.

[Hannah Solo]

Then we're gonna let you.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah.

[Hannah Solo]

Do your thing.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah.

[Hannah Solo]

But if you're in the hallway with your whippets, then I'm gonna write you up.

[Matt Rogers]

What was your most difficult thing to confront as an RA at nyu?

[Hannah Solo]

Well, do you remember that a girl went missing?

[Bowen Yang]

Oh.

[Hannah Solo]

We found her.

[Matt Rogers]

And they finally found her in my room?

[Hannah Solo]

Oh, well, her roommates came and Were like, she's gone. We checked her computer. She had gone to meet. Okay, she had been gone.

[Matt Rogers]

So she was a straight woman.

[Hannah Solo]

I can't assume. You gotta watch her sexual identity.

[Bowen Yang]

She might not have gone to meet the man for sex.

[Hannah Solo]

Well, she did because they called her parents. And then she came back and she had been tied up for two days. In a way she enjoyed. I believe it was consensual.

[Matt Rogers]

But can you enjoy being tied up for two days? Is this Mr. Beast? Oh, my God. What? Is this Mr. Beast?

[Bowen Yang]

She getting 100K?

[Hannah Solo]

Yeah.

[Matt Rogers]

Is she getting 100K for this fervor, for this grandeur?

[Bowen Yang]

So they found her tied up.

[Hannah Solo]

They. Well, I think she untied herself, came back, and everyone was like, where were you? You and her parents were there like, you've been missing. And she had to be like, sorry, I was tied up.

[Bowen Yang]

What did you do as an ra?

[Matt Rogers]

I'm just gonna ask, like, how did you save her?

[Hannah Solo]

Well, I didn't save her at all.

[Matt Rogers]

Because when your shift ended, even though she had been missing, when your shift ended, you were like, guys, I gotta go. Like, my shift's over. My shift's over. This is Eva. She's the next race.

[Hannah Solo]

Literally, that's what it was. You turned in the cell phone and you're like, here, I guess I'll fill out the paper from. And had to type. Remember? It was like, don't use emotions.

[Matt Rogers]

You know, I don't remember because I didn't do any of it. I got fired.

[Hannah Solo]

Matt was fired.

[Bowen Yang]

Matt was fired.

[Hannah Solo]

You didn't do your bulletin board?

[Bowen Yang]

Was the bulletin board like, I'm. This is what's happening this week. Like, that.

[Hannah Solo]

It was sort of an opportunity to be creative, or at least I found it to be. I had some fun things on my bulletin board. I feel like you sort of slapped a paper on there and said, like, good luck.

[Matt Rogers]

I'm not good with, like, visual aids.

[Hannah Solo]

You know what I mean? Also, we weren't a freshman dorm. It was an upper class person.

[Matt Rogers]

So we were literally like juniors. And everyone in our. In our dorm was like a sophomore, a junior, or a senior.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah.

[Matt Rogers]

And so it kind of was just like, no one. Okay. Everyone.

[Hannah Solo]

Everyone knew we had to share a suite with them. Like, other RAs got their. And so we were living with people on our floor that we had to be like, okay, don't bring wine into my room that we share.

[Bowen Yang]

Right. Can I ask what the vibe of Coral Towers was? Because it was sort of like a. It was kind of like an under. It Was kind of like an undersung dorm. And it's the name Coral Towers sounds like a Golden Girls spin off. It sounds so Floridian. It sounds so, like, chic. And, like, I would have done a.

[Hannah Solo]

Really good bulletin board for that.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah.

[Hannah Solo]

Gorgeous.

[Bowen Yang]

But I don't think I ever set foot in Coral Towers.

[Matt Rogers]

I don't think you did either, because there would be no reason.

[Bowen Yang]

Right, Right.

[Matt Rogers]

Like, we were. It was on the corner. It is on the corner. It's above the Duane read. You can still go there to go see. It's a. It's a Hannah Solo and Matt Rogers and Sudie Green. Honestly, landmark. We all live there.

[Bowen Yang]

They should.

[Matt Rogers]

They should put up a plaque and so basically, like, it was just like. It was. It was bad. I mean, when we. When we got the assignment that we were there, we were like, oh, we didn't get one of the good ones.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh, man.

[Matt Rogers]

And I also was an alternate to be the ra.

[Hannah Solo]

I think I have been, too.

[Matt Rogers]

I think maybe we were. Because they would very rarely put people as RAs who were in Tish because they knew that historically, Kish. Tish kids get busy. Like, they want to do shows, they want to do whatever they. They have, like, community outside of the residence hall. Because the residence hall thing, it was so much more of being an ra was build community in these.

[Bowen Yang]

Hang out with these kids.

[Matt Rogers]

I couldn't. I couldn't do that. I had pizza night for the Oscars. I think once one year, they made me cook a turkey.

[Hannah Solo]

Me.

[Bowen Yang]

What does that mean?

[Matt Rogers]

It means kids are getting sick. That's what it means. It means. It means I, you know, take the bird out the oven and go, well, quesara.

[Bowen Yang]

Quesara. Let me. Let me put this meat thermometer in there. 75 degrees.

[Matt Rogers]

What's a meat thermometer? 75 degrees. Sounds like a good temperature to me. Is that really warm?

[Bowen Yang]

164.

[Matt Rogers]

164.

[Hannah Solo]

What the internal temperature needs to be for it to be saved to eat.

[Bowen Yang]

169 is optimal.

[Hannah Solo]

Yeah. Okay. 169. Remember, that depends on the bullet drain.

[Matt Rogers]

Depends on the poultry. Suddenly the whole room is activated.

[Hannah Solo]

Everybody's chiming in.

[Bowen Yang]

We're all Martha Stewart. No, we usually don't get the. We don't get the girls in the studio with us. We're kind of sequestered.

[Matt Rogers]

I was fired from being an RA because I forgot to pick up the. You were too.

[Bowen Yang]

You were fired.

[Matt Rogers]

No, you said. I thought you said same. You said, Say it, Say it.

[Hannah Solo]

I was not fired.

[Bowen Yang]

How could you ever.

[Matt Rogers]

No. You were a great employee and lovely to be around, you know. What happened?

[Hannah Solo]

Why were you fired?

[Matt Rogers]

Well, I don't think our boss liked my sense of humor.

[Hannah Solo]

Okay.

[Matt Rogers]

He's more of a keep it guy. Topical.

[Hannah Solo]

Topical.

[Matt Rogers]

He was more of a keep it guy. He would prefer I was Lewis Fertel. No. Don't you remember that? Like, our residence director didn't like my sense of humor.

[Hannah Solo]

Well, there was a changeover in leadership.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh, that's tough. Well, don't we all know. Don't you understand that is really tough? When there's a changeover in leadership, everything changes.

[Hannah Solo]

The jokes just weren't hitting the same.

[Matt Rogers]

We had a woman named Daenerys the first year. Remember Daenerys?

[Hannah Solo]

Of course. I'll never forget it.

[Matt Rogers]

The first Daenerys dragon. Like, literally. But a kind person who loves my humor. And then she, at the end of the year said, I have some news I'll never forget. She said, I have news. And then she told us, I will be leaving. And we were like, daenerys. And then she left and this other guy came in. I won't say his name, but he was not having it. Not the way Daenerys was.

[Bowen Yang]

Can I ask, were the residents, directors also students?

[Hannah Solo]

No, they were adults who lived in the building with us. So then these were adult people that had to, like, sign in their guests and, like, dates. It must be so strange to do that. So I feel for him in that way.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah. Yeah. Must be. Must. Maybe he doesn't love the fact that he's living with a bunch of 20 year olds. Right, right, right.

[Hannah Solo]

And we were annoying.

[Matt Rogers]

I think looking back, there's a high probability I was annoying because I did think that my role in the hall community was to sort of provide vibes.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah.

[Matt Rogers]

And it was because I wasn't doing the bulletin board. I wasn't picking up the phone. But I do think I provided vibes and laughs. And then he didn't. He didn't really want that.

[Hannah Solo]

But we thank you for the vibes and laughs. We had fun.

[Matt Rogers]

We had so much fun. How many.

[Bowen Yang]

How many people did you guys write up? Like, oh, God, I never did that. What would that involve? Like, well, Stacy was smoking crack and I shouldn't crack.

[Hannah Solo]

I walked in and Stacy was smoking crack.

[Matt Rogers]

I have to regular. See, because you're smoking crack in the residence halls and we're very clear that happens out on the streets.

[Hannah Solo]

No crack in the residence halls.

[Matt Rogers]

In the residence halls, crack is whack.

[Hannah Solo]

And that's. You have to write Up a little report, but they no emotions, so it had to be just factual.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah.

[Hannah Solo]

I walked in. Stacy was smoking crack. I grabbed the crack. I said, no more.

[Bowen Yang]

No more crack.

[Matt Rogers]

I said, no more crack.

[Bowen Yang]

I'm so angry with you about the crack. No emotion. I'm just quoting.

[Hannah Solo]

I'm just quoting what I said in the room. I walked out, I took the crack in a bag. I don't really know is crack loose.

[Matt Rogers]

I think crack can be all sorts of forms.

[Hannah Solo]

That's beautiful.

[Matt Rogers]

Especially roller coaster number 79. I think crack can be all sorts of forms, and that's beautiful.

[Bowen Yang]

What is your favorite part of playing Mary?

[Hannah Solo]

Oh, my gosh. I'd say my favorite part of playing Mary is the moment before the doors open and just bursting out. Yeah. Myself up and bursting through those doors.

[Bowen Yang]

I can't wait to see. I still have not had the joy and pleasure of seeing you.

[Hannah Solo]

Oh, my gosh. I think you'll like it.

[Bowen Yang]

I think so. You know. You know, I love a Hannah solo moment. I would go to the musical improv show back in the day, and there was my favorite feature of a Hannah solo performance is anytime. And is it fair to say? Please deny this if it's not true.

[Hannah Solo]

I can't wait to hear what you're gonna say.

[Bowen Yang]

There's a phrase. I'm not saying you're a catchphrase, but there's a phrase that I think I've heard you say at least twice, and it always destroys me. Ready?

[Hannah Solo]

Okay.

[Matt Rogers]

I feel so wild.

[Hannah Solo]

And I kind of knew. I was like, it's gonna be about being a horny chief, but total enough.

[Matt Rogers]

I feel so wild. Or bummed for Malala?

[Bowen Yang]

Bummed for Malala.

[Matt Rogers]

Really?

[Hannah Solo]

Sort of both. And they're related.

[Bowen Yang]

What do you make of that? Wild. Is there something wild within you that must. That you're subconsciously sort of like masking?

[Hannah Solo]

I think it really is this thing of, like, the music starts and I just feel something inside.

[Matt Rogers]

What animal are you? Say it now.

[Hannah Solo]

Okay. Immediately I'm thinking, a snake.

[Matt Rogers]

What does that do? You're not a snake at all.

[Hannah Solo]

Iguana.

[Matt Rogers]

Iguana.

[Bowen Yang]

I love iguana.

[Hannah Solo]

Me, too.

[Matt Rogers]

You do?

[Bowen Yang]

Yes.

[Matt Rogers]

You were there in Miami when one fell out of the tree when I was tying my shoe. It almost hit me in the head. You wouldn't like him so much.

[Hannah Solo]

And then what? It hits you in the head. And what happens?

[Matt Rogers]

Excuse me. You know. You know, they're upwards of £50 at least the way this one hit the hit the ground with a thud. Did you know they were in trees.

[Bowen Yang]

I did not know they were in trees.

[Hannah Solo]

They're climbing.

[Matt Rogers]

Get to Miami, honey.

[Bowen Yang]

Get to the Lyceum first.

[Matt Rogers]

Oh, that would be an amazing vacation.

[Hannah Solo]

Oh, my gosh.

[Matt Rogers]

Well, we're going. We're spending a week. We're gonna do three days at the Lyceum, then we're gonna head down to Miami.

[Bowen Yang]

We're gonna look at the urinals at the Lyceum and see all the pictures of Cole, and then we're gonna go down.

[Matt Rogers]

What is it like knowing that you'll fill the shoes of Cole?

[Hannah Solo]

It's really sort of.

[Matt Rogers]

And so many talents before you.

[Hannah Solo]

So many talents before.

[Matt Rogers]

And who was the best?

[Bowen Yang]

Don't. Don't.

[Hannah Solo]

Well, okay.

[Bowen Yang]

So unfair.

[Hannah Solo]

It's so unfair.

[Bowen Yang]

When a friend comes on the show. It's like we're so unkind to them.

[Matt Rogers]

Is that true? I think we've been really kind.

[Hannah Solo]

I feel wild. I love doing the play. I'm honored to follow in Cole's footsteps. And technically, I was the first person to do it after Cole, which was truly scary, of course, but it happened. It went well, even.

[Matt Rogers]

Was that the night we were all there?

[Hannah Solo]

Yes, that was that very night, the very first time. And I think everyone was a little bit like, what if the play doesn't work without Cole?

[Matt Rogers]

Oh, God, no.

[Hannah Solo]

But the play is so good.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah.

[Bowen Yang]

That's the genius of the play, is that anyone can do it.

[Hannah Solo]

Yes, exactly.

[Bowen Yang]

Well, that is really nice to hear.

[Hannah Solo]

It's the best play in the world, honestly.

[Matt Rogers]

We were talking about with Jinx last week, the Great Day monologue, and you actually have one of my favorite performances of that. And that was such a. It's such a beautiful, important monologue and obviously such a, you know, like, zany, like, hysterical show. But it's this moment where you, I think, really understand Mary's anxieties. Like, Jinx was talking about how the way that she was playing Mary was as if it was someone with adhd. Like, in a way where it's like, obviously it's, oh, Mary. And you're going out there and you're going for the joke, but in a grounded way for you. How are you thinking about her?

[Hannah Solo]

I think I really am not going for the jokes. I'm really thinking of her as this woman who has big dreams, and there's just everyone in her life is trying to stop her from doing them and is telling her she sucks and is annoying, and all she wants to do is sing, which, like, I really understand that. And people are like, no, you Can't. You're annoying.

[Matt Rogers]

So it's like, action, action, action, and everyone is wrong and they don't know it.

[Hannah Solo]

Yeah.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah. It's really.

[Hannah Solo]

I feel like the trap of the show is to, like, look to the audience and be like. But that's when you, like, actually ultimate ruin. What is so beautiful about the show that everyone does have heart, and these characters have really big wants, and it's just the highest stakes of these wants.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah.

[Matt Rogers]

I wonder, too, when you're doing that monologue and you're obviously having a moment where you know that as an understudy, you're there all the time, and you might get the chance to do it, but prob. Likely not. And then finally it's there, and you know that so many people are coming out to support you. And then you have to do this monologue about having a great day that probably was. Was really emotional.

[Hannah Solo]

Oh, my gosh. I cry, like, every time because it really is, like, I'm gonna cry thinking about it. Like, I am, like, living my dream and saying, like, these lines about how, oh, my gosh, like, I've wanted to have this great day for so long. And then I'm, like, in the midst.

[Bowen Yang]

Of the great day as it's ending and. Which is also what the monologue is about. You don't want it to be over, Right?

[Hannah Solo]

Exactly. And because I am an understudy, it is like, this is in the moment. I don't know when I'm gonna do it again. Is this gonna be the last time I do the show, or is this, like, am I gonna wait a few months? So it really does feel like this moment of, like, so in sync with the show.

[Bowen Yang]

I mean, I want you to give a primary account. I know that this is, like, widely known, especially, like, through, like, the, like, stages out of COVID But, like, talk about, like. Like, I just really want us to give, like, a moment for this. Like, understudies.

[Hannah Solo]

Sure.

[Matt Rogers]

And sway, like, talk about that experience.

[Bowen Yang]

Give us, like. Like, it's the hardest thing I could. Every time I see a show on Broadway, I'm, like, thinking about, like, two of these fucking people on stage or back backstage. Know, like, four of these parts left and right, and know all these tracks. That's crazy.

[Hannah Solo]

That's crazy. When I saw Stranger Things, I was. The whole time I was only thinking about, like, how in the world are you an understudy? Being like, well, okay, I guess I'm going to go out there and hopefully the thing works, and I fly across the room right Right.

[Matt Rogers]

Because if they added a harness and flying to Omari, it would be much harder.

[Hannah Solo]

Yeah. I have asked if they could. We have a lot of fly space up there that we're not utilizing.

[Matt Rogers]

You're like, I want to go more vertical.

[Hannah Solo]

More vertical, Exactly. You should always go more vertical.

[Matt Rogers]

How high do you think you can jump?

[Bowen Yang]

If you had the harness? Have you had the wire on you?

[Hannah Solo]

Am I on a trampoline, or is this jumping off a certain way?

[Bowen Yang]

Certainly not. Certainly not.

[Matt Rogers]

We can't afford it and then can't insure it.

[Hannah Solo]

I can't jump high at all.

[Matt Rogers]

Well, shit.

[Hannah Solo]

This is gonna be a big problem.

[Matt Rogers]

For the vertical O Mary. But in a real way, like, you know, both of these bars, you know, not just Mary, but Louise.

[Hannah Solo]

Yes.

[Matt Rogers]

And you're back. You're backstage with other people knowing the same thing. Like, that's. That's a lot to learn.

[Hannah Solo]

It's a lot to learn. It's. I like to say it's almost like 75% mental, actually, is what I've learned is, like, the learning of the lines and where to go and all of the blocking and stuff is actually not as hard as I thought it was going to be. But for me, it's really the mental work of being like, okay, I'm going to go out there and it's okay. And I. Having to psych my myself up and having to understudy, being fortunate enough to understudy these big, big names that, you know, people are of course disappointed when the person that they came to see isn't in. So really just like, giving myself the mental headspace of, like, you're good. You can do this. You're fine. Go out there and just do the show.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah. Don't pick up on any nasty energy from, like, whoever the fuck is in the sixth row being like. Which is how they talk.

[Hannah Solo]

That's how they. I paid for. I don't want to see her. That's what they were like.

[Matt Rogers]

And then at the end, they're like, I loved her.

[Hannah Solo]

She was pretty good. She was decent. I can really, like, hear people. This is the thing people don't understand. We can hear you from the stage. And I have heard people, like, scene three, be like, like, okay, she's good.

[Matt Rogers]

Seriously. From the audience.

[Hannah Solo]

Yes. We are so close to the audience. I'm like, I can see you. I can hear you. You are not being quiet.

[Bowen Yang]

Can I ask, please?

[Matt Rogers]

Coughing he has a real sensitivity to this thing.

[Bowen Yang]

Look, I'm not, like, out here saying, like, fudge you if you're coughing in the theater. But there is a point where it starts to. On a collective level.

[Hannah Solo]

Mm.

[Bowen Yang]

It's. It's pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. It's panoramic coughs. And then it starts to affect the show. Certainly on an audience level. I'm sorry. And I'm sure on a performer level.

[Hannah Solo]

Well, the coughing thing is like if you have a wet cough and you're going to the theater, you knew you had the cough when you came. Bring a Ricola. Bring something with you. Why are you letting this loose?

[Bowen Yang]

I don't know. I don't have a. I don't have a solution.

[Matt Rogers]

I think you gotta go. I think honestly, like, if you're. If you start having a coughing attack, you know, when it's the kind of thing that's not gonna stop, unfortunately, you gotta go.

[Bowen Yang]

It's like it's a walk on out, walk on out. It's like a crying baby.

[Hannah Solo]

Yeah.

[Bowen Yang]

What would you do with a crying baby?

[Hannah Solo]

You wouldn't let the baby cry during Mamma Mia. Super Trooper. You'd leave.

[Matt Rogers]

During the play. It's like you can't get away from it. We went to go see Purpose. It was. Was the worst. People were dying all around us.

[Bowen Yang]

It was coughs and phones going off phones more. That's why it got to me. I was like, wait, everything is out of control.

[Matt Rogers]

Well, we were in the West End seeing Titanique and we were in, I think, I believe the fourth row. And, like, you are so aware that they can see you. Like. And this woman next to us was double fisting wine with her phone out in front of her with a spreadsheet on the phone. Do you remember?

[Bowen Yang]

She was doing Google sheets.

[Matt Rogers]

She had a Google sheet that she was like. And she was like doing this. And Bowen just over me goes to her. You're at live theater.

[Bowen Yang]

I said you're at it. I said you're at the theater.

[Hannah Solo]

Good for you.

[Bowen Yang]

I don't care.

[Matt Rogers]

I don't fucking care.

[Hannah Solo]

Disrespectful when people leave right before bows start. Oh, honey, the lights are up. We can see you. You gotta get to the parking garage. Please, Please.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah.

[Hannah Solo]

It's so crazy to me.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh, my God.

[Hannah Solo]

People are just like the fourth wall.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah.

[Hannah Solo]

No, no, it's glass. Honey, we can see you.

[Bowen Yang]

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[Hannah Solo]

God that sucks so hard though. I'm so sorry. Can you out petty them? Can you match their pettiness for funsies?

[Melissa Fumero]

Yeah, we had so much fun last season. Laughing, crying, talking to some new and old friends.

[Hannah Solo]

Remember when we were in that scene where you guys were just supposed to hug and I was standing? Oh yeah. And I was like can I also hug them? I'm like this has no friends this.

[Melissa Fumero]

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[Hannah Solo]

Oh finally.

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[Dr. Leslie]

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[Matt Rogers]

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[Hannah Solo]

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[Dr. Leslie]

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[Hannah Solo]

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[Matt Rogers]

Speaking of engaging with patrons of the arts in odd places. This sort of connects us to your culture. So, Hannah Solo, what was the culture that made you say culture was for you?

[Hannah Solo]

The culture that made me say culture was for me was dinner theater.

[Bowen Yang]

Let's go.

[Hannah Solo]

When I was a kid doing it, I was too afraid to go to sleepaway camp. And so my parents put me in a thank you. I was in a day camp called Swing Kids.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh, my God.

[Matt Rogers]

Swing Kids. Kids preparing to be swings.

[Hannah Solo]

Kids preparing. Wait a second. It all came.

[Matt Rogers]

We're gonna make this generation of talent ready to be swings.

[Hannah Solo]

And I learned. So this was the thing. It was a cabaret space connected to a Coco's. Would y' all cover up Cocos? It was like a California, like, sort of diner type bakery. They sold pies. Great chicken tenders.

[Bowen Yang]

Love.

[Hannah Solo]

But so we would do like medleys of like old timey songs. But before the shows, we would be the waiters. Oh, my God. So we would take our family's orders, which I fucking loved. I was full. Like, what do you want? Okay, going back to the kitchen. Like, I need two chicken tenders. And then you deliver food.

[Matt Rogers]

There's a thundering tube.

[Hannah Solo]

She's just saying two orders. Matt, you haven't been in the restaurant biz in a while.

[Matt Rogers]

It's been a while since I'm industry.

[Hannah Solo]

We deliver the food and then I'd be like, be right back. Hop on stage, Sing like, I'm going back someday, come what may. It was.

[Matt Rogers]

Did you know that honestly, that pull out of nowhere means you probably did sing Blue Bayou for that one.

[Hannah Solo]

It was so powerful. I loved it. And I was like, this is the life.

[Bowen Yang]

This is the life. So many things about this are perfect. Well, difference between panoramic coughs and Phones versus clink, clink. Like all that, you know. But that's an agreed upon premise.

[Hannah Solo]

We've agreed upon this. There's sort of a base level of chewing. Clink, clink.

[Matt Rogers]

You're going to be eating and we.

[Bowen Yang]

Accept and you'll be eating on stage.

[Hannah Solo]

A mutual agreement to eat, to have eaten.

[Bowen Yang]

I mean, what was the thing that was like. What was the thing that prepared you the most? You think, like, what did you, like, did you think you, like, got. You had a better experience than sleepaway camp? I bet you did.

[Hannah Solo]

I feel like I did. I mean, I was so scared to go to sleepaway camp, I wouldn't have been able to really be present.

[Bowen Yang]

How old were you?

[Hannah Solo]

Yeah, I mean, I think I was like 9 or 10. Oh, my God.

[Matt Rogers]

Were you anxious or just homebody?

[Hannah Solo]

No, I was anxious. Like, I was like, they're going to drop me off and my parents are going to die.

[Bowen Yang]

No, really, I had that fear.

[Hannah Solo]

Yeah.

[Matt Rogers]

So it. It was. It was having to do. Not exactly with being at the camp. It was just like being is a separation thing.

[Hannah Solo]

Yes, yes. But I'm okay now.

[Bowen Yang]

Swing Kids is the perfect name. It's like as if you made it up.

[Hannah Solo]

Right. And also the woman who was in charge of it was called Darla Dryer.

[Bowen Yang]

Where's she at?

[Hannah Solo]

I don't know. Darla, if you're listening, thank you for your service.

[Bowen Yang]

She ran it.

[Hannah Solo]

She ran it.

[Matt Rogers]

Oh, that's so beautiful. I'm Darla Dreyer. I run Swing Kids. Hannah has been incredible. She's really fast on the floor. And her blue bayou, the way she slides up to that last note is always clean, resonant. We love her. And she's great with the fingers. They never hit the ground.

[Hannah Solo]

She never drops.

[Matt Rogers]

We got other kids who are always dropping the fingers.

[Hannah Solo]

Floppy hands, great. Not me.

[Matt Rogers]

They're dropping on the floo. Flopping up on stage. But not Hannah, not your daughter. Happy? You didn't send her to camp.

[Hannah Solo]

The reviews are in.

[Matt Rogers]

The reviews are in. Your daughter's a slay.

[Bowen Yang]

A slay. How many kids was it?

[Hannah Solo]

Oh, my God. It was just like a rag attack group of 10 kids, you know, Selective. Selective. Okay. It's like all ages, you know, where it's just like a little tiny kid who's scared to go on stage.

[Matt Rogers]

Did y' all ever sing Hard Knock Life?

[Hannah Solo]

I'm not sure you should have.

[Bowen Yang]

Two on the Nose.

[Hannah Solo]

Two on the nose.

[Matt Rogers]

Great number for a bunch of kids.

[Hannah Solo]

I feel like Darla was really looking for. Interesting. I remember singing Johnny Angel Rockin Robin was a real hit. Think about the resonance also of kids. Just.

[Matt Rogers]

Wow. Resident kids.

[Bowen Yang]

Resident kids.

[Hannah Solo]

That's our theater troupe.

[Matt Rogers]

Resident kids. Resident kids. You know, one of my favorite compliments I ever received was you when we were 20 saying that I had resonance.

[Hannah Solo]

You really do.

[Bowen Yang]

You do.

[Hannah Solo]

I often describe you as someone who has resonance.

[Matt Rogers]

Matt is kind. He's very playful. He's a generous person. He's very resonant.

[Bowen Yang]

Resonant for sure. Well, now, were there all races in this game?

[Matt Rogers]

Was it a melting pot? Is it a melting pot of color, creed, and nationality?

[Hannah Solo]

In my memory, it was.

[Bowen Yang]

You can say no is all. One.

[Hannah Solo]

I honestly don't quite remember, but maybe that's because I was very focused on myself and my performance.

[Bowen Yang]

And you didn't see race.

[Hannah Solo]

Exactly. I saw sort of vocal part, and.

[Matt Rogers]

I don't see race. Only voice type.

[Bowen Yang]

Only voice type.

[Hannah Solo]

Alto.

[Matt Rogers]

And then you're incredibly discriminatory based on those. Yes, of course. Like, you don't even see bases.

[Bowen Yang]

All contraltos go to jail.

[Matt Rogers]

Jail, jail, jail. Lock up.

[Bowen Yang]

Up.

[Matt Rogers]

Which you're always saying.

[Hannah Solo]

Well, that's kind of my catch. Race as a catchphrase comedian.

[Matt Rogers]

Thank you.

[Bowen Yang]

Wild.

[Hannah Solo]

I feel wild. You can kind of combine the two.

[Matt Rogers]

It's.

[Bowen Yang]

Wait, I did not mean to say you were a catchphrase comedian. I. I've just heard you say I feel wild.

[Hannah Solo]

When you said that, I was like, wow. Bowen really sees me. Because the amount of times that I have played a teen discovering herself, are you kidding?

[Bowen Yang]

We all have our time. I'm not saying that's even your test type. I have my type.

[Hannah Solo]

Yeah.

[Matt Rogers]

My type is also.

[Hannah Solo]

You're competing.

[Matt Rogers]

See me in anything. I'm a resident. I'm literally like, hey, like, you know what I mean? Like, you can count on me to come in and deliver a line. Raid.

[Hannah Solo]

Hey, wait. I finished the Hunting Wives.

[Matt Rogers]

Oh, my God. Just in time.

[Hannah Solo]

I want to say that Matt threatened me and said, if you don't finish, we will walk out on air.

[Matt Rogers]

Like this.

[Hannah Solo]

This is what I. This is what I would have experienced, but thank goodness I watched.

[Matt Rogers]

Oh, my God.

[Bowen Yang]

The fuck it.

[Hannah Solo]

Resonance. Didn't even need the mic.

[Bowen Yang]

Didn't even need the mic.

[Matt Rogers]

I'm not even warmed up. I'd be drinking a Coke Zero and huff and crack. You can huff it, too.

[Bowen Yang]

It's loose now. What did you think of Hunting Wives?

[Hannah Solo]

Well, I did sort of have a thought because I was watching it backstage and everyone was like, what are you watching in there? And it was like, it's porn.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah. You're like, I'm watching Marlon Hookerman's erect nipple get sucked by Britney Snow.

[Hannah Solo]

The door was closed and everyone was just hearing. And then gunshot. You made me do this.

[Matt Rogers]

Are you so happy?

[Hannah Solo]

Wow, the twists and turns.

[Bowen Yang]

Yes.

[Matt Rogers]

They're not even turns. They're torns. The twists and torns.

[Hannah Solo]

I did audition to play Chrissy Metz's part.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh, wow.

[Matt Rogers]

Was her name Darla Dreyer?

[Hannah Solo]

She kind of had the Darla Dryer energy. What was her name?

[Matt Rogers]

Can you show your tape?

[Hannah Solo]

I can show it to you. I actually. I watched it. I sent it to Melissa, and I was like, this is pretty good.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah.

[Hannah Solo]

Being like, y' all need to get back in there and find who killed my daughter.

[Bowen Yang]

Holy shit.

[Hannah Solo]

Could have been what?

[Bowen Yang]

Could have been Rebecca Cutter.

[Hannah Solo]

Y' all need to get back in there and find my fucking daughter.

[Bowen Yang]

Okay. You go do it one more time.

[Matt Rogers]

Y' all need to get back in there and find my fucking daughter.

[Bowen Yang]

My turn.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah.

[Bowen Yang]

Okay, here we go. Y' all need to get back in.

[Hannah Solo]

There and find my fucking daughter.

[Matt Rogers]

Daughter.

[Hannah Solo]

Daughter.

[Matt Rogers]

Daughter.

[Hannah Solo]

I have chills.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah. I mean, Hannah.

[Matt Rogers]

It just goes to show that it can be done four different ways. Chrissy Bowen, Matt or Hannah.

[Hannah Solo]

Any of us.

[Matt Rogers]

It's very like the girl. Are you a Chrissy Lapper, a Matt Rogers, a Bowen Yang, or a Hannah Solo? Tell us at home. Make sure you comment in the comments. Hey, make sure you comment in the comments. Which one of us you are?

[Bowen Yang]

Are you Team Bowen, Team Chrissy Metz?

[Matt Rogers]

Team Matt or Team Hannah? Hashtag Drag Race. Now, which is what that show is.

[Bowen Yang]

Which is what that show is now. How long did you do Swing Kids to bring it back?

[Hannah Solo]

I think I did it, like, multiple summers.

[Matt Rogers]

Well, I hope. And then I hope they invited you back.

[Hannah Solo]

I was invited back. I was a good performer. Organized, on top of my line and.

[Matt Rogers]

Good on the floor.

[Hannah Solo]

Great on the floor.

[Matt Rogers]

Now, when you think about waiting tables, how did it change you?

[Hannah Solo]

Listen, I think everyone should wait tables.

[Matt Rogers]

You have that opinion?

[Hannah Solo]

I do.

[Matt Rogers]

Like, it should be like, everyone has to do two years in restaurant.

[Hannah Solo]

Yeah, I think so. I feel like you can always tell when someone has never worked in a restaurant when they go out to do dinner because they're being an absolute bitch.

[Bowen Yang]

Why were you looking at me? I. I never worked in a restaurant. I worked service.

[Hannah Solo]

See, that counts.

[Bowen Yang]

I worked at. My first job was at an ice cream store.

[Matt Rogers]

Oh.

[Bowen Yang]

I dealt with people.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah.

[Hannah Solo]

You have to deal with people.

[Bowen Yang]

Yes. Yes.

[Matt Rogers]

Wait, correct me if I'm wrong. You didn't Work with your sister?

[Bowen Yang]

No.

[Matt Rogers]

Why did I made that up or you worked with a female friend.

[Bowen Yang]

Sure.

[Matt Rogers]

Another girl worked there. A girl worked there. A girl?

[Bowen Yang]

I think at least one girl. One woman, One girl and one woman.

[Hannah Solo]

What was the show?

[Bowen Yang]

Maggie Moose Creamery.

[Hannah Solo]

Wait, where is. What the fuck?

[Matt Rogers]

So Maggie Moo and Darla Dryer.

[Bowen Yang]

Maggie Moose was kind of the more kid friendly version of Cold Stone. But then. So the, the, the mascot is this cunty cow with eyelashes and lips.

[Hannah Solo]

I'm picturing her.

[Matt Rogers]

Maggie.

[Bowen Yang]

She wears like a polka dot. No, a cow print dress.

[Hannah Solo]

Of course.

[Bowen Yang]

And she is stunning.

[Matt Rogers]

Are you gonna. Oh my gosh.

[Bowen Yang]

God. Maggie, it's me.

[Matt Rogers]

You take off me. You take off your wig to reveal the Hunting Wives wig. It's you take off your hair to reveal Malin's wag.

[Hannah Solo]

Yeah.

[Matt Rogers]

And it's just like it's me. Maggie Moo.

[Bowen Yang]

I'm Maggie.

[Hannah Solo]

Maggie.

[Bowen Yang]

I love Margot Margo Mar. She's cunting.

[Hannah Solo]

Maggie Moon.

[Matt Rogers]

Show us the picture. Melissa.

[Bowen Yang]

I know.

[Matt Rogers]

It'S you today. It's you today.

[Hannah Solo]

I'm actually freaking you.

[Matt Rogers]

Are you getting this?

[Bowen Yang]

Nick's getting it.

[Hannah Solo]

That's me.

[Bowen Yang]

That was my first job.

[Matt Rogers]

Did she ever come in?

[Bowen Yang]

She? I don't think I ever had to. I was the only employee who did not have to get in the costume.

[Hannah Solo]

I don't think I had the pleasure.

[Bowen Yang]

I don't think I had the pleasure.

[Hannah Solo]

Did you say you didn't want to or they were like, like, you don't have to.

[Bowen Yang]

They're like, you don't have to.

[Hannah Solo]

Okay. Because you were so good at serving ice cream.

[Bowen Yang]

Because I was really good at serving ice cream. And we had the very first cotton candy flavored ice cream in the world.

[Matt Rogers]

In the world that changed my life.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah.

[Matt Rogers]

I love cotton candy.

[Bowen Yang]

I do, too. I, I, I don't think so many people who on. Yeah, it's chemicals. So is everything.

[Hannah Solo]

Everything is chemical? Yeah.

[Matt Rogers]

I don't understand what you think you're eating when you eat vanilla. It's chemicals.

[Bowen Yang]

Chemicals.

[Matt Rogers]

You're eating chemicals.

[Hannah Solo]

You're eating chemicals.

[Bowen Yang]

So restaurants taught you patience, servitude.

[Hannah Solo]

Servitude. Focus. I did work in a restaurant after college, and I was bad at it.

[Bowen Yang]

In the city?

[Hannah Solo]

Yeah.

[Bowen Yang]

Does it still exist?

[Hannah Solo]

I don't think so.

[Matt Rogers]

Brother Jimmy's.

[Hannah Solo]

Thank you so much. That's an honor. But no, I didn't work at Brother Jimmy's.

[Matt Rogers]

A lot of people we knew did.

[Hannah Solo]

That's true. I worked at another one that someone else got me a job at. And it Was a design disaster.

[Matt Rogers]

Oh, no.

[Hannah Solo]

They would put like one person on shift and it'd be like brunch. And then they'd be like, hannah, can you bartend? And I'd be like, no.

[Matt Rogers]

Remember when. Remember when we used to think Max Brenner's was a normal restaurant?

[Bowen Yang]

I thought it was the fanciest restaurant.

[Matt Rogers]

It's. I know.

[Hannah Solo]

Chocolate by the bald man.

[Matt Rogers]

What?

[Hannah Solo]

Why?

[Bowen Yang]

Why?

[Matt Rogers]

Why?

[Hannah Solo]

Chocolate by the bald man and.

[Matt Rogers]

Line drawing.

[Hannah Solo]

I made my parents take me there because I was like, you're coming to New York. I'm gonna show you the best I can possibly get.

[Matt Rogers]

You know how many dates I went on there? Hey, what did you order? BLEEP this out. I went on my first date there with what's up to Married, and he was at the Betty who concert. He was.

[Hannah Solo]

Oh, my God. God.

[Matt Rogers]

He and I went to Max Brenner's, went across the street and saw the film nine.

[Hannah Solo]

Oh, my God.

[Matt Rogers]

Can you imagine a gayer date in the year of our Lord? What was it, 20 2009.

[Bowen Yang]

That's a gay Union Square date.

[Hannah Solo]

That's a gay.

[Matt Rogers]

Hitting up Union Square to be gay.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah, I miss Union Square. Me too. It used to be fun. Now I don't know. Not anymore.

[Matt Rogers]

Right?

[Hannah Solo]

The cozy is gone.

[Matt Rogers]

Cozy. You know what else is gone? Vapiano Beyond. It's horrible. Vapiano is a very special place for me and my sister. It's where we had lunch.

[Hannah Solo]

Of course, across the selection is where.

[Matt Rogers]

We had luncheon where I said to bone Yang, he can't go back to Denver. He has to stay. He has to be in Papua.

[Bowen Yang]

Vapiano is actually such an important place. Like, it was a life changing place for me. That lunch changed the course of my stay in New York.

[Hannah Solo]

What do you think it is now?

[Bowen Yang]

P F. Chang's.

[Hannah Solo]

It's a PF Chang.

[Matt Rogers]

I think it is a P. F. Changing.

[Hannah Solo]

I picture the horse outside, which is great.

[Bowen Yang]

You guys don't have to say that because I.

[Matt Rogers]

Hey, I wasn't even thinking about that. I don't see race.

[Bowen Yang]

We love.

[Matt Rogers]

I see your voice type.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah. What is that?

[Hannah Solo]

Tenor ten?

[Matt Rogers]

No. Despite the fact. Despite your cries, you are a tenor.

[Bowen Yang]

I'm not a tenor.

[Matt Rogers]

Can you just settle this for us once and for all?

[Hannah Solo]

Should we get the keyboard out?

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah.

[Matt Rogers]

Do you bring it?

[Hannah Solo]

I got it in my bag. Yeah.

[Matt Rogers]

You know. You know the vocals type.

[Bowen Yang]

I'm. I'm like a baritone bass one.

[Matt Rogers]

Oh, speaking.

[Bowen Yang]

No, singing.

[Matt Rogers]

I've never heard higher singing. What? What? Melissa?

[Bowen Yang]

No, you guys Are projecting down the.

[Matt Rogers]

Way you sang those high harmonies on I don't want to miss a Thing.

[Bowen Yang]

A bass in my falsetto.

[Hannah Solo]

That doesn't.

[Matt Rogers]

That doesn't mean that it's not. What would you say?

[Hannah Solo]

Well, I feel like however you want to identify, you're allowed to. What, you're a tenor?

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah, I would say.

[Hannah Solo]

I think also he gave us a little show.

[Matt Rogers]

Tenor two. Bowen, Tenor two.

[Bowen Yang]

Ten. Sure.

[Matt Rogers]

That means super high tenor.

[Bowen Yang]

They're a tenor ten.

[Matt Rogers]

Or one is super. Am I tenor?

[Bowen Yang]

One's very high.

[Matt Rogers]

No, I. Maybe I used to be.

[Bowen Yang]

I think you're a tenor one.

[Hannah Solo]

Maybe I used to be.

[Bowen Yang]

Back before the years.

[Matt Rogers]

Well, I think it sounds like we're going to sound great together.

[Bowen Yang]

It does.

[Hannah Solo]

I agree. Our chorus. You are, I would say, a mezzo soprano with belt.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah. What did you sing at Pop rock night for Cap 21, which was the big show at musical theater? Cap 21, where each and every person got to sing a pop rock song. What did you sing?

[Hannah Solo]

Do you know?

[Matt Rogers]

Does anyone remember?

[Hannah Solo]

I probably blocked it out.

[Bowen Yang]

Fiona Apple.

[Hannah Solo]

That feels kind of right for me. I'm sure that I was like, I.

[Matt Rogers]

Know what you sang. River by Joni Mitchell.

[Hannah Solo]

Wait, how did you know that?

[Matt Rogers]

I know a lot of things about you guys because you know that back back in the day when we weren't doing performance, really, I was just a fan of you guys.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh, that's crazy.

[Matt Rogers]

It was so fun for me to be on all of your floor freshman year because you guys were always singing, and everyone was always like, I hate being around the cab kids because they're always singing. And I was like, I think it's great.

[Bowen Yang]

I'm so talented.

[Matt Rogers]

I was like, I always just wanted to go sit in the the room because you were down the hall from me. And I remember, like, it was like, it was a whole corner of musical theater girls.

[Hannah Solo]

Yes.

[Matt Rogers]

Y' all were always singing.

[Hannah Solo]

Always singing.

[Bowen Yang]

Ugh.

[Hannah Solo]

Well, you asked earlier what my. One of my first memories of you was of me? Yeah. We slept out to wait for tickets for snl.

[Matt Rogers]

Yes, we did.

[Hannah Solo]

And I believe at the time, you were straight. And I just have a memory of you you talking about titties. Like, I just remember being like, he's really talking about titties a lot.

[Bowen Yang]

Matt Rogers is a boob gay like me.

[Matt Rogers]

I'm really processing this. Take it in that one of your first memories of me was as a straight guy talking about tit outside of not even boobs outside of title.

[Bowen Yang]

Like, using that word titties.

[Matt Rogers]

And you were turned off. You didn't like, like it?

[Hannah Solo]

No, I was like, what an interesting character.

[Matt Rogers]

You wrote in your journal later. I met the most interesting character tonight, clearly gay guy sitting outside Asinal talking about titties. Earmarking this for later.

[Hannah Solo]

We'll come back to this.

[Matt Rogers]

Let me return to this.

[Hannah Solo]

Thought we didn't get tickets.

[Matt Rogers]

I did.

[Hannah Solo]

You did.

[Matt Rogers]

That's what I thought you were gonna say. Because we all waited and they were gonna let one of our groups in and something took over inside me and I turned to everyone cuz it was my number. It was 39. Cuz they were taking 39 people. It was. I was number 39. Then you guys were all behind me and I thought, I can go with my floor back to. Back to the dorms and do whatever or I can go in. And I felt very compelled to go in. And thank God I did, because that ended up being a turning point for me to decide to come out. Literally come out of the closet, stop talking about titties, and take a UCB class and then try to audition for the grand groups. But that was like a fateful night for me.

[Hannah Solo]

Holy shit.

[Bowen Yang]

You witnessed him on the precipice.

[Hannah Solo]

This is actually crazy because also my memory of it was that we all went in and then the cast of Gossip Girl got into the elevator before us and they went, it's full.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah. They let one person. They let one person in and it was me. They said, okay, we can take one more. There's one more seat.

[Hannah Solo]

But the universe said it needs to be you.

[Matt Rogers]

I remember I looked around at you guys and I was like, I think I want to go. And they were like. And a couple people were like, go.

[Hannah Solo]

Yeah.

[Matt Rogers]

And I was. And then a couple people were like. And I was just like, I'm gonna go. And I walked in and the elevator doors closed. And I was like, I can't believe I just did that.

[Hannah Solo]

Wow.

[Bowen Yang]

Okay, so were you in the elevator with like, Leighton Meester and Blake?

[Matt Rogers]

I don't remember the Gossip Girl cast. I do remember sitting two or three seats away from. From Emma Stone and her partner at the time, Teddy Geiger.

[Bowen Yang]

Wow.

[Matt Rogers]

Sure. Just for it to be very 2008 for everyone.

[Bowen Yang]

First memories of me.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah.

[Hannah Solo]

Well, as we said before, we all auditioned for the same improv team together, and Bowen did get in.

[Matt Rogers]

You made it pretty far though, in the audition, right?

[Hannah Solo]

I believe I made it to the finals with you.

[Matt Rogers]

Yes.

[Bowen Yang]

Yes, you did.

[Hannah Solo]

You beat me up.

[Matt Rogers]

No, Hannah, he's vicious when it comes to final rounds. Oh, you don't want to see bone.

[Hannah Solo]

Yang. You were so funny.

[Matt Rogers]

I remember.

[Bowen Yang]

I remember thinking you were so. I was like, this girl is funny.

[Matt Rogers]

That's probably. Probably would have been the best idea for you guys to just go off and create your own group. Your own queer group.

[Hannah Solo]

Too late. A little too late.

[Matt Rogers]

I guess you guys had investments in. In traditions. You know what I mean? Feels like you guys were putting all your. Yeah. In institutions instead of creating your own.

[Hannah Solo]

We've since learned.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah, you have to create your own work.

[Hannah Solo]

You have to create your own work. Exactly.

[Matt Rogers]

I remember you being shy.

[Hannah Solo]

Oh, my gosh.

[Matt Rogers]

You were kind of shy freshman year.

[Hannah Solo]

Yeah, I was. I. I was, like, so overwhelmed, I.

[Matt Rogers]

Think, with NYU and the city.

[Hannah Solo]

Oh, my gosh. Freshman year, it was like, what is going on? And also, I wasn't, like, a big star at my. My high school, so I didn't come in being like, oh, my God, like, I'm the most talented person here. I was a little bit like, they're gonna find out that I snuck in and be like, you have to leave.

[Matt Rogers]

Fuck.

[Hannah Solo]

That's sort of an info in my mental state.

[Matt Rogers]

No, I get it, though.

[Bowen Yang]

Similar feeling to, like, being hypothetically being dropped off at sleepaway camp.

[Hannah Solo]

Yes, exactly. I was just like, what am I doing here? Where did everyone go?

[Bowen Yang]

Yep. Oh, that. You're so tough.

[Hannah Solo]

My roommate was this. That was, like, pledging a sorority. And we weren't sure, but we were pretty certain that they had given her a chicken that she had to take care of.

[Matt Rogers]

How did you not know?

[Bowen Yang]

How did you not know?

[Hannah Solo]

Because we were like, it's in her bag. The chicken is in the bag.

[Matt Rogers]

She made it up. Never once cluck.

[Hannah Solo]

Never once saw the chicken. But she was really wild.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah.

[Matt Rogers]

Who do you look up to?

[Hannah Solo]

That's a really great question, Matt. Who do I look up to, really? Bernadette Peters, answering him for me.

[Bowen Yang]

Asking an insane question.

[Hannah Solo]

Seriously, Seriously. Who do I look up to?

[Matt Rogers]

Who's your hero?

[Hannah Solo]

Who's my hero?

[Matt Rogers]

Is that a different question?

[Hannah Solo]

I feel like it is sort of a different question. I mean, you know, I've had the opportunity to work with so many amazing people at Omar, and, like, Cole is, of course, one of my heroes.

[Matt Rogers]

It's kind of boring. We talk about Cole a lot.

[Hannah Solo]

Well, shut the fuck up then.

[Matt Rogers]

Just saying could be boring.

[Hannah Solo]

Okay. Changing my answer to someone no one's ever said before.

[Matt Rogers]

Yes, Jane Goodall. Do you look up to her?

[Hannah Solo]

I actually, when I was a kid, loved Jane Goodall.

[Bowen Yang]

She is active, iconic.

[Hannah Solo]

Yeah. I was Like I should help save the monkeys.

[Matt Rogers]

Is that what she does? Or are they gorillas? Whatever.

[Bowen Yang]

They're. I think she does them all.

[Matt Rogers]

Have you ever seen Gorillas in the Mist? No. That doesn't end as happy.

[Hannah Solo]

Okay.

[Bowen Yang]

That's why we kind of like and bad.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah, well, Gorillas in the Mist is about Diane Fossey. Oh, she was killed by poachers. Please, please watch the movie.

[Hannah Solo]

And I will. And I tonight. Will that my assignment for tonight? Gorillas in the Mist. I'm done with the hunting wives. Time to move.

[Matt Rogers]

Or we walk.

[Hannah Solo]

I'll come back and I'll have watched Gorillas in the Mist.

[Matt Rogers]

Okay. And you'll be better for it.

[Hannah Solo]

And I will. I'll know what it's about.

[Matt Rogers]

What's next for you. Well.

[Hannah Solo]

Right now I'm really just trying to hunker down and do these weeks on Broadway.

[Bowen Yang]

That is going to be a like a fully different feeling for you. Just to like go on stage and not hear the. Have to hear the guy be like, oh, she's good.

[Hannah Solo]

Truly. I'm like, I don't know what's gonna happen. I've never done it more than five times in a row.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah. So I guess, yeah, it's gonna be tea and honey for you.

[Hannah Solo]

Tea and honey. Nobody talked to me vocal. Broadway is a prison. You do get that sense.

[Bowen Yang]

You do.

[Hannah Solo]

It's a beautiful and a wonderful prison. I'm so grateful to be a part of, but it's so hard. Did you read that Megan Hilty New York Times diary where she was like, I don't eat after 4pm I don't speak to anyone after the show. She's just like going to physical therapy. Going to the show. It's so hard.

[Bowen Yang]

She's a fucking queen.

[Hannah Solo]

Absolutely.

[Bowen Yang]

I met her after death becomes her and I was, was like, God, you're the coolest, most beautiful, chillest motherfucker on the planet. So cool. But yeah, like the discipline though, but she's, she's used to it. But then this is what you want to like, I don't know, like we're not complaining obviously about our lives. Like we're obviously so grateful. But it is like the thing that they don't like tell you about. There's no way to extrapolate how you are going to be feeling and living as like a 30, 40, 50 something, 60 something, however long you to work to balance like your actual life with like, oh God, I gotta like do eight shows a week and night and, and suck on Gres past deals all day.

[Hannah Solo]

I be sucking on the I. Sucking on gr.

[Matt Rogers]

And what's weird too is like to have a job that isolates the. The area of your life that is like 6 to 10pm yeah. It's just such a bizarre part of your day to be when you work.

[Hannah Solo]

And around 2pm I'm like, hey, anybody free? Anybody out here? And everyone's like, anybody want to have dinner?

[Matt Rogers]

It' two.

[Hannah Solo]

I'm thinking about having pasta, a little spaghetti, but no. So then I'm eating a full meal at 11pm but sleeping until.

[Matt Rogers]

Till when? You must be sleeping in these days.

[Hannah Solo]

Well, recently I've been unable to sleep in, which is concerning.

[Matt Rogers]

Why?

[Hannah Solo]

I don't know. My body just says it's 9:55, which I know isn't super early, but.

[Matt Rogers]

What? No, but when your schedule is shifted later, it's. I do. Yeah.

[Bowen Yang]

It's like hard when you're going to bed at like 2 or 3, 9:55. You're like, okay, but I could have used a little bit more.

[Hannah Solo]

Let me have a little bit more.

[Matt Rogers]

Come on. When you're up at night smoking weed.

[Hannah Solo]

How dare you.

[Matt Rogers]

Jacking off. You're up at like smoking weed, jacking off. Gambling.

[Hannah Solo]

Well, I gotta get in my gambling fix on my horses.

[Matt Rogers]

Which one's gonna win? Lucky seven, Big Blue.

[Hannah Solo]

I got 10 on Big Blue.

[Matt Rogers]

Me too.

[Hannah Solo]

I hope we win.

[Matt Rogers]

We win.

[Bowen Yang]

Can we talk about Aaron Jackson?

[Matt Rogers]

I was gonna wait. I wanted to bring Aaron up too.

[Bowen Yang]

Because you guys are kindred spirits.

[Hannah Solo]

Oh, 100%.

[Bowen Yang]

Talk about. Cause the vibe is like, we are Devil May Care in a way. You guys are like, yeah, whatever. It's just. But it flows out of you like magic. The humor, the humor. You guys have the same.

[Hannah Solo]

I'm really honored to say that you.

[Matt Rogers]

Have a very similar styling.

[Hannah Solo]

Well, I learned a lot from Aaron. When I started Rumple Teaser, it was like Aaron and Josh Sharp and Jeff Hiller. And for like months I was so panicked, like on the back wall being like, just. Just walk out and just do the scene. You're gonna be fine. But I learned so much by like literally performing with them weekly for years.

[Matt Rogers]

Wow, so you were on stage with Hiller all the time?

[Hannah Solo]

Yeah, we did a show show the night after Trump was elected for the first time. And I'll never forget it. Like, Jeff led us like a song about how like gender is a river or something. And like all of us were crying. I mean, the things that we have said and done. Aaron and I have played sisters who've Fucked, like probably multiple times. Can I say that.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah, Sisters who fucked Sisters who who.

[Matt Rogers]

But don't say brothers who, cuz that's not through the male gaze. We can talk about sisters who cuz the, the man. This is a manosphere podcast, so the men that listen to us can see two women and they get it. But if you talk about two guy, two gay guys, that's disgusting. So just to maintain our manosphere presence.

[Hannah Solo]

Okay, I got you sisters. We're just, just sisters. But yeah, I really feel the spirit of Aaron lives within me of just like.

[Bowen Yang]

That is Aaron, right?

[Matt Rogers]

What did you feel when Hiller won the Emmy?

[Hannah Solo]

Oh, my gosh. I truly wept.

[Bowen Yang]

I wept.

[Hannah Solo]

I mean, obviously you are a star and I know would have loved if you won as well.

[Bowen Yang]

Not true.

[Matt Rogers]

No, he says untrue.

[Hannah Solo]

Okay.

[Matt Rogers]

With his legs crossed.

[Hannah Solo]

No, but I mean, like, wow. I had seen Jeff like a week prior and he was like, I'm not going to win. I know I'm not going to win. It's just so beautiful. I.

[Bowen Yang]

He's so beautiful on that show.

[Matt Rogers]

The euphoria that I felt, oh my God.

[Hannah Solo]

And this is someone who, like to see hundreds of people on Instagram being like, this is the kindest person. They work so hard. Like, I was just so moved by the amount of people that felt like, oh, this was a win for us, you know?

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah.

[Bowen Yang]

So huge. Like, when does that happen? No, no, no, please, no.

[Hannah Solo]

I was just gonna say I feel that way too, too. Like, just with me being in the show sometimes where I'm like, it's not just me, like making it to Broadway. It's like all of our friends and like the people that we came up with. I'm like, yeah, we're doing it. We did this.

[Matt Rogers]

Y, it did feel like that, like I, I, I will say, like, earnest moment.

[Hannah Solo]

Uh oh.

[Matt Rogers]

It was like so overwhelming and so emotional and felt so good for it to be you that we were all going to see. Because I feel like you're one of the people that, that like, universally everyone that's in your life, like, loves you and roots for you and knows that you deserve it because you are so special. And so the fact that you're going to get this, like, hunk of time to do it. I'm so happy they gave it to you because you deserve it. And B, it's going to be fucking phenomenal because you're so good at it. And especially the Mad Cat medley, which is when I feel you can be the most wildest, fucked up, most.

[Bowen Yang]

I feel so wild.

[Matt Rogers]

You get to feel so wild.

[Hannah Solo]

The last time I did the show I was like, I need to stop sticking my tongue out.

[Matt Rogers]

No.

[Hannah Solo]

What's your take? My take is tongue out.

[Bowen Yang]

Yes.

[Hannah Solo]

It's like, you know, like a sexy little devil. Like what do you call it? Like, what about kewpie doll? But a devil. Just like.

[Matt Rogers]

I love someone who thinks that their cute face that they're making as an aside is like someone who's whose cute.

[Hannah Solo]

Little thing is who me.

[Matt Rogers]

Like whose cute little thing is the worst face they can make. Sometimes you do want to do that.

[Hannah Solo]

You do. You have to let it out and.

[Bowen Yang]

You have to let it out on stage.

[Hannah Solo]

Exactly.

[Bowen Yang]

My medium you should throw. I know like Mary's in distress for most of the show, but I think in one of the scenes you should be like during the great day monologue, you should go at some point direct.

[Hannah Solo]

Like to an audience member. Eye contact.

[Matt Rogers]

Well, let's find out if she does it at the show.

[Hannah Solo]

Maybe you'll be the person I choose.

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[Hannah Solo]

God, that sucks so hard though. I'm so sorry. Can you out petty them? Can you match their pettiness for funsies?

[Melissa Fumero]

Yeah, we had so much fun last season. Laughing, crying, talking to some new and old, old friends.

[Hannah Solo]

Remember when we were in that scene where you guys were just supposed to hug and I was standing? Oh, yeah. And I was like, can I also hug them? I'm like, this has no friends.

[Melissa Fumero]

This time around we are. Say it, Melissa. Should I getting a little more better.

[Hannah Solo]

Oh, finally.

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[Matt Rogers]

They are sitting there waiting for the vulnerable thing.

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[Hannah Solo]

When you were described to me as a forensic psychologist, I was like, snooze. We ended up talking for hours and I was like, this girl as my best friend.

[Dr. Leslie]

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[Hannah Solo]

I'm not going to fake it and.

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[Matt Rogers]

We're gonna move into. I don't think so, honey. This is our 62nd segment where we take exactly that amount of time.

[Hannah Solo]

Okay.

[Matt Rogers]

I'm to rant, rail and rage and not retreat. The opposite of retreat, actually tear apart something and collect culture that gets to us. And I have something.

[Bowen Yang]

Okay.

[Hannah Solo]

Okay.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah, this is Matt Rogers. I don't think so. Anita's time starts now.

[Matt Rogers]

I don't think so, honey. Still using a towel that has a brown stain, even if it's clean. Okay, so who is doing that? One thing that happens is like you wash towels, they come out of the dryer, they're clean, but they still have a brown stain on it. And people are like, well, it's just the stain from what was there it's not. Not currently soiled. I don't think so, honey. I think once a towel has a brown stain. Look, we're in entertainment. It could be makeup. It could be poop. We don't know.

[Bowen Yang]

30 seconds.

[Matt Rogers]

It could be poop. I don't think so, honey. And poop touches so many more things that I think we could even understand. But the fact that this is a towel, a thing expressly used to, you know, comfort oneself after a shower. Comfort, meaning dry. Like, to me, it's just like, if it could be poop, for me, it is because. Especially because the towel is in the bathroom as well. Sometimes what happens is you get a towel, it's a little bit fucked up. I don't think so, honey. Rolling the dice. Throw it away. Get a new towel. I don't think so, honey.

[Bowen Yang]

And that's one minute.

[Hannah Solo]

It could be poop.

[Bowen Yang]

It could be poop.

[Hannah Solo]

Oh, well, it could be.

[Matt Rogers]

It could be poop. I'm just saying, like, today.

[Hannah Solo]

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

[Bowen Yang]

You had to.

[Matt Rogers]

Taylor was a T towel, and I sort of saw the towel. There was, like, a little bit of a stain on it, and I'm like, I should just get rid of this. And then I thought, okay, I did use that towel when I took makeup off my face.

[Bowen Yang]

And only people who work in entertainment, by the way, makeup.

[Matt Rogers]

I mean, boys. Sorry. I'm very binary today, apparently. Anyway, I just think if your towel is covered in stains, you got to throw. Okay.

[Hannah Solo]

I support this.

[Bowen Yang]

I support. I think we're all in agreement.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah. All right. Well, I'm glad I said it. What do you. What's the peanut gallery saying? Black towels.

[Hannah Solo]

Oh, so then you can have whatever stains you want.

[Matt Rogers]

Black towels and brown flowers.

[Hannah Solo]

Please stop.

[Bowen Yang]

Stop at once.

[Matt Rogers]

I'm going to. Really? You came in, and I knew that it would be a laugh. Do you have something to say?

[Bowen Yang]

I have something to.

[Hannah Solo]

Something.

[Bowen Yang]

It's. I'm gonna. I'm gonna go for it.

[Matt Rogers]

Okay.

[Hannah Solo]

Okay.

[Bowen Yang]

And. And it's. It's an important part of the community, but there's something about it that is fundamentally really devastating to. To what we do and our. In our. In our time. And I have to call this out. I'm really. And I love this place dearly.

[Matt Rogers]

And this is Bo Yang's. I don't think so, honey. Yes. Time starts now.

[Bowen Yang]

I don't think so, honey. That there are not one, not two, but three locations of Ripley, Greer Studios that I spent at least 45 minutes trying to get to the right one because it was not specified clearly to me which one I was supposed to be at this morning. And so of course I had a lovely time in a yellow cab because that's what was available on 8th Avenue in 36th. But I went to the 36th street location, didn't see anything on the board, went to the 38th street location, realized I was at the wrong one, then had to go all the way up avenue to the 55th street location. And you guys, I think we have to figure out a naming convention so that it's SEO friendly, so that if I type it in Google Maps I am at the right place. So you can have a shorthand say, I'm at Ripley 55th. I'm at Greer 38. I'm being very calm about this because I say this with love, but I think it would be, it would eliminate so much consternation and strife in the theater and dance and performer community who are rehearsing and that's what?

[Matt Rogers]

One minute.

[Bowen Yang]

Well, I'm so sorry. I did fuck up my day a little bit.

[Matt Rogers]

I think it needs to be raised to the ground and rebuilt. Or that it's not, it's not ethical. It's not ethical. Here's what I'm talking about.

[Hannah Solo]

Ripley, Grier, specifically, it's unethical.

[Matt Rogers]

The way it's laid out is unethical.

[Bowen Yang]

I'm not saying that without ethics. I'm not. And I obviously love everybody who works there as a decades long patron of that place. I say this with love, but this is not the first time I've been to the wrong Ripley.

[Hannah Solo]

Mm.

[Matt Rogers]

Do you know what you need to do once you get into one of those studios? Use your energy spray aerosol. Spray aerosol.

[Hannah Solo]

Well, it's always like so thick and sweaty in there.

[Bowen Yang]

It's naked sweaty. It's DMV lighting. It's, you know, but we can put up with that. I can put up with that.

[Hannah Solo]

Okay.

[Bowen Yang]

I cannot put up with multiple locations, it being very hard to specify which one. You know, it's already stressed.

[Hannah Solo]

You're probably already late.

[Bowen Yang]

You're already in a. I can't, I have rehearsal mentality.

[Matt Rogers]

And you're also already a little stressed out because you know you're going to go dance.

[Hannah Solo]

Exactly.

[Matt Rogers]

Like, I've never once gone to Ripley, Greer, or really any rehearsal studio like that and been like, I'm excited to be here. It's always, I'm gonna do something that I'm gonna be bad at at first and scary. Yeah. And then be lost.

[Hannah Solo]

You have to show Your id. The panic of getting to the elevator.

[Matt Rogers]

The police state of that building.

[Hannah Solo]

State of 528th Avenue.

[Matt Rogers]

It's a police state.

[Hannah Solo]

Hannah, you don't have your id. Good luck.

[Bowen Yang]

Good luck.

[Hannah Solo]

You're not getting into rehearsal.

[Matt Rogers]

Oh, okay.

[Bowen Yang]

Christy Gnome. I guess this was.

[Matt Rogers]

This is the airport at the gate. By the way, I did go to the airport and saw all those Christine videos like it was, you know, a pre show for a Disney ride. I was like, this is crazy. This is.

[Bowen Yang]

She's. She's BD Wong at the Jurassic park ride.

[Matt Rogers]

She really thinks she's BD1. She thinks she's BD1, and she's deeply mistaken.

[Hannah Solo]

I haven't seen these videos.

[Matt Rogers]

Go to the airport.

[Hannah Solo]

Okay?

[Matt Rogers]

Get on a flight. Get on a flight tonight after this. Hurry.

[Hannah Solo]

I'm going to Florida. Call back. That's improv.

[Matt Rogers]

Go to Florida for an improv callback.

[Bowen Yang]

I'm doing a three days at the Lyceum, then I'm going to Florida for my call callback.

[Matt Rogers]

Headed to Orlando tonight for my improv callback.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh, I see Christy on the screen.

[Matt Rogers]

They want me to be one of the. One of the fountains. The voice of a fountain. I sit in a small room that's too hot. I have a little microphone and a tiny, tiny screen. I can see who walks up to a fountain. And I play a fountain that talks. Okay.

[Hannah Solo]

What's your fountain voice?

[Matt Rogers]

This one. That's good.

[Hannah Solo]

Comforting.

[Bowen Yang]

It's kind of similar.

[Hannah Solo]

Who's here to show though I'm a fountain? Well, come on, kids. Throw a coin in me.

[Matt Rogers]

Make a wish, why don't you?

[Hannah Solo]

Oh, this is a good character. Old fountain.

[Matt Rogers]

Hold on, I'll be right there. Just kidding.

[Hannah Solo]

I can't move.

[Matt Rogers]

I'm a big hole in the ground. Go have fun.

[Hannah Solo]

Is someone writing this down?

[Matt Rogers]

Hurry. We have producers for the this. Are you writing down what I'm saying? For my fountain bit? Okay.

[Hannah Solo]

Yeah.

[Matt Rogers]

This is important.

[Hannah Solo]

I'm sweating.

[Matt Rogers]

You've done this before.

[Hannah Solo]

I have done it before.

[Matt Rogers]

I don't think so, honey.

[Bowen Yang]

Live.

[Hannah Solo]

I believe I was at the first ever one with the hat.

[Bowen Yang]

You were.

[Matt Rogers]

You had the hat.

[Hannah Solo]

You had the culture hats.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh, my God.

[Matt Rogers]

Remember those used to be culture crusaders.

[Bowen Yang]

Didn't really fit with the hats, but whatever.

[Matt Rogers]

I don't think most of the things we've done have, like, fit in with the hat.

[Hannah Solo]

But it was a gorgeous hat. It was sort of pirate esque.

[Bowen Yang]

Pirate esque.

[Matt Rogers]

You ready?

[Hannah Solo]

Okay. Okay.

[Matt Rogers]

Do you have a topic? Yeah, this is Hannah Solo's. I don't think so, honey. Her time starts now.

[Hannah Solo]

I don't think so, honey. Cooking a meal for yourself and then it turns out bad.

[Matt Rogers]

Oh, no.

[Hannah Solo]

I just spent 26 whole ass dollars and three hours of my one wild and precious life crap on a goddamn shoe, and now I'm either gonna throw it in the garbage or eat it for the next two weeks because I don't want to waste it. Scallions gone. Carrots gone. Can of tomatoes, gone. And people are trying to put new ingredients in to fix it. I don't think so, honey. You can't fix it. She is who she is. Walk away. And you're thinking, well, oh, you made the stew. It's your fault. I don't think so, honey. It's the stew's fault. Yeah, blame the stupid 15 seconds. And I should have just maybe ordered delivery like I wanted to in the first place, and it would have spent $52.86 single chicken wrap. But now I'm having toast for dinner again. Toast dinner? I don't think so.

[Matt Rogers]

I need toast dinner.

[Bowen Yang]

Look, you can't be a hero in the kitchen.

[Hannah Solo]

No, me crying over a bowl that I worked on so hard. It tastes horrible.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh, gagging it down.

[Matt Rogers]

Why don't you text Dave and ask what happened?

[Hannah Solo]

Dave? I don't know. And you buy all these ingredients where you have to use a single taste.

[Matt Rogers]

Grimacing at you. He's grimacing at you.

[Hannah Solo]

You buy all the ingredients, and then you get home, and they're like a dash of it. I spent $30 on this oil.

[Bowen Yang]

Now I got seven cinnamon sticks sitting in my pantry for the next eight years.

[Matt Rogers]

Exactly.

[Hannah Solo]

And you're googling, what can I do with cinnamon sticks?

[Matt Rogers]

And they're like, you can make a winter sangria next time you have a next. I actually. See the thing is, this is why you text your friends in your community. Had you done that, you would have been able to hear from me, know what to do with the cinnamon sticks.

[Hannah Solo]

Okay, well, now I know I was in full shame mode. You know, when you go, I have to just be by myself eating this bowl of sloth.

[Bowen Yang]

Right. But it's. It is just tough to.

[Matt Rogers]

To go.

[Bowen Yang]

Do I throw it out?

[Hannah Solo]

Exactly.

[Bowen Yang]

Cause that sucks.

[Matt Rogers]

Toast dinner again. Such a hard image for me. Like you saying, I'm eating a toast dinner again. Toast dinner.

[Bowen Yang]

Toast dinner, Toaster dinner.

[Matt Rogers]

Just like you. It's like 11:30pm you didn't get to go on because no one was sick. That sucks. You get home, you fucking flopping it in the kitchen. I guess I got to pop that rock in. Hit, hit, hit heavy.

[Hannah Solo]

And I burn it. Every time I burn it.

[Matt Rogers]

You burn the toast. Every time.

[Hannah Solo]

I have a toaster. I don't have a microwave. Oh, well, I'm just out here in this world lost.

[Bowen Yang]

I. I hope with the money you make from being o. Hannah. Bye.

[Matt Rogers]

That's our biggest laugh of the episode.

[Hannah Solo]

Hilarious.

[Bowen Yang]

You're hilarious.

[Matt Rogers]

That's rich. Unlike me. A swing.

[Hannah Solo]

I see. It sounds similar to the fountain.

[Matt Rogers]

These are all really different. Excuse me. I'm sorry.

[Hannah Solo]

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Ashley.

[Matt Rogers]

Excuse you.

[Bowen Yang]

Excuse you.

[Matt Rogers]

And it's been like that since the beginning. Excuse you. That's really been the vibe. Excuse you. You come in here. Maggie Moo.

[Hannah Solo]

I'm gonna walk out now.

[Matt Rogers]

No, don't walk.

[Bowen Yang]

We're all gonna walk out together.

[Matt Rogers]

Was handy. Maggie Moo or Mona man. Okay.

[Bowen Yang]

Mona man.

[Hannah Solo]

Mona May.

[Matt Rogers]

Maggie Moo. Mona May. Darla Dryer.

[Hannah Solo]

The cast of Hunting Wife, Season two.

[Bowen Yang]

If they're lucky, because they're all dead.

[Hannah Solo]

They're all.

[Bowen Yang]

Sorry.

[Matt Rogers]

Spoiler alert.

[Bowen Yang]

They're all dead.

[Matt Rogers]

So many of them.

[Hannah Solo]

When it kept happening, I was astounded.

[Matt Rogers]

You could tell they were writing with abandon. Click, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, you cunts.

[Hannah Solo]

You're dead. You're dead. I really thought that red headed Callie.

[Bowen Yang]

Yeah, yeah.

[Matt Rogers]

Icon.

[Bowen Yang]

Yes. Oh, so good.

[Matt Rogers]

Pegs her husband.

[Hannah Solo]

Yes.

[Bowen Yang]

And it starts with a new show. And now she's like, she has her.

[Hannah Solo]

Own Nancy Grace show to get the real Nancy Grace.

[Matt Rogers]

Nancy Grace flying in to guest star and be like, you need a show.

[Bowen Yang]

You got future.

[Matt Rogers]

You got a future. You need to really think about what's next.

[Hannah Solo]

She had a great day on set.

[Bowen Yang]

No, she did. You could tell everyone's like, nancy, thank.

[Hannah Solo]

You so much for doing this.

[Matt Rogers]

Now if I'm to be correct, looking at what I'm looking at, it looks like a lot of people are dying in your town.

[Bowen Yang]

What is happening in this?

[Hannah Solo]

Crunchy.

[Matt Rogers]

What is happening in this town?

[Hannah Solo]

Do you think she improvised? I feel like she was like, I have some ideas for the script. Let me just. Let me just do a fun one.

[Bowen Yang]

I bet Nancy Grace knows what a fun run is.

[Matt Rogers]

Yeah, yeah, do a fun run. What about one for me?

[Hannah Solo]

I gotta do a. Take time.

[Matt Rogers]

One for me.

[Hannah Solo]

For me.

[Matt Rogers]

Me, y'.

[Hannah Solo]

All. Let me just. Let me just do one for me. I'll be quick. I got a pitch.

[Bowen Yang]

I got a pitch.

[Matt Rogers]

Meanwhile, she goes. It tears everyone. Everyone's like dying, moved, crying, laughing in suspense. Sort of like watching you do. Oh, Mary.

[Bowen Yang]

Oh, you have to. September 30th, October 12th. I cannot wait.

[Hannah Solo]

It will be a grand old time.

[Matt Rogers]

I am proud of you.

[Hannah Solo]

Please.

[Matt Rogers]

You're such a star.

[Bowen Yang]

I've always known.

[Matt Rogers]

You just rock. And we're so happy that you're here.

[Hannah Solo]

I'm so proud of you both. Truly. It really means so much to be here with you both.

[Bowen Yang]

Love you. Do you.

[Matt Rogers]

Love you now?

[Bowen Yang]

Are you grateful to Malala that we actually got to have a great time in this room?

[Hannah Solo]

I feel like I'm loving the vibes of this room.

[Matt Rogers]

Set us up now better than I did coming in.

[Hannah Solo]

That's true. You came in with a different energy. And now. Now it's sort of our room. Malala, I don't know what's going on up there.

[Matt Rogers]

Oh, she's crushing. She's tearing it up. She's got really good material.

[Bowen Yang]

Well, we end every episode with the song. And I know the perfect one. It's coming on Christmas.

[Matt Rogers]

They're cutting down trees they're putting up rain dance and some joy and peace.

[Hannah Solo]

I wish I had a river I could skate away on. Wow, you guys. The voices are lower.

[Bowen Yang]

The voices are.

[Hannah Solo]

I could skate away.

[Bowen Yang]

Listen to that song. Stream Blue by Joni Mitchell or so.

[Matt Rogers]

Many albums everyone's covering that people love.

[Bowen Yang]

River Gender is a river. Las Cold Rises is a production by Will Ferrell's Big Money Players and iHeartRadio.

[Matt Rogers]

Podcasts created and hosted by Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, executive produced by Anna Hosnier and produced by Becca Ramos, edited.

[Bowen Yang]

And nixed by Duck Baim.

[Matt Rogers]

And our music is by Henry Kabirsky. Six friends, one dinner, and then the bill. It's chaos. Oysters for the table, cocktails that were basically water. The total Manhattan rent.

[Hannah Solo]

Oy.

[Bowen Yang]

But this is the Klarna Cards moment. One swipe and you're the hero. Pay now to be done with it or pay later, if that works better. No panic, no drama, just control.

[Matt Rogers]

Because the Klarna card isn't background, it's the main character. And when the bill hits, you don't need to calculator. You need the Klarna card.

[Bowen Yang]

Learn [e-mail] debit flex card pay later plans issued by web bank deposits in your balance account are held at web bank member FDIC, anywhere Visa is accepted. Certain merchant product good and service restrictions apply. Some merchants do not accept virtual cards. Physical card only included with a paid Klarna membership plan.

[Matt Rogers]

You can't spell culturistas without R I.

[Bowen Yang]

That's right. Rhode island is the perfect place not just for the culturistas of the world, but all the other Eastas too.

[Matt Rogers]

We're talking about the food Easters, the theater east as the nature luxuriestas Whatever you're in Easta for, you'll find it in the Ocean State.

[Bowen Yang]

So start packing those bags and be the best Easter you can be.

[Matt Rogers]

Rhode island, all that?

[Bowen Yang]

Plan your trip@Visit Rhode Island.com that's Visit Rhode Island.com Ford was built on the.

[Ford Commercial Voice]

Belief that the world doesn't get to decide what you're capable of. You do. So ask yourself, can you or can't you?

[Bowen Yang]

Can you?

[Ford Commercial Voice]

Can you load up a Ford F150 and build your dream with sweat and steel? Can you chase thrills and conquer curves in a Mustang? Can you take a Bronco to where the map ends and adventure begins? Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right. Ready, set. Ford.

[Matt Rogers]

There's my at home voice and my podcast voice. My podcast voice is like a leveled up version of me. Kind of like the new DiGiorno wood fired style crass piece pizza with a leveled up crispy yet perfectly airy crust. Now that DiGiorno has new wood fired style crust pizzas, I might start doing the show from home. DiGiorno is dropping a new crust in four topping varieties, premium Pepperoni, Supreme Speciale, Italian Meat Trio and four cheese. I'll have all four. You've never had pizza like this at home. It's restaurant quality pizza without all the other restaurant stuff. The new digiorno Wood Fired style crust Pizza pizza. It's not delivery, it's DiGiorno.

[Hannah Solo]

This is an iHeart podcast.