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  • -I was very jealous.

  • I heard that there was a "SNL" children's talent show.

  • -There sure was.

  • It was pretty delightful, I got to say.

  • -[ Laughs ] -I think it was --

  • I think it was Tina's brainchild.

  • -Uh-huh. -And then she got our older kids

  • to get together and plan it.

  • And as you can imagine,

  • it was -- It was pretty great.

  • -So this is mostly sort of my era of women of "SNL"

  • and their children doing a talent show on Zoom.

  • -Yeah, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer,

  • Paula Pell, Emily Spivey, and myself. And --

  • -And all four of your children performed?

  • -No, mine were feeling a little shy that day.

  • My youngest two performed.

  • They claimed that they had jokes,

  • which is always a little scary, because that's...

  • -Yeah, terrifying. -...improvised.

  • But they just ended up doing a lot of bickering

  • in costumes for a while.

  • I think my son was dressed as a hamburger.

  • And he was bickering with my daughter

  • who was holding a sword.

  • So, you know, stuff like that. -Yeah.

  • -Pretty run of the mill.

  • -And you have a fair amount of wigs at your home, yes?

  • -Yes, of course.

  • -[ Laughs ] I'm happy to hear that.

  • -[ Laughs ]

  • -You're one of our nation's finest wig actors.

  • I don't think you would argue that fact.

  • -I'm really grateful to hold that moniker.

  • I personally love a wig.

  • I really love a wig. And I --

  • We did a Zoom birthday party

  • for our good friend Paula Pell recently,

  • and the wigs, the wigs came out flying.

  • -The wigs were flying? -The wigs were flying, yeah.

  • I don't know --

  • I can't remember what my character's name was anymore,

  • but at some point, I had --

  • What's the -- I had a Merida wig on from "Brave."

  • -From "Brave," yeah.

  • -But it's so long and red that I looked nude.

  • And then somehow we decided that she was --

  • She was like Carole Baskin but for dogs,

  • so she had a dog sanctuary.

  • She was pretty hateable. -Gotcha.

  • -She was really hateable.

  • -That's good. I see -- These are --

  • It's fun to do a talent show and find new characters.

  • -Yeah, that's -- Listen, I got time, so that's --

  • That's what I do with my time.

  • -[ Laughs ]

  • I was wondering what you think.

  • Have you watched any of the "SNL At Home"?

  • Because I watched on Saturday.

  • And I found it so -- It's all so fascinating to me,

  • especially because there's a way they're doing "SNL" now

  • that you and I have never experienced.

  • Are you at all jealous that you don't get --

  • I mean, again, it's for a bad reason that they're doing it,

  • but it does seem like

  • it's bringing out some real creativity.

  • -I think it's lovely.

  • And I love the very first episode for that.

  • I feel like it really held on to that spirit --

  • It reminded me so much

  • of that spirit of when we worked at the show.

  • -Yeah. -You know, when we worked there,

  • it was after September 11th.

  • I remember having to come into the writer's room

  • and figure out what we were going to do

  • in light of what was going on.

  • I remember the day that they said,

  • "Hey, there's anthrax in the building,"

  • and we had a show that week.

  • And we lost our host, and then our host came back.

  • I mean, these things all started flooding back in my head

  • of, like, "Oh, yeah, we kept working."

  • And there's a looseness and a joy

  • and a goofiness in those episodes.

  • And then -- And seeing Kenan in a blanket as a costume

  • was like maybe my favorite.

  • -Yeah, Kenan in a blanket's always going to be a winner.

  • -It's the top of my list.

  • But I have to say, it's pretty amazing to turn it on,

  • you know, the next time they do "Saturday Night Live At Home,"

  • and people -- I mean, Brad Pitt playing Fauci.

  • I mean, it's beautiful. It's all so beautiful,

  • everybody pitching in and doing it --

  • seeing Tom Hanks host that first week,

  • getting to meet people's cats,

  • it's -- it's beautiful.

  • It's the spirit of the show that I genuinely love the most.

  • -Yeah, and I really have a ton of respect

  • for what they're doing, because like you said,

  • after 9/11, we were really lucky to be together.

  • And the fact that they're doing it apart

  • so that other people can feel that closeness

  • is a really, really sweet, great undertaking.

  • -It's -- Yeah.

  • -I heard another -- I believe this was,

  • again, the brainchild of Tina Fey's children

  • that you adopted

  • is the themed quarantine party, dinner party.

  • -The themed dinner party is the --

  • I mean, I was so impressed with the initial idea.

  • Tina sent a video of her girls

  • putting together, like, a themed airline dinner.

  • So, you have -- -How does this work?

  • -So, you have --

  • You have a flight attendant.

  • And the flight attendant comes around --

  • Everyone's VIP.

  • Everyone gets moved to first class.

  • -Gotcha. So you're just sitting in chairs in the house.

  • -Sitting in chairs. Everyone gets an iPad.

  • [ Both laugh ]

  • And everyone gets their order taken.

  • And then your dinner's brought to you.

  • And then you have an iPad and possibly a glass of wine,

  • and then you watch your show and eat in silence.

  • -[ Laughs ]

  • -It was magical.

  • -And the kids love it.

  • -Oh, they loved it.

  • I've never seen a quieter dinner in my house.

  • We actually didn't -- We didn't --

  • The kids -- The kids used the iPads.

  • We just sat and had a really nice, quiet dinner.

  • But it was pretty awesome.

  • But, I mean, you know, my --

  • I have to say, there are so many incredible ideas going around

  • on the Internet and from other kids.

  • And I love the way everyone's just --

  • just figuring day by day out from that.

  • My kids are obsessed with Disneyland.

  • So then, they decided to have a Disneyland themed dinner

  • one night. And we had --

  • They reenacted the rides.

  • And then, I guess you can go on this site

  • where it takes you through each ride,

  • and my kids acted out the thing on "Cars"

  • where the cars were coming and talking to us.

  • And then we got in the bathtub at one point

  • and did Jungle Cruise. It was --

  • -[ Laughs ]

  • -Well, I'm so happy to hear

  • how well you're getting through this.

  • I'm so excited for everybody to see "The Willoughbys."

  • And it is always such a delight to talk to you.

  • -Thanks, Seth. -Maya Rudolph.

  • -I love you. I hope you're well.

  • I hope -- I'm sending love to everybody.

  • Stay well.

  • -Alright, love from our whole family to yours.

  • See you soon, Maya.

  • -Bye.

-I was very jealous.

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