Ashley Padilla

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Hello everyone, welcome to another episode of Good Hang. We are really excited about our guest today. It is Ashley Padilla. Ashley is so talented, so funny. In her third season at SNL, just an excellent cast member who we've all fallen in love with.

And we are going to talk about a lot of fun stuff today. We're going to talk about the wonderful Diane Keaton. We're going to talk about getting arrested and mouthing off to cops. We're going to talk about how lucky we are to have comedy as our job and how we pinch ourselves every day. We're going to get into a lot of good stuff.

But before we do, we are going to talk to somebody who knows our guest, works with our guest, and that is Andrew Dusnukes, another hilarious performer and writer on SNL, a good Texas boy who has a real New York coffee order. So let's check in with Andrew. I believe he's speaking to us from a poorly lit hotel room. Andrew? This episode is brought to you by Uber.

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You went down and got it and brought it back up to your room? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Fantastic. How do you take your coffee?

Black. Straight up. OK. Yeah. Yeah.

I'm a real one. Pretty serious stuff. Yeah, I'm a tough guy. I'm a tough guy. Andrew, I was so happy that we were talking today and realizing that I need to get you into the stewed, because I feel like, are you a New York guy?

Did you grow up? No enough about you? No. You're not from Texas originally. But become a New York gas.

I mean, actually you have, because you've been living in the city for how long now? Yeah, 19 years now. Dang. It's crazy. And I've seen none of it.

Every time people ask me what my favorite restaurant is, I'm like, there's one like two blocks from my house that's great. And do you have a set tonight, stand up tonight? Or did you just do one last night? I did one last night flying back home later. How did it go?

Crushed. Crushed. I should say it. No, two ways about it. Crushed.

And did you change the minds? You changed the lives. Well, that's what it's really all about, is it's about touching hearts and changing minds. And we did. We did.

Yeah. And I know I have heard that people have asked you to stop touching their hearts. And I said, what's it? They're too bad. HR has asked you to stop touching some hearts.

I'm trying to change people. But we literally touch their hearts. I thought it was supposed to do. I'm very excited to talk to you about Ashley today, because you two have something that you just kind of can't manufacture, which is chemistry. You two have a way of being together in the world as performers that feels very natural and fun and playful.

How did you first meet? We first met at the show, like her first episode. And just pretty quickly, it was clear that like, oh, this is somebody who has got chops like crazy. And I think specifically both like performer and writer chops like she's such a confident performer and so able to bring like real acting to the sketches she does, but then also like what she writes about. So like they have to get at both of those things.

That's crazy. And did you start writing with her right away? No, really. Her whole first season, we didn't collaborate much. I think we maybe wrote one or two things that didn't make it to air.

But yeah, the first real collaboration was the weekend update thing, the couple who just hooked up. Right. And your tie is a skew. My tie is a skew. It's very steamy.

His very hair is got that bedhead thing. And you guys are talking about the Super Bowl. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

I mean, that is my favorite thing about weekend update features is what the characters are talking about. This is who you got to talk about this. And they're doing a very bad job. It's like just the worst run show in the world. That's like the premise that we can update it.

They have the worst booker of all time. Yeah, they have terrible guess. And what do you like about writing with her? I think what I like the most about Ashley's writing and writing with her is like her ideas are all like about playing the realness of the scene. So that's just fun to create in that space where it's like playing real emotion to comedic effect rather than like being kind of over the top silly.

It's just a fun energy to get into. Yeah. I want to talk to her about that today is that she's a really good actress. And so she's like acting everything very naturally and very real. And it's funny because she puts herself in very insane and she's often like very incredulous as a character.

You kind of can't believe what's happening to her. Yeah, I think about the like fart sketch that she did, which everybody loves a fart sketch. But it's so funny the way she plays it where it's like, this woman is very legitimately upset that it just happened. It's not like, why farted? It's like, oh my God, I farted.

I just love that. I love that approach that she has. Me too. For people that don't know, she plays a woman who her co-workers try to surprise her. They turn on the lights.

And she farts as soon as she sees them. And it's just downhill from there. She cannot get past it. And then there's two minutes of her asking everybody what they make, what their salary is. So good.

Played very real. Do you have a question for Ashley today? Anything big or small that I could ask her? I feel like groundlings specifically when people come to SNL from groundlings, it feels like that. It feels like those people are so equipped for SNL off the jump, thinking like Mikey Heidey, Ashley, as well as former cast members who come back and host.

It just feels like that's the most mappable training ground for people in a really interesting way. I guess I'm just curious if she has any insight in what was it that she learned in groundlings, or what was it that groundlings specifically instilled in her that made her be so ready and so equipped? What's the thing she learned in groundlings? Or just from that time in her life that she feels like has applied the most to being on SNL? Ah, great question.

I mean, what if we found out that groundlings has a mini SNL set and they just run drills? That would be the other time. We'd be surprised. Yeah, I'm just so impressed with her so quickly. I'm like, what's the secret?

What did you learn? Please tell me. She does do a thing that I think good. And I think you do this too. And it's sketchy.

You have to be grounded, but you also can't be too internal, too interior. I'm sure actors come on the show and they get kind of quiet. And you're like, oh, no, you have to be loud. Totally, totally. Yeah.

I think especially just in that room, I think you have talked about it where it's like, doesn't have the best acoustics. There is a thing of like, sometimes you'll do a sketch and you'll be like, I don't think anybody in that room heard what I was saying. I think everybody in the audience was like, oh, wow, they just went and did a silent little play. Yeah. We didn't enjoy it.

They did a little whisper play. A little whisper play. So being able to be micro, but also like, yeah, play big enough to get laughs in that room is very important and she does do that very well. Yeah, right on. Awesome.

Well, it's great to see the last time I saw you, I felt like I was dressed as a man and I was holding a tortoise because it was something that you asked for. You're dressed as a man and holding a tortoise. So thank you for that. And then thank you for doing that. We really appreciate it.

Of course. And I will, the tortoise Wrangler, who was very nice, did warn me that the tortoise could and would most likely bite. And you handled it like a champ and we really appreciated that. Because the Wrangler did said that and we were like, and you're cool with that, right? You're cool with me.

Totally. Well, thank you for talking in from your hotel room. Good luck with the coffee. Thank you. Please don't turn any lights on.

Just stay in the dark. Stay in the dark. This is just sort of where I like to be. This is just where I'm most comfortable. Yeah.

With a hard light coming from a hard shot. I think that's best for a zoom. I'm sure that your producers are really happy that this is my configuration. Well, we're going to do, we're going to use those zoom filters and we're going to put on funny sunglasses. We're going to put on like a parade.

I'm going to do a cool stuff guy. Yeah, nice. Like a cool stuff. Yeah, like a New York. Right.

Like a New York. I got sunglasses. I like a New York. Yeah. Andrew, thank you so much for doing this.

Ashley's going to be thrilled that we talked and it's so great to see you. Thank you, Danny. Thank you so much. Okay, buddy. Bye.

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Come on. Come on. I'm so excited. I know. What?

People don't know that we're talking in a very stormy and rainy morning. It's very rainy. I don't know if people care about the weather outside when we're talking. Today's forecast. I'm like, maybe it's too stormy.

Maybe Ashley won't come. I got to get out. No, no, no. Not today. Sorry, Amy.

It's raining. Okay. I'm going to get with Ashley's. Okay. Oh, you can move this.

Okay. We can see. Can I do this? No. It's lighter fluid in there.

Oh, it's for the camera. It's too water. It's for the camera. I'm so sorry. There's no way.

I can't. Oh, yes. Of course you can. Okay, very good to move. There we go.

There we go. They're just kind of moving. Weirdly the laptop is the only thing you can see. It's just closer together. Look at this.

Can you imagine if I was just on it to the whole time and it was on Facebook? Your on Twitter. You're on Twitter being like, every been so bored in your live. I like Facebook. I like Facebook.

You're on Facebook. Ashley Media is here. Yeah. I'm so happy you're here. I can't believe it.

I'm thrilled you're here. And congratulations on being one of the Captains of the show. and coming from the captain. Ma'am, and also, Ma'am. Ma'am, please don't, I mean, don't.

Oh, please don't. I don't want to talk about life. Please don't. Please don't. I'm interfering.

Oh, but the cast is so good right now. Wow. The show is so gelled. Congratulations on having an incredible year. Thank you.

Your second year, second season. Yes. And I guess what I wanted to start with is that I don't, you know, I don't know a lot about you very mysteriously. And you like to keep it that way. Yeah.

So great talking to you. I thought, anyways, it's still raining out. I'm going to stop the bar. I'm going to stop the bar. You're going to stop the bar.

You're the right. But you're a private person. Or I would say you don't have a lot of, it's not that I'm private. Okay, tell me. It's that I'm so scary boring.

And I thought, I'm going to reveal this. Last night in bed. Going to bed. Thinking about today. And I had an image of us sitting there, no talking, and you going, soooo.

No, actually, that won't happen. I have questions for sure. I don't think I'm such a good subject. I'm such a good subject. I'm such a good subject.

I'm such a good subject. I'm such a good subject. I had a nightmare that you were like, okay. I wish because there's nothing to share. That's not everyone has something to share.

Everyone got to. But one of my kind of scenes of today is that you entered the show kind of as a grown ass woman like with your skills and your readiness for the show and us getting to know your show seemed to have matched in my opinion. And that's very, very cool and satisfying to watch. And also, you have something that I really, really love. And when you talk about your job and your show is a real gratitude for how cool it is to get paid to do comedy on TV.

It's crazy. No, it's crazy. I'm scared if I say it all out too much. And people are like, hey, she's right. Get her out of here.

Or pay or nothing. What the hell? I do worry about that. Because to be a successful actor on a TV show that is so beloved that people are responding to your work, it's, and even just, you know, I was looking up the number again, because I always get blown away by the fact that there's only been like 180, 170 something cast members. It's like a club.

It's an airplane. It's an airplane. So to be on that show, I guess what are the still kind of pinch me moments two years in that feel like this? You speaking to me? It really is so crazy.

It's like there's pinch me moments every day. Because it's so silly. Because what you said, I mean, I've been practicing this craft for so long. Yes. Even in childhood, doing it without you realizing you're doing it.

Right? Just seeing an idiot and funny and saying you're annoying. And it's just like, it was so natural to me. And so to do it for a living is crazy. It's a pinch me moment all the time.

What kind of little kid were you? I was loud and really funny, I think. And I think my uncle, I think my uncle Chris, he's the one who really got me in a sketch comedy. He did. I did a thing called the sign spinner.

I came up with this girl named Esther, the sign spinner. Oh, the person that's outside of me? And she was a character named Esther who would. She's sign spind for fun because she loved it. She makes signs for different restaurants around town and do it for free.

And they're like, get out of our way. And it was the thing we came up with. And he recorded it with me. And how old were you? And it was me, 13?

So he was the one who was like, you have something. And I like comedy and let's make this. And he was the man, he played the manager of this place. I was like, get out of here. And I'm like, I like doing this.

And I remember being so proud of myself that I could keep a straight face. I'm like, you be like, cut. And I'm like, what? I didn't even laugh. He was hilarious the whole time.

I was like, let's keep that in. And I'm like, why do I laugh? Were you watching sketch at the time? Like, did he? I don't know.

I was watching cool uncles who like introduce them to music and comedy. Oh, yeah. What were you watching at 13? Or what were you watching? I was watching the office.

And I was really obsessed with it. I was really obsessed with Dwight Schrute. Yes. And I wanted to, that's kind of why I wore the glasses as Esther. And like, I was obsessed with him in a big way.

Because he was doing the thing I wanted to do, which was being crazy and committing to it. And what was crazy and funny was that he was doing it out of his own truth as a character. So he wasn't trying to go for the joke. What was funny was that he thought this was serious. And it was that.

Yeah. Well, that is what I think is so interesting about your work. Is like, I do think you come to it from an acting place. I love that. Did you want to be?

Did you consider when you were a young person? Like, did you say I wanted to be comedian? Or do I want to be an actor? I don't think I knew the difference. I just knew, same with Steve Carell.

I mean, like, the last you would get. I'd watch the office just stay. My mom always got me the season for Christmas. I knew it was coming every Christmas was the new season in the DVD set. Because I would sit and watch it for hours.

Because that's the whole, without realizing it, that is what they're all doing. They're all just acting really well. Right. And Steve Carell as well, just all his inner work that he's doing is getting the laugh. He's barely, sometimes has lines and he's getting a laugh.

Yes. So yes, I didn't put two and two together. I just think it just was natural. It was like, oh, that's how I get the laugh. Because when I am so locked in, I remember there was this, like, once I remember there was this thing I did for a friend, my friend Sierra, we went to a museum.

I don't know why we were just like having a gal's day as you do. You were at a museum. And drink great juice and drink great juice. OK. So you know, and we were doing that.

And we were at the museum. And I was making her laugh because I was acting like the bench in the middle of the place with a piece of artwork. And I was like, it's real. And people started watching and she's crying nearby. And her member writing down later at Groundlings in class, like, the bench is beautiful.

Believe the bench is beautiful. Believe it is. There's art all around this girl. But she thinks that's a piece of art. Believe it's beautiful.

And it's like, just to spend people's. But I don't know what to joke. You don't know you're funny. The character doesn't know they're funny. Never.

Ever. So did you come from a funny family? You have three siblings. What is your birth order? I'm second.

So when she's the oldest, it's me and then Sammy and Teddy. And they would attest to us. They're all funnier than me. It's funny, Mom. My Mom is very funny.

You're very close to your Mom. Yes. And I love that your Mom was like, you should go in a comedy. Yeah. That doesn't happen a lot.

Where someone's Mom is like, think about comedy. She. She actually didn't work out. I was like, what you did? I'm going to count on you.

I'm going to count. Let me go. Groundlings. Yeah, she Googled comedy class. And was like, what did she do for a job?

She worked at Adobe. And worked her way up, software, and worked her way up. Like, didn't go to college. Single Mom, four children. Nang.

My age now. Oof. What? What? It doesn't make sense.

No. Have unique talents. Like, we're all like, my sister has a hair salon. My little sister is a tattoo artist. Like, my little brother's a great screenwriter.

Also working as a nurse. But he writes these movies. And she just watered those plants. She wasn't trying to make you not do it. She wasn't trying to go, no, go do this.

Actually, go play football or whatever. Parents, make you a tear. Yeah, go play football. I got lucky. She didn't make me do that.

We all kind of learn by people modeling for us. What did you learn about work by watching your Mom work so hard? That she could... She was just a hustler. She still is.

She's just a hustler. like even at Adobe working her way up at that company, you know, she became an executive producer like the live events. So when we would go, I did hair and makeup for a long time, that's how I would make money. And she would hire me to do hair and makeup in my sister and at these big events. And you just see her on the headset.

And she said, what a powerhouse. Like she just knew what she wanted and like was like, and all these like love everyone that works there. A lot of men. And she's like the one telling her and like producing. And it was just so cool.

And I do think it influenced me and also her saying, go do this, like you can do it. But I just never had any fear. I never wondered if I was too small for the world or like, yeah, that never crossed my mind. Cause she was such a great example of that. So cool.

I mean, she says, okay, let's look up comedy clubs. Yeah. I'm gonna come into so badly. It's so crazy. She's like, you and I are going to a comedy club and you're gonna do comedy for your mother.

It's crazy. Did you think that you were, this was gonna be your job? No way. I was so, no way, no way. No, I was so scared for life.

Like I was, I didn't go to college. I went for a week at community college. I left on a Friday. I went on a Monday, left on a Friday. I'm like, I left something in my car.

I'll be right back. Oh my God, I wish I should have done that. Instead, I pull aside. Oh, yeah. A teacher, not in charge of that.

I go, I'm talking, I'm like, I can't do this. Oh. I don't know what I'm doing. And he was like, so you need to go to the administration. I'm teaching biology or whatever.

And I sobbed him and I said, I just can't do this for me. Because I was seeing they're going, I just got out of this. Yeah. I just got out of high school. I hated and I was kind of student where you.

Oh, awful. I'm shocked. Awful. You're so smart. I'm shocked that you would.

But I had no interest in anything they were putting out with that. You were like, I'm never going to need this. I said, when am I going to need this? Yes. You tell me and I will submit this homework because tell me.

I'm trying to figure out your, don't worry about this Jenna. I'm trying to figure out your any exam number. You're dizzy because you're such a, this is very challenging. Wait, what? Well, but not being a good student.

Bad girl. Not just not being a good student. Bad girl. Tell me more. What do you mean?

How'd you get in trouble? Arrested. No. Finally we got to it. She's got a record.

Talk to me, Padilla. Disorderly conduct. Was it sometimes? What was it? A shot lifting?

OK, here's what I was trying to do. OK. Obstruction of justice. Resisting arrest. Oh, go on.

My mother pulling in. And I'm cuffed on the copper. Cuffed on top of the copper. She pulls in single mother. Pulls in her boyfriend's truck.

That's still on. One second. She gets out and she's looking at me like talking to the coffin. He's like, so should we found her in the rose bush? My extensions.

Crazy. I've got my like flip phone thing on the keyboard. And I'm like, my mom's here. These cops. Basically, I was like, I was like running from a party.

Is it me? Right from a party? There had been a hit and run down the way. And me and I can't say his name. I had my fake Chanel.

He had my fake Chanel. Oh my god. Did they care that it was fake? Did they get you? I was like, oh god.

Rested. Your girls. Yeah, we are. They arrested me because I hid in a rose bush for, I think, four hours. And when they pulled me out, I said, I said, and they wrote this down.

They wrote this down. It was in the police report. I said, it's about time you motherfuckers caught me. Really? Why is that four?

I love it. Who was that four? Was I on camera? I'm not talking. What?

Because you know what? Because you doubled down. Because when you were nervous, and you were like, I'm going to go extra cocky. I can relate. I can relate.

You're like, you have to chew up here. 16. About time. So 16. It's about time you guys caught me.

Because I'm not going to forget Tommy. They did. Dang. They cuffed me. And I was like, please uncuff me for my mother gets here.

And they were like, fine. And they were like, uncuff me. And I said, how do you guys know that I was there? And they're like, we had to play surrounded. And this young boy who ran with me had your fake shanell.

Did he also get arrested? Yes, he did. He got arrested. And so did you go to court where charges dropped? Well, this is where it gets interesting, if it wasn't already.

They were like, because you're 16 or something, this can be removed from your record. If you go to court-ordered therapy with your mother. And your mother was like, I'm busy. Excuse me? That's punishment for her.

She had to sit there. And I remember, I love you, Mom. She had these red nails, blonde hair. She's been working woman. She's sitting there in the therapist.

I was like, I want you guys to draw for me. My mom was like, no. OK. She like, didn't you? I'm not doing that.

And I drew something. And they said, draw yourself and draw a house. That's what they said to do. And I drew a house and myself. And I, she, not me.

The woman says, now why did you draw yourself small like in the house? And I was like, because my mom's like, the clock's ticking. And I was like, to fit in the house. And she's like, no. You feel small.

Like it was like, raising. And I was like, that is incredible. And I mean, while I'm like, my mom has to, I'm already in trouble. And my little brother had to come. I don't know why.

And he was like, I'll draw too. And he was drawing. And he drew a castle with a man named Fred getting a little extra cutie on the side of the castle. And I keep this one for the files. And my mom was driving.

I'm like, great. Now they're going to take Teddy. Now of course, going to take Teddy. And it's like, this is, you were a bad girl. She deserves an Oscar.

If that's what we should give her. What is an Oscar for being a mom? She had to deal with some shit. OK, so then she was like, take some of your comedy fun. She was like, channel some of this into a professional experience.

Yeah, stop. OK, stop, stop. And like, I went and got a job at Sephora. And they gave me a job. I mean, I just loved having a job that I actually liked.

I was probably just, I was just in bliss. And like, there was a rule. You had to like, wear five articles of makeup at the time. So I learned to do makeup. I became like an educational manager.

I was like, rising up. Like my mom did it hurt. I was like, rising up at college. And I was like, getting responsibilities. And then so you like to be the boss.

I like to get the most out of everything. And I think sometimes, especially in worlds like that, where there's like, steps. Yes. I just like being the best at everything I'm doing. And not against anyone else.

I'm not trying to be better than I'm just like, how much more can I do? Yes. That's why probably things like school, you're like, there's nowhere to grow here. There's nowhere to grow. Like, what's past an A?

And what? What? What? I'm sorry. I still understand why I thought you.

I'm like, doing all of that. Oh my god. Yeah. Unless you know what you're doing. And I just go to school.

I don't know. I don't know if you believe that. I don't know if you believe that when you say that. I guess I'm just like, I don't know if I'm interested in it. Unless you're interested in it.

Because yeah, to absorb information, you have to want to know. That's true. Right? To retain the information. Because you didn't do theater in high school?

No, I did one play just during that girl, that girl times. I didn't submit. It's like, you're supposed to submit the classes you want to take. And I just didn't do it. So they're my mom's phone ringing again.

They're like, she didn't do this. And so she had to come down to the principal's office. And we had to like fill out a thing together. And they were like, she's like, what's left? And they're like, theater.

And she was like, no, please, don't make me. And I did it. And I remember, I didn't even tell anyone. And I was like, what was it called? The Emperor's New Clothes.

Is that what it's called? I don't know. You were there. I remember the Emperor's New clothes. Yeah, it's in the audience.

And I got the role of the lead princess. And I remember floating down the aisle. I came from the audience to the stage, loved it. Then pretended it never happened. I was like, put that away.

That's crazy. Interesting. Yeah. So loved it when you got it. You were like stepping into it.

Here we go. So you're not so much introverted. Very extroverted. Very extroverted, very loud. But just not knowing you could make money on it, I guess.

Yeah, sure. I mean, did you know anyone who was an actor or? No. Yeah. No.

And then, you know, I worked at Sephora. And then my long time, my high school boyfriend, who I love, he's the best. We broke up and I became so depressed. And there I was with money. An apartment.

I did the thing. I very quickly did the thing that like, you're supposed to do. You know? And when I saw it didn't make me happy, I was miserable. And now I don't have this boyfriend and I just felt so sad.

And my mom was like, what if you try? You're funny. What if you tried this thing? Because I made it to the top at Sephora in the way that I could. And like, I just, yeah, I felt so unhappy.

And there was quiet little voice in there that was like, wanting something more. But I didn't know what it was. And so I felt awful about myself. You're almost just like, something's wrong with me. Like nothing's satisfying me.

And then my mom said that. And then I went. You find your people at Groundlings. Yeah. And for people that don't know who, you know, Groundlings, it's an improv and sketch group and hugely influential for so many people.

Like incredible. Long came out of there. What were you doing for money when you were taking classes? We waiting tables. Makeup and working in restaurants.

Yeah. I was doing weddings and makeup jobs and music videos or like just like, I did this. I forget who the artist was. I can't even say. They paid me like, cold art cash, just like a thing of cash.

And when I first got to like, I mean, it was just whatever I could do. Yeah. When I first got to LA, I got a job at the church key. It was like this American style dim sumplace. And I had to dress up as a Pan Am stewardess.

With a little hat, a little outfit and heels. I once came in with flats and they were like, no, no, no, no. No, no, no. Go to your car or find something. And I had to go buy heels.

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So you go to Groundlings, how do you get the audition for SNL? I've been working for Diane Keaton actually for a long time. Okay, so let's talk about Diane. So you were her assistant. Yeah.

And where did you do me? How did you get that job? My mother's friend's sister was her main assistant and was like, let's grab coffee. And we had a coffee and, hey, Stephanie, she's the best Tommy everything. Her and Diane have taught me so much.

It is crazy. I can't believe it. I even look back. Like, even just down to like getting me my first real purse. You know, I have a big show.

I love the fashion all that. So they're just the best. And like, they just taught me so much. And I mean, with her and she goes, you know, we're always looking for someone to do errands and all that stuff. And at the time, I didn't, you know, Diane Keaton.

I knew her as the mom from Family Stone. Right. I did not watch Annie Hall. I had not seen the Godfather and all that. She made me watch those movies.

She did. She said, you know what's Annie Hall? You're going to go home and watch it and tell me what you think. And I did. And I watched the Godfather.

She asked me what I thought. She was so incredible. And it really did start as like a small job, just like come and, you know, help at this party. And I did. And I remember them sort of like chatting like, what do you do?

And then she was like, well, what about, you know her? Is she, is she working? And so I did. I took on that job and it started with the kids and then it turned into like, oh, can you run into Instagram? And I was like, okay.

And then that turned into, well, you got to spend time with Diane. You guys got to look at videos and make stuff for her Instagram. And then it just all snowballed and slowly it became my whole life at a time. Like reading scripts and working on projects and we eventually sold a book together and. Okay.

So when you're when you're running her Instagram, which was often in all caps, yes. Was that her writing? Yes. Okay. She was like, make sure that's in caps.

It's so funny because it's so crazy how quickly it became my own like, all right, yes, that's like, like it was normal. Yeah. She is so special. Yeah. She is really one in a million.

She's so original. Like she had this thing that how would you describe? How would you describe that thing she had? That's like magic. Yeah.

It's freaky. It was so delightful and playful and eccentric isn't really quite the right word. It was just like very, very original. How she lives through life. She was very special.

She just floated around like a butterfly. She was like a butterfly and she really was even working with her. She was like, oh, look at this. Like she taught me to see the world around me, the shapes as silly as that sounds. She go, look at the building.

She would stop. She'd pull over. She'd see this. Like a tree. The way the light comes.

She got me to like, notice everything as if I was with a child. It's so crazy. It was wonder like a child that she kept into her 70s. Yeah. And that's what's rare.

It's not that she was any different than anybody else. She was just willing to stick with that and keep that wonder that goes away at some point because it taught me that it was even going away in myself. She brought it back and now I see those things. I stopped and I go, oh my God, I love the way that that shape is. And like, those are the, though that's my daily life now because of her.

And I see pictures and I love images and even making the book with her like, you know, every page and every image and like, what's better and why does this need to be black and white and not have color? Why do you like this contrast? It's like, it's such a gift. It's crazy. It's like school.

That's the school, right? That's the stuff that I'm going, holy shit, I'm retaining every. Wow. And what book did you make together? What was that?

Fashion first because her and I have a love for collaging and pictures and she got me into that and we tried to sell a collage book that no one was interested in. I mean, I'm going, it's Diane Keaton. Everyone's like, you're crazy if you think we are making this book because no one's going to buy it. And just getting the rights for the images will be crazy because the mouth belongs to someone else and the eyes and we're going, make it happen. And she was so pissed that no one would make this.

But as I was doing research for that book, I went, oh, hold on now, why don't you have a fashion book? And I showed her all of the images I brought. I came to work on Dara Morristone, and Stephanie kind of gave me this now. She's like, show her this because Stephanie had been kind of trying to tell her a long time to do this thing. I came with images because that's her language.

And I was like, look at all of your outfits. Look at everything you've done. Look at, you know what I mean? When I showed her all of them, okay, this is good. Okay, I am very stylish.

That's when we showed Ritzley and that's when they were like, all right, we'll make this. Yeah. I couldn't believe she let me design it. She let me design the cover. She let me design the book because she let me do everything.

And I went back to my book before and she was like, you know what, we figured it out. So cool. She no doubt. Yes. It's weird.

Amazing. Amazing. I know. What a loss. She's so special.

Yeah. And she really cared about me. She would come to grounding shows when like, why were you there? I said to her. I said, you shouldn't come to this.

Yeah. And I mean it. Yeah. And she was like, I'm coming. And I'm gonna wear a two two and a big old hat.

Yeah. And I said, I, for some time she came, I said, please, you know, I just don't want you to get mama's is what it was. I just thought like, oh, I also kept it too very separate, right? Sure. You're being a struggling comedian, you know, and then I go to this icon house.

I was living a double life. Yeah. And then when the two would come together, I remember she was like, oh, I love, I love, I'm like, okay, great. I'm looking through the thing when she arrives. She's in the biggest two two.

Excuse me. Excuse me. Her two two is getting on people's excuse me. And every time she was laughing, yes. I mean, she really was a fairy godmother and she dressed like a fairy godmother.

She dressed like a fairy godmother. She was very good. And I was just like, and everyone backstage. I know. She's here.

So she helps me get the audition. She like she encouraged you to audition. She basically believed that you could do it. She believed I could do it. But I will say, I mean, everyone believed in me.

But nothing was happening. And so I was going to quit. Tell me about that. You were just, you were getting tired. I was tired.

Yeah. And like you said, you're like you came into SNL kind of fully formed. But it's because I respect what people are doing online with comedy. I'm not good at that. And so every time the opportunity came up, it was like, well, do something online.

Do front-facing comedy. I resisted the urge because it just wasn't for me. And I went, well, if that's not for me, I kind of associated it with, well, then I guess I'm not willing to do the work, which wasn't true. I was always doing the work. I was doing live shows.

Just who's in the audience? Not, you know, no one that can really make a career for you. No, Gusmans. There's no, no, Gusmans. Where's Gusmans?

Where's Gusmans? So I just felt tired and I was like, I decided I was more willing to decide to live my life. Yeah. I was like, I'm done. I'm done with it.

I just made a book. I was like, there's other ways to make money and be creative. That's what she taught me. And I was like, I'm done. I'm just fucking done.

I'll figure out something else. I just want to be happy. And that does not lie in waiting to see if this commercial is going to call me after pinning me. You don't even know. I'm just like, no, I'm just done.

And that's when, you know, Naomi Odenkirk, who is... Yeah, Bob Odenkirk's wife, very famous manager. She is unreal. She, we went to breakfast and she was like, what do you do? Like, what have you been doing?

You're like traveling with Diane. Like, what is your life? And I'm like, I guess I just, I'm like, I don't know. Like, I'm just not doing anymore. I guess I don't want to perform live.

I was losing that interest because it, I hit the ceiling of what I could do. Right. I made Maine. I did everything. And it was just like, all right, I guess this is done.

I love performing, but this is no longer serving me to become a better person with myself. Yeah. I felt stunted. And then she said, well, let me try one more thing and let's do this party of three show, which was me, Chris Klechner and Alex Bonifers. Like, we'll do your best stuff because I didn't want to do it alone.

And she's like, pick your friends, their dear friends and we're always in each other's stuff. So we did a show and then that kind of caught some momentum. And then we were in Netflix as a joke. And then it was SNL wants you to showcase. And then I was like, okay.

And then I came to party of three and then they asked me to showcase after the show. So I performed. They just seen me and I ran over to UCB Franklin. And did it. What impressions did you do?

Oh, God. I know. I did Diane. I did Diane actually because I was like, I don't do impressions. Who am I around the most?

Diane. And she's so funny. I did her like voice over. And I was like, I'm not going to use a voice over for like planet Earth where she's yelling that they're hurting each other. She's so hurting each other.

She's just so funny. And that was an easy one. And then oh, my God. I don't even know what else I did. I'm not good at impressions.

And that's something that I've always been like, well, then I guess I'm not good for us. I wasn't funny because it's I'm not good at impressions either. And it's like, it's a weird thing where someone's like, so just also, I guess it would be like if you're applying for a job and they're like, also just do a little bit of painting. And he's just also just have to do three paintings. You're my lawyer.

I just need you to do three paintings. Just okay. I'm like, okay, I'll do the best I can at painting. And do it at the opening before you even go into your lawyer and do the cold open. Do the paintings first before we talk about the lawyer.

And on your way to doing the painting, walk past 40 people who are really good at painting. Oh, really good at painting. Make sure you take a look at their photos. That is so much better because I need the mistake of thinking once I got the show that they were like, surely they're not gonna ask me, I'm bad at it. No, they're gonna ask you, they're gonna ask you a lot.

They're gonna tell you. What have you done? What political impressions have you done on the show? We shouldn't call them impressions. We just shouldn't label it as an impression.

Okay, political characters, who have you played? I did. Kristi, no. Oh, yeah, Kristi, no, that's right. I did, Pam Bondi.

Who you them? Both of them. I watched yours. I know, I know. I know, I know.

And I did Caroline Lovett. All of them just, not even scraping the surface of what? I watched you and Tina, because I did you both did it. And then you had to go and do both of them. I did you both them.

And just more iconic women, cooler women from the show did it and then me. And I was like, oh my God. I was like, what are you saying? You do this? I was like, can you come back?

That was like when Forte had to do Bush after it will feral. I don't know. OK, but did you bring any roundlings characters to us? No? Oh, yeah, I did.

I did my haircut sketch. You did for your audition? Yeah, that's cool. Yeah, I did. Haircut, I did.

I got that sketch. I did Cathy a bit. I did this woman, Cathy, for Jack Black. But she sort of changed. Because that's what's been interesting, is that I brought so much to the show.

I'm kind of like, I've got all this stuff. And then you realize it's just such a different medium, even though they're both sketch. You gotta be a little punchier. You need to like, well, it's funny to say that, because so we do this thing in the show where we talk to somebody who knows our guests. We can talk well behind their back, and we talk to Andrew today.

Andrew Disney. Oh, that sounds so sweet. He was in his hotel room. That is so sweet. Drinking black coffee.

I agree with his sister. You gotta whisk you. You gotta not drink whiskey out of his mouth. He's drinking whiskey. Oh my god.

Yeah. And he's very, very worried about it. So we asked you for some money. Yeah, it was a couple of different. No, he had just done a show.

He was drinking black coffee in a hotel room. We were talking about you. And he is so lovely and works so hard on that show. And loves working with you. He's the boss.

And his question for you was, what at Groundlings helps you prepare for SNL? Because we were kind of joking that in many ways, it feels like a mini SNL camp there. Like people get really prepared. But you're saying that it also did and it didn't. What did it do to help you to get ready for the show?

I mean, it forces you to write for yourself. If there is anything I could ever tell, like young comedians, but also just young women because, especially for myself, like, I mean, gosh, even Diane, I mean, like, the scripts she was getting versus what I knew she was capable of sometimes, like just like the writing for women sometimes bothers me in a way that I cannot. Let's talk about it for a second. What bothers you? Because I know what you mean.

It's like, I just like sometimes we're not as portrayed as complex. Yes. I was going to say aggressively because I'm like, we're just, we got you going on complex. It's deep. It's so nuanced.

It's like, I have so many things about me that I want to see on screen and in comedy. And I do wonder sometimes if, to get there, we just need to be a little more willing to write for ourselves. And that's what that's what Groundlings did for me was, you do not get on that stage unless you are writing something for yourself. Yeah. I mean, you might be in some people stuff maybe, but like it's the same as an L.

It's like, you can write around all day. Yeah. For someone who writes for you, or you can just write it yourself. Right. And I feel that way with movies as well.

Like I'm so lucky to be now like getting to do movies, but I'm still writing. I am writing so much and I will never stop because I have to speak for myself. Right. And it just creates this confidence. And that's what it prepared me for.

It was showing up and going, all right, none of these writers know who I am. Right. And nor should they say, they've got their own, should they have to write the cold or like they're doing so busy. They're busy. They're writing for Amy Poehler.

Like, it's like, they've got a host. They're not going, what is Ash? Like, no. So then I went, all right, then I'm going to write. And then that's what makes people want to work with you.

Is they're like, OK, she knows what she wants to do. And that's where it's my gosh. Like, Alice and Gates, Kent's sublet, like showing up and helping me make it more SNL, more for television. It's got to be a little puncture. It's got to be choppy.

It's got to like the cuts, camera cuts. And like, you can't do what you do with groundlings where I can linger. Because there's no time constraint. It's like, we got to get to it. But you know, you have an interesting quality that's really awesome to watch, which is you do not rush and you take your time and you have great timing.

And it's thrilling because we all know the construct of that show. And having a little bit of time, taking a little time, it feels transgressive. And when it's done by somebody who knows what they're doing, it's really fun. It is my favorite thing to do. It's like my, it's just so like, I remember even with the haircut sketch, there was a talk about cutting stuff.

And the first thing to go is, you know, those pauses. Well, let's just cut your entrance. Please let me have that. Because I need to say hi to the audience real quick in a way that's like, let me show you what I'm feeling. And then we'll get into it.

Because I like watching people behave. And to behave, it's not rushed. I feel nervous or anxious or embarrassed. Being embarrassed takes a little time. And it's like that feeling, it's just, I love it.

And then now they're on your side, I hope, because they're in on the joke with you. And then those other jokes pop. That's that song that I like to play. It's just a bit of a dance. I like it.

God, it's so true about behavior because we don't really often remember what sketches are about. Like the idea is like, what? I don't even remember the idea. Like someone's mad at someone about whatever. It's these like little human behavior moments that are so funny and weird.

You're so good at them. I mean, that sketches, there's a sketch where you are surprised by your coworkers for your birthday and you fart. Yes. You fart. I can believe that got on television.

That was put on TV. That's right. It's on TV forever. And you're moaning after we... In terms of the real estate of the sketch, it takes up a lot of time.

Oh, yeah. Your reaction to like, what did I do? What just happened? How am I going to get through this? Is all conveyed in like a 20, maybe 25 seconds of moaning.

And that was not really in rehearsal. That's where I want you to apologize to everyone is. Something took over there. And that's where the audience is like, I'm sure you felt this. I mean, it's why we love live.

It's like you would rehearse me out there. Yeah. Until you're in front of the crowd. And know what they are going to give you. They loved the fart.

So I went, well, shit, let's sit. Here we go. Let's sit in the pain of this. I love arrogance. Oh, what is funnier?

Me too. What is funnier than someone being like, happy guys, I farted. What do you guys wanted? What is this? I told her I also played a character who very, it was very cocky about the fact that she farted.

I was like, she keeps people being jealous. There was a show called Rock of Love, which was like a dating show. And I played a one-legged character who farted when she jumped around. OK, sure. And she was like, so I farted jealous.

She said jealous. And I was like, no, we're not jealous. And he asked me to be of why I want to do comedy for a song. I know what it would be so fun to do. Hoping around on one leg, because I was like, she considers herself a real catch.

And you know what? That's all it takes. That's also my favorite. When someone's like, no. Want some of this?

No. Totally. I love that. That is fantastic. You and Andrew work so well together, by the way.

He does this. He's what we're talking about. I mean, his stuff is grounded in realism. Like, he's like, but it's a lot for the show. That's all he's got a very clear voice.

Yeah. And do you feel like starting at the 50th year, was it weird? Yeah. Was it weird to start with like every person coming back all the time? I might do.

No one knew who I was. Like, like, Emile and Jane are so proactive with their careers that they had a following. They were coming in. You know, they had fans to watch them. People doing it were going, who is this woman?

What is she doing? And I was like, I don't know. I don't know. And then I would see my dressing room. I was like, oh, me and who hired me to be knowing here?

And then to the point where when I came back for this last season, I was sitting in my dressing room the whole first show, not in a single thing. Oh, yeah. OK. And then I did my sketch last sketch of the show, and which is often the best one. It can be.

It's sort of like a Hail Mary. It's like, yeah, I do love that slot. And the more you get on the show, the less you get that slot sometimes, which I do, that slot is fun. Yeah. And I also want to talk to you about your haircut.

Oh, OK. OK. Because it's such a bold move to cut your hair in the middle of a season. I think they'd all say that, too. Did you have to get?

Did you have to get permission? Like, I mean, you're unfair when I did these. You begged for forgiveness. You did not ask for permission. I went shorter than I said I was going.

What's your relationship with Lauren? I just really, really admire him. I just think he's so smart. And I can't believe someone was put on this earth to give people like you and I. I don't know if you think this, but like being funny is so insane.

Like, it's just like, what are you here for? You make a slot. I don't know. Not to diminish, but it's like at the end of the day. Believe me, it's like, I mean, it's so funny.

There are really important jobs in the world. And then we're like, pfft, jealous. I'll take my money now. But you're like, I mean, it's sick. It's a war.

It's a war. It's a war. We should be on the cop car waiting for our moms to pick us up. It is sick. What we do?

It's so true. It's not OK. And we treat it very important. It's very important. It's very important.

And it's like, you cut the second floor? I can't cut the second floor. The second floor makes the third floor work. I'm like, just by midnight. That's why we do watch shows about people making comedy.

It makes me laugh so hard. It is so serious. Everyone's like, what did it take? It's not seriously. That's what we love.

But to go back to the late, it's like Lauren found a way to give those people jobs. That place to work? Holy hell. But let me get back to your haircut. Sorry, long thing.

But you cut your hair. Mm-hmm. Incredible. Looks incredible. Hey, thank you.

Do you love having short hair? Oh, yeah. I've had it before. That's where the haircut sketch came from. Was me shaving it too short.

And pretending I liked it. And that it was what I meant to do. And I was like, this is, ooh, a buzz. This is good. I'm kind of obsessed with the politics of hair.

Like, hair means something on the show. That's why I shaved it. I mean, originally. Really? Why?

What do you mean? Because I don't like being told what is feminine. Mm-hmm. Do you know what I mean? And there's something inherently, like, long hair.

It's like, no. What's, no. When do I feel the prettiest? Because people, whenever they mean it, your hair is so beautiful. It's so long.

It's like, I don't really want that to be the first thing you think. It was like, I like to be open and fresh and vulnerable. It makes me feel vulnerable because I can't hide. And like, I like feeling open and like inside my face. And I was wearing so many wigs.

And I just feel a little like, I don't know, don't. But like, not done. It's like, well, you have an interesting play with mask and fan stuff in the way you dress to and Diane, of course, is like, that kind of like, what is your relationship to like, what is typically masculine or typically feminine? Would you like to play around with that? Yes.

And it's crazy how much of an influenced Diane was on that because making the fashion book, we have a photo together. We're wearing the same exact outfit because I showed up to work dressed like her. Not even realizing it. We took a picture. And when I went to her office, the next day was framed.

She printed it out and framed it. And it's this image. But like, I don't have to be in this world for a man's approval, which is something I think I was doing for a long time. And that's so sad to say it out loud, but just the truth. I don't know if it's the, you know, father issues.

I mean, like, right? Patriarchy. Right. And I was always like, oh my god, vulnerable to take my makeup on. Yes.

And like, have my hair done and be hot? Yes. So what? To be in for who? For who?

To and for how long? For how long? For how long? Because I get tight. I have to go to bed bed.

Tight, tight, done, done. Seriously. Fuck. Fuck off. Is this the fuck off?

Fuck you. I'm done. And hotter than ever, though. OK, honey. Hotter.

I mean, it looks incredible. OK. Thank you. It's like I feel hotter. Yeah.

Because I myself, I mean, I told Jody. Jody was like, Jody, make you so runs the SNL Hair Department, who the Bronx beat is based on. So what about that? Yeah. And I said to her, she was like, you're her's the best.

I mean, she was so supportive. And she was like, you know, she, you know what I looked like with short hair. So she's going, what are you talking about? And I'm like, I finally got so dramatic. This is what's funny, right?

My soul says I have to do this. You should not just do it, idiot. God, stop texting me. I was like, please. Just do it.

Do it. And I feel amazing. Because it's also the thing you're saying, maybe, with the challenge. It's like permission. It was the permission part, too.

Yeah. I think it's really interesting. And I think it's very cool. Thank you. It just goes to show it liberating.

And also just getting back to the initial theme of you is that you have a, you have a, like, you're self-possessed in a way that's very inviting. It doesn't feel like you're an island and no one can know you or interact with you. You know that. It's really, really, but there's just something about you that feels like you kind of have a sense of who you are and what you like. And you write that way, you perform that way.

And it's really intoxicating to you, you're welcome. Thank you. So we're going to end with impressions. Dunk, dunk, dunk, dunk. To camera?

No. To camera. To camera impressions. You know what we used to do? We used to play a game.

We used to play a game where you had to do an impression of somebody into it. Why are you doing this to me? In 10 seconds or you die? OK. Do you kill me legally?

So if I had the paper, we're going to sign on the way here. So you will give each other someone to do. You said 10. Oh, I said 10. OK.

I'm going to do it. You're like five. I'm going to do it. Five. OK.

OK. OK. Five second impersonation. And I'll just throw out a name. And then you can throw it out for me.

It's really fun. It's really fun. OK. OK. OK.

Ready? You can't think about it. You can't think about it. It doesn't matter. Austin Butler.

Whoa. Here we go. We got him. We got him. Whoa.

I don't know what we're thinking about. Should I bring another show? Should I do it? Should I bring it to season three? OK.

Give me one. Don't accuse us. OK, you guys. OK. OK.

OK. That's just two points. Here we go. One, two, two. Ready?

Shakira. OK. All right. Give me one. I'm going to die.

You have to give me one. What is it? I'm telling me, Jones. No! Tommy!

You're going to get into an outhouse. Doghouse, handhouse. Every outhouse. You better check every outhouse, doghouse, handhouse around here. You've got to catch the guy.

We're looking for the fugitive. That was him. This isn't even funny anymore. So you do do impressions. You do this to embarrass me.

A lot of good trouble. Go. What? The fact that I'm getting fired from the show, I'm out of this. She can't do impressions.

What is that? What? What? What? OK.

Oh my god. Fuck, that was good. Those were really good. Thank you. So were yours.

You know who I think you could do well? That was Larlene. I give that a lot. You sound like Larlene. I give that a lot.

And I watch videos of her because people have said that. Yeah. She's amazing. She is. I mean, she's so like.

She's so great. Let's do Larlene impersonation. You could do it. This one. Oh, now I can't do it.

I should do it again. OK. Let's let Larlene talking about. I just watched a video of her about her drink. Like she just said some delicious coffee.

I'm not going to do it. Delicious. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god.

Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh, this coffee is so delicious. Oh god.

That was for you, Larlene. We love you. Larlene, we love you. Oh my god. Oh my god.

Oh my god. You made me cry. OK. Oh, I have to ask you more questions. What are you listening to these days?

Watching, reading. What do you do to like space out, check out, laugh. I'm always taking suggestions from people. Is there a video that you frequent? I am so big on like survivalist shows.

Like to the point where me and Allison Gates. Yes. You write a lot together. Head right over to us. Now she's amazing.

We work outside of the show together as well. And we run as we meet the other day. So we're fully supposed to be working. And we set that aside to have a vulnerable conversation about do we and talk to talk to our teams and like really lay out the game plan of if we want to go and survive or together. We are so serious about it in a scary way that we need to stop talking about it because both of us want it.

We watch these shows. And there is one that I just got put onto called extraction. Have you heard of this? I think I might have heard of it, but not really. Tell me more.

I'm going to be a snare. I have a laptop. And it's coming into rain. You in your head pick two people that you that you trust in love. OK, I got it.

Now picture that they're in a headquarters. You, Amy Poehler, are put in the wilderness. OK. They can see you on screen. You can talk to them and say I need food and water.

But you're fighting other families. They're fighting other families in the headquarters to get you what you need because their loved one is out in the wilderness, too. OK, so they're doing their own game. And you're going, I need water. And they're like, we're trying.

They can't talk to you. Only you can talk to them. So you're going every time you get a box and there's nothing in it. You don't know that they just play the game in headquarters where they can't get you water. So you're like, and then you go, I want to be extracted.

And they can decide if they want to pull you out or not. They can leave you. Please go on it with me. It takes four months of our life. OK, I have a couple questions about this.

Yes. It feels like you could just set rules before, which is like, they do. So they start crying and go, I know I said, when I said I wanted to be extracted to wait two days, but please, please get me out. And then the family goes, no, no. She said to wait two days.

And that was the conversation I was like, do you want me to extract you? Like, dead, you're like, I don't know. Whoa. It's a fucking, you have to watch it two seasons. And it's where it's on.

It's on. Oh, it's I think I watched it. There's also a movie called Extraction by Chris Hemsworth. Don't I mean, watch that too. If you want, I haven't seen it.

Extraction TV show. Yes. Extraction. Extracted. Extracted.

Extracted. OK, let's just look at it. I just want to look at a clip of it. God, it's so good. I had not had anything in the six days.

I should have applied for the floor. Rob Loewen is the team. You're injected into the shoes. We survived with Swiss and F. Oh, some don't get supplies.

Some are without fire for weeks. Oh. Bagging to go home. I'm trying to fire a week. My child has not had fire on me.

Because that's not a thing too. It's a lot of mothers. So they're like, my child. My child. And it's sleeping back.

Ma'am, your child's 35. Yes, that is a good point. They're all in their 40s. Ma'am. Ma'am.

Ma'am. Oh, and then they have it. Oh, this is satisfying. They have a giant bunch of giant trash. A giant trash.

And they have to go hit it in front of everyone. It's fair. Ashley, you're amazing. Thank you for doing this. This was so fun.

You're the best. I should have allowed so much. I'm so impressed. I'm so impressed. You're so funny.

You're so funny. You're so good at it. You were so good at impressions. We are so good. Thank you so much, Ashley.

That was so fun and so funny. And it's just a joy to talk to you and get to know you more. And Ashley talked a lot about one of her mentors, Diane Keaton, her very godmother. And I just feel for this polar plunge, I want to remind us all of some of the many great films that Diane made. Check out Marvin's room if you haven't seen that.

It's so good. And Meryl Streep is in it. And a young Leonardo DiCaprio. And it's such good acting. Reds, an incredible movie with Warren Beatty.

It's a beautiful performance from Diane. Crimes of the heart, Sissy Spacek, Jessica Lang. I mean, just Diane, we miss you. Thank you, Ashley, for that fun talk. Thank you so much for listening today.

And we'll see you soon. You've been listening to Good Hang. The executive producers for the show are Bill Simmons, Jenna Weisberman, and me, Amy Poehler. The show is produced by the Ringer and Paper Kite. For the Ringer, production by Jack Wilson, Kat Sallane, Kaya McMullen, Kalea Zanaris, Bridget Keerling's Paige Garberini, Bell Roman, and Drew Vanstein Bergen.

For Paper Kite, production by Sam Green, Joel Lovell, and Jenna Weisberman. Original music by Amy Miles. Adam!