Marcello Hernández

(upbeat music) Hello everyone, welcome to another episode of Good Hang. Very excited about our guest today. It is Marcelo Hernandez. You know Marcelo from SNL. He is a great stand-up. He's a real charm machine. And we love Marcelo. We have so much fun in this interview. We're gonna talk about so many things today. We're gonna talk about soccer. We're gonna talk about summer school. We're gonna talk about the fact that his mom decides who cuts his hair. We're gonna talk about, he's bad at texting. And he's gonna try to constantly and consistently compliment me through this thing and I'm gonna really, really fight back. So we're gonna have a good time today. But before we talk to Marcelo, we always find somebody who knows our guest, who wants to speak well behind our guests back and give me a question to ask them. And we are back with our friend Sarah Sherman. Sarah, a fellow cast member with Marcelo at SNL and a real peach and we're gonna get her on Zoom. 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She's in between two gorgeous pictures of him. - So, lady, do we buy your drink? - Look at that punum as one would say. - Isn't he so cute? - He really does have a real puppy quality. - Do we have the same hair, by the way? He would, by the way, fill himself if I said that. - Sarah, you know that I like to compliment you and you like to deflect. - I want it, I want it today. That's what I want. - You have great hair. - Thank you. - I do go into getting a haircut and I say, do your worst, so I'm glad it comes up good. - Sure, man, it is really good to see you. - And to see you guys. - We, we miss you. We are time together on the pod was so fun. We still talk about it, but Marcelo is probably the, the cast member, I feel like I kind of know the least about. And tell me when you guys first met, how you were already at the show? I met him on the show. This fucking brat shows up. He is gonna be so fucking mad that you guys got me for this. He's gonna be like, coulda gone Kevin Hart, smash him in the scalco, Adam Sandler and you got fucking Sarah. Our relationship started because I'd be up all night on writing night, like writing like a maniac. And he would be like, chill, dude, relax. You good, man. Cause I feel like I'm a very, I'm like a homework girl. - Yeah. - And, you know, having someone reflect that that, having like a fun guy. - Yeah. - Like major puppy dog energy being like, you can relax. You can take it easy, sis. - It's funny that you say that that is like, when I was thinking about what I want to talk to him about. Like, he definitely always looks like he's having fun. It's very like little, little brother energy. Like, you guys, let's not forget that this is fun. - I would die without him there because he is, he's always having fun, like writing night at 3 a.m. He's him and Cam Patterson will be like, doing like backflips, they'll put like all the chairs on 17 together in like a big tower on top of like the writing table and like do like backflips over them. But he's really, he's very menchy. Like he's very, you know, like he's, he's really tied with his mom. You know, he's like such a good guy because of how like, while he takes care of his family. And like, you know, the little brother energy is like, 'cause he cares. Like he'll call me like on a Wednesday at 8 p.m. like during a hiatus when we're like, you know, I'm like lying on my couch, like rotting. And he'll be like, all right, bro, what clubs are you doing tonight? Like you're getting up there. What are you doing? Come on. And like, I'm lying down watching X-Files. And he's like, let's hit the seller. Would it put your evils in, do some shows? Like he's like weirdly like encouraging. And he like, he'll like telepathically feel if I'm like feeling kind of like shitty and like activated. To stand up, see that for each other. Were they kind of like encourage each other to keep getting up and trying new stuff? Marcelo does. I feel like most standups are such fucking blood suckers that they're like, hope nobody else is getting up. Totally. But they can hog all the stage time. I want to talk to him about the fact that he was a really good soccer player. Like really cares about sports. Like has a good connection with a lot of like his hosting the SB's all this stuff. Like is it is like a jock? He's a jock. In a way where I think I can't believe I'm going to be complimenting him so much. I'll get to you. He said, it's really great at SNL because he is like kind of like a team player in like a real way. Like he's really good at like involving people in bits and like, and sketches. And like he, you know, he gets everyone's voice really well and he's really good at including other people in his bits. And in a way that's extremely generous in a very team player way, even though he is a standup. And because he is a jock, he's really athletic and he is like physicality like is unbelievable. He did, he did a Sebastian Manescalco sketch where like Sebastian is like a lawyer. He does like a backflip in it. He does like a backhand spring, like a Russian teenage gymnast. He did a backflip in like a Jack Black sketch too. He's like, he's physically unbelievable and like light on his feet and like doing backflips, you know. So many backflips. I can't explain it. Like that's what he, he is like a newborn puppy who just like popped out of the womb, did a backflip. But then like, you know, he'll come to my office at like 10 PM. He's like a morrowing Thai food, you want anything? And I joked like, yeah, give me a beets pill. And he got me one. What's a beets pill? A little speaker. [LAUGHTER] He's just like, he's just generous like that. There's like four minutes ago he was giving me a wedgie and now I have like a $300 speaker in my office when I was kidding, by the way. OK, what question do you think I should ask Marcelo today? I'd like three questions. OK, great. One, what's your fucking deal, dude? Two, oh, are you going to stay not answering my text? Look at your phone, Marcelo. I have experience with that. Marcelo is really bad at texting. Because he's, well, I have his location on. So I'll be like, why is he fucking texting you back? And then I'll look at his location. And he's doing like a children's fundraiser in Costa Rica. I'm like, OK, respect, respect, respect. And I always know where he is at all time. So he can never betray me. My question is he's a very inherently social person and gets like-- he gets very energized by other people. He literally kind of like can't be alone for more than five seconds, which is why he's so fun. But legit, he's an amazing joke writer, and he's extremely productive and prolific. He just put out an hour of stand-up. He already has another. He's constantly touring. And I just don't understand when and where he is the time to do that. So I'm like, it's kind of a bad question, but I'm like, I literally want to know when and how is he writing jokes. Because also, I have a feeling-- because I've asked in this before. And I think he was just like, shudder, whatever. But it is like a serious question. Because I have a feeling he writes a lot on the stage because he's so physical and gets really energized by an audience. But his jokes are actually good and well written. You're making a good point, right, which is that sometimes when someone's not always, but when someone's doing physical stuff, it's like a vibe. And if you read it on a page, it would really feel like a crafted joke, but you're saying he can do both. He has legit, well written jokes. And he always kind of makes this joke at SNL. He's like, I'm like a bad sketchwriter or whatever. Because you just get into a way at SNL where you're like, you've decided you've called yourself something? Totally. Like, you know, when you did therapy on me, like, crazy. When I was like, I'm not going to get an actor or a performer, whatever. [BLANK_AUDIO] He'll be like, you know, like I can't write it. But it's like, then when he actually puts his fingers on a keyboard and writes, it's like he is a really good writer. And all this stand up, it's like really tight, good. He has set up punchline jokes. So in my head, I'm like, so he's writing it down. But I'm like, when, where? - I love his question. 'Cause it, it, I think that there's a underneath it, there's just this idea of like figuring out what, we're like allowed to say about ourselves. Like, what are we actually, what would we dare to say we're good at, basically? - Right, hmm, that's good. Yeah, kind of the think of it, I did ask a good question, didn't I? - Now, the, the, the Jen extra in me wants to know, how did you get his face in the Zoom screen, and how do you do that? - Listen, I'm a professional and I'm also a magician as well. So, magician never reveals the secrets that she does really well. - Sure me, I, I love talking to you. I wish we could do it every week, it's so fun. Thanks for doing this. I think he's gonna be so happy. - Are you guys seeing him now? - Yeah, he's coming in and like, he'll be here in like half an hour. - Tell them I said, up yours. - Thank you so much. - Love you. - Okay, love you too. Talk to you soon. Bye. - Bye. - Bye. - Folks, it's officially fall, which means we've entered the season of change. Changing leaves, refreshed wardrobes, and new routines. But the one thing that doesn't need to change, your phone. The smartest upgrade this season isn't a new phone, it's a better wireless plan. Switch to visible, the ultimate wireless hack. 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I'm sensing the weird energy. (laughs) Like you're not so happy about the flowers or-- - No, happy, but I feel like-- - Put them on the floor and-- - I feel like this is some kind of me a couple. What's happening? - No, no, me, me a happy, me a grateful to be here with you. And so many people, they give people their flowers. You know what I mean? - Oh, you're giving me the literally. - They're beautiful. You came in very shy. - I know. Dude, it's so good to see you. And yes, I do have a mea culpa if people are wondering. - Do you? - I do with you, yes. - What is it? - 'Cause you texted me and I didn't answer. I took too long. - What did I text you about? - Oh, I don't even wanna think about it. It's a big mistake. It's one of my largest regrets. - No, I'm getting to know you and what I'm realizing is that you're not a great text. - No. - That's okay. - No, but I'm working. - Yeah. - I'm doing the work and I'm big on a cat. - Dude, wait, did you just catch your fly? - I got it, not a fly. No, I did not kill animal. It was a flurry, something fuzzy. - Like a fuzzy. - Yeah, fuzzy, yes. But no, it's so bad. - Does it bother you to be a bad text or not? - Yes. - Yeah, I care a lot, especially when it's somebody like you that I'm like, I can't believe you texted me. I think about it often of like, you worked your whole life to get to a place where an Amy Poehler could or would text you and then you have the balls. - Ghosted, ghosted. - The go-nads, to go, sorry, I didn't see. Who are you, a friend from college? - I'm sorry, I didn't see this in time. - I saw your response months later was like, oh, I was so tired. It was something like I haven't had any sleep. - I haven't. - I know. It's tough. - I apologize and I got here on time. I really appreciate it. - What, you rode here? - I rode here on a bike and it saved me nine minutes on the commute. - People should know it's very hot out today. The flowers, one hand, I risked my life, that's a lie. - Wow, thank you for that. - I sent them in a car. I didn't want to get them in trouble. - They're beautiful flowers. - Yeah, shout out to my assistant, buddy. - You're dangerous. - God, she's in the car. - You made your assistant ride a bike with the flowers. - No, she's in the car. She's in the car with the flowers. - When you're riding a bike in New York City, do you have people really, hey? - Sometimes. - I like that. That's my favorite type of interaction. - Hey. - Marcelo, yes. - You can ride away. - Yeah. - Marcelo, there's so many good things happening. First of all, congratulations on being almost a vet at us. - I know. - You know, you're in that sweet spot, right? Where you know how it works. You're not terrified anymore. There's people that are newer than you. - Yes. - It gets a nice place to be in. - So yeah, I'm not so confused anymore. - Yeah. - I know the schedules and stuff. - Yeah, because it is pretty good. - A weird place to work. And it has its own set of rules. And now you kind of know it. And people know you. - This is so surreal to be talking to you. - Is it? - It is crazy. - You have to understand it. - All right. - I know that for you. I'm just Amy, but you're not. - Well, you are a force of nature. Dude, I was watching all of your every award show that Amy, dude, you are. You're so funny. You got a guy massaging you. Then you kissed him. - That guy was Bono. - Yeah, Bono. Bono's massaging her and kissing. I'm very Hispanic. And then you had the thing with George Clooney where you're like flirting with him. Oh, man. So freaking good. The hoodie, the great one of the great gifs. - Oh my God. - Is that how we say it? - Because I never know. - Gif, gif doesn't matter. - Great. Well, this leads me into my first question. - Okay, great. What I got from your special, so funny. - You watched it. - You crammed it yesterday. - I crammed it. - Love it. - Thank you. - You are like a product of like a matriarchy. You have grown up around women. - Yes. - Sisters, your mother is a huge part of your life. - Yes. - And your comedy. - Oh, yeah. I don't know what it is. I think it's the hang with the boys is so funny. I laugh so much with my boys. But like a hang with women is just so. It's funny, but it's also like mentally challenging. - Yeah, I mean emotional. You're learning about yourself. - Yeah. - I have a lot of lesbian friends too that I really connect with. - Yes, they like. - Because I'm a lesbian in many ways. - Say more. - You know what I mean? Because I grew up around women, so I'm kind of a woman in some ways. I get jealous. I get petty. I do. I get jealous and petty. - Yeah. - My girlfriend has to deal with that. I do. I get weird. I go. I didn't like that. I say that sometimes. I go, I didn't like that. I go, when you did that, I didn't like that. - Oh, I love that. - And it made me feel bad. And I hope that in the future, when you were in a situation where you could do something like that, that you'll act differently for my sake. I talk like that sometimes. - That's a really good communicating, by the way. - My mom has really trained me. - Have you ever been a therapy? - A little bit. I've experimented sports psychology. - Oh, yeah, I want to talk about that because you're a jock. - I'm a jock, yeah. - And, you know, I can tell from the way that you love a team. - Oh, yeah. - And, like, that is the thing I have to say, like, in figuring out what to talk to you about today. Like, when I was around you and got to be at SNL when you were there, you can tell right away the people that like to have fun. And I know that sounds so stupid and simple, but it's easily forgotten at any job. It's like, okay, I got the job now. And then all you think about is like losing the job or the job sucks or the job's hard or whatever, you forget the fun part. And there's something about you that really radiates a lot of fun. - Oh, yeah. - And you love being part of a team. - Oh, yeah. - Like, you like the team to win. - Yeah, and I don't like to work. In a very positive way. I work very hard in my life. But I don't like to work. - Right. - Working is bad and weird. - So everything but work is always usually my goal when I'm working. I got a scooter. My girlfriend had a foot injury. She had a scooter. I got her a new scooter. And then the old scooter. I took it to work. Now, there's a scooter at work. Now, if you got to go to the bathroom, you jump on the scooter. - Oh, that's fine. - You're there in a couple of minutes. Now people are scooting up and down the halls. That's fun. - That's fun. - God, I love that. - Something that I do seal. Do you know seal? With that long table that we do table read in? I do seal. I run through that hallway. And then I seal and see if I can get fully across. - Okay. You know who did a version of seal man? many, many years before you is Jimmy Fallon. - Of course. - That's my kind of guy. - Yeah. - He is. - The other thing that I love about not working or like trying not to work is this is like, maybe this is a sick thing for me. - Yeah. - But looking in the eyes of someone who's trying to work, who you are not letting to work, the frustration, it brings me joy in a way that's dark. - Yeah. - And then they'll do it to me sometimes and then I can laugh and understand it. - Okay, you talk about, okay. - It's just you have to know sometimes. - Yeah, everything here is fake. - I love when something, 'cause you might imagine how dirty I would get with syrup. You know, syrup is so gross and it stays on you forever. - Yeah, but that doesn't, it's all nice. - And then you just get the joy of trying, but without happening. Sorry. - You, okay, you focus up. - Sorry. - Okay, so you. - I want to have some fun on the Amy Pooh show today. (laughing) You're trying to work, aren't you? You're trying to work, girl. I have some questions I've prepared. - I'm sorry. - No, gracias. - Hello, try to work. - That's over here. - I'm don't. - What is dirty, girl? Look at that thing. Dirty ass phone, Amy Poohler. On the 115 floor of the spot, it's my brother. (laughing) Crazy. This is an old phone. Doesn't even work. (laughing) - Doesn't even turn off. - It's turned off. - It's off. - Of course. - Because we're recording. - Of course it is. - Okay. - Meanwhile, my butt's vibrating. - Listen, you do this bit in your standup, which is so funny to me. When you're talking about your mom making you dance, what I love about it is not because you love to dance. I love to dance. - Yes. - And I like, I wonder if you have a relationship here, like you love to move around. - Oh yeah. - You're an energy guy. From a young age, you were that way. Did your mom know that you were that kind of kid from an early age and she would get you in sports and moving and dancing because she knew you had to get it out? - Yes, 100% on 100%. My parents' goals always throughout my life was to get me tired. (laughing) Does that make sense? - Yes. - Tivities I ever did were always with the ultimate goal of will he go to sleep? - Yes. - And it was tough because there's a lot, there's a lot of batteries in here, understand? So I started playing baseball and then baseball, I was in the outfield. And first of all, pants, right, in the sun. - So hot. - For what? - And long socks. - For what? Where in Miami, where in pants in the sun? - Yeah, people don't know you grew up in Miami. - Yes, of course. So I was playing baseball and the ball would never come to where I was because they had me in the outfield. And then, so apparently according to my family, I don't remember doing this, but I was doing cartwheels in the outfield and playing with insects and stuff. And so they took me out. My mom said, I gotta take you out of baseball 'cause you're kind of making us look bad as a family. (laughing) - Too much downtime out there. - For Hispanic, you're half Cuban, half Dominican. They were like, this could be good. And then you're a nuisance. So then I did soccer. And soccer is a perfect sport for a child with ADD that's unmedicated and with a lot of energy because the ball never stops moving. - Oh, so much running. - It's so much running. You get home, you are tired. - Yeah. - And so soccer became my love. - Yeah. - 'Cause I was like, it's constant thing. I would get so exhausted on the field. - Yeah. - And my parents liked it. And then I played that, you know, until college. - Yeah, you were a really good player. - That was good, yeah. - You went to college to play it. - Yeah, I did, I did. - And like, when, what was the, first of all, what was your position? - I was in the, I was a winger. - Uh-huh. - Which is the guys that have to run all the way up and they're all running. - A lot of running. And when you were, you mentioned your dad was Dominican, your mom's Cuban. I love when you talk about the differences culturally between those two things. What is like the, what are the biggest, I know they're stereotypical, but they're oftentimes very true. Like the difference between those two cultures. 'Cause you're in the middle of both. - The food is pretty much the same. Cuban is more salsa. And then Dominican Republic, they do merengue. And bachata. So bachata is one, two, three, stop. One, two, three, stop. And then salsa is like a crazy, my foot goes there, your foot leaves, my foot returns, your foot leaves. It's more like math. And then the way they talk is different. So like, for example, in Cuban, Spanish, there's like a, And then Dominican Republic, it's a little higher and faster. So it's like, But what's so amazing about that is, you're making music to me, 'cause I can't speak Spanish. - Of course. - And the music, I can't speak Spanish. But that is kind of the difference. (laughing) - But what's so amazing about that is, you're making music to me, 'cause I can't speak Spanish. - Of course. And the music, the Dominican music sounds like New York. - Of course. - 'Cause so many Dominicans are fast. And the Cuban music sounds like, Desi, that's what we, that's who we knew. While you're growing up, Desi and Ez was the only Cuban that we knew. Did your family watch, I love Lucy, or did your parents, any, like did they care about Desi? Do you, did you? - My mom's personality can be very Lucy sometimes. My mom is like, my mom would always say, my mom came from Cuba and it was difficult 'cause they took her stuff, you know, Cuba, the communist government. And so when she came to America, she really leaned in to being American. For years, she would tell us we're all gonna change our last name to Smith, 'cause she was like, I'm American now. I don't wanna be Cuban anymore. - Yeah, a lot of people wanted to assimilate. - And they didn't wanna be, like, she was so sad and embarrassed of what happened in Cuba that she wanted to be fully American. So she would say stuff, you know, like, blons have a more fun. And I am just a dumb blonde. Like she would say that all the time. - Right. - Because she just thought it was, you know, being American was that. - Yeah. - And she loves, I love Lucy. She loves, like, you know, having fun. My mom is like a, my mom has a little bit of your key energy sometimes. And then also she can be very tough and hard. - Yeah. - And yeah. - Okay, but I wanna talk about your soccer part because, okay, you're getting, how do you get to college with soccer? - Girl, so the other thing too is the pressure of your friends. Like you always wanna look good to your friends and to your family. And so I was like, I need to play college soccer because I've worked so hard at soccer. All my friends know me as a soccer guy. So if I don't play college soccer, that's bad. - Right. - So I emailed every school. I was sending emails. - Do you have recruiters come and see you? - I edited my own videos. I did play in all these tournaments. And then the school in Ohio, John Carroll, and the school in California, occidental. They both wanted me to play there. And they were like, you know, we can figure out some sort of academic scholarship. And then my mom said, you can't go to California because you'll be too far. And I don't know what you will do when you are that far. And if I can't go see you easily, that'll be a problem. So she didn't let me go to California. But she let me go to Ohio. And then right before I went to college, my senior here, my drama teacher asked me to memorize a monologue. - You had never performed before. - No, I learned that John Leguesama monologue that I'm a log from class action. And it was-- - John Leguesama, you still have some really great-- - Mamba mon. - She calls me chocolate eyes. I call her my albino beaver. It was crazy. It was about a Cuban combative boy meeting a white woman at a hotel. - That's right, that's right. - And you're teacher recommended that you do it. Really interesting. So they saw something in you. - He goes, if you do this, I'll get you out of school for like three days. I'll take you to Tampa and you'll compete in this thing. - Wow. - And I went and I won. I was the best monologue, contrasting monologues. 'Cause it was funny 'cause the first one was so sad and very real about a gang member that hit his gun under his bed and his little brother found it and shot himself. And so that's the first monologue. And then I go, he shouldn't have done that. He shouldn't have gone into my room. And then I get up. (laughing) (laughing) - Hello. It is me Ramong, the Cuban combative boy. And then you get into this thing about having sex with an old American woman. - But it goes, it goes to show that people love to laugh. - They love to laugh and you gotta do that one second. - Yeah. - You can't do that the way you're worst. - And so when I did that, I felt like, oh, I like performing. I like being in front of people. That was like the first time I really felt like, this was cool. That was cool, what I did. - You must have when you were younger, been told a lot, like you're funny. You're like a good performer on Marcelo. They must have known that you had this extroverted personality. - In school, they call that excessive talking mischief. - Exactly, that's right. We have a lot of people in here talk about there's just like one or two teachers that said, hey, Ryan Kugler was here and he had a professor like encourage him to write a screenplay. - People that just say like, you should try this thing. I see something in you. - And I get so much joy from taking teachers to SNL. I've taken quite a few teachers to SNL. So this guy, the first guy that taught me how to write a script is this script guy named Bob Nol at my college. And he told me, what's your favorite comedy movie right now? And I go, I love the 40-year-old Virgin. He goes, "I want you to write that movie, but change something about it." And so I wrote the 40-year-old Virgin, but the main character is a woman. - Uh-huh. - And- - Apart for a woman, thank you, Marcel. - You're welcome. Well, I have it. You would be perfect for it. Oh my God, we should make it. And so I brought him to us now and he got to hang out. And then I had a theology teacher who Mr. Franzie is based on that she's like, you know, my body is full of aloe vera because I was burned from my dose until my head. And Angie and I love her. And so I brought her to us now. And then the coolest one was, so my freshman or sophomore year, I took a fundamentals of Shakespearean performance class. - Yeah. - And there was this guy, Bo Smith and his partner, Tom Roche. And they were this lovely gay couple and they were so fun and cool. And they had this class and they'd like, you can perform whatever you want. And then one day everyone's gonna try some Shakespeare. And so people were doing, you know, monologues from famous movies, you know, Wolf of Wall Street or whatever. And then one day he noticed, like, everybody was acting kind of like soft, you know, like they weren't really giving it up for him. And he goes, and he's like, you know, in his late 60s at the time, maybe. And so he goes, well, if you're not gonna show me what I wanna see, then maybe I'll show you myself. And he's in his late 60s and takes off his tie. He puts it down, takes off his necklace, puts it down. And gets up and he goes, I will be performing King Lear. And he just goes, you're like, yeah, he gets on his knees, he starts screaming and, nah, just goes crazy. And everybody's like, oh my God. (laughing) And then it changed us completely. Like everyone started to really give it to him and perform and I, what did you do? I did, oh, I did a bunch of crazy stuff in his class. I did whatever you wanted. And then I started performing my stand-up for him. I would write a little stand-up and do it in his class. And then I took his class again. And then they were let go from the school, the two guys. And it was heartbreaking because I was like, you guys are the greatest. I just wanna see you be good and whatever. And so now all these years later, the college has called me back. And they're like, what do you wanna do? Like, you should do something for the school. And I go, okay, great, let's start a scholarship. So I started a scholarship at my school at the college I went to. And it's for kids that wanna do what I did. And it's called the Bow and Tom Scholarship by Marcel Hernandez. And so now all these scholarship recipients, so far we've had two, they meet with me and Bow. Because Tom has passed. And they meet with me and Bow. And they get to meet Bow and like, he tells them all the stories. And he's a fascinating guy. And I found him in Cleveland, Ohio. And so I have so much love for those teachers. And also the teacher that told me to memorize that monologue. He came to us and now with his wife and his son. I gave him a full tour. So I love the full circle moment. - They must be so old. - Of like, that is priceless. - That's awesome. Have you? - Did you have a teacher? - I had a few. Like a lot of English teachers that told me I was a good writer. Or like, we had a really good drama teacher who like, we've just put on really good productions in our school and stuff. My, I feel like my teachers came a little later when I started improvising doing sketch in Chicago. Like teachers who like basically just like treated me like somebody who could do this as a job, which I never thought I could do. - And you, you never, you founded. - Yeah, okay, but hold on. - Okay, no, no, but founded. - But did you ever do a sketch? - And a cast it, you should. - Did you ever do a sketch? - A founder of a, of a comedic institution. - Does that register to you? - Okay, Marcelo. - Do you know how many opportunities you created by doing that? - Okay, where are you? - Do you know how much you gave back? - We're in college with you now. We're back to college. - Like, 'cause there's so many people that have been good comedic actresses and that have done great shows and have grown. But how many of those people have founded an institution for people to grow and come out of? When are you alumni? - Okay. - Have you to think? - Okay, so listen. - I mean, it's just something to be whole. - Let's go back to Ohio. Did you ever do a sketch, speaking of sketch and improv? Did you ever do it? - God, you're impressive. I mean a fascinating woman. - Marcelo. - Sorry, just I'm, I'm impressed. I apologize. And let me say, your computer's banged up, the phone is all dirty. Like, you should be in a castle. - This is so. - In a castle on a throne with a brand new computer. - You know, I do agree. I do agree. - Give her the new stuff, man. Give her all the new stuff. She's got dance on the computer. I feel like getting into Sebastian. - You are looking at it as a computer. - Looks like it was thrown off a truck. Pick it up, Amy Pond. The phone looks like it has been in the mouth of a toddler. It's sticky. - No. - It's sticky. - Oh my God, Marcelo. - Oh my God, I'm sorry. - Sebastian, we interviewed him and was so fun to do in front of a live audience. - I need to stop doing him because he's so fun to do. I bet you're so good at it. - Also, you've really got his physicality down. - I love it. - And is it true that you did a back handspring when you did him or like a back flip? - It's some crazy stuff. Yeah, I should talk about that. - Okay, but you're in Ohio. - Okay, you quit. You quit soccer. You're like, I gotta do stand up. Was that sad? - Yeah. - But the team must have been bombed. - They were bombed and more disappointed in me for giving up on them. 'Cause I couldn't do both. I was doing a lot of stand up. I won a amateur competition. I got good, I didn't get really good fast, but I got like, okay, very fast. - Yeah. - 'Cause you're a hustler, you know how to do. - Yeah, and I was doing a lot of sets. And then I won an amateur competition, 500 bucks to host at the funny stop comedy club in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. And I go, oh, I'm the real deal. - Yeah. - And then, so I had to quit 'cause I was like, I want to pursue this. I think I could be good at it. - What did your mom think? - She was excited about it. She's like, I think this is what you're supposed to do. She also never understood soccer. She's like, it's too fast and people kick you and I don't want you to be kicked. And my dad was like, you shouldn't quit. I think you could be a good soccer player. My step that was also very supportive. And then when I quit, this is when like, it's this is like a ball's dropping moment, is when I quit, I was crying and I told the coaches I quit. And they were like, great, we get it, you know, obviously we'll miss you on the team, but we're not gonna tell the team. You are gonna go downstairs right now. Clean your face up, do whatever you have to do and then go tell the boys that you're quitting the team. And so I was like, I'm so sorry, guys. I just got a, I wanted to do something under comedy. And I just think you guys are gonna do great and I'm just sorry and I love you guys. And then I just had to shake the hands of like 27 guys. - That's a good game it for those guys. - I had to good game it. And like most of them were like, it's so weird. And then, you know, a couple of them were like, I love you buddy, good luck, whatever. But that also also lit a fire under my butt. - Yeah, and then you just for laughs is what gets you the SNL audition. - Yeah. - Just for laughs is a comedy festival. You go up there, you do really well. You get seen, you get the audition. What is your audition story? Everybody has an SNL audition story. What's yours? - So dude, I've never been so nervous. Like I was hosting at the stand comedy club every almost every night at the time. I was a host. So I wasn't, I realized that you could get way more spots on shows if you just host. - Right. - You could do your standup. And it's tough because you're doing a cold open but you can do standup way more times than you can just do a spot if you say I'll host. So I was like, I'll host everything. And then I get this thing for JFL. I go to JFL, it's my six minute set. If you watch it back, I'm shaking. Like if you just watch it, like focus on my hands and stuff. I am fully like shaking up there for the whole six minutes 'cause I was really, really scared. I had to look myself in the mirror before and be like, you just gotta do this, you gotta do this. And then after that, I got that SNL audition. I go to the audition thing. I do a bunch of jokes about how my mom escaped communism and that I would camp, complain and that, whatever. And then I call my mom after I go, I don't know, 'cause it didn't laugh that hard 'cause it's like UCB and like I think some people there, they don't think cosmic communism is that bad. And so I feel scared that they think I'm like, some right wing nut. And she's like, it's okay Marcello and they understand your message, it's okay. I'm like, whatever. Then I got the call back and then I got the call back and I put headphones in and I listen to always be my baby by Mariah Carey, but by brass tracks. So it's like a lot of sacks. It's so good and I'm blasting it in my ears while I wait 'cause they make you wait and I'll repeat over and over again the same song. - While you're in the dressing room at 30 rap. - Yes and so I'm in there like this, back to the door and then the only thing I hear is at one point I hear and I turn around and a woman has been there for like a few minutes trying to call my attention. Sam Miner who's here. talent on the talent team. And I'm like, ah, okay, sorry. And then someone told me I had to get makeup on. And I was like, I don't think so. And they're like, you should get some makeup on. And then I got some makeup on. And then I went out for the time ever getting makeup on. For sure. And then no one laughed. Somebody coughed. And then my mom called my mom and I'm like, I don't know. No, Toriesley quiet cold room. Yeah, cold room. And then that's it. And then the few weeks later, I got the call that I got the job. And I was like, this is awesome. Where were you when you got the call? Do you remember? Yeah, I was like at my apartment, my friends apartment that I was living in. And I call my mom and then we cried for a bit. And then I was like, I'm gonna make a million dollars. And then it turns out that you don't make that. You're like the first Gen Z cast member technically. Is that true? Do you identify as Gen Z? No, because I'm too close. I'm not far enough removed from the immigrant struggle. Yes. To like truly enjoy my Gen Z life. Because you had this great thing that I saw when I watched the show, which I do quite often. And what do you say? Like millennials only care about money? Yeah, boomers and like care about money. Millennials are like, where's the money? Skip over Gen X. Everybody does. Gen X. Boomers only care about money. Gen X is like, should we only care about money? Millennials are like, where is the money? And Gen Z is like, what is money? Right. And so I am like, you're the where's the money? No, I only care about them. I'm a boomer. I'm a boomer. I see. Because I think Gen Z plus immigrant struggle equals boomer. Yes. I'm a young boomer in many ways. I didn't get to have mental health. Right. Yeah. So that's a boomer vibes. You're right. And my mom is probably a boomer. What's a boomer? No, your mom is Gen X. Your mom is my age. But my mom is a boomer because of the immigrant thing. Well, when you say the immigrant thing, it's like because you're first Gen, you just feel this need to like, you just cannot complain about the same stuff that can't complain. Nothing is real. Everything is just, but what about you? Is Gen Z? Because I think there are a few Gen Z things. I'm really good on the phone. I mean, I can do whatever you need on the phone, except for texting. I can reset everything, except for texting is bad. That's a Gen Z thing. Yeah. Big time. Not answering. There's like a non-judgmental vibe. Sometimes Gen Z that you can feel where they're like, whatever. Do your thing. Yeah. I have some of that. I feel like that. My sister is like definition of Gen Z. She's younger than you. Yeah. But she's an architect. And she's now doing interior design and she's so quiet and so reserved. And then, but also she has her moments with her friends where she like is like fun and talkative. Yeah. But she's like in our house, she's like the quieter one. Yeah. And that's my, that's a theory my mom has that if the first child you have is insane, that the next one will be quiet. She says that. That's probably is true. The other day we went to my friend Lilith's house and her baby is so nice and sweet and quiet. And she goes, that next one is gonna be the soft stuff. And I think it could be real. Do you have, how many do you have? Two, two boys. I met your boys. You did. I met your boys. They were very excited to meet you. Very cute boys, dude. You got some good boys. Well, you know, they're at the age now where they're watching SNL and they want to see people that look like them. They want to see people their age. Right. And they want to like, you know, there's nothing like even if you're on SNL, your kids just don't want to watch like classic old others like, I want to watch people that look like me. That's what SNL is about. Is this feeling that like young people are in charge over there? Your relationship with like Maya and Dratch and now it's so cool and so awesome. Dratch makes me laugh in a way that I can't even explain. And the way that she laughs, her laugh is priceless. It is. It's like magic and the headphones thing. Who's the best laugh? I know the headphones. It's like, I can't. It was so good. She's like, I can't. I can't feed her love. I owe Dratch so much money for that. She's so funny. Domingo is a huge hit. Like congrats on having a recurring. Like you need something sometimes. I had nothing to do with that. God gave me that. God and Kira O'Sullivan and Jimmy wrote it, right? And they're Kira O'Sullivan and Jimmy Fowley. Great writers like at SNL. Like so important to that show. Yeah. Right. So many monologues. Right. So many pieces. And and why do you think is it? Why do you think that sketch just took off? I mean, is it just the bad singing? Yeah. What is it that makes that so delicious? That sketch. I think Ariana Grande is so good. Yeah. We watch like watching her at a table is mind. It's mind blowing. Yeah. She sings so crazy. And then her doing it bad. Mm hmm. It's so hard. Yeah. To like sing bad. Yeah. On purpose. Yeah. And she does it so good. It's so funny. So that that gets you through the first part of the sketch. Yeah. And like the girls were so funny Heidi and go and all them coming in after so funny and Sarah and everybody. And then and then at the end, they're talking about this guy the whole time. And you're like, all right, well, now there has to be a reveal. And then I come out like in a little go T and like a version of my hair. And then I sing what I still feel is a very catchy tune. Yeah. Of just. Of just. Duh. Duh. Duh. Duh. Duh. Duh. Duh. Duh. Duh. Duh. Duh. And then I think that's what happened. It's exactly. It's not just a catchy tune. It's a very popular pop song. It's huge. One of the biggest pop songs of the of the of our time. So the time that we are in could argue. Yeah. And so I think that it was just a perfect storm. And then I think it's very snl for the audience to reward the guy that did the least in the sketch. It's called that did nothing pretty much came in for three seconds. And that's the thing. But I'm just going to I'm going to praise you for a little bit because. Praise for. Yeah. Ready. Get ready. Marcella because that that is a perfect example. That is a perfect example of you enter that sketch having fun. Like you're enjoying it. Like we're enjoying it. And you're like ease and coming into it. And you do this with most of the stuff that you do. Like you don't let us forget when you're performing. Like can you believe we're all watching this? This is like comedy. Like how do we all get here? How did you get the audience? How did I get? Like it's very, very infectious. Like I always say like I always want people to seem relaxed. I don't really care if they have the best jokes or if they're the funniest. I just want them to seem like they're having a good time in their relax and I can. Nothing makes me more stressed than when I can feel like the mirror neurons of like someone else's stress. Yeah. I feel that. And you always do that on the show. You like you act like you've always been there. Like everything is super fun. Yeah. And that's the power of fear. Interesting. That's the power of fear. What do you mean? How do you think you're so scared? Probably you're just so scared of it going wrong that you're like if it goes wrong, I'm going to go wrong swinging to the rafters. Right. So like I just go absolutely insane. My biggest note at dress is calm down. Yeah. Because there's some stuff you guys haven't seen where I really lose it out there. Yeah. Not like in a bad way. But like you push it. Oh yeah, there was a thing about there was a thing that we did that it came out on the show about with Coleman Domingo where he's a teacher. Yeah. And he's like nothing matters. Come up with a number. And I'm like 11 11 T for and then and then he's like and who would be who would be a you know a number bigger than flat or whatever the question was. And then I get up and I go. Yeah. Yeah. And I got it. Did it so big that all the writers were like just just please just stop. And that's a note that's chased me my whole life since kindergarten. But that is my favorite kind of note, though, because the opposite is way worse. Yeah. Right. Well, I can't do the opposite. I can't. Um, you have done so many funny things on the show. Your stuff with bad bunny has been so funny and painful. So much good stuff. And who was your bad bunny? Who was the guy the person that came to the show that you will get to me in a second. Okay. How long are we going to be here? Let's do like four hours. But do you feel like you're funnier? And that's what's up. That's a timer up there. And that says how long we've been going over an hour. Yes. So I have so many more questions. I want to hang out. I'm not leaving. How about that? What will you do? Turn the cameras off? Okay. But bad bunny. Wait. Do you think you're funnier? And do you think do you think you're funnier in Spanish? Yeah. Okay. Do you think in Spanish? I'm fast in Spanish. Fast in Spanish. And you write in Spanish? Um, sometimes. Yeah. So I've been doing stand-up in Spanish. I've been doing a little touring in Spanish. That's cool. That's cool. And it is so fun. Yeah. My family, my girlfriend, my, my dad, they think that I'm better in Spanish, which is offensive. What do you think is the difference? Why just the facility of the language? I guess I think Spanish comedy is interesting because it's developing. There's so many good young comedians that are doing it in Spanish. Angelo Colinas, one that travels with me or has done, you know, shows with me. Laura Bolívar has done a bunch of shows with me here, Santiago Pinoza, Pedro González, and Sofia, Sofia Rivera, who's a ninja de Rivera, who's a Mexican stand-up, who really was like a, like, she's a titan of stand-up in Mexico, and she's a woman, and she's, like, broken a lot of barriers because she was the best and the biggest. And is, and I find that the reason that those stand-ups, like her, worked so well, so early on, is because stand-up in Spanish for years, like Álvaro Esguérez, and legendary, like, Latino comedians in Spanish, in Dominican Republic, we had, like, Borúga and Ho Chi, and there's a bunch, and they did, like, long stories with a big punchline, or there, it was political, it was, like, SNL, where you dress up, like, a political guy, and you go, blah, blah, blah, blah, and then people go crazy. And so, when you do an American style of stand-up- - like observation- - punchy, observation of stuff, I think the audience is, it's a refreshing feeling. - Yeah, yeah. - And so I feel that when I'm, like, doing a Spanish set with all Hispanic people, and we're all laughing, and especially today when Latinos are going through a lot, and we just get to be in a room and scream in Spanish, it feels very powerful. - Yeah, Pedro, and I'm going to say Marcelo, like, in general, the cast right now on the show is, like, really putting the variety in variety show. Like, everybody's very, very different, and there's a vibe that's, like, everybody's kind of bringing the stuff that they can bring. And watching you guys do that, it was very, very exciting. Because the show, you, you know, it needs to feel like it's a reflection of the time. - Yeah. - And that is, like, and there's- - Latinos are having a moment. - There. - We're having a moment. Let us have a moment. - Do you ever have an SNL's trust stream? - Have you had any? Do you have a recurring trust stream? What is it? - It's not getting to the thing. Like, not getting to the floor, but it's too far. - What's mine? - You're too far too late. - Too far too late. - Yeah. - Running down the stairs. - Have you almost ever- - Did you ever ever miss one? - No, I've never missed a- have you? - No, but I almost did once. - Yeah, missing a cue. - Yeah, like, no, like, I was in the beginning of the sketch, and I was almost not out there. - Oh. - Yeah. And Jenna's like, you know, screaming. - And she's in Marcelo. - And I'm coming from a place where she can't see me, so it was even more nerve-wracking, because I was there, and she didn't know yet. She was looking for me. - This is on the live show. - Whether it was live or dress, I think it doesn't need to be here. - I definitely have been, I've gone out into a scene with the wrong wig, where I've been the wrong character. And then when I've come out, and I've been dressed a certain way, and then I was like, and then I looked up, and I was wearing the wrong wig, and we had to like, switch it in like five seconds. - Oh my god. - So exciting. But those are the kind of things that like, but yeah, your dream is that you don't make it. - Yeah. - Oh, and I wanted to tell you that. - Yeah. - I've been hanging out with Jodie so much. - Oh, Jodie McEuseau, who runs the hair department at SNL, whose voice is an inspiration for Bronx beat. - Sweat-a-weather. - Sweat-a-weather. - And so just getting to like, she cuts my hair. She's the only person my mom lets to cut my hair. - Hold on. - Yeah. - Your mom is in charge of who cuts your hair. Did she used to cut your hair? - No. She's always taking me to the person that does it. - Okay, okay. - And then Jodie has done it very well, so she's like, Jodie can do it from now on. But hearing her so much has like, like, I've been at SNL long enough where if you guys didn't do her voice on the show, somebody would have, because you're with her enough that you're like, oh, this is just, she's exactly that person. - She is. - So you're telling me, it's so good. It's so, so good. - Okay. So speaking of the people that you work with, who love you, and one of them is Sarah Sherman, and that is who we talk to. And she said you would be buffed. - No. - She was like, he wants Kevin Hart. He wants us to talk to, you know, other people, but you got me, and we got her, and we love her here. And she loves you whether you believe it or not. And her first, she had a couple questions for you. First of all, she spoke so well about you. Really? - Yes. - That's the kind of person she is. - Yeah, she just talks great behind your back. - Yeah, and to your face. - And to my face, it's fine. - Well, and to your face, she said, yeah, because her first question was like, what's your fucking deal, dude? - Really? That's your first question. - What's your fucking deal? - First of all, what's, I'll tell you what my deal is. My deal is, I'll tell you what my deal is, because I know this is not just coming from her. This is a big question. There's some new cast members that feel this. They go, what's your fucking deal? And I'll tell you what my deal is. My deal is that I was not given the opportunity to be soft in my house. - Nice to meet you. - You're mean to me. My whole life, my family. I was short. My nickname in the house was Bulga, which means flea. That's my name in my house. I'm short. So they call me Dwarf in my house. And Anno means Dwarf. That was my name in my house. Okay? So if you are a little girl that wears rainbow clothes, that's your name. That's who you are. I call people, I say it like I see it. So, you know, Tommy Brennan is a good looking kid. I say that he's good looking and that me might be dumb, because that's what he looks like. You say it. - That's a love language. - My love language and a lot of people, they misinterpret it, because I can, some people can't think it's mean, but I don't think that. I think that's how my family talked to me. - Genzy love short. I just want you to know. Genzy love guys. - Yes, but why? Right? Why? That's the question. - Because they love short kids. - I don't care what you want to say to us, short king. Like I need that. I taught myself to be self, to have self esteem, because you wouldn't give it to me. - Okay. - Women in their bio talk about, must be six feet to ride this roller coaster. You're right. You're right. They don't deserve you. - They don't deserve me now. - No, I'm supposed to say thank you. Oh, thank you. Please. - Okay. And Sarah's second question. Why are you not answering my texts? We already talked about that. - Sarah's just a complainer, right? And so, and sometimes I can, sometimes I do have a bandwidth, but right now I'm too busy, too busy to bandwidth. But I will say this about Sarah. I watch her on podcasts. When I'm like bored, I'll watch Sarah on a podcast. Sarah has jokes per minute. Sarah's always trying to do a joke. - You guys both are very, yeah, she has so many, you guys are both really quick. - She's quick. I like her. - She's so quick. And then she sweetly, her third question was like, basically like, you have written so many great jokes. You have really well written jokes. You're a physical person. You have a ton of charisma. You know how to work a room. It's not a crime for me, but you have really, really good left that take this compliment in. And you have really, really good jokes. And you are very, very good writer. And she wants to know, like, how do you see yourself as a writer? Like, do you see yourself as a writer? And can you accept that you're a good one? - I don't know. But you're not going to answer this question. I don't know. I'm just like, I don't feel like I'm a great writer. I'm probably going to take a sketch writing class this summer because of that fear of like, because also I just watched like, because Sarah, a lot of the people at the show, they'd know sketch. And I came so hard from stand-up that I don't know sketch that well. And watching people like Mikey and Streeter and Colin and Bowen. - And know how to like, structure and hate you. - And you, like, all of the stuff you've done and Maya and all, like, so many people that have come from, that came from sketch to the show that are so actually Padilla is such a great sketch writer. And I'm like, athletically jealous of like that ability. And I think that she's right. Like, I can write jokes, but the format and the character reveal. And all that stuff is stuff that if it wasn't for Jake Nordwinden, Mike DeCenzo, who have been like, really with me a lot. And Asha Ward is like, I would not be, I wouldn't get anything on because I'm just jokes. And so I'm learning, I'm trying to learn more and more of like what that thing is. - But I think that's really cool. Like Sarah was on here. She's now going in her 50 year. And she was like, - So I'm going in my fourth year. - Yeah, you're a year behind her. And it's like, that's when you start up being like, should I practice my backhand? Like, what's the thing? Like, like, I've got on, I've got some stuff on. People know who I am. I'm like playing in my strengths. Now I'm playing with good people. Now I know how this place works. And then you can start up being like, all right, can I start trying some stuff that like, maybe I don't necessarily go too automatically. But like, it's cool. It's a cool trajectory of being on that show. And being an artist, basically. That's what a good artist does is they keep trying new things, seeing what works like learning from good people, getting better. That's what they do. - Yeah. And what, like, you did the show. - Look, he just, he's now he's talking about me. - Of course. Well, what, what am I supposed to do? What am I to do? What is the, what type of psychotic person sits with Amy Polar and goes, let's talk about me. You have to be who? Denzel, like, - Denzel, if you're watching I love to have you. Yes, Denzel should come by. He would kill this. Oh my God. So because you did the show, right? And this is something by the way that I have to ask you in person because I've been petrified to text you after our debacle. So you did the show. You had this, you know, obviously incredible transition into TV and you've done so many funny parts and roles and you've written and you've done it all. What like advice do you have for someone that like me or like Sarah or like or like, you know, Ashley or even Bo and that just left the show and so many people that looked up to you and I've seen you as like a beacon of like that is a funny lady that has worked hard and is successful. What do you say to us? Let me ask you one question. The after the show, do you want to do more, is the hope to do more like written stuff, more film or TV and stuff like that? Yeah, that I would say my advice if that was what you would want to do is two things is like don't take anyone else's advice. Don't listen to anybody. I know because you always the person you really want advice from that says something like well, you only know you only know what's right for you. It's like and I would say enjoy where you are as best you can when you're there. I just think that simple idea of enjoying where you are and not, I mean, I don't always take this advice either, but this idea of like if I get here then I'll get here and if I get here then I'll get here and it's like and we can do that our whole lives. We can always be like this is good. This is great, but like I want more sketches or now okay I've been on for seven years now I want to like it just never ends the dissatisfaction of our job and that's motivating and that's good, but I would say I think the real win is being actually where you are in life and trying as best you can to enjoy it. It's like the hardest thing in the world to do, but the few times I've done it my whole life has changed. And what do you do when you're like what is an example of you enjoying like being like actually well from the way it looks like for me. I bet it looks similar for you is that I'm actually like looking around and laughing with the people I get to be with and not like the way worrying. Yes, just like being in being in my body in real in real space in time. I know it sounds esoteric, but as far as career advice who fucking knows like in five years we may have to do fucking comedy on the moon and TV will be on your phone and books will be a snack that you eat and like we don't like who knows what's going to be in the how we're going to make. I mean I'm doing a podcast. I know. So like what you know if you told me I didn't even know what podcasts were. I know and by the way it's one of the best ones award-winning crazy. So as far as career who knows. Yeah, whatever. Thank you. Okay, it's not very much advice. No it was it was I'm going to live in the moment and enjoy the moment. Yeah, enjoy it. Yeah, because like life is a dream and we're all going to die, you know, um, you played a game here with Fred. Yes, what came do you play? I want to play it with you. Okay, which game was it? It's a game where you tell someone to pretend they're experts. Let's play about something. Yes, and I'm going to I watched Fred and I loved his so much and he did a lot of stuff that I liked that I might incorporate into my because it's so good, but maybe you go first. Okay, I'll go first. I tell you to remind people that didn't listen to the Fred Arms in episode. Fred and I we it's a great game where we play where well I don't know if we play but we just I made him. They go, no, no, no, big red no where you get a subject and you have to talk for a minute as if you were an expert. I have my phone uses that and it's it's from 2004. Here we go. Okay. Okay, so you have to try and you have to re try to be convincing. You have to be you can't be like jokie. You have to be like you're giving a talk on this thing. Okay, I tell you yours. Okay. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. Okay. You are an expert on corn. Okay. Three, two, one, go. Before you start talking about the individual varieties of corn, you really have to understand what corn means to America. And what corn means to America is a sense of community it means that we as a nation are coming together to create a crop that means we will be okay. Corn represents safety and security. And so the varieties of which I'll talk about all of them today. Of course. They in many ways represent our relationship to corn in general. How we've gotten to know it. How we've gotten to grow it. Right. And and how we use that incredible crop which has sustained our forefathers. Right. How we've used it to find out about ourselves. Right. So let's get started first with you got so good. I mean, I don't know. That's really good. I felt like I was all a kernel. Okay. Now you go. We're all we're all kernels. Okay. Okay. You are an expert on the invention of penicillin. Okay. Count me down. Here we go. So penicillin in many ways is a reaction. Right. penicillin is a reaction to the effects of the penicillin before penicillin alcohol. Right. For many years alcohol was penicillin. But what's the deal with alcohol? Right. You drink it. You drink it. You drink it. You numb yourself in the pain, but there's an emotional experience. The beauty of penicillin is that it gives you all of the benefits of alcohol without the hangover and the emotional moments. You know, and a lot of people don't know this, but in 1879, Jeffrey L. Cillin. Oh, he goes, he goes, what are we going to do? Right. He figures this out. And then he goes, how do we get it in people? Something like a pen. And that's actually penicillin was backwards also the creation of the syringe. Whoa. I did not know that. And that's a minute and 15. You had me until you said, and he goes, Jeffrey L. Cillin. And he goes, what are we going to do? I think I bet I was at a minute before that. But wow, Corn, you were very good with Corn. Thank you for penicillin. You knew science was not my thing. I went to summer school for chemistry. As well. And I failed. What are we going to do? And that's the big one of the biggest questions in science is when Jeffrey, that is one of the biggest questions in science. Whenever something is an obstacle has arrived, every major scientist in history has said, what are we going to do? And so that's, you know, and I'll tell you what we're going to do here today. Wrap this up. A lot of people in the comments here live are saying, keep going. See in the comments. Hey, chat. I know, guys, I want to stay. Let the record show. It's like a lot. Oh my god. A super chat. 500 bucks. 500 bucks if I stay. Thank you. Lizard King 45. Thank you, buddy. And then what are you watching right now listening to? Who makes you laugh? Marcello. We have. Not a lot. That's a fact. Just need one. One thing I'm watching. Okay. What are you liking watching? Listening. You listen to, I know you're a bit of a culture of all try. I can tell. I do. I do love listening to you. I listen to you in shorts. Yeah. I watch your phone. I know. I understand. To have a laugh. To have a laugh is, it's tough. I know. I try to stay like I almost try to like keep. I know it. Yes. It's hard. That's why I ask because I'm like, I want to watch more comedy. I watch a lot of dark stuff. And I need to like, is there a video? Is there a video that you play that you love? There's one. This is kind of. It's just on your phone. Yeah, it's only for me. I can look it up on my laptop too. To play it. No, we don't have that capacity. Okay. I recently watched this video of a guy who can cry on command. And he's talking about how his. Is this on TikTok? Yeah. I'll show you. It's really crazy. And he's just crying because his tire is flat. And it's like really intense. And I laughed so hard. I left this fucking school and it's great. I'm a tire game, this fucking Monday, and I'm dealing with these problems. - Marcello, we-- - We gotta go. I know, it sucks. It's like when you go to your aunt's house, and you're like, you're my aunt, and I love you, and I like to be at your house, and then you go, I know, but I have a life as well. And you go, okay, I get it. Hand me back to where I came from. - But I love visiting my nephew. I love when he brings me flowers. - I did bring you flowers. - They're big, too. - They're absolutely gorgeous. - Thank you. - They're really are gorgeous. - Thank you so much. - Thank you, Marcello, you're the first person to ever bring me flowers on this show. - Is that true? And I want that to go down in history. - Sure. - Thank you to Amy Poehler. I'm so inspired by you. I'm serious. You have to do it to people all day long. It's almost like what you do at this podcast, and I think it's ridiculous to give people compliments 'cause it sucks and it's weird, and it hurts. It makes me feel weird when I get a compliment. - I know this. - So I like to attack with it. - I know this. - You don't like it either. Miss, I found it and used the two. Yes, you deserve it. You are powerful. You are smart. You have a good family. You have created a world for yourself. You did podcasting for a week and then got awards. You are insane. You're so funny. At SNL, you are an example of how it's supposed to be. And so many comedians in the world have you to think for the platform you gave them. And I'll tell you, yeah, okay. And I just want to say a couple more things. And Amy Bollard, the longevity of what you've done. To start where you started and then get to here from SNL, they go, okay, she did SNL. No, no, no. What? Now what? Martin Rack. You're a savage. I'm Martin Rack. Dying of laughter. Dying of laughter. - Thank you. - You create stars. You create stars. Think about the people on that show with you. It's Nick Offerman, it's Aubrey Plaza, and you're with them and you're playing back and forth and the people are laughing. People don't turn it off. Don't touch it. We've cut the feed. You did? We've cut the feed for a long ago. Don't look at the clock. The clock. Right, blinking red, a woman just wrote WTF. And I say a woman because it's just this is what's here. I have a button under my desk and I just press it. It's a security button. It's going to come in, aren't they? And you know what? I want to drag me out of here. You should be on every moment. I'm actually getting mad. You're getting mad. You're getting mad. Okay. Here am I now. Okay. Okay. Thank you. I want to say a shout out, quick shout out to my mom, to all the Latinos out there, keep grindin' baby. We are not going anywhere. We do need to do it. And you know what I mean? To my sister, my dad, my stepdad, all the men in my life. My uncle Bebedo, the rest in peace, I loved you, and I still love you. You're really making me feel like I'm the first one to come on your own. And my girlfriend is beautiful, and thank you guys, man, wow. Thank you. Thank you. And you guys got to get this woman in front. Thank you so much, Marcello. That was so fun and wild ride, and thank you for the flowers and so many hard laughs. And you know, leave it to Marcello to introduce me to a woman in comedy that I've never heard of. And as Polar Plunge, I'm excited to dig deep into the work of Sophia Nino de Rivera, who is an actress and stand up, Born in Mexico City, and who performs in English and in Spanish, and who is really, really funny. So check her stuff out. And thank you, Marcello, for introducing me and all of us to a whole other world of great people to laugh at and laugh with. Thanks for checking out this episode of Good Hang, and we'll see you soon, bye. You've been listening to Good Hang. The executive producers for this show are Bill Simmons, Jenna Weissberman, and me, Amy Polar. The show is produced by the ringer and paperkite. For the ringer, production by Jack Wilson, Kat Spalain, Kaya McMullen, Alia Zeneres, Bridget Gearlings, Paige Garberini, Bell Roman, and Drew Van Steenburgen. For Paperkite, production by Sam Green, Joel Lovell, and Jenna Weissberman. Original Music by Amy Miles.