Sep 30, 2025 · 1:02:57

Kristen Wiig on Good Hang with Amy Poehler

with KW Kristen Wiig

The Hang, in Short

Bill Hader opens the episode with a perfect Kristen Wiig origin story. Three weeks into his SNL run, he invited the newbie to write a Vincent Price sketch. She casually offered to play Judy Garland, then delivered this haunting improvised line: "Maybe like you ever get the feeling that your hands are made out of sand." Bill immediately knew he was dealing with someone operating on another level. Amy and Bill geek out over Kristen's fully formed confidence from day one, her effortless range (Penelope! That Italian guy!), and how she made sketch comedy look fun without being disposable. The throughline? Kristen never questioned her weird ideas. Pepperoni nipples, whatever. Bill's daughter also scared the hell out of him by texting a photo from under his bed, which tracks. They also preview Amy's upcoming chat about Gabby's Dollhouse, Palm Royale, and why she needs to watch Real Housewives of Salt Lake City immediately.

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    Hello everyone. Welcome to another

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    episode of Good Hang. Oh, this is a good

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    one. We have comedy legend Kristen Wig.

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    You may know Kristen from SNL, from

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    Bridesmaids, from Barb and Star, from

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    Palm Royale. Um, but we're going to talk

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    about a lot of stuff today. We're going

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    to talk about working together uh on a

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    show at the same time. We're going to

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    talk about Carol Brunette and how much

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    we love Carol and everything she does.

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    We're going to talk about um The Real

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    Housewives of Salt Lake City and why I

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    should start watching it immediately.

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    And we're going to talk about her new

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    movie, Gabby's Dollhouse. So, that's out

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    and we're going to get into all of that

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    good stuff. But, we always like to start

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    our shows with someone that knows our

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    guest and can speak well of our guest

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    behind their back and can give me a

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    question to ask our guests. And we have

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    another celeb, I mean, another comedy

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    great, another former SNL cast member.

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    um who uh I had the privilege to share

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