Transcript: Marcello Hernández on Good Hang with Amy Poehler

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 standup. He's a real charm

machine. And we love Marcelo. We have so

much fun in this interview. We're going

to we're going to talk about so many

things today. We're going to talk about

soccer. We're going to talk about summer

school. We're going to talk about uh the

fact that his mom decides who cuts his

hair. We're gonna talk about um 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, um we're

going to 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 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 [clears throat] we're going

to get her on Zoom and see um see what

she thinks I should ask him. Look. Wow,

some interesting Photoshop.

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What do you say?

All I ever wanted was a really good

[music and singing]

[laughter]

wow. For people that are listening and

not watching, Sarah just popped up on

her Zoom with a Marcelo screen saver.

She's in between two gorgeous pictures

of him.

>> Sup lady, we buy you a drink.

>> Look at that punum. as 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, kill himself if

[laughter] 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. [laughter] Thank you. I do go

into getting a haircut and I say, "Do

your worst.

>> [laughter]

>> So, I'm glad it comes out good.

[gasps]

>> Sherman, it is really good to see you.

And

>> I miss you guys.

>> We We [laughter] miss you. We our time

together on the pod was so fun. We still

talk about it, but Marcelo is probably

the the um cast member I feel like I

kind of know the least about. And um

tell me when you when you guys first

met. How how you were already at the

show.

>> I met him on the show. This [ __ ] brat

shows up. He is going to be so [ __ ]

mad that you guys got me for this. He's

going to be like could have gotten Kevin

Hart, Sebastian Moscalo, Adam Sandler,

and you got [ __ ] Sarah. Our

[laughter]

relationship started cuz I'd be up all

night on writing night like riding like

a maniac and he would be like, "Chill,

dude. Relax. You're good, man." Cuz I

feel like I'm a very I'm like a homework

girl.

>> Yeah.

>> And you know, having someone reflect

that back. Having like a fun guy.

>> Yeah.

>> With 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. He is.

He's always having fun. Like writing

night at 3:00 a.m. He's him and Cam

Patterson will be like doing like back

flips. They'll put like all the chairs

in on 17 together in like a big tower on

top of like the writing table and like

do like back flips over them. But he's

really um he's very menchy. Like he's

very, you know, like he's he's really

tight with his mom, you know? You know,

he's like such a good guy because of how

like well he takes care of his like

family and like, you know, uh the little

brother energy is like cuz he cares.

Like he'll call me like on a Wednesday

at 8:00 p.m. like during a hiatus when

we're like, you know, I'm not I'm like

lying on my couch like rotting and he'll

be like, "All right, bro. What What

clubs are you doing tonight? Like you

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 cellar. What? Put your avails

in. Do 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 activate.

>> Do standups do that for each other where

they kind of like encourage each other

to keep getting up and trying new stuff.

>> Marcelo does. I feel like most standups

are such [ __ ] blood suckers that they

like hope nobody else is getting up.

>> Totally.

>> So they can hog all the stage time. I

want to talk to him about the fact like

he was a really good soccer player like

really cares about sports like has a

good connection with a lot of like is

hosting the Aspies all this stuff like

is a is like a jock.

>> He's a jock be in a way where um I think

I can't believe I'm going to be

complimenting him so much. [laughter]

I'll get you. He um he's a 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 his like

physicality like

is unbelievable

he did he did a Sebastian Maniscalo

sketch where

Sebastian is like a lawyer. He does like

a backflip in it. [laughter] He does

like a back handspring like a Russian

teenage gymnast. [laughter]

He's He did a back flip in like a Jack

Black sketch, too. He's like He's

physically unbelievable and like light

on his feet and like doing back flips,

you know?

>> So many back flips.

>> I can't explain it. Like that's what he

does. 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 p.m. He's

like, "I'm wearing Thai food. You want

anything?" And I joked like, "Yeah, give

me a Beats pill." And he got me one.

>> What's a Beats pill?

>> A little speaker. [laughter]

He's just like he's he's just generous

like that.

>> [laughter]

>> It was like four minutes ago he was

giving me a wedgie and now I have like a

$300 speaker in my office [laughter]

when I was kidding by the way.

>> Okay. What um what question do you think

I should ask Marcelo today?

>> I have like three questions.

>> Okay, great.

>> Okay. One, what's your [ __ ] deal,

dude? Two. Oh, are you going to stay not

answering my text?

>> Look at your phone, Marcelo. Um

>> I have experience with that. Marcelo is

really bad at texting

>> cuz he's well I have his location on so

I'll be like why isn't he [ __ ]

texting me back and then I'll look at

his location and he's doing like a

children's fundraiser in Costa Rica

[laughter] and I'm like

>> okay

>> respect

>> respect

>> respect um and I always know where he is

at all times so he can never betray me.

Um my my question is he is he's a very

um inherently social person and gets

like um he gets very energized by other

people. He's all like he literally kind

of like can't be alone for more than 5

seconds which is why he's so fun. Um but

legit he's an amazing joke writer and

he's extremely productive and prolific.

Like he just put out an hour of standup.

He already has another. He's constantly

touring and I just like don't understand

when and where he has the time to do

that.

>> Mhm.

>> 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

cuz also he might I have a feeling cuz

I've asked him this before

>> and I think he was just like shut up,

you know, whatever. But it is like a

serious question because I have a

feeling he writes a lot on stage because

he's so like physical and like 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 like when someone's doing

physical stuff, it's like a vibe and if

you read it on a page, it wouldn't

really feel like a like a crafted joke.

But you're saying he can do both. He has

legit well-written jokes, you know, and

he always kind of makes this joke like

at SNL, you know, he's like, you know,

me like, you know, I'm like a bad sketch

writer or whatever cuz [clears throat]

you know, you just get into like a way

at SNL where you're like, you've decided

you've called yourself something.

>> Totally.

>> Like, you know,

>> totally

>> when you did therapy on me like crazy

when I was like, I'm not a good actor or

performer, you know, whatever. But 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 hilar like he is a really

good writer and all of his standup 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 this question because it 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 do we actually what

would we dare to say we're good at?

Basically,

>> right?

>> That's good. Yeah. Come to think of it,

I did ask a good question, didn't

[laughter] I?

Now the the the Gen Xer in me wants to

know how did you get his face in the

Zoom screen and how do you do that?

>> Listen, I'm I'm a professional and I'm

also a magician as well. So magician

never reveals the secrets that she does

really well.

>> Sheremy, 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

going to be so happy.

>> Are you guys seeing him now? Yeah, he's

coming in in like um he'll be here in

like a half an hour.

>> Don't up yours. [laughter]

>> Thank you so much for doing it. Okay,

love you too. Talk to you soon. Bye

>> bye.

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>> Wow. Marcelo is here and he has a

gorgeous

[laughter]

>> Do you have um

>> gorgeous flowers?

>> You have like a a huge [laughter] vase.

>> Marcel,

>> I can maybe put it in here.

These are for you. [laughter]

They remind me of you.

>> Sunflowers.

>> Yeah, you brighten so many people's

life.

>> Wow.

>> And um I think I um it's the least I can

do.

>> Well, let's get started. Why is Marcela

bringing me flowers? Why do you feel the

need to bring me such Thank you for

these flowers?

>> Of course. Of course. I'm sensing the

weird energy. [laughter]

>> Like you're not so happy about the

flowers or

>> so happy. But I feel

>> Put them on the floor. [laughter]

>> I feel like this is some kind of Mia

culpa. What's happening?

>> No. No. Mia Mia Mia happy. Mia

[laughter]

Mia grateful to be here with you. Um and

and so many people they give people's

they give people their flowers. You know

what I mean? Like

>> you're giving you literally

>> they're beautiful. You came in very shy.

>> I know. [laughter] Dude, it's so good to

see you. And yes, I do have a miaaka if

people are wondering.

>> Do you?

>> I do with you. Yes. What is it?

>> Cuz you texted me and I didn't answer.

[laughter]

I took too long.

>> What did I text you about?

>> I don't even want to 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 I'm working. Yeah,

>> I'm doing the work and um I'm big on a

>> Wait, did you just fly?

>> Not a fly. No, [laughter] I did not kill

an animal. It was a It was a flurry.

Something

>> like a fuzzy.

>> Yeah, fuzzy. Yes. Um but um No, it's

it's um I It's so bad. And um

>> does it bother you to be a bad texter?

Do you actually care?

>> I care a lot. You do?

>> Especially when like especially when

it's somebody like you that I'm like, I

can't believe I you texted me. Like I I

remember I think about it often of like

you worked your whole life [laughter]

to get to a place where and Amy Polar

could or would text you and then you

have the balls.

>> Ghosted. ghosted

>> the the the gonads to go sorry I didn't

see who are you a friend from college

[laughter] sorry I didn't see this in

your

>> response months LATER WAS LIKE OH

[screaming]

I WAS SO [laughter] tired it was

something like 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 bike

>> Wait you rode here

>> I rode here on a bike it saved me 9

minutes on the commute.

>> And people should know it's very hot out

today.

>> With the flowers, [laughter]

one hand, I risked my life. That's a

lie. But

>> wow, thank you for that.

>> I sent them in a car. I didn't want to

get them in trouble.

>> Flowers.

>> Yeah. Shout out to my assistant, buddy.

>> You made your assistant. She was in the

car. Assistant ride a bike.

>> She's in No, she's in the car.

[laughter] She's in the car with the

flowers.

>> When you're riding a bike in New York

City, do you have people be like, "Hey."

They recognize you.

>> I like that. That's my favorite type of

interaction. [laughter] Hey. Hey,

>> Marcelo. Yes,

>> you can ride away.

>> Yeah,

>> Marcelo, there's so many good things

happening for you. First of all,

congratulations on being like almost a a

vet at SN. Like

>> I know

>> like you now you know like you're in

that sweet spot.

>> Oh god.

>> Right. Where you know how it works.

>> Like you you're not terrified anymore.

There's people that are newer than you.

Like it's a nice nice place to be in.

>> Yeah. It's also Yeah. I'm not so

confused anymore. I know the schedules

and stuff.

>> Yeah.

>> A weird place to work and it has its own

set of rules and like now you kind of

know it and like people know you and

they're like

>> this is so surreal to be talking to you

like this. It is crazy. You have to

understand it.

>> I know that for you. You're like I'm

just Amy, but you're not.

>> Well, you

>> you are a you are a force of nature,

dude. I was watching all of your uh

every award show that Amy, Dude, you are

you you you're so funny. You had a guy

massaging you. You had then you kissed

him. Uh [laughter]

>> that guy was Bono.

>> Yeah, Bono. Bono's massaging her and

kissing. I'm very Hispanic. And then um

you [laughter] you you had the thing

with George Clooney where you're like

flirting with him. Oh man, [laughter] so

freaking good. The hoodie, the great one

of the great gifs.

>> Oh my god. Is that how we say? Cuz I

never know.

>> GIF. GIF. Doesn't matter.

>> Great. Okay. Well, this leads me into my

first question.

>> Okay, great.

>> Because what I got from your special so

funny.

>> You crammed it yesterday.

>> I crammed it.

>> Loved it.

>> Thank you.

>> You are like a product of like a

matriarchy. You have grown up around

women's sisters. Your mother's a huge

part of your life and your comedy.

>> Oh, yeah. I don't know what it is. I

think it's um the um the hang with the

boys is so funny. I laugh so much with

my boys, but like a hang with women is

just so um it's funny, but it's also

like mentally challenging.

>> Well, yeah. I mean, emotional. You're

learning about yourself.

>> I have a lot of lesbian friends, too,

that I that I really connect with.

>> Yes. They like like

>> cuz I'm a lesbian in many ways.

>> Say more. What do you

>> You know what I mean? Cuz I grew up

around women so I'm kind of a woman in

some ways. I get jealous. I get petty.

[laughter]

>> I do. I get jealous and petty.

>> Yeah. Yeah,

>> my girlfriend has to deal with that. I

do. I get weird. I go, I didn't like

that. [laughter]

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. [laughter]

And I hope that

>> in the future

>> 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.

>> That's really good communicating. By the

way,

>> my mom has really trained me.

>> Have you ever been to therapy? Um, a

little bit. I' I've experimented.

>> Okay.

>> Sports psychology. I like

>> Oh, yeah. I want to talk about that

because you are a big You're a jock.

>> I'm a jock. Yeah.

>> And you know, I can tell from the way

that you like you love a team.

>> Oh, yeah.

>> And like that is the thing I have to say

like when in in figuring out like what

to talk to you about today, like I 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 because like, okay, I got the

job now. Like, 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 cuz 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 like in a

in [laughter] like in a very like a

positive way. I work very hard in my

life, but I don't like to work. 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 a foot injury. I 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.

>> You're there in a couple minutes. Now,

people are scooting up and down the

halls. That's fun.

>> That's fun. You know what I mean?

>> God, I love that.

>> Sometimes 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 uh did a version of

seal many many years before you is Jimmy

Fallon.

>> Of course.

>> That's my kind of guy.

>> That's my kind of guy.

>> He is. The other thing that I love about

not working or like trying not to work

is uh this is like maybe this is a sick

thing for me but um

>> looking in the eyes of someone who's

trying to work [laughter]

>> who you are not letting to work the

frustration

>> it brings me joy in a way that's dark.

>> Yeah.

>> Um and then they'll do it to me

sometimes and then I can laugh and

understand it.

>> Okay. You talk about Okay.

>> [laughter]

>> It's just you have to know sometimes.

>> Yeah. Everything here is fake.

>> Um

>> I love when something cuz you imagine

how dirty I would get with syrup. You

know how syrup is so gross and it stays

on you forever?

>> Yeah. But that doesn't

>> And then you just get the joy of trying

but without happening.

>> Sorry.

>> Um you Okay. You uh focus up.

>> Sorry.

>> Okay. So you

>> who wants to have some fun on the Amy P

show [laughter] today?

You're trying to work, aren't you?

You're trying to work, girl. I have some

questions I've prepared. No. Gracias.

>> Hello. I'm trying to work.

>> What's over here? One is dirty, girl.

[laughter]

>> Look at that thing.

>> Dirty ass phone. Amy Polar on the 115th

floor of the Spotify building.

[laughter]

Crazy. This is an old phone. Does it

even work? [laughter]

>> Does it even

>> Does it even turn on?

>> It's turned off. off. Of course,

[laughter]

>> because we're recording.

>> Of course it is. Of course. Meanwhile,

my butt's vibrating.

>> Listen, you do this bit in your stand

up, which is so funny to me

>> when you're talking about your mom

making you dance.

>> What I love about it is not only because

you love to dance, right?

>> I love to dance.

>> Yes.

>> And I like I wonder if you have a

relationship to your like

>> you love to move around.

>> Oh, yeah.

>> You like you're an energy guy. Mhm.

>> From and from a 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 into sports

and moving and dancing because she knew

you had to you had to get it out?

>> Yes. 100%. 100%. My parents goals always

throughout my life was to get me tired.

>> Does that make sense? Yes.

>> So all the activities I ever did were

always with the ultimate goal of will he

go to sleep? And um it was a lot there's

a lot of batteries in here. So I started

playing baseball and then baseball the I

was in outfield and first of all pants

right in the sun like

>> so hot for what?

>> And long socks

>> for what? We're in Miami wearing pants

in the sun. This sport doesn't

>> 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 cuz 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 uh in the in the outfield and

playing with insects and stuff. And so,

they took me out. My mom said, "I got to

take you out of baseball cuz you're kind

of making us look bad as a family.

[laughter]

>> Too much down.

>> We're Hispanic. You're half Cuban, half

Dominican." They were like, "This kid

will 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 and so soccer became my love

>> cuz I was like it's constant um thing. I

would get so exhausted on the field and

then my parents liked it and then I

played that you know until college.

>> Yeah. You were a really good player.

>> I was good. Yeah.

>> You went to college to play it.

>> Yeah, I did. I did. And like when when

what was the first of all, what was your

position?

>> I was in the I was a winger,

>> which is the guys that have to run all

the way up.

>> Lot of running. Lot of running.

>> And you and when you were you you you

mentioned your dad's Dominican, your

mom's Cuban. I love when you talk about

the differences culturally between those

two things. What 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 because you're in the

middle of both.

>> The food is pretty much the same. Cuban

is more salsa and then Dominican

Republic they do merge and bachata. So

bacata is one, two, three, stop. One,

two, three, stop. And then sal is like a

crazy my foot goes there, your foot

leaves. My your my foot returns, your

foot leaves. It's more like math.

>> Um and then the way they talk is

different. So like for example in Cuban

Spanish there's like a

wow wow wow like that. And in Dominican

Republic it's a little higher and

faster. So it's like

and then like

[laughter]

and [laughter]

the girl be like

and that is kind of the difference.

[laughter]

But what's so amazing about that is

you're making music to me because I

can't speak Spanish

>> and the music the Dominican music sounds

like New York

>> of course

>> because so many Dominicans in New York

fast and the Cuban music sounds like

>> Desi,

>> right?

>> That's what we that's who we knew when

we were growing up. Desi was the only

Cuban that we were like we knew. Did

your family watch I Love Lucy or care or

did your parents have any ver like did

they care about Desi? Do you did you

>> My mom's personality can be very loosey

sometimes. My mom is like my mom would

always say my mom came from Cuba and it

was difficult cuz they took her stuff,

you know, Cuba, the communist

government.

>> And so um when she came to America, she

she really leaned in to being American.

Like for years she would tell us we're

all gonna change our last name to Smith.

>> Um cuz she was like I'm American now. I

don't want to be. a lot of people wanted

to assimilate

>> and they didn't want to be like she

didn't want she was so like um sad and

embarrassed of what happened in Cuba

that she wanted to be fully American. So

she would say stuff you know like

blondes have a more fun and I am just a

dumb blonde like she would say that all

the time because she just thought it was

you know being American was that and um

she she loves I Love Lucy. She loves

like you know having fun. My mom is like

a My mom has a little bit of Yorky

energy sometimes. Um and then also she

can be very tough and hard

>> and um Yeah.

>> Okay. But I want to talk about your

soccer part because

>> Okay, you're getting how do you get to

college from with soccer

>> girl? [laughter] So the other thing too

is the pressure of your friends. Like

you always want to 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.

>> Did you have recruiters come and see

you?

>> I edited my own videos. I did played in

all these tournaments. And then um the

school in Ohio, John Carroll, and the

school in California accidental.

>> 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

year, my drama teacher asked me to

memorize a monologue.

>> And you had never performed before.

>> I learned a John Leguisamo monologue and

a monologue from class action. And um it

was

>> John Leguisamo used to have some really

great mouth. She calls me chocolate

eyes. I call her my albino beaver. It

was crazy. It was about a Cuban

commander boy meeting a white woman at a

hotel and falling in love.

>> Um,

>> and your teacher recommended that you

do.

>> Really interesting. So, they saw

something in you like

>> he goes, "If you do this, I'll get you

out of school for like 3 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 cuz it was funny cuz it was

like the first one was about the first

one was so sad and very real about a

gang member that hid 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 he

shouldn't have gotten into my room and

then I get up [laughter]

around the chair. [laughter]

Hello,

it is me, Ramon, the Cuban Cabana boy.

And then that then you get into this

thing about having sex with an old

American woman. Um,

>> and but it goes it goes to show that

people love to laugh.

>> They love to laugh and you got to do

that one second. You can't [laughter]

>> you can't do that first.

>> Um, 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?

>> You must have when you were younger been

told a lot like you're funny, you like

you like a good performer or my like you

they must have known that you had this

extroverted personality. But you know

>> in school they call that excessive

talking mischief.

>> Exactly. That's right. We have a lot of

people in here talk about like the one

there just like one or two teachers that

said, "Hey, like Ryan Cougler was here

and he had a professor like encourage

him to write a screenplay."

people to just say like you should 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 uh script guy named Bob Null at

my college. And uh he told me, "What's

your favorite comedy movie right now?"

And I go, "I love the 40-year-old

version." He goes, "I want you to write

the same write that movie, but change

something about it." Yeah.

>> And so I wrote the 40-year-old Virgin,

but the main character is a woman.

>> Uhhuh.

>> Um and

>> a part for a woman. Thank you, Marcel.

>> You're welcome. Well, I have it. You

could You would be perfect for it. Oh my

god, we should make it. Um and so I

brought him to SNL and he got to hang

out. And then I had um I had a a aology

teacher who Mr. Fronzy is based on

>> um that she'd like you know my body is

full of aloya because I was burned from

my toes until my head and um Angie and

so I love her and so I brought her to

SNL um and then the coolest one was um

so my freshman or sophomore year I took

a fundamentals of uh Shakespearean

performance class and there was this guy

uh Bo Smith and his partner Tom Ro and

they were this lovely gay couple and

they were so fun and cool and they had

this class and they'd you can perform

whatever you want and then one day

everyone's going to try some Shakespeare

and so people were doing you know

monologues from famous movies you know

Wolf of Wall Street or whatever and then

um 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 going to show me

what I want to see then maybe I'll show

you myself and he's in his late 60s and

takes off his tie Okay. Puts it down,

takes off a necklace, puts it down, then

gets up and he goes, "I will be

performing King Le." [laughter]

And he just goes, he goes,

"Yeah." He gets on his knees. HE STARTS

SCREAMING AND just goes crazy. And

everybody's like, "Oh my god."

[laughter]

>> And then it changed us completely. Like

everyone started to really give it to

him and perform. And um I uh What did

you do?

>> I did. Oh, I did a bunch of crazy stuff

in his class. I did whatever whatever he

wanted. And then I started performing my

standup for him. I would write little

standup and do it in his class. And then

I took his class again. And then um they

were let go from the school, the two

guys. And it was heartbreaking cuz I was

like, "You guys are the greatest. This I

just want to see you be good." And

whatever. Um and so now all these years

later, the college has called me back

and they're like, "What do you want to

do? like you want you should do

something for the school, you know. 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 um it's for kids that

want to do what I did. And it's and it's

called the Bo and Tom uh scholarship by

Marcelo Hernandez. And so now all these

scholarship recipients, so far we've had

two, they meet with me and Bo because

Tom has passed. and they meet with me

and Bo and they get to meet Bo 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, you

know, so much love for those teachers

and also Bo uh the teacher that told me

to memorize that monologue, he came to

SNL with his wife and his son. I gave

him a full tour. So I love I I I'm the

the full circle moment.

>> They must be so

>> like that is priceless.

>> That's awesome. Have you

>> did you have a teacher? I had a few I

had a few like uh like a lot of English

teachers that told me I was a good

writer or like we had a really good um

drama teacher who like we just put on

really good productions in our school

and stuff. My I feel like my teachers

came a little bit later when I like

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 um you founded

>> Yeah. Okay. But Hold on.

>> Okay. No, no, no.

>> Founded.

>> But did you ever do sketch initution?

>> Did you ever do sketch?

>> You're the founder [laughter]

>> of an of a comedic institution. Does

Does that register to you?

>> Okay, Marcel, back.

>> Do you know how many opportunities you

created by doing that?

>> Do you know how much you gave back?

>> We're in college with you now. We're

back to college. Like cuz there's so

many people that have been good comedic

actresses and that have done great shows

and have but how many of those people

have founded an institution

for people to grow and come out of? How

many alumni

>> okay

>> have you to thank?

>> Okay so listen [laughter]

>> I mean it's just something to behold.

>> Let's go back to Ohio. [laughter]

Did you ever do sketch? Speaking of

sketch and improv, did you ever do

>> God?

>> You're impressive. [laughter]

>> I mean, a fascinating woman, Marcelo.

>> Sorry, just I'm I'm I'm impressed. I

apologize. And let me say, your

computer's banged up. The phone is all

dirty.

>> Believe me, you should be in a castle.

>> This is so true.

>> 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

[screaming] got dents on the computer. I

feel like getting into Sebastian.

>> You are looking.

>> The computer [laughter]

looks like it was thrown off a truck.

Pick it up, Amy Bone.

>> The phone looks like it has been in the

mouth of a toddler.

It's sticky. [laughter]

It's sticky.

>> [laughter and gasps]

>> Oh my god. Oh my god. I'm sorry.

>> Sebastian, we interviewed him. It was so

fun. We did it in front of a live.

>> I need to stop doing him because he

>> he's so fun to do. I bet you're so good

at it. Addicted.

>> Also, you've got really got his

physicality down. I love it.

>> And is it true that you did like a back

handspring when you did him or like a

back flip or something?

>> Some crazy stuff. Yeah. I want to talk

about that. Thank god.

>> Okay. But just in Ohio.

>> Okay. You quit. You quit soccer. You're

like I got to do standup. Was that sad?

>> Yeah.

>> Well, the team must have been bummed.

>> They were bad. They were bummed. And

more disappointed in me for giving up on

them

>> cuz I couldn't do both. I was doing a

lot of stand up. I won an amateur

compet. I got good like I didn't get

really good fast, but I got like

>> okay very fast. Um

>> cuz you're a hustler. You know how to

>> 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 Kyhoga Falls, Ohio. And I go,

"Oh [laughter]

I'm the real deal."

>> Yeah.

>> And then um so I had to quit cuz I was

like, "I want to pursue this. I think I

could be good at it."

>> What did your mom think?

>> She she was excited about it. She was

like, "I think this is what you're

supposed to do."

>> And 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 stepdad was also

very supportive. Yeah.

>> Um and then um when I quit, this is when

like this is like a balls dropping

moment

>> is um 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 um we're not going to tell the team.

>> You are going to 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 gota I

want to do something comedy and um I

just think you guys are going to 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.

>> Had to good game it for those

>> had to good game it and like most of

them were like that's so [laughter]

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

>> Yeah.

>> under my butt.

>> Yeah. And and then you Just for Laughs

is what gets you the SNL audition.

>> Yeah.

>> Just for Laps 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, [laughter]

I've never been so nervous. Like, I was

I was hosting at the stand comedy club

every almost every every night at the

time. I was a host. So, I wasn't I I I

realized that you could get way more

spots on shows if you just host. 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 because I was really really

scared. I had to look myself in the

mirror before and be like, "You just got

to do this. You got to do this." Um, and

then after that, I got the SNL audition.

I go to the audition thing. I do a bunch

of jokes about how my mom escaped

communism and that I can't complain and

that whatever. And then I call my mom

after. I go, "Mom, I don't know."

because they didn't laugh that hard

because it's at like UCB and like I

think some people there they don't think

cosmic communism is that bad like and so

I feel scared that they think I'm like

some right-wing nut and she's like it's

okay Marcelo they understand your

message it's okay I'm like whatever then

I got the call back

>> and then um I uh I got the call back and

um I put headphones in and I listened to

Always Be My Baby by Mariah Carey but uh

by brass tracks so So, it's like a lot

of sacks.

>> Mhm.

>> It's so good. And um I'm blasting it in

my ears while I wait cuz they make you

wait. And on repeat over and over again,

the same song.

>> Yeah. While you're in the dressing room

at 30 rock.

>> Yes. And so I'm in there like this back

to the door and then um 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. Mhm.

>> Um Sam uh Miner, who's a talent on the

talent team. And um I was like, "Oh,

okay. Sorry." And then someone told me I

had to get makeup on. I was like, "I

don't think so." And they're like, "Oh,

you should get some makeup on."

[laughter]

>> And then I got some makeup on and then I

went out.

>> First time ever getting makeup on,

probably.

>> Yeah, for sure. And then no one laughed.

Um somebody coughed and then my mom I

called my mom and I'm like, "I don't

know dude."

>> Notoriously quiet.

>> Cold room.

>> Yeah, cold room.

>> And then um that's it. And then a 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?

>> Um, yeah. I was like at my apartment.

>> Mhm.

>> Um, my friend's apartment that I was

living in

>> and um I called my mom and then we cried

for a bit and then I was like, I'm going

to make a million dollars. [laughter]

[snorts]

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

I saw when I watched the show, which I

do quite often, and um where you say

like millennials only care about money.

>> Yeah. Boomers only care about money.

Millennials are like, "Where's the

money?"

>> Don't skip over Gen X. Everybody does.

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 um

>> you're the where is the money?

>> I no I only care about the I'm a boomer.

You're a boomer. I'm a boomer.

>> I see.

>> Cuz I think Gen Z plus immigrant

>> struggle equals boomer.

>> Yes. Yes.

>> I'm a young boomer in many ways.

>> Boomer.

>> I didn't get to have mental health,

>> right?

>> You know what I mean? So that's 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, what 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? Cuz I think

there are a few Gen Z things.

>> Really good on the phone. I mean, I can

do whatever you need on the phone except

for texting.

>> I can reset everything.

That's a Gen Z thing probably too big.

Not answering. There's like a

non-judgmental vibe sometimes to Gen Z

that you can feel where they're like

whatever, do your thing. I have some of

that. You I feel like that.

>> And my sister is like definition of

Jenzi.

>> Uh-huh. 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 but

she's like in our house she's like the

quieter one. Yeah.

>> And uh 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.

[laughter]

>> She says that

>> that probably is true.

>> The other day we went to my friend

Leila's house and her baby is so nice

and sweet and quiet and she goes, "The

next one is going to be a disaster and I

think it could be real." Do you have How

many do you have now?

>> I have two. Two boys.

>> I met your boys.

>> You did? Very excited to meet you.

>> They're 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 like them. They want to see people

their age

>> 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. They're just 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 Dr.

And that it's so cool and so awesome.

Josh 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? Oh, I know. The

headphones.

>> It's like I can't. It was so good.

>> [ __ ] so.

>> She's like, I can't I can't figure it

out.

>> I owe Dra so much money for that.

>> She's so funny.

>> Domingo was a huge hit. like congrats on

having a recurring like you need

something sometimes

>> had nothing to do with that. God gave me

that. God and Kira Oan and Jimmy wrote

it, right? And then Kira O Sullivan and

Jimmy Fley great writers like at SNL

like so important to that show, right?

So many monologues, write 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?

What is it that makes that so delicious?

I think Ariana Grande is so good.

>> Yeah,

>> we watch like watching her at a table is

mind. It's mindblowing. She sings so

crazy.

>> And then

her doing it bad.

>> Mhm.

>> Is 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 Ego and

all them coming in after her. So funny.

And then 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 [laughter]

like in a little goatee and like a

version of my hair and then I sing what

I still feel is a very catchy tune.

>> Yeah. catchy tan

>> of just um

and then I think [laughter] that's what

happened

>> espresso it's not just a catchy tune

it's a very popular pop song

>> it's huge [laughter] one of the biggest

pop songs of the of the of our time

>> some of the time that we are in

>> some 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.

>> Yes.

>> 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 gonna I'm gonna um praise you

for a little bit because

>> praise

get ready Marcel because that that is a

perfect 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 in 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 and

they're relaxed 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 do you fake

it?

>> 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

>> cuz there's [clears throat] 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 uh

[laughter]

there was a thing that we did that it

came out on the show about um with

Coleman Domingo where he's a teacher.

>> Yeah.

>> And he's like nothing matters. Um come

up with a number and I'm like 11 fle.

And then um and then uh he's like and

who would be who would be uh you know a

number bigger than Fle whatever the

question was. And then I get up and I

go "Ah

112."

AND I get did it so big that [laughter]

all the writers were like,

>> "Marcelo,

>> just [ __ ] just please

just stop." And um that's a note that's

chased me my whole life [laughter]

since kindergarten.

>> It down. But I stop. 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 Pedro

>> so much good stuff. And

>> who is your Bad Bunny? Who was the guy

the person that came to the show that

>> we'll get to me in a second.

>> Okay. How long are we going to be here?

Let's do like four hours and then you

find what's good. [laughter and gasps]

>> But but what 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.

>> We go for an hour.

>> Yes. So, I have so many more questions.

>> I want to hang out. I'm not leaving. How

about that? [laughter]

>> What will you do? Turn the cameras off?

>> Okay. But Bad Bunny, Wait, [snorts] do

you think you're funnier in Do you think

do do you 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 standup in Spanish. I've been

doing a a little touring in Spanish.

>> Oh, 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 uh

>> What do you think is the difference?

What? Just the facility of the language?

>> I guess I think um Spanish comedy is

interesting because um it's developing.

There's so many good young comedians

that are doing it in Spanish. Angelo

Kolina is one that travels with me or

has done, you know, shows with me. Um,

>> Laiva has done a bunch of shows with me

here. Santasposa

Pedro Gonzalez. Um,

>> and uh, Sophia

Sophia Ria, who's uh, Na Rao, who's um,

a Mexican standup who really was like a

like a she's a titan of standup in

Mexico. and she's a woman and she's like

broken a lot of barriers cuz she's was

the best and the biggest um and is um

and uh I find that

>> the reason that those standups like her

worked so well so early on is cuz

standup in Spanish for years like

Alvarez Ges and um legendary like Latino

comedians in Spanish in in the Dominican

Republic we had like Boruga and um uh

Hoi and there's a bunch and they 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 and then people

go crazy.

>> And so

>> when you do an American style of

standup, punchy observational stuff, I

think the audiences, 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 and I got to say,

Marcelo, like in general, the the cast

right now on the show is like really

putting the variety in variety show.

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 cuz 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. [laughter]

>> We're having a moment. Let us have a

moment.

>> Do you ever have an SNL stress stream?

>> Uh

>> have you had any? Do you have a

recurring stress dream? What is it?

>> It's um not getting to the thing. Like

not getting to the floor or it's too

far. Yeah.

>> What's mine?

>> You're too far too late.

>> Too far too late.

>> Yeah.

>> Running down the stairs.

>> Have you almost ever Did you over almost

ever miss one?

>> No. I've never missed a Have you?

>> No. But I almost did

>> once.

>> Yeah. Missing a queue.

>> Yeah. Like No. 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 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 for on the This is on the live

show.

>> Um whether it was live or dressed, I

think it doesn't it doesn't need to be.

>> I definitely have been I've gone out

into a scene with the wrong wig where

I've been the wrong character.

[laughter]

Oh,

>> and then I've come out and 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 5 seconds.

>> Oh my god.

>> So exciting. But those are the kind of

things that like but but yeah, your

dream is that you don't make it.

>> Yeah.

>> Yeah.

>> Oh, and I wanted to tell you that I've

been hanging out with Jod so much.

>> Oh, Jodie Manuso who runs the hair

department at SNL who whose voice is an

inspiration for Bronx Beat.

>> Sweater weather.

>> Sweater weather. And so, um, just

getting to like she cuts my hair. She's

the only person my mom lets to cut my

hair. [laughter]

>> Wait, hold on. Yeah.

>> Your mom is in charge of who cuts your

hair. Did she used to cut your hair?

>> No. She's always taken me to the person

that does it.

>> Okay.

>> And then Jod has done it very well, so

she's like, "Jod can do it from now on."

[laughter]

>> But, uh, 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, uh, 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 [laughter] it's so

good. It's so so good.

>> Okay. So, speaking of the people that

you work with who love you,

>> right?

>> And um one of them is Sarah Sherman, and

that is who we talked to today.

>> And I She said you would be bumped.

>> 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. Well, first of all, she spoke

so well about you.

>> Really?

>> Yes.

>> [ __ ] that's the kind of person she is.

>> Yeah. She just looks good behind your

back. [laughter]

>> Yeah. And to your face.

>> And to my face, it's violence.

>> Well, and to your face, she said, "Yeah,

cuz her first question was like, what's

your [ __ ] deal, dude?"

>> Really? That's her first question.

[laughter]

>> What's your [ __ ] 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 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

[ __ ] 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.

I see.

>> You're mean to me my whole life, my

family. I was short. My nickname in the

house was Pulga, which means flea.

That's my name in my house. I'm short,

so they call me dwarf in my house. Enano

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. [laughter]

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 mean he

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 cuz I it can some

people can think it's mean but I don't

think that. I think that's how my family

talked to me. Jenzie loves short. I just

want you to know Jenzie loves short

guys.

>> Why? Right. Why? That's the question.

They love short of guilt. Out of guilt

of what they've done to the shorts for

years. Now they're trying to be nice.

And you know what? Now we don't care.

[laughter] As on behalf of the shorts,

we don't care.

>> The shorts.

>> We 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 [laughter]

cuz you wouldn't give it to me.

>> Okay.

>> Women in their bio talking about must be

six feet to ride this roller coaster.

SHUSH.

YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU'RE RIGHT. They don't

deserve you.

>> They don't deserve me now. They don't

deserve me. Now I'm supposed to say

thank you. Oh, thank you.

>> Please.

>> Okay. And um Sarah's second question.

>> Why are you not answering my texts?

>> Um

>> we already talked about that.

>> Sarah's just a complainer,

>> right? And so, and sometimes I can,

sometimes I do have the bandwidth, but

right now I'm I'm too busy to be do

bandwidth. But I 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 You 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. Like you know how to work a

room. like it's not

>> cry in front of Amy Poly, [laughter]

>> but you have really really good let take

this compliment in and you have really

really good jokes and you are a 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?

>> Um I don't know. Um [laughter]

but um

>> you're not going to answer this

question.

>> I don't know. I'm just like um I don't

feel like I'm a great writer. I I'm I'm

probably going to take a sketch writing

class this summer because of that fear

of like cuz also I just watched like cuz

Sarah a lot of the people at the show

they know sketch

>> and I came so hard from standup that I

don't know sketch that well.

>> Yeah.

>> And watching people like Mikey and

Streer and

>> Yeah. [snorts] Colin and uh Bowen and

>> and know how to like structure and hype

>> 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

Ashley 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 the the character

reveal and all that stuff is stuff that

if it wasn't for Jake Nordwind and Mike

Denzo who have been like really with me

a lot um and Asha Ward is like

>> I would not be I wouldn't I wouldn't get

anything on cuz I'm just jokes

>> and so I'm learning I'm trying to learn

more and more of like what that thing is

and

>> but I think that's really cool like

Sarah was on here she's now going in her

fifth year and she was like

>> so I'm going into my fourth year

>> yeah you're a year behind her and it's

like that's when you start being like

Should I practice my backhand? Like

what's the thing? Like like I I've got

on I've got some stuff on. People know

who I am. I'm like playing to my

strengths now. I'm playing with good

people. Now I know how this place works.

And then you can start being like, "All

right, can I start trying some stuff

that like maybe I don't necessarily go

to automatically, but like it's cool.

It's a cool trajectory of being on that

show."

>> Yeah.

>> And 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 to do?

What am I to do? What is What type of

psychotic person sits with Amy Polar and

goes, "Let's talk about me." You have to

be who? Denzel. Like,

>> um,

>> Denzel, if you're watching, I'd love to

have you on.

>> Yes, Denzel should come by. He would

kill this. Oh my god.

>> I love that [snorts] dance.

>> Um,

>> so cuz you did the show, right? And this

is something, by the way, that I have to

ask you um 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 any or like you know

Ashley or even Bowen that just left the

show and so many people that looked up

to you and have 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 the

after the show, do you want to do more

is the hope to do more like written

stuff, more film, more TV and stuff like

that? Yeah. Then 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.

>> Damn it.

>> I know. Because

>> it's always the person you really want

advice from that says something like

that.

>> Well, you only know you only know what's

right for you. just like and um 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 I 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 and 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 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 it?

What is an example of you enjoying

>> like being like actually well for the

way it looks like for me and I 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 like

>> worrying.

>> Yes. Just like being in being in my body

in real in real space and time. I know

it sounds esoteric, but as far as career

advice, who [ __ ] knows? Like in five

years we may have to do [ __ ] comedy

on the moon and TV will be on your phone

and books will be a 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 cont. 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 [laughter]

awardwinning. Crazy.

>> So as far as career who knows.

>> Okay. Yeah whatever. Thank you very

much. No, it was it was I'm going to

live in the moment. But and how quick

>> enjoy the moment.

>> Yeah.

>> Enjoy it.

>> Yeah.

>> Cuz like life is a dream and we're all

going to die, you know.

>> Um you played a game here with Fred.

>> Yes. What game do we play? You want to

play it?

>> I want to play it with you.

>> Okay. Which which game was it?

>> It's a game where you tell someone to

pretend they're an expert.

>> Yes. Let's play

>> about something.

>> Okay. Okay. OKAY.

>> AND THEN THEY [laughter]

>> I CAN'T WAIT. OKAY. OKAY.

>> YES.

>> OKAY. And I'm gonna and I I I I I

watched Fred and I loved his so much and

he did a lot of stuff that I liked that

I might incorporate into mine because

it's so good. But maybe you go first.

>> Okay, I'll go first. So to remind people

that didn't listen to the Fred Armson

episode, Fred and I we it's a great game

where we play where Well, I don't know

if we play it, but we just I made him

play.

>> They go, "No, no, no." [laughter]

>> Big red no. Okay.

>> Where you get a subject and you have to

talk for a minute um as if you were an

expert.

>> I have my phone. Yours is dead. It's

It's from 2004.

>> How dare you? How dare you?

>> Okay.

>> Okay. So, you I have to try and you have

to re try to be convincing. You have to

be You can't be like jokey. You have to

be like you're giving a talk on this

thing. Okay.

>> I tell you yours.

>> Okay.

>> Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

>> Um Okay. Uh you are an expert on um

corn.

>> Okay. Three, two, one.

>> 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. Wow.

>> And so the varieties of which I'll talk

about all of them today,

>> of course,

>> um 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? [laughter]

>> 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

>> a [laughter] minute.

You got so good.

>> I mean, 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 um uh the invention

of penicellin.

>> Okay. Count me down.

>> Here we go.

Um so penicellin in uh many ways is a

reaction

>> right? Um, penicellin is a reaction to

the effects of the penicellin before

penicellin

alcohol, right? For many years, alcohol

was penicellin. 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. Yeah.

>> The beauty of penicellin is that it

gives you all of the benefits of alcohol

without

the hangover and the emotional moments,

you know. And um a lot of people don't

know this, but um in uh 1879,

um Jeffrey L.

Sillin

>> Oh.

>> He goes he goes, "What are we going to

do?" Right. He he figures this out and

then he goes, "How do we get it in

people?" Something like a pen.

And that's actually penicellin was

backwards also the creation of the

syringe.

>> Whoa. I don't know. I know that.

>> And that's a minute and 15.

[laughter]

You had me until you said and he goes

[laughter]

>> Jeffrey Elsa

>> and Jeffrey and he goes what are we

going to do? [laughter]

>> I think I I bet I was at a minute before

that. But wow, you were very good with

corn and thank you for penicellin. You

knew science was not my thing. I went to

summer school for chemistry as well

>> and I failed. And he goes and he goes

and Jeffrey [laughter]

>> what are we going to do?

>> What are we going to do? And that's one

of the biggest questions in science

[laughter]

>> is when Jeffree

>> that is one of the biggest questions.

>> One of the biggest what are we going to

do? Whenever something has 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. You

want more." I'm seeing the comments. Hey

chat [laughter]

>> 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.

[laughter]

>> Thank you, buddy.

>> And then what are you watching right now

listening to?

>> Who makes you laugh, Marcel? How much

time do we have?

>> Not a lot. That's a fact.

>> I 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 vulture. I can tell.

>> I do I do love listening to you. I

listen to you in uh shorts. I watch the

shorts. I understand.

>> Um to have a laugh. Um

>> to have a laugh is it's tough. I I I try

to stay like I almost try to like keep

>> I know. You ever do that?

>> Yes. It's hard to That's why I ask cuz

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. Um

>> I can look it up on my laptop too

>> to play it. Um

>> No, we don't have that capacity.

>> Oh, okay. Um, I I recently watched this

video of a guy who can cry on command.

>> Oo.

>> And he's talking about how his um

>> Is this on TikTok?

>> Yeah, I'll show you. It's really crazy.

And um he he's just crying cuz his tire

is flat [laughter]

and and it's like really intense. And I

laughed so hard. I'm tired.

>> It's [ __ ] Monday.

>> Left this [ __ ] school in the street.

>> I'm tired. It's [ __ ] Monday and I'm

DEALING WITH THESE PROBLEMS. [screaming]

>> MARCELO, we

>> we got to go. I know. It sucks. It's

like when you go to your aunt's house

and you're like, "You're my aunt. 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 [laughter] you go, "Okay,

I get it. Send 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.

>> They really are gorgeous.

>> Thank you so much.

>> Thank you, Marcel. 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.

[laughter]

>> Thank you to Amy Polar. 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 cuz it sucks and it's weird

and it hurts. It makes me feel weird

when I get a compliment, so I like to

attack with it. And you don't like it

either. Look at you. You don't like it

either, huh? I founded an institution.

>> 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

we're supposed to be. And so many

comedians in the world have you to thank

for the platform you gave them by

somebody else and I'll tell you. Yeah.

Okay. And I just want to say a couple

more things. And Amy per the 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. Now

what? Now what? You're a savage on parks

and wreck. Dying of laughter. Dying of

laughter. Dying of laughter. You you

create stars. You create stars. Think

about the people on that show with you.

It's It's Nick Offerman. It's It's

Aubrey Plaza. And you're with them and

you're playing back and forth and the

people are laughing.

>> We've cut the feed.

>> Don't turn it off. Don't touch it.

>> We've cut the feed. We've cut the feed

like long ago. Don't look at the clock.

>> The clock's

bright ring 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

pressed it. It's a security button.

>> It's a security button. They're coming,

aren't they? [laughter] And you know

what? I want her to drag me out of here.

He should be on every Mount Rushmore.

I'm actually getting upset. Okay, it's

time to hear my [laughter]

Okay. Thank you. I want to say a shout

out. Quick shout out to my mom, to all

the Latinos out there. Keep it. Keep

grinding, baby. We are not going

anywhere. We do need you to leave.

>> And that's um and uh you know what I

mean? to my sister, [laughter] my dad,

my stepdad, all the men in my life. My

uncle Beo, rest in peace. I love I love

you and I still love you. And my little

sister so talented [laughter]

and my girlfriend is beautiful. And

thank you guys, man. Wow.

>> Woo, Marcel.

>> Thank you. [crying] And you guys got to

get this woman a phone.

[applause]

>> Thank you so much, Marcelo. That was so

fun and a wild ride and thank you for

the flowers and so many hard laughs. And

you know, leave it to Marcelo to um

introduce me to a woman in comedy that

I've never heard of. So, uh, for this

Polar Plunge, I'm excited to, uh, dig

deep into the work of Sophia Nino de

Rivera, who, uh, is a an actress and

standup, um, born in Mexico City and,

um, who performs in English and in

Spanish and who is really, really funny.

So, check her stuff out. And thank you,

Marcelo, 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.

[applause]

You've been listening to Good Hang. The

executive producers for this show are

Bill Simmons, [music] Jenna Weiss

Berman, and me Amy Polar. The show is

produced by The Ringer and Paperkite.

[music] For The Ringer production by

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Weiss Berman. Original music by Amy

Miles.

>> Really good. [music and singing] Hey