Wanda Sykes Returns
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Why does Wanda Sykes feel indifferent about being Conan O'Brien's friend?
Hi, my name is Wanda Sykes, and I feel... indifferent about being Conan O'Brien's friend.
Fall is here, hear the yell Back to school, ring the bell Brand new shoes, walkin' loose Climb the fence, books and pens I can tell that we are gonna be friends Yes, I can tell that we are gonna be friends
Hello and welcome to Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, joined by my good friends. And I put that in quotation marks.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Your employees. Sona Mobsessing. Good to see you, Sona.
Good to see you, too.
And you would be David Hopping.
What funny experiences did Wanda have while working at the NSA?
I am. Yeah, that's correct. Thanks for being here, David. Sitting in for Matt Gorley on paternity leave. And Sona, I'm told that you had kind of an exciting moment recently.
You went to... Exciting moment.
You went to Disneyland, yes?
Can I say, I have been to Disneyland so many times, I've never seen anyone dressed up like Geppetto walking around.
Right. Right.
And you do this bit about my dad.
Your dad has a big mustache and he looks kind of normal. He's a white haired gentleman with a white mustache. He always has reminded me a little bit of Geppetto. And I used to do a long riff about how he carved your brother. Yes. And well, you know, we had some good times, meaning I was laughing and you were staring at me. Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But I had a good time.
How did Wanda get tricked into auditioning for Curb Your Enthusiasm?
And that's cool.
You also got into like, oh, Danny, my real boy.
He's my real boy.
You're shortening it now.
Danny wanted to be a real boy. Yeah. Danny. Yeah. He carved a puppet. And Danny wanted to be a real boy. Yeah. Swallowed by a whale. OK. Anyway, that's neither here nor there. Yeah. But you had this moment. You sent me this picture that blew my mind.
Yeah.
You went to Disneyland.
Oh, there it is.
What is Wanda's experience transitioning from comedy to drama in her movie Undercard?
And tell the tale. Tell the tale.
Well, Geppetto is just walking around. I don't know.
And you've never seen a Geppetto before. I've never seen a Geppetto walking around. Because it's not a character. There's Goofy. Oh, there's Goofy. Oh, there's Mickey. Oh, there are some of the princesses from some of the newer movies. Yes. Iconic figures. Geppetto. I know. Geppetto is a tradesman.
Yeah.
Geppetto is a woodworker. He's got a, you know, and so I've never seen a Geppetto. Do you see Geppetto much?
What are the highlights of Wanda's recent trip to Disneyland?
I actually haven't. David, you go. I live there.
David practically lives at Disneyland. You never see Geppetto. You're walking and you run smack into Geppetto. Yes. And you know, what do you have to do?
So I like immediately, shockingly, there was no line to go meet Geppetto.
Oh, no one. No one wanted to hang out. With the old Italian man who is a day laborer.
I know. I'm like, Anna and Ilsa are walking around. Moana's walking around. And then you have Geppetto, and no one cares about him.
No, of course. No one. He actually, when he walks into the park, they put him out when they want to get people out. Yes. When it's time to close the park, they say, release Geppetto. And he says, I'm making the puppet. I'm making the puppet. And people just go streaming out of the park.
No.
Yeah, they do. And then, wow, we closed right at six. Closed early.
Yeah. So I ran right up to him and I never.
How does Wanda feel about her kids' perception of her comedy career?
And he's never had anyone do that. Yeah. Was he curious as to why you were happy to see him?
No, I think I was like Geppetto and nobody else was saying that. And then I went up to him and I asked if I could take a picture. And I'm I'm I put my arm in like I interlock my arm around.
I'm so happy in this.
I'm so happy. And this is the worst thing that I did. And I sent it to you.
And you said this is me hanging with my dad at Disneyland. I was so delighted because it proved to me that my riff is actually a pretty good one. This is what your dad looks like to me. I'm telling you, it does. It does. This is what your dad looks like to me.
This is not what my dad looks like.
He looks a lot like that guy. He just doesn't have the glasses on the tip of his nose. Yeah, yeah.
What insights does Wanda share about coming out and its impact on her comedy?
But I mean, that's what your dad looks like to me. Well, and then also, I mean, we kind of- Because my eyes turn everyone into a cartoon character. That's what your dad looks like to me.
So we cut him out of this picture, but Mikey ran in with me, even though Mikey had absolutely no idea who this was.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why does Wanda Sykes feel indifferent about being Conan O'Brien's friend?
0:02–0:51
2
What funny experiences did Wanda have while working at the NSA?
0:51–1:39
3
How did Wanda get tricked into auditioning for Curb Your Enthusiasm?
1:39–2:02
4
What is Wanda's experience transitioning from comedy to drama in her movie Undercard?
2:02–2:36
5
What are the highlights of Wanda's recent trip to Disneyland?
2:36–3:36
6
How does Wanda feel about her kids' perception of her comedy career?
3:36–4:21
7
What insights does Wanda share about coming out and its impact on her comedy?
4:21–5:01
8
How does Wanda describe her experience working in a writer's room?
5:01–55:48