RE-RELEASE - Bowen Yang
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Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
58 min
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8 chapters
transcribed 3 months ago
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Who is Bowen Yang and what makes him a notable figure?
Okay, we got Bowen Yang. Bowen Yang. One of the more recent SNL greats that does a solid job.
I think five Emmy nominations and a win or something like that.
Wow, wow, wow. That's more than me, I'll tell you that much.
You heard me. He ties me. Whoops.
You didn't. Did you get that many? What a ripoff. I want a recount.
I'll tell you how it's done later. Anyway, Bowen Yang, this is a really fun podcast. He's a cool dude, funny, interesting, and humble.
I think he was coming off of Wicked before Wicked 2 came out.
Yes. Yeah, we caught him right in that because he's hot as a pistol.
I think what happened is he's doing a lot of movies, doing SNL, and I think I read at a certain point, He felt like, well, it can go on without me. And he said, Lorne called him and said, maybe do another half season and then help with the new guys. And he said, great. If Lorne asks for something, I'll do it. Which is nice. So here he is. He's going to tell you all about everything. Yes. Onyang. If there's a movie about me, Dana, I don't want everyone beating me up.
What insights does Bowen Yang share about his experience on SNL?
They're like, this is his life. He was always getting beat up. And so my descendants would not like that, I hope.
The start of the movie is Chris Farley holding you over his head and throwing you across a basketball court. That's the cold opening. That's in between takes.
Yeah, that's real.
And what would be the sound that our sweet friend Chris would make? Oh!
Then he goes, that's good.
Yeah.
He gets nervous.
It's great to have Bowen on because now we're talking to you. Cause when I went on smart list, I said, Oh, I'm going to make this easy. I know how to, I know what a guest is like. So you do a podcast. So it's already, you get the whole thing as opposed to do. Can I ask questions or what do I say?
I might not, but I think every show has its own unwritten set of rules or whatever. I guess so. You just gotta learn how to get in there. You guys are really good at it, though.
Thank you. We like to send 200 episodes over to each guest just to get a feel for it.
Yeah, yeah.
So they can listen all the way. What about Sarah Sherman? What's wrong with her? That's my first question.
What happened to her?
How does Bowen Yang balance his career in comedy and acting?
What's wrong with her?
Oh.
Are we all like in this limerence phase with Sarah? I think the three of us are all equally obsessed with Sarah Sherman. Yeah. And we're coming at different angles.
She's a one-off and it's so refreshing. I mean, you can't even, I couldn't know, I wouldn't know how to describe her.
Yeah.
She's so charming.
She has this, she has like an intergenerational appeal. She has like an inter, whatever, gender appeal. But I think like as a gay guy, I'm obsessed with her. And then in YouTube as straight guys are obsessed with her. Like she just has this universal appeal that I need to get to the bottom of. And I would love to have this whole episode be about her.
We have to get to the bottom of it because she has, she had me at mullet and then she was funny and then she's bananas. And then, uh, cute as a button. And then she goes on the road and she's so funny. Cause I just see clips and I'm like, Sarah, what's going on on the road? She goes, I don't know exactly, but, It's very funny and she's got a great show. But really enough about her. Let's bring on our second guest today.
Sarah Sherman.
Boom. I would be so thrilled.
She would love you. She throws a party wherever she goes, whenever I've seen her. And then we're invited.
What are the challenges of writing sketches for SNL?
And sort of like someone, at least on the surface, who knows how to navigate life a little bit. Maybe not take it too seriously. I don't know. You know her so much better than I do at this point. Because you've seen her under pressure, under stress.
Sure, sure.
How is she under stress?
And how are you under stress?
How bad is it getting? On that freaking show.
Uh-huh. I think we're okay. She is, you know, her and Dan Bulla, bless them both, but they will stay at 30 Rock until like 2.30 in the morning on a Thursday trying to like get every page right. And I am someone who is going to call it at like 9.30. Okay. and be like, it's time to go home.
The writer's table is what he's talking about.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is Bowen Yang and what makes him a notable figure?
0:00–1:20
2
What insights does Bowen Yang share about his experience on SNL?
1:20–2:26
3
How does Bowen Yang balance his career in comedy and acting?
2:26–3:44
4
What are the challenges of writing sketches for SNL?
3:44–5:31
5
How does the creative process work for sketch comedy?
5:31–7:58
6
What role does audience reaction play in live performances?
7:58–10:04
7
How does Bowen Yang view the evolution of comedy and representation?
10:04–11:51
8
What lessons does Bowen Yang offer about resilience in the entertainment industry?
11:51–58:52