RE-RELEASE - Julia Sweeney
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55 min
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8 chapters
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What was Julia Sweeney's experience on Saturday Night Live?
Julia Sweeney, who I shared several years on Saturday Night Live, so did David, and we had this really nice interview with her. So we're bringing her back in case you missed it. She had a character named It's Pat that was kind of a big hit on SNL. There was a movie. It was controversial in its own way, but she's very talented and very open about her life.
Androgynous character. Everyone tried to figure out if it was a man or woman. That was a big joke, and it was funny. She also was a strong utility player because, like Phil, as a female, she would come in, and she was in a lot of sketches because of this, and she could play anything and throw a wig on and give her an accent. It was fun to sit with her and look back because we were there a lot at the same time. Yeah, early 90s. Just good...
How did Julia Sweeney create the character Pat?
You know, you always focus on the fun and some of the tough times, but we overall, we all had a great time there. She was a trip down memory lane.
Yeah, one of the greats, Julia Sweeney. You've done two or three one-woman shows based on... Well, really just one. Letting go of God was the.
Yeah, that's the religion when the other ones are other things.
God said, ha. Yeah, I got it. But so you're an atheist.
Yes. Although I really.
It sounds so negative, but it's just.
Yes. Well, no, because to American ears, atheists sounds like I hate puppies and flowers.
Yes. You know, it's sort of a Nazi ass thing to it or something.
Yeah. Even though the Nazis weren't atheists, but I wish I'm always explaining to people. OK, but anyway.
What challenges did Julia face with her character's androgyny?
Well, it comes from Catholicism. But yeah, I yeah, I mean, I've had. Yeah, I don't believe I don't. Let me put it this way. I don't live my life under the assumption that there is a deity watching what I do. Right. I guess that makes me an atheist.
yeah i guess uh i don't know what i i keep coming back to this like i can't comprehend infinity that there was no beginning or end to this whatever why why do things exist and when did they get here so i keep going around with that i i did know a jovis witness once who who told me he could understand infinity i said so you can think of a god who never was not here was always here he looked up and he goes yeah i got it yep yep
yeah that'd be i want to say to the record i like puppies and i like flowers i think julie what people is the it hits the ear like if you don't believe in that then you don't believe what we believe is that that created those things so you're against everything is that kind of what the vibe is yeah that's it and it's like a very i used to think i could
I don't know what I thought. I guess I thought doing my show, I would change people's mind. I wasn't doing it to change people's mind. Actually, the reason I did the show is because for me, it was a huge, huge philosophical transformation. I wasn't particularly religious before. So I was about age 40 that this happened. Well, I was religious. I wanted to be a nun in high school. I was completely committed, but I let it kind of go away. And then I had a crisis in my life that made me believe more like I really felt, you know, I had religious experiences. And then after that, I started trying to think, well, what was going on with those experiences? And then as I learned more and more about the brain and how we evolved,
Then I finally read the Bible, you know, and then over two years, I realized that I could explain it psychologically or naturally or, you know, like I didn't need a God to explain what happened to me. And then so then I wanted that was a big, dramatic change in my life. And I had been doing these one person shows about things like that. So I thought, oh, that's a good challenge to kind of do a one person show about a change of mind that all the dramas all takes place in your head. And that was really hard. And I didn't necessarily achievement achieve it. I had to make stories and, you know, like I had to conform to normal dramatic structure. But I did it and it was probably my most popular show. And but I wasn't thinking I'm going to convince people to be an atheist.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What was Julia Sweeney's experience on Saturday Night Live?
0:00–0:53
2
How did Julia Sweeney create the character Pat?
0:53–1:49
3
What challenges did Julia face with her character's androgyny?
1:49–5:08
4
How has Julia's perspective on religion evolved over time?
5:08–5:23
5
What insights does Julia share about her one-woman shows?
5:23–6:09
6
How does Julia reflect on her time working with Phil Hartman?
6:09–8:44
7
What lessons did Julia learn from her experiences in comedy?
8:44–11:40
8
What are Julia's thoughts on the evolution of women in comedy?
11:40–55:21