Ana Gasteyer Teaches Jimmy Her Schmigadoon! Vocal Warm-Ups, Recalls Breaking Character on SNL

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0:01-Welcome back to the show.

0:01-Hi. -You look fantastic.

0:03-Oh, thank you.

0:04-Before we talk about "Schmigadoon!" --

0:06-"Schmigadoon!"

0:07-Congratulations on the Tony nominations here.

0:09I got to say, last time I saw you was

0:11at the "SNL" 50th homecoming concert at Radio City.

0:14Watch it on Peacock if you haven't seen it.

0:16You stole the show with Marty and Bobbi Mohan-Culp.

0:21[ Cheers and applause ]

0:22It was un-- Ana Gasteyer,

0:26when I tell you it was unbelievable

0:29and you didn't miss a beat

0:31and you crushed it and kept crushing.

0:33-You know what was so fun?

0:35So, first of all, it's so great because you were there.

0:36And remember it was chaos. "SNL" is always chaos.

0:40This was like the Friday night, like kind of pregame.

0:45-But it almost felt like the 40th anniversary in a weird way.

0:46Remember the after party?

0:48-Oh, my God, that's exactly what it felt like.

0:50And it was all these cool musicians

0:51because it was the music night.

0:53So it was like -- It was literally the coolest people

0:56in American culture for 50 years.

0:58And then -- -Nirvana reunited.

0:59-Nirvana reunited. -The Roots played.

1:01-The Roots played everything.

1:02Right right. -Yeah.

1:04-We're backstage kind of panicking, you know.

1:06-Dressed as these.

1:08-Dressed as these jokers. -Yeah.

1:10-And we're like -- and everyone was kind of

1:11blowing us off a little bit. -Yeah.

1:13-Because I think they were like, "Who are these nerds?"

1:15You know? -But that's perfect.

1:16-I'm, like, trying to make chit-chat with Chris Martin.

1:19And he's just like, "Whatever, lady."

1:20-Yeah. -"Nice striped dress."

1:24-Yeah. [ Laughter ]

1:25But that's perfect to stay in character.

1:26-Yeah, my --

1:28I just don't think they knew who we were, which was great.

1:30Like, I love the idea that Bobbi and Marty themselves

1:33just kind of wandered in to do a gig at Radio City.

1:35-Yeah. Of course. -And we were so --

1:37We kept -- Will and I were so happy because --

1:39We were so happy because they would have been

1:40so excited to be there.

1:43-Bobbi and Marty. -With all the musical artisans.

1:45-Of course they would, with all the musical artisans.

1:47-Musical -- And my dressing room was between

1:49Jack White and Cher's.

1:52Dressed like this jackass. You know?

1:54[ Laughter ] I touched Cher's wig.

1:56-Oh, for good luck?

1:58-Yeah, for good luck. You got to do that.

1:59You got to -- -You're a pro.

2:00-It's like touching, you know, a, I don't know, like a...

2:02-Cher's wig. -It's an amulet.

2:04-Yes, it is an amulet. You never --

2:05You never broke when we were

2:07on "Saturday Night Live" together.

2:08You were very professional. -It wasn't my jam.

2:09-No. -Because I would dig in deeper.

2:12I don't know, it's like the Will Ferrell school or something,

2:14but I would just try to go deeper sometimes.

2:16One time I broke. One time I broke.

2:18I don't know if you were there.

2:20I think you were. You came my second season?

2:22Third season.

2:23Harper Steele wrote this insane sketch called

2:26"Riding My Donkey."

2:27-Oh, my God. -It was a political talk show.

2:29-"Riding My Donkey" -- Did that air?

2:30-It was during the Clinton impeachment scandal.

2:33And it didn't air.

2:34-It did not air, but I know exactly the sketch.

2:36-No, it did air. It did air, but not -- I didn't break on air.

2:39But what happened was it was a bunch of CNN talking heads,

2:42a political talk -- It was called --

2:43-"Riding My Donkey." -It was like ♪ riding my donkey ♪

2:45♪ Talking about what's in the news ♪

2:47-♪ Riding my donkey ♪ -I don't remember the second.

2:49♪ For people who want to know ♪

2:50♪ I'm riding my donkey ♪

2:52♪ Yeah, I'm riding and talking and riding and talking ♪

2:55-♪ Riding my donkey ♪

2:56♪ Political talk show ♪ -So we're on...

2:59[ Cheers and applause ]

3:01-I totally remember this.

3:02-Thank you. -"Riding My Donkey."

3:04-"Riding My Donkey."

3:06So I was playing some CNN talking head political lady.

3:08And by the way, my whole impression was

3:10my face going like this.

3:11-Yeah. -That was the "impression."

3:13So I didn't have --

3:14The reason I say that is because it was bad to break in

3:17because I kept going...

3:18[ Chuckling ]

3:20Right? And the donkeys...

3:22-Well, tell everyone that you were on actual donkeys.

3:24-We were sitting atop actual asses.

3:27[ Laughter ] That was the idea, right?

3:28And we were talking about the politics.

3:29It was insane. -So it was a talk show

3:31where all CNN people were on real-life donkeys.

3:33-Real donkeys and everybody --

3:35-So there was probably eight donkeys on the set?

3:36-There were a lot of donkeys,

3:38and they had not been trained or drugged in any way,

3:41and they were not obviously comfortable

3:42with live television.

3:43It wasn't a great setting for them.

3:45-Was one of them biting Darrell Hammond?

3:46-One bit Darrell in the [bleep] I think.

3:49And I mean, it was a pretty active like "Ow!"

3:52Like in the middle of a talk, you know?

3:54-He almost fell off the donkey. -Yeah.

3:55And were you in it?

3:57-No, I remember seeing it. -But we kept like lunging.

3:59-Beth McCarthy-Miller would play it to the crew

4:02just to make us happy.

4:03-It was -- [ Laughter ]

4:04-Like, while we were rehearsing

4:05like a late night on a Friday night.

4:07-And because you're like playing to specific cameras on "SNL."

4:09So each camera for your character is like --

4:12But they kept zooming past one another's shots, you know?

4:14-♪ Riding my donkey ♪ -Oh, it was fantastic.

4:15-Political talk show. -Anyway.

4:17-And now look at you getting nominated

4:19for a Tony Award. No big deal. [ Cheers and applause ]

4:21Ana Gasteyer. -So excited.

4:23Are you kidding? -Are you kidding me?

4:24-Are you kidding me?

4:26-You love Broadway. -I love Broadway.

4:28-You always have. -This is my sixth Broadway show.

4:29I am so excited to be nominated.

4:31'Cause, you know, my first Broadway --

4:33You came to my Broadway debut to "Rocky Horror Show" in 2001.

4:36-I remember you.

4:37You were in "Rocky Horror." -Crazy.

4:39[ Cheers and applause ]

4:40Yeah, and I played -- I played Elphaba.

4:43-And then I was there.

4:44I saw you as Elphaba, too,

4:44because you were defying gravity.

4:46-I defied gravity. -In "Wicked."

4:48-In "Wicked." [ Applause ]

4:49-You love it. -I love it.

4:51And I have to say, like, a lot of this was

4:53pre-pre-social media, so, you know,

4:56when people know you from "SNL," the power of television,

4:58there's still people to this day

5:00who are very confused by the fact that I do theater or sing

5:03and "Schmigadoon!" is so fun

5:04because it kind of smushes it all together.

5:06You know, it's a -- Lorne's producing it,

5:08which is incredible. -I know, I love that.

5:10-And it's a parody of the Golden Age musicals.

5:12It's about a couple, a modern couple,

5:14that gets trapped in a Golden Age musical

5:15and they can't get -- One really hates musicals

5:17and one loves them, but --

5:19So it's just this great love letter

5:22to the American musical theater tradition,

5:24and it's super analog.

5:26The sets are hand-painted.

5:27We have 14 pieces in the orchestra.

5:29The music is glorious.

5:31I obviously play the villain.

5:33Duh. I play the... -You play the villain?

5:36-I play the uptight white lady. What else is new?

5:38-Wow. -Yeah.

5:39-Are you going through your villain era right now?

5:41-I'm in my villain era, and I get a little redemptive arc,

5:43but I get to yell at everybody, which is fun.

5:45-You have a showstopper song. -I do. I do it --

5:47My song is based on "Trouble in River City" from "Music Man."

5:51-Yeah. Of course. -And it's a patter song,

5:52which I thought would be easier,

5:53but it's actually as hard as Elphaba,

5:55which kind of sucks because it's hard

5:56because you got to talk fast, you got to breathe fast.

5:58And then I built and sing at the end of it

5:59because it has sort of a tent-revival characteristic,

6:01but you have to, you know, run it all the time.

6:03Loudmouth trash with your tom rotten flapdoodle claptrap

6:05fiddle faddle jiggery pokery.

6:06You know? -Come on.

6:08[ Cheers and applause ] Come on, bud.

6:10-It's fun. -Ana, you're crushing it.

6:11-It's fun. -Congratulations.

6:13-It's really, really, really fun.

6:14And our ensemble -- Please, if you like watching people sing

6:17and dance on Broadway, come see "Schmigadoon!"

6:19because our ensemble just won

6:20the Chita Rivera Award last night.

6:22-Hey, that's what I'm talking about!

6:23-They're amazing. [ Cheers and applause ]

6:24-I believe you're performing on our show in a few weeks.

6:27-Yeah, we are. We're gonna come do "Tribulation."

6:28-Yes. -Yeah.

6:30-It'll be fantastic. -Which is my number.

6:31-I was going to ask you if you could show me maybe a warm-up

6:35of something to do. -Oh, yeah, 'cause you like the vocal arts.

6:37-I do love the vocal arts.

6:39-And you take your craft seriously.

6:40-Thank you very much.

6:42-That's one thing I know about you.

6:43You do all these stretches to Alexander technique and stuff

6:44before you come out here, right? -You kidding me?

6:45-Roll around on some balls.

6:46Yes. Yes. -Yeah.

6:48I do a lot of things. I try to --

6:50I have a lot of weird like tinctures and stuff.

6:53Like all singers, I'm overly --

6:55-Oils and... -A lot of oils and tinctures.

6:57It's not good for marriage, but I like it.

6:59Um, and then I do -- Like, I do tongue stretching

7:02and I do a lot of like, you know, um...

7:05nebulizers and steam and stuff.

7:07And then this probably does nothing.

7:09I brought it for you.

7:11I also do -- I throw on a little bit of red-light mask

7:13because, you know...

7:14-It doesn't do anything?

7:16-Well, supposedly it grows plants in space.

7:18Red lights. -Oh, yeah?

7:19-I mean, you guys know that. -Sure. Of course.

7:20-Everybody knows that. -So why not put it on your face?

7:22-So why not put it on your face?

7:23And it's going to take down inflammation.

7:25So you want to take down inflammation, right?

7:27So you do that. -I do.

7:28-But we could try it together if you like.

7:30-Let's do it. Can we -- Can we --

7:32-It's good for just keeping people out

7:34of your dressing room, too. [ Laughter ]

7:36And then you can do a couple -- Turn it on.

7:39And is it on? Yeah.

7:40If you do that and then you can just --

7:42You can do some soft vowel exercises I get with my teacher,

7:45and here's a good little phrase.

7:47-Wait, wait, wait. I want to make my face --

7:48Wow! Wow! -There you go.

7:50-Hey! -Looking good. Okay, ready?

7:52-♪ You're wondering who I am ♪ -There you go. Perfect.

7:56And now we can just do some basic little seconds.

7:58-Okay. -♪ This sucks ♪

8:00-♪ This sucks ♪ -♪ This sucks ♪

8:02-This is -- -♪ This sucks ♪

8:03-♪ This sucks ♪

8:04-♪ This sucks ♪ -♪ This s-- ♪

8:06Look at how frightening this is. -♪ This sucks ♪

8:07-This is scary. -See?

8:09And I'll do some tongue trills.

8:10This'll really keep everyone out of your dressing room.

8:12-Yes. -[ Trilling tongue ]

8:14[ Both trilling tongues ]

8:16-Yes! I feel like a Broadway star! Ana Gasteyer!

8:20[ Cheers and applause ]

8:22Can you even see this?

8:24"Schmigadoon!" is now playing on Broadway

8:27at the Nederlander Theatre.

8:29More "Tonight Show" after the break.

8:32Stick around, everybody. Come on back.

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