But are you ready for him on a weeknight?
And I thought it was really interesting.
It was a much more grounded role for me.
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Tell me about working with John Larroquette and Jack Grazer to play the same character.
Did you guys coordinate at all?Yeah.
We sat down together and went over a couple little mannerisms.
Jack is quite possibly a better actor than both of us already.
We have a lot of scenes that mirror each other almost.
Im kind of in the middle, trying to follow Jack and trying to do stuff that John does.
But weve set up a couple mannerisms that we do.
And thats in the pilot.
Alex, the character you guys all play, is an inventor.
Well, thats great.
So the show depicts your characters exploits back in middle school.
That needed to be done.
I remember I didnt get in trouble.
I kind of just got a What the hell were you thinking?
And then they made me change the Duff beer to Duff soda.
But they left it there for many years, and I was very happy.
The show takes place in 25-year increments.
And I cant believe that it came true.
The most advanced period of time the show depicts is the year 2042.
What do you think the world will be like in 2042?I hope better.
Yeah, I hope better.
I mean, technology is advancing so much right now.
So, I have no idea.
But I hope were all much nicer to each other.
And I hope weve figured out that people matter more than anything.
Ive lived in an apartment building my entire life.
And now I panic a lot about garbage day.
Im learning a lot about living in a house!
Tell me more about your last year onSNL.
Was it emotional?Yes, it was emotional.
It was my lifes dream.
And I feel even luckier that I got to be there for that legendary year.
I feel like I got lucky and got to go to space camp.
I feel likeSNLis like a roller coaster.
I felt very, very, very lucky to be there that year.
Like, what am I going to do in that meeting where I have to tell him Im going?
Or, really, ask his permission to leave.
[Laughs] It went a thousand times better than I thought it was going to go.
I had built it up so much in my mind.
He said the five things Ive always wanted to hear him say and it was perfect.
It was a perfect meeting.
We have to see each other at reunions.
Hopefully the show will do well and you might always come back if you oughta.
And all of the fun personal things [he said], I want to keep that for myself.
But theres always that.
I was involved with something amazing.
Hopefully Ill do it again, come back and host someday.
But you dont hold on to that ever.
You hope for the best.
Youve been makingSNLfor so many years now and I know it must be exhausting.
How do you compare the process of making a sitcom to the process of makingSNL?Polar opposites.
Its still very hard work, but youre treated very nicely.
Theres no 39-hour days.
Youre treated very nicely onSNL, but in a different way.
With a sitcom, the pacing alone is just…
I got my schedule recently and they were like, Were so sorry the schedule is so hard.
I laughed out loud.
I was like, this is shockingly easy.
Do you still get a lot of Drunk Uncle requests out and about in the world?
Or people shoutingSNLstuff at you?I got shouted out asAss Danrecently and that made me super happy.
But it only happens every once in a while.
I dont leave the house much right now, so I havent been getting it as much.
It was kind of one of my favorites.
We only got it on, I think, twice.
We did it a couple times.
It was weirdly one of my secret favorite characters.
It was just this weird, middle-aged woman that kept trying to sleep with celebrities.
I just thought it was a funny character.
It was real fun to do and I had fun writing it with Brian.
LikeKirby the Astronaut and his kitty cat.
I cant even believe Lorne let those get on the show.
I cant believe I got those on.
Those are the ones that deep down Ill miss the most.
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