( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, FOLKS! YOU KNOW MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT
FROM HIS WORK ON "SATURDAY NIGHT
LIVE." HE CURRENTLY STARS AS KING
GEORGE III IN "HAMILTON." PLEASE WELCOME, TARAN KILLAM! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
( BAND PLAYING ) >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH! THANK YOU, THANK YOU! THANK YOU SO MUCH! VERY NICE PEOPLE! >> Stephen: VERY NICE. THE NICEST OF PEOPLE. >> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING ME IN THE CONTENSIONLE. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> Stephen: LONELY IN THERE. I DON'T THINK I HAVE BEEN JOINED
IN THERE BEFORE. >> JUST STARTED CRAWLING THERE
FROM BACKSTAGE. >> Stephen: THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. YOU ARE KING GEORGE III IN
"HAMILTON" NOW. >> YES
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THANK YOU. >> Stephen: DID YOU TAKE IT
JUST FOR THE PART OR IS IT THE ONLY WAY TO GET TICKETS TO
"HAMILTON" AT THIS POINT? >> BOTH A AND B AT THIS POINT. >> Stephen: I DIDN'T KNOW YOU
WERE A SINGER. >> WHAT I STARTED OUT DOING. I WENT TO COLLEGE FOR MUSICAL
THEATER AND THEN COMEDY TOOK OVER. >> Stephen: STARTED IN MUSICAL
THEATER AND DECIDED TO GO FOR THE BIG MONEY IN COMEDY! >> IT HAS WORKED OUT AND IT'S AN
HONOR. THE SHOW IS INCREDIBLE. YOU'VE ALLIN' IT, RIGHT? SORRY! SORRY TO RUB YOUR NOSE IN THAT. NO, IT'S SO AMAZING. I WAS A HUGE FAN OF IT AND I
KNOW LYNN AND TOMMY AND THEY INVITED ME TO BE A PART OF THE
SHOW. >> Stephen: WE'VE HAD ANDREW
REYNOLDS AND JOHN GRAF TO TALK ABOUT PLAYING THE PART BEFORE
YOU. THE CROWN IS THE WORST PART OF
IT. >> IT STINKS. IT'S SO HEAVY. YOU'RE IN HEELS. AND FOR THE FIRST PART YOU HAVE
A GIANT VELVET CAPE SWAYING TO AND FROE, LIKE TOSSING YOU IN A
SHIP. IT'S JUST THE JOB TO WALK A
STRAIGHT LINE. IT'S A SELF-DEFEATING ROLE WHEN
IT COMES TO WARDROBE. I THINK I'M THE TALLEST. IN THE HEELS AND CROWN, I HAVE
TO DUCK UNDER THE SET WHEN I MAKE MY ENTRANCES AND MY THIRD
SHOW EVER, I DID NOT. IT KNOCKED THE CROWN TO THE BACK
OF MY HEAD LIKE A PRECOCIOUS APPLE DUMPLING GANG CHARACTER. >> Stephen: THE KING! YEAH, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU! ( LAUGHTER )
AND THEN THERE'S THE PART WHERE I HAVE TO, LIKE, SKIP IN JOY,
AND I DO THAT, AND FOR ME IT WAS LIKE SLOW MOTION, THE CROWN
COMES OFF AND SMASHES ON THE STAGE. >> Stephen: DID IT GET A
LAUGH? >> A HUGE LAUGH. IT WAS GREAT. YOU LITERALLY CAN'T FAIL IN THAT
ROLE. IT'S SO NICE. >> Stephen: EVERYBODY WANTS TO
SEE THE SHOW AND PEOPLE PULL ALL KINDS OF STRINGS TO GET IN
THERE. PEOPLE COME BACKSTAGE, LIKE, I
CAN'T BELIEVE I'M MEETING THAT PERSON! NOT LIKE YOU DON'T MEET A LOT OF
FAMOUS PEOPLE. LIKE WORLD LEADERS COME. >> TRUE. FOR MESARA MICHELLE GELLAR CAME
LAST WEEK. >> Stephen: BUFFY? BUFFY. >> Stephen: WORLD LEADER. WORLD LEADER. DIMENSIONAL LEADER, REALLY, IF
WE'RE GETTING TECHNICAL. THE FIRST TIME, MAYBE THE ONLY
TIME I'VE CRIED IN EARNEST AT NARRATIVE TELEVISION WAS ON
BUFFY WHEN ANGEL LOSES HIS SOUL AGAIN AND SHE HAS TO STAB HIM
THROUGH THE HEART TO CLOSE THE HELL MOUTH. ( LAUGHTER )
I PLAYED IT MUCH COOLER THAN NOW. I WAS LIKE, THANK YOU FOR COMING
TO THE SHOW, I'M A HUGE FAN, BUFFY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH! AND I RAN BACKSTAGE. >> Stephen: YOU'RE FAMOUS FOR
YOUR IMPRESSIONS. IMPRESSIONS THAT NOBODY HAD A
HOOK FOR. NOBODY DID BRAD PITTT AND YOU
HAD A HOOK FOR BRAD PITT. McConaughey is a very small
needle to thread. YOU MUST RUN INTO THEM AFTER
DOING THEIR IMPRESSIONS. >> NO ONE LIKES THEIR
IMPRESSION. SO THEY'LL QUICKLY SKIRT TO YOU
DO THIS PERSON GREAT AND THAT PERSON GREAT, YOU REALLY HAVEN'T
GOTTEN ME. THAT IS WHAT THEY ALWAYS SAY. BUT I WAS BACKSTAGE AT THE
40th, SOMEBODY WHO I GOT TO MEET AND NEVER GOT TO DO ON THE
SHOW, IT WAS MY FAVORITE EXPERIENCE IN PASSING, 40t
40th WAS CRAZY. THERE'S TONS OF PEOPLE THERE
FROM ALL GENERATIONS OF THE SHOW. >> Stephen: 40t
40th ANNIVERSARY. >> OF "SNL," EXACTLY. I SEE OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY
EYE JEFF GOLDBLUM WALKS UP AND AIM BIG FAN, HE SAYS, YES, YES,
YES, YES, GOOD, VERY GOOD, THEN KEPT WALKING. I'M, LIKE, THAT'S IT. I'M DONE. THAT'S ALL I NEED, IF I DO
NOTHING ELSE. THAT'S IT. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: YOU MIGHT KNOW THIS, THIS SEASON "SNL" IS
HAVING AN AMAZING SEASON, THE RATINGS ARE GREAT, EVERYBODY IS
TALKING ABOUT IT AND THE SHOW HAS BEEN WONDERFUL. ALEC BALD WITHIN, McCARTHY,
SEAN SPICER IS THE BEST PERFORMANCE I'VE EVER SEEN. PEOPLE WHO COME IN WHO WEREN'T
EVEN THE HOST THAT WEEK, WHEN NON-CAST MEMBERS COME IN AND DO
THE IMPRESSIONS, DOES THE CAST THERE GO, HEY, WE'RE THE
ENSEMBLE, WHY AREN'T WE DOING THOSE? I FEEL BAD FOR THE CAST WHO
DON'T GET A CHOMP AT THAT. >> NO, IT'S DONE WELL. I WAS THERE WHEN THEY HAD LARRY
DAVID COME IN FOR BERNIE SANDERS, AND IT'S ALWAYS WITHIN
SORT OF THE FAMILY OF COMEDY AND PEOPLE THAT WE RESPECT. SO I THINK IT'S MORE THAN
ANYTHING JUST AS EXCITING FOR US. I MEAN, MELISSA WAS THE PERSON,
I CAME FROM THE THEATER IN LOS ANGELES AND SHE DID AS WELL,
AND MELISSA WAS THE PERSON WHO I WOULD GO OUT OF THE WAY TO SEE. >> Stephen: SHE'S
EXTRAORDINARY. >> SHE'S A GENIUS. >> Stephen: DID YOU EVER DO
SCHWARZENEGGER? >> I DIDN'T DO HIM ON THE SHOW
BUT DIRECTED HIM IN A MOVIE THIS PAST SUMMER WHICH WAS VERY COOL,
VERY EXCITING FOR ME. I DIRECTED A FILM WHY ARE WE
KILLING DON'TER, A MOCKMENTRY ABOUT CONTRACT KILLERS TRYING TO
KILL THE MOST FAMOUS HIT MAN TO USURP THE KING AND WE GOT ARNOLD
TO BE GUNTHER, SPOILER ALERT. IT WAS CRAZY BECAUSE I
FACETIMEED WITH HIM. MY ASSISTANT SAID I'M GOING TO
HAND YOU TO ARNOLD NOW, HE WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF A SIX FOOT
DESK, SMOKING CIGAR BEHIND A
PICTURE FROM HIS PUMPING IRON
DAYS. HE SAID, HELLO, TARAN. GOOD TO SEE YOU! THIS WAS THE BEFORE, THIS THIS I
AFTER! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: TARAN KILLAM, ON
BROAD WAY AT THE RICHARD RODGERS THEATRE! STICK AROUND! RAE SREMMURD NEXT!
Season 2 spoilers are discussed.
amazing
I love hearing other fans voice the awesomeness of the show. :)