February 26, 2025 • 30 mins
Desi Lydic tackles Trump's continued defense of Russia to Fox News's dismay and his captivation with Emmanuel Macron's accent, despite the French president's attempts to sway him. She dives into the recent failures of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, including the “DOGE ultimatum” issued to federal workers via email. Plus, as government workers protest, Michael Kosta unpacks the symbolism in an AI-generated video circulating of Trump and, uh, Musk’s toes.
Actor Wendi McLendon-Covey joins Desi Lydic to discuss how her improv background prepared her for a career in comedy and the improvised sitcom pilot they worked on together years ago that led to a misguided boat purchase. McLendon-Covey also talks about the increased appreciation for healthcare workers she’s gained from playing a hospital administrator on the new NBC show “St. Denis Medical,” and the next fake profession she'd like to play.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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Speaker 4 (00:34):
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Elon Musk gets marked as spam, Russia and America share
friendship bracelets, and Trump sticks a foot in his mouth.
But for once, it's not his own. So let's get
right into it.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
I've been a comedy.
Speaker 4 (00:59):
Let's kick off with the war in Ukraine. Donald Trump
promised he could secure a peace deal within one day
of taking office, which means he is now negative thirty
four days ahead of schedule.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Good work, sir.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
As we know, the Ukraine War began in twenty twenty
two when Putin invaded Ukraine on three separate fronts while
launching missile attacks on Ukrainian cities, or as Donald Trump
puts it.
Speaker 5 (01:23):
President Trump has made a series of false assertions blaming
Ukraine for starting the war.
Speaker 6 (01:27):
You should have never started it.
Speaker 5 (01:29):
You could have made a deal.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
That's an interesting interpretation, and that it's not what happened.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
In fact, it's the exact opposite of what.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
Happened, and this has set off alarm bells for a
lot of conservatives, including Brian Kilmead, Trump's buddy and the
Joey Tribiani of Fox and Friends.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
He tried to gently push back.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
When Trump started to blame the destruction of Ukraine on
President Zelensky.
Speaker 7 (01:56):
You have a man who's led a country that had
the most beautiful cities. They demolished, had the most beautiful domes.
Those domes are the most beautiful Russians.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
But that's Russia's fault.
Speaker 7 (02:08):
Those Russia demolished two thousand year old domes and everything's demolished.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
But mister President, that's all. That's Vladimir Putin's fault.
Speaker 7 (02:17):
I get tired of listening to it. It makes it
very hard to make deals. But look what's happened to
his country. It's been demolished.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
But no, no, I hear you, President, But you know
who's blame for that?
Speaker 7 (02:27):
That's what.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Don't you think it's Vadimir Putin that did the invasion
unwarranted to try to take back landy had no right to.
And those you think fundamentally that's that. And if you
could just get now now both sides want to talk
it seems so we should just get to that point.
Speaker 7 (02:43):
They only want to talk because of me.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
But this is how off the rails Trump is his blood.
Fox News is saying, mister President, you sound crazy, and
I believe DEI causes tornadoes.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
And he's right.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
Not about the DEI causing tornadoes. We all know trans
people caused tornadoes, but about this war. Under Donald Trump,
America has fully taken Russia's side, which means are we
the bad guys?
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Now?
Speaker 4 (03:22):
Well that didn't answer that, but I think we might
be the bad guys. It's not just Republicans who are alarmed.
The entire continent of Europe is freaking the fuck out.
If the United States will help Russia take over Ukraine.
Who's next? Poland, Latvia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Albania, Estonia. Yeah, I
got a ninety seven in AP geography, Thank you, thank you.
(03:50):
I would have gotten a hundred, but I misspelled my name.
So yesterday Europe tried to get Trump back on its
side by sending over its most charismatic Trump whisperer, you all,
Macrone of France, And right from the start of that
meeting you could really see how he let his scar down.
Speaker 6 (04:15):
That is the most beautiful language. I have no idea
what he said, but that is the views move elegant,
beautiful language.
Speaker 8 (04:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (04:26):
Trump just loves a French accent, probably because it's the
native tongue of his hero pepe Le pew something about
that pervert skunk that Trump finds so relatable. But Macron's
accent gives him a lot of leeweighted gently correct Trump
every time he spews bullshit.
Speaker 9 (04:45):
I mean this walk off to the office a lot
of money, and this is the responsibility of Russia because
the aggressor is Russia.
Speaker 7 (04:52):
Europe is loaning the money to Ukraine.
Speaker 6 (04:54):
They get their money back.
Speaker 9 (04:56):
No, in fact, to be to be frank.
Speaker 8 (04:58):
We paid.
Speaker 9 (04:59):
We paid sixty person of the totally fault and it
was who I like. The US lows guarantee grants and
we provided to pay and money.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
At it.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
What did that smile? The guy is smitten.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
Usually if someone confronts him about being wrong, he takes
away their security detail. But he's letting Macron do whatever
he wants. I think a sexy accent is his kryptonite.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
I assumed it was vegetables.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
But.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
To be fair, it's not just Macron Trump was swooning
over anyone with a sexy accent.
Speaker 9 (05:41):
I want to know if you what is your idea
about either if you wanted to make the same.
Speaker 6 (05:46):
Thing, Can you talk a little louder? You have a
beautiful voice like them in these days? Use Where are
you from?
Speaker 10 (05:53):
Italy?
Speaker 6 (05:54):
From Italy?
Speaker 7 (05:54):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (05:55):
I loved Italy?
Speaker 4 (05:57):
Oh Italy? I love that restaurant with the grocery store.
Speaker 7 (06:02):
It's out.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
Oh now lit so good? Now tell me which section
are you from Fromaggio produce self checkout.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
By the way, Trump is the only person on earth
who has ever asked an Italian person to talk louder.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
Of course, as we saw it last.
Speaker 4 (06:25):
Week, not every accent does it for him. Sometimes it
just confuses him.
Speaker 9 (06:30):
With the present.
Speaker 8 (06:30):
People would be welcoming your decision to extradite the Hubboga.
Speaker 6 (06:34):
I can't understand what he said, dude.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
Come on, if you don't understand what someone is saying,
don't be rude and dismiss them.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
Just laugh and go, oh my god, that's.
Speaker 4 (06:46):
So crazy, like a normal person. I mean, is Trump
sure that he wants to be president? Because this is
the worst job in the world. If you don't understand accents,
it's like working as an escort if you're still not
one hundred percent sure which hole it's supposed to go in.
Although would that actually make you a great escort?
Speaker 3 (07:17):
I guess we'll never know.
Speaker 4 (07:18):
By the way, if you're wondering how tough Indian accents
are for Trump, he had to get a translator for it,
not for the language, for the accent.
Speaker 11 (07:27):
It is evident that how the state of the United
So what is yours?
Speaker 12 (07:35):
And what is the rule that the dead?
Speaker 4 (07:40):
I can't believe Doge is going around looking for inefficiencies. Meanwhile,
Trump has an English to English translator. But if you
do have to have a translator for accents, why does
the translator also.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Have an accent? Maybe the plan was.
Speaker 4 (08:03):
To have a string of translators with slightly less of
an accent until they finally got to something Trump could process. Eventually,
it'll just be the word Bangladesh written across the boobs
of a swimsuit model.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Oh, now I get it. Anyway, back to Macron.
Speaker 4 (08:19):
Now, you might think that it's not wise for Europe
to hinge its survival on the seductive power of Macron's accent,
but Trump himself admitted that it works.
Speaker 6 (08:29):
I just want to fail you a little, sir. So
we were at the Eiffel Tower having dinner with your
wonderful wife and with my wonderful wife, and we came
out and he started speaking the French steel and we
didn't have an interpreter, and he was going on and
on and on, and I was just nodding yes, yes, yes.
And he really sold me out because I got back
the next day that I read the papers. They said,
(08:50):
that's not what we said. He's a smart customer.
Speaker 4 (08:55):
I will tell you this sure, hold on, hold on,
forget the accent. What was going on with that handshake?
Are they doing the no you hang up? But with
their hands? Before we figure out Russia and Ukraine, we
need a peace deal for the world's weirdest thumb worm.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
So maybe this isn't going to come.
Speaker 4 (09:18):
Down to words at all, because if you've noticed how
Trump and Macrona interact, their hands alone tell a story.
Speaker 9 (09:28):
Douchev dita bloky, there's a conflula.
Speaker 8 (09:38):
Of oh tier.
Speaker 7 (09:47):
Man lima dima.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
Tondre.
Speaker 10 (10:11):
When we come back, we'll tell you who's been mean
to Elon Musk.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
But don't go away.
Speaker 7 (10:38):
Show.
Speaker 4 (10:39):
Let's talk about Doge it's the reason an eighteen year
old virgin has your Social Security number. But Elon Musk
has been trying to find ways to fire as many
federal workers as possible, and this weekend he tried out
his new method by sending an email that shouldn't have
been a meeting or an email.
Speaker 13 (10:57):
It's the doge ultimatum. Elon Musk emailing over two million
federal workers with this subject line, what did you do
last week? It simply asked them the list five things
they accomplished at work and says not replying by midnight
tonight would be taken as a resignation.
Speaker 4 (11:12):
Ah the hallmark of a good boss. He gives you
busy work that also makes you scared. This is such
an insane idea, just for starters. Let's say everyone does respond.
Who the fuck is going to read two point four
million emails?
Speaker 10 (11:27):
I say this as someone I say this as someone
who has an inbox with two point four million unread emails.
Speaker 4 (11:39):
It is too many emails to I can read.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
Hey, pottery barn, if you tell me.
Speaker 4 (11:44):
About one more throw pillow sale, I will kill myself
and the blood will be on your hands, also on
your throw pillows don't fucking test me, and I know
you gave my email to Williams Sonoma. Anyway, as shocking
(12:06):
as this may be, federal workers do not seem very
happy about being sent threatening emails, and they're making their
voices heard in unusual ways.
Speaker 11 (12:15):
I want to ask you about a fake video that
was somehow hacked onto the TVs at the Housing and
Urban Development Offices this morning in DC. It's pretty graphic,
so we're not going to show it here in top story.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
It essentially shows.
Speaker 11 (12:28):
The President again, this was an AI image kissing Elon
Musk's feet.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
He's right, He's right.
Speaker 4 (12:35):
An AI video of Trump kissing Elon Musk's feet is disgusting.
It's inappropriate, and it's disrespectful. It should not be on TV.
Let me just show you why it should not be
on TV.
Speaker 10 (12:49):
Look at how.
Speaker 4 (12:53):
Inappropriate this fake video of the President flvereign all hello
over Elon Musk's foot knobs is so inappropriate, and that
is why we will never be showing this to you.
It's called journalistic integrity.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (13:11):
Although it has to be said that making that video
and hacking the screens took a lot of work, and
I really hope whichever federal employee did it included that
in their list of five of.
Speaker 3 (13:26):
Compos that's imporiate.
Speaker 4 (13:34):
I definitely feel bad for the guy in the Hut
office who learned about his latent foot fetish in.
Speaker 3 (13:38):
The worst possible way. Oh no, oh no.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
And it wasn't just the rank and file who pushed
back on Elon's ultimatum. Some of Trump's own cabinet members
told their departments the email wasn't official. Cash Pattel told
the FBI, don't respond to that email. Tulsi Gabbard said,
don't respond to that email. Pete Hegseith responded to that email, saying,
you up. That was irrelevant. But all this infighting is confusing.
(14:12):
Can someone please clarify the situation here, mister President? Do
people have to answer this email or not?
Speaker 12 (14:19):
Can you clarify, hopefully, once and for all, what your
expectations are with this email?
Speaker 9 (14:23):
The federal employees.
Speaker 6 (14:24):
Like somewhat voluntary, but it's also if you don't answer,
I guess you get fired.
Speaker 4 (14:29):
Oh right, yeah, that clears up everything. It's voluntary, but
if you don't answer it, you're fired.
Speaker 3 (14:35):
Okay.
Speaker 4 (14:36):
At this point, the only thing more confusing than that email.
Is that AI video that is totally inappropriate for television?
I mean, they give Elon two left feet weird and gross,
and that's why we will not be showing it to you.
It's called moral courage. Moral courage. Now, look, you would
(15:05):
expect some pushback within the federal government, but the surprising
thing is there's also some pushback from outside the federal government.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
From Georgia to Oregon to Kansas.
Speaker 4 (15:14):
Americans angry with President trump sweeping layoffs and Elon Musk's
drive to slash government spending, packing raucous town halls.
Speaker 8 (15:23):
Contract She's done some very good things.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
I think, how did you feel about an not one
of the.
Speaker 4 (15:52):
Oh that last guy was so ready to get mad
you didn't even wait for the answer.
Speaker 3 (15:59):
I have a question, you suck ah Philip.
Speaker 4 (16:04):
Personally, I'm glad to see people pushing back against DOGE.
But even if you support does, you have to acknowledge
that seeing real people voicing their opinion to their elected
representatives is a lot better than seeing Trump going to
town on alon speed, which is just disgusting. It's disgusting,
and you will never see that video here.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
You won't.
Speaker 4 (16:27):
Instead, we're going to have some serious analysis about this
counter movement to DOGE. So let's go to DOGE headquarters
with Michael Costa. People are not happy with DOGE.
Speaker 5 (16:49):
That's right, DESI, But DOGE has to take a lot
of the blame for the backlash. They're not handling these
layoffs with enough care and finesse. Let me explain through
the use of a visual aid. Let's say this floot
represents the federal government. You gotta be gentle, right, you
(17:11):
can't go in whole hog. You gotta start the layoffs
with a light little pet See what I did there, doesy?
That was me laying off fifty NIH researchers. And you
know what, I think they liked it.
Speaker 4 (17:27):
Yes, I see what you're saying. It's not what you cut,
it's how.
Speaker 3 (17:31):
You cut it exactly.
Speaker 5 (17:33):
You can't go from zero to one hundred like this.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
That is not how you do it.
Speaker 5 (17:42):
It's too overwhelming and it puts too much pressure on
the workforce.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
Tell me about it.
Speaker 4 (17:48):
I've been laid off before and it is always too sloppy.
Speaker 5 (17:52):
Yeah, you don't want sloppy dosy. And you can't just
focus on the top departments either. Most of the waste
takes place lace at the lower levels of the government.
Speaker 3 (18:02):
So you gotta work both the li is how the.
Speaker 4 (18:13):
And I got to say, I have never seen you
look more professional. So where did you learn so much
about government? Was that at college?
Speaker 7 (18:21):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (18:21):
No, I worked at payless. The point is you have
to pay attention to the whole of the federal government.
Then once you've properly covered all the sensitive parts, that's
when you bring in the other foot. Oh my goodness, gracious.
Speaker 4 (18:36):
Oh wait, hold on, so if one foot represents the
federal government, what does the other foot represent?
Speaker 3 (18:42):
Oh, this foot's just.
Speaker 12 (18:42):
A sex thing.
Speaker 3 (18:43):
Oh gotcha, Michaels. Everyone will be joining. Actually, go go away.
Speaker 4 (19:11):
Welcome back to the Dailey Show. My guest tonight is
a loved comedic actor known for her work in Reno
nine one one, Bridesmaids, and The Goldbergs. She now stars
in Saint Dennis Medical on NBC. Please welcome Wendy McClendon,
Covey arm Horny.
Speaker 3 (19:50):
Now that I've watched all that foot action, Yes.
Speaker 4 (19:54):
My goodness, who doesn't love a little foot action.
Speaker 12 (19:57):
Anyone that says otherwise is ill?
Speaker 4 (19:59):
Big that one liars. I am so happier here, I'm
so happy to be here. I'm such an enormous fan
of yours. Everything you do. I mean, Bridesmaids, biggest.
Speaker 3 (20:10):
Comedy, gold Birds. It was on for ten whole.
Speaker 4 (20:15):
Seasons at Reno nine one one.
Speaker 3 (20:18):
Which was on for.
Speaker 4 (20:21):
We got a little.
Speaker 12 (20:24):
Revival like right before COVID. So we've knocked out two
more movies. Yeah, a few more episodes.
Speaker 4 (20:30):
I mean that was like a two twenty year span.
What is what is the.
Speaker 3 (20:34):
Crazy being that I'm so young? Impossibly? Yeah, but what
is the secret?
Speaker 4 (20:40):
What's this in the secret sauce for how to how
to have such like great longevity with these projects?
Speaker 12 (20:46):
I wish I had an answer for you. I'm just really,
really lucky, and I worship the devil.
Speaker 3 (20:52):
Oh that's all it is. That's all it do. Yeah,
that's all it is. Well, no problem, sign me up,
you guys.
Speaker 12 (20:58):
Now, I say I've been lucky.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
Well, maybe the secret sauce is you. That's probably that.
Speaker 12 (21:10):
You say such things, doesn't Let's be best from.
Speaker 4 (21:13):
Okay, you started at the Groundlings, I did. You were
in the main company and the Groundlings, if you don't know,
is a famous improv theater that is responsible for breeding
just the top comedy talent.
Speaker 12 (21:26):
Also about everybody on SNL comes from either the Groundlings
or Second City. And yeah, I was lucky enough to
do that for seven years.
Speaker 4 (21:35):
And how did that training prepare you for your comedic
journey all these roles that you play.
Speaker 3 (21:43):
Well.
Speaker 12 (21:44):
The great thing about improv is that you are never
supposed to deny anything.
Speaker 4 (21:49):
So if you.
Speaker 12 (21:49):
Approach I mean even sales, if you're in sales, or
you know, anything where you have to deal with the public,
if you just approach it from a place of yes,
and I can do this for you, or yes, and
I cannot do this for you, but I can do this.
Speaker 4 (22:05):
Oh hello, Yes that cup you had planned on doing
that poetry.
Speaker 12 (22:18):
Yeah, that was a planned little.
Speaker 4 (22:21):
Stunt that I thought i'd pull out here they taught
stunt work at the Roundins. I got to witness your
improv skills on a tiny little project that we did
many years ago that never saw the light of day.
Speaker 3 (22:35):
You were a baby, Yes you were. That's what will
go in. Yes, we'll go with that. So young as
were you, right? But this this project had it.
Speaker 4 (22:48):
Was you and Jane Lynch and Sam Pancake, Jack Platnik.
It was all improvised, kind of like a curb your
enthusiasm and it was only like two days of filming,
but that was such a masterclass for me to get
to watch you and Jane show up to the party,
be a good improviser, a great listener, but like show
(23:10):
up with the goods. It really was like that was
probably such a nothing thing for you, but it was
very impactful for me.
Speaker 3 (23:16):
So thank you.
Speaker 12 (23:17):
Well, you're welcome, and you were absolutely an angel because
you came in at the eleventh hour, Like literally she
was cast at what nine o'clock at night and six
in the morning, you're on set with us.
Speaker 4 (23:31):
Yeah, but that just shows that they were desperate. That's
when I got all my jobs, and they were very desperate,
like let's just hire the next person that walks in
the door.
Speaker 3 (23:39):
Okay, fine, she'll do.
Speaker 12 (23:40):
Okay, can I tell you something embarrassing about that job please.
I was so sure that that stupid show was gonna go.
And by the way, this was a scripted show for
VH one that doesn't do scripted show.
Speaker 7 (23:55):
No.
Speaker 12 (23:56):
But on the strength of that hilarious pilot, I bought
a boat.
Speaker 3 (24:07):
This is not a joke.
Speaker 12 (24:09):
I talked my husband into buying a friggin boat and
we had to push that thing uphill for the next
five years, and we couldn't even sell it. We had
to give it to someone to take it off our hands.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
You no longer have the boat.
Speaker 12 (24:23):
Tell no, oh.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
Buy a boat. People do not buy a boat.
Speaker 12 (24:27):
Rent a boat and rent a captain for the day.
But you don't need a boat.
Speaker 4 (24:32):
So they didn't talk about invest good investments at the
ground lanes. That was a part of the never Yeah,
that's too bad.
Speaker 3 (24:38):
Oh my god, you bought it. We bought so funny.
Speaker 12 (24:42):
Anyway, it was a terrible show.
Speaker 4 (24:45):
Yeah, it's no Saint Dennis Medical, I'll tell.
Speaker 3 (24:48):
You that much. Perfect segue.
Speaker 4 (24:50):
Yes, yes, yes, and I truly this show is so
funny and you're phenomenal in it. And I heard that
you received the script the day that the Goldbergs ended.
Speaker 3 (25:01):
Is that true?
Speaker 12 (25:01):
Yeah, in a weird twist of fate, Yes, I did
get it the same day, and I was all poudy
and I'm looking at this script, going, god, I think
it's funny. Yeah, I think this is funny. I think
I want to do it, but you know it was
just in the pilot stages, so you think, well, I
should just do it because fifty to fifty.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
You know, it might not go, but it went.
Speaker 12 (25:25):
But then we went on strike.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
Oh that's right.
Speaker 12 (25:27):
Yeah, So if you watch Saint Dennis, you might notice
that between the first episode and the second episode we
all look a lot different.
Speaker 3 (25:36):
That's why. But it's been a blessing.
Speaker 12 (25:38):
It's been so much fun. And I cannot tell you
how much respect I have for healthcare workers after doing.
Speaker 8 (25:48):
It.
Speaker 4 (25:48):
Shows incredible, It really shows in the show. One of
the things that I appreciate so much about it. It's
laugh out loud funny. It's very very funny. But all
of the characters have these huge blind spots for comedic reasons,
but never are they like completely inept at their jobs.
And so it is sort of a love letter to
(26:10):
healthcare workers.
Speaker 3 (26:11):
It really is.
Speaker 12 (26:12):
It really is, because when you get into healthcare, don't
think that you're ever going to work a forty hour week. Okay,
that just doesn't happen. And there are times when it's
somebody's worst day in the world, but you just want
to go to lunch, yeah, or you really have to
pee and you wish someone would just make a decision,
(26:34):
like it's they're people too, you know, and sometimes they're
going to have a bad day, and they should be
allowed to have a bad day sometimes, of course, as
we all should. But yeah, respect, respect to all of
the healthcare workers out there.
Speaker 4 (26:48):
Have you had anyone come up to you, any actual
healthcare workers come up to you and say thank you
for making the show?
Speaker 12 (26:54):
I watch a show I do get dms from people
who say the way you play the administration is dead on.
Not to you know, pat my own back there, but yeah,
the very thought that you have to keep people motivated
when you don't even believe what you're saying anymore. And
I've had to work for people like that, And so
(27:15):
what do you do? You change your physicality and maybe
you might throw a fake judo move or whatever to
just kind of get a smile on someone's face, and
all they want to do is flip you the bird.
Speaker 4 (27:27):
One of my favorite things about your character that I
noticed is that she wears these like enormous brooches on
her lapel. She'll wear like a breast cancer research pin,
and then the next day it will be a giant
hummingbird that's just slightly too large for the lapel. Yeah,
it tells you so much about that character. She's very
(27:48):
like front facing. Was that something that you came up with?
Speaker 12 (27:51):
No, but I love it for her because she is
just it's that false optimism. Yeah, you know of Hey,
you guys were having a pizza party.
Speaker 3 (28:02):
Like we're adults. Who cares?
Speaker 12 (28:03):
You get that humming bird out of my face?
Speaker 4 (28:06):
Sometimes sometimes you just need a hummingbird. You know. There
are something softens a lot of blows, stopping for blows. Well,
at this point, you have played a fake copy, a
fake doctor, hospital administrator, a fake mom in the eighties.
Knowing your track record, the show is going to last
for twenty seven seasons.
Speaker 3 (28:27):
But I hope so we got to get you in there.
Speaker 4 (28:30):
Yeah, I'm sign me up. Come on, but what what
is your What do you wish to do next? For
a fake job?
Speaker 3 (28:37):
Oh, for a fake job? Next prostitute.
Speaker 4 (28:41):
Oh that's the one I want to know.
Speaker 3 (28:47):
I really think i'd be good at it. Yeah, footwork
or no footwork, we'll get it. We'll get to it,
We'll go to yes.
Speaker 4 (28:56):
Okay, Okay, Well I'll sign me up because I'd like
to buy a boat.
Speaker 3 (29:00):
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Elon Musk gets marked as spam, Russia and America share
friendship bracelets, and Trump sticks a foot in his mouth.
But for once, it's not his own. So let's get
right into it.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
I've been a comedy.
Speaker 4 (00:59):
Let's kick off with the war in Ukraine. Donald Trump
promised he could secure a peace deal within one day
of taking office, which means he is now negative thirty
four days ahead of schedule.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Good work, sir.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
As we know, the Ukraine War began in twenty twenty
two when Putin invaded Ukraine on three separate fronts while
launching missile attacks on Ukrainian cities, or as Donald Trump
puts it.
Speaker 5 (01:23):
President Trump has made a series of false assertions blaming
Ukraine for starting the war.
Speaker 6 (01:27):
You should have never started it.
Speaker 5 (01:29):
You could have made a deal.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
That's an interesting interpretation, and that it's not what happened.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
In fact, it's the exact opposite of what.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
Happened, and this has set off alarm bells for a
lot of conservatives, including Brian Kilmead, Trump's buddy and the
Joey Tribiani of Fox and Friends.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
He tried to gently push back.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
When Trump started to blame the destruction of Ukraine on
President Zelensky.
Speaker 7 (01:56):
You have a man who's led a country that had
the most beautiful cities. They demolished, had the most beautiful domes.
Those domes are the most beautiful Russians.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
But that's Russia's fault.
Speaker 7 (02:08):
Those Russia demolished two thousand year old domes and everything's demolished.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
But mister President, that's all. That's Vladimir Putin's fault.
Speaker 7 (02:17):
I get tired of listening to it. It makes it
very hard to make deals. But look what's happened to
his country. It's been demolished.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
But no, no, I hear you, President, But you know
who's blame for that?
Speaker 7 (02:27):
That's what.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Don't you think it's Vadimir Putin that did the invasion
unwarranted to try to take back landy had no right to.
And those you think fundamentally that's that. And if you
could just get now now both sides want to talk
it seems so we should just get to that point.
Speaker 7 (02:43):
They only want to talk because of me.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
But this is how off the rails Trump is his blood.
Fox News is saying, mister President, you sound crazy, and
I believe DEI causes tornadoes.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
And he's right.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
Not about the DEI causing tornadoes. We all know trans
people caused tornadoes, but about this war. Under Donald Trump,
America has fully taken Russia's side, which means are we
the bad guys?
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Now?
Speaker 4 (03:22):
Well that didn't answer that, but I think we might
be the bad guys. It's not just Republicans who are alarmed.
The entire continent of Europe is freaking the fuck out.
If the United States will help Russia take over Ukraine.
Who's next? Poland, Latvia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Albania, Estonia. Yeah, I
got a ninety seven in AP geography, Thank you, thank you.
(03:50):
I would have gotten a hundred, but I misspelled my name.
So yesterday Europe tried to get Trump back on its
side by sending over its most charismatic Trump whisperer, you all,
Macrone of France, And right from the start of that
meeting you could really see how he let his scar down.
Speaker 6 (04:15):
That is the most beautiful language. I have no idea
what he said, but that is the views move elegant,
beautiful language.
Speaker 8 (04:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (04:26):
Trump just loves a French accent, probably because it's the
native tongue of his hero pepe Le pew something about
that pervert skunk that Trump finds so relatable. But Macron's
accent gives him a lot of leeweighted gently correct Trump
every time he spews bullshit.
Speaker 9 (04:45):
I mean this walk off to the office a lot
of money, and this is the responsibility of Russia because
the aggressor is Russia.
Speaker 7 (04:52):
Europe is loaning the money to Ukraine.
Speaker 6 (04:54):
They get their money back.
Speaker 9 (04:56):
No, in fact, to be to be frank.
Speaker 8 (04:58):
We paid.
Speaker 9 (04:59):
We paid sixty person of the totally fault and it
was who I like. The US lows guarantee grants and
we provided to pay and money.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
At it.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
What did that smile? The guy is smitten.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
Usually if someone confronts him about being wrong, he takes
away their security detail. But he's letting Macron do whatever
he wants. I think a sexy accent is his kryptonite.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
I assumed it was vegetables.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
But.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
To be fair, it's not just Macron Trump was swooning
over anyone with a sexy accent.
Speaker 9 (05:41):
I want to know if you what is your idea
about either if you wanted to make the same.
Speaker 6 (05:46):
Thing, Can you talk a little louder? You have a
beautiful voice like them in these days? Use Where are
you from?
Speaker 10 (05:53):
Italy?
Speaker 6 (05:54):
From Italy?
Speaker 7 (05:54):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (05:55):
I loved Italy?
Speaker 4 (05:57):
Oh Italy? I love that restaurant with the grocery store.
Speaker 7 (06:02):
It's out.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
Oh now lit so good? Now tell me which section
are you from Fromaggio produce self checkout.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
By the way, Trump is the only person on earth
who has ever asked an Italian person to talk louder.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
Of course, as we saw it last.
Speaker 4 (06:25):
Week, not every accent does it for him. Sometimes it
just confuses him.
Speaker 9 (06:30):
With the present.
Speaker 8 (06:30):
People would be welcoming your decision to extradite the Hubboga.
Speaker 6 (06:34):
I can't understand what he said, dude.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
Come on, if you don't understand what someone is saying,
don't be rude and dismiss them.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
Just laugh and go, oh my god, that's.
Speaker 4 (06:46):
So crazy, like a normal person. I mean, is Trump
sure that he wants to be president? Because this is
the worst job in the world. If you don't understand accents,
it's like working as an escort if you're still not
one hundred percent sure which hole it's supposed to go in.
Although would that actually make you a great escort?
Speaker 3 (07:17):
I guess we'll never know.
Speaker 4 (07:18):
By the way, if you're wondering how tough Indian accents
are for Trump, he had to get a translator for it,
not for the language, for the accent.
Speaker 11 (07:27):
It is evident that how the state of the United
So what is yours?
Speaker 12 (07:35):
And what is the rule that the dead?
Speaker 4 (07:40):
I can't believe Doge is going around looking for inefficiencies. Meanwhile,
Trump has an English to English translator. But if you
do have to have a translator for accents, why does
the translator also.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Have an accent? Maybe the plan was.
Speaker 4 (08:03):
To have a string of translators with slightly less of
an accent until they finally got to something Trump could process. Eventually,
it'll just be the word Bangladesh written across the boobs
of a swimsuit model.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
Oh, now I get it. Anyway, back to Macron.
Speaker 4 (08:19):
Now, you might think that it's not wise for Europe
to hinge its survival on the seductive power of Macron's accent,
but Trump himself admitted that it works.
Speaker 6 (08:29):
I just want to fail you a little, sir. So
we were at the Eiffel Tower having dinner with your
wonderful wife and with my wonderful wife, and we came
out and he started speaking the French steel and we
didn't have an interpreter, and he was going on and
on and on, and I was just nodding yes, yes, yes.
And he really sold me out because I got back
the next day that I read the papers. They said,
(08:50):
that's not what we said. He's a smart customer.
Speaker 4 (08:55):
I will tell you this sure, hold on, hold on,
forget the accent. What was going on with that handshake?
Are they doing the no you hang up? But with
their hands? Before we figure out Russia and Ukraine, we
need a peace deal for the world's weirdest thumb worm.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
So maybe this isn't going to come.
Speaker 4 (09:18):
Down to words at all, because if you've noticed how
Trump and Macrona interact, their hands alone tell a story.
Speaker 9 (09:28):
Douchev dita bloky, there's a conflula.
Speaker 8 (09:38):
Of oh tier.
Speaker 7 (09:47):
Man lima dima.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
Tondre.
Speaker 10 (10:11):
When we come back, we'll tell you who's been mean
to Elon Musk.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
But don't go away.
Speaker 7 (10:38):
Show.
Speaker 4 (10:39):
Let's talk about Doge it's the reason an eighteen year
old virgin has your Social Security number. But Elon Musk
has been trying to find ways to fire as many
federal workers as possible, and this weekend he tried out
his new method by sending an email that shouldn't have
been a meeting or an email.
Speaker 13 (10:57):
It's the doge ultimatum. Elon Musk emailing over two million
federal workers with this subject line, what did you do
last week? It simply asked them the list five things
they accomplished at work and says not replying by midnight
tonight would be taken as a resignation.
Speaker 4 (11:12):
Ah the hallmark of a good boss. He gives you
busy work that also makes you scared. This is such
an insane idea, just for starters. Let's say everyone does respond.
Who the fuck is going to read two point four
million emails?
Speaker 10 (11:27):
I say this as someone I say this as someone
who has an inbox with two point four million unread emails.
Speaker 4 (11:39):
It is too many emails to I can read.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
Hey, pottery barn, if you tell me.
Speaker 4 (11:44):
About one more throw pillow sale, I will kill myself
and the blood will be on your hands, also on
your throw pillows don't fucking test me, and I know
you gave my email to Williams Sonoma. Anyway, as shocking
(12:06):
as this may be, federal workers do not seem very
happy about being sent threatening emails, and they're making their
voices heard in unusual ways.
Speaker 11 (12:15):
I want to ask you about a fake video that
was somehow hacked onto the TVs at the Housing and
Urban Development Offices this morning in DC. It's pretty graphic,
so we're not going to show it here in top story.
Speaker 3 (12:27):
It essentially shows.
Speaker 11 (12:28):
The President again, this was an AI image kissing Elon
Musk's feet.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
He's right, He's right.
Speaker 4 (12:35):
An AI video of Trump kissing Elon Musk's feet is disgusting.
It's inappropriate, and it's disrespectful. It should not be on TV.
Let me just show you why it should not be
on TV.
Speaker 10 (12:49):
Look at how.
Speaker 4 (12:53):
Inappropriate this fake video of the President flvereign all hello
over Elon Musk's foot knobs is so inappropriate, and that
is why we will never be showing this to you.
It's called journalistic integrity.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (13:11):
Although it has to be said that making that video
and hacking the screens took a lot of work, and
I really hope whichever federal employee did it included that
in their list of five of.
Speaker 3 (13:26):
Compos that's imporiate.
Speaker 4 (13:34):
I definitely feel bad for the guy in the Hut
office who learned about his latent foot fetish in.
Speaker 3 (13:38):
The worst possible way. Oh no, oh no.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
And it wasn't just the rank and file who pushed
back on Elon's ultimatum. Some of Trump's own cabinet members
told their departments the email wasn't official. Cash Pattel told
the FBI, don't respond to that email. Tulsi Gabbard said,
don't respond to that email. Pete Hegseith responded to that email, saying,
you up. That was irrelevant. But all this infighting is confusing.
(14:12):
Can someone please clarify the situation here, mister President? Do
people have to answer this email or not?
Speaker 12 (14:19):
Can you clarify, hopefully, once and for all, what your
expectations are with this email?
Speaker 9 (14:23):
The federal employees.
Speaker 6 (14:24):
Like somewhat voluntary, but it's also if you don't answer,
I guess you get fired.
Speaker 4 (14:29):
Oh right, yeah, that clears up everything. It's voluntary, but
if you don't answer it, you're fired.
Speaker 3 (14:35):
Okay.
Speaker 4 (14:36):
At this point, the only thing more confusing than that email.
Is that AI video that is totally inappropriate for television?
I mean, they give Elon two left feet weird and gross,
and that's why we will not be showing it to you.
It's called moral courage. Moral courage. Now, look, you would
(15:05):
expect some pushback within the federal government, but the surprising
thing is there's also some pushback from outside the federal government.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
From Georgia to Oregon to Kansas.
Speaker 4 (15:14):
Americans angry with President trump sweeping layoffs and Elon Musk's
drive to slash government spending, packing raucous town halls.
Speaker 8 (15:23):
Contract She's done some very good things.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
I think, how did you feel about an not one
of the.
Speaker 4 (15:52):
Oh that last guy was so ready to get mad
you didn't even wait for the answer.
Speaker 3 (15:59):
I have a question, you suck ah Philip.
Speaker 4 (16:04):
Personally, I'm glad to see people pushing back against DOGE.
But even if you support does, you have to acknowledge
that seeing real people voicing their opinion to their elected
representatives is a lot better than seeing Trump going to
town on alon speed, which is just disgusting. It's disgusting,
and you will never see that video here.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
You won't.
Speaker 4 (16:27):
Instead, we're going to have some serious analysis about this
counter movement to DOGE. So let's go to DOGE headquarters
with Michael Costa. People are not happy with DOGE.
Speaker 5 (16:49):
That's right, DESI, But DOGE has to take a lot
of the blame for the backlash. They're not handling these
layoffs with enough care and finesse. Let me explain through
the use of a visual aid. Let's say this floot
represents the federal government. You gotta be gentle, right, you
(17:11):
can't go in whole hog. You gotta start the layoffs
with a light little pet See what I did there, doesy?
That was me laying off fifty NIH researchers. And you
know what, I think they liked it.
Speaker 4 (17:27):
Yes, I see what you're saying. It's not what you cut,
it's how.
Speaker 3 (17:31):
You cut it exactly.
Speaker 5 (17:33):
You can't go from zero to one hundred like this.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
That is not how you do it.
Speaker 5 (17:42):
It's too overwhelming and it puts too much pressure on
the workforce.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
Tell me about it.
Speaker 4 (17:48):
I've been laid off before and it is always too sloppy.
Speaker 5 (17:52):
Yeah, you don't want sloppy dosy. And you can't just
focus on the top departments either. Most of the waste
takes place lace at the lower levels of the government.
Speaker 3 (18:02):
So you gotta work both the li is how the.
Speaker 4 (18:13):
And I got to say, I have never seen you
look more professional. So where did you learn so much
about government? Was that at college?
Speaker 7 (18:21):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (18:21):
No, I worked at payless. The point is you have
to pay attention to the whole of the federal government.
Then once you've properly covered all the sensitive parts, that's
when you bring in the other foot. Oh my goodness, gracious.
Speaker 4 (18:36):
Oh wait, hold on, so if one foot represents the
federal government, what does the other foot represent?
Speaker 3 (18:42):
Oh, this foot's just.
Speaker 12 (18:42):
A sex thing.
Speaker 3 (18:43):
Oh gotcha, Michaels. Everyone will be joining. Actually, go go away.
Speaker 4 (19:11):
Welcome back to the Dailey Show. My guest tonight is
a loved comedic actor known for her work in Reno
nine one one, Bridesmaids, and The Goldbergs. She now stars
in Saint Dennis Medical on NBC. Please welcome Wendy McClendon,
Covey arm Horny.
Speaker 3 (19:50):
Now that I've watched all that foot action, Yes.
Speaker 4 (19:54):
My goodness, who doesn't love a little foot action.
Speaker 12 (19:57):
Anyone that says otherwise is ill?
Speaker 4 (19:59):
Big that one liars. I am so happier here, I'm
so happy to be here. I'm such an enormous fan
of yours. Everything you do. I mean, Bridesmaids, biggest.
Speaker 3 (20:10):
Comedy, gold Birds. It was on for ten whole.
Speaker 4 (20:15):
Seasons at Reno nine one one.
Speaker 3 (20:18):
Which was on for.
Speaker 4 (20:21):
We got a little.
Speaker 12 (20:24):
Revival like right before COVID. So we've knocked out two
more movies. Yeah, a few more episodes.
Speaker 4 (20:30):
I mean that was like a two twenty year span.
What is what is the.
Speaker 3 (20:34):
Crazy being that I'm so young? Impossibly? Yeah, but what
is the secret?
Speaker 4 (20:40):
What's this in the secret sauce for how to how
to have such like great longevity with these projects?
Speaker 12 (20:46):
I wish I had an answer for you. I'm just really,
really lucky, and I worship the devil.
Speaker 3 (20:52):
Oh that's all it is. That's all it do. Yeah,
that's all it is. Well, no problem, sign me up,
you guys.
Speaker 12 (20:58):
Now, I say I've been lucky.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
Well, maybe the secret sauce is you. That's probably that.
Speaker 12 (21:10):
You say such things, doesn't Let's be best from.
Speaker 4 (21:13):
Okay, you started at the Groundlings, I did. You were
in the main company and the Groundlings, if you don't know,
is a famous improv theater that is responsible for breeding
just the top comedy talent.
Speaker 12 (21:26):
Also about everybody on SNL comes from either the Groundlings
or Second City. And yeah, I was lucky enough to
do that for seven years.
Speaker 4 (21:35):
And how did that training prepare you for your comedic
journey all these roles that you play.
Speaker 3 (21:43):
Well.
Speaker 12 (21:44):
The great thing about improv is that you are never
supposed to deny anything.
Speaker 4 (21:49):
So if you.
Speaker 12 (21:49):
Approach I mean even sales, if you're in sales, or
you know, anything where you have to deal with the public,
if you just approach it from a place of yes,
and I can do this for you, or yes, and
I cannot do this for you, but I can do this.
Speaker 4 (22:05):
Oh hello, Yes that cup you had planned on doing
that poetry.
Speaker 12 (22:18):
Yeah, that was a planned little.
Speaker 4 (22:21):
Stunt that I thought i'd pull out here they taught
stunt work at the Roundins. I got to witness your
improv skills on a tiny little project that we did
many years ago that never saw the light of day.
Speaker 3 (22:35):
You were a baby, Yes you were. That's what will
go in. Yes, we'll go with that. So young as
were you, right? But this this project had it.
Speaker 4 (22:48):
Was you and Jane Lynch and Sam Pancake, Jack Platnik.
It was all improvised, kind of like a curb your
enthusiasm and it was only like two days of filming,
but that was such a masterclass for me to get
to watch you and Jane show up to the party,
be a good improviser, a great listener, but like show
(23:10):
up with the goods. It really was like that was
probably such a nothing thing for you, but it was
very impactful for me.
Speaker 3 (23:16):
So thank you.
Speaker 12 (23:17):
Well, you're welcome, and you were absolutely an angel because
you came in at the eleventh hour, Like literally she
was cast at what nine o'clock at night and six
in the morning, you're on set with us.
Speaker 4 (23:31):
Yeah, but that just shows that they were desperate. That's
when I got all my jobs, and they were very desperate,
like let's just hire the next person that walks in
the door.
Speaker 3 (23:39):
Okay, fine, she'll do.
Speaker 12 (23:40):
Okay, can I tell you something embarrassing about that job please.
I was so sure that that stupid show was gonna go.
And by the way, this was a scripted show for
VH one that doesn't do scripted show.
Speaker 7 (23:55):
No.
Speaker 12 (23:56):
But on the strength of that hilarious pilot, I bought
a boat.
Speaker 3 (24:07):
This is not a joke.
Speaker 12 (24:09):
I talked my husband into buying a friggin boat and
we had to push that thing uphill for the next
five years, and we couldn't even sell it. We had
to give it to someone to take it off our hands.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
You no longer have the boat.
Speaker 12 (24:23):
Tell no, oh.
Speaker 3 (24:25):
Buy a boat. People do not buy a boat.
Speaker 12 (24:27):
Rent a boat and rent a captain for the day.
But you don't need a boat.
Speaker 4 (24:32):
So they didn't talk about invest good investments at the
ground lanes. That was a part of the never Yeah,
that's too bad.
Speaker 3 (24:38):
Oh my god, you bought it. We bought so funny.
Speaker 12 (24:42):
Anyway, it was a terrible show.
Speaker 4 (24:45):
Yeah, it's no Saint Dennis Medical, I'll tell.
Speaker 3 (24:48):
You that much. Perfect segue.
Speaker 4 (24:50):
Yes, yes, yes, and I truly this show is so
funny and you're phenomenal in it. And I heard that
you received the script the day that the Goldbergs ended.
Speaker 3 (25:01):
Is that true?
Speaker 12 (25:01):
Yeah, in a weird twist of fate, Yes, I did
get it the same day, and I was all poudy
and I'm looking at this script, going, god, I think
it's funny. Yeah, I think this is funny. I think
I want to do it, but you know it was
just in the pilot stages, so you think, well, I
should just do it because fifty to fifty.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
You know, it might not go, but it went.
Speaker 12 (25:25):
But then we went on strike.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
Oh that's right.
Speaker 12 (25:27):
Yeah, So if you watch Saint Dennis, you might notice
that between the first episode and the second episode we
all look a lot different.
Speaker 3 (25:36):
That's why. But it's been a blessing.
Speaker 12 (25:38):
It's been so much fun. And I cannot tell you
how much respect I have for healthcare workers after doing.
Speaker 8 (25:48):
It.
Speaker 4 (25:48):
Shows incredible, It really shows in the show. One of
the things that I appreciate so much about it. It's
laugh out loud funny. It's very very funny. But all
of the characters have these huge blind spots for comedic reasons,
but never are they like completely inept at their jobs.
And so it is sort of a love letter to
(26:10):
healthcare workers.
Speaker 3 (26:11):
It really is.
Speaker 12 (26:12):
It really is, because when you get into healthcare, don't
think that you're ever going to work a forty hour week. Okay,
that just doesn't happen. And there are times when it's
somebody's worst day in the world, but you just want
to go to lunch, yeah, or you really have to
pee and you wish someone would just make a decision,
(26:34):
like it's they're people too, you know, and sometimes they're
going to have a bad day, and they should be
allowed to have a bad day sometimes, of course, as
we all should. But yeah, respect, respect to all of
the healthcare workers out there.
Speaker 4 (26:48):
Have you had anyone come up to you, any actual
healthcare workers come up to you and say thank you
for making the show?
Speaker 12 (26:54):
I watch a show I do get dms from people
who say the way you play the administration is dead on.
Not to you know, pat my own back there, but yeah,
the very thought that you have to keep people motivated
when you don't even believe what you're saying anymore. And
I've had to work for people like that, And so
(27:15):
what do you do? You change your physicality and maybe
you might throw a fake judo move or whatever to
just kind of get a smile on someone's face, and
all they want to do is flip you the bird.
Speaker 4 (27:27):
One of my favorite things about your character that I
noticed is that she wears these like enormous brooches on
her lapel. She'll wear like a breast cancer research pin,
and then the next day it will be a giant
hummingbird that's just slightly too large for the lapel. Yeah,
it tells you so much about that character. She's very
(27:48):
like front facing. Was that something that you came up with?
Speaker 12 (27:51):
No, but I love it for her because she is
just it's that false optimism. Yeah, you know of Hey,
you guys were having a pizza party.
Speaker 3 (28:02):
Like we're adults. Who cares?
Speaker 12 (28:03):
You get that humming bird out of my face?
Speaker 4 (28:06):
Sometimes sometimes you just need a hummingbird. You know. There
are something softens a lot of blows, stopping for blows. Well,
at this point, you have played a fake copy, a
fake doctor, hospital administrator, a fake mom in the eighties.
Knowing your track record, the show is going to last
for twenty seven seasons.
Speaker 3 (28:27):
But I hope so we got to get you in there.
Speaker 4 (28:30):
Yeah, I'm sign me up. Come on, but what what
is your What do you wish to do next? For
a fake job?
Speaker 3 (28:37):
Oh, for a fake job? Next prostitute.
Speaker 4 (28:41):
Oh that's the one I want to know.
Speaker 3 (28:47):
I really think i'd be good at it. Yeah, footwork
or no footwork, we'll get it. We'll get to it,
We'll go to yes.
Speaker 4 (28:56):
Okay, Okay, Well I'll sign me up because I'd like
to buy a boat.
Speaker 3 (29:00):
That's what I'm meaning for. Saint Dennis Medical airs.
Speaker 4 (29:03):
Tuesdays at a pm on NBC and streams on Peacock,
Wendy mcclennon, coming, everybody.
Speaker 3 (29:11):
We're going to take a quick break.
Speaker 10 (29:12):
We'll be right back.
Speaker 3 (29:28):
That's been so before we go.
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to support the most vulnerable communities affected by the LA wildfires.
The show is called Comic Relief Stand Up for LA.
It's on March third. It's in New York City. I
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No one has taken responsibility full the hack, but it
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