She is one of the ONLY people on snl in the past 20 years who really got the spirit of the show down. Where she did her bits without obnoxiously breaking the fourth wall to force all the viewers to know it was a joke. She was just consistently hilarious and such a great actress. You could rarely ever tell she was reading from cue cards. She set the bar that I wish others had tried to raise.

@robbiedubbelman3024

Ай бұрын

I woud add Fred Armisen, Bill Hader and Maya Rudolph to that...

@shanustheanus

Ай бұрын

​@robbiedubbelman3024 they did say one of the only, so the elipses at the end feels a little weird...

@mrjoshd

Ай бұрын

​@shanustheanus you are weird...

@Certaintystillexists

Ай бұрын

The “spirit of the show”?.....Leftist propaganda coupled with pretentious ridicule?

@chillfluencer

Ай бұрын

Enough with the pandering already.

During the pandemic, I would watch a playlist of Kristen's sketches on SNL on over and over and it really helped me go through what I was going through that time. She's such a joy to watch. She's having fun but boy, is she serious about having fun.

@offbeat65

25 күн бұрын

Except not anymore, having done facial surgery in way of conforming to Hollywood standards.

@bakerboycat

25 күн бұрын

@@offbeat65 What are you talking about? It's her face, let her be. It's 2024. Don't be a hater for no reason.

Kristen’s character in ‘Bridesmaids’ juggling the pink lemonade while driving “mm, that is _fresh_ “ 😅

@yg-dn5ms

Ай бұрын

😢 I luv that part

@Xanadudancer

Ай бұрын

Just the delivery is ❤😆

@dork401

Ай бұрын

And therefore is what must be said after drinking something 😂

@jaimi33

Ай бұрын

Her stabbing the cake while in a rage. Pure comedy gold.

@mr.esquite8

Ай бұрын

I think of that scene repeatedly for some reason! 😂

Aunt Linda is so freaking HILARIOUS and the fact that she’s based off of a real person makes it even more funny🤣

@carag2567

Ай бұрын

"Here's my alley and this film went STRAIGHTTUPPITT!!" 😂 Aunt Linda is hilarious!

@miicrawford

25 күн бұрын

@@carag2567 🤣🤣🤣

I have watched Liza try to turn that lamp off 10,000 times.

@GeorgeGiann

Ай бұрын

THAT’S talent!

What I love most about Kristen Wiig is her sense of humor matches her incredible high level of intelligence. It’s so rare to find a brilliantly funny person. But she’s so funny and so good at what she does because she’s so damn smart. It’s like she could easily have a phd in comedy.

Crazy how overlooked the “ just kidding” lady is in discussions of Wiig characters!

@Babalax54

Ай бұрын

Penelope. Def a fave of mine

@john2510

Ай бұрын

For me, that character got old after about 30 seconds.

Conan is always respectful to guests, but I absolutely love when he interviews someone he considers a true colleague. He drops a lot of the absolutely silly behaviors, he listens, he is present. Thank you everyone for this amazing pod cast!

@amityamityamityamity9086

Ай бұрын

*cod past

@user-mn8ul9bf2g

Ай бұрын

What are you talking about? He can't stop talking and let the guest speak. Look at all his interviews, he takes up 80% of the time bc he loves to hear himself talk.

@amityamityamityamity9086

Ай бұрын

@@user-mn8ul9bf2g I find most late night hosts/talking heads do this, Jon Stewart may be one of the only exceptions

@Teamrat

Ай бұрын

@@amityamityamityamity9086 I feel like Jon does it too. Take a shot every time Jon says "Can I say this" while someone else is talking.

@fdrstan

Ай бұрын

@@user-mn8ul9bf2g It's his show and he's been doing it with great success for 3 decades. Boohoo someplace else.

¨I love how quiet-small your comedy can be¨ I think he means her subtlety with her work and he's right!

@dalyand5944

Ай бұрын

I think it's subtlety but also a degree of vulnerability as well.

Kristen eating an almond in Bridesmaids was soooo funnyyyy

The Kristen Wiig era of SNL was really good. 👍

@CaliforniaColeman

Ай бұрын

Damn right, legendary

@carag2567

Ай бұрын

It really was a great era with some amazingly talented cast members. Wiig, Fred Armisen, Will Arnett, Maya Rudolph, Bill Hader, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, the incomparable Kenan Thompson. They must have had a BLAST making those episodes!

⁠​⁠I’ve seen a lot of Conan interviews I truly believe he’s super excited here (even has a little crush on her) and Kristin is a little quiet in person, so it seems like he’s dominating the conversation when he’s just super excited. . He really is a great interviewer. Felt this needed to be said.

@SpookySiiri

Ай бұрын

Yes, I absolutely agree with you! He is a fantastic interviewer. Also, isn’t this podcast longer than the 11ish minutes that this clip is? So we’re not even seeing the whole thing. People are so quick to criticize where it truly isn’t warranted. If anything, there’s a certain current late night host who consistently, every night, always dominates conversations and is not a great interviewer. And I don’t even think he’s a bad guy or anything (idk?) because he’s clearly *excited* and having a good time. But he’s not interview host material. Conan is and always will be ❤

@SmokeyChipOatley

Ай бұрын

When I first read your comment my immediate reaction was to disagree with the crush comment but I get what you mean. Not like a romantic crush. The type of crush of a person who highly respects someone and admires their talent so much that it's palpable. Which is really endearing to see honestly. Love watching Conan in this environment.

@jasonmurdoc9533

Ай бұрын

@@SmokeyChipOatley yeah exactly in an endearing way like school boy crush. As you get older you still have little crushes you just dont act on it cause your mature enough to know what’s all it is. But it can still make you act a little more awkward. There’s innocence in it

Her character Karina on the Californians always got me. "Stew-ahht. Wha are you home so awrly?"

@krisfinley6706

Ай бұрын

She was brilliant! They all paired together perfectly for that one, and Mick Jagger totally surprised me playing Stewart's Dad, he was hilarious 😂

@stanperl2003

Ай бұрын

@@krisfinley6706 Agreed. That whole series was fantastic.

@karinasankarsingh5707

Ай бұрын

Those sketches has me in tears 😂. Whatrudoinghere? Lol

@stanperl2003

Ай бұрын

@@karinasankarsingh5707 😄ehhhh Devon??

@francescaa8331

Ай бұрын

😊

Conan's got a Podcast on the internet? Well, there's a flapjack *I'd* buy!

Kristen Wiig as Ann Margaret was so spot on, one of the funniest things I've seen her do, she is fantastic!

@gheller2261

Ай бұрын

Unfortunately few people understood it unless they had a thing for old movies.

@queenies805

Ай бұрын

@@gheller2261 Just watch Viva Las Vegas with Elvis Presley and Ann Margaret

@gregb8565

Ай бұрын

@@gheller2261 yeah but those of us from the era especially like 60s and variety shows know how spot on that impression is

@TheLaura912

Ай бұрын

Her Liza Minnelli was also fantastic!

@gregb8565

Ай бұрын

@@TheLaura912absolutely - such a nice long sketch - very improv like

Kristen Wiig is a stunning and hilarious national treasure. It makes me so happy to know how much she loves Aunt Linda (my favorite character). Coney is a success case study for children with ADD:)

Kristen & Fred Armison As Garth & Kat Will Always Be My Favorite Sketches!

@JasonGlisson

Ай бұрын

I really had hoped they were going to do that when she hosted. Probably one of my favorite things she did on SNL. So insanely hilarious.

@sarahrandall-laurentsch2347

28 күн бұрын

Me too🙋🎉

I have a major crush on Kristen and always have.

@Tonyhouse1168

Ай бұрын

You’re not the only one

Glad to see she got Aunt Linda back on the Weekend Update desk recently. She and Gosling had back to back great episodes as hosts.

It only happened once, but her character “Christie Berkie” with Cecily on “QVC” is one of my all time favorites. It was when she came back to host. It kills me every time

@petecartwright5211

Ай бұрын

Her and Cecily Strong. I thought it was one of the best skits they've ever put out. Soooo dead on.

@taybyers

Ай бұрын

Yes! Thanks for mentioning this, what a great character.

@petecartwright5211

Ай бұрын

I rate this one right up there with "Pageant Talk" with Zack Galifianakis or Jingleheimer Junction. Just hysterical...

@stackels97

Ай бұрын

Yessss, that skit was hilarious

@yg-dn5ms

Ай бұрын

OMG JOYCE! You’re such a JOKE!

She is such a doll! What a gem of a person, I could watch her talk for hours😍

Aunt Linda is one of my favorites, I always quote her! 🤣🤣🤣

At SNL Kristen was like a kid in a candy store.

@samijust8689

Ай бұрын

Love this!

Her Ann Margret and Liza Minelli impressions were unreal. Think she only did them once on the show.

Her skit with Jason Sudeikis - ‚Two a-holes being a Christmas tree’ was when I sąw them both for the first time. It was hilarious.

@emilypadden6406

Ай бұрын

I love that skit!

@jayr3053

Ай бұрын

Yes love those skits 😂

love her! Target lady was my fav SNL character she did.

@craycrayirl9492

Ай бұрын

I just got an ad for Target with her saying she’s on the clock & ready to rock. I didn’t realize they were using her.

If Kristen was in a scene with Bill Hader you knew this is going to be great. I will always love the Target Lady but the two of them were a comedic Batman and Robin. POW RIGHT AT THE FUNNY BONE…

@AdvantageousAngie

Ай бұрын

Same. So imagine my disappointment when I watched skeleton twins. Good movie, but man I was hoping for a comedy 😂

Kristen Wiig is so funny, it's even funnier to see how calm and serious she actually is in real life.

@ThomasMiller-tp2uv

Ай бұрын

Calm and serious Kristin Wiig has always confused me. It tells me how much she loves a live audience.

@catherinewards3345

Ай бұрын

Hmm, it might be calm. It might be Botox.

@shenanigans3710

Ай бұрын

@@catherinewards3345 Yeah, why did she get work!! She was so beautiful!

Her in Ghostbusters being asked by Kate MacKinnon "Where did you buy the world's smallest bow tie?" "It came with the shirt" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

A couple of times a year I rewatch the coffee shop scene from MacGruber. Gets me every time

From 3:14-3:24 is the purest of energy from Conan, Kristen.. they’re no longer in a studio, they’re are just sharing an amazing, sincere story and experience. I can watch those 10 seconds over and over again.

All her characters are amazing. It's so hard to choose one, but I LOVE Target Lady!

One of my absolute favorite lines was in GhostTown; "Everybody dies..." expressed so gently.

Kristen Wiig’s SNL flight attendant skit is also a CLASSIC!!! 🤣🤣🤣

Conan is clearly such a huge fan of Kristen. And who can blame him? She's great!

@musicmaven3149

Ай бұрын

It would have been nice if he had given her space to actually talk. It was like a Conan monologue with her as his audience.

@davidvondoom2853

Ай бұрын

@@musicmaven3149 Agreed. He wasn't letting his guest talk enough.

The first "The Californians" gets quoted a lot in my circle.

Kristen Wiig has made me smile and laugh every time I see her! What a talented woman! Amazing! Thank You Kristen!

Kristen Wiig is on the short list of the very best Saturday Night Live cast members, alongside Dan Aykroyd, Phil Hartman, Will Ferrell, Bill Hader, and Kate McKinnon.

@sammybam77

Ай бұрын

Never saw Dan's season but love the others and also Dana Carver is my fav!

@FerdinandCesarano

Ай бұрын

@@sammybam77 - Dana Carvey is a brilliant performer. (And his SNL-themed podcast with David Spade is excellent.) I put him on the next tier down, with greats such as John Belushi, Eddie Murphy, Will Forte, Mike Myers, and Maya Rudolph. And Dan Aykroyd had four seasons. He is the original king, who set the bar for everyone else.

@sammybam77

Ай бұрын

@@FerdinandCesarano By season I meant whatever years he was on. You know alot is them are there for Few years. I will have to check out a best of Dan Akroyd video.

I love that he points out how she can make the small quiet response work so well. It's like when Billie Eillish was talking about the song calling for a soft quiet voice. Sometimes that small moment is the most beautiful

She was my FAVORITE on SNL!! I just adore her!!

LOL I love seeing Conan so sweetly nervous next to Kristin! Clearly a comedy crush. To be fair, I would also be a wreck next to Kristin Wiig!

She is talented and seems like a good person

The idea of "when I feel comfortable here, it's time to go" is what Bill Hader said , also.

Her Bjork impression was so good too,

Wiig is one the best of all time on SNL

I love all 4 of you. good snippet.

Love her - so incredibly gifted. I couldn't tell though, whether it was all about Conan or an interview with Kristen Wiig. Conan could not stop talking.

I met her on a movie set once, she was so lovely and down to earth. Love her

He describes her talent so perfectly. A true fan.

That was such a beautiful and true compliment. Great human beings here.

Loved Kristen in the Red Flag sketch

A lot of respect between these two.

Ojalá conan needs a friend siga por este camino jaja

Just go watch Kristen do the Benjamin Button bit with Stiller in Walter Mitty. She's brilliant.

What Conan said about "Lamborghini Guy" and "Sam Rolex" made me think of Vanessa Bayer and Cecily Strong, they had these recurring characters of former porn stars that tried to create ads for luxury brands in order to get free luxury stuff, but could never say the name of the brand correctly, they were great

@monacaravetta

Ай бұрын

Yes!!! I loved their work!

I was flying from Zürich to the U.S. and I was sat next to a rather rotund LOUD American woman in a fur coat (probably made from 983 electrified minks) who told me her entire life story. The movie being played was the older film, Seabiscuit, and every single time the horse ran the lady would yell, *RUN SEABISCUIT, RUN!!* I just hoped we would crash by that point. 🏇✈

The image of Kristen’s target Lady pops up this week when the Target app is opened. It’s a great pic

Ann Margret. Liza Minnelli. Katherine Helpburn. Drew Berrymore. All those impressions killed me.

Conan is a Master Class in turning a comedic phrase: "...a porcelain piece of comedy...' "...like a Tourette's convention..." I don't think anyone is more adept at instinctively choosing the perfect descriptor.

@mattvalin1958

Ай бұрын

He's so incredibly eloquent!

@connycontainer9459

Ай бұрын

The Messiah !!!!!!!

Aunt Susan was, l believe, the name of her hilarious character who could not contain herself when someone was in for a surprise. WOOP, right up the chimney. Love her.

@penguin44ca

Ай бұрын

Linda

@markcorcoran482

Ай бұрын

I’m referring to another character. She may not be an aunt.

Top 5 cast members of all time. Nuff' Said

Kristen is amazing! She’s going to be a legend like Carol Burnett.

I don’t remember the character name, but “oh my gawwwwd” girl like the overly excited lady is so me 😂 my absolute favorite character 🙌🏻💖

@PhilippeCarphin

Ай бұрын

Aunt Sue, my favorite too.

She's fantastic!

Thx for the hw assignment. Now I’m scouring KZread for “Aunt Linda” sketches.

Man said bill ozempic 😭😂🤣

Her Kathy Lee impression 😂

Aunt Linda might be one if the best characters in SNL history.

The episode 'Beauty and the Beast' with Kristen and Gerard is my absolut favorite. Keep rewatching it now and then :)

Fit Check on Conan and Kristen, 10 & 10 🔥

I’m in a play now. I got the part because of my improv abilities. Every line in the play gives away the next line. Well written. I told the director that I didn’t think my skills would translate. These lines aren’t open for interpretation. Show starts next week. I just got off book yesterday. Memorizing sucks

conans so funny when he starts riffing off the top of his head.

Goat female cast member

@scottstewart5784

Ай бұрын

Goat cast member

@NeonKC

Ай бұрын

@@scottstewart5784 she has a good case

Conan Bellyache Laugh O’Brien 🎉

That was so good. Bill Ozempic has a lot of potential.

I never realized how pretty she is!

She’s a true beauty

A legend

Conan!!

"I'M SAM ROLEX" PLSSSSSS Conan went off the rails at the end lmfao

Kristen Wiig has really gotten unlucky with movies overall. She's SOOOO much better than most of the stuff she's been in. Funny AF, hopefully she can find something that just does crazy well again soon

Kristen playing Cinderella married to a closeted prince was hilarious Taren played the Prince Real Disney housewives, SO funny Kristen as Liza minelli also funny

I'm 80% sure you met my mom Linda on that plane. Because your aunt Linda character is literally her.

Kristin is truly genius! She's hilarious, and I think probably a force to be reckoned with. (In a good way).

@6:00 is exactly what happened on sportscenter. There was a period of time when every anchor was trying real hard to get a catchphrase over. “It’s not Bart Simpson. It a Homer.”

@Tonyhouse1168

Ай бұрын

After my nan Stuart Scott changed the game. I miss those times

Too many great characters and skita to pick a favorite. Target Lady, Doooneese, californians. Target lady is one that we all relate to simply because of the target reference. Bridesmaids was one of my fav movies. The scene on the plane after she got the intense buzz from the pills is classic wiig!

The Skeleton Twins is such an amazing movie!!

Freba and Fran is one of my favourite skits ever because Neil Patrick Harris slipped so easily into the character and riffed with her where she could take it all the way

I LOVE Aunt Linda! I knew a woman named Linda, who was exactly like that.

I love everything Kristen Wiig

7:26 See Conan blush a bit here. Kristen does that to men.

Love her, and would so have loved it if Conan actually let her speak for more than 30 seconds! He talked almost the entire time.

"You're not trying to blow me... off the roof."

@gheller2261

Ай бұрын

By contrast, everything Chris Farley did was big and over the top and it's why I never found him to be funny in the least. Engaging, but not all that funny.

I'd love to see Conan interview shayne topp or Amanda leehan Canto and share improv experiences between two generations

Every dude on earth wishes their wife/girlfriend had Kristen's vibe. She's got such a chill, smart, effortless vibe about her. Plus she's gorgeous which helps things along lol.

@marlabrown8022

Ай бұрын

I completely agree with you!

This is the first time I witness Kristen Wiig doing that Kristen Wiig character!

Loved her character in the Californians sketch - SNL

No matter how much more beautiful she becomes, she never loses her comedic talent.

First thing I saw she ever did on snl: backstage skit w Lorne; he pretends not to know who she is, as a new cast member. And she’s wearing a fairy outfit, stomps and cries in disappointment. You could see the raw talent in such a simple,e thing

This episode is a flapjack I could buy.