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alone and tiptoes quietly out of here. >> you know if you're under the bleachers and loren starts talking about other things -- >> did you have a nice summer? >> sometimes when they don't go well and you look at other cast members, it's very hard not to laugh. when you say that line. >> larry: when it's not going well? >> yeah, you nope the line that's supposed to get the laugh and it's silent and you look at the other person and you're like, i have four more minutes i have to do this. >> the first joke bellwether doesn't work, you're like that's with a the best one. >> those are the times when you become so connected with the cast members, because the times when you're dying are the times you become close friends. >> it's also the humility that no matter what -- how certain you were that something was going to work and then there's just silence, you realize that no one knows. >> have there been laughs at the dress rehearsal and not at the show? >> absolutely. >> larry: so you're thrown by that? >> yeah.
there's a show in the control room, there's a show out here and there's changes happening while we're on air. >> larry: we'll be back more as they start their 36th year tomorrow night. don't go away.
pieces, his take on her which fluctuated during the many years, the game that was fun to play was how she had to hold it together when she was becoming so frustrated or there was a lot of stuff underneath. i thought that was a great take. >> larry: do you always try to begin with politics. >> i feel like that's the best place for it in the show. it picks up a different momentum. >> larry: do you know how we're opening tomorrow? >> we don't know yet. >> we might not know as late as friday. >> larry: change it on friday? >> it will depend, because anything topical, the nightly shows probably -- if it happened on a monday or tuesday, the nightly shows would have probably beaten it to death by then. our take has to be original in some way, so we have to find a way into it that seems to say something more. >> larry: i would guess you may do the candidate in delaware. we'll be right back after this.
laugh-in, but all in california. >> larry: "saturday night live," what a history. amy, how did you get on to the show? >> well, i auditioned like everyone here did. and i had some friends that were on the show already, of course grew up watching it, so and then i just met lorne in an undisclosed location and handed him an envelope filled with $50,000 and here i am. >> larry: was the audition just with him? >> it used to be, then hr stepped in. >> good job. you should write comedy. >> it's really a -- it's on this stage, and you kind of can't see anyone out there. >> larry: do they tell you to do something or do they give you something? >> you do characters and impressions. what is it now? you have five minutes. >> larry: how did you get on the show? >> i was doing a two person show
moore" i've been a fan forever. >> larry: amy, you all revved up? >> i don't know. i mean, i feel like you're nervous for me. >> larry: i'm nervous for you because you're above all these people. that must be -- you've got to come way down tomorrow. >> she's not above lorne. >> no. >> that's what she's aiming for. >> larry: she wants to be lorne. >> well, as great as. >> right. >> no, i'm very, very, very excited. and see, look. >> we're all excited. everyone's very excited. >> larry: despite what she said about -- >> despite the fact we don't know what we're going to be doing. >> yes. >> larry: we've taped this earlier in the week. >> even then on friday night we wouldn't know what we're going to be doing. we'd have a very good idea, but then things don't work or things come together that you are surprised at or the audience. >> larry: why has this show
year. it's an election year. just one of the most solid choice i could find. here she is. >> larry: how do you feel about that, seth? >> i'm thrilled. it's very exciting. one of the joys are writing for the show is with the host, you always have these different unknown quantities, but at the same time, there's nothing nicer than it being a known quantity. all the writers are happy that amy is back. i think the cast members are excited. >> larry: some day it will be you, kristen? >> that would be great. >> amy has changed. don't get me wrong. she's a lot harder to work with. >> larry: a little stuckup. >> i don't appreciate eye contact from people that are younger than me. >> larry: you have no peers, is that it? >> yeah, i look around the landscape and i'm like where are my peers. >> you said meryl streep.
finally meet me ♪ ♪ how does it go eskimo ♪ how you feel eskimo ♪ tell me you how you feel >> larry: was she a good sport? >> anyone who comes on the show is already a great sport. >> larry: are you going to play obama early? >> we'll see how the week goes, what lorne decides. >> larry: do you have any trepidation about playing him? >> no, i enjoy playing him. it's always fun to see what angle the writers have on it. >> larry: do you have impact with the writers? can you say i'm comfortable with this? >> i trust them a lot. they never presented me with anything i wasn't comfortable with. >> it's also, here the cast writes as well and fred and amy and andy contribute as well.
now back to larry king. >> the lawrence welk show. >> we have a very special guest. one, and two ♪ i'm sure you have a lot to say about your mother on this day ♪ ♪ tell me why you love her ♪ her apple pie is the best ♪ she tucks me in at night ♪ she gives me good advice ♪ i'm only allowed upstairs >>. >> larry: another famous show in television history was lawrence welq with the bubbles. kristen plays judy. how did you find that? you didn't watch the lawrence welk show? >> i was polar with it. we were watching a lot online.
>> we do. that's one where you most want the host to be on board. >> larry: friday? >> you don't care about thursday. >> larry: i thought you did thursday. >> no that was wednesday still. >> we're here rehearsing. >> larry: you are here, you're blocking cameras. >> we're rewriting everything. cut it down, punch it out. >> larry: are you laughing during these times. >> we are. >> larry: friday? >> that's more camera blocking. we're down here. late in the night, we go up to lorne's office and order the show. we fly out the window after dress rehearsal but make our best guess. >> larry: is it true you do a rehearsal show that an audience sees. >> 8:00 on saturday night. >> larry: a new audience comes in. >> yeah. >> larry: at the rehearsal show, decisions are made, fred? >> yeah, during, right after. you know, from the audience, we can tell what's going to work.
nation's largest ever gathering of misspelled signs. this wednesday, the rockefeller christmas tree was eliminated. however the occasion was mared when aretha franklin was caught in a bear's mouth. >> larry: what's the toughest part of this show? >> you have to start over with a blank slate. whether you have a good or bad show, it doesn't stick around to the following monday. the great part of this show is we are allowed to be wildly inconsistent with our approach to what we think is funny this week. >> larry: wildly inconsistent. >> in our approach, this week, this writer might have an idea that has nothing to do with politics, the next week, somebody could have an idea about something in pop culture. the next week it could be a timeless comedy idea that could have been on the show 30 years ago. >> larry: does it get a little, on saturday at 11:15? >> that's just what the job is,