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It's the Sound of Young America. I'm Jesse Thorne.

My guest on the program Bill Hader has been a cast member of Saturday Night Live

for quite a number of years now.

He's also managed to worm his way into some of the best comedy films

of the past 10 years, including movies like Tropic Thunder

and Superbad among many others. He's now featured in the new film, Paul,

which is just about to hit theaters. And of course, he's in the current season

of Saturday Night Live. Bill, welcome back to the Sound of Young America.

Thanks for having me, man. Oh, it's great to have you back on the show,

a real pleasure. I guess I didn't realize, or I may have realized

at one point and forgotten it, that despite the fact that you're known for

impressions on Saturday Night Live, that you had never really been an impressionist

before you were required to come up with a couple of celebrity impressions

for your Saturday Night Live audition. That's true. That is true.

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