Bowen Yang's Rules of Culture

It's Been a Minute

NPR

Spirituality, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, News, News Commentary

4.7 • 9.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Bowen Yang often plays delightfully weird characters on SNL. But recently he appeared as himself on the show to address the uptick of Asian American violence in the U.S. Sam revisits his conversation from last fall with the comedian, who discusses becoming the first Chinese American cast member on Saturday Night Live, what it was like to do the show during a pandemic, and why Adele Dazeem is the number one moment in the history of culture.

— Watch Sam's extended interview with Bowen: https://youtu.be/1KMRAhxeDpA

You can follow us on Twitter @NPRItsBeenAMin and email us at samsanders@npr.org.

See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.

NPR Privacy Policy

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey y'all, same sanders here.
0:01.1	You're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR.
0:04.6	Today, we're bringing you a conversation
0:06.3	with SNL cast member, podcast toast,
0:09.1	and all-around-lovely person, Bowen Iang.
0:12.7	I spoke with Bowen back in September,
0:14.6	right before this current season of SNL premiered, season 46.
0:19.0	This is Bowen's second year as a cast member on SNL.
0:22.6	And last year, as you might imagine, it was wild.
0:25.8	In-person production of SNL ground to a halt
0:28.6	because of the coronavirus,
0:30.4	and all of a sudden, this live sketch show
0:32.9	had to pivot to work and film from home.
0:37.9	Nevertheless, in this last year, SNL and Bowen
0:42.0	have offered us all a lot of comic relief.
0:45.1	Bowen has appeared on Weekend Update
0:47.2	as a character he created, the Chinese trade rep, trade daddy.
0:51.3	No one else could do it, but me because I'm a savage.
0:54.3	Classy-oogie loyal supplicant to the Communist Party.
0:57.9	He impersonated Fran Liebuets.
1:01.0	I've been so bored at home,
1:02.8	I was about to get married to my cufflinks.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.