Comic Leslie Jones

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🗓️ 24 November 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Leslie Jones says performing stand-up for the first time as a freshman in college felt like putting on a shirt that fit perfectly: "It was just so natural." She spoke with Tonya Mosley about the best advice she got, her bittersweet time at SNL, and why she loves physical comedy. Her memoir is Leslie F*cking Jones.

Also, Justin Chang reviews the Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro, starring Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan.

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0:00.0	Support for this podcast comes from the New Bauer Family Foundation, supporting W
0:05.4	HY's Fresh Air and its commitment to sharing ideas and encouraging meaningful
0:10.6	conversation. This is Fresh Air.
0:13.0	I'm Tanya Mosley.
0:14.6	When comedian and actress Leslie Jones joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2014,
0:20.1	she held the distinction of being the oldest person to ever join the cast at 47 years old.
0:25.6	But that detail might just be the least interesting thing about her.
0:29.1	Jones was on Saturday Night Live for five seasons, first as a writer, then as a cast member. She became
0:35.0	known for her hilarious weekend update reports, as well as her outrageous sketches
0:39.4	playing everyone from Whoopi Goldberg to Donald Trump.
0:43.0	And last week, she guest hosted the Daily Show.
0:46.0	Here she is responding to Trump's comments that if President again, he would root out the
0:50.6	vermin in this country.
0:52.4	This man is calling American citizens vermin.
0:57.0	When he is literally the definition of vermin.
1:00.6	He's talking about throwing the definition.
1:06.8	He's talking about throwing his opponents in jail
1:09.6	when he literally should be in jail.
1:12.8	And he is the leading. He is the leading can you can you believe he is the leading candidate what
1:29.0	the America did you how'all let this happen?
1:34.0	Because this ain't my fault.
1:37.0	I wasn't paying attention.
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