D'Arcy Carden From 'The Good Place'

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🗓️ 17 April 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Actress and comedian D'Arcy Carden plays Janet - the AI personal assistant - on NBC's 'The Good Place.' But she still makes time to perform at the Upright Citizens Brigade theatre in Los Angeles, where Sam got a chance to see her perform. Email the show at [email protected] and tweet @NPRItsBeenAMin with feels.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders.
0:07.6	It's been a minute.
0:08.6	Got a good conversation for you today.
0:10.8	I'm talking with Darcy Cardin, the actress and comedian and one of the stars of NBC's
0:15.9	The Good Place.
0:17.2	Darcy also has a role in this new HBO show called Barry, which is starring Bill Hader.
0:22.1	So to get you into this conversation, I've got to take you back to an improv show I went
0:27.8	to in LA a few weeks ago on a Saturday night in Hollywood at a place called the Upright
0:33.2	Citizens Brigade.
0:35.1	This is very well respected and renowned improv school and theater.
0:39.4	And so Darcy Cardin, my guest for today, she was doing a show here.
0:43.0	And my first plan was to play you some audio of that show right now and dissect one of
0:48.4	Darcy's scenes on stage for you to make it like you were right there.
0:52.8	But then I realized with improv, you actually have to be there.
0:56.0	My name is Irvine.
0:57.0	Oh my God.
0:58.0	There we go.
0:59.0	It's this bone, this bone.
1:01.1	I think they're called a tibia and a fibia, but my mom can kill her.
1:06.0	Are you good to need anything else?
1:08.0	Do you need your arms done or?
1:10.0	No, my arms are good.
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