D’Arcy Carden: ‘The Good Place’ to ‘A League of Their Own’

The Last Laugh

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4.6 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Before D’Arcy Carden landed the role of a lifetime as Janet on ‘The Good Place,’ she was starting to worry her comedy career might never take off. And yet, in the less than six years since that show premiered on NBC, she has earned an Emmy nomination, appeared with her former babysitting boss Bill Hader on ‘Barry’ and is now about to star opposite her best friend Abbi Jacobson in a high-profile reimagining of ‘A League of Their Own’ on Amazon Prime Video. In this episode, Carden opens up about how she turned things around and expresses her shock and disappointment at her ‘Barry’ co-star Sarah Goldberg’s Emmy snub. She also reminisces about the early days of UCB, shares the important lesson she learned about screen acting during her first TV gig on ‘Broad City’ and recalls the demoralizing experience of being an extra on ‘Saturday Night Live.’

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0:00.0	I'm always up before the birds and the kids.
0:02.9	Good thing Costa Express is always up too.
0:07.0	Early starts are easier with great coffee.
0:09.7	And if I grab one for Bob, I might even get some decent company.
0:14.5	Large cappuccino for the bloc who's half asleep.
0:17.2	Oh, you legend.
0:19.6	Now that's a proper coffee.
0:21.3	Should kick in Justin Samfut, remember which end of the screwdriver to use.
0:25.1	Hmm.
0:26.3	Costa Express, quality coffee every time.
0:32.1	When Mike Scher was looking for an actor to play the source of all knowledge in the
0:36.9	universe on The Good Place,
0:38.8	he really could have picked anyone.
0:41.3	And yet now, it's hard to imagine anyone else, but Janet.
0:45.4	Here we are.
0:47.2	Just press that button in it.
0:49.0	Goodbye, Janet.
0:51.7	Cheedy, I can see that you're worried, and I just want to assure you, I am not human, and I cannot
0:58.0	feel pain.
0:59.0	Thank you.
1:00.0	That helps.
1:01.0	However, I should warn you, I am programmed with a fail-safe measure.
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