Forget Cats: Jenny Slate Is A Plant Lady
Happy To Be Here
Greta Johnsen
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2017
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Actress and comedian Jenny Slate has played many memorable characters on shows like Parks and Recreation, Kroll Show, Girls, and Brooklyn 99. She also wrote and voiced her web series Marcel The Shell. Her most recent role is alongside Edie Falco and John Turturro in the film Landline. But from all of her work on TV and film, few people know about Slate’s one true love: houseplants. Nerdette’s Greta Johnsen talked with Slate about why she loves houseplants, what she names them and how they play into her future goals. Then, a plant expert answers all of Slate’s most pressing questions.
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| 0:12.6 | slash events. |
| 0:14.6 | So you're you're gonna go oh okay |
| 0:17.2 | okay okay okay all right |
| 0:19.0 | and leave us alone he just left me alone and like a booth I'm like just alone. alone. I'm like just alone. |
| 0:24.0 | Don't get in trouble over there, Jenny. |
| 0:27.0 | From W.BeeZ Chicago, this is Nurdett. |
| 0:30.0 | I'm Tricia Bobita. |
| 0:32.0 | And I'm Greta Johnson, and this week's guest on the show is actor. is |
| 0:35.0 | Nurdette. I'm Tricia Bobita. And I'm Greta Johnson, and this week's guest on the show is actress and comedian Jenny |
| 0:36.0 | Slate. You might know Jenny from her ridiculous role on Parks and Recreation as Mona Lisa |
| 0:40.6 | Sapertheim, John Ralphio's twin sister from the same mister. |
| 0:44.9 | The two spent a lot of time on the show terrorizing |
| 0:47.4 | her boyfriend and his best friend, Tom Haverford, |
| 0:50.0 | played by Aziz-Anzari. |
| 0:51.9 | I'm pregnant. |
| 0:53.0 | Oh my God, are you serious? |
| 0:55.0 | I'm going to be an uncle. |
| 0:55.7 | Is that a real thing? |
| 0:56.4 | Is that going to happen? |
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