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The John Fugelsang Podcast

Fun Times with Ana Gasteyer and Alan Cumming

The John Fugelsang Podcast

Crossover Media Group

Sanity, Sexy Liberal, News, John Fugelsang, Arts, Religion & Spirituality, Sexy Liberal Podcast Network

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

John speaks with actress, comedian, and singer Ana Gasteyer. They talk about the film "Mean Girls", her time on Saturday Night Live, and her new sitcom on NBC "American Auto". Then he chats with Scottish actor Alan Cumming. They discuss his work including "Hamlet, the Maniac in Accidental Death of an Anarchist", his decision to return his OBE (Office of the Order of the British Empire) Award due to "misgivings I have being associated with the toxicity of empire", and his hosting of the reality game show “The Traitors,” now available on Peacock.

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0:00.0

This is the John Fugel-Sang Podcast.

0:07.0

I'm so happy to welcome a great performer, a great singer, a great actor, a great comedian,

0:15.8

one of the most gifted Saturday Night Live performers, the woman who you know from being Martha Stewart,

0:21.0

NPR, Shwettie Balls, a woman who has starred in sitcoms from ABC Suburgatory to

0:25.6

TBS is very underrated people of Earth and of course the film Mean Girls, a performer who is a musical powerhouse on Broadway, touring, and recorded music, including

0:36.1

her album, I'm Hip, which has the greatest ever version of One Mint Jewelup, and I will say that

0:41.5

at Ray Charles's Grave. But now, now an NBC's sitcom American

0:46.7

Auto on a gas dire's character of Catherine Hastings, the former pharma executive who becomes the CEO of Payne Automotive and is charged with

0:54.8

leading the company in a new direction is back for its second season.

0:59.2

And in the show, Catherine is dealing with the glass ceiling, defective autos, challenges to her authority,

1:03.7

misogynistic employees, and the fact that she's CEO of an industry she knows nothing about

1:08.6

and can't even drive.

1:10.5

It is a hilarious and very satirical workplace comedy from Justin Spitzer, the showrunner of Superstore.

1:17.0

It is a great pleasure to welcome one of the stars of the soup Nazi episode of Seinfeld back of the show.

1:22.0

Donna Gassiter, it's so good to see you.

1:24.0

Congratulations on season two.

1:25.0

Oh my God, that was the best encapsulation of our show.

1:28.0

I've heard yet.

1:29.0

I wish I'd heard it early on, because I've been trying to explain

1:32.0

for two straight days and all these press outlets what my show's about

1:36.2

I know great when you show up and they're like so explain the show for us please do my work for me

1:41.5

Yeah, pretty much everybody does that so I've got my

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