Interview: 'SNL' And 'The Other Two' Writers Sarah Schneider and Chris Kelly

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🗓️ 14 May 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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'SNL' season 42 started before the 2016 election and ended months after Donald Trump's inauguration. During that whirlwind year, the show was steered by co-head writers Sarah Schneider and Chris Kelly. After it, they created and wrote 'The Other Two' for Comedy Central, hailed by critics as one of 2019's best new comedies. It was recently renewed for a second season. Email the show at [email protected].

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0:00.0	Hey y'all from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders, it's been a minute.
0:08.7	This weekend is the season finale of Saturday Night Live.
0:13.0	Every year after that finale, there's a bit of an Exodus.
0:16.5	Some performers and writers leave the show to go pursue their own projects.
0:21.2	My two guests today, they had their SNL Exodus in 2017.
0:29.2	May 2017 marked the end of a landmark SNL season.
0:33.6	That season began before the 2016 election and ended months into President Donald Trump's
0:39.5	first term.
0:41.0	Sarah Schneider and Chris Kelly were co-head writers during that season for SNL and they
0:46.8	say that that job during that time, it was pretty hard.
0:50.5	It was a lot of work to keep up with everything that was happening in the news.
0:54.6	Yeah, it's like just drinking a little bit of poison every day.
0:57.2	And you're like, God, why do I feel sick?
0:59.2	I've been drinking poison all year.
1:02.1	So after that season, Sarah and Chris left SNL to make something new.
1:06.4	They made a show called The Other Two.
1:08.7	It airs on Comedy Central and critics are calling it one of the best new comedies of 2019.
1:14.6	The show tells the story of Chase Dreams, this teenager who becomes a viral pop sensation.
1:19.9	Some in the music industry are already calling him the next big white kid.
1:24.3	If the show was really about Chase's two older siblings, The Other Two.
1:28.8	Brooke is played by Helena York.
1:30.5	I'm going to travel.
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