Working: How Jane Lynch Strikes the Perfect Level of Mean on Weakest Link

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🗓️ 1 November 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

This week, host June Thomas talks to the multitalented actor, comedian, and game-show host Jane Lynch, who discusses her wide range of acting roles and her latest gig as the host of NBC’s reboot of Weakest Link. After the interview, June and co-host Rumaan Alam discuss Lynch’s many strengths. In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Jane Lynch talks about one of her favorite projects. Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-WORK. That’s (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on Working. It’s only $35 for the first year, and you can get a free two-week trial. Sign up now to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody it's Tim Heidecker you know me Tim and Eric Bridesmaids and
0:03.4	Fantastic Four. I'd like to personally invite you to listen to office hours live
0:07.8	with me and my co-host DJ Doug Pound and Vic Berger.
0:12.3	Howdy.
0:13.0	Every week we bring you laughs, fun, games and lots of other surprises.
0:16.4	It's live, we take your Zoom calls.
0:18.0	We love having fun.
0:19.0	Excuse me?
0:20.0	Vicks said something.
0:21.0	Music, music.
0:22.0	Music. I like having fun. like to laugh I like to meet people who can make me laugh
0:29.0	Please subscribe
0:31.0	No Subscribe no. The improvisation for the Christopher Guest movies is really a liberating one because he shoots and shoots and shoots
0:45.6	so you don't have to worry about you know nailing a joke or making it interesting or making it funny
0:50.6	because that's his job. We stay as organic as we can in the
0:55.2	given circumstances of the scene and usually something funny will come out of that.
1:00.8	Welcome back to Working.
1:04.8	I'm your host, Ramon Alam.
1:06.8	And I'm your other host, June Thomas.
1:09.3	June, we just heard the voice of Jane Lynch, and a very recognizable voice it is. Jane is your
1:14.9	guest this week and she really doesn't need much of an introduction but I'm
1:19.1	going to try anyway. Jane Lynch has been a recurring performer on sitcoms, like 2.5 men, on dramas like
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