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Interview: Cecily Strong & Keegan Michael-Key Are Gearing Up for SCHMIGADOON! Season 2
May 17, 2024
Having found true love in the town of Schmigadoon, season two of “Schmigadoon!” will find Josh (Keegan-Michael Key) and Melissa (Cecily Strong) in Schmicago, the reimagined world of '60s and '70s musicals. Watch a video of Key and Strong discussing what to expect from the new season, their favorite musical numbers, and more.
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I'm so excited to speak to you guys today
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I loved this new season of Schmigadoon. One of my favorite parts of the series
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is seeing the two of you sort of just go full out Broadway musical
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It is so great to see. How did you feel going into this new season
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Was season one under your belt? Oh, super excited. I mean, super, and I would say, you know
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a level of comfort, but not really, because it's so completely different
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that there wasn't a level of comfort. But that in and of itself is exciting
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that we got to take a group of people that we enjoy so much and working with so much
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and people that we admire so much and get to go into a completely different atmosphere
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a completely different world, a completely different genre, and just do it all over again was amazing
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Yeah, just getting to see, it's so nice having there's someone who writes for us
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knowing us, knowing our strengths. So it's like Cinco is writing a new character
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for Dove Cameron, and it's just, so you're having like the top performers
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having a song written for them by this top songwriter. It's just, it's really fun to see
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Yeah, it is so exciting. And of course, what would a new season be without some amazing musical numbers
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Do you guys have a favorite that you're most excited for audiences to see
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I'm really excited for people to see Bells and Whistles, which is Jane Krakowski's number
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I can't, I don't wanna say anything. I just want people to witness it
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It was a hell of a thing to witness when we were performing. Like sitting there on set watching this show
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this one-woman show, it was, oh, oh my God. Bells and Whistles is going to be something else, yeah
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And I'm gonna say, I enjoyed the Talk to Daddy. I think it was a big, fun
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I just thought it was, yeah. I love a little clever, cute moves in that
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Yeah, definitely. While this is sort of a darker season than maybe the first
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what do you hope people walk away with after watching this new season? Well, I hope they've laughed a lot
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I hope they've found, I hope that it's like there's a cheerfulness and a joy
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and an optimism at the end of it that I would hope they would walk away with
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I agree. I agree with that. Love it. So final question, if you guys were to pick any musical
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to live inside Schmigadoon style, what would you pick and why? Schmigadoon style
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meaning anything within the world of Schmigadoon. Any musical ever, but you're like living in it
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like you're on the show. Oh. I'm gonna, I think that you would
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I think it would be Hair. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I think it would be Hair
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Yeah, because that was the, I mean, if you think about how fun that is inside of Schmicago
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the hair stuff is great. And I think that just the community and the togetherness
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and all that wonderful stuff. Yeah, I'd probably leave my clothes on, but I'd be in Hair
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That's the foot. Any pain. What's wrong? That's the foot. It feels like we should be happier
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Any pain? I want Schmigadoon. Happy people and bright colors. Schmigadoon, where are you
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Maybe it's one of those places that you only go once and never return. Oh, like SoulCycle
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Schmicago? Welcome to Schmicago. This is very different
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Now our heroes enter the city of Schmicago. Who is he talking to
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At one point, a lot of musicals had narrators. Sorry, go ahead. Really
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Do I have your permission? Uh-oh, he's peppery. Clearly we're in the next era of musicals here
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Do we shock you? These musicals are darker. With more sex. Oh, yay
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And violence. Murder! Oh, you gotta be kidding me. How are we supposed to make a happy ending here
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These musicals don't have happy endings. Sounds like someone needs a lesson
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in the power of happiness. Who wants to get naked? What I need is a lawyer
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Once I've worked my magic, no jury will ever convict your hubby, even if he kills again
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Josh didn't do it. Uh-huh. Sounds like another wild night in Schmicago
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So, you two want a girl? You need my help to answer that question
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No, thank you
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