Enter the Escape Room with Wanda Sykes
7/8/20261 hr 8 min
Stand-up comedian, actress and writer Wanda Sykes joins IMO to discuss her hilarious encounter with Michelle at the 2009 White House Correspondents dinner. She also shares stories about her time spent at the National Security Agency, the peculiarities of aging, and more about her new special Legacy.
Have a question you want answered? Write to us at imopod.com.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Clips
Transcript preview
First 90 secondsWanda Sykes· Guest0:00
My friend was like, "Where do you, why you meeting all these crazy women from?" Where's- Okay, see there ... what's wrong? Why- Tell us about the crazy women ... yeah. Ooh. [laughs] [laughs] Nope, 'cause, so when you, 'cause when you talk about, say you bring 'em, they, they pop up. [laughs] I can walk out of here, some be like, "Hey, girl." [laughs] And I'd be like, "Oh, geez. Ah, yeah." [laughs] It's, it's, it's like Candyman. You can't, don't, don't... Uh-uh. Nope. [laughs] I'm not talking about- Right, right. [laughs] Nope. Nope, nope, nope.
Michelle Obama· Host0:31
[upbeat music] This episode of IMO is brought to you by Progressive Insurance.
Craig Robinson· Host0:41
How are you?
Michelle Obama· Host0:42
I am good. Um, gosh, I'm so ready for, like, real summer to happen.
Craig Robinson· Host0:50
I know. I know.
Michelle Obama· Host0:52
We never know when these things are gonna air, but as our, our taping, it's still spring, and it's not warm enough.
Craig Robinson· Host0:59
But it's, we're, we're in LA, so it's warm enough for me. It's a whole- Oh, yeah ... different kind of temperature than Wisconsin.
Michelle Obama· Host1:04
Yeah, what's it going on in Milwaukee? Is it snowing there?
Craig Robinson· Host1:07
[laughs] It, it was... No, it's not snowing. It's not snowing, but it is not as warm as it is here.
Michelle Obama· Host1:11
So- So 40s, 40- ... you still got coats out?
Craig Robinson· Host1:13
40s, 50s. Yeah.
Michelle Obama· Host1:15
Oof.
Craig Robinson· Host1:15
Coats, sweatshirts. We're probably at the sweatshirt stage now.
Michelle Obama· Host1:18
Mm, mm. But- As soon as it hits 50, everybody will be in shorts ... everybody's gonna be in flip-flops- Yeah ... and, you know.
Craig Robinson· Host1:24
It'll be o- it'll be warm ...
Michelle Obama· Host1:24
it'll, going to the pool.
Craig Robinson· Host1:25
That's right.
Michelle Obama· Host1:26
You going to the pool. That was always the crazy thing about Chicago. It would be