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RE-RELEASE - Julia Sweeney

4/22/202658 min

Let’s revisit women on SNL, Pat, and religion with Julia Sweeney.

*Note: this interview was recorded before the SAG-AFTRA strike took effect in 2023.

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Clips

Told We Weren’t ‘Beautiful’
Pat Goes To The Supreme Court
Reframing ‘It’s Pat’
Owning Pat, Bombing Big
Her Al Franken Obsession
A Schism In The Church
Standards Made It Dirtier
From Nun Dreams To Atheist
Beating Lisa Kudrow—Then Hoping
Spade Wrote Her Favorite Sketch

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Dana Carvey· Host0:00

    Julia Sweeney, who I was shared several years on Saturday Night Live, so did David- Mm-hmm ... and we had this really nice interview with her, so we're bringing her back in case you missed it. She's, uh, she had a character named It's Pat that was kind of a, a big hit on SNL.

  2. David Spade· Host0:17

    Mm.

  3. Dana Carvey· Host0:17

    There was a movie. It was controversial in its own way, but she's very talented and very open about, uh, her life.

  4. David Spade· Host0:24

    Androgynous character.

  5. Dana Carvey· Host0:26

    Mm-hmm. Yeah.

  6. David Spade· Host0:27

    Everyone tried to figure out if it was a man or woman.

  7. Dana Carvey· Host0:29

    Right.

  8. David Spade· Host0:29

    That was the big joke.

  9. Dana Carvey· Host0:30

    Yeah.

  10. David Spade· Host0:30

    And it was funny. She also was a strong utility player because, like Phil, as a female she would come in and she was in a lot of sketches because of this- She, yeah ... and she could play anything and throw a wig on and give her an accent, and, uh, it was fun to sit with her and look back, 'cause we were there a lot at the same time.

  11. Dana Carvey· Host0:50

    Yeah, early '90s.

  12. David Spade· Host0:51

    And- Yeah ... just good... You know, you always focus on the fun, we al- we... and, uh, some of the tough times.

  13. Dana Carvey· Host0:57

    Mm.

  14. David Spade· Host0:57

    But we overall, we all had a great time there and- Mm-hmm ... she was a trip down memory lane.

  15. Dana Carvey· Host1:03

    [upbeat music] Yeah, one of the greats, Julia Sweeney. You've done two or three one-woman shows based on re- Well, really just one ... Letting Go of God was the- Yeah, that's the religion one.

  16. Julia Sweeney· Guest1:22

    The other ones are other things.

  17. Dana Carvey· Host1:23

    God Said Ha. Yeah, got it.

  18. Julia Sweeney· Guest1:25

    Yeah.

  19. Dana Carvey· Host1:25

    But, but the re- So you're an atheist.

  20. Julia Sweeney· Guest1:27

    Yes. Although I really- [laughs]

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