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John Waters (w/Julie Klausner).
Craighead swiftly acknowledges that they are trying to cram two different kinds of episodes into a live thing.
Then Edebiri pipes in: We want to give you a little treat!
And I think thats nice, Craighead says reassuringly.
Thankyouuuuu, Edebiri coos back.
Its the stock market.
Im sending my kids up to Exeter.
I do it every day!
Our generation doesnt have enough actors who look like nothing!
Edebiri pleads while the audience giggles.
Actually, this is the part where you STOP LAUGHING!
Or Oh, someone else looks hot.Pfft.Im tired!
… [Hedges] gives me hope that were gonna have somebody that looks like Tim Blake Nelson.
We had him when we had him, she moans.
Suddenly, Edebiri pivots to one of her patented overly frank transitions: Thats too much.
But you know whatisnttoo much?
I feel like such a hag.
(Craighead: Johnny Depp may be canceled, but hes so hot in that movie.
Klausner: I knew so many lesbians who were like, But … Johnny Depp.)
Should I be funnier?
Were gonna have a little seg, baby!
Remember whenPeoplewas a real magazine?
Remember when people used toread?
Remember when people used toreadPeople?
Now palpably struggling to keep it together, Craighead tries valiantly to describe the article.
Is this what Im thinking about?
Is this …the sexual act?
At that, the hosts, guest, and audience simultaneously go ballistic.
(Edebiri: Oh, thisrocks.)
Perhaps inevitably, a male audience member delivers the nights first heckle: Baked beans!
Okay, Benny Hill, Klausner sneers.
All three instantly agree that they have no choice but to fuck the mustache.
That mustache is afuh-reak!
yells Klausner, inspiring a hearty round of applause.
Right, because its like pubes, and thats like fucking!
Im such a bad person.
But just as the show is wrapping up, she becomes struck with self-doubt.
Should I have chosen Kylie Minogue?
