You get an interview, YOU get an interview, and YOU GET AN INTERVIEW! This week, the brilliant impressionist and comedian Debra Wilson sits down with us. You Might Know Her From Mad TV, Scary Movie 4, Dead 7, Over the Hedge, The Christmas Chronicles, Avatar, and as the voice of Daisy Duck. Debra gave us all the intel on working on late night sketch mainstay MadTV, including singing opposite herself, hitting Mariah Carey whistle tones, and rubbing elbows with Oscar winners. Obviously, we got into Debra’s iconic impressions of Whitney Houston and Oprah Winfrey and the unfortunate story behind her departure after eight seasons. All that, plus her instrumental role in developing the Na'vi people and Neytiri in Avatar, living in the “Debra Wilson metaverse” in video games, and acting opposite nearly every boy bander from the aughts. This one was quite a ride!
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Discussed this month:
Would you rather live on Ben Platt’s neck growth, Gaten Matarrazzo’s teeth gap or Matthew McCounaghey’s uvula
Ben Platt’s fiance is Noah Galvin who spilled tea on gay Hollywood
Nabisco chocolate wafer cookies
Damian’s grandmother made ice box cake with graham crackers
Used the Philadelphia Cream Cheese Cookbook to make Party Potato Bake
Rupaul referred to Ben Platt’s character in Dear Evan Hansen as “Dear”
The Rise of the Pink Ladies (Damian is hot for Richie aka Jonathan Nieves)
Anne thinks Yellowjackets has gone off the rails but will still watch. We both love the young actors on the show (young Shauna aka )
What happened to Shannyn Sossamon
Dante’s Cove and that band Mannekin (now known as Daniel’s Debris)
Debra took over the voice of Daisy Duck from Tress MacNeille (who does so many voices on The Simpsons)
Voicever in Over the Hedge, Christmas Chronicles, Judge Steve Harvey, The Weakest Link (reboot with Jane Lynch), and the navigation app Waze
Debra Wilson video game Metaverse
Most of the Cameos Debra does are related to Savathun from Destiny
45mins of Debra doing Whitney on MadTV
Debra worked with Joan Rivers on Can We Shop (voiceover and eventually on-camera)
Destiny’s Child parody ; Whitney vs Mariah ; Mariah “Heartbreaker” parody
She left the show over pay disparity
Debra doing Whitney in the MADTV parody of the Diane Sawyer interview
Project 880 was the secret name for James Cameron’s Avatar
Susan Sarandon , Dennis Hopper in a Ms Swan sketch, and Kathy Bates on MadTV
Musical guest stars: The Cure, Debbie Harry, Alien Ant Farm, Incubus, PUSA's "Lump" and “Peaches”
Dead 7 starring Debra, Nick Carter, and Frenchie Davis, among many others
