Please welcome
Sasheer Zamata. [APPLAUSE] N/A N/A N/A Sasheer.
- Jordan. Oh my gosh. - Oh my gosh.
- Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. I see this-- is it
witch season already? It's been witch season.
It's spooky time. It is. It comes earlier every year. Is that because of,
like, dark magic? - Money.
- It's money. - It's money.
- It's money? It's not climate change?
- No, it's money. It's money. I think so. I feel like I saw, like, Home
Depot skeletons in April. I think they're really
just trying to, like, get you to buy more stuff. It is. And please buy my stuff. Please buy into
my spooky stuff. People want to be a little
spooked out right now. - Yeah.
- Yes. I've been fearful for
years prepping for this. Yeah. But that's more of
my own issue, I think. Right, right, right. Now, I first met
you a decade ago. - I know.
- I know, right? - Yeah, doing comedy.
- Doing comedy. Yeah. Back when there were things
to laugh about in this world. And now my inner soul has died. Again, this is too
much about me, Sasheer. But we were doing comedy
at the UCB back in the day. And since then you've had SNL. You've had a
plethora of TV shows. Now you're here in
the Marvel Universe. Yeah, yeah. [CHEERING] N/A Do you miss those-- those sweaty basements
doing improv comedy? I do. I'm so thankful for those
sweaty nights doing comedy because I feel like you
were in a incubated space where you can just try and
fail and do whatever you want. And I do feel like
it helped influence the rest of my career. Yeah. Do you feel the "Yes, And"
ethos moving through it all? Yeah, truly. I mean, I do feel like I am
pretty good at manifesting. And yeah, I think because
of things like UCB, where you can be like, I just want to
make this happen, I'll try it. And so, you know, I really
wanted SNL, and I tried it, and then it happened. And I've been wanting to
be in the Marvel Universe for so long, and it does
feel like manifestation. You say it, and
eventually it happens. Is that really how it works? I think there's other
things in between, but like-- - Yeah.
- Yeah. Because if it
was just saying, "I want to be in the
Marvel Universe," I say that kind of whenever
I can, and it has manifested zilch up until this point. Well, you're not a witch. I need to be a [BLEEP] witch. Yeah. Well, you joke
about this, but you-- you had a stand up special
this year, The First Woman. Yes. And you talk
about witches in it. And this is pre getting to be
a witch in the Marvel Universe. Yeah, it's really--
it felt very kismet. I was already doing a lot
of research on witch lore and history for my
special, and I've just been a fan of witch culture. And then I got asked to
audition for this show, and then I was like,
did you guys know that you're hiring a witch? Like, it feels
really appropriate. How witchy are you on
a scale of zero to Salem? Like, where are you? [LAUGHS] Don't burn me. I would say like
somewhere in the middle. I have crystals. I don't charge them. I wish I was that person. I wish I was a routine person. But I just, like-- I forget. But everything's in my house, I
just don't use it all the time. I was given a witch candle
that I had to burn every time I worked on a creative process.
- That's great. This project I
was working on. Yeah.
Did it help? No, I wasn't able
to write any jokes. But I don't blame
the witchcraft. Again. I blame my own
lack of willpower. Again, too much about me here. There's some nerve-wracking
elements not only in the content of the
show you're working on, but there's--
it's a great cast. Yeah. But you're also starring
alongside Broadway legend Patti LuPone.
- Yes. Yeah. [CHEERING] Wow. You have to sing in front of
Broadway legend Patti LuPone. Yeah. Where does that rank
on your stress level? I mean, she made us
feel very comfortable. She's so down to earth,
and she was so game to be a part of this team. And I feel like people
were stressed about it, but she was like,
oh, just sing, honey. You're great. It was so nice and refreshing. And it's funny because they
didn't let us know that we had to sing for the show. Really? That was not a requirement
for the audition. They just hoped for the
best, and it worked out. That could
definitely go awry. Yeah. But, you know, I can carry
a tune, so it's fine. Yeah? My go-to is always like,
could I Johnny Cash it? Yeah, just like-- Just talk deep
as slow as I can. And usually they're
like, no, we didn't even cast you in this,
so please go back out there. Stop asking. Stop asking. You're in the Marvel Universe
and the Disney Universe. Not your first Disney job.
Is that correct? No, I have-- I have started way back
in my college days. I did the Disney
College Program where-- JORDAN KLEPPER: We have
a picture right here. SASHEER ZAMATA: Yeah,
that's me as a lizard. Yeah. What does that entail,
being a lizard at Disneyland? - At Disney World--
- World. --in Orlando. OK. [APPLAUSE] And yeah, I walked on stilts
in Mickey's Jammin' Jungle Parade. I was a character performer. I was friends with Pluto. You have to say that. Disney will come get you. I was friends with Pluto and
Eeyore and Mrs. Incredible. Wait a minute, you had
to be friends with Eeyore? That guy is such a downer. [LAUGHS] But he deserves love too. It's true. It's just hard. We all have-- yes, yes. [APPLAUSE] Give it up for Eeyore. Yeah. A lot-- a lot of
sympathy for Eeyore here. N/A Was that a fun
experience working there? It was very fun, yeah. It was like-- you know,
kind of like a boot camp for performing. And then you get to interact
with the kids directly. And these kids would run up
to me whenever I was Pluto, and they were like, you
remind me of my dog at home. And I'd be like, what
does your dog look like? I'm almost six feet tall. Yeah. The nose to body
proportion is all off. Like, what? You should check on your dog. You knew your acting
was just that good when you're convincing little kids.
- I was very convincing. Yes.
Yes, well done. Now if you had to pick-- you're in a coven in this show. If you had to pick your
ideal coven of witches-- we got Wicked
Witch of the West. You got Sabrina, Teenage Witch. You got Kellyanne Conway. Who's-- who's in
your ideal coven? First, absolutely Angela
Bassett as Marie Laveau. OK.
Oh, I like that. Yeah. Yeah. Angela Bassett as anybody
can absolutely be my coven. I do love Sabrina,
the Teenage Witch. She just-- so many hijinks. So many hijinks. The Sanderson Sisters
and the Craft girls. All the Craft girls. All of the Craft girls. Just a big, big coven. Was there-- there seems to
be a bond on set in the coven that you had. Did that exist off set as well? Truly, yeah. I mean, we have a
coven group chain, and we text each other
when there's a full moon. And, like, check on each
other during retrograde. It's really sweet. And I saw Patti in
her play this week, and-- which you
should also go see. The Roommates. I saw Joe on Sweeney Todd. You know, we still,
like, bip and bop in and out of each other's lives. And it's really nice to
have a group of people you can rely on like that.
- That's very nice. That sounds lovely. [APPLAUSE] N/A I will tell you retrograde's
not a great time for me either, so if you guys want
to check on somebody else, I'm around.
- Oh, OK. I think you still
have my number. Uh, I think I may have
lost-- it's been a long time. It's been so long. Yeah, it's been-- it's
been a very long time. A very long time. It's so wonderful to see you
here and how well you're doing. Sasheer Zamata, everyone. Agatha All Along premieres
September 18 on Disney Plus with new episodes.