Sarah Sherman

Sherman described Hernández as a genuine team player at SNL who includes others in his bits.

“it's really great at SNL because he is like kind of like a team player in like a real way”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Marcello Hernández (Oct 6, 2026) · Listen from 6:02

Sherman credits SNL with making her career and special possible.

“If I didn't have SNL, I would be a random crazy person”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Sarah Sherman (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 1:02:19

Sherman recounts that Lorne Michaels asked her to drop the stage name Squirm when she was hired, and she agreed immediately.

“we think squirm is a little distracting. And I go, say no more”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Sarah Sherman (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 58:50

Sherman says her greatest SNL anxiety is failing to find a collaborator on writing night, which she considers worse than bombing on live TV.

“Bombing trying to get someone to write a sketch with you is a fate worse than death”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Sarah Sherman (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 51:27

Sherman praises makeup head Louie Zakarian as enthusiastic and never refusing a request.

“But by the way, he's having so much fun. Like, he never says no”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Sarah Sherman (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 46:42

Sherman says that watching Ashley Padilla's inside-out character work made her feel she had been approaching characters wrongly by starting with costume.

“I feel like I've been doing it all wrong for like six fucking years because I'm like, oh, what if the wig is weird?”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Sarah Sherman (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 40:49

Sherman suspected Hernández writes much of his material on stage because he is energized by audiences.

“I have a feeling he writes a lot on stage because he's so like physical and like gets really energized by an audience”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Marcello Hernández (Oct 6, 2026) · Listen from 9:10

Sherman said most stand-up comedians hope others don't get stage time, unlike Hernández, who encourages peers.

“I feel like most stand-ups are such fucking bloodsuckers that they, like, hope nobody else is getting up”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Marcello Hernández (Oct 6, 2026) · Listen from 5:33

Sherman says she bombed often opening for Adam Sandler because audiences had come specifically to see him.

“They are there to see Adam Sandler. Not Long Island Presents, Sarah Sherman, someone they don't know who's sweating up there”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Sarah Sherman (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 56:56

Sherman attributes her apparent confidence to having bombed so often that nothing worse can happen on stage.

“I think I am so used to bombing, even though it sounds like I crushed my first time at bat”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Sarah Sherman (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 29:50

Sherman recounts that John Waters agreed to appear in her special by phoning her after receiving her illustrated letter.

“a call from an unknown number, Baltimore area code. Hey, Sarah, it's John Waters. I'll see you on set”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Sarah Sherman (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 1:01:22

Sherman says moments in her special that seem improvised are actually fully scripted.

“so many things even in my special are like, people are like, oh, my God, you're like loose and riffing. That's all written down”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Sarah Sherman (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 41:32

Sherman recounts that her Jungian dream analyst interpreted pooping in a dream as embarrassment about putting work out.

“my Jungian dream analyst at the time said that when you poop in a dream, grouse, it's like you're putting work out there and you're embarrassed”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Sarah Sherman (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 52:08

Sherman says her Weekend Update appearances as herself were Colin Jost's idea at a time when she wasn't getting sketches on the show.

“But then Colin was like, why don't you come on update and do like your yourself and”

Good Hang with Amy Poehler: Sarah Sherman (Jun 16, 2026) · Listen from 44:52