Kristen Wiigand Fred Armisenshowcased their awkward comic chemistry on Thursdays Late Night With Seth Meyers, re-dubbing the talk show for international audiences with improvised banter in English. The entire concept makes no sense, which Meyers observes: If Im confused by anything the shows already in English. Why would you dub it into English, and also why would you change the words? But Wiig argues that their dubbing provides a different sensibility. You have to cater to people, she says.
Wiig first highlights her solo voice talents, adding alternate dialogue over an old Late Night clip of Meyers warming up the crowd. Alright, everybody, thanks for coming! Wiig says. Oh, look at this crowd! The actress then recruits Armisen, her old SNL pal and Meyers current bandleader, to voice Helen Mirren and Shaquille ONeal in interview clips. (Armisens Australian take on the NBA legend sounds like a bad impression of Crocodile Dundee.) Listen to me Im the host, Wiig says, as Meyers. I know ya are, fake ONeal responds.
The hilarious bit recalls Wiig and Armisens long-running improv gag as musical duo Garth and Kat on SNLs Weekend Update, where the unprepared singers make up music and lyrics to their own songs in real-time.
Wiig is co-starring in the Paul Feig-directed, all-female Ghostbusters rebootalongside Melissa McCarthy and Saturday Night Lives Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones. The anticipatedcomedy scheduled to hit theaters July 15th, 2016 will feature cameos from original Ghostbusters Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd.