Ana Gasteyer

December 23, 2025·1 hr 13 min·5 clips

Ana Gasteyer watched President Jimmy Carter laugh at Dan Aykroyd's impression of him live on SNL from inside the White House.

It's a Christmas hang. Poehler opens with Ana Gasteyer as writer, singer, Broadway star, sketch comedian, and close friend from the SNL grind. The affection is right there. Before the conversation settles, they have already pointed toward bombing stories, Christmas songs, Annie, Once Upon a Mattress, and Gasteyer's Christmas record Sugar and Booze. Then the White House story takes over. Gasteyer explains that she knew Amy Carter as a kid through an after-school program, where books, glasses, and violins did some of the bonding. Poehler is thrilled by the details. She keeps circling the weirdness of having a childhood friend who also happened to be the president's daughter in the White House. The timing feels wonderfully odd. Gasteyer remembers group events in the East Ballroom, while Poehler jokes about the room's fate and what it might have smelled like during the holidays. It stays warm, never stiff. Even the political history turns into couch talk, with Jimmy Carter explained for younger listeners and Amy Carter placed beside presidential kids people still remember. The Christmas mood keeps returning through the record, the favorite-song setup, and the recommendation of a strange seasonal special near the end. That special gets real affection. Poehler loves its Gift of the Magi shape and the river bottom nightmare band, then sends listeners toward whatever holiday they celebrate. The best part is the pace. Compliments, callbacks, tiny corrections, and shared laughter pile up fast, so the episode feels part reunion and part musical-theater sleepover. Ana gets room to wander. Poehler keeps nudging toward craft, memory, and friendship, while letting the childhood White House detour stay perfectly strange.

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A warm Christmas episode with Paula Pell, SNL stories, a White House memory, and holiday cheer.

Good Hang gives Ana Gasteyer a Christmas slot that starts with Paula Pell and then wanders into an easy holiday conversation. The episode touches SNL, including the pleasure of bombing there, along with Christmas songs, Annie, Once Upon a Mattress, a White House story, and her…

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For when you want Christmas chat, SNL stories, and a White House memory with Amy Carter.

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