but angela lansbury is the kind of a hidden from the public villain. she's the power behind the throne. she's the wife of an increasingly high-profile u.s. senator, but you soon learn that he's just like a puppet. he's a dolt, and she's really the one pulling all the strings. so here's a clip. you can see angela lansbury here. you see her quiet, sort of evil satisfaction. while she is knowingly watching her husband, the senator, as he winds up and does his thing. and it's such a brilliant scene. i mean, it's brilliant just in terms of the writing and in terms of what's happening in the plot, but so brilliant in the way it's shot because even though she's in the room with him while he is causing this scene, she's physically in the same space as him, you can see the way it's shot, that she's not actually looking at him in person. she's paying attention to the screen, which you can also see in her field of vision. on the screen, she can see what he looks like on camera, on leave television, as he pulls off this stunt in a congressional hearing room with t

. >> see angela lansbury in the foreground. she has no speaking role in the scene. she's watching how it's playing on the scene, how it's playing on the screen. she's on paper, right, like in terms of the facial action of what's happening in that scene, she's totally just an observer, but you can see her sort of cooley nodding along with how well this is playing as the room erupts into chaos, as he makes this incredible allegation. the target of his allegation has no idea what he's talking about, maybe can't hear him, doesn't recognize him. such a great scene. and that in the manchurian candidate is how her character gets her senator husband, that's how she starts him on this assent to becoming nationally famous and ultimately on track for the presidency. and the plot takes many, many, s many turns from there. it's just a fantastic movie. one of the greats. and that character, not angela lansbury's character of the scheming wife who is secretly c controlling everything, but the senator, the loud senator with the amazing voice who has the list of communists known to

but angela lansbury is the kind of a hidden from the public villain.she's the wife of an increasingly high-profile u.s. senator, but you soon learn that he's just like a puppet. he's a dolt, and she's really the one pulling all the strings. so here's a clip. you can see angela lansbury here. you see her quiet, sort of evil satisfaction. whhe

"oh darling, i saw angela lansbury doing the original." you know, i was like, "okay.ve a new piece of a new play or a new musical. maybe a rock musical because that would then feed into my want to be bono thing. to have something fresh and new that you can put a stamp on it we don't have to spend your life saying sorry for not being as good as angela lansbury. >> seth: yeah, well, i say, i understand as someone who took over for tina fey on "weekend update. >> i know, darling i always just wondered why you cut your hair. i liked it you know it's like, why >> seth: thank you we're going to get into -- >> i always love -- i always love so much, you, i'm not gonna say it right because when i did my "saturday night live," which was the most amazing experience of my life. terrifying but amazing. like the most adrenaline rush. you of all the fabulousness there, and the creativity and the writing. you were so genuinely supportive and fun and pulled me along. like put your hand down, lifted me up out of my terrified, and made that experience really one of the most memorable w