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For Kristen Wiig Fans

Liza Minnelli and her friend have tickets to CATS. But you can't go to Broadway if you haven't turned off your living-room lights! How do you turn off a light? Liza panics. "I just....I just gotta find the clicker! Or the switch! It's this scoundrel here!" Liza can't fully focus on the task at hand; a reference to balls and chains sends her into a Bob Fosse reverie, and she begins a "ball change" routine. Maybe she can turn off the light via "Fosse neck"? Liza's friend protests this can't be all that difficult--and Liza, bizarrely, shouts, TELL THAT TO DEBBIE REYNOLDS! This goes on for approximately four minutes, and it's a rare chance to see Kristen Wiig "breaking" on camera. I'm also fond of Jonah Hill's drugged performance; the fact that he doesn't conceal his reliance on cue cards somehow makes things better. And I like Hill's concern for the Broadway cast of CATS: "We can't ke...