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'Schmigadoon!' star Cecily Strong and co-creator Cinco Paul embrace musical satire

SNL's Cecily Strong co-stars in the Apple TV+ satire series Schmigadoon!. It centers on a couple who gets trapped in a town where people burst into song. We talk with Strong as well as Cinco Paul, the show's co-creator.

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