Good Hang with Amy Poehler

Snapshot · Good Hang with Amy Poehler

Colman Domingo

Explore episode Jun 9, 2026

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How Amy and Colman Met: Dance Floors and Gen X Movement

At 20:58 · chapter starts 18:40

The two friends recreate the memory of their first real meeting: not words, but dancing at an Emmy Night Before party, a DJ killing it, and two people who immediately recognized each other as serious dancers. Colman grew up in a household where New Year's Eve parties in the carpeted basement were a ritual, and his mother danced in grocery store aisles right up until her death. Amy connects dance to social anxiety relief — 'I'd rather dance than talk.' They discover a mutual touchstone in Philadelphia's Dance Party USA, the suburban American Bandstand on which Kelly Ripa got her start, and agree that their shared Gen X approach to dancing — trying to hurt somebody — is now a trending TikTok comparison with Gen Z's minimal movement.

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Gen X vs Gen Z on the Dance Floor

Colman Domingo · Jun 9, 2026 Society & Culture

Amy and Colman first bonded nonverbally on a dance floor at an Emmy Night Before party. Their shared Gen X approach to dancing — full-body, take-no-prisoners movement — is even going viral on TikTok, where the contrast with barely-moving Gen Z is a whole trend.

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Colman Domingo Went to High School with Will Smith

Colman Domingo · Jun 9, 2026 Society & Culture

Will Smith was a grade above Colman Domingo at their Philadelphia high school, already performing with Jazzy Jeff at the Wynn Ballroom. Domingo, meanwhile, was a self-described nerd who never went to dances, barely knew the social scene existed, and didn't tear up a dance floor until his second year of college.

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