D’Arcy Carden: ‘The Good Place’ to ‘A League of Their Own’

<p>Before D’Arcy Carden landed the role of a lifetime as Janet on ‘The Good Place,’ she was starting to worry her comedy career might never take off. And yet, in the less than six years since that show premiered on NBC, she has earned an Emmy nomination, appeared with her former babysitting boss <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bill-hader-snl-barry-and-more/id1456474041?i=1000558697265" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bill Hader</a> on ‘Barry’ and is now about to star opposite her best friend <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/abbi-jacobson-celebrates-4-20/id1456474041?i=1000517846590" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Abbi Jacobson</a> in a high-profile reimagining of ‘A League of Their Own’ on Amazon Prime Video. In this episode, Carden opens up about how she turned things around, reveals what it was like to make out with Jacobson on screen and expresses her shock and disappointment at her ‘Barry’ co-star Sarah Goldberg’s Emmy snub. She also reminisces about the early days of UCB, shares the important lesson she learned about screen acting during her first TV gig on ‘Broad City’ and recalls the demoralizing experience of being an extra on ‘Saturday Night Live.’</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Follow D’Arcy Carden on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/DarcyCarden" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@DarcyCarden</a> and Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/darcycarden/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@darcycarden</a></p><p>Follow Matt Wilstein on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/mattwilstein" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mattwilstein</a></p><p>Follow The Last Laugh on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lastlaughpod/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lastlaughpod</a></p><p><br></p><p>Highlights from this episode and others at <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/the-last-laugh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Daily Beast</a></p><p><br></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: