Amy Poehler Is Obsessed with the Trapped Thai Soccer Team Story

-We have to talk about those guys in the cave, friend. -Now, are these the Thai guys from the cave? -Yeah. Did they talk about it at all? Can you believe that

story

? Ask me anything about that

story

. -Oh, are you completely up to date? -I can't stop reading about that story, and it continues. -What is happening now? -Oh, what's happening now? Oh, only the boys shaved their heads and are going to a monastery to honor the diver who died. Now they are going to go to a monastery. -Oh Lord. -It's the most amazing story. -How many children were there? -I don't know that.

I don't read the fine print. -Well, it's not about numbers. Your feelings. -Yeah. They all left. -Yeah. -They had to... I'm going to talk about this forever. They had to be sedated. Did you know that? -No. Before they left... -I mean, you really didn't know? Why didn't you read this story? -I was very worried that it would have an unhappy ending. -I'm only talking about that because it was a happy ending, of course. I would never talk about it if it was a sad ending. -So, they were sedated before taking them back? -Yeah. They put them to sleep.

They don't even remember traveling on the water. You can imagine? They were asleep and there was a diver next to them watching them to make sure everything was okay. And it took hours, man. And so it was... The tunnel was like an "S". Then, at one point, they couldn't... It's... They say, of all the letters, this is the worst for your tunnel. -And wait. Oh! And the coach who brought them there... -Mm-hmm. -...which, you know... -Yes, there was an outcome where he wasn't a hero, yes. -But he had studied to be a Buddhist monk and taught them to meditate to conserve energy.

Then everyone learned to meditate in the cave. ♪ And they lived on rainwater ♪ Why didn't everyone... -I heard the coach... I heard that the coach didn't eat any of his food. -Yeah. He gave away his food. -Yeah. -Yuck! -I mean, I guess you... -I don't know why you don't talk about this every night. Don't make jokes about Trump. Be serious about this story, because it never ends. -Yeah. -It's amazing. -Well, I remember, we were... A very similar story. We were working on "SNL" when the Chilean miners -- -Oh! -That was another story that... You loved that story. -Because everyone came out. -Yeah. -And do you remember the Chilean miners?

Ask me anything about Chilean miners. -Well, I remember that there was a Chilean miner who loved the camera. You remember? -It became a bit popular. -And then I think we wrote a sketch for a talk show where Fred was that miner. And then the gang was made up of the other 31 miners. I don't remember what it was. -Yeah. And America never saw that sketch, right? -No. I did not see that. -No no. -I think I could have also written one in which 31 miners entered and 32 left. I think that's maybe all I had, but... -Was miner number 32 Horatio? -Yes probably. -Yes Yes. -He was just a guy who lived there.

He lived in a cave and then saw that as a chance to get out of it. -That should have been on the air. -By the way, do you know what happened to Horacio today? Our friend Horacio Sanz. -That? -I think that today he became an American citizen. - Are you kidding me? -I think that really happened today. Leave it for Horacio Sanz. -The United States is better for that. -We'll have to check it, of course. -We'll have to throw him a party. -Yes, we have to throw him an American party. -Oh, that's wonderful. -That's good news. -I mean, it's not Thai guys in a cave, but it's...

Because he's a person. -No, I would say that, if you had to choose, at a dinner, what to mention, whether Horatio becomes American or the Thai guys, you would talk about... -I'm not kidding when I've been talking to people non-stop about this , and it's been weeks. -Yeah. -It is something that has ended as a story, but it has just begun... for me. -Are you just starting? -They are entering a monastery now. -Oh no. What happens if they get

trapped

in the monastery? -Trapped in the monastery. They won't, they won't. -Won't they be

trapped

? -They would never do it. -And then the divers have to take them out of the monastery.

Because they only... They only feel comfortable with divers, so even though there is no water... -They say: "You are the man I trust." That would be... They have to check those doors, make sure that... -Well, because I think most monasteries in Thailand have hallways like an "S." -You know... And you know what? Elon Musk... -Oh, great. I want to hear this. Well, Elon Musk sent a submarine. -Yeah. Period. The end. You know the guy who always says, "I'll help you," and he's like... and he pulls out some stupid tool or something or, like, "unclog the sink," taking it apart?

He used to live above a bunch of meth addicts in Chicago, and one time they said to me, "Let's fix your sink." And they just took it apart and left for about two weeks. That's what I felt.