{"id":49148,"date":"2025-09-30T17:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T17:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/snl-alum-kate-mckinnon-on-quirky-theme-in-new-book-and-the-importance-of-comedy\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T17:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T17:29:10","slug":"snl-alum-kate-mckinnon-on-quirky-theme-in-new-book-and-the-importance-of-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/snl-alum-kate-mckinnon-on-quirky-theme-in-new-book-and-the-importance-of-comedy\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;SNL&#8221; alum Kate McKinnon on quirky theme in new book and the importance of comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Kate McKinnon, who starred on &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; for 11 seasons and earned two Emmy Awards, is sharing details about her new book for young readers, her inspiration and the importance of comedy in today&#8217;s world.<\/p>\n<p>McKinnon&#8217;s book, &#8220;Secrets of the Purple Pearl,&#8221; is part of &#8220;The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science&#8221; series. It follows the Porch sisters, who again team up with their professor, Millicent Quibb, to save the guests of the Purple Pearl Hotel from a looming threat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The bad guys have gone to the Purple Pearl Hotel and they&#8217;ve got to find the legendary purple pearl and rescue everybody before stuff goes down,&#8221; the bestselling author explained in an interview with &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/cbs-mornings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">CBS Mornings<\/a>&#8221; on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>McKinnon said there&#8217;s a central theme among the characters, saying, &#8220;they are quirky girls and they are under the tutelage of Millicent Quibb, the infamous mad scientist who is also quirky \u2013 kind of a theme running through the work if you can \u2026 piece it together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She encourages those reading her book to embrace their quirky personality, acknowledging sometimes it feels isolating.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would say just you got to keep doing it,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Do not hide it because that&#8217;s what the world wants from you ultimately, even if it says don&#8217;t do it, that&#8217;s what we need to move forward is just for people to be themselves.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McKinnon said she finished recording the audiobook with her sister, who she said is also a comedian.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everything for me starts with a voice and a hairdo,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I do it out loud and then I think of what the hairdo is and then I know everything that I need to know about that character. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>She called her sister &#8220;the love of my life&#8221; and dedicated the book to her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s my best friend. 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