Schitt's Creek

From Riches to Relatability in Schitt's Creek - Unpacking Honeymoon

This week on That TV Comedy Podcast, Amanda and Jacquie dissect the hilarious and heartwarming journey of the Rose family in "Schitt's Creek." From the show's humble beginnings to its meteoric rise in popularity post-Netflix, we explore how Dan Levy's unwavering creative vision guided the series to its perfectly timed conclusion. Our spotlight shines on Season 1, Episode 10, "Honeymoon," an entertaining blend of humour and character development that showcases why "Schitt's Creek" has captivated audiences around the globe.

In this episode, we untangle the intricate family dynamics that make "Schitt's Creek" so relatable. We dive into examining how the relationships evolve throughout the series. We celebrate the rich character arcs of Moira and Johnny, who are more than just parents; they are individuals adjusting to a new reality with grace and resilience. The Rose family's story is one of trust and love, portraying the beauty of familial bonds even in the face of adversity.

Representation matters, and "Schitt's Creek" does it brilliantly. Highlights include our discussion on the iconic wine-picking scene between David and Stevie, which opens up essential conversations about sexuality and acceptance. We also share behind-the-scenes tales, from Dan Levy's inspirations to the casting challenges and delightful surprises along the way. Whether it's the camaraderie among the cast or the thoughtful portrayal of complex themes, we unpack all the elements that make "Schitt's Creek" a standout show. 

Transcript

Speaker 1 0:11

Hello and welcome to that TV Comedy Podcast. I'm Jacquie J Sarah, and my co-host is Amanda Davies. For each episode, we'll be taking a look at a television comedy series, breaking it down with a focus on a specific episode, giving it a bit of a deep dive, geeking out about it and generally discussing it. We will be taking it in turns of picking a series, so it may not be something we have seen. How do you think it's going so far? Oh, it's going brilliantly. Again, the highbrow conversations have continued. It's out in the world, it's out there. We've had some really nice feedback so far. We have, haven't we? Yes, which is nice. It's really nice, I know we've made it. Though, when we get the negative feedback when the people feel the need to tear it apart, yeah.

Speaker 1 1:10

One star did not talk about It Ain't Half Hot, Mum. I don't think anyone outside the UK would get that reference. But hey, no, thankfully, thankfully. Yeah, lucky you Oh dear. How sad. This week, it's my choice, and it's Schitt's Creek. mind, shut up. Welcome to the show. Amanda, tell me about Schitt's Creek.

Speaker 1 1:46

Schitt's Creek is a Canadian television sitcom created by Dan Levy and his father, Eugene Levy, that aired on CBC Television from 2015 to 2020. Imdb describes the series as After being the victim of fraud, johnny Rose and his family go from extremely wealthy to penniless overnight. The only asset left to them is a small, unsophisticated town, Schitt's Creek. That initially wasn't that big, and we'll talk about that a bit in a minute because we've not discussed this between us, and I have no idea what you think about it. relocate there. Culture shock ensues. The series receives an overall rating of 8.5. That's high, isn't it? I feel he's very high. Yeah, for a television comedy series. I've got a feeling that it's not going to be wholly positive. But that's just her teasing.

Speaker 1 2:33

Generally a fan of this show, obviously, because I picked it. It's a really nice, gentle but funny comedy. It's about decent people finding a way to get through problems. It's a typical fish out of water comedy. You've got this once rich family parachuted in to this tiny little town. That's got its own quirks, but generally the people are decent, they're hard working and they look after each other, and that's not something the rose family has ever really come across in their lives and they don't know how to deal with it. You probably don't know that, do you, because you've not watched it. Okay, yeah, spoiler alert, this is another one I've not seen before. I watched the first episode and then the episode that we're going to discuss, so you understand how they lost their money.

Speaker 1 3:23

The Rose family yes you made me watch the first episode, made you. I made you watch the Office, I made you watch Time Into A Chair and you put the TV on and you said watch this. That's not what happened. No, it's not quite what happened. But you said, oh, you sat on the sofa, comfy, why didn't we watch this? I watched it.

Speaker 1 3:41

I can't remember when it went on Netflix and I can't say I jumped on it straight away, but I think I started watching it around the fourth season. It wasn't actually until around the fifth season the people started picking up on it. So it had no notoriety at all before then. So what happened was it started being shown around the world, I would imagine on Netflix and platforms like that. People picked up on it. They realised what a good, nice comedy programme is.

Speaker 1 4:13

But it must have been popular in Canada, otherwise it wouldn't have. It was popular enough to get recommissioned, but it wasn't huge. So by the time the sixth and final season was written, before this massive outpouring of love for the sitcom, there was no expectations on it. It was already huge, but they could finish it the way they wanted to finish it. It was really lucky because it got to end the way that Dan Levy had actually seen when he was starting to write. He didn't have to bow to any executives to say, or to fans saying, we want to end it this way. It was his vision and he saw it through exactly as he wanted. Lucky him, yeah, it's luck, but obviously a huge amount of talent and a huge amount of work to get it to that point.

Speaker 1 5:00

I don't want to detract from his achievement at all but the luck I'm comes from the fact that he didn't have to bow down to anybody and change what he wanted Exactly. He didn't have to end it the way anybody else wanted. No, just his own way. And I think that's what's lovely about this sitcom. It was a perky little sitcom that could. Are you going to tell us what the episode is, jack?

Speaker 2 5:23

No, no, okay comic hood are you?

Speaker 1 5:26

going to tell us what the episode is? Jack, no, no, okay, guess the episode. We're gonna make clues. Is it the episode from the talk about an episode and let's see if the listeners can guess.

Speaker 1 5:33

No I will tell you now the episode this week we'll be looking at is season one, episode 10 honeymoon. Johnny and maria go to roland's hawaiian party, alex and ted host a dinner party, david and stevie's relationship heats up and it's got an imdb rating of 7.9. It aired in native canada on the 10th of march 2015, although is. Is this set in Canada, amanda? No, it's not. Is it? No, it's never stated where it's set, but the fact that they live I can't remember if they live in New York or David definitely lived in New York, and there's no talk of immigration or emigration or anything like that but it was made in Canada.

Speaker 1 6:23

All the main cast are Canadian, apart from alexis, played by annie murphy oh, I didn't realize that. You know how. It is an american citizen, but she was actually born in canada, so that's another nice thing, and they use canadian actors. The other person I should point out that isn't canadian this kind of could be conceived as main cast is Chris Elliott, who plays Roland Schitt. He's the mayor of this town. It's presumed that it's set somewhere in America, but it's never stated which part of the country, and it seems to be part of the country where it's always summer. That's a nice thing too. So let's go to the episode. Am I allowed to get your thoughts yet on the episode, or do you want to just talk it through? I think you've already alluded to what I would think of this episode it was okay, it didn't really make me laugh out loud.

Speaker 1 7:23

This programme is not gag heavy and I really like that about it. It gives it time to breathe a bit before the comedy comes in. We're going to be talking about the UK office soon, but we've already talked about the US office and the thing that I think missed in the American office was they never let it breathe down, that you never got the boredom of working in an office. In the American office it looks like a laugh a minute working in an office in America, whereas in the UK one it just let it breathe the photocopier going on.

Speaker 2 8:00

Yeah.

Family Dynamics in TV Comedy

Speaker 1 8:01

It's things like that and I kind of like that. I don't expect shows to have gag gag gag. For me, the situations are what's funny, not gag gag, gag. Right, I just didn't find a lot of that. Do you understand why I picked this episode? I think you've picked this episode because it explains a lot about who these people all are. Yeah, it does. So it starts off ste. Stevie and David are in bed together. Can I stop you right there? It doesn't start with that. Okay, what does it start off with? The following programme contains scenes with coarse language. Viewer discretion is advised. Read by Stevie. Now, I understand that they have different characters.

Speaker 1 8:42

Yeah, the different characters says it yeah, I'm surprised as soon as their warning goes on at the beginning of a programme like that. I'm in. Yeah, oh no, as soon as their warning goes on at the beginning of a programme like that. I'm in. Yeah, oh no, I'm 100% in.

Speaker 2 8:52

So sorry I interrupted.

Speaker 1 8:53

Yes, he's in bed in a heart-shaped bed. In a heart-shaped bed, they're in a honeymoon suite in the motel. I was very surprised at this. Ah, so you didn't know about David up to this point. I'd only seen one episode, yeah, yeah. And when I saw it I thought, oh, david is gay and he's not. But he's not, no. But I also thought in the first episode that he was quite snobby. He is, and so I put those two things together and I thought why is he in bed with Stevie? Well, this series did not build up To them getting into bed. Okay, it's not something I missed in the nine episodes. No, no, no, they wake up in bed together and it's not something I missed in the nine episodes. No, no, no, no, they wake up in bed together and it's opening the episode, but the episode before they weren't going, oh, there was nothing that was suggested.

Speaker 1 9:40

It's a really lovely friendship, stevie and David, and it goes throughout the programme. So, whatever happens to them, they're besties, right, they've got each other's's backs. They look out for each other, but they bring out the best in each other. They always put romantic relationships. Oh, they bring out the best in each other, but these two bring out the best of each other. Stevie comes out with a shell a bit more. She's got that friendship with david, but she's also builds a friendship with the father as well, john, johnny. He becomes kind of a mentor for her In the start of this one. It's really awkward. She goes to leave, but Johnny sees her.

Speaker 1 10:17

Now, I did like this, but I thought it was really funny. He thinks that she's acting really strange and he's asking if she needs him to call the police, which I did find it funny. So in the end David has to say something and then Johnny knows he's there. And then that led on to another scene which I found quite funny, which was when.

Speaker 1 10:36

Johnny and Moira came into the bedroom to chat yes, to Alexis and David about their concern over their relationship with the locals, and Johnny said we do have to be careful with our hearts and our parts, which I thought was great. I did enjoy that. And then Moira takes it a bit further, doesn't she? Yes, we do have to be careful, because a podunk baby out of wedlock is not something your father and I can afford to negotiate at this moment. I immediately had to look up what that was. What does it mean? So it's a small town, a poor area, and it's actually Algonquinian origin, although I think that it's been altered from the original what the tribal speak would have been. I don't think it's quite, but yeah, they mention it. It's a small town, nothing to recommend it. Yeah, I was gonna say remember, at this stage they are really oh, they're snobs yeah, yeah they're double.

Speaker 1 11:36

But I what I loved was david's response to this and it's like that's crazy, because all I want to negotiate right now is some podunk baby out of wedlock but and even johnny laughs, yeah at that. And then Alexis saying, oh, you're just so involved in our lives right now. That was fine when we were child actors for a little, so I did enjoy this scene. Yeah, exactly, I did enjoy this scene. This scene is not something you see in sitcoms very often, and that's what I want to talk about a little bit later about representation, because this is not your typical family sitcom. They're not all over David and Alexis, because they just want the best for them and they just want them to have their own lives.

Speaker 1 12:18

Yeah, what I love about this is Moira and Johnny are their own characters. They're not just parents, they're not just husband and wife, they are characters within themselves. For example, there's not an episode where moira and johnny are having a rowan and not speaking to each other. They've just got this relationship that is built on trust, love and respect. Yeah, and it's not played for comedy. That the characters are on their own are funny, but their relationship is not played for laughs.

Speaker 1 12:50

They're bored in this episode, aren't they? Yeah, totally, and it's not necessarily about them being parents. It's about them feeling a bit lost, being in a small town, yeah, and not doing what they always used to do, exactly, not having the money or the relationships that they used to have, and people kowtowing to them as well, yeah, so that's, I think, what's lovely about this episode as well. Johnny asks whether it's just a phase for David this thing, and Moira said it's not. It's not a phase, that's another thing.

Speaker 1 13:23

They do care about the children Also. They don't show it, and they haven't up to this point, because throughout the series you find out about the lives that Alexis and David had prior to ending up in this small town, and they were always on their own, doing their own thing. The nice thing is they're brought together as a family and they work to become that family that they should have been all along, which is nice as well. But they go to the cafe then and Moira invites Roland and Jocelyn to sit with them and they try to invite them over for cocktails and charades Charades that night.

Speaker 2 13:57

Yeah.

Speaker 1 13:58

They don't pick up on the hit, do they at all?

Speaker 1 14:00

No, I know we're having a big party and then so Moira basically says, invite us. Exactly. And they say, well, you didn't think you'd want and, in all fairness, why would they think they'd want to mix with regular people? Exactly? Yeah, moving along, david and Stevie get invited to a dinner party. Now, at this stage I don't know if you've picked up on this Alexis has started a relationship with Ted, but she has feelings for Matt, who's going out with Twyla. Twyla Do you know the actress who plays Twyla? Yeah, it's Dan Levy's sister. Yes, sarah Levy. So it's a big family relationship, yeah, they're all involved.

Speaker 2 14:40

They're all involved, yeah.

The Impact of Representation in TV

Speaker 1 14:42

Yes, so that's why she's setting up this dinner party Prior to the dinner party as well. You had that coded conversation between David. Now, this is a really important scene this was a really good scene, because I got it then.

Speaker 2 14:55

You understood what was going on.

Speaker 1 14:57

I understood exactly what this was all about. Now, this scene is iconic. It's famous on its own. I'm not surprised. So it's the scene when David and Stevie are picking wine. We get there that David is pansexual and that she says she only dates men. Basically, yeah, so I have got the quote somewhere. She says, just to be clear, I'm a red wine drinker. And Dave was like, yeah, so what? But I only drink red wine. But what I really liked, he said, was I do drink red wine, but I also also drink white wine. I've also been known to sample the occasional rosé, and a couple of summers back I tried a merlot that used to be a chardonnay.

Speaker 2 15:38

He's covering everything so simplistic.

Speaker 1 15:40

Yeah, yeah, but you get it, absolutely get it. And then he decides on the bottle, because this is the biggest bottle cv.

Speaker 1 15:48

So as long as you didn't roll over and cry yourself to sleep with regret, then we're good, right? And Davey says, no, no, I absolutely did that, just wept for hours in the dark. Now that scene is really iconic. Yeah, very simple, but it just lays it all out there and you get it. Yes, and it's opened up conversations around the world with parents and their children about what their sexuality means. And that's what I mean about representation. In this episode. It's very obvious that it doesn't matter that david's pansexual. It doesn't matter to moira. The only thing johnny says about it really is he thinks his life will be less complicated. It's not because he is upset about it, he just wants things to be good for David. That's what's lovely about this. But representation, again, it's not just about the LGBTQ plus community.

Speaker 1 16:41

Having a character like Moira on screen for me is huge, because, yeah, she's a parent, yeah, she's a wife, but she's her own person and she's a parent. Yeah, she's a wife, but she's her own person and she's had her own career. She's successful in her own right. Yeah, and that's not seen very often on tv. No, and she's got a good line of wigs too. I saw. Well, she has. There are her girls, and they've each got a name. She took maureen to the party. Yeah, she loves those wigs more than anything, I think, because in one episode there's a small fire I think it's more smoke than fire and her immediate thought is to get those wigs out.

Speaker 1 17:18

We're talking about it and you do actually like this episode. It was okay. No, it was fine. There were certain elements I thought were really funny, but it didn't stand out for me as oh, this is really, really funny. I wanted to do an early one for reasons of spoilers for you. I could have picked you a funnier episode and I could have picked you one which would have made you cry because it's so powerful and emotional and not in a bad way. Yeah, basically because you love musicals. Oh, oh, I think I read something about this. They're going on about people crying about being moved by a song. Yeah, okay, and that's happened twice in there. You could be talking about two different instances in there.

Speaker 2 17:59

Yeah.

Speaker 1 18:00

Which is another good thing. So you've got this horrible dinner party, which is one of the threads. So again, this one is going back to ABC's story. There's three threads going on in this episode. You've got the Moira and Johnny finding friends, david and Stevie embarking on a relationship and Ted and. Alexis doing a horrible dinner party. Yeah, and they made out it wasn't a dinner party, it was just a party. Yes, to get people there.

Speaker 2 18:28

It's not a party. It was just a party. Yes, to get people there.

Speaker 1 18:31

It's not a party, it's a dinner party. Yeah, ted's house looks like a showroom, doesn't?

Speaker 2 18:39

it, yes it does.

Speaker 1 18:41

Wow, I didn't know you could buy showrooms off the internet. Apparently you can, but that's what he's done. He's done. Yeah, johnny and Moira are having weed at the party, but Rose can do. That's what he's done. He's done, yeah, johnny and moira having weed at the party, but rose can do that because he is the law enforcement he is. He's a man of the town. He's so in your face, roland. He rules that town, but he also looks after the people in the towns, and I don't think that comes across very well in the early episodes. No, he just seems like, yeah, like he's in charge, and the problem is you've got the two alpha males and johnny wants to be in charge and roland wants to be in charge, and that's how they bet heads quite a bit. There's a nice scene at that party with jocelyn and moira sat on the swing, the what?

Speaker 1 19:22

yeah and we find out moira is from a small town herself, yeah, and she escaped it, and now she's stuck back there, whereas Jocelyn loves that town she wouldn't want to go anywhere else.

Speaker 1 19:32

No, exactly right. So yeah, that is a nice again representation. It's about those women rather than Moira going. Oh, I'm so happy I was a mother. I'm so happy I got married. I'm back to where I was. I really don't want to talk about the dinner party scene, because it was a bit of a nothingness, wasn't it? There was Mutt's told Alexis his dream and then she had to bring up the dinner party and it was a bit awkwardness between Twyla and but I don't think she did that on purpose.

Speaker 1 20:05

It was Ted who kept prompting her. What? Were you talking about, and she couldn't think of anything off the top of her head, so just said, but she didn't go into details about what it was. No, it was ted's fault, and you think is ted a bit jealous as well that she's spending all this time with matt? I know they've only been dating for two weeks yes two weeks, isn't it? Yeah, I don't know, I think he's just naive ted, but it got stevie and david. Yeah, they left together.

Speaker 1 20:32

She got him out of there pretending they were rowing yeah, so she's helped him out there, see, she's smarter than him, oh yeah, but that was also a really nice scene as well, because he he was taken in by her. Oh yeah, he thought that they were gonna have this conversation and yeah, you can tell she's just so not bothered. She's enjoying what she's got with David and that's it. There's no yeah day at a time, I think.

Speaker 1 20:55

No expectations, no expectations. So, yeah, it's nice. And Johnny tells Roland about David. Again, this is nice because, roland's, you've got to let your kids love who they're going to love. Stevie and David are going back to the room with Triggs. And who do they meet, though? Johnny and Moira, yeah, on their way back. Who are high? Yep, they're being spoken and they hope Stevie's being smart. Yeah, because neither they nor she can afford to be pregnant. But then Stevie starts to get upset when Johnny starts going on about David sleeping with men. I don't think she's upset, I think she's just embarrassed about.

Speaker 1 21:33

She's fed up about yeah, she's just not happy, she just wants to go. Yeah she wants to run a bath with a hot hairdryer. Yeah, exactly, she just wants out of that conversation. I understand that it's not really any of Johnny and Moira's business.

Speaker 1 21:47

No, exactly, absolutely not and that's really the end of the episode. But it is a really important episode in Chic Sweet Lore. I realised that because I thought this episode was quite random, but then, as I watched it, I thought, yeah, there's a reason to why this episode is so important and it's so important to you that you chose it. Yeah, yeah, totally. I do think it represents a series and I think people are finding it all the time as well. Still, shitsqueak is more than just a comedy series. It's kind of a cultural icon, if you like, a cultural movement. It's something that, if comedy is done well and not in your face, because none of this is in your face it can change lives. Yeah, and that's why comedy is serious business. And now it's time for Amanda's favourite part of the episode. Bye, I know I'm only joking. Quiz time, yay, shall I start, go for it. Question one when did Ted get his furniture? Oh, from a website Showrooms. Yeah, go on. What's the name of the cafe that Johnny and Moira go to? Oh, my gosh, I know it's Trello's Cafe, isn't it? I can't remember Cafe Tropical Of. Remember Cafe Tropical, of course, cafe Tropical. I've already told you this one. What is the name of Moira's wig? Maureen yes, thanks for that.

Speaker 1 23:23

Whose party does David ask Stevie to go to, and at what time? Oh, my gosh man, I've seen this episode about four or five times. I dropped the time part. That's a bit mean, gosh man. I've seen this episode about four or five times. I'll drop the time part. That's a bit mean. Whose party, ted's? Yeah, oh, that's sweet, were you? I thought there was another party. Go on. I think Alexis has already mentioned it to us.

Speaker 2 23:42

She's already told yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1 23:44

She's already told. It was at seven. It was at seven. Oh, still early for a dinner party. All you need to know is you might be cooking something that's going to take three hours?

Speaker 2 23:53

Sorry, he might be cooking, something that's going to take three hours.

Speaker 1 23:56

But you're only in the early 30s. Why are they having a dinner party at seven o'clock? Sounds great to me. Yeah, I know, but you're not in your early 30s are you?

Speaker 1 24:02

Yeah, but it would have been great for me then, Okay, who does Moira go off with at At the age of 16. Was it the trade show? It was a taxi driver Not doing well. Here are we. We're not going well on the quiz this week. What is the theme of Roland and Jocelyn's party? Hawaiian. When was it okay in childhood that Johnny and Moira were suffocating? Oh, when they were child actors.

Speaker 2 24:28

Yeah.

Speaker 1 24:28

How does Roland describe Johnny and Moira in the cafe when discussing why they didn't invite them to the Hawaiian theme party? It's not a title or anything like that, is it no?

Speaker 2 24:40

What is it? Hoity-toity.

Speaker 1 24:42

Hoity-toity.

Speaker 1 24:43

And that's why I asked the question, because I really like the use of the phrase hoity-toity. My last question is what game couldn't they play at the dinner party after Stevie and David left? I cannot remember. I can hear this headbands. What does alexis describe twilight as looking like she's got this dress on and she says I'm just like I think I'm focused on all the wrong things on this episode because I can't remember little details. No, no, you haven't focused on the wrong thing. You, you and I just focus on different things because we're different people and everybody else who's watching it will be focusing on different things.

Speaker 2 25:18

It's all very personal.

Speaker 1 25:19

Okay, I don't know, it's a little Georgia peach. A little Georgia peach, that's so nice. And that was the quiz. Amanda, do the jingle Geek corner, geek corner, geek Corner, geek Corner, geek, geek, geek, geek Corner. Wow, that was another different one, wasn't it? Yeah, you want me to buy a jingle, don't you? I really think you should, and I think our listeners would prefer it if you did as well. No, I don't think they would. I think they love you doing the Geek Corner tune. Not so much. I'm sure.

Speaker 1 25:55

Amanda, tell us a fact about either this episode or this series. Okay, so we've already alluded to one of my Twyla yes, played by Eugene Levy's real life daughter. Dan Levy's sister, Sarah. Eugene Levy's brother, is also a producer on the show. The inspiration for the show apparently came from Dan Levy watching Keeping Up With the Kardashians, and then he suddenly thought about what would happen if they lost all their wealth. And then he started to visualize what became Schitt's Creek a show exploring what would happen if riches and glamour disappeared. What became Schitt's Creek? A show exploring what would happen if riches and glamour disappeared. And it was also inspired by the time that Kim Basinger Basinger bought a small town in Georgia back in 1989. Yeah, of course that was the inspiration for the series, right? So some facts from me, and I hope you don't know some of these.

Speaker 1 26:53

Catherine O'Hara only agreed to play Moira to help her friend 14 years, eugene Levy. She had to be persuaded to join the series when it was picked up. So what they did? They did a presentation showcase which they run for about 14-15 minutes to show the network what the show could be. So they said to her please just help us out, let's get the showcase done. You don't have to play the part of Moira, oh, crafty. So when it was picked up the series, they went back to her and said please play the part the boy. I mean, if you watched her play it and then to bring someone else in to do that, you couldn't. It's iconic, her performance. I keep using the word iconic and that's overused and that's my fault, but it's so good her performance, the way she picks up and says things like baby. No one else would have done it like that. They would have just said baby when things like that. So to persuade her they said we'll just do it for a year, we'll just revisit after a year. And so obviously she did do it, but she now admits it would have been stupid to not do it and she's happy she did.

Speaker 1 28:11

Talking about the pilot again, the end, the pilot showcase I should say annie murphy did not play alexis in the pilot. It was played by abby elliott, the daughter of chris elliott, who was rolling shit in the program when it came to series time. She wasn't available because she was on a contract with snl, but she's known in the UK now. She probably wasn't known in the UK before You've seen her. She plays Sugar on the Bear, natalie. She's Carmy's and Mikey's sister. Yes, yeah. So have you watched the Bear season three yet? Not yet. It's on my list but it's at the top of my list.

Speaker 1 28:53

I think it has to go to the top. There's an episode in there that's so good. It's about tina t, and I never felt for a character more in a program. It is so good, but we're not talking about the bear. No one knew what moira's accent was going to sound like until k O'Hara filmed her first scene. She just came out with whatever felt right. Yes, and that's what she brings to the part isn't it.

Speaker 1 29:21

Let's talk about Annie Murphy. She was giving up acting. She said she had $400 in the bank. She couldn't find a part. It was just like the universe was telling her give up. She went to the audition. She wasn't wearing makeup but her hair up. I mean she'd look good, whatever happened anyway, she's so attractive and that's really what got her part.

Speaker 1 29:46

She was unassuming, whereas I would imagine a lot of people would have turned up in full Alexis gear. Yes, yeah, yes. So Annemarie got the part, but she, she perfected the inflection the iconic way. Alexis says oh, david, and she would add david as many times as she could in that. I can't do it, it's her way of doing it. It's so clever. She's also got this hand gesture in the program as well, and she did that by watching clips of how the kardashian would hold their handbags, and then she'd simply do it without holding a handbag. Katherine and annie would often watch eugene watching dan and sarah levy, so they'd watch them watching their family. And and Annie joked he was like an insane dance mom.

Speaker 1 30:36

Eugene Levy. During the early stages of development, various networks suggested that the title of the show be changed to avoid the vulgar word. The Levys resisted these suggestions and argued Shit was a legitimate last name. To prove their point, they bought pages copied from a phone book to the CBC shown listings for individuals with the Shit name. To prove their point, they bought pages copied from a phone book to the CBC showing listings for individuals with the shit name. The CBC agreed and allowed the levees to keep the original title. The name still faced censorship issues during promotional tours in the United States, with many networks shortening the name or providing extra disclaimers before using it on air. Playing Sally Bowles in Cabaret was Emily Hampshire's lifelong dream before she got to do it on the show in season five. Emily told Dan Levy this while filming season one, which is really nice, isn't it?

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He parked it. He parked it and thought I know what I'm going to do. So, yeah, I think that's why it works as well.

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There's obviously affection off screen yeah, as well as family screen yeah, they're 100 family.

Speaker 1 31:40

And do you find that the the shows where the cast are tight-knit and look at it and much better for it. Yeah, yeah, totally, I think you can tell. I'm not 100, you can tell. But when you think about the most famous, when you think well things that we just the office, I think you can tell I'm not 100%, you can tell Because they are actors.

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