Tonight at 9p, the cast of
Undateable is doing something that has never been done on NBC. They are the first comedy to go live for a full hour. When I heard they were doing this, I got excited. If any show can keep you on the edge of your seat with will they mess up or not, it is this one. Undateable has three theatrical trained actors and four professional comedians. I can’t wait to see how the latter handles it. But that is only one aspect of this one hour live experience to look forward to tonight.
On Friday, the cast
Chris D’Elia,
Brent Morin,
Bianca Kajlich,
Ron Funches,
Rick Glassman,
David Fynn and
Bridgit Mendler talked about tonight’s groundbreaking episode. The seven of them plus guest star
Victoria Justice gave us many reasons why we must tune in!
How do they feel about going live?
Ron Funches is excited. Bridgit Mendler said, “I think it is ambitious. I am curious what they are going to accomplish with that format. They really tried to spice it up as much as possible.” Then she added that the writers did a great job of acknowledging that show is live.
Victoria Justice, who was the only guest star at the press day said, “I think it is a little intimidating to come on to a show that is live, but at the same time that is what kind of made it exciting. She then explained, “I could’ve just come and guest starred on the show, but the fact that it is the live episode is exciting. Makes it more of an event sort of thing.”
On the event front, they are going to have almost as many celebrities on the show that were at Saturday’s boxing match.
NBC announced a few of them yesterday. They are Zach Braff, Donald Faison, Neil Flynn, Christa Miller, Kate Walsh, Victoria Justice, Dr. Drew and other they could not announce. The press release also stated that there will be a “Superstar Surprise Musical Guest.” I know who it is, and all I can tell you is that they have ties to Taylor Swift. Then again who doesn’t? Update, since the news is out there it is Ed Sheeran!
What I can tell you is that Executive Producer Bill Lawrence asked Kate Walsh to guest star on the show via Twitter and as you can see she said yes.
We know that a chart topping singer is going to perform on the show, but what about the cast that normally sings on the show? Will they be singing tonight?
Medler and Justice will be singing a duet tonight, I know the song but I can’t tell you. I can tell you that it was a spontaneous decision. Medler said that Bill Lawrence told her she’s doing a song and then said it was going to be a duet with Victoria. Both girls were surprised but up for the challenge.
When I asked Morin if he would be belting out a tune, D’Elia said, “Yes, because it is an episode.â€
Who will be the first one to mess up, mess up the most and the worst?
All but two people said Brent Morin for every answer. The two people, who said otherwise, said that Rick and Bianca would mess up the most. We will just have to see what happens when it airs.
How will Morin control his laughter? His secret is that will be thinking of his dog that drowned when he was boy. Sad, right?
Undateable is known for the actors Improvising during their tapings, will they do it during the live show?
Ron Funches told me, “They are scripting in places for us to improvise. Which I guess is kind of frightening.” Although Chris D’Elia feels differently, “Improving doesn’t make us nervous, but knowing the lines does.”
How does Bianca Kajlich feel about the comedians Improvising tonight? She said, “I personally feel better with them. If something is going to go wrong we are in great hands to have people that are great at Improv and great at picking up the pieces.” She added, “It feels more freeing I think to be with people who are capable of jumping in at the last second and helping out.” Her co-star Bridgit Mendler feels differently because she told me she is a little nervous about that. She said, “I am hoping with enough practice, we will be able to go over that element of it so we know at least what that feels like.”
On that note, when did they get the script?
Three weeks ago, Chris was on TBS’s Conan and he said they had not yet gotten the script for tonight’s show. In fact, they didn’t get it until last Monday. Before you fret, Bent says that is the longest they have had one. Plus, extra rehearsal time was made to make sure tonight goes off flawlessly.
Something Rick Glassman commented on, “The four of us have much more experience working in front of a live audience than doing this. Which makes me very comfortable with this. I am guaranteeing that it will be flawless.” Ron just laughed his loveable laugh. Although I will say Rick sounded pretty confident about his statement.
What are some of the things that will be different tonight?
They have someone timing them into scenes, but there is something you can look out for tonight. Glassman explained, “We have to do some costume changes and get from one set to another within four seconds with music playing in between. So we’ve been practicing taking off shirts and putting stuff on and running upstairs.” Then he added, “We are starting out with multiple layers, t-shirts sewn into hoodies and we’ll take them off as we go. Scenes are going to start with us breathing heavily.”
Is there anything they can’t they do?
Funches says that the cast is constantly being reminded that it will cost them a lot of money if any of them curse. Rick says that is the only thing they can’t do. Which means at least one of them will accidentally do it. Right?
Why you should watch?
Funches summed it up, “There’s a lot of fun guest stars that we cannot talk about. There’s a lot of fun music we cannot talk about. It’s just more, it’s a super-sized show. If you like Undateable; but you are like it is over now (because it’s a half hour), it’s nice to be able to go here’s a double dose of what you love and also it’s live so we could mess up.
What more do you need to tune in? It’s live! It’s full of great guests! It’s got singing! There’s a chance they’re going to screw up! And most importantly, it is going to be FUNNY!!! So tune in tonight at 9p for an experience only the cast of Undateable can conjure up!
