Creator-stars of 'Abbott Elementary' and 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' on joining forces for two episodes where the gang volunteers at Abbott.
may be the first one where the creator of one half of the crossover is actively discouraging some of her viewers from watching the other half.is an adults-only show about some of the most selfish and despicable characters in sitcom history. characters Mac , Charlie , Dennis , Sweet Dee , and Frank show up as volunteers at Abbott — and then continues later this year in aepisode on FX.
We spoke with the creator-stars of each series about how the two Philly-born actors met and came up with the idea, how they ensured the two series would be compatible enough to do it, which character each of them would like to steal from the other’s show, and more. We met at the Emmys a few years ago. We were backstage. Quinta won for Best Actress in a Comedy, that was the first time we had met. That’s a great time to meet someone for the first time, because they’re very very happy.
We wanted to do it because it could be done, and so many people thought it couldn’t. And so I think that alone was enough for us to jump in and do it.The tones are so totally different. But that’s the beauty of making any cool thing, even a cool dinner dish or a cool drink — you mix them together and see what happens. It felt like science. Then I think it got unlocked when we realized we could tell the same story from two different perspectives.
In either episode, how much did you feel you needed to help the audience of the other show understand who Mac is, or who Janine is? On our episode, I had the philosophy that we just treat our story the way we would treat any other story. When we went to break it, I said, “We need to treat this as not thecast, but as this is the story we want to tell, which is some volunteers coming to the school who wind up being not so great.
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