“They’re doing such a different thing.
A, this is a comedy.
So we’re not dealing with serious implications constantly that I think they’re dealing with.”
And Pally thinks the show’s premise may be the perfect antidote for these trying times.
So that was a really fun way to approach it comedically."
Every time-travel show has its own sophisticated transport machine, andMaking History’sis no doubt the simplest.
“So it was like, ‘What would be the easiest thing production-wise?’
Seemed like that could be funny.”
Making Historystuck with simplicity when it came to building its rules of time travel as well.
“it’s possible for you to only time-travel in the place that you are,” says Pally.
But we have the luxury of traveling all across time.
So we go to 1919 Chicago.
We go to the ’90s.
“They don’t know how to go to the bathroom in the toilet.
Cracked Sharpe: “I think of them as the wisest toddlers.”
“I was like, ‘I definitely want to do comedy.
I just want to live in a world that’s fun and have fun on set.'”
In researching her character, though, Meester discovered it was no punchline picnic for Deb.
“I think it’s pretty telling that there wasn’t a lot about his daughters.
It’s kind of sad,” she said.
I wasn’t allowed to go to school.’
So they just, like, read books.”
How will their journeys through various eras affect the course of events?
We barely even watched the movie."
Watch the new trailer forMaking Historyabove.
