This week,show creators (and brothers!)
Dave and John Chernin, veterans ofIts Always Sunny in Philadelphia,bring us into the series debut.
On their inspiration for the series:The inspiration behind the show is two-fold.
Credit: Fox
Secondly, we have always wanted to create a character inspired by our mother.
No, she is not an unrepentant degenerate.
In fact, shes a wonderful and lovely woman.
We see Mickey as the kind of character who would take that style of parenting to the extreme.
The real challenge was finding other actors who could hang with her.
Fortunately, we got very lucky.
Thomas Barbusca was our first choice to play Chip.
One day, we both came into work and said, Ive got it, I found Chip.
He plays Peter Pan in this GEICO commercial and hes hilarious.
Theres this kid in the newWet Hot American Summerepisodes who crushes every scene hes in.
I promise hes better.
Carla Jimenez (Alba) was another first choice of ours.
Really, the only choice as far as we were concerned.
The scene itself is in the second episode, so everyone will get to see it.
Jack Stanton is so undeniably cute and everything about him so sweet and earnest.
His take on Ben seemed like the perfect candidate to be left in Mickeys care.
Jimmy was actually the toughest role for us to cast.
Its not easy to be both sweet and a scumbag, but somehow Scott pulls it off with ease.
He also taught her to slurp down a slice of bologna in one gulp.
We shot all of that on day one and from there things just got funnier and funnier.
As for the most difficult aspect of filming the pilot, thats easy: Not laughing or ruining takes.
And trying to make Los Angeles look like Greenwich, Connecticut.
Actually, we never had any other title ideas.
Its a tip of the cap to another larger-than-life Mick, Mickey Mantle.
