The Point Radio: Judy Greer And Nat Faxon Still MARRIED
Fans and critics agree that the FX sitcom, MARRIED is one of the most relatable series on TV. Stars Judy Greer and Nat Faxon talk about where things are headed this second season and just what condition their character’s relationship is in. Plus Michael Carbonaro returns for a new season of THE CARBONARO EFFECT with a few new twists.
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The Point Radio It's Mike Raub, one of the most undiscovered comedy gems of the past year has been married on FX. Sari stars Nat Faxon and Judy Greer are along to tell you what you've been missing. Plus Michael Carbonaro is back for another season of The Carbonaro Effect, with a few changes along the way. Let's get to The Point.
This is The Point. The Point Radio. Get The Point Radio. Boy, are Nat Faxon and Judy Greer married. Well, at least they are on the hit comedy series from FX, now headed into its second season. I sat down with both Nat and Judy to talk about what's ahead for the new season, and Nat chimed in first. Well, I play Russ Gohman, married to Judy's character Lena Gohman, and I would say my character, I think last season probably struggled a little bit with identity and sort of being at that place in his life where he was married and had three kids and was living in the valley of Los Angeles
and sort of struggling almost to come to grips with that realization. And I think this season, we find Russ has got a job and more responsibility, but with that responsibility comes other pressures and obstacles, such as sort of being away from his family for long periods of time and having to manage other people within his office and sort of assume a different role. So it was fun to sort of play, you know, Russ at a different point in his life this season as compared to last. And for Judy?
My character this season is the opposite. She is now struggling with her identity, and who am I outside of being a wife and a mother? And am I still the same person as I was before all that happened or have I changed so much that I can never go back? All right. So despite all of it, are these characters really in love? Yeah. Yeah. Very much so.
Yeah. I think it's just navigating the ups and downs of marriage and the longevity and finality of that. Well, also the pleasure of raising three kids and trying to financially provide for everybody, it does take its toll on your friendship. Yeah. I would say this season is probably there's probably less friction or space between us than there was last season. I think this season we're a little more together in the adventures that we go on.
Yeah. So why is it that both fans and critics always refer to this show as relatable? I think the show just is really real. And, you know, there's not an audience laughing at jokes. It's just really relatable show because these characters, they are my friends. They're my family. I feel like I know them. They're not over the top. I think that we all can relate to the problems that they're dealing with and the changes they want to make in their life and how frustrated they become.
And I think, yeah, I guess that's why. Yeah, I think the intent is for to be a lawyer, you know, peeking in on this situation, this life that is very, hopefully, identifiable to your own. And I think that's sort of the intent of the show. Judy is also a successful author. Her first book, I Don't Know Where You Know Me From, has already gone into a second printing and asked her if she had plans for more. Yeah, definitely. I'm working on my second book right now.
So what's the new book about? Nope, it's a big secret. All right. Well, one thing you don't have to wait for is more married. New episodes air every Thursday on FX and you can catch up on the first season too right now on Hulu. The flight radio. X-Men on TV. Could that be real? Well, that's just part of the big news right now in pop culture.
Some potentially sad news for fans of community. Joel McHale spoke to reporters this week and said that there probably won't be a seventh season of the show, let alone a movie. Also because of the fact that the stars of the show have all pretty much grown in show business and their salary requirements are much more than it would take to fit in a budget of doing the show for Yahoo for yet another season. However, some fans say that is a perfect setup for the possible movie, which has always been the goal of the series for the past couple of years. Sci-fi reported this week that production has begun on their scripted drama The Magicians. It is based, of course, on the Lev Grossman novel and the series, when completed, will debut on the channel sometime early next year.
The Fox Television Group has announced this week that they are in negotiations with Marvel to bring the X-Men to a television series. As you know, 20th Century Fox, the film division does own the right to the X-Men characters. That does not necessarily mean it's an easy switch to bring them to Fox Television, though. That involves permission from Marvel Comics, and that's where the negotiations lie right now. The guys who are working on Star Trek III, Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne are working on a script for the proposed X-Men series,
and Evan Katz and Manny Koto from 24 will already be tapped to serve as the series' showrunners. Fox says they hope to make an announcement about the project very soon. According to recent numbers, the sales of e-books continue to decline this year. They went down about 7.5% in the first quarter and another 7% in the second, that according to Publishers Weekly. There was a 3% increase last year, though, and a decline in 2013, so this could really still be anybody's ballgame.
Digital comics, though, are still continuing to rise, with a 29% increase in 2013 and an 11% growth rate overall last year. Here's one sales chart where DC can be a winner, and it involves the top 20 best-selling adult graphic novels. These are in bookstores, not necessarily comic book shops, but stores like Barnes & Noble and, of course, other bookstores around the country. In the top 20, DC placed no less than eight titles in there, and even held the number one spot with the best-selling adult graphic novel being Batman the Killing Joke, the deluxe edition. Here's yet another chapter for Archie in the media. We may not have the TV show yet, but we may get a Broadway play.
Adam McKay, who's been partnered with Will Ferrell to do things like Anchorman and Teledega Nights, is writing a new Archie Broadway musical featuring the characters that we are familiar with. It'll be an interesting take, and a quote McKay said that Archie represents a bygone era of America, and like all bygone eras, there are elements we miss and elements that should be bygone. No word yet on when this will actually go into production. Facebook has unveiled a new particular part of their program called Live, a feature that allows celebrities to broadcast live videos to their fans, and among those who've signed up already are Dwayne The Rock Johnson, Serena Williams, and Triple H from the WWE. The goal is, according to Facebook, to give public figures the tools to connect with their fans authentically. You should probably look for more on this as more celebrities pick up on it over the next few months.
IFC has ordered three pilots that have some familiar names attached to them. One will be a comedy panel show called Great Minds hosted by Dan Harmon, creator of Community. It'll be a late night talk show hosted by comedian Jim Norton, and a satirical news magazine called 1320 Seconds created and helmed by Sarah Shafer. The pilots are all set at IFC, no production date, so have been announced yet. Like any good magician, Michael Carbonaro is back with a new bag of tricks for another season of the Carbonaro Effect on TruTV. So what's different about this new run of episodes? Well, there is a lot that's different, you know, I think what worked in the show really well was that, you know, the premise of the show, me going out in public to an unsuspecting person or people and performing as a magician when they don't know I'm a magician. So it's can I perform magic tricks in front of people who don't know I'm a magician and have them believe that it's really happening. And that's what works really well. So we definitely are doing that again.
So that but what makes this season different is that we're exploring some of the ways in which we can escalate. If I get somebody on the hook, you know, put it simply, if I get someone on the hook to believe in one thing, can I then push it and have them believe in something a little farther and then a little farther and see how far up it can go? The premise of the show depends on Michael being able to fool people and them not recognizing him, of course. So any changes there? Well, I had my face completely surgically reconstructed. So I'm completely unrecognized. All right. So what can we expect this season? Well, there is one coming up where I really push the envelope to see if I could get somebody to believe everything had to be right. I was like, if we're in the right environment, I don't know if it'll work, but maybe it'll work. So we got set up in a science museum. And I'm telling you, Mike, I got somebody to absolutely 100% believe in the birth of an alien from outer space. Wow. And she's great. I mean, she, she goes crazy. And she's a smart woman. She knew more about rocks and geodes than I did. You know, I was taking her through the museum to really set her up. And she's telling me things about all the stuff that was at the science museum that I didn't even know about. And I thought, okay, there isn't a chance she's going to believe me. And she's going to believe me when I try and do this. And I had this little rock that accidentally fell on the floor, cracked open and outcrawls this like crab like creature that was alive. And she swore it was an alien. It ends up and like I was telling you how we push the envelope, it ends up multiplying and then it ends up shape shifting into another creature all right in front of her. And she totally believes that she's just awestruck here coming down her face. She's awesome. It's so good.
Michael told me he got the magic bug at an early age. I, I started real young, you know, eight, eight years old. I think I saw magic for the first time, but you know, as a kid, I was convinced I wanted to be a special effects artist and makeup man. I love movies, monsters, special effects and horror and magic in a way. It really is. Those techniques have been great for me throughout the season. Magic in a way is like doing special effects live. Michael's always branched out in acting this year and enjoys that a lot. I love that. And I had a blast doing that. And those skills of getting to be funny and improvised, they're in the carbonara effect. You know, I'm doing that while I'm doing magic. So it's all all together in one thing. So for sure. Even with all this, he still tries to take to the stage these days.
Well, I live in Los Angeles, so I'm performing at the magic castle in Hollywood all of the time. And, um, this show is really taking up the bulk of the time, but I still get out there. I love to perform corporate events and private parties. And whenever I can get those in there, I do because it's really important to, for me to perform live because that's really where I got my whole, you know, where I get the juice from where I really learn how to just relate to people and react to people in unknown situations. And that's what you get with a live audience. You never know where it's going to go. So I have plans putting together, you know, when the schedule is able to free up a bunch. We're doing so well right now, but I want to, you know, lace through some live performances. For sure. I get tons of people who are writing and saying, come to our town and perform magic. And, you know, we're like, all right, we're going to do it. Just give us a minute. New episodes of the carbonara effect every Wednesday on true TV. And you can see more right now at true tv.com.
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