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Taran Killam is getting down to funny business once again.
(Hint: it involves the Happiest Place on Earth.)
You guest-starred onNew Girl.
Just the way that Liz and J.J. run a show.
Hopefully, if the show succeeds and connects to an audience, it will last for a long time.
Especially over a longer period of time.
The script turned out so good, and its such a great array of characters.
A lot of my journey fromSNLto this show was about logistics of time and space more than creative opportunities.
I got to doHamiltonfor three months.
Opportunities came up that were incredibly exciting to me and challenging and ultimately rewarding.
The reason this show is the right fit is because of the different elements.
You and Leighton and Brad are all TV veterans do you all turn to each other for advice?
Whats Peter Boyle like?
She and I have become fast friends.
It helps for bonding when you’ve got the option to swap horror stories.
There was no cynicism.
Nobodys doing it by the numbers.
Being the same person week after week and seeing how that person evolves and grows and is challenging.
Its already been really fun.
Im so drawn to narrative comedy.
I come from improv but particularly sketch comedy.
The challenges of being a single parent are something I could never fully grasp.
Being a parent is hard no matter the circumstances.
Its like putting together this community and this village.
At a certain point, you also take pride in the functionality and your handling of the object.
We had this stroller that we would travel with, like Bumbee or some sort of name like that.
You go on a pretty disastrous first date in the pilot.
And theyre like, We figured thirtysomething, and I was 21.
It made me feel really bad about my genetics.
I was like, I must be aging terribly.
But the date itself ended up being lovely.
But when I was 21, I wasnt ready to settle down with a 45-year-old at that time.
You sing How Far Ill Go, fromMoana, in a hilarious bit.
Obviously, having doneHamilton, I know Lin [-Manuel Miranda, who wrote the song] pretty well.
J.J. and I were first introduced through Tommy Kail, who directedHamilton.
Also,Moanawas literally the only soundtrack in any family minivan for a year and a half.
Its likeFrozenhad just fallen out of fashion andMoanatook over, and this script was written right beforeCococame out.
Its more of a carbon-dater than anything else.
Do you foresee that partnership continuing in storylines?I wonder if that made things easy.
I dont know if the synergy works like that.
They always go to Disneyland, families and kids love Disneyland, we gotta go to Disneyland.
Theyre characters who go to Disneyland!
I do know that we have shot three episodes so far, and I sing in every one.
But theyre not all Disney songs.
Weve got some standards; weve got some Alanis Morrisette coming up.
Weve got a real eclectic soundtrack, and I am always happy to get to a Disney show tune.
Single Parentspremieres Sept. 26 at 9:30 p.m.