Josh Thomas’s sweet comedy Everything’s Gonna Be Okay thrives on the keenly observed interpersonal dynamics of its central quartet, so bringing some new faces into the mix for season two ran the risk of throwing off its delicate balance. Of course, when those “new faces” are beloved comedian Maria Bamford and beloved character actor Richard Kind, there’s really nothing to be worried about. As Suze and Toby—the over-attentive parents of Matilda’s (Kayla Cromer) friend Drea (Lillian Carrier)—the pair are a perfect match for the show’s silly earnestness, bringing chaos and Pavlova cake into everyone’s lives. Though Kind and Bamford have long admired one another’s work and have shared credits on animated series like Big Mouth and Bob’s Burgers, they had never met prior to Everything’s Gonna Be Okay. In the video above, the actors reveal how they quickly established their working relationship, and discuss what makes a successful couple, on-screen or off.
New episodes of Everything’s Gonna Be Okay air on Freeform every Thursday, then hit Hulu for streaming the next day.
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I watched all episodes of Lady Dynamite on Netflix. Without skipping once.With that, I can assuredly say; I fucks with Maria Bamford. Her peeling back the bat shit layers of Hollywood and digging deep into mental illness was tear jerking and funny as hell.
For real. Ive loved her since the early days of her stand up. Her name alone is enough to make me give any show a chance.
BAM! BAM! LOL!
I love her stand-up (especially the bit where she drops the cutesy, bubbly voice, then continues to finish the set in her fake voice, anyway), but I just couldn’t get into Lady Dynamite.This looks interesting, but I’ll have to check out the first season; not sure I can wait 24 episodes to see Bamford and Kind, especially if they aren’t in every episode.Then again, I could always just skip the first season. Never hurts, right?
The first 3 episodes are hard to watch until you realize what’s really going on. But that’s the point of the show. It’s the behind the scenes of a comic’s life like Richard Pryor’s Jo Jo Dancer. It’s good, bad and at times hilariously ugly. Great comedians are messed up, imperfect, amazing, people not afraid to share their dirt.
If you do wanna catch up with Everything’s Gonna Be Okay it’s a *really* easy watch—season 1 is 10 episodes of 18 minutes each or so, and it’s a laid back show that you don’t have to always be glued to your tv to follow (that sounds more like an insult than I meant to to…) I still feel like it’s similar but not quite as compelling as Thomas’ aussie show, Please Like Me, but it’s certainly worthwhile in its own right. And I hope Bamford wasn’t just a one off…
I loved Lady Dynamite. But surely when she started season 2 she already knew she wouldn’t be back for a third season–it was just SO out there, even compared to the first season, and, I’m sure, alienating to a lot of people. And I appreciate that.
I didn’t even know they were an item.
Wha? Didn’t it say they just met before this episode?
At any rate–odd timing since this episode aired last week, but… Always great to see Bamford.
Bringing the Bam that TV needed!
They spoke of their working relationship.