It's season seven, babe! We're here with actor Wendi McLendon-Covey. You Might Know Her From St. Denis Medical, The Goldbergs, Reno 911, What Men Want, Paint, Think Like a Man Too, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, and Bridesmaids. Wendi opened up to us about leading the cast of the indie drama Blush, "playing defeat" on St. Denis Medical, and navigating The Goldbergs post-George Segal and Jeff Garlin's departures. ALL THAT, plus, the real bridal shower that inspired Bridesmaids, auditioning for Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy TV special, and the Goldie Hawn/Darren Starr series that never came to be. Honey bees, we just loved this one. We're just so glad to be back!
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Discussed this week:
Blush 2019 indie drama from Debra Eisenstadt
Stars as Joyce in the new NBC comedy, St Denis Medical
Reno 911 as Officer Clementine Johnson
Was a member of The Groundlings
Reno 911 was created by members of The State
Wendi brought the famous DUI stop "Step-bump-bump" to her audition for Reno 911
Wendi loves working with Cedric Yarbrough, Niecy Nash and Thomas Lennon
Has worked with Stephen Root multiple times (Paint, My Name is Doris)
Wendi's bits as Rita in Bridesmaids kill Anne every time "smells like someone pissed in an open jar of vitamins"
Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig wrote Bridesmaids and Wendi was part of original table read
Army of One with Nicolas Cage was INTENSE bc he stayed in character after time in Morocco
The Goldbergs was "canceled" after 10 seasons
There's a George Segal documentary that The Goldbergs crew members made and is traveling the film festival circuit
It was "mutually decided" that Jeff Garlin "left" The Goldbergs after multiple HR accusations of inappropriate behavior on set
Wendi was ALWAYS the #1 on The Goldbergs, which took place outside of Philly
Had to audition for the Dick Tracy Special in 2010 with Mindy Sterling. Warren Beatty "IP Squatting" on the Dick Tracy rights
Appeared on Celebrity Ghost Stories
Was set to star as Goldie Hawn's daughter in Darren Starr pilot, Viagra Diaries that was ultimately
Would cast Stephen Tobolowsky as her on-screen dad
Really did the Bel Biv Devoe "Poison" rap in Think LIke a Man Too with Taraji Henson, Gabrielle Union, Regina Hall, LaLa Anthony
Music video for Aly & Aj's music video, "Star Maps"
Skeevy is from the Italian word for disgusting, "schifoso"
