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Speaker 1: Missed opportunity. I love sharing conversations. Hosting requires show prep.

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My podcasting platform features thousands of guests. What you don't

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have access to are my missed opportunities. The show prep

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was one hundred percent completed, the conversation didn't happen. I

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keep all of my notes because I believe that paths

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will one day cross again. Let me explain missed opportunity.

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It's my questions and statements without their answers. I'm leaving

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open enough space at the end of each question hoping

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they'll download the talk and insert their answers. Missed opportunity

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is a lost piece of history, like that of a

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message in a bottle. It's been tossed out to see

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now it's time to locate the destination. This week, we're

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putting focus on my missed opportunity with creator and executive

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producer Emily Spivey. Okay, Emily Spivey, creator and executive producer

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of what was a new Fox animated sitcom, Bless the

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Heart starring Kristin wigg and Maya Rudolph. Emily has been

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a huge player in bringing so much many shows to life,

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shows such as The Last Man's Standing, Parks Recreation, and

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she even had some fun with Saturday Night Live. Bless

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the Hearts was an animated comedy that follows a Southern

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family that has always broke and forever struggling to make

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ends meet. They are rich with friends, family, and laughter,

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though other guests included for tun Femster, Holly Hunter, and

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even Mary Steinbergen. The invitation to talk with Emily came

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on September sixteenth, twenty nineteen. A day later, I received

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word that, ooh, you did get the conversation with Emily.

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It would be held on September twenty fourth, twenty nineteen,

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which happened to be my mother's birthday. So hell, yes,

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this was actually happening. Yeah, not the day of the

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physical conversation. It was a missed opportunity, Emily, was m

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I A Hey, coming up next? The questions the statements

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Bless the Hearts? What is it all about? And what

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is creating television shows all about? That's my subject this

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week on Missed Opportunity. Hey, welcome back to Missed Opportunity.

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This week my missed opportunity with Emily Spivey her new

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project Bless the Hearts. Emily, You're about to lift your

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game into an animated world. I mean, you are bringing

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a brand new level of play. Bless the Hearts. It

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speaks to a lot of people here because we're living

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inside these comedy laughs. You grew up in high Point,

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I'm in Charlotte, My god, we're basically neighbors. And look

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who else you're working with, Fortune Themester, She's from Gastonia,

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which is just right up the highway here. Creating with

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the Groundings in Los Angeles. What does that really like?

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Because we hear about it, but we personally don't get

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the experience unless someone like you is talking about it.

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Ike Barnholtz is a master at pulling off characters. What

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was it like to sit with him inside the studio?

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I mean creating with Kristin Wig and Maya Rudolph. I

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mean you have to learn new things from them as well,

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because they're always on the go and they don't mind changing.

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Bless the Hearts. They're poor in money, but rich in

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family and friends. I mean they are billionaires when it

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comes to laughter. You aren't messing around when it comes

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to that Southern accent. My god, Holly Hunter, I swear

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to god, she's nailed that perfectly, and I swear there's

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even one in Mary Steinbergen outside of a movie. Have

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this many well known actors come together to voice a

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television animated program. Will we see real Southern restaurants? Come on,

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you're from here, Quincy's, Ryan's you know what I mean?

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Love how you openly admit that North Carolina is all

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about national leaders. Once again, back to the Southern accent.

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I mean it instantly creates outside ideas from people who assume,

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and you know what they assume about us Southerners. They

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think that with that accent, oh, they must be slow.

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Did you get to pick the characters' voices or did

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everybody bring their own ideas? There's such a balance on

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this show, from mocking to respecting, bless your heart. Well,

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there you have it, the questions and statements, a missed opportunity,

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a last piece of history. You now know the questions,

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Let's locate the reactions. The door is always going to

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be open. If you are or know Emily Spivey, please

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reach out to me at erroc at gmail dot com.

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That's a R R O E C at gmail dot com.

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As always, be brilliant