Speaker 1: Missed opportunity. I love sharing conversations. Hosting requires show prep.
My podcasting platform features thousands of guests. What you don't
have access to are my missed opportunities. The show prep
was one hundred percent completed, the conversation didn't happen. I
keep all of my notes because I believe that paths
will one day cross again. Let me explain missed opportunity.
It's my questions and statements without their answers. I'm leaving
open enough space at the end of each question hoping
they'll download the talk and insert their answers. Missed opportunity
is a lost piece of history, like that of a
message in a bottle. It's been tossed out to see
now it's time to locate the destination. This week, we're
putting focus on my missed opportunity with creator and executive
producer Emily Spivey. Okay, Emily Spivey, creator and executive producer
of what was a new Fox animated sitcom, Bless the
Heart starring Kristin wigg and Maya Rudolph. Emily has been
a huge player in bringing so much many shows to life,
shows such as The Last Man's Standing, Parks Recreation, and
she even had some fun with Saturday Night Live. Bless
the Hearts was an animated comedy that follows a Southern
family that has always broke and forever struggling to make
ends meet. They are rich with friends, family, and laughter,
though other guests included for tun Femster, Holly Hunter, and
even Mary Steinbergen. The invitation to talk with Emily came
on September sixteenth, twenty nineteen. A day later, I received
word that, ooh, you did get the conversation with Emily.
It would be held on September twenty fourth, twenty nineteen,
which happened to be my mother's birthday. So hell, yes,
this was actually happening. Yeah, not the day of the
physical conversation. It was a missed opportunity, Emily, was m
I A Hey, coming up next? The questions the statements
Bless the Hearts? What is it all about? And what
is creating television shows all about? That's my subject this
week on Missed Opportunity. Hey, welcome back to Missed Opportunity.
This week my missed opportunity with Emily Spivey her new
project Bless the Hearts. Emily, You're about to lift your
game into an animated world. I mean, you are bringing
a brand new level of play. Bless the Hearts. It
speaks to a lot of people here because we're living
inside these comedy laughs. You grew up in high Point,
I'm in Charlotte, My god, we're basically neighbors. And look
who else you're working with, Fortune Themester, She's from Gastonia,
which is just right up the highway here. Creating with
the Groundings in Los Angeles. What does that really like?
Because we hear about it, but we personally don't get
the experience unless someone like you is talking about it.
Ike Barnholtz is a master at pulling off characters. What
was it like to sit with him inside the studio?
I mean creating with Kristin Wig and Maya Rudolph. I
mean you have to learn new things from them as well,
because they're always on the go and they don't mind changing.
Bless the Hearts. They're poor in money, but rich in
family and friends. I mean they are billionaires when it
comes to laughter. You aren't messing around when it comes
to that Southern accent. My god, Holly Hunter, I swear
to god, she's nailed that perfectly, and I swear there's
even one in Mary Steinbergen outside of a movie. Have
this many well known actors come together to voice a
television animated program. Will we see real Southern restaurants? Come on,
you're from here, Quincy's, Ryan's you know what I mean?
Love how you openly admit that North Carolina is all
about national leaders. Once again, back to the Southern accent.
I mean it instantly creates outside ideas from people who assume,
and you know what they assume about us Southerners. They
think that with that accent, oh, they must be slow.
Did you get to pick the characters' voices or did
everybody bring their own ideas? There's such a balance on
this show, from mocking to respecting, bless your heart. Well,
there you have it, the questions and statements, a missed opportunity,
a last piece of history. You now know the questions,
Let's locate the reactions. The door is always going to
be open. If you are or know Emily Spivey, please
reach out to me at erroc at gmail dot com.
That's a R R O E C at gmail dot com.
As always, be brilliant