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Beyond the OC (Welcome to the OC)

All Things OC with McG

Beyond the OC (Welcome to the OC)

Melinda Clarke

Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2023

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

You know his name from The OC credits, but how well do you know McG? Executive Producer and OC native, McG (Joseph McGinty Nichol), talks all things The OC. Hear about the cast music video that McG called “an epic fail,” the birth of The OC, and how the truth came out in the casting office. There are lots of laughs and great memories shared, as well as serious discussions about struggles with mental health and how to cope with fame.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, welcome to the OC bitches. Here we are. I tried, I tried different ones every time.

0:22.3

So just do different voices every week. Yeah, she does. Yeah, she does. She's trying a few

0:26.4

out waiting to see what's so everyone. Yeah, we have a very, very special episode. We are not

0:33.9

talking about an in particular episode, but today we are deep diving into how it all began with

0:39.4

our special guest, Joseph McGinty. Nickel, otherwise known as Mick G. Mick G is an award-winning

0:45.2

multi-talented director, producer and writer of television film and music videos, a director

0:51.4

known for his mixed genre style. He's responsible for bringing you all some of the most iconic videos

0:56.4

stories and images on screen, including Charlie's Angels. We are Marshall. I love that movie.

1:01.8

Chuck Terminator Salvation, the babysitter, supernatural, Nikita Turner and Hoot, the upcoming

1:08.5

Love Hard and Uglies. And of course, the OC only to name a few. He is a pop culture jukebox with

1:16.2

legs. Rachel, we have to see if we can keep up. Welcome, Mick G. Thank you for having me here.

1:22.3

I'm I'm blushing via the matrix. So hi guys. What's going on? I'm very, very happy to see the two

1:29.1

of you. Congratulations. And wow, you look great and I'm delighted to be here. What's happening?

1:34.6

Thanks. So do you, by the way. I mean, I think was the last time I saw you, we did that funnier

1:39.6

dive video together. Do you remember that? I do remember that. I hope that wasn't the last time

1:44.9

we saw each other, but it may have been and that was a long time ago, but I'm very, very happy to see

1:49.3

you again. And that was funny. I love that. I saw that the other day because it made me giggle.

1:53.7

Yeah. Yeah. That had some legs on it. It was that was really funny. You're a killer. And Adam

1:59.8

Scott's a killer. I know. Adam Scott was in it as well. And we had a lot of fun. It's a pretty

2:04.8

funny little thing we did. The last time I saw you two was at that OC musical in the same room.

2:11.3

Oh, well, then that was the last 2015. Yeah. I remember that at the Monta Blanc theater.

2:16.7

That was so cool. They did that and Adam did it, right?

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