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The Good Place: The Podcast

Ch. 26: Michael Schur, Creator

The Good Place: The Podcast

NBC Entertainment Podcast Network

Michael Schur, Tv Production, Behind The Scenes, Philosophy, Parks And Rec, Tv & Film, Nbc, Comedy Writing, Entertainment Comedy, Kristen Bell, Tv, Manny Jacinto, Brooklyn Nine-nine, Mike Schur, William Jackson Harper, The Good Place, Marc Evan Jackson, Ted Danson, Jameela Jamil, Good Place, D'arcy Carden, Writing, Good Place Podcast, Acting, Stories, Entertainment, After Shows, Comedy, Tv Writing

4.93.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2018

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

The Good Place creator, executive producer, writer and director Michael Schur shoots the shirt with host Marc Evan Jackson. They talk about the season 3 premiere, how his impeccable memory of other TV shows helps him write The Good Place, the writers’ room’s unique approach to packing more story into a season, the writers’ love for Maya Rudolph’s comedy skills and a shirt-ton more funny anecdotes and behind-the-scenes stories.

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0:00.0

Hi there! Welcome to the Good Place, the podcast.

0:06.7

Janet, what's a podcast?

0:08.9

A podcast is a thing humans invented to procrastinate from doing important things,

0:13.6

like actual work or spending time with their families.

0:16.9

Meet! Enjoy this week's episode.

0:19.7

Welcome to the Good Place, the podcast. I'm Mark Evan Jackson. I play Sean.

0:31.0

Today we're talking about chapter 26, season 2, episode 13, somewhere else.

0:36.1

Directed and written by Mike Shore, including guest cast Maya Rudolph, Angela Trimber,

0:40.4

Seth Morris, Alan Rachel, Merrill Hathaway, and David Piggitt.

0:45.3

In the second season finale, the humans await the results of Michael's plea with the judge.

0:49.0

Janet confesses her love for Jason, this inspires Cheety to lay one on Eleanor.

0:53.6

Michael suggests that the system for judging humanity is flawed, and he and the judge

0:57.1

decide the four humans should remain in separate medium places until they can resolve this.

1:01.7

Eleanor won't settle for this, though, so Michael convinces the judge to do a new experiment.

1:05.8

With the snap of the judge's fingers, Eleanor is back on Earth before she died,

1:09.5

and a mysterious figure saves her from her shopping cart death.

1:12.9

Janet and Michael watch the next year of Eleanor's life, wherein she decides to become a better person,

1:17.2

and joins an environmental group.

1:19.3

She eventually backs lines, which causes Michael to step in as an advice-building bartender,

1:23.4

and give her another little push.

1:25.5

Eleanor flies to Australia and meets Professor Cheety Anagonie.

1:30.2

My guest today is creator of the good place, Mike Shore, Mike, welcome.

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