Ch. 39: Ted Danson, Actor | Michael Schur, Creator

The Good Place: The Podcast

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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

4.9 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2019

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

The Good Place star Ted Danson (Michael) and show creator Michael Schur shoot the shirt with host Marc Evan Jackson. They talk about the emotional season finale, where Season 4 is heading, the casting of William Jackson Harper (Chidi), the show's approach to writing, 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	Mate, enjoy this week's episode.
0:19.8	Welcome to the Good Place, the podcast.
0:29.2	I'm Mark Evan-Jackson.
0:30.4	I play Sean.
0:31.7	Today we're talking about the season three finale, Chapter 39, season three, episode 12,
0:36.5	Pandemonium, written by Megan Amram and Jan Statsky, directed by Mike Sure, including
0:41.6	guest cast, Brandon Scott Jones, Kirby Hallbeptiste, and Maya Rudolph.
0:46.7	Michael has a panic attack as the first subject John wakes up, so Eleanor takes on the role
0:51.0	of neighborhood architect and shows him around.
0:53.6	Tahani recognizes John as a gossip columnist who tortured her on Earth, and they realize
0:57.8	the bad places sent four people who will be uniquely difficult for the four humans running
1:01.8	the experiment.
1:03.2	When Cheety's person turns out to be his ex Simone, he decides Michael needs to erase all
1:06.9	his memories of her and the soul squad in order to not blow up the whole thing.
1:11.6	Michael gives Cheety an Eleanor as send-off gift of a movie compilation of their love throughout
1:15.4	all the 800 different reboots.
1:17.7	Michael then erases Cheety's memories, and Eleanor welcomes Cheety to the neighborhood
1:22.0	as a stranger.
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