Ch. 42: Brandon Scott Jones, “John” | Anya Adams, Director

The Good Place: The Podcast

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🗓️ 11 October 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The Good Place: The Podcast’s host Marc Evan Jackson sits down with actor Brandon Scott Jones, who plays “John,” and director Anya Adams to shoot the shirt about Season 4, Episode 3, “Chillaxing.” Anya talks about coming up as an assistant director on Black-ish, while Brandon cut his teeth as an improvisor at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Getting into the episode, they talk about using the sets as a pacing device to keep the show visually interesting, and Brandon’s character, “John,” and the inspirations for building his personality. They also talk about how collaborative the set is, how much fun it is to act and direct on such a supportive show and all their favorite moments and on-set anecdotes. Be sure to subscribe for more behind-the-scenes stories, performance notes and a shirt-ton more!

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0:00.0	Hi there.
0:04.0	Hello Janet.
0:06.0	Welcome everyone to season four of The Good Place, The Podcast.
0:11.0	Janet and I are thrilled to bring you this new episode.
0:14.0	Psych, it's bad Janet, you fecal flumes.
0:18.0	Guys, why do you keep giving me bad Janet for these intro?
0:22.0	I really feel like this is more in Good Janet's wheelhouse.
0:26.0	Guys, guys, Mark.
0:28.0	They're podcast producers, Michael. They don't care.
0:31.0	They'll make you do the most humiliating things imaginable
0:34.0	as long as they get their sweet, sweet downloads.
0:38.0	Fine, fine. Let's just keep moving.
0:41.0	This episode is brought to you by Skidmarks.
0:46.0	No, no, it's not. Let's just start the show.
0:51.0	Welcome to The Good Place, The Podcast. I'm Mark Evan Jackson. I play Sean.
1:01.0	Today we're talking about chapter 42, season four, episode three, chillaxing.
1:05.0	Written by A. Shemurhar, directed by Anya Adams, including guest cast Sheila Krasko.
1:10.0	Michael and Eleanor see that Chidi has gotten complacently happy in the afterlife.
1:14.0	So they have Jason reveal his true dirtbag self
1:17.0	in order to give Chidi stressful ethical decisions.
1:20.0	Eleanor discovers she's gone too far and is actually angry at Chidi for leaving her.
1:25.0	Meanwhile, Tahani attempts to help John improve by giving him the upper class lifestyle he envied on Earth,
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