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Raising Hope at PaleyFest 2011

Posted March 19, 2011 by admin

Raising Hope had a panel at the Paley Festival yesterday and reports are showing up everywhere. Still no clips from the panel, but if they do show up, it will probably be at the Paley Screening Room. A bunch of people posted pics from the event on Twitter. You can find all the tagged live tweets here. For more pics, head over to Zimbio.

In the meantime:

The Futon Critic has a good summary of the main points from the panel. So does TV Guide.

Fancast has a few spoilers from the upcoming episodes.

There is a pretty good article at Examiner, too.

THR has a nice little teaser:

Actor Garret Dillahunt (Burt) teased a scene in the Garcia-helmed season finale — which was screened for the audience — that was memorable for all the right reasons.
“I think it’s very complex, lots of Memento weaving time-travelling thing going on, and I also have a spitting contest with an alpaca, which has never happened before,” Dillahunt revealed to THR. Who wins? “Don’t look an alpaca in the eye, that’s all I can say,” he warned.
Dillahunt also hypothesized where the characters might be at the start of Season 2. “We didn’t know if they were going to go back in time further or if we’re going to skip ahead in the life of the babies, so I’m anxious to see what [the writers] have in store,” he said.

TV.com has interviews with the main cast. Here is the one with Garret:

You’re well known for your dramatic work—Winter’s Bone, No Country for Old Men. What are the challenges of doing comedy after all this heavy, heavy drama?
You know, it oddly doesn’t feel challenging. It feels like fun. I’m not saying it’s easy, but I just like the change of it, to do something different from the last thing I did. I guess I always sort of thought that’s what we’re supposed to do, just travel between the styles as gracefully as possible. This is a good one and I’m really proud of it. I’m proud of my cast, and I hope people keep telling their friends to watch, because I think it’s one of those kinds of shows. I think it’s smart and it has a slow, steady growing appeal, and that pleases me.
How has Burt grown as a father and as a grandfather?
I think he’s learning that he can’t just be a pal. I think he’s going to grow up slowly—obviously he already is growing up slowly, but he’s going to find his joy in that and realize it’s not a death. It’s just another phase.
Tell me a little bit about the flashbacks you get to do.
[laughs] With the wigs and everything? They’re fun. I especially like working with the three-year-old Jimmy, played by Trace Garcia, the creator’s son. He’s so funny that I just have a ball working with him. I love it. They’re so ridiculous that the pressure is taken off of you.
Are you looking to do more comedy in the future, if there are film offers?
Absolutely. I’m about to go do this sci-fi thing that’s more in my old wheelhouse, and I’m looking forward to that. But this is a good one. I feel like I’m making a film, a short comedy film every week.

And here is a video interview:

Promotional stills from Raising Hope 1×15 & 1×16

Posted February 23, 2011 by admin

Okay, airing order mess sorted. The next episode of Raising Hope is “Snip Snip” and the one with Mary-Lynn Rajskub and J.K. Simmons airs two weeks from now. I’ve added pages with photos from both episodes here: “Snip Snip,” “The Cultish Personality.”

Ep 15 airs next Tuesday at 9:30, after American Idol. From TV by the Numbers:

Next week American Idol will air on Tuesday and Wednesday from 8-9:30p and on Thursday from 8-10p. On Tuesday March 1 Raising Hope will air from 9:30-10p getting the Idol boost. Traffic Light will get that boost on Wednesday March 2 at 9:30p.

Here is the synopsis for 1×15, “Snip Snip:”

When Virginia and Sabrina discover secrets about each other, Sabrina blackmails Virginia into keeping her mouth shut. Meanwhile, Jimmy takes Burt to get a vasectomy after a family vote.

And for 1×16, “The Cultish Personality” (airs March 8):

Cousin Mike visits the Chance family after a six-month spiritual quest and brings his new wife, Tanya (Mary-Lynn Rajskub), and his three brother-husbands with him. Meanwhile, Burt tries to patch a strained father-son relationship between his brother (J.K. Simmons) and Mike, but winds up getting himself in trouble.

There are some new behind-the-scenes pics on the show’s official Facebook page.

And Raising Hope made it to #3 on Hollywood Reporter’s The Power Rankings! this week. Here is what they say about the show:

Rolling along in its stunningly funny freshman season, Raising Hope continues to really nail the combination of clueless ferocity and unexpected sweetness. The casting on this show is excellent, with Garret Dillahunt’s mastery of dopey, irritable and sensitive being one of the comic surprises of the season. Under appreciated as well.

Raising Hope previews & promo

Posted February 15, 2011 by admin

Fox has released a bunch of photos from episode 1×15, “The Cultish Personality,” with J.K. Simmons and Mary Lynn Rajskub guest starring, but they also put out a press release for another episode 1×15, called “Snip Snip.” I’m not posting any new pages until it’s clear which episode airs first, but you can see all the new stills on Pizquita.

Entertainment Weekly talked to Greg Garcia the other week and got a few interesting bits about the season finale and the babies not getting fired after this season:

“In our season finale, there’s a lot of explanation about the relationship between Maw-Maw, Burt, and Virginia and their whole dynamic,” he says of the episode that flashes back to five years ago.

Looking back is easy. Looking forward, however, is a bit trickier given that Hope is helmed by babies who will age even when the cameras aren’t rolling between seasons. (Hope is played by two sets of twins.) Thankfully, Garcia has a simple plan for that, too (because this isn’t The Simpsons, people).

“Things can always change, but the plan now is to start season 2 jumping forward in time to the point where the baby is whatever the [babies’ ages are] when we start season 2. We might even do a first episode that tells the story of what happened up until the last time we saw them,” he says. “I’d like to incorporate some home videos of the baby in that time and get some good stuff of the baby growing up so our viewers can also watch the baby grow up in those six months [we’re off the air]. At that age, with babies that little, every month they change.”

Here is the press release for “Snip Snip:”

BURT SUFFERS THE UNKINDEST CUT OF ALL
ON AN ALL-NEW “RAISING HOPE” AT A SPECIAL TIME
TUESDAY, MARCH 1, ON FOX

When Virginia and Sabrina discover secrets about each other, Sabrina blackmails Virginia into keeping her mouth shut. Meanwhile, Jimmy takes Burt to get a vasectomy after a family vote in the all-new “Snip Snip” episode of RAISING HOPE airing Tuesday, March 1 (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (HOP-118) (TV-PG D, L, V)
Cast: Lucas Neff as Jimmy; Martha Plimpton as Virginia; Garret Dillahunt as Burt; Shannon Woodward as Sabrina
Guest Cast: Cloris Leachman as Maw Maw; Trace Garcia as 3-Year-Old Jimmy; Eddie Steeples as Tyler the Gas Man; Sam McMurray as Doctor Burwitz; Leslie Thurston as Nurse; Jake Stirzel as 10-Year-Old Jimmy —

I’ve posted the synopsis and photos from next week’s (Feb. 22) ep, with Amy Sedaris guest starring, here: “Raising Hope 1×14 What up, Cuz?”

And here are four previews from tonight’s episode, “A Germ of a Story:”

Raising Hope is back tonight – new interview

Posted February 8, 2011 by admin

The New York Post has a hilarious new interview with Garret here. Snippets:

PW: OK, no singing tonight — what can we expect? I saw Burt in a tie? Don’t tell me he’s given in to “the man.”
Garret: No, it’s kind of like the Thanksgiving episode – Jimmy makes a new friend and we have to meet his family, which we don’t want to do because they’re rich. So we get all gussied up and that’s as fancy as Burt gets. It turns out better than we thought it would, but in general we just feel bad about ourselves.

PW: What else are you looking forward to fans seeing?
Garret: There’s an episode that I can’t wait to see [airing Feb 15] where, because of the baby, we all become very aware of the filth in the house. So we get a black light and the place is just aglow. It’s pretty scary. We go on this epic cleaning spree and Virginia finds some old movies that are very heartwarming. We watch them in the backyard and it’s one of those parties that even the best planner in the world couldn’t have choreographed it to be as moving as it is. You really sense that this is a family.

And just a reminder that the show is back tonight with a new episode, “Romeo & Romeo,” which airs at 9 pm on Fox. Here is the promo that aired during Super Bowl:

And a slightly different version of the Game On spot:

Synopsis & pics from Raising Hope 1×13, “A Germ of a Story”

Posted February 1, 2011 by admin

Fox has released the promotional photos from Raising Hope 1×13, “A Germ of a Story,” which airs on February 15. You can find the pictures on the episode’s page: Raising Hope 1×13.

Here is the synopsis, from Fox’s February schedule:

When Sabrina (Shannon Woodward) points out to Jimmy just how many germs are lurking around his house, the Chance family becomes obsessed with cleanliness. Finding it impossible to keep Maw Maw (guest star Cloris Leachman) clean, they move her to the backyard greenhouse, but after watching some old family movies, they discover a surprising secret that has kept them healthy all these years.

And here is a tidbit from Kristin Dos Santos’ spoiler column at E! Online:

Raising Hope returns on Feb. 8, and Jimmy (Lucas Neff) sparks up a bromance with another single dad and puts the not-so-smooth moves on his new man friend. FYI, if you’re confused by Virginia’s (Martha Plimpton) newfound Spielberg tendencies in the Feb. 8 episode, wait until the Feb. 15 episode airs and then all will become clear. (The eps are seemingly being aired in a different order than the order in which they were written and filmed. Blah.)

And a new teaser for Fox Tuesday:

Garret Dillahunt Official Site