![]() Oh God, that episode was so much fun to do. It sounds like you could relate to Maya’s situation in the show, where she’s a subpar instrumentalist in a school musical. I took saxophone in elementary school and I got to where I could rattle off a pretty good “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” I guess the biggest thing was watching Buddy Rich on Ed Sullivan, because he became famous in an odd way for being a drummer.ĭid you ever play an instrument yourself? ![]() There were some runs from “In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida,” or “Wipeout,” or even Ringo Starr had one little drum solo at the end of Abbey Road. When you’re in high school you learn how to drum in class on your notebook. I’m old, so they were up-and-coming when I was in high school and college. Which, you know, it required basic rock-and-roll drumming.Ībsolutely, their songs were always one of my playlists. My character isn’t quite as famous as him because Maya wanted me to be in a Steely Dan cover band, so I’m in a band called Stealing Dan. There’s a bunch of different styles - you’ve got Ringo, who does the cross-over, and you’ve got him, which is more parallel. He really helped me with how he holds the sticks. So he helped me look like I know how to drum. But I look a lot like her dad! Who’s a world-class drummer, by the way. I got a call to play her dad, and it’s funny, because until I met him, I wasn’t quite sure why I specifically got this call. I’m blanking on the name of that show - it was about a medical examiner. I had seen Maya on a show that she had done in Florida, she was pretty great on that. ![]() Well, it was last summer and I didn’t really know anything about the show itself. Was it intimidating to take on such a personal role? What was the casting process like? ![]() So, Maya Erskine cast her real mother to play her mom in the show, but brought you in to play her father. ![]()
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