Mr. Mayor, starring TV legend Ted Danson as a wealthy ad executive-turned-mayor of Los Angeles, is about a month in. It s the latest from Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, who ve been busy creating a modern TV comedy dynasty following the success of
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
But they ve spent a career writing about New York City, so what s it mean when they start writing about Los Angeles? It s very much New Yorkers spin on L.A., actress Vella Lovell told LAist. She plays Danson s social media influencer-turned-chief of staff.
Ted Danson as Mayor Neil Bremer in
Mr. Mayor episode Dodger Day, alongside Bobby Moynihan as Jayden. (Justin Lubin/NBC)
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welcomed Danny Baker to its cast, a Canadian performer literally picked off the street Danny was a robot impersonator that Alec Baldwin’s Jack Donaghy took a liking to because he was unafraid to shake Jack’s bedbug-infested hand. Not unlike Danny, the actor Cheyenne Jackson was green to the world of television when he joined Tina Fey’s hit comedy (though,
unlike Danny, Jackson was not Canadian, nor was he a robot street artist). “There was no acting,” Jackson says, “I was petrified, terrified, and did not know what I was doing.” Of course, Jackson’s selling himself a bit short though
By Robert Lloyd Los Angeles Times
January 8, 2021
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Ted Danson, left, as Mayor Neil Bremer, and Bobby Moynihan as Jayden Kwapis in NBC s Mr. Mayor. (Mitchell Haddad/NBC)
With “Mr. Mayor,” Robert Carlock and Tina Fey of “30 Rock” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” fame take their satirical live-action cartoon machine west to Los Angeles, enlisting Ted Danson in a promising semi-political comedy about a semi-political mayor. (It is not “Veep: L.A.,” nor it is related to the tragicomedy currently being played out in our actual halls of power.)
Danson plays Neil Bremer, a rich Los Angeles businessman – locals with a moderately long memory may think of Richard Riordan – who finds himself the city’s mayor, almost by accident – which may briefly call to mind Donald Trump, though that is where that resemblance ends. Bremer has pulled himself out of lethargic retirement in part to cut a better figure in the eyes of his daughter, Orly (Kyla Kenedy), who resents hi
With “Mr. Mayor,” Robert Carlock and Tina Fey of “30 Rock” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” fame take their satirical live-action cartoon machine west to Los Angeles, enlisting Ted Danson in a promising semi-political comedy about a semi-political mayor. (It is not “Veep: L.A.,” nor it is related to the tragicomedy currently being played out in our actual halls of power.)
Danson plays Neil Bremer, a rich Los Angeles businessman locals with a moderately long memory may think of Richard Riordan who finds himself the city’s mayor, almost by accident which may briefly call to mind Donald Trump, though that is where that resemblance ends. Bremer has pulled himself out of lethargic retirement in part to cut a better figure in the eyes of his daughter, Orly (Kyla Kenedy), who resents him in a reflexive teenage way “Stop controlling my narrative,” she’ll say which is to say she also doesn’t. (In fact, Danson and Kenedy have the show’s best chemistry.)
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