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Mar 6, 2015 · Here's the complete breakdown on why you should be streaming Tina Fey's '30 Rock'-like new show 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' on Netflix.
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Mar 12, 2015 · There's a moment in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, the new Netflix comedy created and written by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock and starring Ellie Kemper (The Office), that made me honest-to-God snort...
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Mar 6, 2015 · Created by Fey and her 30 Rock co-genius Robert Carlock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt opens on a moment of sheer bliss in the midst of horrific circumstances.
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Mar 5, 2015 · It's been a long time since a TV show came along and made us legit TINGLE WITH HAPPINESS from head to toe. That show drops at midnight on Netflix, and it is Tina Fey's Unbreakable Kimmy...
- The Name of The Show Used to Be Tooken
- The Show Is About Second Chances
- Kemper Finds Cults ‘Fascinating’
- Tina Fey Is Down-To-Earth and Has Great Hair
- The Show Features Broadway Talent
An early version of the show had the working title Tooken, which referred to a viral video theme with an Antoine Dodsontype auto-tuned voice singing the opening song about the girls being taken or, “tooken.” “I loved that title, Tooken,” Kemper said at the Del Close Marathon, an improv festival in New York. “I was sad to see it go, but Unbreakable ...
Though Kemper says she still isn’t sure how her character ended up in the cult – it’s still being fleshed out in the writer’s room – the show is about being given a second chance. “She was able to survive these 15 years because there is a resilience and fierceness that allows her to,” Kemper, 34, says. “And while she is naive and wide-eyed, and sor...
The first episode filmed in March, and won’t start up again until August, so Kemper plans to delve into her character’s background in the meantime. “I will be doing some cult research over the summer because it is fascinating,” she says.
After getting a call to meet for drinks with Fey, who won’t appear in the show, and co-creator Robert Carlock, Kemper admits she was incredibly nervous to meet someone she had looked up to for years. “I adore 30 Rock,” she says. “I am a huge fan of hers.” But the actress discovered she had no reason to worry. “She could not be a more welcoming, war...
While fans of The Officewill surely be clamoring to catch Kemper in her first leading role, she can’t help but gush about one of her costars, who plays Titus (which coincidentally is also his actual name, just without one “s”). “Tituss Burgess is a fantastic Broadway actor who is also in the show,” she says. “He is so funny and he is such a good si...
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Mar 3, 2015 · NBC's loss is Netflix's gain, as Ellie Kemper delights in Tina Fey's oddball cult-survivor comedy.
Mar 4, 2015 · Review. Tina Fey’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Is a Worthy Heir to 30 Rock. The new Netflix series from Tina Fey and Robert Carlock is a loopy delight: sharp, funny, and big-hearted, but never...
