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Hill's Group: Hillary Clinton Will Take Over Broad City This Wednesday
Here’s How Abbi and Ilana Got Her on the Showhttp://www.vulture.com/2016/03/how-broad-city-got-hillary.html
Broad City's Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer already spilled the beans on Late Night with Seth Meyers that Hillary Clinton would be one of the many guest stars on the third season of their Comedy Central series. But from the stage of their SXSW panel this morning, they had another announcement: "Hillary Clinton's episode is going to be this Wednesday," Jacobson said, with a grin that proved that she herself wasn't quite ready to believe the news.
The Hillary episode came about in a way that mirrors the history of Being John Malkovich (which Charlie Kaufman wrote before ever talking to Malkovich): The Broad City writers came up with the episode a year ago, never expecting Clinton would actually agree to be in it. "We got the idea that Ilana's character would find the Hillary campaign in some way and be a part of it," Jacobson said. "The episode doesn't require Hillary." They reached out through Comedy Central, one of their directors, and finally Broad City executive producer Amy Poehler, who has some ins from playing Clinton on Saturday Night Live. Poehler influence wielded, wheels were in motion. When they sent the campaign the script, Jacobson said, "The campaign was like, 'Let's go with that.'"
The Hillary episode came about in a way that mirrors the history of Being John Malkovich (which Charlie Kaufman wrote before ever talking to Malkovich): The Broad City writers came up with the episode a year ago, never expecting Clinton would actually agree to be in it. "We got the idea that Ilana's character would find the Hillary campaign in some way and be a part of it," Jacobson said. "The episode doesn't require Hillary." They reached out through Comedy Central, one of their directors, and finally Broad City executive producer Amy Poehler, who has some ins from playing Clinton on Saturday Night Live. Poehler influence wielded, wheels were in motion. When they sent the campaign the script, Jacobson said, "The campaign was like, 'Let's go with that.'"
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