May 7 - 13, 2023
celebrityq&a
BY JAY BOBBIN
Cedric the Entertainer OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON CBS
‘STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie’ pulls back the curtain with Michael J. Fox
Q: What do you think got “The Neighborhood” to its recent 100th episode, which you directed? A: The cast is just really dynamic. That’s been really one of the key things, I believe, to the longevity and the success of the show that we’ve had. And, of course, our writing staff and just the whole family environment here. We feel very blessed to be able to be doing a show on a big, major network at this time. I’m really proud of that (100th-episode) milestone, as well as getting the great news that we’ll be back for a sixth season. Q: What was your own neighborhood like when you were young? A: I grew up in St. Louis, definitely the kind of neighborhood where you knew everybody up and down the block, the different families. You knew the houses not to go to. All of these things were a part of being a great neighborhood. Now, of course, it’s very different. One, I’m extremely rich. I have to live behind 13 gates, I believe, right now. There’s several security guards to even get to my own bedroom. (In the pandemic era,) everybody had to get outside. We were walking, and that was the first time in recent years that I had an opportunity to kind of find out about people who lived near me, and see their faces and know who they were. Q:
When did you first get the sense that comedy could be a career for you?
A: You know, for me, it was in junior high school, you know ... that eighth- or ninth-grade era of your life, when you are kind of transitioning from being your mother’s kid to this guy that’s going to have your own identity and your friend group. You are getting a little more independence. I think that’s when my sense of humor started to jump out and when I was aware of it, especially when I started getting in trouble at school for being funny – doing things that I thought was just me being myself, and I’d find out I would have the kids all laughing. Then the teacher would blame me for being disruptive, and I was like, “Oh. This is something.”
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