TVSquad Talks To Molly Shannon on Neighbors From Hell

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Molly Shannon Talks "Neighbors From Hell"
by Chris Harnick
posted Jun 3rd 2010


You may think it, but your neighbors probably aren't from hell, unless of course, they're the Hellmans from TBS's new animated series "Neighbors From Hell" (Mon. Jun 7 at 10PM ET).



What happens when a company, Petromundo, makes an oil drill that is capable of entering the center of the earth?

Well, if you're Satan, you step in to do something about it by sending demons Balthazor (voiced by Will Sasso) and Tina Hellman (Molly Shannon) along with their kids to pose as a Texan family and figure out a way to stop the drill.





How do you pitch "Neighbors From Hell" to your friends?
I watched a couple of clips and it looks entertaining.

Oh good. I play the wife, Tina, and I have a husband, my kids and my immediate family travel to earth to try and stop this super oil drill that can bore straight to the center of earth where hell is and it's our job to stop that oil drill.

My husband is sent there on that mission to do that. Basically we're just a family in a Texas suburb to do our job and kind of disguise ourselves and do our job as a regular Texas suburban family.








In the show, people are tortured in hell by watching reruns of bad TV shows.
What show would torture you if you had to watch it repeatedly and why?

[Laughs] Oh, god. Let's see, what show would torture me? Oh god, that's a funny question ...

I'm sure there's a lot but I can't think of any right now. I don't want to hurt any body's feelings...








What drew you to this project?

I just really liked the writing and Pam Brady [writer and director]. They sent me the script and I liked it, I thought, "I really like this idea," and it was really fun and easy to read. It really flowed and also, doing voice-overs is such a great fun job.

I've done "My Neighbors The Yamadas" translated into English which I love ... I also did "Igor". I just love the world of animation because you can show up in your comfortable clothes with no makeup.


It's fun, it's easy, it's super creative because they have so much freedom visually, so as a performer it's really fun because you can do so many crazy things to animation.

I like it and it has turned out to be such a fun job and I really just mostly love working with Pam Brady, so that's one of the biggest, most appealing parts of the job.








You inadvertently answered my next question:
What do you like most about voice work?

Yeah? Oh, good! It's all that stuff. It's just so easy and fun.

I did it before, I'd done those other jobs when I was pregnant with my kid and I love that you could do the work without having to worry, "Oh, I'm about to deliver a baby!"

You're still an actress, you just use your voice so it's great that way too.








You said they go to earth to stop this super oil drill, it's very timely considering what's happening in Louisiana right now.

I know, it's so interesting that that happened.

You know, this was thought of a while ago. I don't think Pam Brady thought it up, I think the head of the studio thought it up and pitched it to her.

It's interesting -- that timing -- you know?

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[Crackinup]

That's a pretty cool interview of Molly for the show. The company I work for is doing the campaign for the show and it's pretty cool so far. Anybody that wants any more info on the show check the link Neighbors From Hell