The result was an incredibly creative episode within an all-around great season of television.
EW spoke with co-creator Lang Fisher about how Ben’s installment came together.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Where did the idea for a Ben-centric episode come from?
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It stems from a place of loneliness and his own insecurities.
So we felt like he would be an interesting person to do a special episode with.
And how did Andy Samberg’s name get thrown into the mix?
What was the actual process of getting Andy to do it?
Was it relatively easy?
So we appreciated it.
Were there any backups if Andy said no?
But we were thinking initially that we would give everyone an athlete.
So now, the sky’s the limit, hopefully.
As long as we can convince people to do it.
Yeah, I feel like there are only so many athletes who could successfully pull off a narration.
That’s the other thing.
You’re like, wait, not a ton of them are trained in voiceover acting.
It’s also something that you guys could theoretically continue.
You could give every character a different narrator.
What is it that you love about this Ben episode?
Why do you think it works?
It’s a fun tonal shift.
In the beginning of the series, you want to hate him.
By the end, you want her to be nice to him, you want them to be friends.
Yeah, he’s a huge jerk.
And then you add in the pedophile scene, which really stole the show in that episode.
Is this not what you’re going to want to see?"
And I just have to hand it to that actor, Dave Theune, who played the pedophile.
He made it so funny, and it became truly a beloved character on our set.
One of the great joys of the season for the crew came out of that episode.
