Writer-actress says she didn’t fit in with the show’s pitching style.
“I didn’t last long.
“I was pitching too much.
Kristen Schaal reveals why she was fired from ‘South Park’ after only one month.Phillip Faraone/Getty Images; Comedy Central
I’d never been in a writers' room before.
So I was just like, let me earn my keep.
I was like, ‘How about this?
How about this?’
And that’s not how it works.”
“I couldn’t go there, so I just kept pitching another thing.
So looking back, yeah, they let me go.
The career flub even led to love in her personal life.
And he was like, ‘Ah, f— it.’
He gave me good advice.
He asked me on a date.
So a lot was shifting.”
