‘Very Important People’s Vic Michaelis On Their Host Persona & Some Truly Wild Characters: “Tommy Shriggly Really Came In And Hit Me Like A Wrecking Ball”
deadline.comVery Important People has seen host Vic Michaelis interview an assortment of characters that really can’t be described in just a few words.
From Vic’s Ex-Step Grandmother (Lisa Gilroy) to Mental Health Advocate Tommy Shriggly (Zac Oyama), every improvisor brought a uniquely wild energy to Dropout’s short form series, matched by Michaelis’ ability to perfectly adapt to every situation while keeping up their host persona.
After being given full makeovers—including makeup, prosthetics and costumes—comedians come up with a character to sit down for a fully improvised interview.
Michaelis says it was important for them, as well as director Tamar Levine, to create a sense of continuity with the host character, especially since the goal of the series was to showcase “different comedian’s styles of comedy” by not putting them into a box, “but to build the box around them.” DEADLINE: How did you get involved with Very Important People? VIC MICHAELIS:I was a freelance player when Dropout was called CollegeHumor, filling in on some of their sketches when Dropout launched.
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