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By Cassie Dresch
TV Media
A
pair of well-known co-
medians teams up for
ABC's latest addition to
its family-friendly
prime-time lineup. Jenna Elf-
man, best known for playing the
titular Dharma in "Dharma &
Greg," and Rachel Dratch, fa-
mous for her years-long turn on
"Saturday Night Live," star in
the alphabet network's "Imagi-
nary Mary," a new comedy that
premieres Wednesday, March
29.
Elfman is easily recognizable
as she steps into the role of Al-
ice, a career-driven, fiercely in-
dependent woman whose prior-
ities suddenly change when she
falls head over heels in love
with Ben (Stephen Schneider,
"Broad City"), a divorcé with
three kids: Andy (Nicholas
Coombe, "Pants on Fire," 2014),
Dora (Matreya Scarrwener,
"Strange Empire") and Bunny
(Erica Tremblay, "Before I Fall,"
2017). Dratch, on the other
hand, is only distinguishable by
her voice, which she lends to the
titular Mary, a fuzzy little crea-
ture who is white with blue
spots and pink eyebrows.
Mary is a figment of Alice's
imagination, concocted when the
latter was a child to help deal with
tough situations. Now, Alice stares
down another tough challenge —
sudden motherhood — and her
little friend is back to try to help
make things better. The problem
is, though, Mary seems to have a
penchant for stirring up trouble.
The 45-year-old Elfman, who
has two kids herself, owns her
role in "Imaginary Mary," even
though the gig came with its
own set of challenges. Not only
is Mary imaginary in the show,
but she's also CGI, which means
Elfman is acting with literally
nothing every time the two
characters interact. It's not
something she's unfamiliar with
— she starred opposite Brendan
Fraser ("The Mummy," 1999) in
the live-action/CGI blended film
"Looney Tunes: Back in Action"
in 2003 — but "Imaginary
Mary" takes a completely differ-
ent approach to filming these
important scenes.
"When we were filming 'Loo-
ney Tunes,' we had men in green
suits, greenscreens, green little
balls on sticks. There was a lot
of, in the real world, green-
screen elements when we were
filming," she told reporters at
the Television Critics Association
winter press tour. "This, because
it's CGI, is a whole different sort
of approach to animation. We
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