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had rehearsal with a stuffed,
life-size puppet, and we had an
amazing puppeteer, so we
would rehearse with her."
Things get fun and interesting
when it comes to actually shoot-
ing the scenes. "We would film
one take with the puppet so that
the animators had a reference
for her in that live space. Then,
they would take her away, and
there would be nothing. So I
didn't even have a green ball. I
had nothing. It was like nothing,
an independent chair. And then
she'd be walking across the
room, and she'd hop up on fur-
niture, and then she'd come
near me. ... It was actually a re-
ally great challenge comedically
to maintain the scene with
[Mary], but that's how it was
different: I literally had no refer-
ence except during rehearsal."
Dratch is on the other end of
things. She does her work in New
York, after everything is filmed,
and is able to go with the flow of
the scene as she sees them. She
told the TCA press tour: "I have
the freedom to go crazy."
And while it may seem crazy
(and perhaps expensive) to do a
live-action/CGI TV show, it isn't
the first time recently that the
main networks have blended
animation with real people. Fox
debuted a sitcom in September
called "Son of Zorn," which saw
Jason Sudeikis (another "Satur-
day Night Live" alum) voice a
barbarian warrior from a fiction-
al island opposite Johnny Pem-
berton ("21 Jump Street,"
2012), Cheryl Hines ("Curb Your
Enthusiasm") and Tim Meadows
("Mean Girls," 2004).
Still, it remains to be seen if
"Imaginary Mary" will fit seam-
lessly into ABC's packed family-
friendly lineup. Its episode order
was slashed from 13 to nine in
September of last year, but it's
sliding into a slot on a strong
day — Wednesdays on ABC fea-
ture the likes of "The Gold-
bergs," "Modern Family" and
"Black-ish," all acclaimed
shows, with the latter two tak-
ing home a Golden Globe apiece
("Modern Family" also has 22
Emmys to its name).
Every so often, we all have a
little voice in our heads pushing
us to make decisions one way or
another. For Alice, that little
voice comes to life in the form of
her childhood imaginary friend,
Mary, who helps her when she
jumps into instant motherhood.
Jenna Elfman stars in
"Imaginary Mary"
