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February 13 - 19, 2021 —3 The Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN The Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN February 13 - 19, 2021 — 3 2 x 3.5" ad a) greene cnty farmers b) swango's 2 x 4" ad williams electric 2 x 1.5" ad ymca 2 x 1.5" ad doughty stevens 2 x 1.5" ad midway const. By George Dickie As animated family comedies set in Alaska go, Fox's "The Great North" is in a category all its own. Premiering Sunday, Feb. 14 (following a January sneak peek), the half-hour comedy follows the adventures of the Tobin clan of the 49th State, which is headed by patriarch Beef (voice of Nick Offerman, "Parks and Recre - ation"), a single dad trying to keep his disparate group of kids together after his wife left him. Probably the biggest oddball of them is daughter Judy (Jenny Slate, "Bob's Burgers"), who dreams of being an artist away from life on the family fishing boat. There is also oldest brother Wolf (Will Forte, "Last Man on Earth") and his fiancee Honeybee (Dulce Sloan, "Chick Fight"); middle brother Ham (Paul Rust, "Love") and youngest brother Moon (Aparna Nancherla, "A Simple Favor"). And with her mother not available, Judy seeks guidance from boss Alyson (Me - gan Mullally, "Will & Grace") and her imaginary friend Alanis Morissette (voicing herself ), who appears to her in the northern lights. The series was created by "Bob's Burgers" writers/producers Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux- Logelin, who originally conceived of this as a vehicle for Offerman and Slate and incorporated ele - ments of themselves and their experiences into the characters, particularly Beef and Judy. "We were talking a lot about our own experiences as teenage girls who maybe didn't always fit in," Wendy Molyneux explains, "and that's where we started thinking about Judy and Beef as this sort of like benevolent dad character. We thought the idea of them as a father/daughter combo would be really fun. And then we just wanted to think about an environment that we weren't cur - rently seeing in animation and ... this idea of a little more of a kind of work-a-day dad and a more ar - tistic daughter. And Alaska came up as an idea because Lizzie had visited there a few times and just found it kind of inspiring." And Alaska isn't just a mere backdrop but a character, as its wildlife, topography and weather all play roles here. So do the northern lights, in the visage and voice of seven-time Grammy-win - ning singer/songwriter Morissette, who serves as Judy's lodestar. Celebrity Scoop Celebrity Scoop A family contends with Alaska and one another in Fox's animated 'The Great North' Cover Story Cover Story By Jay Bobbin Though his claim to fame comes from being other than a game-show host, Jason Biggs feels ready for that job. The "American Pie" alum has fond memories of watch- ing "The Price Is Right" with his grandmother, and he's car- rying those into his return to Fox — following last season's sitcom "Outmatched" and his first television credit, "Drex- ell's Class" — as he presides over the trivia-based "Cherries Wild," premiering Sunday, Feb. 14. Two-contestant teams vie to win a $250,000 jackpot with a huge slot machine ultimately involved, thus the "Cherries" reference. Checking in with Jason Biggs "There have been a couple of heydays of game-show television," the friendly Biggs reflects. "There was the '50s and '60s, when TV was still a relatively novel idea and there weren't that many channels. Then I feel like in the '80s, when I was growing up, there was another incredible wave of game shows. There was a very specific feeling about staying home sick and watching 'The Price Is Right' when you knew all your friends were in some boring class at school. Birthdate: May 12, 1978 Birthplace: Pompton Plains, N.J. Current residence: Los An- geles Marital status: Married to actress Jenny Mollen; they have two sons Other television work in- cludes: "Outmatched," "The Masked Singer," "The Good Fight," "The Good Wife," "Orange Is the New Black," "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (voice only), "Mad Love," "Will & Grace," "Ses- ame Street," "Frasier," "To- tal Security," "As the World Turns," "Drexell's Class" Movie work includes: "Jay and Silent Bob Reboot," "Dear Dictator," "Who We Are Now," "Amateur Night," "American Pie," "American Pie 2," "American Wedding," "American Reunion," "My Best Friend's Girl," "Over Her Dead Body," "Wedding Daze," "Flight of the Pen- guins" (voice only), "Jersey Girl," "Anything Else," "Pro- zac Nation," "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back," "Saving Silverman," "Loser," "Boys and Girls" 921 W. 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