Back To The '70s With The Kids Are Alright Cast

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Get ready for a blast of nostalgia as Young Hollywood heads to the set of that OTHER '70s show, ABC's new comedy "The Kids Are Alright"! We sit down with the parents of the show, Mary McCormack and Michael Cudlitz, as well as 7 of their 8(!!) on-screen sons, Chris Richards, Christopher Paul Richards, Jack Gore, Andy Walken, Santino Barnard, Sam Straley, and Sawyer Barth, to find out how they manage the chaos and reveal the biggest prankster!
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Okay, you guys, I'm hanging out with Chris who plays Joey on The Kids Are All Right.
Such a cool show.
Hanging out with Jack who plays Timmy on The Kids Are All Right.
How's it going?
Good.
How are you?
You're in your wardrobe.
Yeah, 70s outfit.
We're sitting here with Mary who plays Peggy on The Kids Are All Right.
We're just talking about how cool the set here is.
Here, they have an old sand box over there.
It's so cute.
Everything's so nostalgic here.
It reminds me of how I grew up.
It's hanging out with Mike who plays Mike on The Kids Are All Right.
We were just talking about that.
You play a guy with the same name.
Yeah, they like to make it simple for me because I wasn't able to remember too many things, so they just figured that's one thing I wouldn't have to remember anymore.
Don't you love the way that they treat you here?
You're like royalty, right?
It's awesome.
Yeah.
Hey, what's up, guys?
Young Hollywood is here hanging out with Santino and Andy.
I'm kneeling down because they're little tiny people.
They're so cute.
So many cool shows about families on TV like Shameless to The Brady Bunch.
Are you excited to be part of a new TV family?
Yeah, absolutely.
It's a lot of pressure off of my plate, you know, being a part of a family 'cause there are eight boys, you know.
Yeah.
It's awesome because you're you see the scenes play out and and and sometimes or a lot of the times in this show you're kind of just like, I can see this.
Like I can see this on a TV.
Like I can see this family.
Like you can see it play out in front of you.
It's it's a family of eight boys.
It's it's going to be it's going to be chaotic.
But it's pretty it's pretty heartwarming.
Um, I find it like amazing, since I feel so lucky doing this and getting to work with people like this young man right here.
Hi.
What about playing a character in the 70s?
It's kind of cool, right, with all the nostalgic.
Obviously you didn't grow up in the 70s, but you get to learn some of the weird things that they had back then.
Definitely.
There's uh there's references galore.
You know, walking around the house and picking things up and going, oh my god, we had that.
Right?
And we walk around set and there's constantly stuff I see that I'm sort of like, oh my gosh, we had that, or, you know, oh my gosh, I was at my friend's house.
He had that on the TV.
There's these these glass uh grapes that we have that are in the living room.
And you know, multiple friends of mine had them in their house.
There's little tchotchke display stuff.
Little decorations.
Oh, the sets are also really, really cool.
We have an awesome set dressing department and everything it looks really cool.
This is the garage back here and it's just Yeah, they do such a good job.
They dress it really nicely.
The house looks awesome.
Is it fun to play a character in the 70s with all the clothes and you were you were wearing flares earlier.
I think all the boys are wearing flares.
Kind of flares.
Kind of the groovy clothes.
Look at this shirt.
Look at that little outfit.
They don't stretch whatsoever.
No, it's not.
No, it's not.
Those clothes in the 70s, right, just all wool, no stretching.
And the hair.
Did you grow your hair out for this, or did you have a
No, this isn't this is a wig.
Everyone's wearing a wig and I never know.
That's like that's that's some good stuff here on this show.
You never know.
Yeah, it's good.
They yeah, they know what they're doing.
I got even a Led Zeppelin shirt on right now.
It's awesome because Joey Joey especially.
Show the camera.
Heck yeah, show the camera.
Joey Joey especially having the show set in the 70s makes it 10 times more fun and more entertaining to watch.
Is it fun to kind of see the stuff that they had in the 70s and experience kind of a different time period?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Um, my dad actually like had quite a few of the shirts I'm actually wearing, since he grew up in the 70s.
There's eight boys on this set.
Who's the biggest prankster?
Biggest prankster?
Boys?
Um, Or if it's a girl, that's fine too.
Yeah, no.
But I figured it was one of the boys.
It's one of the boys.
It's definitely one of the boys.
The biggest lunatic is Santino.
And I say lunatic with love.
I don't know, probably Santino right here.
Santino.
He's hanging out behind the camera.
There he is, buddy.
We've been hearing that too.
You're a little prankster.
That's perfect.
He's like from another planet.
I'm going to say it.
I'm going to ask him about that.
His his energy, his the way he looks at life, you know, is a little bit skewed in in a great way.
Um, he's he's just he's honestly just full of life and love and it's it's so much fun to be on set with him.
Sometimes he's also climbing on walls like a little spider-tino.
Okay, so earlier he was doing some sort of back thing.
He's very flexible and he climbs on walls too.
Like a spider man?
Yeah, he's the spider man.
He's the living embodiment of Spider-Man except without the powers.
Without the powers.
Okay, last question.
If you could describe this family in one word, what would it be?
Crazy.
In a good way.
Yeah, in a good way.
It's just a lot going on.
I'd say probably unique.
Loud.
Loud.
Yeah.
Yeah.
We're really loud.
That's perfect.
Yeah.
Ouch.
Ouch.
Lots of boo-boos, lots of crazy stuff going on.
Chaotic.
Chaotic.
Chaotic.
Definitely chaotic.
We've heard crazy, now we're hearing chaotic, so.
Yes, I'm so happy no one's ever said that.
Well, the chaos is brought from you, right?
You're the troublemaker.
Yeah, yeah.
I mean, a fair share of games, definitely.
Chaotic or crazy.
The Clearys are chaotic, crazy, unique, and cool, everybody.
That's what we've been hearing today.
Everyone thinks that they they, you know, are the smartest person in the room and so they're constantly butting heads.
Uh, that's not one word, and I'm sorry.
Oh, no.
No, it's fine.
Yeah.
Crazy.
There you go.
You're crazy.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Mary McCormack
Plays Peggy in 'The Kids Are Alright' and discusses the show's set.
- Michael Cudlitz
Plays Mike in 'The Kids Are Alright' and discusses the show's realism and his character's name.
- Chris Richards
Plays Joey in 'The Kids Are Alright' and talks about the fun of the 70s setting.
- Jack Gore
Plays Timmy in 'The Kids Are Alright' and describes his 70s wardrobe.
- Andy Walken
Plays Frank in 'The Kids Are Alright' and talks about being part of a TV family.
- Santino Barnard
Plays Pat in 'The Kids Are Alright' and is identified as the biggest prankster on set.
- Christopher Paul Richards
Plays Adam in 'The Kids Are Alright' and discusses the show's 70s clothes.
- Sam Straley
Plays Lawrence in 'The Kids Are Alright' and describes the Cleary family as 'unique' and 'chaotic'.
- Sawyer Barth
Plays Eddie in 'The Kids Are Alright' and talks about his character's wardrobe.
- Joey
Character played by Chris Richards on 'The Kids Are Alright'.
- Timmy
Character played by Jack Gore on 'The Kids Are Alright'.
- Peggy
Character played by Mary McCormack on 'The Kids Are Alright'.




