Schooled Cast Reveal Their Favorite High School Teachers

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Take a trip back to the '90s as Young Hollywood visits the set of ABC's "The Goldbergs" spinoff, "Schooled", which sees Lainey Lewis becoming a music teacher! We chat with Lainey herself, AJ Michalka, as well as co-stars Tim Meadows, Bryan Callan, and Brett Dier, who all reveal some of their fondest high school memories and favorite '90s music, plus we get a tour of the William Penn Academy set!
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Hello, Young Hollywood.
My name is Brett Dyer and I'm going to show you a tour of this place that I'm at. Schooled set. I'm so excited. Let's do it.
That's a cool outfit.
Hi, I'm I'm Brett.
Oh, you're Brett Dyer, you're with Young Hollywood.
Yes.
AJ, nice to meet you. Thank you so much for.
Welcome to our set.
Yeah, thanks for being here. You're with Young Hollywood.
I am. Hi. Yes, nice to meet you. We're gonna chat soon.
I am just loving this 90s attire so much.
Thank you. I love it too. I feel like Alicia Silverstone and Clueless.
Tim Meadows, how are you?
I'm good. How are you?
I'm doing good. I have a little cold. I'm just going to do the rest of the interview like this.
No, don't do that. Sorry. That would be horrible for me. I'm just kidding.
Oh, guys, Brian Callen.
Every time I look at Brett, I have this this incredible impulse to run my fingers through his hair. I won't do that though because
Same.
Is there anything you want me to ask you? Personally?
Yeah, ask me how I made it.
How did you make it in Hollywood, young?
Great question. Okay, this is for any young actors. If you want to be a successful actor in Hollywood, all you got to do is come here, sit in traffic for about 18 years, fail all the time, and then five years later, you might get your own TV show.
That was really uplifting. What do you think people are going to love most about the show?
I think to have the 90s nostalgic kind of sense is really fun.
Well, if you like comedy, and you like laughing, and if you love the 90s, I think they'll like that. It's funny. We've got great comedic writers.
This is where I go, because I have they they get me these special kombuchas. This is the kombucha I have every single day. Helps with my digestion, immune system,
Yes.
Energy, which I don't need.
Well, I want to play a little bit off of like the show title, so Schooled. Is there something that you can just like school people at? You're just so good at, people just know that you're you're the one to do it.
Watch this. So, you jump that and then you switch like that. You know what I'm saying? I just pulled my hamstring.
Okay, I can juggle three balls right now. Two balls in this hand, one ball in this hand. Okay. Throw one ball, boom, one hand. You don't look at the balls, you look at everything around the balls.
I got my own chair. This is so sick. I'm going to keep the back thing when we wrap.
Yeah, you have to.
I'm going to hang it.
So, this is a music room. Love it. Did you play instruments?
I did.
Yeah?
You play guitar and piano.
Wow, multi-talented. Very cool. It's so fun.
Speaking of music though, I do want to bring up Mean Girls just for a second, Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next. She references that movie. Have you seen the music video?
I saw the music video.
Thoughts?
I think I would have liked the video more if I was in it, but it would have been nice to be asked, though.
Ariana Grande.
This is my classroom.
This is your room?
Yeah, this is it. Look at the computer. Isn't it great? 90s. Wow.
The show is about uh teachers being heroes to their students. Yes. Who would you say is your biggest teacher hero?
I had one set teacher in particular. His name was Jack Tice. Having him in my life, not only as a mentor and a guide, but almost became family, was a really cool sense of just a teacher-student relationship. It was really beautiful.
I had a really great music teacher in high school, also, this guy named Mr. Lattimer, who used to tell me that I was always going to be late. And he got mad at me one time, and he he goes, Look at you, Meadows, running in here ten minutes late your whole life. You're going to always be running with your tie flying in the wind. Turns out I'm always late. He was right.
My biggest hero was this guy named Mr. Anderson, and my he was my drama teacher, and he kind of just was the dude that made me go, I just need to bring myself to things, you know what I mean? Second guest: My first acting teacher, Richard Pinter, taught me what a man is. And it's okay to cry. I mean, I still don't do it, but I hear it is.
This is a real instrument. I think it's a Tuba. Could you imagine lugging this thing around?
No.
Your muscles though, would be ripped.
If you could choose like a favorite fashion trend from the 90s, and if you can't think of one, a favorite musician or a band, what would you choose?
Nirvana is the first band that comes to mind when I think of the 90s. Smashing Pumpkins. But I I love rap music. Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul.
Biggie Smalls or Tupac?
I like them both equally. I have to say though, I've been blasting Juicy. It was all a dream. I used to read one of magazine.
He knows. He knows that. That's a great tone.
For me, it was all about Britney Spears and Sync. I know that was more early 2000s, but I feel like that really hit hard during that time, late 90s.
Smash Mouth?
Yeah.
Okay. I like that. That was a that was a big one for me. Long shorts, which you're not in right now. Skinny ties.
You're in shorts.
Yeah, cuz I rebel against the 90s. I'm fighting it. Plus I have beautiful legs.
These are my desks that are supposed to be in there, but I don't know why they're in the hall. That's a fake fire thing, but I thought it was real, and I still pulled it.
If you could have anyone play you in a sitcom, who would you choose?
I think Lisa Kudrow.
Can it be like an older dude, like who's like my favorite actor?
Whoever you want. It's your interview.
Jim Carrey, I I would choose.
I guess The Rock. When I my hair was shorter, people would like, Rock!
Oh no, you're Brian Callen from Schooled.
So, this classroom always changes. It was a rock classroom once. It was a science lab. It's it's everything. So now it's a driving school classroom.
Are you a good driver?
Yeah, I think I am. Seatbelt, no texting.
No texting.
No no seatbelt either. Okay.
The show's also um based in high school. Can you recall a favorite memory you had?
I I remember when this this my first girlfriend liked me, I was like, she likes me? What?
My favorite memories were like when I was going around doing improvization. Said the full word.
And that ends our set tour with the Brett Dyer. Hello. Thank you so much.
Thanks for having me.
Yeah. It was really fun. We can catch you on Schooled, right?
Uh just watch it. Just watch it. You'll find it. Google it. Bye.
Oh, can we say Google?
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Ariana Grande
Artist referenced for her 'Thank U, Next' music video, which recreated 'Mean Girls'.
- AJ Michalka
Actress playing Lainey Lewis on 'Schooled', interviewed about the show and her experiences.
- Tim Meadows
Actor on 'Schooled', interviewed about his favorite teacher and the show's comedy.
- Bryan Callan
Actor on 'Schooled', interviewed about his path to Hollywood and high school memories.
- Brett Dier
Actor on 'Schooled' and the Young Hollywood interviewer, giving a set tour.
- Alicia Silverstone
Actress referenced for her iconic role in 'Clueless', which inspired 90s attire.
- Jack Tice
Brett Dier's set teacher who became a mentor and family figure.
- Mr. Lattimer
Tim Meadows' high school music teacher who predicted he would always be late.
- Mr. Anderson
Bryan Callen's drama teacher who taught him to bring himself to things.
- Richard Pinter
Bryan Callen's first acting teacher who taught him what a man is.
- Biggie Smalls
Rapper mentioned by Brett Dier as a 90s music preference, along with Tupac.
- Lisa Kudrow
Actress chosen by AJ Michalka to play her in a sitcom.
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