As fictional producer Pete Hornberger on the massively hilarious 30 Rock, Scott Adsit plays one of the few regularly-sane characters. But for his new comedy Mary Shelley's Frankenhole, the performer, director, and co-executive producer is delving into territory that's slightly more bizarre: the world of of Dr. Frankenstein. Check out Frankenhole's premiere on Sunday, June 27 at 12:30 a.m. on Adult Swim.

For Mary Shelley's Frankenhole, you're reuniting with many of the people who worked on Moral Orel, which was also a stop motion series on Adult Swim. What is it like writing for and directing stop motion?

It's interesting for me since a lot of the time I'm in New York while they're filming in LA. Generally, the writer and director are on hand to guide and give direction to the animators as they animate so, when I'm not there to direct, I have to put myself on tape acting out the whole episode in my apartment or wherever. And there are several directors on hand ready to help, including Dino, if I'm unreachable for some clarification. The animators are so talented and our rapport with them is so easy after all this time that there's a shorthand between us. The nerve-wracking part is when we haven't communicated well enough and the shot, which might have taken a few days to complete, needs to be started again from the beginning. And it's not like, "Okay, Take Two…Action!". One little shot is hours upon hours of work.

Mary Shelley's Frankenhole centers on the time travel of Dr. Frankenstein and his run-ins with monsters and various historical figures. How was a concept like this pitched?
...]]> /article/652000 http://www.collegehumor.com/article/652000/ch-talks-to-katrina-bowden Tue, 20 Feb 2007 01:18:20 -0500