The seeds of what would eventually become “Sherman’s Showcase” had been sitting inside the minds of Bashir Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle for well over 10 years. For them, the idea of satirizing a variety show was a no-brainer. “We do all these different things because the rubric of a variety show allows it. The reason we picked the variety show is because for years we’ve been obsessed with them,” says Salahuddin in our recent webchat (watch the video above). Riddle, who co-created the project elaborated that part of the idea also came about after they had performed silly songs on Jimmy Fallon’s show. “We were like, ‘Let’s see if we can do a show where we can do this all the time.’ And IFC was like, ‘We don’t know about all the time, but how about eight episodes?’
“Sherman’s Showcase” centers on the fictitious, titular program that...
“Sherman’s Showcase” centers on the fictitious, titular program that...
- 7/3/2020
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
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