Danny McBride, Jody Hill on ‘Vice Principals’ and the ‘Eastbound’ Episode They Never Got to Make
Fresh off their series premiere this past Sunday, Vice Principals star Danny McBride and co-creator Jody Hill stopped by the Yahoo TV studio at San Diego Comic Con to talk up their new HBO comedy, which will span 18 episodes over two seasons. Despite having experience as a substitute teacher, McBride went the extra mile and interviewed actual vice principals for his role of disgruntled administrator Neil Gamby. “It became very clear that there’s like a weird, unspoken rift between the faculty and the administration at most schools,” McBride explains.
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Of course, we couldn’t have McBride and Hill in the studio without asking about their cult comedy Eastbound & Down, and boy did they deliver. Check out their story about the Eastbound episode that was so offensive, HBO wouldn’t let them make it:
Vice Principals airs Sundays at 10:30 p.m. on HBO.
