The Wrap Interview

Wendi was recently interviewed by The Wrap about the forthcoming season of The Goldbergs, and here’s what she had to say…

Who you calling dysfunctional? Actress defends her meddling ’80s matriarch on ABC sitcom
A previous version of this story first appeared in TheWrap Magazine Fall TV issue.

Wendi McLendon-Covey, who plays the 1980s uber-mom at the center of ABC’s “The Goldbergs,” broke out in “Bridesmaids,” which earned the cast a SAG nomination and an MTV Movie Award.

Last year, she got a Critics’ Choice nomination for her scene-stealing work on the series. Her hopes for the third season are brighter than Mrs. Goldberg’s neon ’80s makeup.

The Goldbergs is narrated by Patton Oswalt as the grownup Adam F. Goldberg — the show’s creator — looking back on his youth. But it’s not like “The Wonder Years” or “Mad Men,” focused on a particular time.
Our show will never tell you a specific year, because Adam is telling it from memory, and you’re never gonna have total recall. Eighties pop culture is not a joke, but a setup for the story.

But it does remind one of “The Wonder Years.”
“The Goldbergs” will never get that political, though we love that show, and [“Wonder Years” star] Fred Savage directed an episode for us last year. The flavor is very much the same. It’s funny, it’s about growing up, we don’t have a laugh track telling you where the jokes are. And in the third act, you get a lump in your throat.

Read the rest HERE