Welcome back to good days dateline
welcome to flash is one of LAX' newest hits.
And tonight we are talking to one of the stars of the show
Shawn Williams.
Scott hello
Hello.
How are you?
I'm good.
How are you?
I am doing good.
Oh, good.
So before we talk about this new show, I have to tell you,
I think it is so cool that one of your first acting
stints was in a sunny delight commercial.
Do you even remember that
Yeah.
you know, the best acting have ever done in my career.
I've I drink so much sunny delight that
now I think about it, but yeah.
And it was it's really stunning, you know,
a work of acting.
You know, if you haven't seen it,
get ready for it to blow your mind.
So we'll definitely have to
find the link and share it with our viewers.
You're also in an Aerosmith music video,
because Aerosmith is my favorite band of all time.
And so we got to know how how much you remember
from those early days in Hollywood.
You remember them really well.
I guess it's funny, because I was I don't know where I was.
It was like yesterday and I maybe
it was like a grocery store and I heard that Aerosmith song
and I was like, oh, man, remember?
I remember it was a big deal for me.
I think it was in the video for maybe 2 seconds.
Yeah. But I was so psyched.
It was like Aerosmith, baby, come on.
I remember so well.
In fact, I think like those years before
I got American Pie, I was like, the struggle years.
And I really am grateful for that.
Yeah, you probably never forget those years because they
they were like, you sticking around thinking, okay, someday.
Someday I got one of a big TV box
So this this show Welcome to Flat debuted this year on Fox.
A couple of episodes, and it is so fun.
What do you love most about working on it?
You know, I just love the format.
You know, I'm a huge fan of The Office, both the BBC
version and the American versio and and Parks and Rec.
And then I was actually binging Parks and Rec.
When Welcome to Flash came around and I thought like,
would be best me to do a comedy you know, half hour show.
This vibe feels like the most fun.
It's good
And I just thought I like this.
I really like about the show is that it's different.
When you watch it, you'll understand it's
it's quirky, you know, and a tribute that
you know a lot to Jenny Bicks, who's our showrunner,
who was a producer on Sex and the City, and Paul
Feig, who directed episodes, you know, first three episodes.
And then he's directed, you know, Bridesmaids and Spy and
you know, he was a producer on The Office
So I really like that.
It's it's different than a lot of things are on TV.
How do you keep a straight face
So I was catching up on the latest episode
last night, and I'm I'm terrible at like
not laughing before my punchlines anyway,
but how do you look at the camera and give these dr
humorous lines and not laugh
Yes, it is kind of hard.
You know,
this this one it was a little bit easier.
one of my character would say something so weird.
Or if it was like something that we just came up with.
Usually that's where like, I have to get the giggles out
And it's just something we just came up with on by that
Like, I'll ruin a couple takes and then I'll finally get it.
But I'm not graded.
Usually if I'm playing a character
like I did an American Pie or that's like driving a comedy
And the whole goal is to try to make everybody on set laugh.
It's easier to, like, not crack up because I'm
But if somebody else does something funny,
I can ruin a take.
And it really can upset actors.
So I don't know.
which one of those costars on the sho
to have the most fun with, who had the most fun with
I don't know, honestly.
I find like
I've been really lucky
to work on some really fun movies,
even if the movies ended up being total garbage I have fun,
you know, like I'm this one in.
Like, I'm welcome to Flash.
You know what? I had fun with everybody.
Yeah, but most of my stuff with Chelsea Holmes and Sam
Straley played the two leads, and they were so funny.
And you know what's really swee about our shows that
it kind of reminded me of when we did American Pie one,
where you had a bunch of actors that a lot of times, you know,
for most of us, it was our first gig,
and we were all really excited and grateful
to have the opportunity.
And we had that on this and this show.
You know, everybody has really felt lucky
to have have the job and that was nice to be around.
speaking of American Pie, do you think we're ever going
to get another reunion?
Maybe like in a couple of years
Have you guys even more grown u than you were before?
Again, this is a conversation I just had last night
where I thought, man, it would be
I think so fun to see Stiffler or in his mid-forties
trying to navigate the world today, you know, and just
and especially if he hasn't really grown up all that much.
So I think it'd be really fun.
I don't know.
Well, I think a lot of people would love to see it.
if you make it happen, I think that would be a success
Put it out in the universe. Maybe you'll never know.
Well, there you go.
Welcome to Flash is on Thursday right here on Fox.
Thank you so much for being with us tonight.