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>>> WELCOME BACK TO GREAT DAY WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. THE UNICORN IS A SINGLE CAMERA
COMEDY ABOUT A TIGHTKNIT GROUP
OF BEST FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO
HELPED THEIR FRIEND WADE WHO IS
A YOUNG WIDOWER EMBRACE HIS NEW
NORMAL.
NORMAL.
NORMAL. TO HIS AMAZEMENT, HE IS A HOT
COMMODITY WITH THE SINGLE
WOMEN.
WOMEN.
WOMEN. AND JOINING ME NOW IS THE HOT
COMMODITY HIMSELF WHO PLAYS
WADE.
WADE.
WADE. WELCOME TO GREAT DAY.
>> GOOD TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> SO GOOD TO SEE YOU, AND
CONGRATS ON YOUR NEW SHOW THE
UNICORN.
UNICORN.
UNICORN. WHAT KIND OF ATTRACTED YOU TO
THIS ROLE?
THIS ROLE? YOU PLAYED A WIDE VARIETY IN
YOUR CAREER.
YOUR CAREER. WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO WANT TO
BE A UNICORN?
>> YOU KNOW, IT WAS A STORY.
IT WAS JUST ONE OF THE BEST
THINGS THAT I HAD READ KIND OF
IN A LONG TIME, AND IT WAS KIND
AND IT WAS HONEST, AND IT MADE
ME LAUGH.
ME LAUGH.
ME LAUGH. IT JUST MADE MY GOT HURT I WAS
LAUGHING SO HARD, AND I JUST
FELT LIKE AT THIS STAGE OF MY
LIFE, I THINK WE'VE HAD ENOUGH
CYNICISM.
CYNICISM.
CYNICISM. I THINK WE HAD ENOUGH IRONY.
I JUST WANTED TO PUT SOMETHING
REALLY, REALLY POSITIVE IN THE
WORLD, AND SOMETHING THAT I
FELT WAS INFINITE REALLY
RELATABLE.
RELATABLE. I THINK WE ALL GO THROUGH TOUGH
TIMES.
TIMES.
TIMES. WE
TIMES. WE JUST DO, WHETHER -- DOESN'T
HAVE TO BE THE LOSS OF A
SPOUSE.
SPOUSE.
SPOUSE. IF IT'S AN AGING PARENT OR A
DIVORCE OR THE LOSS OF A JOB,
WHATEVER THAT IS, THERE IS A
NEW NORMAL, LIKE ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF IT.
YOU DO HAVE TO ADJUST AND LEARN
HOW TO LIVE AGAIN, AND WE NEED
OUR COMMUNITY TO DO THAT.
THIS SHOW IS AS MUCH ABOUT
COMMUNITY AS IT IS ANYTHING
ELSE, AND I'VE HAD THOSE IN MY
OWN LIFE.
OWN LIFE.
OWN LIFE. I'VE HAD THE THINGS THAT I'VE
KIND OF GONE THROUGH AND IT'S A
REAL CELEBRATION OF ALL OF
THOSE THINGS, AND I'M JUST SO
EXCITED ABOUT IT.
>> AND I LOVE SEEING THAT
POWER.
POWER.
POWER. HAVING FRIENDS YOU KNOW YOU CAN
RELY ON, FRIENDS IN YOUR CORNER
AT ALL TIMES.
THIS SHOW, IS IT TRUE IT WAS
KIND OF INSPIRED BY A REAL
PERSON?
PERSON?
PERSON? >> YEAH, IT'S BASED ON A REAL
PERSON.
PERSON.
PERSON. HIS NAME IS BRADY COOPER.
HE IS THE BEST FRIEND OF OUR
TWO WRITERS.
TWO WRITERS. THIS GUY HAD LOST HIS WIFE TO
CANCER.
CANCER.
CANCER. HE HAS TWO TEENAGE DAUGHTERS.
AND THEY WERE THERE.
THE COMMUNITY KIND OF CAME
AROUND AND WATCHED HIM GO
THROUGH THIS, AND IT IS
PAINFUL.
PAINFUL.
PAINFUL. YOU KNOW, LIFE IS PAINFUL, BUT
THERE IS ALSO JOY, AND THERE IS
ABSURDITY IN BOTH.
THEY SHARED TEARS AND THEY
LAUGHED OUT LOUD TOGETHER, YOU
KNOW, AND ARE STILL DOING THAT.
AND THEN ONE DAY I THINK WHEN
THEY WERE HAVING LUNCH HE
TURNED TO HIS BEST FRIENDS AND
SAID, I DON'T
KNOW, GUYS, YOU THINK THIS
WOULD MAKE A GOOD COMEDY?
AND THEY SAID, YEAH, WE'VE BEEN
WAITING FOR YOU TO SAY THAT FOR
A VERY LONG TIME.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO BRING IT UP.
AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. >> I LOVE THAT.
WE WERE JUST SHOWING CLIPS, AND
AND YOU AND THIS CAST.
I MEAN, AN INCREDIBLE DIVERSE
GROUP OF PEOPLE.
WHAT HAS THE CHEMISTRY BEEN
LIKE ONSET?
LIKE ONSET? >> YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER KNOW
WHAT CHEMISTRY IS GOING TO BE
LIKE, AND THE FIRST WORDS THAT
CAME OUT OF OUR MOUTH LITERALLY
I SAID, LIKE INSIDE I SAID,
THIS IS GOOD.
THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. WE'VE GOT THE GREAT ROB.
I'VE KNOWN ROB.
HE'S BEEN A FRIEND OF MINE FOR
ABOUT 12 YEARS NOW.
THE TWO WONDERFUL ACTORS THAT
PLAY MY DAUGHTER'S.
AND IT JUST GELLED.
AND ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WERE
ALL VERY SIMILAR.
THEY ARE EARNEST PEOPLE, AND
THEY HAPPEN TO BE EXTREMELY
FUNNY, BUT THEY COME FROM THEIR
HEART AND THEY ARE VULNERABLE,
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS SHOW HAS.
WE ARE ON EPISODE EIGHT RIGHT
NOW, AND FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE
OF THEM, YOU KNOW, I READ IT
AND I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING.
ULTIMATELY, THERE IS A MOMENT
WHERE MY HEART IS JUST MOVED IN
SUCH A PROFOUND WAY, AND I
THINK I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR THE
WORLD THAT THEY GET TO SEE IT.
>> WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE IT.
CONGRATULATIONS ON EVERYTHING.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING SUCH A
HEARTFELT TRUE AND WARM STORY
TO US.
TO US.
TO US. >>
TO US. >> THANK YOU.
I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT.
>> WE WILL.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT.
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