>> IT'S BEEN NEARLY 2 MONTHS SINCE THE SAG AFTER STRIKE ENDED AND ACTORS RETURN TO WORK AMONG THESE CREATIVES IS LISA ANN WALTER, WHO PLAYS MELISSA SCHUMAN TEA ON ABBOTT ELEMENTARY, OUR CORRESPONDENT IN TOLEDO SPOKE WITH HER ABOUT WHAT IT'S BEEN LIKE SINCE GETTING BACK TO WORK AND ABOUT HER UPCOMING COMEDY SET IN ROSEMONT LATER THIS MONTH.

>> HOW'S THAT FIRST OFF, BEING BACK ON SIDE AND BEING WITH ABBOTT FAMILY AND JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, JUMPING RIGHT BACK AND LIKE NO TIME PASSED.

I THINK YOU NAILED IT.

IT'S THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE.

IT'S LIKE JUMPING RIGHT BACK INTO, YOU KNOW, A ROOM FULL OF YOUR COUSINS.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN EACH OTHER PER YEAR, BUT WHEN YOU ALL GET TOGETHER AGAIN, IT'S LIKE YOU KNOW WHO EVERYBODY IS AND YOU'RE MAKING THE SAME KINDS OF JOKES.

AND UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER IN THE RHYTHM AND POLICE SAY, NO, THIS IS THE BEST ENSEMBLE IT EVER WORK EVERYONE KNOWS, WE'RE NOT EXAGGERATING IT.

>> NOT A IN LOT.

WHEN I THOUGHT YOU WERE DOING THAT, THE SENATE ROSEMONT COMING UP LIKE, OH, MAYBE THIS IS JUST KIND OF LIKE A ONE-OFF THING THAT SHE'S DOING.

BUT I REALIZE THAT THIS IS REALLY YOUR BREAD AND BUTTER.

AND YOU ARE JUST I THINK THANK YOU.

I SORT OF STAND UP PRETTY SOON AFTER I MOVED TO NEW YORK TO BE AND 6 MONTHS AFTER I STARTED THE FIRST TIME ON STAGE EVER, I WAS DOING FEATURED GUEST SPOTS ON LIKE IT'S SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO.

AND I HAD NO FEAR, BUT IT IS TO SPLIT THEM.

NOTHING GOOD IS EVER COME FROM NERDS WHISPERING.

I WONDER WHAT DO YOU LOVE MORE BETWEEN ACTING AND JUST KIND OF LIKE TELLING JOKES?

BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THERE'S SUCH A RELIEF YOU CAN GET IN MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH AND YOU CAN DO NOT WHETHER YOU'RE BEING A STANDUP OR AN ACTRESS.

>> YEAH, I MEAN, WE HAVE AN INTERESTING SET UP ABBOTT BECAUSE IT'S A ENSEMBLES, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH 3 CAMERAS ALL THE SAME TIME, SUITING ALL OF MY IS NOT LIKE THE OFFICE AND THOSE CHARACTERS OF OUR CAMERA CROW, THEY SORT OF BECOME A SECONDARY CHARACTERS IN OUR SHOW.

BUT YOU'RE MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH RIGHT THERE.

STAND UP.

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT.

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE GOING INTO A ROOM AND ALL YOU HAVE IS YOUR IDEAS AND YOU WHAT YOU THINK FUNNY AND THEIR FACES RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU AND SEEING THE LAST SECOND OF THE JOY THAT YOU BRING, THE MATERIAL IS SET LIKE I HAVE OVER AN HOUR OF MATERIAL THAT I DO IT AND IT'S ABOUT EVERYTHING IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE 4 KIDS THAT I KNOW OF.

I I TALK ABOUT RAISING MY MY FAMILY AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO AND GETTING TOWARDS THE MEN DATING AGAIN KIND OF THE LIFE EXPERIENCE A LOT OF WOMEN.

BUT THEN TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD AND MUSIC AND WHAT'S ON TV AND I MIGHT START TALKING TO PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE AND A LOT OF TIMES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, STAND OF NOT THAT IT'S INTERACTIVE LIKE A LOT OF TIMES.

PEOPLE ARE HECKLING LIKE GO TO THE HELPING.

THERE'S SOME COMMENTS THAT ARE LIKE YOU'RE REALLY NOT TAKE YOUR DRUNK IS WHAT YOU THEN BECAUSE IT'S NEW YEAR'S EVE.

BUT I WANT TO BE IN CHICAGO.

FULLY EXPECTING A LOT OF THAT.

SHOULD BE A FUN SHOW.

EITHER WAY.

WE SANDWELL HIS COMEDY SET IN ROSEMONT RUNS FROM DECEMBER.

29TH TO THE 31ST.

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