McBride Visited a Bunch of Megachurches to Learn More About Their Inner-Workings
The creator said he visited a bunch of churches and megachurches to get more information about them. “I did go to a few megachurches, and I talked to a few different pastors. My aunt is a minister in a big church. I don’t think it’s really a megachurch, but it’s a pretty massive church in Atlanta. And so I did get a little behind the scenes on that and just sort of talking to them about what they think about the state of the business and all that.”
He also found out how these big churches keep themselves afloat: “I asked them, ‘Well, how do you know whether a church is successful or not?’ It’s all about the numbers of how many people they get, and the numbers need to go up every year. And I was like, ‘Well, what happens if the numbers don’t?’ Well, you just replace who’s leading the church. I’d never thought about church as a business that way, but I’m sure it’s the same rules that a Starbucks has to abide by.”
The Canceling of ‘Roseanne’ Led to Goodman Joining the Show
If it weren’t for ABC canceling Roseanne, Goodman might never have played the Gemstones patriarch. “About two days after ABC shut Roseanne down, Danny called,” Goodman has explained. “I’d seen him and just admired him. I read the script. I said, ‘Yeah, I’m down.’ There’s a lot of Eli I didn’t like. He’s sanctimonious, and he’s closed down, but I enjoyed the atmosphere.”