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The ghost of Marilyn Monroe.
An owl in a wig.
Four friends begin a bespoke horror-experience business, creating moments of terror and eeriness for their clients.
Fabrega has been creating little moments of surreal mundanity onThe Chris Gethard Showand her social-media platforms for years.
She uses Instagram to createproducts no one needsand makes videos ofthe worst way to find someone in a crowd.
How didLos Espookyscome together?Fred [Armisen] had pitched the premise of the show to HBO.
Once they said yes, he brought Julio and I onboard to develop it into the show it became.
I feel like [the show is] the middle of our Venn diagram of what we find funny.
It was very collaborative, both of us contributing our own styles and mixing them together.
Then I also like playing people who are really kind of lost and who you feel bad for.
Although you shouldnt necessarily, because shes a very capable person.
You get a little backstory at the end why she acts the way she does.
She very much reflects the things that I think are funny, but she always has the best intentions.
Shes very kind and open.
It all comes together in a way that makes her very goofy and silly, and almost slapsticky.
How early in the process did the newsboy cap come to the character?Immediately.
I love those hats.
Since I started doing comedy, Ive loved hat work like that.
I wanted her to dress exactly like that.
And she said, But that doesnt look good!
I had to say, I know.
Shes not supposed to look cool like the other characters.
And once she knew what I was going for, she nailed it.
She found the best T-shirts and the perfect hat.
Its part of her character.
Do you think because you were the creator, it was easier for you to advocate for that?
But even our other actors [had input].
She wanted it to look the way it does on the show.
This was before Carol Kane was cast in the show.
It was kind of serendipitous in that way.
But I think the crew was very collaborative and open to what everyones points of views were.
Everyone was very open to it.
With wardrobe, Julio and I were in every fitting.
Although I do have a real fake tooth myself.
The ones we used were silicone or something, but the first set were really hard.
They hurt to put on, so we didnt wind up using them.
But they looked longer than the ones that wound up on camera.
There were some great teeth in the casting, but only one of them got the part.
I love the way the show sort of revels in these classic tropes.
Were doing their [the Espookys] take on it.
But hes just using it to check up on his boyfriend.
Its such a mundane energy.Yeah, I like that a lot of elements of the show arent called out.
Its very normal in this world.
If someone gets trapped in a mirror, its Oh, no.
You shouldnt have gotten that throw in of mirror!
Not What, they got trapped??
How hard was it to juggle that tone?
Should it be more surreal?It all happened very organically.
Stylistically, its very clear whats supposed to be fake.
When the Espookys are doing their gig, you see the levers and pulleys.
I like that we left that open-ended.
How did you figure that out?I think its about finding the right people to do it for.
Because I started doing stand-up, and the mics I was going to [were inhospitable].
Its not what they want to see.
It opens up what you think you could do, and then its just trial and error.
Because at the end of the day, Im trying to make myself laugh.
If the audience likes it, great, but Im doing whatever is fun to me at the time.
Tati is trying to find herself through work, and she has all these little abstract jobs.
Thatsan idea you played with onThe Chris Gethard Showas well.
And I think so many people dont know what they want to do.
I used to think that the only way Id be happy was if I was doing work I liked.
And then you start doing work you like and realize theres something else missing.
I guess that seeps into my work, that search for meaning in life via your job.
If you love something and you dont get paid to do it, that means youre bad at it.
Theres this group that is trying to put together something creative.
For some of them, its a side job.
And that there is no right or wrong way to work.
Everyone has their own path that, for better or worse, will lead them there.
