Most people know Sherri Shepherd from ‘The View’ but it won’t be long before they will also be asking is that “the” Sherri or is that the same Sherri that wrote the book, “Permission Slips: Every Woman’s Guide to Giving Herself a Break”. Both the Lifetime self-titled show, ‘Sherri’ and Shepherd’s book will be released today, October 5, 2009.
“Sherri” is a new Lifetime comedy premiering Monday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. In the show, Shepherd plays Sherri Robinson, a legal secretary by day and a stand-up comic by night. She is struggling to put the pieces of her life together after her philandering husband (Malcolm-Jamal Warner) cheats on her with another woman and gets her pregnant.
The show is loosely based on Shepherd’s life and stand-up comedy. She actually worked at a law firm for eight years while waiting for her big break in show business. Shepherd admits being a sitcom star is a little daunting.
“On ‘30 Rock,’ I play Tracy Morgan’s wife – I get my zingers and I leave,” she said. “In this show, I got long monologues. I had to get used to that.”
But there are a few fringe benefits to fronting your own comedy.
“I never got to kiss (so many) men,” Shepherd said during a recent phone interview, giggling. “Every week, they got me kissing a different man, which I’m loving.” (who wouldn’t??)
Sherri had some concerns about working with Malcolm Jamal Warner. She couldn’t help but think ‘That’s Theo’ (from The Cosby Show). Until he walked in the room… that’s when Shepherd changed her thinking…completely. Read the rest of this entry »
