The second season of "10 Items or Less" premiered Tuesday night and according to two of the stars, Ingrid will make out with just about everybody and Carl the maintenance man will get into krumping.
"I made out with everybody ... I've kissed every guy on the cast," said Kirsten Gronfield, who plays Ingrid, a courtesy counter greeter at Greens and Grains, the supermarket where the largely improvised show takes place.
The comedy series on Turner Broadcasting System explores the quirky lives of the Greens and Grains employees by combining improvisation with a loose script.
In the first episode, the Greens and Grains crew are taken hostage by a pair of robbers. Heroics, surprising romance and forgotten loyalty soon follow. The two were in Columbus Monday night for a screening of the second season premiere at The Hills Market.
In an interview with The Lantern, Bob Clendenin, who plays Carl, the goofy but sweet maintenance man, and Gronfield, who plays the quirky, soft-spoken Ingrid, described what it's like to be part of an improvised series.
"It's just like playing pretend," Gronfield said.
Gronfield and Clendenin are no amateurs when it comes to improvisation. Clendenin played Dr. Zelter on "Scrubs" and Gronfield was a member of the cast of the Secret Improv Society.
They said the atmosphere of the "10 Items or Less" set is full of creative energy and the cast members love coming to work.
"It's fantastic; it's a total dream job," Gronfield said.
"None of the cast members were wackadoodles," Clendenin said.
Everyone on the cast and crew are great "even the caterers were awesome," he said.
Viewers will begin to see a change in the cast's performance this season.
"I think we're better as a cast than we were the first year," Clendenin said. "We got to know each other better and we listen more because you know it's improvised."
"We just had a lot more time to grow and learn more about everyone's quirky relationships," Gronfield said.
Viewers will not only see a change in the cast but in the story plots as well. The story ideas were "really fun stories that gave us a lot to chew on and work with," Clendenin said.
Season two is packed with tons of excitement and special moments for both Clendenin and Gronfield. Clendenin describes Gronfield's behavior as "Macktastic," referring to her promiscuous lips. Carl even experiments with "krunking," which, Clendenin described as his version of "krumping," - a new form of street dancing.
"People are going to be able to identify with every single person they see in the cast," Clendenin said. "Watch it ... my marriage depends on it." "
Please watch the show to save Bob's marriage," Gronfield said.
"10 Items or Less" airs every Tuesday at 11p.m. on TBS.
Whitney Miller can be reached at miller.3859@osu.edu.
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