{"id":325100,"date":"2025-09-18T23:54:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T23:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/325100\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T23:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T23:54:11","slug":"chris-perfetti-jokes-that-abbott-elementary-rigged-the-phillies-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/325100\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Perfetti Jokes that Abbott Elementary Rigged the Phillies Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAbbott Elementary\u201d is headed outside the classroom once again in Season 5, this time to a Phillies game<\/a>, which star Chris Perfetti jokes the team rigged for the Philadelphia team to win.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a blast,\u201d Perfetti told TheWrap at ABC\u2019s summer soir\u00e9e, adding it was a \u201chistoric\u201d game as the Phillies iced out the Atlanta Braves\u00a019-4. \u201cThe Phillies won. We rigged the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

The experience was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for Perfetti, as well as much of the TV industry, with Perfetti noting that creator Quinta Brunson telling him filming a live sporting event for a TV series has only been done once before. \u201cIt was thrilling,\u201d he said. \u201cOnly a show that\u2019s operating on the level that we\u2019re at can do something ambitious like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur crew, most of whom have been with us since the pilot, they can predict [our movements] \u2014 the camera operators know when I\u2019m going to look to them even before I know,\u201d Perfetti said. \u201cThey\u2019re just such incredible storytellers and masters of visual language that we can take a big swing and shoot a five-day episodes in two and a half.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Phillies game won\u2019t be the only excursion for the teachers of \u201cAbbott Elementary\u201d this season, with Perfetti teasing \u201cwe\u2019re leaving the school way more than we have before [and] we have amazing guest stars right from the jump.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s outgrown my expectations every year, every day, truly,\u201d he continued. \u201cI\u2019ve gotten in the habit now of asking Quinta if there\u2019s anything I need to know \u2013 and the surprises are big. Every season has expanded upon and continues to impress. We keep trying to push the envelope and this year is definitely going to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Similar to how last season centered on gentrification as Abbott grappled with a local golf course, Perfetti applauded \u201cAbbott\u201d for being in \u201cconstant dialogue with the world \u2014 not just what the audience needs, but what we need and what the world needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even with tackling these important themes, Perfetti also sung Brunson\u2019s praises for crafting a comedy that brings joy into the world, and even changed his own views on what types of projects he wants to be pursue. \u201cIt\u2019s rewatchable because people want to see certain moments happen again and people want to feel good, especially nowadays people need joy,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m just so happy to be part of something like this. When I left drama school, I was like \u2018I want to do Shakespeare and Chekov and I want to suffer,\u2019 but I\u2019m so happy to be part of something that provides joy and comfort.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAbbott Elementary\u201d Season 5 premieres Wednesday, Oct. 1 on ABC.<\/p>\n

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