Toks Olagundoye on “The Neighbors” – EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
By Abbie Bernstein

In ABC’s THE NEIGHBORS, created by Dan Fogelman, the fairly average Weaver family, headed up by mom Debbie (Jami Gertz) and dad Marty (Lenny Venito), move to a nice new house in a suburban cul-de-sac – that turns out to be entirely inhabited by aliens from the planet Zabvron. The Weavers’ next-door neighbors are Larry Bird, played by Simon Templeman, his wife Jackie Joyner-Kersee, plays by Toks Olagundoye, and their offspring Reggie Jackson (Tim Jo) and Dick Butkus (Ian Patrick) – the Zabvronians are big on naming themselves after Earth sports stars. Jackie is eager to learn all about Earth life from their new friends, while Larry goes back and forth between enthusiastic curiosity and Zabvronian conservatism.

Olagundoye – her first name rhymes with “coax” and her last name rhymes with “roll-a-moon-toy” – is at an afternoon party hosted by ABC for the NEIGHBORS cast and creative staff and the press.
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