It would be a nice way to round it out if we could come up with a really great idea. “I think that’s one thing that we need to do before we depart this planet - the three of us. “I haven’t given up on it entirely,” she said. Their Netflix sitcom may be coming to a close, but if Tomlin has her way, she and Fonda will be working together again soon - perhaps for a revival of their groundbreaking 1980 comedy, “9 to 5.” While her other costar Dolly Parton recently told The Times that plans for a sequel to the workplace satire had been scrapped, Tomlin is still holding out hope that the women can work something out. make some kind of really great difference that was also jubilant and funny and moving, in some way, to the audience. “We probably would not suffer the results of any kind of great climate crisis because we’re getting old now, but we’d like to. “I’d like to see us come to some really profound realization, not unlike what Jane has done, going to D.C.,” Tomlin said. Though she doesn’t know much yet about how the series will end, she hopes that - in keeping with their activism in real life - Grace and Frankie will leave a positive impact on the world before they go. We didn’t expect it, and it’s just great.”īefore the penultimate season debuts next year, Tomlin revealed she’s already begun to collect souvenirs from the set, including many of Frankie’s best art pieces, from her illustrated lesson in self-defense for the elderly to the famous circumcision of Hitler. But we really love being together and doing those characters and doing the show, and we adore Marta, and our whole crew is fantastic. “We made a deal a couple of years ago with the network to go seven seasons, but now that it’s here, we’re a little bit sad, a little bit relieved that, well, we’ll be done. “Jane and I don’t necessarily want to end the series,” the actress said. We just want everybody else’s heart to get in it.”Ĭlimate change demonstration or not, Tomlin and Fonda, 81, will soon reunite for the final two seasons of “Grace and Frankie,” set to conclude in 2021. “It’s with the very best intentions, and she’s gotten a lot of terrific people to join her. “I would expect to misbehave enough so that I get arrested,” she said of her protesting plans. The Paley Center for Media celebrated Tomlin, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner, Carol Burnett and Norman Lear at “The Paley Honors: A Special Tribute to Television’s Comedy Legends.” Before receiving her award, Tomlin discussed her and Fonda’s activism, as well as the imminent end of their Netflix comedy and a potential new beginning for their big-screen classic, “9 to 5.”
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