Ever wonder what makes New Girl so amazingly hilarious? Dermot Mulroney revealed that the cast uses what he calls controlled improv during taping!

Mulroney spoke with The Hollywood Reporter and told all about the unconventional way the show tapes. Unlike other shows, the cast of New Girl uses alternate lines and jokes until they get the funniest take.

“The way they throw the material at them on the fly is fascinating,” Mulroney tells The Hollywood Reporter of his time on set. “Sometimes you are saying lines on camera that you’ve never even heard or seen written down before. They are just shouting them at you. It’s kind of like a peanut gallery… like some kind of controlled improv or rolling ad-lib within the script itself. It’s a really interesting process, and they are all really good at it. I’d never done that type of shooting before, it was great fun.”

He also joked that at first he felt as though he was being heckled by the cast as he was trying to act. But he admires the cast and crew for the hours they put into taping to get the best shots. And commented that there definitely isn’t any slouching on the show.

What do you think about the way that New Girl tapes?