![]() ![]() However, what happens when a show that is so distinctly the viewpoint of its creator has that creator leave the project? Can the show maintain its signature sense of humor once the source of that humor is gone? Miracle Workers: Oregon Trail, the show’s third season, is the first without Rich as showrunner, and at least in the latest iteration’s first episode, “Hittin’ the Trail,” it certainly seems as though Miracle Workers is trying to find its own voice without Rich and struggling to do so. The changing setting for each season of Miracle Workers almost felt like the series becoming an anthology of Rich’s writing. His collection of achingly accurate essays about relationships, entitled "The Last Girlfriend on Earth," became the lovely FX series Man Seeking Woman, while his second novel, "What in God’s Name" became the basis for the first season of TBS’ Miracle Workers, with the second, Miracle Workers: Dark Ages, based on another essay of Rich’s brilliant wit and wonderfully expressed ideas. For example, in his short story “Sell Out” - which would later be adapted into the Seth Rogen-starring An American Pickle - Rich could turn a story about a man who accidentally gets stuck in a pickle-brining machine for a century into a moving story about generational gaps, living up to our past, and even Internet foodie culture. ![]() Comedy writer Simon Rich has always been able to find the perfect balance of absurd humor and surprisingly honest insights about life and love.
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