‘The Burbs’ Og Actress Wendy Schaal On Returning For Seth MacFarlane Reboot, Says ‘American Dad!’ “Won’t Let Me” Retire After 20 Years

As Peacock goes home to The ‘Burbs with Celeste Hughey’s series reboot of the 1989 dark comedy, fans of the original will recognize a familiar face.

Wendy Schaal, who played housewife Bonnie Rumsfield in the Joe Dante-helmed Og, recently spoke with Deadline about returning onscreen for the first time in 20 years to play librarian Judy in the series, now available to stream, and how American Dad! just “won’t let me” retire.

The reason that I have been doing American Dad! for the last 20 years or 20 seasons is because of that movie,” she said of the Fox/TBS animated series, in which she voices Francine. “So, Seth MacFarlane was one of the guys that loved that movie and kind of designed the character Francine for me from that movie.”

Despite the movie’s apparent influence on MacFarlane in hiring her way back in 2006, Schaal admitted they “had not even spoken” about the reboot,…