Occupation: Actor Birth: May 12, 1970
We're having so much writing some of the sillier stuff that never would have been on Mr. Show. And that's not a knock on Mr. Show at all, because it'….
The shows need youth. All of our comics are getting too famous to do the show regularly. The people who are regulars five years ago, a lot of them ha….
And there's a period where everyone's buying those and it's really bad because no one is Larry David or Ricky Gervais. And then they don't work and n….
It's a very different show because of the elements that we're putting in. There's so many different styles of comedy, but Mr. Show was unique to Bob ….
There's two different disks recorded at two different shows. And they're two very different shows. The San Francisco disk was in front of 450 people ….
The second disk was taped at our all-night anniversary show. And some of those sets are taped at like 4:30 or 5 in the morning, when people are a lit….
With a sketch show, it's "a bunch of people and they're being funny." In a way that you can't really explain it..
Some of the subject matter is a little less weighty. When we were writing for Mr. Show, we were talking about how is this going to stand up to the te….
There's so many variables in comedy. Comedy is not this thing that's a performance like a play. It's really an interaction with every single person i….
And with this show we're trying to be a little sillier. We can do a piece like one we wrote the other day called "Ghost Busters Busters". Where would….
Andy Kindler. Andy's set - somehow he slayed that night. But something weird about it that wasn't translating for the CD. I don't know what it was. B….
Comedy Central was really impressed by how quickly we got everyone to sign the releases for the CD. They've never seen anything that quick..
For a long time networks just wanted to buy imitations of other shows - i.e. Curb (the Enthusiasm or the Office). The word gets out that "Hey, we wan….
It's really important to keep sponsoring young people so the audience gets used to them and starts enjoying them. They're the only way your show can ….
Scott and I had just worked with Jimmy Pardo doing a live show over the summer. And it was a lot of fun and we wanted to keep doing a live show. And ….
I think one reason why our show is popular too is that we have relationships with all these people. They are our actual friends. We're not like show ….
So the CD is a great way to get yourself acquainted with some people who in three years, maybe even one year, be really big..
Brian Posehn went up at 4:45 in the morning. And he gets lost at a certain point. I don't know if we kept him getting lost on the CD. That joke isn't….
When Scott and I started, every time we performed we wrote a whole new bit. We didn't know this wasn't the way things were done because we were just ….
It's something we do every week. Every week kind of has bigger name headliners. It's all just our taste. There's a lot of people like Ian Edwards or ….
Anyone can have bad sets. I saw one guy who I really love - I won't mention his name - gave a set that was really bad. And then one month later did t….