American - Writer | July 2, 1970 -
Working on 'Comedy Bang Bang,' we're there from 10-7, and that's a pretty light day compared to most other TV shows. Other shows, it's like 10-10.
Scott Aukerman
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I look back on our productivity in the 'Mr. Show' days, and think, 'We probably could have worked harder.'
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At the end of Season Four of 'Mr. Show,' instead of doing another season, everyone just thought they wanted to go and do a movie. Kind of like Monty Python. Monty Python went right into 'And Now For Something Completely Different,' and everyone kind of compared 'Mr. Show' to Monty Python.
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Most of the stuff I've written has never even gotten made. It's par for the course. It's a great living, but it also gets very frustrating.
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Doing the podcast, the whole reason to do it is just because I can do whatever I want.
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After the comedy boom of the '80s, there was a certain formula that comedians had to do and could do in order to be successful touring comedians, and those were mainly observational comedians who had a very strict structure of what made an act, and I think it was very performance oriented.
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What I love about comedy is breaking down the barrier between the audience and the performer.
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That's one of the benefits of working with a smaller network like IFC. You're awarded more trust, but trust that I really earned.
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I think that 'Mr. Show' was a huge influence on me. It was literally the reason I started doing comedy, because I was asked to do a bit at The Comedy Store, and B.J. Porter and I went to see Bob and David - who I'd never heard of - do a live show, which was one of the shows that got them the 'Mr. Show' show.
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I get inspired when I look at Tom Lennon, who did 'Reno 911!' for six seasons while writing huge movies and directing and also doing other pilots; he did that FX pilot, the 'Star Trek' thing.
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I came to one of the first Comic Cons in 1985, when it was just people trading back issues of comic books.
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There's always something interesting about comedy teams that have the exact same energy. The one time I really noticed that was Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly in 'Step Brothers.'
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