1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:04,080 Speaker 1: I am all in Again. 2 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 2: I am All in Again with Scott Patterson, an iHeartRadio podcast. 3 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 1: Joined by the hunts Burgers. Hello Greg, Hello Leanne hell st. 4 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: It is just so good to see the two of you, 5 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: and what a reaction you had up there on stage. 6 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:36,560 Speaker 1: What did you think of this whole thing? 7 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 3: I was saying to Greg, I was just gobsmacked when 8 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 3: we walked out there and there are without many people 9 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 3: out there. I was stunned. And I know that you 10 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 3: had said on the podcast a couple of weeks ago 11 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 3: there would be five thousand people, and I was like, yeah, right, yeah, no, 12 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 3: I mean this is amazing. The the the love they 13 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 3: have for this show. Oh, it's just extraordinary and wonderful 14 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 3: and fun to be a part of. And I'm grateful. Yeah. 15 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 1: Greg, you've done this, you did this last year, you 16 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 1: did this, You've done You've done a couple of rounds 17 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: with us. 18 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 2: How's this in your eyes? How has it grown? 19 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 3: Is it? 20 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: Is it bigger exponentially? 21 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 4: I mean it's yeah, it's it's it's much bigger than 22 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 4: than it was. And I can't remember if it was 23 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:25,960 Speaker 4: one year or two years ago that I did it, 24 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 4: but uh, but it's and it the whole town sort 25 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 4: of you know, all decorated up and people sort of 26 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:39,040 Speaker 4: enjoying different parts of the the town of Stars Hollow. 27 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:44,039 Speaker 4: It's uh, it's really inventive and fun and uh and 28 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 4: a sort of theater piece that everybody's a part of. 29 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: You know. I wanted to thank David Finch for putting 30 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 1: this all together. He's the guy with all the great 31 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: ideas for all the shops and how they're situated and 32 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: what kind of merch to put in, and he's in 33 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: the tours division, and Danny Kahn as well. They did 34 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 1: a remarkable job. Told me to buckle my seat belts 35 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: when I when I got here, before I got here yesterday, 36 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: because you're going to be shocked. 37 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 2: And I didn't think they could. 38 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:19,399 Speaker 1: Outdo themselves, but they outdid themselves. And my gosh, right 39 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 1: down to every little detail of you know, the the 40 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: the uh work of the late girl working in the dragonflane, 41 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: greeting people that check in and being an actress, a 42 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: very accomplished actress and sort of acting out everything and 43 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 1: as fans come in and and they have all of 44 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 1: these sort of sort of cause players of the characters 45 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: and all over the town, so it's just a wonderful experience. 46 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 2: A fortune teller and a. 47 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 3: Fortune and she was all glammed up. 48 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 1: I loved it right right. They even had when Lindsey 49 00:02:55,680 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 1: threw Dean out of the house forget to chummy with 50 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:05,640 Speaker 1: uh Rory again and threw all his clothes out of 51 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: the second floor, second story, and those clothes are hanging down. 52 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: There's a there's a hanging down from the from the balcony. 53 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: They have Luke's uh they've they've taken Luke's boat and 54 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: all of his fishing gear and all of his other 55 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: gear that he's had stored in the in the garage, 56 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 1: and it's outside of the garage now, so fans can 57 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: go by and kind of kind of rifle through it, 58 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 1: you know, they can sort of go to touch it. 59 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: And yeah, and it's just it's like a living museum 60 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 1: of the show. 61 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 2: Did either of. 62 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: You, suspect and I know you've both had long, distinguished careers. 63 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 1: Did and you've worked with some great directors and some 64 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: great writers. Did you did you recognize this show when 65 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: you originally started working on the show as something that 66 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: had a chance to become something like this, or it's 67 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: just one of the here's a better question. Why do 68 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: you think it's such a cultural phenomenon. 69 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 3: Well, just from my perspective, because I do think it 70 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 3: starts with the writing, and I do think that, you know, 71 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 3: I'm a big fan of having like several storylines going together, 72 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 3: tying together as they go through and the thread that 73 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 3: you follow all the way to the end of the 74 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 3: season or whatever it is. And so for me, I 75 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 3: appreciate picking up what's happening over here because I come 76 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 3: from a soap opera world part of the time too, 77 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:40,720 Speaker 3: so you know, we're used to having storylines that play 78 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 3: out over a longer time. And I just think that 79 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 3: because the writing is so tight and because you have 80 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 3: to be so on your toes, it really gives you 81 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:56,919 Speaker 3: an appreciation for being an actor and some of the 82 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:59,359 Speaker 3: training that we probably had in the beginning, so that 83 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 3: we can utilize the skills that we learned back in 84 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 3: the day. And it's for me, it's just been a 85 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 3: lovely experience because, like I said, I had no idea 86 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 3: the extent of the fandom and how much everybody does 87 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 3: appreciate it. It's really been love I. 88 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 1: Think you make a great point. It's very challenging for 89 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:31,159 Speaker 1: any writer, any writing team, to weave in multiple storylines 90 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 1: and to keep an audience engaged at the level that 91 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: the Pallatinos do in that crack writing stuff. Believing, I 92 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: mean is it is one of the joys. And it 93 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:43,159 Speaker 1: doesn't even have to be. It's not my kind of television. 94 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:47,359 Speaker 1: I never watched it. It just was like, didn't interest me. 95 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: But when I got when I started doing the podcast 96 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:53,720 Speaker 1: watching the episodes, this is extraordinary, yeah, storytelling, and I 97 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 1: was hooked right away. 98 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 2: I was just riveted by it. 99 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 3: And I had to go back and watch some of 100 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:00,919 Speaker 3: it again too, and I have to say I got caught. 101 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 3: And now it's on every night at ten and eleven. 102 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 3: I watch a couple episodes before I go to bed, 103 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 3: and it's a lovely thing to go to bed on 104 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 3: instead of something with murder in it or something that 105 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:17,719 Speaker 3: I usually watch, some crime drama. But this is a 106 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:19,840 Speaker 3: lovely way to go to sleep. I don't have nightmares. 107 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 3: It's like there's faith in humanity, kind of an idea 108 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 3: when you away campaign. 109 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: There is a medicinal and therapeutic quality to these episodes, 110 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,479 Speaker 1: isn't there? Yes, Yes, I think I think it is 111 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:39,599 Speaker 1: highly addictive in that regard where nothing can really go 112 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 1: wrong and if it does, it's gonna mend itself in 113 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: some way. Greg, what have you been doing since in 114 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,080 Speaker 1: the last couple of years. I know you work with 115 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: the Sean Gunn's brother from time to time in some 116 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:05,719 Speaker 1: of those big Marvel movies. 117 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:07,720 Speaker 2: Tell us about that a little bit. 118 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 4: Yeah. I worked with James uh uh since Slither, which 119 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 4: was his sort of first directing gig, and I did 120 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 4: Super as well, and then I did The Guardians. And 121 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 4: it's just a great joy to have him call up, 122 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 4: you know, no matter what it is, even if it's 123 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 4: a grand father, Yes, you know, it's it's it's a 124 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:37,679 Speaker 4: great joy to be a part of his his wild, 125 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 4: wonderful imagination. 126 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 3: And uh. 127 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: So, yeah, he's another guy, you know, he's another writer 128 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 1: that weaves in multiple storylines so beautiful. Yeah, and he 129 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: just keeps you engaged the whole time. And he uses 130 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 1: humor very well, extremely well, very funny, very funny. Yeah, 131 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 1: you know, that's life, because if it's if it's morose 132 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 1: and too serious, it's not reflecting life. And if it 133 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 1: is reflecting life, it's not really a life. I want 134 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: to watch, you know what. I'm saying James has that 135 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 1: gift as well. 136 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, he's he's. 137 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 4: And he's just prolific. He just turns it out. And 138 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 4: the same can be said for. 139 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 2: Amy, Amy and Dan. 140 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 4: I mean they really you know, they really churn it 141 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 4: out and and and the writing is always, uh, it's 142 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 4: always a cut above. It's you know, it's it's talent. 143 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 4: It's a very special, special brand of talent. 144 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 1: What do you think it is. You think it's something 145 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 1: that I mean, I know he grew up he was 146 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: obsessed with the comic books, and that genre obviously influenced 147 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 1: his writing. I think it informed his directing. I think 148 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 1: he thinks like a directory, thinks like a comic book artist, 149 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 1: you know, I mean, he maps it out and plans 150 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 1: it out like it's a comic book. Yeah, that's why 151 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 1: it's so impactful and so entertaining. I'm mixed with all 152 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: that humor and this this the brilliant structure that he 153 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: brings to bear. 154 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,439 Speaker 4: Yeah, he's a huge fan. From the time he was 155 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:12,959 Speaker 4: a kid, a huge comic book fan, sort of created 156 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 4: his own comic books. He wrote his own novel before 157 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,080 Speaker 4: he even wrote screenplays. And for you know, he's like 158 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 4: uh uh uh, he was funny. I teased him. He's 159 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 4: he lives in Aspen and now has as ass and 160 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 4: Aspen and uh and uh we were up there, uh 161 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 4: when he got married and his uh and his family 162 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 4: was there and I'm saying I run into him in 163 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:41,960 Speaker 4: the morning out by in front of the hotel and 164 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 4: I'm like, ah, yeah, this is great. You're up here 165 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 4: in the great outdoors. James must be Levy and they're like, yeah, 166 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 4: he's inside writing. 167 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:50,560 Speaker 1: Just like you know. 168 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 4: Uh. 169 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's no accident that he he rose to the 170 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 1: heights that he has wrisen. It's not an accent. He's 171 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 1: been doing it as whole. And I think Amy and 172 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: Dan are like that as well. I think, you know, 173 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 1: Amy grew up in that culture of you know, her 174 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 1: dad is you know, was Alan Sherman. He was a 175 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 1: nightclub comic and he was on the comedy tour and 176 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 1: all her household was filled with the top comedians. 177 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 2: Of the day. They were all friends. 178 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:22,080 Speaker 1: So it's like, you know, it's inevitable these these types 179 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:25,840 Speaker 1: of people in these careers, when they apply is a 180 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 1: discipline to their there's obvious talent and skills. 181 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 2: It's it's inevitable. 182 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 1: It's just inevitable and you get these high quality products. Uh, 183 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 1: you've been very lucky. You've worked been We've worked with 184 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:39,559 Speaker 1: two of the best, the best. 185 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:40,200 Speaker 3: Yeah. 186 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, as lucky as can be. 187 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 4: Absolutely, you know, And you might argue with this, I 188 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 4: don't know, but it's like there there's like a style 189 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:54,439 Speaker 4: to her writing. It's like it's got a rhythm, it's 190 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 4: got a it's got a musicality to it. And and 191 00:10:57,520 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 4: people that are in the writer's room, you know, they 192 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 4: can imitated. But you know, the last season or or so, 193 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 4: when she wasn't on it, I was like, I don't know, 194 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 4: is it cinnamon, what's it missing? It's it's it's it's 195 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 4: you know, it just wasn't quite the same. You know. 196 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 1: That's a tall order. 197 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 4: That's a tall orders and that's just a special sauce 198 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 4: that they have. 199 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, she's incredible. 200 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 1: Well, the fans have been delighted to see you guys 201 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 1: and to get to talk to you, and it's been 202 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 1: a pleasure of mine, Uh to talk to you Leanne 203 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,960 Speaker 1: year and please keep coming back and Greg your perennial, 204 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 1: keep coming back. 205 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 2: As as we do this. 206 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:45,680 Speaker 1: Great catching up with you guys and all the best. 207 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: Everybody thanks for the downloads and remember where. 208 00:11:48,640 --> 00:12:20,439 Speaker 2: You lead, we will follow. 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