WEBVTT - Some Time With... Lenny Ripps (Part 2)

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the second part of our interview with writer

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<v Speaker 1>Lenny Rips. We hope you enjoyed all of the memories

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<v Speaker 1>we've shared so far during part one, and we have

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<v Speaker 1>so much more to catch up on, So without further ado,

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<v Speaker 1>here is Part two with Lenny. Lenny, we have to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about one episode you wrote that is just so

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<v Speaker 1>legendary on this podcast. It's the Sea Cruise episode, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>which is universally regarded by us, our listeners and even

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<v Speaker 1>Jeff Franklin ass episode and Channa Sween the worst episode

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<v Speaker 1>in Full House.

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<v Speaker 2>History written by you. We're bringing the ups and the downs, Lenny.

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<v Speaker 3>You know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 1>No, you're not safe on this podcast.

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<v Speaker 4>If you do it every week, sometimes the assausgage is

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<v Speaker 4>gonna spoil.

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<v Speaker 3>That's true.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it was also what was it like the third

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<v Speaker 2>episode of the show or something.

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<v Speaker 3>It was exactly definitely.

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<v Speaker 2>It's It's funny because you go back and watch it,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think the reason that everyone goes, oh, secrews

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<v Speaker 2>is because it's it was one of the first like

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<v Speaker 2>five episodes that were meeting everybody, and it was the

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<v Speaker 2>I think the first episode where it like immediately became

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<v Speaker 2>obvious that the chemistry was was the family and the kids.

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<v Speaker 2>It wasn't just the adults and their dating and their

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<v Speaker 2>whatever like that was they were like, oh, we'll try this,

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<v Speaker 2>but it just like that episode when you take it

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<v Speaker 2>with sort of the cannon of all of the rest

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<v Speaker 2>of Full House, you go, ah, that's why that one

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't the thing, because it the magic was the family

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<v Speaker 2>and that took us so kind of far away from it.

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<v Speaker 2>But it was one of those things that you're like,

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<v Speaker 2>we gotta try it, gotta you know.

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<v Speaker 5>Upsitcoms are about exactly figuring it out what they're about.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, it's hard to like figure out who how

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<v Speaker 2>are these people? Who are these people and how are

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<v Speaker 2>they you know, what what are their dynamics?

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<v Speaker 3>What is their life?

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<v Speaker 5>Hey, you don't know the actor right right? So you

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<v Speaker 5>what if it, well, what's their strength, what's Kimmy's strengths,

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<v Speaker 5>what's Danny's strength? And that and you that's an experiment, yeah,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, and and so that keeps.

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<v Speaker 4>In the first season at least that keeps evolving for sure.

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<v Speaker 3>Character change, Yeah, you definitely.

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<v Speaker 2>We we got through watching the first season and it

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<v Speaker 2>was really remarkable to watch the development of characters and

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<v Speaker 2>story and relationship, and to watch us as actors also

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<v Speaker 2>start becoming closer on screen, and you see the relationships

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<v Speaker 2>developing between us as a as a family, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>in real life, but it starts being portrayed through how

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<v Speaker 2>these characters are interacting. You see from episode one to

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<v Speaker 2>the end of the season, all of a sudden, it's

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<v Speaker 2>like everyone's like, oh my god, I love you.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, but you.

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<v Speaker 5>See, for a writing stuff, you have to evolve to that, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 5>that's not going to be the first episode or the

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<v Speaker 5>third episode or the episode. Your hope is that everyone

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<v Speaker 5>is a little step closer.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I find the first season of any show, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>whether you're watching it, whether you're in it.

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<v Speaker 3>When you go back and watch the like.

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<v Speaker 2>The first half of the first season, usually you're like, oh, wow,

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<v Speaker 2>this this could have gone really different, Like I say,

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<v Speaker 2>it could have been a whole other show.

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<v Speaker 3>And then you get to.

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<v Speaker 2>Like season three or four and you're like, ah, they

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<v Speaker 2>figured out what they're doing right, right, which is why

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<v Speaker 2>the Bummer is now in television. It's so hard because

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<v Speaker 2>you get thirteen episodes, so like, if your first episode

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<v Speaker 2>isn't completely like all the characters aren't exactly where they

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<v Speaker 2>need to be. It feels like sometimes people go, well,

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<v Speaker 2>that's all right, not to cancel it. You're like, but

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<v Speaker 2>the first few shows of any show are always kind

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<v Speaker 2>of shaky gives.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, it's a discarver.

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<v Speaker 1>So Secrews was a big experiment. Episode didn't exactly work,

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<v Speaker 1>but that's okay, It's part of the process.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm sure I wrote worse.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I think it's just Secrews, just secrets as far

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<v Speaker 2>as Full House goes.

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<v Speaker 3>But one thing that's speaking of worse.

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<v Speaker 2>What Andrea did want to talk about was the Star

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<v Speaker 2>Wars Christmas Special, which is legendary in its own right.

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<v Speaker 2>I have never watched it, I'll let you. I was

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<v Speaker 2>a not a huge Star Wars fan, but I even

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<v Speaker 2>have heard of the legendary Star Wars Christmas variety show,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's amazing to me that it's still out there

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<v Speaker 2>floating around.

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<v Speaker 3>Andrea, you watched it.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, it's known as it's been called the worst thing

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<v Speaker 1>to ever air on TV, and I think a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of people agree with this.

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<v Speaker 3>I think a lot of people said that was Full.

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<v Speaker 1>House, Oh get wrong.

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<v Speaker 3>Top five.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we're just happy to be included, you know. The

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<v Speaker 2>closest we'll ever get to anything Star Wars related.

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<v Speaker 5>It was one TV in between the first and second film,

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<v Speaker 5>and Lucas wanted to have Star Wars out in the.

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<v Speaker 1>Public, right, Okay.

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<v Speaker 5>So the idea of a holiday special was a pretty

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<v Speaker 5>good idea and CBS was all in, and the studio

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<v Speaker 5>was all in. And an old friend of mine, Pat Proft,

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<v Speaker 5>who wrote the Naked Guns movies and Police Academy, I mean.

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<v Speaker 4>I really find yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>So he and I had written do you remember Shields

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<v Speaker 5>in Your Now? They were a mime group, but in

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<v Speaker 5>a thousand years ago they were really really.

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<v Speaker 1>Popular, right okay?

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<v Speaker 4>And they had their own TV show. I mean it

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<v Speaker 4>was huge.

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<v Speaker 2>Mimes were huge in the eighties. It was it was.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a time of mimes, and they.

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<v Speaker 4>Played robots with their characters. Got it? And Pat and

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<v Speaker 4>I wrote for them.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, how do you for a mine? That's the well,

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<v Speaker 3>and you write for stage direction?

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<v Speaker 1>Mostly the first ten minutes of this holiday special, it's

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<v Speaker 1>all it's on the Wookie planet, and the Wookies don't

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<v Speaker 1>speak a discernible language, so the first ten minutes is

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<v Speaker 1>just and they don't talk, So how did you write

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<v Speaker 1>something where they don't speak a language.

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<v Speaker 4>Except I've always been students of Silent Company.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, okay, old silent movie, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, so I we knew how to write side gags.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah huh.

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<v Speaker 5>So we were perfect for Shoes in ther Now because

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<v Speaker 5>they were all side gigs and we both knew how

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<v Speaker 5>to do that, right, you know, And that's was pretty successful.

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<v Speaker 5>The producers of that holiday special work for shows in

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<v Speaker 5>your Now and when we found out when they found

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<v Speaker 5>out that it was about wookies, so let's have Pat

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<v Speaker 5>and Landy come in because they write nonverbal stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh huh, okay, lot's of physical comedy write excellent wookie jokes,

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<v Speaker 2>I guess.

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<v Speaker 4>So we spent twelve hours with George Lucas going.

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<v Speaker 1>Over the script, right okay.

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<v Speaker 4>And I mean that was it was worth it for

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<v Speaker 4>for that.

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<v Speaker 1>That's so free.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean yeah, I wouldn't care what anyone said after that.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd be like, but I got to spend twelve hours

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<v Speaker 2>with George Lucas, so.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, and that he was brilliant and yeah, so we

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<v Speaker 5>wrote the script what worked with his director, a terrific

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<v Speaker 5>guy who had done mostly music videos in Canada, but

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<v Speaker 5>a really talented man, and when we went to shoot,

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<v Speaker 5>he was over his head because this was video and

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<v Speaker 5>you know, he'd spend two hours on one shot and.

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<v Speaker 2>We had to right, this was a variety TV show,

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<v Speaker 2>not a film, right, And it.

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<v Speaker 5>Wasn't his fault, I mean, just it was the wrong guy,

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<v Speaker 5>but a wonderful guy and a great director.

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<v Speaker 4>They fired him, which I understand what he did.

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<v Speaker 5>And Lucas walked away when they fired him. So then

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<v Speaker 5>they in very fine writers from the Carol Burnett Show

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<v Speaker 5>who were really.

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<v Speaker 3>Carol Burnett Show is hilarious.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, not the right writers for Star Wars.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no, No, bookies can't quite pull off Carol Burnett.

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<v Speaker 3>So they their ear.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, So they write in these Carol Burnett writers and

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<v Speaker 5>all of a sudden there's a Harvey Kuerman and all

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<v Speaker 5>of these.

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<v Speaker 3>Variety people and b Arthur.

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<v Speaker 1>B Arthur was in this.

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<v Speaker 3>Archer was in it.

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<v Speaker 1>Joe, do you got to watch it? She sings to

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<v Speaker 1>aliens in a bar like it's the most amazing thing.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I actually have seen a clip of that,

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<v Speaker 2>because I saw it and I was like, what in

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<v Speaker 2>the hell is happening?

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<v Speaker 3>I really scen were Diane Carroll.

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<v Speaker 5>Into a Wookie and he's having an orgasm.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not safe for work, it's not safe for kids.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a very like almost port graphic scene involving Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like I was so uncomfortable. That might have been

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<v Speaker 1>right about the time my TV broke. This holiday special

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<v Speaker 1>broke my TV, Lenny, it randomly turned off in the

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<v Speaker 1>middle of just trying to watch it.

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<v Speaker 3>It turned off in the middle, and now my TV.

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<v Speaker 1>WI my TV won't come back on. So yeah, thanks,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you, Lenny.

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<v Speaker 5>So our name was so but our name was stolen it,

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<v Speaker 5>but I didn't know what had happened to it. So

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<v Speaker 5>so the night it was there and I had a party,

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<v Speaker 5>it was catered right, and all my friend's over it

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<v Speaker 5>turned it on and after five minutes I turned it

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<v Speaker 5>off and said, let's party.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's just get really drunk because what's going to happen

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<v Speaker 2>after this is gonna suck.

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<v Speaker 4>But it became really famous.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, and there's a documentary out called A Disturbance in

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<v Speaker 5>the Force was out this year about that show that

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<v Speaker 5>I'm in.

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<v Speaker 4>The documentary.

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<v Speaker 1>I watched that too.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what I had heard about and how I heard

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<v Speaker 2>about the Christmas special was through that documentary.

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<v Speaker 3>Disturbance in the Force. I love documentaries, and so I

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<v Speaker 3>was like, wait, documentary. I had no idea you were

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<v Speaker 3>in it or attached like it was all crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me has the first talking head and the last

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<v Speaker 1>talking head in that documentary, Like it's it's phenomenal. Highly

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<v Speaker 1>recommend a Disturbance in the forest.

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<v Speaker 2>See, I'm all for things that go sideways and become

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<v Speaker 2>weird cult classics.

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<v Speaker 3>And you're like, it was so bad that it was great, like.

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<v Speaker 5>But you know, and also these Star Wars people are fanatical.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh right, you can that's true.

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<v Speaker 5>And they're reading things into it and it becomes part

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<v Speaker 5>of the canon, you know, but sometimes misfied this.

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<v Speaker 2>Would never happen and you're like, dude, you don't you

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<v Speaker 2>you didn't write any of this.

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<v Speaker 5>But the big deal to the Star Wars the orthod,

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<v Speaker 5>I thought, is that it's the first introduction of Boba Fett.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, I.

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<v Speaker 5>Have never met, but apparently he's a very popular character.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>And they also see Star Wars as the bible.

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<v Speaker 3>That's yeah, they it is.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't and particularly now that's the thing with any

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<v Speaker 2>of the like big franchise.

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<v Speaker 3>You do one thing and it's that's it. You never again.

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<v Speaker 5>But I get every time there's a Star Wars movie,

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<v Speaker 5>it get calls from fanzine for interviews, and I mean.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a life.

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<v Speaker 5>I love it, but the show is.

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<v Speaker 1>It's amazing to me that George Lucas wasn't confident that

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<v Speaker 1>fans would stay with the Star Wars franchise in between

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<v Speaker 1>the first movie and Empire Strikes Back. So that's that's

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<v Speaker 1>why he created the holiday special, was to keep interest

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<v Speaker 1>alive in the star.

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<v Speaker 5>It's great genius was he made the money and made

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<v Speaker 5>a lot of money and toys.

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<v Speaker 4>He got lots of money, right right right.

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<v Speaker 2>He was all about the merchandising and the rights and sell,

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<v Speaker 2>and he knew sell the characters and people watch the

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<v Speaker 2>movies regardless.

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<v Speaker 4>Alive I mean in between movies. I mean, I totally

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<v Speaker 4>get it. It's just that he lost control of it. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>To be honest, I I blame the Wookie for everything.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the or the mind because they what are they

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<v Speaker 2>going to say?

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<v Speaker 3>Nothing?

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<v Speaker 1>It's definitely not be Arthur's fault.

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<v Speaker 2>That's don't speak ill of b I will.

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<v Speaker 1>She is my hero.

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<v Speaker 3>I love Arthur. Yes, Harvey Harvey Corman was it?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh my god, there was it was. There was a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of.

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<v Speaker 5>Became a cow Burnett sketch show, which I'm not criticizing it,

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<v Speaker 5>but I don't.

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<v Speaker 4>But that's not what the fans wanted.

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<v Speaker 2>It, right, because obviously the fans wanted a realistic depiction

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<v Speaker 2>of what the Star Wars characters are doing on Christmas.

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<v Speaker 3>Damn it.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, no, Life Day. It's not Christmas. It's Life Day.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what they celebrate in November is Life Day the

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<v Speaker 1>Wookie planet.

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<v Speaker 3>Is Okay, I'm great, what day is it I'm celebrating?

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<v Speaker 1>You know, November. I can't remember November seventeenth.

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<v Speaker 3>That's my I'm I've changed it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm now celebrating Life Day on November Day, dressing like

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<v Speaker 2>a Wookie and I'm just gonna show up on Lenny's porch.

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<v Speaker 4>I'll leave a bubble of order for you.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Watching that, I'm like, this must be what it's

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<v Speaker 1>like to take psychedelics because it was just so out there.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like, Wow, what a mind trip.

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<v Speaker 3>It's great.

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<v Speaker 1>And I love how you start the documentary the Disturbance

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<v Speaker 1>in the Forest. You start with the line, there are

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<v Speaker 1>always better stories about failure than success, and you alluded

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<v Speaker 1>to this previously. About how you wish. You know, sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>sit comes and end up with you know, all pretty

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<v Speaker 1>and neat with a tide in little bow. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>there's and this is a great example of that. How

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<v Speaker 1>the Holiday special was a complete failure, but hey, we're

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<v Speaker 1>still talking about it in twenty twenty four.

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<v Speaker 3>Almost had it been good, it would have it wouldn't have.

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<v Speaker 2>Like been like, oh, yeah, that's Star Wars Christmas ning.

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<v Speaker 2>But now it's like, oh have you ever talked about that?

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<v Speaker 2>And it becomes its own narrative.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, the thing is that everyone who sees it

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<v Speaker 5>thinks they were thinks they're into something.

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<v Speaker 4>Secret, right, right, Yeah, the idea that we.

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<v Speaker 5>Know about this and most of the fans don't, or

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<v Speaker 5>we saw this and most of the fans didn't.

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<v Speaker 4>Right.

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<v Speaker 5>For years, you could not get a copy of it.

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<v Speaker 1>It has a very bootleg feel to it, even on YouTube,

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<v Speaker 1>which is where I saw it.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Like, I'm so proud of you, Like I know

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<v Speaker 1>that I know it's a flop, but like that is

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<v Speaker 1>a great credit to have to your name.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like, I love, like you said, the history of

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<v Speaker 2>like everything in this business and how many people, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean everyone that we've interviewed for the show You Joel

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<v Speaker 2>Adria but has talked about the various failures or things

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<v Speaker 2>that didn't work out that led to something else that did.

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<v Speaker 3>And I always like, I love those stories.

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<v Speaker 2>Because so many times I think we all need to

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<v Speaker 2>step back and go, oh, wow, had I not failed

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<v Speaker 2>at this or that, or that I didn't have gotten

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<v Speaker 2>where I wanted to be or wound up in the thing,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, because you don't. Winning is great and having

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<v Speaker 2>everything go great is really nice, but you don't learn

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<v Speaker 2>much from that.

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<v Speaker 5>And if we're good producers, we have an atmosphere on

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<v Speaker 5>the set where you can fail at first to try

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<v Speaker 5>to get better, where you don't get judged if it

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<v Speaker 5>doesn't work. I mean you can judge everybody, judges everybody everything,

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<v Speaker 5>but okay, it's good that you try things and that

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<v Speaker 5>the atmosphere that you want is because I'm not naive

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<v Speaker 5>to think that if I wrote it, it's gold. It

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<v Speaker 5>has to go through the actors and sound like. I'm

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<v Speaker 5>pretty good at language, so I can write a joke

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<v Speaker 5>for Red Fox or a Runney Dangerfield or Bet Middler

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<v Speaker 5>and make it sound like they said it right.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's that is such a skill that is, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know if you can.

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<v Speaker 5>Judge, so begin to hear your voices on the TV show, right,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, not only the funny, but how would Kimmy.

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<v Speaker 4>Gibber say it?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah? Yeah, I mean.

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<v Speaker 4>How would Bannie say it?

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<v Speaker 2>I definitely felt like Steph has a lot of your

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<v Speaker 2>zingers and sort of quick punchline responses. Kim me too,

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<v Speaker 2>But I just like, you know, I hear it's funny

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<v Speaker 2>even just talking to you. I'm like, I hear like

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<v Speaker 2>some of Steph in it, you know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, oh, yeah, yeah, Like it would take somebody

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<v Speaker 2>with that kind of sarcastic, witty, smart sensibility to be

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<v Speaker 2>to write for a little smart alec kid.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I mean, characters were fun to write for when

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<v Speaker 4>they were at a little bit of an age.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Who's the hardest character to write for on Full House?

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<v Speaker 1>Would you? Says standing Away?

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<v Speaker 5>Because he had to carry a lot of information? Yeah, true,

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<v Speaker 5>not just jokes, and sometimes that's hard to write for it.

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<v Speaker 5>But how do you keep that interesting?

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<v Speaker 1>Right? How do you explain things to the audience without

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<v Speaker 1>making it making it seem like you're explaining things to

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<v Speaker 1>the audience?

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<v Speaker 2>And he was also kind of the straight man to

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<v Speaker 2>Joey's that's right, yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>But what is that hard? I mean obviously Dave is easy.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, silly comedy bits.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, and Dave will bring you stuff. And Bob you know,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, we knew Bob because he was doing he

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<v Speaker 5>was doing the warm ups for Bosom Buddies, right, that's right.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, that's right.

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<v Speaker 2>Bob was the warm up guy for Bosom Buddies. For

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<v Speaker 2>our audience that maybe doesn't know what warm up is.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the person that literally tells jokes and gets the

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<v Speaker 2>audience warmed up and ready to be laughing and having

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<v Speaker 2>fun in a sitcom audience, so.

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<v Speaker 3>They're really really important.

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<v Speaker 2>And in between scenes and while you're moving cameras and

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<v Speaker 2>doing that, they're keeping the audience hyped up, laughing, having

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<v Speaker 2>fun so that the energy doesn't drop.

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<v Speaker 4>I'll tell you the great warm up story.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, that's they were doing a show and in between

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<v Speaker 5>scenes they would throw candy out to the audience.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, there's something to keep them occupied. Right.

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<v Speaker 5>Nobody told the warm up guy that the audience half

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<v Speaker 5>of them were blind.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh no, After the first thing, he's throwing candy audience

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<v Speaker 4>and it's hitting these people.

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<v Speaker 3>Bob was the one throwing it.

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<v Speaker 2>No no, no, no, no, no, somebody else Okay, God, but still,

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, that's definitely something that you want to you

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<v Speaker 2>want to know before you start throwing things at people.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, can you see it?

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<v Speaker 1>The warm up guy needs to be briefed before the taping.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, yeah, certain things are very important.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have any stories about Tom Hanks from your

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<v Speaker 1>Bosom Buddy days?

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<v Speaker 5>Only that Tom and Peter Scillari, who were teams, were

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<v Speaker 5>lovely And what I had the stories is that they

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<v Speaker 5>were wonderful improvisers. Yeah, they were very fresh and real,

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<v Speaker 5>and they seemed like they were their characters, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>I mean they were. They were young, hip, funny, a

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<v Speaker 5>little bit quirky guys. Yeah, and they were really nice guys.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean they made every script better, as every actor

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<v Speaker 5>does if you give them a chance and they're the

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<v Speaker 5>right people.

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<v Speaker 4>But the particular stories.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, he was really sweet and we hung out

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<v Speaker 5>with him and like and Ian Scullari were wonderful people

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<v Speaker 5>that it was just great. I mean it was a

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<v Speaker 5>hard show because we went to the edge so much,

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<v Speaker 5>but it was really fun. And when Tom became a

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<v Speaker 5>huge star, it was not a surprise.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, just a very nice man.

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<v Speaker 2>And yeah, and just a great appeal, like he's just

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<v Speaker 2>one of those people that you enjoy watching.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, yeah, I mean he's and I run into him.

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<v Speaker 5>He's still a wonderful guy.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I've always heard that about him, which I I'm

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<v Speaker 2>so glad to hear that.

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<v Speaker 1>That's so nice when you when your heroes meet your expectations,

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<v Speaker 1>You're like, oh god, he seems like a nice guy.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm glad that he is.

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<v Speaker 5>His terrific guy and extraordinary talented and he is a

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<v Speaker 5>friend of one of my best friends, and he's a

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<v Speaker 5>good friend of his and say, he is, by any standard,

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<v Speaker 5>a good man.

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<v Speaker 3>I love that. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>You also wrote, well, you wrote the helped write the

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<v Speaker 2>original short movie Frank and Weenie.

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<v Speaker 3>And I bring this up because I actually am.

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<v Speaker 2>A huge I love the twenty twelve version, the stop

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<v Speaker 2>motion Frank and Weenie.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah it's a different movie.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yes, very yes, a different movie.

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<v Speaker 2>But what was it like writing a short movie back

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<v Speaker 2>in what was it in the early eighties? And then

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<v Speaker 2>finally seeing I had a contract with Disney okay to

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<v Speaker 2>create television, and I had on that and listen, everything with.

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<v Speaker 4>TV and movies is accident and networking.

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<v Speaker 5>My assistant was friends with another assistant who was best

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<v Speaker 5>friends with Tim Burton's girlfriend who was producing his movie Okay,

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<v Speaker 5>and they were they were looking for someone to write

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<v Speaker 5>this movie.

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<v Speaker 4>Because of my deal with Disney, I was already being

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<v Speaker 4>paid for it.

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<v Speaker 5>And through these connections, I had lunch with him a

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<v Speaker 5>couple of times and we kind of unders I understood

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<v Speaker 5>what he wanted.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's how it happened. You know, as I say,

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<v Speaker 4>I was under contract anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so might as well might as well put you to.

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<v Speaker 5>Work, right, And he knew what the movie was. I mean,

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<v Speaker 5>he gave me all stack of art of what was

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<v Speaker 5>going to look like. Yeah, and I understood it to

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<v Speaker 5>be a movie about a kid who was an outsider.

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<v Speaker 5>And I was a kid who was an outsider. So

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<v Speaker 5>I think he saw that I got it, and yeah,

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<v Speaker 5>that's that's that happened. I mean, I wear a couple

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<v Speaker 5>of drafts and he shot it, and from that movie

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<v Speaker 5>he got Peev's Big.

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<v Speaker 3>Adventure, right.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, I didn't know that.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, that was his movie after Frank and Winny.

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<v Speaker 2>Which is one of my favorite Tim Burton films.

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<v Speaker 3>Great Still's Big Adventure is so.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's great. I used to watch that all

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<v Speaker 2>the time as a kid. I loved it so and

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<v Speaker 2>I love Tim Burton, so yeah, what a cool really

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<v Speaker 2>interesting guy, you know, very interesting.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>And and Frank and Wine the half hours in black

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<v Speaker 5>and white and you know where else you are you

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<v Speaker 5>in a studio was going to give you in the

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<v Speaker 5>eighties over a million dollars do and a half an

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<v Speaker 5>hour film?

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<v Speaker 4>Right?

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<v Speaker 3>And then oh god, the eighties when they gave money

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<v Speaker 3>to do show.

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<v Speaker 4>For a week and they pulled it because it scared

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<v Speaker 4>the kids.

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<v Speaker 3>They should have scared the kids.

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<v Speaker 2>Let them get them right, I'll survive them up a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit, right, But they only knew what was coming.

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<v Speaker 4>But it was really an hundred to do and it

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<v Speaker 4>was fun and it was great. You know, I was

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<v Speaker 4>really proud of that. It was the first movie I

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<v Speaker 4>was involved in.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, what have been some of your favorite projects?

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<v Speaker 3>Then?

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<v Speaker 4>Well?

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<v Speaker 5>I rewrote The Flintstones okay? And I rewrote Are We

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<v Speaker 5>There Yet?

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<v Speaker 4>And snow Dogs?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, and oh yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>I re wrote lots of movies. I did the Golden

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<v Speaker 4>Girls in Athens.

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<v Speaker 1>What this is Jody's love language?

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<v Speaker 3>Greek Golden Girls.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, Disney sold the scripts to Greek television. Greek tell

0:23:41.480 --> 0:23:44.840
<v Speaker 5>sitcoms are about forty five minutes long, so they needed

0:23:44.880 --> 0:23:49.399
<v Speaker 5>someone to come in and help expand the scripts. So

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<v Speaker 5>the actors were pretty easy to replace because they were

0:23:53.000 --> 0:23:58.320
<v Speaker 5>all stereotypes. So the Pety Way character came from instead

0:23:58.320 --> 0:24:02.439
<v Speaker 5>of a small town in Minnesota, a small island in Greece.

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<v Speaker 5>That was over okay, right, The characters that were easy

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<v Speaker 5>to do, and there were things in the show. For example,

0:24:09.480 --> 0:24:12.760
<v Speaker 5>there was a gay fight attendant in season one in

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<v Speaker 5>a few episodes, right, we brought him back. We brought

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<v Speaker 5>back people in the families.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, oh cool, and expanded it.

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<v Speaker 4>And I lived in Athens for a month.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh oh wow.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh that's sort of like when Scott Weiner has gone

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<v Speaker 2>to do because he is a writer and he's gone

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<v Speaker 2>to like go punch up shows and gone parents live

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<v Speaker 2>in Paris and stuff and do some stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>What a cool, What a cool experience.

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<v Speaker 4>And then I wrote one of the two top sitcoms

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<v Speaker 4>in Germany.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you live in Germany for a while too?

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<v Speaker 2>Then?

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<v Speaker 5>How to know?

0:24:45.600 --> 0:24:46.880
<v Speaker 4>I went to to Germany?

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, but it was great, and they brought in English

0:24:51.119 --> 0:24:54.879
<v Speaker 5>translated in German. And again my ability to write physical

0:24:54.920 --> 0:24:58.000
<v Speaker 5>stuff was good because I was able to write.

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<v Speaker 4>Jokes that that did translate, yeah, even if the language

0:25:01.359 --> 0:25:01.639
<v Speaker 4>might not.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I would imagine it's very hard.

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<v Speaker 2>Like humor in different cultures and languages can be very different,

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<v Speaker 2>and what lands in one country and another would be

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<v Speaker 2>like either offensive wouldn't make sense or what you know,

0:25:15.880 --> 0:25:16.639
<v Speaker 2>you've got to kind of.

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<v Speaker 5>What they wanted to do was do these shows and

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<v Speaker 5>then sew them all over Europe. But for that exact reason,

0:25:22.480 --> 0:25:26.040
<v Speaker 5>it didn't work. What they turned back to were police shows,

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<v Speaker 5>which work everywhere, right, Yeah, because that's not a function

0:25:29.560 --> 0:25:33.680
<v Speaker 5>of wordplay and language and everything. It's procedural. Right, So

0:25:33.720 --> 0:25:36.000
<v Speaker 5>they were able to do one in France and just

0:25:37.080 --> 0:25:39.960
<v Speaker 5>and some titles in German or page and still work, right,

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<v Speaker 5>But right, the jokes didn't work.

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<v Speaker 2>I find jokes in German, I imagine, are just a

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<v Speaker 2>bunch louder and scarier sounding.

0:25:50.880 --> 0:25:55.240
<v Speaker 5>They're more physical. The pilot that was involved and someone

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<v Speaker 5>walks into a store with.

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<v Speaker 2>A gun, and I mean that's the sitcom that's usually Yeah,

0:26:02.359 --> 0:26:05.679
<v Speaker 2>that's I mean that sounds very German, that sounds very German.

0:26:05.800 --> 0:26:07.359
<v Speaker 3>It's yeah, like.

0:26:10.520 --> 0:26:13.879
<v Speaker 4>That now but but but that was acceptable, right.

0:26:13.680 --> 0:26:16.239
<v Speaker 3>So yeah, it's it is true though.

0:26:16.280 --> 0:26:18.359
<v Speaker 2>You'll watch shows and other places and you're like what

0:26:19.200 --> 0:26:21.720
<v Speaker 2>we would or we would either never do that here

0:26:21.880 --> 0:26:28.159
<v Speaker 2>or like what it's just an interesting kind of windows everywhere.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, it does. It's very universal. That's a good point.

0:26:31.840 --> 0:26:35.720
<v Speaker 1>We hear that from Brazil and Japan, Like we have

0:26:36.040 --> 0:26:38.920
<v Speaker 1>huge lots of fans, lots of fans in Japan, Yeah,

0:26:39.000 --> 0:26:41.160
<v Speaker 1>and Brazil, so it's working there at least.

0:26:41.280 --> 0:26:42.720
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I'm not surprised.

0:26:43.280 --> 0:26:44.560
<v Speaker 4>I'm totally not surprised.

0:26:44.680 --> 0:26:47.479
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, when we went to Japan, they said they loved

0:26:48.000 --> 0:26:52.160
<v Speaker 2>the full House Family because we were a little crazy

0:26:52.280 --> 0:26:55.600
<v Speaker 2>and wacky and not at all like sort of the

0:26:55.680 --> 0:27:00.720
<v Speaker 2>more subdued and structured like family dynamics in a Jazanese family.

0:27:00.760 --> 0:27:02.800
<v Speaker 2>But what they said they really related to was the

0:27:03.520 --> 0:27:06.760
<v Speaker 2>like generations living together and different parts of the family

0:27:06.800 --> 0:27:11.520
<v Speaker 2>all coming together and like that family unit idea. And yeah,

0:27:11.520 --> 0:27:13.080
<v Speaker 2>I mean that was kind of the base of the show,

0:27:13.119 --> 0:27:14.680
<v Speaker 2>that that translates everywhere.

0:27:14.720 --> 0:27:16.600
<v Speaker 3>Family is well.

0:27:16.440 --> 0:27:18.640
<v Speaker 5>What there's a great story that they did a production

0:27:18.720 --> 0:27:21.600
<v Speaker 5>of Fitter on the Roof in Japan and the guy

0:27:21.600 --> 0:27:24.280
<v Speaker 5>who played Debby came to the writer and said, do

0:27:24.400 --> 0:27:26.040
<v Speaker 5>they understand this in America?

0:27:26.600 --> 0:27:28.199
<v Speaker 4>This is such a Japanese story.

0:27:29.240 --> 0:27:33.600
<v Speaker 5>Wow, And it's because it was about generations.

0:27:33.680 --> 0:27:35.920
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, oh yeah, Okay.

0:27:35.800 --> 0:27:37.280
<v Speaker 4>The exact same thing that you're talking about.

0:27:37.320 --> 0:27:39.159
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean yeah, Filler on the Roof

0:27:39.320 --> 0:27:41.720
<v Speaker 2>absolutely is about that and very Yeah.

0:27:41.880 --> 0:27:43.840
<v Speaker 3>Wow, that's interesting.

0:27:44.080 --> 0:27:44.920
<v Speaker 4>I like that connection.

0:27:45.240 --> 0:27:46.000
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I do too.

0:27:46.280 --> 0:27:49.119
<v Speaker 2>And I again like knowing that people all over the

0:27:49.119 --> 0:27:52.239
<v Speaker 2>world have watched Full House and grown up with it.

0:27:52.320 --> 0:27:55.080
<v Speaker 2>I mean people in all of Europe and Japan and

0:27:55.119 --> 0:27:56.639
<v Speaker 2>Brazil and Greece and.

0:27:57.480 --> 0:27:59.760
<v Speaker 4>Just it's aking for something different.

0:28:00.080 --> 0:28:04.320
<v Speaker 3>Yeah. Yeah, it has struck a chord of.

0:28:04.200 --> 0:28:10.960
<v Speaker 2>Some kind with so many people across generations, across cultures.

0:28:11.960 --> 0:28:17.320
<v Speaker 2>I am always very proud and like kind of just

0:28:17.440 --> 0:28:18.639
<v Speaker 2>honored that that show.

0:28:18.760 --> 0:28:18.919
<v Speaker 4>You know.

0:28:18.960 --> 0:28:21.639
<v Speaker 2>I think when we were doing it, nobody considered it

0:28:21.680 --> 0:28:24.760
<v Speaker 2>to be something that was like a cultural touchstone.

0:28:24.480 --> 0:28:25.199
<v Speaker 4>No do you know.

0:28:25.200 --> 0:28:27.440
<v Speaker 2>We were like, it's fun and it's a silly sitcom

0:28:27.480 --> 0:28:31.040
<v Speaker 2>and whatever. But as it has gone through the ages

0:28:31.160 --> 0:28:36.280
<v Speaker 2>and through generations and through sort of the shift in

0:28:36.680 --> 0:28:39.720
<v Speaker 2>everything that's gone on the last thirty seven years, people

0:28:39.880 --> 0:28:43.960
<v Speaker 2>still connect with it and love it. And that's that's

0:28:44.120 --> 0:28:48.320
<v Speaker 2>very that's hard to do. Not everything will last for

0:28:48.600 --> 0:28:49.880
<v Speaker 2>thirty something years.

0:28:50.240 --> 0:28:54.600
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, it is for so many people an important memory

0:28:54.840 --> 0:28:55.240
<v Speaker 5>mm hmm.

0:28:56.320 --> 0:28:59.440
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, an important memory with their families and with their

0:28:59.520 --> 0:29:01.680
<v Speaker 2>you know what, getting together and watching TV on a

0:29:01.720 --> 0:29:04.800
<v Speaker 2>Friday night. Particularly now when that was something, when that's

0:29:04.840 --> 0:29:07.320
<v Speaker 2>something that it has been lost a little bit, well

0:29:07.360 --> 0:29:10.200
<v Speaker 2>not a little bit, a lot of it, uh that

0:29:10.400 --> 0:29:13.400
<v Speaker 2>it's I think families love remembering when they used to

0:29:13.400 --> 0:29:15.840
<v Speaker 2>do that, and then also with fuller, like getting to

0:29:15.880 --> 0:29:17.640
<v Speaker 2>do that again and being like, oh see this was

0:29:17.640 --> 0:29:19.600
<v Speaker 2>what we used to do. Is I'll watch Family Together

0:29:19.640 --> 0:29:21.400
<v Speaker 2>as a you know TV it together as a family

0:29:21.640 --> 0:29:22.480
<v Speaker 2>appointment TV.

0:29:23.240 --> 0:29:28.480
<v Speaker 3>Sure.

0:29:31.040 --> 0:29:33.880
<v Speaker 5>So, I mean what was the Fourhouse experience like for

0:29:33.960 --> 0:29:35.520
<v Speaker 5>you as compared to the original?

0:29:37.000 --> 0:29:39.960
<v Speaker 1>Mind blowing? Like we never thought we'd get to come

0:29:39.960 --> 0:29:43.040
<v Speaker 1>back and do it again, Like, yeah, special was that?

0:29:43.080 --> 0:29:45.560
<v Speaker 1>I mean, now everybody's got a reboot, but we were

0:29:45.560 --> 0:29:46.240
<v Speaker 1>one of the first.

0:29:46.840 --> 0:29:50.800
<v Speaker 3>I also think getting to come back, you know, talking.

0:29:50.680 --> 0:29:53.480
<v Speaker 2>With you today about sort of the collaborative process and

0:29:53.560 --> 0:29:57.280
<v Speaker 2>the note and the being able to shape storylines or

0:29:57.400 --> 0:30:00.200
<v Speaker 2>jokes or do all of that, that was something I

0:30:00.240 --> 0:30:03.480
<v Speaker 2>think as an adult coming back, I was so excited

0:30:03.520 --> 0:30:05.800
<v Speaker 2>to get to be a part of because you know,

0:30:05.840 --> 0:30:08.080
<v Speaker 2>when we were kids, we showed up, we did our lines,

0:30:08.120 --> 0:30:09.360
<v Speaker 2>we did our job, and then we went and did

0:30:09.360 --> 0:30:11.720
<v Speaker 2>our other job, which was school and life and whatever.

0:30:12.360 --> 0:30:14.080
<v Speaker 2>You know, you're not giving a ten year old a

0:30:14.120 --> 0:30:15.600
<v Speaker 2>seat at the notes table and being like what do

0:30:15.640 --> 0:30:15.920
<v Speaker 2>you think?

0:30:17.520 --> 0:30:22.360
<v Speaker 3>But as an adult to come back, it was such a.

0:30:21.520 --> 0:30:24.880
<v Speaker 2>Great experience because you were like, oh, wow, like I

0:30:24.920 --> 0:30:28.719
<v Speaker 2>get to participate in the creation of this, and it

0:30:28.760 --> 0:30:32.320
<v Speaker 2>felt there was such for me, at least, a sense

0:30:32.360 --> 0:30:35.920
<v Speaker 2>of ownership more over the final product and over the

0:30:35.960 --> 0:30:37.120
<v Speaker 2>show and what we were doing.

0:30:37.240 --> 0:30:39.280
<v Speaker 3>Sure, and it was it was really cool.

0:30:39.520 --> 0:30:42.560
<v Speaker 2>And I you know, I got to direct an episode,

0:30:42.640 --> 0:30:45.239
<v Speaker 2>Andrea got to write, Candice got to direct some like

0:30:45.280 --> 0:30:49.800
<v Speaker 2>we all got to do things that we had been

0:30:49.800 --> 0:30:50.960
<v Speaker 2>exposed to since.

0:30:50.760 --> 0:30:54.040
<v Speaker 3>We were kids, that we just had absorbed.

0:30:53.560 --> 0:30:56.640
<v Speaker 2>And learned and lived. And then we got to come

0:30:56.640 --> 0:30:59.400
<v Speaker 2>back and do it as adults all over again and

0:31:00.280 --> 0:31:02.920
<v Speaker 2>be on the flip side of it, which was really

0:31:02.960 --> 0:31:03.480
<v Speaker 2>really cool.

0:31:03.800 --> 0:31:08.920
<v Speaker 4>And I also think audiences rarely get to see the

0:31:09.000 --> 0:31:11.360
<v Speaker 4>people they love grow up.

0:31:11.480 --> 0:31:16.520
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, and usually when they do their horror stories, yeah right,

0:31:16.720 --> 0:31:20.200
<v Speaker 5>I mean usually stories about kid actors. You don't hear

0:31:20.200 --> 0:31:22.920
<v Speaker 5>anybody say they finished the show and they were really

0:31:23.040 --> 0:31:24.920
<v Speaker 5>in real estate and they're rich and they're successful, and

0:31:24.960 --> 0:31:28.200
<v Speaker 5>everybody's happy. People don't care about this story, right, So

0:31:28.560 --> 0:31:30.520
<v Speaker 5>when you hear about young people who are actors, it's

0:31:30.560 --> 0:31:31.960
<v Speaker 5>almost always a horror story.

0:31:31.760 --> 0:31:35.280
<v Speaker 2>Right, right, And this I think it was like people

0:31:35.360 --> 0:31:39.520
<v Speaker 2>were so excited to see that the Tanner clan come back,

0:31:41.000 --> 0:31:43.480
<v Speaker 2>and yeah, they and we were all kind of still

0:31:43.640 --> 0:31:47.080
<v Speaker 2>the same people. And I always say, like our characters

0:31:47.120 --> 0:31:50.680
<v Speaker 2>on the show and our real selves, even with the adults,

0:31:50.680 --> 0:31:54.240
<v Speaker 2>Like there was such crossover in so many ways because

0:31:54.280 --> 0:31:57.360
<v Speaker 2>you guys as writers listened to us as people and

0:31:57.400 --> 0:31:59.760
<v Speaker 2>what we who we were and also who we.

0:31:59.680 --> 0:32:02.600
<v Speaker 3>Thought characters should be, and like it.

0:32:02.600 --> 0:32:05.640
<v Speaker 2>It just we got to come back and like live

0:32:05.760 --> 0:32:11.120
<v Speaker 2>those fully experienced characters as adults, and people loved getting

0:32:11.120 --> 0:32:13.920
<v Speaker 2>to see where they all wound up and what happened.

0:32:14.040 --> 0:32:15.160
<v Speaker 4>Oh, I know, I know.

0:32:15.600 --> 0:32:19.240
<v Speaker 1>It was very satisfying. And we tried to recreate that

0:32:19.320 --> 0:32:21.920
<v Speaker 1>type of atmosphere on the Fuller House set for the

0:32:22.000 --> 0:32:25.160
<v Speaker 1>kids that we experienced on Full House too, where it

0:32:25.200 --> 0:32:28.160
<v Speaker 1>was very nurturing. It was never like we weren't trying

0:32:28.160 --> 0:32:30.600
<v Speaker 1>to push the kids over their time limits or yeah,

0:32:30.720 --> 0:32:33.479
<v Speaker 1>you know, we try to be very respectful of their

0:32:33.560 --> 0:32:35.280
<v Speaker 1>job to say that.

0:32:35.240 --> 0:32:37.600
<v Speaker 4>We were very careful about you guys.

0:32:37.600 --> 0:32:38.400
<v Speaker 3>You guys really were.

0:32:38.800 --> 0:32:42.960
<v Speaker 2>It was an ideal place to you know, work as

0:32:43.000 --> 0:32:45.760
<v Speaker 2>a kid. But it really was like the experience that

0:32:45.800 --> 0:32:49.479
<v Speaker 2>we had on Full House and on that show was

0:32:50.000 --> 0:32:52.680
<v Speaker 2>wonderful and magical and like, yes, it was hard work,

0:32:52.680 --> 0:32:55.760
<v Speaker 2>but compared to some of the other stories that I

0:32:55.840 --> 0:32:58.360
<v Speaker 2>hear about sets of that era or working as kids,

0:32:58.400 --> 0:33:01.240
<v Speaker 2>I'm like, yeah, we didn't have that, Like we all.

0:33:01.240 --> 0:33:04.680
<v Speaker 5>Really when you saw some of these other kids auditioning

0:33:04.800 --> 0:33:10.960
<v Speaker 5>with their families, you really saw what the downside of this, right,

0:33:11.520 --> 0:33:14.600
<v Speaker 5>you know. I mean I remember a kid came in

0:33:14.640 --> 0:33:17.240
<v Speaker 5>and you see, it was like seven years old. I'm

0:33:17.240 --> 0:33:19.040
<v Speaker 5>talking to them, what are you doing it for the weekend?

0:33:19.160 --> 0:33:21.240
<v Speaker 5>Is that it's really exciting? I'm going to his birthday party?

0:33:21.720 --> 0:33:24.200
<v Speaker 5>Mother says, no, we're not. Don't remember the agent as

0:33:24.200 --> 0:33:24.960
<v Speaker 5>a dinner.

0:33:24.680 --> 0:33:25.240
<v Speaker 4>That we're going to.

0:33:25.480 --> 0:33:30.280
<v Speaker 1>Oh right, you know, the kid got it, But the

0:33:30.400 --> 0:33:32.440
<v Speaker 1>kid still needs to be a kid. You know, he

0:33:32.520 --> 0:33:34.560
<v Speaker 1>wants to go to the park and play on the playground,

0:33:34.680 --> 0:33:36.680
<v Speaker 1>not going executive dinner.

0:33:36.760 --> 0:33:39.120
<v Speaker 4>Give me, it's easy a lot because you're auditioning kids.

0:33:39.360 --> 0:33:43.280
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, yeah, And it's definitely like our families were

0:33:43.320 --> 0:33:45.040
<v Speaker 2>so involved in such a part of it, and our

0:33:45.080 --> 0:33:48.000
<v Speaker 2>moms in particular, like it was I always say it

0:33:48.040 --> 0:33:50.680
<v Speaker 2>was the most normal, abnormal way to grow up.

0:33:50.720 --> 0:33:53.440
<v Speaker 4>Like it just seems always in the stands.

0:33:54.080 --> 0:33:54.320
<v Speaker 5>Yep.

0:33:54.480 --> 0:33:57.640
<v Speaker 2>They were always there, even in a bunch of episodes

0:33:57.760 --> 0:33:59.000
<v Speaker 2>and I was.

0:33:58.960 --> 0:34:01.239
<v Speaker 5>Talking to your mom. I mean we would talk, you know.

0:34:01.360 --> 0:34:03.080
<v Speaker 5>They weren't like apart.

0:34:02.720 --> 0:34:03.240
<v Speaker 4>From this show.

0:34:03.360 --> 0:34:05.000
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was.

0:34:05.320 --> 0:34:08.200
<v Speaker 2>And again that's also something that's not always the case

0:34:08.280 --> 0:34:11.439
<v Speaker 2>that like even the kids parents are included and talked

0:34:11.480 --> 0:34:14.840
<v Speaker 2>to and that everybody knows them, you know, just I'm.

0:34:14.680 --> 0:34:17.120
<v Speaker 4>Always but you didn't have to show.

0:34:17.000 --> 0:34:19.560
<v Speaker 1>Up his parents No, no, not have stage moms.

0:34:19.560 --> 0:34:22.000
<v Speaker 5>They no, I mean no, I mean nobody came to

0:34:22.040 --> 0:34:23.799
<v Speaker 5>me and said, you know, Andrea can use a couple

0:34:23.800 --> 0:34:25.680
<v Speaker 5>of lines and act too right.

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<v Speaker 2>I know that our parents were not. They were like

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<v Speaker 2>just have fun and like do your job, and but

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<v Speaker 2>it wasn't about.

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<v Speaker 3>Like what's next and who are you going to be

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<v Speaker 3>and we're you know.

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<v Speaker 2>It was always about like just be a good human

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<v Speaker 2>and then we'll figure the rest out.

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<v Speaker 5>I think that they trusted us with you yea, in

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<v Speaker 5>the sense that they knew that we were not going

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<v Speaker 5>to put you anywhere that was uncomfortable or inappropriate.

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<v Speaker 2>True, you we have We were raised by a community

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<v Speaker 2>of really solid, lovely, wonderful adults on the on that

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<v Speaker 2>set and uh and and when we got to do

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<v Speaker 2>it with Fuller too, we got to really we create

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<v Speaker 2>that and include those kids, and it meant a lot.

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<v Speaker 5>It's rare that any of us can be part of

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<v Speaker 5>the legacy, and foll else is a legacy.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's huge, Lucky Well, Lenny, this has been such

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<v Speaker 2>a joy and an amazing interview.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, we have had. It's so great to see you,

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<v Speaker 3>it really is.

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't so great, like we said, haven't seen you

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<v Speaker 2>in thirty something years. I've only seen photos of you

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<v Speaker 2>that I have from when we, you know, were shooting

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<v Speaker 2>the show when I was a kid. But I just

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<v Speaker 2>always remember how kind and wonderful and funny you were

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<v Speaker 2>and I and it's wonderful to see that you haven't changed.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, you guys are wonderful ladies. Thank you, and that's

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<v Speaker 5>you know, And I'm proud of had you turned out.

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<v Speaker 5>I take no responsibility for it, but I'm very pleased.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, Lenny, we love and appreciate you seriously.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you for bringing Kimmy Gibble into the world. Thank

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<v Speaker 3>you for.

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<v Speaker 1>Like we have you to think.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, they're two legendary characters. And also, Gimbler is

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<v Speaker 5>the best name in the world. That was not the

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<v Speaker 5>name came up with the greatest name.

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<v Speaker 3>Gibbler is. I mean, it's the most ridiculous last name

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<v Speaker 3>ever and it's and it's so Kimmy. Yeah, thank you

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<v Speaker 3>so much, Lenny. We loved having you. We really appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 3>And that was Lenny Rips.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone, what a great episode, two parts of a fantastic interview.

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<v Speaker 2>Being able to work with him on Full House was

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<v Speaker 2>such an unforgettable experience, and he is so incredible at

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<v Speaker 2>what he does.

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<v Speaker 3>We loved being able.

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<v Speaker 2>To reminisce on all the work he's accomplished throughout his

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<v Speaker 2>life and hearing about I mean, the Star Wars, Christmas thing,

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<v Speaker 2>gold Greek Golden Girls. There was so many fantastic things

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<v Speaker 2>that we found out about Lenny Rips, and I was

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<v Speaker 2>just really honored to have him on the show. So

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<v Speaker 3>I've had to stop for a second though. I know why.

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<v Speaker 3>I almost said the show is small, and then I

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<v Speaker 3>was like, nope.

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<v Speaker 1>Well you paused right before you say it.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that helps, like reset while I pause and

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<v Speaker 2>say it in my head.

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<v Speaker 3>But that was why I was like, that show is

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<v Speaker 3>I was like, no

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<v Speaker 1>That's not the thing, so yeah, yeah, no it I

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<v Speaker 1>figured it out.