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I'm not the type of guy who's funny in the room. I'm the guy who's funny late at night on a computer, trying to construct jokes.

~Scott Aukerman

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Working on 'Comedy Bang Bang,' we're there from 10-7, and that's a pretty light day compared to most other TV shows. Other shows, it's like 10-10.

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I look back on our productivity in the 'Mr. Show' days, and think, 'We probably could have worked harder.'

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At the end of Season Four of 'Mr. Show,' instead of doing another season, everyone just thought they wanted to go and do a movie. Kind of like Monty Python. Monty Python went right into 'And Now For Something Completely Different,' and everyone kind of compared 'Mr. Show' to Monty Python.

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Most of the stuff I've written has never even gotten made. It's par for the course. It's a great living, but it also gets very frustrating.

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Doing the podcast, the whole reason to do it is just because I can do whatever I want.

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After the comedy boom of the '80s, there was a certain formula that comedians had to do and could do in order to be successful touring comedians, and those were mainly observational comedians who had a very strict structure of what made an act, and I think it was very performance oriented.

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What I love about comedy is breaking down the barrier between the audience and the performer.

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I have new bodyguards ever since I got a TV show. I didn't know, but it's a lot like becoming president. They tell you every single secret, like who shot JFK. When you have a TV show, they not only tell you who shot JFK, but they assign you bodyguards.

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That's one of the benefits of working with a smaller network like IFC. You're awarded more trust, but trust that I really earned.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: July 2nd, 1970

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