So much of comedy is feeling comfortable with the point of view coming at you. So I understand it. There's people who I find hilarious now, but the first couple of times I saw 'em, I was like "What is this? I don't get it at all." Scott Aukerman More Quotes by Scott Aukerman More Quotes From Scott Aukerman The great thing about the Internet is - our show is totally modular. Every piece can be popped in and out. They're relatively short pieces. They're not long. And we can say, "here' s one way to market it. Take these pieces out of the show and put them on the Internet." And we're doing dirtier cuts and put those on the Internet. It's a real great way to market the show. This is finally the year a show like this can happen. Scott Aukerman cutting real years I think there's just some fundamental decisions at the beginning that are going to make it different. Our show The Right Now Show is going to be specifically different than Mr. Show because of the talent involved. Scott Aukerman different decision thinking You don't get a lot of life milestones in show business. It's really difficult to make things, and a lot of times you don't know you're at the end of something. With Mr. Show, I was only a writer and we knew we were going into the movie, and we thought, "Okay, like Monty Python, we're going to make five movies." And we didn't know it was the end. So it ended up being a bummer and such a terrible ending for Mr. Show. We never got to feel like, "Wow, we did it! We did something." Scott Aukerman milestone difficult terrible It really was a unique experience to me to have a television show, Comedy Bang! Bang!, that I really cared about so much, and to know that it was the end, and know that that was the ending of it. We had a wrap party, and we thanked everybody. You don't get that a lot, especially in comedy. Scott Aukerman comedy party unique A lot of good things can come from not expecting anything. Scott Aukerman expecting good-things It's so hard to figure out how to end a TV show. Scott Aukerman tv-shows tvs ends I was a standup comic, which doesn't necessarily mean you interact with people all that much. In fact when I did shows, I wouldn't talk to the audience very much. Then my friend offered me a radio show, and I thought, you know, I'll try talking to people and see what kind of interviewer I was. Scott Aukerman friend me you people The power of podcasting is pretty remarkable. It is such an amazing way to mobilize fans. It's almost like they're part of your family. They probably listen to you more than they listen to their own families. I know that's true for me. So there is a real bond there. Scott Aukerman me you family power When I was growing up, I wanted to do Letterman and I loved that live, in-studio model. I still would do something like that. Scott Aukerman loved live something growing-up I was always a big fan of Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner's '2000-Year-Old Man' sketch. I think it's one of the biggest influences on the podcast, definitely. You'd never say Carl Reiner was the funniest dude on there, because he's just teeing it up, but he knows what questions to ask to lead to great improv. Scott Aukerman great think you man If you look at Earwolf, we've tried to have a really diverse stable of hosts. Even my show can get a little 'dudey' sometimes. Scott Aukerman tried look you sometimes 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 late trying night funny Working on 'Comedy Bang Bang,' we're there from 10-7, and that's a pretty light day compared to most other TV shows. Other shows, it's like 10-10. Scott Aukerman day like comedy light I look back on our productivity in the 'Mr. Show' days, and think, 'We probably could have worked harder.' Scott Aukerman days back look think 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. Scott Aukerman everyone end doing thought 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. Scott Aukerman never great living made Doing the podcast, the whole reason to do it is just because I can do whatever I want. Scott Aukerman just-because doing i-can want 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. Scott Aukerman performance think comedy successful What I love about comedy is breaking down the barrier between the audience and the performer. Scott Aukerman down audience comedy love 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. Scott Aukerman new know you single
