- advertising is based on one thing: happiness. - [shouting excitedly] - is there any taboo that you wouldn t break? - not if there was a funny idea. - what is wrong with you? - there s so much different storytelling - and so many different stories being told - about so many different people. - i don t think dramatic series television has ever been stronger. - there s no longer this theory of what - popular entertainment must be. - incoming! - who are the heroes? the people who watch this show. [slowly building orchestral music] - this is the week when the major broadcast networks unveil their fall lineup of shows, and every executive in hollywood knows how well the sopranos is doing on cable, which is a network problem. - i think hbo altered everything for this reason alone, is there were no commercials. - we are dependent on sponsors. there is so much we can do in terms of language, in terms of violence, and in terms of sex. - to a large degree, a lot of executives we
you realize we ll have internet waiting for us at the new place, right? oh, we know. we just like making a scene. transferring your services has never been easier. get connected on the day of your move with the xfinity app. can i sleep over at your new place? can katie sleep over tonight? sure, honey! this generation is so dramatic! move with xfinity. - television on! - hbo did a lot of its best work - when it was bending a genre. - take something that s familiar - and give it some chili pepper. - advertising is based on one thing: happiness. - [shouting excitedly] - is there any taboo that you wouldn t break? - not if there was a funny idea. - what is wrong with you? - there s so much different storytelling - and so many different stories being told - about so many different people. - i don t think dramatic series television has ever been stronger. - there s no longer this theory of what - popular entertainment must be. - incoming! - who are the heroes? the people who watch
simon fuller came into my office, and his vision was one long audition. - like a virgin touched for the very first time - i ve never, ever heard anything like that in my life. - she bangs! she bangs! - thank you. - i m wasted by the way - thank you. - [scatting] [laughter] - what was that? that is what you think we re looking for? - the network was saying, we don t think we can put simon on the promos. - no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. - he ll scare little girls and we think that s our audience. - that s one of the worst auditions i ve ever heard in my life. - i m like, well, that s the whole show, so, you know, without him, it s not gonna work, and it was a big fight internally. and of course we got him on, and of course that is what sparked the show. [cheers and applause] - well, here they are. the judges have made their choices. now, america, it s all up to you.
From stripping down to his swimming trunks while singing She Bangs on Singapore Idol in 2004, to having various internet beefs, Singaporean millennials either remember Steven Lim fondly or can't stand his over-the-top persona. Even during his interview with The Daily Ketchup Podcast uploaded onto YouTube yesterday (April 2), the 48-year-old comedian punctuated his statements with flamboyant hand gestures and.