- 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
to new york city. we ent to brian killmead for comment. something clearly is wrong with him. i mean other than his personality, looks, and career choice. according to one cast member, setting the movie in this city will make it 20 times more mortifying,. yeah, no [bleep]. all you gotta do is tush the damn camera on and point it down any street. if there isn t abashing fox news christmas tree en your way, just hope that someone doesn t beat you senseless and steal your camera before you re done. so how is new york lately? you got machete attacks, you got gangs on dirt bikes robbing people in daylight, you got strung out homeless, and that s just in kat s apartment. you got sick sos shoving people in front of trains, transients clobbering the elderly, jesse waters hanging t on sixth avenue hoping you ll recognize him. don t give him money or he ll give you a copy of his book. disgusting. do you reloaned to set a horror movie in few york city, ex pesce scream? it s already here.
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- [screams] - what are you doing? - we search for the organs. where s the heart? the precious heart. - that show works. everybody you go to in that cast is hilarious. - [slurping creepily] - oh, my god! - why would you - oh, my god. - dwight! - [as hannibal lecter] clarice. - it was a mockumentary format that was different, and all of a sudden, it became something that you just realized the audience was very comfortable and very conversant. - hey, park lady. - yeah? - you suck. - hear that? he called me park lady. - the office, parks and rec, modern family the conceit is they re making a documentary. - [grunts] i m okay. i m good. i m good. - the idea of these shows is, you know, they sit down on the couch or they catch them in a separate part of the office, and everybody does a confessional like reality television. - i ve gained a few extra pounds while we were expecting the baby, which has been very difficult, but apparently your body does a nesting, very maternal,
- when the decision was made to make an american version. - wassap? - wassap? - wassap? - there was a lot of head-shaking of, like, oh, god, american tv. they re gonna ruin it. - are they breathing? - no, rose, they are not breathing, and they have no arms or legs. - no, that s not part of it. - where are they? - it used the same mockumentary format that the british show had. - [grunts] - and it went on to be this hugely influential hit. - [screams] - what are you doing? - we search for the organs. where s the heart? the precious heart. - that show works. everybody you go to in that cast is hilarious. - [slurping creepily] - oh, my god! - why would you - oh, my god. - dwight! - [as hannibal lecter] clarice. - it was a mockumentary format that was different, and all of a sudden, it became something that you just realized the audience was very comfortable and very conversant. - hey, park lady. - yeah? - you suck.