Graham Yost
The Writers Panel
Ben Blacker
4.6 • 799 Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2012
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
An in depth chat with Justified creator Graham Yost about his journey through Speed, From the Earth to the Moon, Band of Brothers, The Pacific, and Boomtown, and translating Elmore Leonard's worldview to the small screen. Great advice about seeing through your characters' perspectives, world-building, and creating memorable supporting characters.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's me, Ben. We have a new sponsor that I'm very excited about. It's Comedy Bang Bang, |
| 0:05.5 | the new show on IFC that starts on Friday, June 8th, at 10 p.m. It's the show that's based on the |
| 0:12.2 | podcast that Scott Ackerman does. Scott is so ridiculously funny and such a great guy. Please watch this show. |
| 0:19.1 | It's an absurd half-hour comedy show that only looks like a talk show. |
| 0:24.5 | Amy Poehler sits down on the couch for the first episode, I believe, |
| 0:29.0 | and you can watch it before it premieres if you go to IFC.com |
| 0:33.7 | or go to the Comedy Bang Bang on IFC Facebook page and view it there, which I have seen, and it's really great. |
| 0:41.8 | It's a really good show, and I think they're doing 10 episodes. |
| 0:45.0 | Comedy's so nice, they banged it twice. |
| 0:47.9 | I feel uncomfortable saying that, but the show is so good that I'm over it already. |
| 0:52.7 | Scott Ackerman, again, is the host. |
| 0:54.9 | Reggie Watts is the band, the whole band. |
| 0:57.6 | Reggie is amazing. |
| 0:59.8 | If you haven't seen Reggie stuff, you can also see that on IFC.com. |
| 1:03.5 | They have some outtakes and stuff. |
| 1:06.1 | Scott's going to have some amazing guests, some of the biggest names in comedy. |
| 1:09.3 | He's got Amy Polar, Seth |
| 1:11.2 | Rogan, Zach Galafanakis, all kinds of really funny people. I know Andy Daley did one, |
| 1:17.8 | Paul F. Tompkins. So please check out Comedy Bang Bang. It starts on IFC on Friday, June 8th at |
| 1:24.2 | 10 p.m. And it's a great show. Check it out. |
| 1:28.8 | And now here's our show. |
| 1:34.1 | Now entering nerdist.com. |
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