How 'High Maintenance’ Creators Turned Their Web Series Into An HBO Hit

Happy To Be Here

Greta Johnsen

Improvement, Nerd, Culture, Wbez, Pop, Books, Society & Culture, Nerdette, Self, Tv & Film, Technology, Nerds, Tv

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2016

⏱️ 30 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Ben Sinclair and Katja Blichfeld are the creators of the web-turned-HBO series High Maintenance. (Ben also plays “The Guy,” the show’s pot peddler.) On Nerdette, Katja and Ben talk about how the show has changed now that it’s an HBO production, why the simplest episodes are the most effective, and how they love to talk to strangers.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This fall, W bez invites you to our upcoming live events.
0:05.0	Join us in person for smart discussions, heartfelt storytelling, and more.
0:09.0	Check out the full calendar now at W be easy.org
0:12.6	slash events.
0:13.6	All right. Do you want to say your Greta?
0:16.0	Should we do that?
0:17.0	Just to really.
0:18.0	Yeah. People we should do that on April fools actually.
0:20.4	That'd be a lame April fools.
0:22.4	You think so? Yeah, you're rude. Only our mothers would notice.
0:26.2	I think some people would notice. No one would notice.
0:31.4	From WBeeZ Chicago, this is Nurdett. I'm Greta Johnson.
0:35.2	And I'm Tricia Bobita. And we are so happy to be back. This episode is going to be
0:39.6	super fun. We are talking this week with Kachya Blikfeld and Ben Sinclair, they are the creators of
0:44.6	the beautiful show High Maintenance.
0:47.7	This is now an HBO show, It was a beloved web series.
0:54.0	A scrappy little web series.
0:55.0	And now there are six new episodes on HBO.
0:58.0	This show is a little difficult to describe because it's a little more like connected short stories than a TV show. Think of it as each one
1:06.4	being its own little movie with one character who weaves in and out of all of them which
1:10.6	is the guy played by Ben Sinclair he is the weed dealer but the
1:14.3	show isn't really about him it's about the things he gets to see by being a part of
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Greta Johnsen, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Greta Johnsen and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.