Jerrod Carmichael, Spike Feresten, and Sam Esmail on The Treat

The Treatment

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4.6 • 639 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This week on The Treatment, Elvis sits down with comedian and reality show star Jerrod Carmichael to talk about his revealing Max series Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show. Next, Unfrosted screenwriter and producer Spike Feresten talks about working with director and star Jerry Seinfeld on the new Netflix comedy about the breakfast wars. And for The Treat, Leave The World Behind director Sam Esmail talks about a controversial ending to an iconic series that he considers perfect.

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0:00.0	From KCRW Santa Monica and KCRW.com, it's The Treatment.
0:14.0	It's the Treatment.
0:15.3	I'm Elvis Mitchell.
0:16.9	Do you need the transgression?
0:18.6	It's a line that will probably stick with any of us.
0:20.9	It comes up in the Gerard Carmichael reality show.
0:25.6	I shouldn't say the, because there is not article, Gerard Carmichael reality show on Max.
0:31.9	And it's...
0:33.7	Well, you got to say HBO because I'm a snob.
0:36.0	No, you have to say HBO.
0:36.9	It's on Max, but it's on HBO, Home of the Sopranos.
0:41.3	Whatever, yeah, and 25th anniversary.
0:43.3	This year, my guess is its creator and star, no article in the need of him, Gerard Carmichael,
0:49.0	who has been pretty busy since we last saw him here.
0:52.7	It's so interesting because that line comes up in the show in the eighth episode.
0:57.8	And that kind of sums up so much to the show because I thought about the episode before, an opening where, as you guys are about to expand your playground, and pop over the Rolling Stone is playing, which, in addition to what it does is kind of a funk bed,
1:12.6	it also brings to mind your comments about your father and his life.
1:17.6	I mean, you pack so much into this show.
1:19.6	Yeah, yeah.
1:20.6	It's me dealing with deep personal problems episodically.
1:25.6	And what's funny is that I haven't seen the finished version of all of the episodes.
1:32.9	Okay.
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