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This is Fresh Air. I'm David Bienkoule. casts.

This is Fresh Air. I'm David Bienkule.

Today's guest, Julio Torres is a comic, actor, director, and writer.

You may have encountered him in several different venues, his comedy specials on HBO and Comedy Central,

the short films he used to do on Saturday Night Live,

his bits as a correspondent on the Tonight Show,

and as a writer and actor on the HBO series Losa Spookies.

Recently, he made his debut as a movie director with his satirical film Problemista, which he also stars in and wrote.

And now Julio Torres has a new absurdist comedy series titled Fantas, which he also directs

and writes and in which he stars.

It premieres today on HBO Max.

Here's a clip from it.

In this early scene, Julio is meeting with executives

at the Crayola Corporation

to pitch them his idea for a new

crayon. The reason I'm here is because I was tossing and turning all night

thinking about how you need to make a clear crayon. Clear? Like the color

clear, yes. But clear isn't a color. If it isn't a color, what do you call this?

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