This Is Getting Good with Tim Heidecker, John C. Reilly, Fred Armisen & Jonathan Krisel

The A24 Podcast

A24

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Topics covered include: Zoom culture, petty arguments, band name trends through the decades, the humble origins of Moonbase 8, rethinking “independent” television, the demoralizing experience of pitching a show to Amazon and Netflix accompanied by a 30 person chorus, learning to trust Ravi, whether A24 needs help with money, and why you sometimes need a couple years of distance to fall in love with something you made.

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0:00.0	Hey and welcome back to the A24 podcast. For this episode we switched up the usual format to reunite the four minds behind our new Showtime series Moon Base 8, Tim Heidaker, John C. Riley, Fred Armisson, and Jonathan
0:14.9	Chrysler. It's a hilarious and touching conversation between friends and
0:18.8	collaborators and an unfiltered view into the difficulties and delays that come with trying to get a project made,
0:25.2	especially when it's a little weird. We hope you enjoy it.
0:28.9	I love Zoom calls. I just love it. I hope after the pandemic's over we can keep this whole Zoom culture going.
0:37.0	You know where I feel it at the end of a Zoom call in my back?
0:41.2	I just afterwards I'm like, God, why does my back hurt from like being upright for so long and like just staring at the camera?
0:49.6	I was, I feel like a little bit like my soul has been sucked out of me by the end of those zooms.
0:54.4	I've been masturbating during the calls and it's not bad because you can just turn off the...
0:59.4	Do you hear about that guy?
1:00.8	Yeah, I know. Jeffrey Tuben. Yeah. He was I saw I got fired. He was very
1:06.8	famous political reporter like he was oj strong out. He was playing with himself on a
1:12.3	Zoom call was he playing with himself on a Zoom call.
1:13.0	Was he playing with himself or did he just show it?
1:15.0	I don't know.
1:16.0	And he claims, oh, it was just a big misunderstanding.
1:19.0	I was talking to someone, they go,
1:21.0	and that signal kind of went out then their picture dropped out and
1:24.0	like what's it yoke you still there yeah I'm going to the bathroom.
1:27.0	Oh come on.
1:29.0	All right well let's talk about our show,
1:35.3	Moonbase 8, that we've made in conjunction with A24.
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