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Maybe let them inbound the ball so they can't sneak behind you and get an easy layup at the rim. This is the second time this has happened in two weeks. What is wrong? What happens to teams when they play the Miami Heat? Where does their coaching go? Why do they all forget how to play?
Didn't you have a coach who taught you about baseball when you were on Cheers?
Didn't you have a coach who taught you about baseball when you were on Cheers?
I don't know. I mean, this was a situation where my longtime producing partner, Morgan Sackett, sent me an email and said, have you seen that documentary, The Mole Agent? We should remake that as a series and write it for TED. And it was just sort of instantly a good idea.
I don't know. I mean, this was a situation where my longtime producing partner, Morgan Sackett, sent me an email and said, have you seen that documentary, The Mole Agent? We should remake that as a series and write it for TED. And it was just sort of instantly a good idea.
We had been working on Field of Dreams for a long time, and it was becoming clear that that was not going to actually get made. And we were sort of floating a little bit. And then he had a really good idea. And I thought, yeah, that's right. And I don't know why I thought that or how I felt so strongly about it.
We had been working on Field of Dreams for a long time, and it was becoming clear that that was not going to actually get made. And we were sort of floating a little bit. And then he had a really good idea. And I thought, yeah, that's right. And I don't know why I thought that or how I felt so strongly about it.
But I think at some level, it's just what hits you on a gut level or what makes you feel like, oh, yeah, yeah, I can see that. And, you know, but they're all different. The Good Place was just a series of events. thoughts that have been swirling around in my head for years that it sort of coalesced into an idea.
But I think at some level, it's just what hits you on a gut level or what makes you feel like, oh, yeah, yeah, I can see that. And, you know, but they're all different. The Good Place was just a series of events. thoughts that have been swirling around in my head for years that it sort of coalesced into an idea.
And, you know, Brooklyn Nine-Nine came from me and my friend Dan just like actively working on what would make a good show. So it's not one thing or one place. It's just you you get a feeling you have a lot of ideas and then one of them starts to kind of glow a little bit or like feel more real than the other ones. And then you pursue that and you see if there's a show in it.
And, you know, Brooklyn Nine-Nine came from me and my friend Dan just like actively working on what would make a good show. So it's not one thing or one place. It's just you you get a feeling you have a lot of ideas and then one of them starts to kind of glow a little bit or like feel more real than the other ones. And then you pursue that and you see if there's a show in it.
It's not there's no magic formula. I don't think it's just what interests you about the world at that moment.
It's not there's no magic formula. I don't think it's just what interests you about the world at that moment.
yeah absolutely stephanie beatriz who was in brooklyn i9 is in the show and she's great and eugene cordero um who was in uh the good places has a role and a lot we have this little repertory company now which is really fun and we you know have these parts that are that need to be filled and we have this stable of actors that we can just contact and say like hey do you want to come do this for a couple episodes
yeah absolutely stephanie beatriz who was in brooklyn i9 is in the show and she's great and eugene cordero um who was in uh the good places has a role and a lot we have this little repertory company now which is really fun and we you know have these parts that are that need to be filled and we have this stable of actors that we can just contact and say like hey do you want to come do this for a couple episodes
um and it's great it's it's lovely to have that and also to work with a bunch of people we've never worked with before i mean so many of the cast who populate their retirement community that ted's character lives in are people i'd never met before sally struthers and uh and john getz and stephen mckinley henderson who you might not know that name but if you looked at a picture of him you'd be like oh that guy i love that guy
um and it's great it's it's lovely to have that and also to work with a bunch of people we've never worked with before i mean so many of the cast who populate their retirement community that ted's character lives in are people i'd never met before sally struthers and uh and john getz and stephen mckinley henderson who you might not know that name but if you looked at a picture of him you'd be like oh that guy i love that guy
And there's just a whole host of actors who have Susan Rutan, who was in L.A. Law at the same time that Ted was on Cheers back in the 80s on NBC. And they're great. They're so good. And that was a really fun part of it. Sally Struthers, by the way, has like 25 of the greatest stories you've ever heard. Like there was there were a bunch of people.
And there's just a whole host of actors who have Susan Rutan, who was in L.A. Law at the same time that Ted was on Cheers back in the 80s on NBC. And they're great. They're so good. And that was a really fun part of it. Sally Struthers, by the way, has like 25 of the greatest stories you've ever heard. Like there was there were a bunch of people.
bunch of people were talking backstage or like offset at some point and the subject of elvis came up i don't know ted do you remember how it came up i don't remember i don't remember how it came up but it was oh yeah we we went out for like two years she dated elvis she straight up dated elvis in like the early 70s like before all the family and everyone was like you dated elvis like what