Glenn Ficarra

Back when we had to shoot on film and you'd spend a fortune on getting the film and then you do some stupid thing on the video and everybody's like, I saw that, that was amazing, all across the campus at our school. We have a clip. And we were, if we have any intelligence about us, we were like, well, maybe we should just go with the thing that people like. What was the campus?

It was Pratt in Brooklyn, very near Susan. Oh, cool.

It was Pratt in Brooklyn, very near Susan. Oh, cool.

It was Pratt in Brooklyn, very near Susan. Oh, cool.

So Susan grew up in the neighborhood. We must have bumped into her. Of course, she was young. Yes. Yeah. But anyway, we were smart enough to go, OK, well, we seem to be good at this. So let's just follow that. And instead of the thing, the highfalutin stuff we thought we were going to do.

So Susan grew up in the neighborhood. We must have bumped into her. Of course, she was young. Yes. Yeah. But anyway, we were smart enough to go, OK, well, we seem to be good at this. So let's just follow that. And instead of the thing, the highfalutin stuff we thought we were going to do.

So Susan grew up in the neighborhood. We must have bumped into her. Of course, she was young. Yes. Yeah. But anyway, we were smart enough to go, OK, well, we seem to be good at this. So let's just follow that. And instead of the thing, the highfalutin stuff we thought we were going to do.

And we were also the guys who... You know, I mean, it wasn't a serious film class. We went film one class. They were like, what was the film that got you here? I'm not, this is not a joke. Everybody said Empire Strikes Back. I said Lawrence of Arabia and he said Clockwork Orange. We were the only two guys in the entire class who didn't say Empire Strikes Back.

And we were also the guys who... You know, I mean, it wasn't a serious film class. We went film one class. They were like, what was the film that got you here? I'm not, this is not a joke. Everybody said Empire Strikes Back. I said Lawrence of Arabia and he said Clockwork Orange. We were the only two guys in the entire class who didn't say Empire Strikes Back.

And we were also the guys who... You know, I mean, it wasn't a serious film class. We went film one class. They were like, what was the film that got you here? I'm not, this is not a joke. Everybody said Empire Strikes Back. I said Lawrence of Arabia and he said Clockwork Orange. We were the only two guys in the entire class who didn't say Empire Strikes Back.

Yeah, we were the only guys who actually knew about other movies besides Star Wars. Sure. So we were like, I think we should hang out.

Yeah, we were the only guys who actually knew about other movies besides Star Wars. Sure. So we were like, I think we should hang out.

Yeah, we were the only guys who actually knew about other movies besides Star Wars. Sure. So we were like, I think we should hang out.

Yeah, we were just making short films that tickled us. And then we made a bunch of short film collections and they were, they did the circuit.

Yeah, we were just making short films that tickled us. And then we made a bunch of short film collections and they were, they did the circuit.

Yeah, we were just making short films that tickled us. And then we made a bunch of short film collections and they were, they did the circuit.

The New York Underground Film Festival. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The New York Underground Film Festival. They were there. Which Tom Phillips was on them. Yeah, Todd Phillips was on the board. He was running that.

The New York Underground Film Festival. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The New York Underground Film Festival. They were there. Which Tom Phillips was on them. Yeah, Todd Phillips was on the board. He was running that.

The New York Underground Film Festival. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The New York Underground Film Festival. They were there. Which Tom Phillips was on them. Yeah, Todd Phillips was on the board. He was running that.

We've known Todd since when we were just like pimply-faced college kids. We've known Todd. Pour a pitcher of beer over his head, too. And so that got a lot of interest. And then somebody paid us to write a screenplay. They paid us $7,000.