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Glenn Ficarra

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252 total appearances

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That Was Us
John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and Us | Directors & Producers

Like you're telling a story, because this show was about surprises, always was about big surprises. That was part of the dynamic of the show, was we're trying to hide things from the very beginning and conceal things and then surprise people. We're in a different timeframe, whatever it is. And so what you do is you make people laugh and they stop. investigating the show.

That Was Us
John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and Us | Directors & Producers

Like you're telling a story, because this show was about surprises, always was about big surprises. That was part of the dynamic of the show, was we're trying to hide things from the very beginning and conceal things and then surprise people. We're in a different timeframe, whatever it is. And so what you do is you make people laugh and they stop. investigating the show.

That Was Us
John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and Us | Directors & Producers

Like you're telling a story, because this show was about surprises, always was about big surprises. That was part of the dynamic of the show, was we're trying to hide things from the very beginning and conceal things and then surprise people. We're in a different timeframe, whatever it is. And so what you do is you make people laugh and they stop. investigating the show.

That Was Us
John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and Us | Directors & Producers

They stop, they just kind of roll with it. They laugh and they forget about it and they forget that maybe they would have, if you wouldn't have gone for that laugh, they would have kind of made it, figured out what you were doing. Figured out the tricks. But the laugh, we would call it the rinse. It would give you like a restart.

That Was Us
John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and Us | Directors & Producers

They stop, they just kind of roll with it. They laugh and they forget about it and they forget that maybe they would have, if you wouldn't have gone for that laugh, they would have kind of made it, figured out what you were doing. Figured out the tricks. But the laugh, we would call it the rinse. It would give you like a restart.

That Was Us
John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and Us | Directors & Producers

They stop, they just kind of roll with it. They laugh and they forget about it and they forget that maybe they would have, if you wouldn't have gone for that laugh, they would have kind of made it, figured out what you were doing. Figured out the tricks. But the laugh, we would call it the rinse. It would give you like a restart.

That Was Us
John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and Us | Directors & Producers

And then, and then so like a couple of laughs and then suddenly you reveal it's, You know, Randall's an old man and it's the future.

That Was Us
John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and Us | Directors & Producers

And then, and then so like a couple of laughs and then suddenly you reveal it's, You know, Randall's an old man and it's the future.

That Was Us
John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and Us | Directors & Producers

And then, and then so like a couple of laughs and then suddenly you reveal it's, You know, Randall's an old man and it's the future.

That Was Us
John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and Us | Directors & Producers

Yeah, that was like, and that was the rents, you know, it's like the rents, they call it. Interesting. We call it.

That Was Us
John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and Us | Directors & Producers

Yeah, that was like, and that was the rents, you know, it's like the rents, they call it. Interesting. We call it.

That Was Us
John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and Us | Directors & Producers

Yeah, that was like, and that was the rents, you know, it's like the rents, they call it. Interesting. We call it.

That Was Us
John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and Us | Directors & Producers

The house is made completely out of fire-resistant material. And then they pipe it like a barbecue. It's just all these pipes. The whole thing is all these things. And they turn it on and light them up just like your barbecue kind of thing. And that's what it is. So it's like, turn it on, turn it off. And nothing will keep burning. Nothing.

That Was Us
John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and Us | Directors & Producers

The house is made completely out of fire-resistant material. And then they pipe it like a barbecue. It's just all these pipes. The whole thing is all these things. And they turn it on and light them up just like your barbecue kind of thing. And that's what it is. So it's like, turn it on, turn it off. And nothing will keep burning. Nothing.

That Was Us
John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and Us | Directors & Producers

The house is made completely out of fire-resistant material. And then they pipe it like a barbecue. It's just all these pipes. The whole thing is all these things. And they turn it on and light them up just like your barbecue kind of thing. And that's what it is. So it's like, turn it on, turn it off. And nothing will keep burning. Nothing.

That Was Us
John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and Us | Directors & Producers

Board means storyboard. We storyboarded. So every shot was a picture and a storyboard that we could reference. Those art classes were coming back now.

That Was Us
John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and Us | Directors & Producers

Board means storyboard. We storyboarded. So every shot was a picture and a storyboard that we could reference. Those art classes were coming back now.

That Was Us
John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and Us | Directors & Producers

Board means storyboard. We storyboarded. So every shot was a picture and a storyboard that we could reference. Those art classes were coming back now.

That Was Us
John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and Us | Directors & Producers

Well, it's just interesting. We went to art school, and we liked to complain about we were the worst kids in the class. But those lessons we learned in our foundation classes, which were drawing, light color design, and 3D, we use every day when we direct. So it's a good thing to learn about that.

That Was Us
John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and Us | Directors & Producers

Well, it's just interesting. We went to art school, and we liked to complain about we were the worst kids in the class. But those lessons we learned in our foundation classes, which were drawing, light color design, and 3D, we use every day when we direct. So it's a good thing to learn about that.