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Seth MacFarlane

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1078 total appearances

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Club Random with Bill Maher
Seth MacFarlane | Club Random with Bill Maher

What is a 17?

Club Random with Bill Maher
Seth MacFarlane | Club Random with Bill Maher

Well, there's different lenses on a camera.

Club Random with Bill Maher
Seth MacFarlane | Club Random with Bill Maher

So like if maybe your dick's too narrow, they would ask for like a, we're going to need a 17 on this.

Club Random with Bill Maher
Seth MacFarlane | Club Random with Bill Maher

Really?

Club Random with Bill Maher
Seth MacFarlane | Club Random with Bill Maher

it can be yeah it's just like it would be great if the hours weren't so long that's the thing that i dread if it were an eight hour day you'd be like this is it but also isn't it like i mean the stress of i mean the director is basically solving every problem on the movie in every department well you know what so aren't you solving like a thousand problems here's okay you know what this is stressful this is a great this is a great segue into something that we will agree on is that

Club Random with Bill Maher
Seth MacFarlane | Club Random with Bill Maher

Yes, a film director's job or a television director's job is essentially to sit there in their little chair with their name on it.

Club Random with Bill Maher
Seth MacFarlane | Club Random with Bill Maher

And to have people from every department, presumably all of whom know their jobs better than you know their jobs,

Club Random with Bill Maher
Seth MacFarlane | Club Random with Bill Maher

They come to you like, hey, here's 12 choices for this costume for next week.

Club Random with Bill Maher
Seth MacFarlane | Club Random with Bill Maher

And you go, I think this one, you have a little discussion with them.

Club Random with Bill Maher
Seth MacFarlane | Club Random with Bill Maher

They tell you what they think.

Club Random with Bill Maher
Seth MacFarlane | Club Random with Bill Maher

And generally, more often than not, you go with what they think because they're the expert.

Club Random with Bill Maher
Seth MacFarlane | Club Random with Bill Maher

The set designer says, we have this version and this version.

Club Random with Bill Maher
Seth MacFarlane | Club Random with Bill Maher

Here's why I think this would work.

Club Random with Bill Maher
Seth MacFarlane | Club Random with Bill Maher

And more often than not, you say, yeah, all right, let's go with this.

Club Random with Bill Maher
Seth MacFarlane | Club Random with Bill Maher

Sometimes you disagree.

Club Random with Bill Maher
Seth MacFarlane | Club Random with Bill Maher

And that's like a teeny tiny version of like what the presidency is.

Club Random with Bill Maher
Seth MacFarlane | Club Random with Bill Maher

And why when you vote for somebody, and this is if there's one thing I think has yet to be said about this upcoming election, because we all know it's Trump versus Biden, assuming he doesn't wind up in prison, is that you're voting for a team, that you're not voting for a person, you're electing a team.

Club Random with Bill Maher
Seth MacFarlane | Club Random with Bill Maher

And you can have a team of people who were selected for their expertise and selected for,

Club Random with Bill Maher
Seth MacFarlane | Club Random with Bill Maher

their mastery of their individual piece of the puzzle or you can elect a team that is there to say yes sire whatever you say and for me that's a no-brainer that's a no-brainer it's FDR it's Hitler and I know the Hitler comparisons are no good but you know and I know FDR trusted his team and Hitler was a micromanager here's what I don't like about Hitler

Club Random with Bill Maher
Seth MacFarlane | Club Random with Bill Maher

You know what I don't like?