Glen Merzer Meets World
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What sparked Glen Merzer's protest against Koo Koo Roo?
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How did Glen Merzer's protest impact the vegan movement?
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So I turned a corner with Indy. It's very specific. For the first time, he introduced me to something that I think is culturally so freaking cool and sophisticated. And because, you know, like you're always introducing stuff to your kid and Indy's always introducing stuff to me. most of the time i'm like yeah that's cool for a kid like whatever he's into i'm like yeah whatever or i freaking hate it because it's mind-numbing and it's meme culture which is mostly what he introduces me to and i can't stand it but this last week he was like will you watch this youtube show with me and i'm like no I freaking hate YouTube. Like we have, we've had a no YouTube rule in our house. I just don't let him go down those rabbit holes, but you can't avoid it.
There's just too much of it. So he was like, trust me. I think you're, you know, he kept fighting for this.
What was Glen's experience like writing for Boy Meets World?
Alex was out of town. It was just the two of us. So I finally was like, okay, fine. Let's watch this thing. He puts on this show called the amazing digital circus. It starts off, it's all CGI animation. It's insanity. It's visually chaotic.
Why did Glen Merzer dress as a chicken for his protest?
It's very hard to keep up with. There's a lot of like eyeball stuff, like characters messing with their eyeballs. That makes me very uncomfortable. My skin starts crawling just looking at it. It's super fast, like a lot of the YouTube meme culture stuff where it's like, you know, like characters and there's like 15 characters introduced right away. I don't know what's happening. It makes me uncomfortable in ways that like Ren and Stimpy used to make me uncomfortable.
Mm-hmm.
I have come to love this show so much. By the end of the season, there's only been eight episodes. They are now getting a theatrical release because it is- So it's all animated. Dude, it is, you have to watch the show. This is the most sophisticated, incredible writing I've encountered in so long. And it took, like by episode three, I was like-
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:39
2
What sparked Glen Merzer's protest against Koo Koo Roo?
0:39–1:47
3
How did Glen Merzer's protest impact the vegan movement?
1:47–3:26
4
What was Glen's experience like writing for Boy Meets World?
3:26–3:44
5
Why did Glen Merzer dress as a chicken for his protest?
3:44–4:48
6
What unique challenges did Glen face in the writers' room?
4:48–5:56
7
What is the story behind Glen's transition to veganism?
5:56–6:49
8
How does Glen Merzer describe his film 'Buddhist Blues'?
6:49–1:05:14