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Pitching Movie To Hollywood Director
But even that, that, that, that is a very tough thing to do. That's like me. That's like me, like hearing that LeBron, like me wanting to be a basketball player and hearing that LeBron James is having a community basketball game in Orlando. And I'm like, hey, I'm going to fly down and catch him in between him playing basketball with the kids. And maybe walk with him a little bit and talk about how I should shoot my 3-pointers, you know what I mean? It's a little bit like out there, right? He is the LeBron James of comedy movies.
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Uh, can I ask you, can I actually tell you something? The reason I even wanted to see Jed was to literally talk to him about comedy, about like what goes on in his head when he's writing funny scenes. Funny scenes that you actually work in the movie. Yeah, fu…
I don't know how to write funny scenes.
I wanted to see what goes on in his mind. I didn't want to pitch him anything. I literally wanted to have a conversation with him.
But even that, that, that, that is a very tough thing to do. That's like me. That's like me, like hearing that LeBron, like me wanting to be a basketball player and hearing that LeBron James is having a community basketball game in Orlando. And I'm like, hey, I'm going to fly down and catch him in between him playing basketball with the kids. And maybe walk with him a little bit and talk about ho…
He is.
You know what, sure, maybe I agree with that. I do agree with it. Maybe I'm completely out of my mind, sure I am, but that's what was going on in my head.
Do you know what Judd Apatow actually did? And this maybe is to your credit. Judd Apatow would write to comedians. He would like write to Garry Shandling And he would— he actually showed up somewhere where Gary Shanling was like doing stand-up in, in Arizona.…