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Rick And Morty is Hilarious Nihilism

Alienating the Audience

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The Evolution of the Future Joke

Jeff Yang: The original joke was because in the future obviously Doc is always showing up Marty you must do this and in the cartoon it's all Marty you must lick my balls. And I think it's also a case of very often in comedy writing you don't know where the thing is going to lead you very often you find the funny thing. He says he learned how tightly structured sitcoms are by working on Rick and Morty but has had limited experience in writers rooms.Yang: One time a producer friend in New York before I left who wanted to pitch a sitcom to the weather channel now Jeff you might be thinking does the weather channel do sitcoms the answer is no it still doesn't

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