Splitsider

 
Walkthroughs

Let 'Mr. Show' People Walk You Through an Old 'Mr. Show' Sketch

by | January 28th, 2013

The AV Club kicked off a great new feature today, called SketcHistory, and it involves them talking to the people who made a classic comedy sketch to share the story behind it. For the first installment, they tackled Mr. Show's "Dalai Lama" and "Monk Academy" with David Cross, the sketch's directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine, Ruby Sparks), and writer Scott Aukerman all reminiscing about the sketch. If you've ever wondered why Flavor Flav never did an episode of Mr. Show, this piece gets to the bottom of it.

Walkthroughs

Walk Through '30 Rock' with Showrunner Robert Carlock

by | May 21st, 2012

A.V. Club is giving 30 Rock the episode-by-episode interview treatment. Today, showrunner Robert Carlock walks through pivotal episodes "Pilot", "Jack The Writer", "Tracy Does Conan", and "Sandwich Day".

Walkthroughs

Creators of 'Pete & Pete' Walk Through Pivotal Episodes

by | July 3rd, 2012

"The reason Pete And Pete succeeds, with its mixture of sentimentality and absurdity and nostalgia and adventurous comedy, is that it’s told through kids’ point of view, and if you try to do Pete And Pete through an adult’s point of view, it doesn’t work as well." - Co-creator of  Pete and Pete Will McRobb with partner Chris Viscardi, walking through the history of their show for the A.V. Club. For more Pete and Pete discussion read this feature about the show we published back in February.

Walkthroughs

Walk Through Every Episode of this Season of 'Parks & Recreation'

by | June 18th, 2012

Parks & Recreation Season 4 is getting the A.V. Club walkthrough treatment, with showrunner Michael Schur getting into both the nitty and gritty of every episode. Fun facts include Schur's favorite joke of the season: "When Joan says, 'I'm going to go powder my nose, amongst other things, if you know what I mean,' and then she leaves, and Adam [Scott] goes, 'Is she going to go powder her vagina?'" He sadly doesn't go into if she actually was going to powder her vagina. But one should assume so. Right, ladies?

-->