Actor, writer, director, and producer Seth Rogen came up in an age of abundance*—*a Hollywood that made big-budget comedies with box office success: *The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Superbad, Pineapple Express. *That era recently inspired his new Apple TV+ show The Studio).
On the heels of the series’ premiere, Rogen joins us to discuss its key influences (6:15), from Robert Altman’s The Player to* The Larry Sanders Show *(13:25), the evolving state of “show business” (15:36), and a life-changing piece of advice from director and producer Judd Apatow (25:00).
On the back-half, we dive into his early years writing comedy in Vancouver (25:57), formative memories making *Freaks and Geeks *(33:19), and how *This Is the End, *the meta-comedy from 2013, was a precursor to this latest project (43:18) and solidified his enduring creative partnership with Evan Goldberg (58:30).
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