Quote of the Day: Human Giant
On pitching ideas to MTV:
Paul Scheer: For every one idea that we got, there are hundreds that just died a painful death. One of us would come in on a Monday, like, "Oh! You guys, listen to this!"
Aziz Ansari: Anytime you were super-psyched about an idea, that was just a deathblow.
Jason Woliner: There was one time when Aziz and I were driving around in L.A. and we had an idea that we thought was so funny: The World's Strongest Ghost.
AA: [Laughing.] Oh my God, we almost got into a car accident.
JW: We almost died, we were laughing so hard, and we came in on Monday and told them the idea, and it was basically nothing. No reaction.
Rob Huebel: I figured out toward the end of the season, it depends on when and what time of the day you pitch it, and whether people had anything to eat. It's very specific.
PS: Also, if you came in very high-energy on an idea, it was immediately suspect.
JW: We all learned to undersell.
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