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Sam Richardsonmay be Detroits No.
Besides co-creatingDetroiters,Richardson is always there to big-up his fellow Motor Citizens.
Hes a hometown guy who did it at Second City!
He was, like, a hero.
Its a level of narcissism, cruelty, and gaslighting that wasnt seen on actual reality TV untilScandoval.
Congratulations on your Emmy nomination!Thank you very much.
Just found out this morning, as I really wasnt expecting it.
Does it feel real yet?Uh, yeah because its been a long time coming!
No, Im kidding.
So its all kind of unreal but very much appreciated.
Now I have a question about the Jeff Awards: Is it shortened to the Jeffs?
Its like Jeff-nominated or Im going to the Jeffs.
Asked and answered thank you.
Why did you want to talk aboutDelocated?Its a show that I really loved.
Its truly, pound for pound, just one of the funniest shows.
It came out of Adult Swim in 2009, and I was just enamored.
In the second episode with the ska-themed bar mitzvah The Ska Mitzvah.
I was shocked by how many tiny jokes there are.
The premise is big and broad and very funny and dumb.
Youve got a guy whos in witness protection but then goes on a reality show.
Its grounds for so much brilliant stuff.
Then he gets up there, and he starts up with a really hard ska joke and nobody laughs.
He turns on the audience immediately.
Then he turns on them.
And then he reads the ad hilarious!
He had to do spon.It wasnt a gift from his employer.
There are so many great details.
Theres an episode where hes golfing and they go to a white golf course.
Hes wearing that black mask and then one of the golfers says he should wear a lighter mask.
It becomes a whole race thing where hes being discriminated against for having this black mask.
If he tells anybody, he seems like hes lying.
He goes on, saying, Oh, Im an honorary Black man.
My son is a halfhonorary Black man.
But nobody believes him.
Thats something only that show can do and I think specifically Jon Glaser can only do.
His brand of mean is so specifically his.Its aggressive, but its also toothless in the best way.
Its bark, and the bite is there, but its so minimal.
Its similar to Larry David, where hes upset about a specific rule set up by him.
Id say Larry David is more subtle about it.
InDelocated,its usually just him.
The show gets much darker in seasons two and three.
Do you have a preference?
Season one is necessary, but season two launches into all these hilarious, dark places.
Bodyguards get shot, Mighty Joe Jon: The Black Blond my God.
I mean, ultimately thats the thing I love about this show.
Hes a supremely bad guy, hes irredeemable, but he is still our protagonist and you still laugh.
Were shielded from bad characters because were usually supposed to emulate the characters we see.
Does it ever go too far for you?
Being on Adult Swim allows it to get away with so much.
And if youre onboard, it all justifies itself.
Killing his kid, its wild and bizarre.
ButDelocatedis the only place where you’ve got the option to do that.
The whole premise of Jons show is irresponsible to begin with.
It puts his family in danger, people are dying, but the show keeps on going.
Its a great commentary on reality TV.
Do you watch reality TV?I want to say no, but I do.
My girlfriend has introduced it into my life.
We loveSurvivorandRuPauls Drag Race shows that arent about just following a person or whatever.
Were watchingClaim to Fame; I love it.
I love solving mysteries.
Speaking of solving mysteries …Yes … ?
What is it like when youre filming a mystery show?
How much do you know ahead of time?
For me, it was helpful to know so that I wasnt giving anything away.
I could tune in my performance what Im highlighting and what Im obfuscating.
I mean, of course, the main reality youre playing is that you dont know.
Thats the hardest part.
But to performhowyou dont know, you gotta know all the pieces that lead up to it.
Does that make sense?
Was itRumsfeldwho talked about the known unknowns and the unknown unknowns?Yes.
What a great man.
Reading it, the characters were all great.
First off, the idea of everybody having their own genre made me very excited.
I love Lord and Miller so much.
Everything they do, Ive been obsessed with: theSpider-Versemovies,LEGOmovies.
Clone High.I used to WatchClone Highso much.
And the21 Jump Streets.
Was there any worry about being able to pull off this premise a second time?
As long as you have a different character, you have a different perspective in a different genre.
The anthology style of it makes it reset, though some of the characters come back.
It makes it so that every new murder is its own ecosystem.
Whatever flora and fauna live in that can be dependent on where it is and what is happening there.
I think it can go forever.
Until theres no more genres.
Its also a comedy, so you want the familiar characters to walk you through it.
We talked about Jon Glaser.
It was a truly brilliant show.
I was watchingWonder Showzenwhen I was living in Detroit.
Slaves built the pyramids.
Thank you, slaves!
Is that too far?
People use the termirreverent comedy thats what that means.
I mean, all of the Beat Kidz segments.Those kids …
I still want to know how they got these kids because theyre all dynamite.
Theyre unflappable.How do they set them up to do the man-on-the-street stuff?
Its not an option for these kids.
Theres one little Black girl whos talking to the Wall Street guys.
How does she do it, even if its somebody in her ear telling her?
How are you feeling?Im ready to strike.
They know theyre in the wrong.
So shut it down.
It used to be that you could guest on the show and that was like,I made it.
Because its truly grotesque.
