Easy As ABC Pants
with Zack Bornstein
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Californication
Invoked to describe Dan's easy breezy Los Angeles suit, the David Duchovny of it all. Brian Park
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Shrinking
Zack's day job, plugged with the practiced cheer of a man wearing a shock collar.
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Ted Lasso
Part of the Lawrence empire tally that makes working writers quietly despair.
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The Big Lebowski
Offered as the vibe of Zack's outfit, then conceded to be a backhanded compliment. Brian Park
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The Studio
Proof that pitching movies about consumer products is documentary, not satire. Zack Bornstein
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Where a Twitter DM and a bluffed trip to LA turned into Zack's first real job. Zack Bornstein
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The Man Show
The old guard of joke writers Kimmel kept while taking flyers on internet randos. Zack Bornstein
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Saturday Night Live
The hiring pipeline argument: Groundlings and sketch rooms out, TikTok in.
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I Love LA
Named as proof that writing and starring in your own thing reads as cool, not greedy. Zack Bornstein
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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Finished it the night before and calls it one of the best shows in ages. Zack Bornstein
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Twin Peaks
The great defense of network notes: season one had them, season two didn't. Zack Bornstein
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Pluribus
Rolled into the Apple TV victory lap, delivered with suspiciously total sincerity.
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Severance
More evidence, offered under duress, that every executive is beautiful and has good taste.
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The Wire
Held up as the room that hired playwrights, back when character and structure got you in.