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Come on now, improvised, co-written. >> there was a structured outline of about 60 to 65 scenes, and then brian and i, the co-star, wrote the scenes out. and there was two or three paragraphs beneath. so the story was indicate the. i would direct them and give them notes. >> thats basically the larry david method. >> christopher guest movies. he did that on "spinal tap." >> theres no dialogue. >> theres suggested joke. and then well have pages of jokes on the day that well pitch. but generally i...

>> theres no dialogue. >> theres suggested joke. and then well have pages of jokes on the day that well pitch. but generally its just a summation of whats at stake emotionally, whats the funny situation that we can mine for comic laughs. >> and when youre improvising it, when do you know that its worked or that its working. its gotten laughs in a room, and youre seeing it on the set and it seems to be working. but now youre seeing it live for the very first time. >> well, you cast people to effe...