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Hand got cut off. you know, i love those comics as a fan, i enjoy reading them. but the process that goes into them, once i knew how the sausage was made, it wasn't for me. >> what is going to happen in season four? >> what's going to happen in season four? the opening shot is -- >> you have to tell me something. >> here's what i'll say, nothing. no, i'm kidding. the first two seasons, the zombies were the threat. the third season, humans were the threat, with the governor coming in. the fourth season, they're going to be dealing with a lot of zombies, a little humans, but there's a third thre...

Comics, and i've been like i have been lying to you for a while. this is what i've been doing. >> so it's almost like you had to come out to your parents. >> a little bit. my dad was a small business owner, and i knew that he would worry too much about me and that they would gripe at me. i didn't want to get griped at. so yeah, i tried to preserve them from that. >> "talking dead" gets more viewers than most other shows get. >> if a pot smoker from another dimension had come in and said there's going to be a talk show about this show made of your comic, i would be like dude, you're on pot. >> ...

Maybe two years. i sat in the lobby and i got the application and i remember thinking, this looks terrible. i don't want to do this. i'll just go starve. so i left. but i was in the physical place trying to put in an application, and i decided not to. and then, i don't know, six months later i started getting work writing for other people and i was able to keep going. >> people around you take it seriously? family and friends? >> well, my family didn't know. i didn't tell them for like -- until i started making money, i hadn't told them i quit my job. so i worked at a place called kentucky lig...

>> yeah. >> but bizarrely it's a family show. >> it is bizarrely that it's a family show. i hear, oh, my grandmother loves that show. i just saw my grandmother, and she was like, yeah, i stay up and watch that show and i always regret it. oh, i appreciate you doing that. yeah, my nanny, she loves the show, but it keeps her up at night. >> how do you manage the control issue? you have comics as your story, then you go to tv, even if jesus had a show, a tv executive would say, do you have a note? >> i would recommend do a show at amc. they are pretty smart. they read the scripts and have good no...

My head, to me that's terror and discomfort. >> let's go back to an early performance on television. take a look at this clip here. >> you know what that's from? that is from the sixth annual young comedian special on hbo. the smothers brothers were the host. it was me, jerry seinfeld, richard lewis, harry anderson and maureen murphy. we were the young undiscovered comics. but even at that point in my career, you can see my demeanor. it was based on fear.