![]() Can you give any examples of running jokes that were part of the original concept and which came from improv? Obviously, there’s Hoyle constantly reminding everyone he’s from Harvard, and I love the “cocktails” saloon owner Honey, played by Allison Dunbar, markets on her chalkboard, all of which are basically whiskey with stuff in it. I’ve noticed some running gags in Quickdraw. check out this interview with our historian: The steam powered vibrator was also real. Harvard existed as did a lot of the forensic stuff Hoyle employs. Belle Starr and Cole Younger were real people. No John Henry is completely fictitious but there is a LOT of factual stuff. Was there a real John Henry Hoyle? How historically acurate is the show? No, but I will check that out! I don’t have a Wikipedia page. Did you feel like you’d pretty much “made it” after the Wiki went up and retire? Why the large gap in time between 10 Items or Less (2006) and Quickdraw? I saw you have a Wikipedia page. I can’t think of any other shows that are/were largely improvised, other than Whose Line is it Anyway?, which isn’t a sitcom…Can you name any others? Are you a pioneer? (No western pun intended.)Ĭurb Your Enthusiasm legitimized this format but I think Reno 911 was the clear pioneer. Jackie was trying to say we ARE hilarious. On MetaCritic, user JackieE called 10 Items or Less “hilareous.” Were you disappointed by her spelling? ![]() Was there anything about Quickdraw you vowed to do differently? Is there more or less improvisation? You know when you are hanging with your friends and somebody says something so funny that cracks you all up, but when you try to tell someone about it later it falls flat? That’s the stuff we are looking for.ġ0 Items or Less had mixed reviews. There is something so great about the kind of humor that comes up. What draws you to using the improvised format? Your first show with director Nancy Hower, 10 Items or Less on TBS, was improvised as well. Nancy and I both know the scripts and can guide the narrative if need be but cast is free to do what they do best: generate that spontaneous comedy that gives you an entirely different flavor from written sitcoms. There are very detailed scripts written by Nancy and I but the cast never sees the scripts. How much of the show is improv and how much is scripted?Īll the dialog in Quickdraw is improvised. Quickdraw is unique in that the show is largely improvised. The procedural element of the show was a slam dunk. My partner Nancy Hower came up with the Harvard thing. As we began breaking it down we were trying to figure out a way to have the sheriff be a fish out of water. ![]() We knew we wanted to do a period comedy and the western really appealed to us. Quickdraw is the story of Sherrif and Harvard Alumnist John Henry Hoyle bringing forensic techniques to the wild west. We had been developing a comedy western and they loved it. Apparently our TBS show “10 Items or Less” garnered a bit of a following on Hulu and they wondered if we had anything new to pitch. If the run is shorter, my daughter will have to settle for community college which is also fine by me. That kind of run would successfully put my 7 year-old through grad school and I would be VERY good with that. Our hope is to have a run as long as Gunsmoke which I think was 20 years or so. Your hilarious series on Hulu, Quickdraw, is now on its second season.
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