Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon doesn’t seem to be letting the Emmy nomination for Season 3 go to his head.
In a recent profile in Emmy Magazine, the nominee talked about how he’s already planning to change up the writing process for Season 4 (a…
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‘Rick and Morty’ co-creator Dan Harmon issues apology following offensive sketch
Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon has apologized after an offensive sketch from 2009 resurfaced on the internet.
The two-episode sketch dubbed “Daryl” was a parody of the TV series Dexter, appearing as part of Channel 101, a monthly short film fes…
The ‘Rick and Morty’ Season 3 finale almost involved ‘ISIS werewolves’
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TV scripts often go through many drastic changes as they evolve in a writers room.
But there’s something uniquely hilarious about watching this happen to Rick and Morty, as co-creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland deliberate — with all the seriousness and anxiety in the world — over how best to use the “ISIS werewolves.”
What the fuck are ISIS werewolves, you ask? We don’t know and never will, because the concept didn’t make it into the final form of ‘The Rickchurian Mortydate.’
But boy, that phrase really gets the imagination going.
The recently released Adult Swim video shows a rare, candid glimpse at just how much hard work goes into crafting a show like Rick and Morty. Comedy is serious business. And the early plot to the Season 3 finale titled sounds almost unrecognizable. You can also see use of Harmon’s famed Story Embryo format, which applies the “hero’s journey” act structure to TV writing. Read more…
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‘Rick and Morty’ creators announce show renewed for 70(!) more episodes
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For weeks, Rick and Morty fans have been facing different kind of existential dread than they’re used to.
Because we could handle the show’s cosmic nihilism, or even the two-year delay between Season 2 and 3. But speculations were running wild about the show never coming back at all, after co-creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland replied to fans asking about working on Season 4 with cryptic messages about it not being renewed yet.
Harmon tweeted about, not “[writing] a show that hasn’t been ordered by a network” yetRoiland tweeted, “For everyone telling me to get back to work on Rick and Morty (season four) turn your attention to Turner. I’m waiting around just like you.” Read more…
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View More ‘Rick and Morty’ creators announce show renewed for 70(!) more episodesDan Harmon reunited a lost drone with its pilot using the power of Twitter
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In the digital wasteland that is 2018 Twitter, a beacon of hope now shines.
With the help of the social network, comedian Dan Harmon was able to reunite a lost drone with its pilot — all, of course, thanks to the good people of the internets.
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On Tuesday, Harmon tweeted that he’d found a “pricey looking” drone in his backyard, noting, “I guess drones are officially the new kite.” Tru.
I found a drone in my yard after holidays. If you live in my hood and know where I am, leave me a note w/ info. I feel bad because it’s a pricey looking drone and I’m scared a kid got it for xmas and their parents were like “you’re gonna lose it” and i hate when parents are right
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Every time new sexual misconduct allegation come to light, the fallout is double fold. First, we have to reckon with the awful abuse someone inflicted on someone else. Then, we suffer through yet another infuriating, vague, gutless, self-aggrandizing, template “apology.”
But Dan Harmon, creator of Community and Rick and Morty, just proved that true remorse — and even reconciliation — is possible, in the right circumstanceOn his HarmonTown podcast, the showrunner spent about seven minutes (starting at 18:40) owning up to his harassment of female Community writer Megan Ganz.
Ganz responded on Twitter by calling it “a masterclass in How to Apologize.” And after years of struggling to overcome the abusive experience, she finally felt ready to say it: “Dan Harmon, I forgive you.” Read more…
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