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But the proceedings were punctuated by a violent surrealism.
Talking rat puppets would suddenly be introduced, only to be smashed to death by a guitar.
It was total chaos.
It was technically a multi-cam sitcom, but it really had this feeling of anarchy to it.
Like, they would have bands randomly come on and there were puppets.
There was something about seeingThe Young Onesagainst the backdrop of the sitcom landscape that was on at the time.
So the filthiness ofThe Young Onesreally appealed to me.
There was a silliness and unexpectedness to it that felt very different than anything else I was watching.
It was a little Marx Brothers-ish.
Youve worked on many shows with similarly surreal tones, fromStrangers With CandytoKroll Show.
Neil the hippie onYoung Oneswould often just directly emote about being depressed if Im remembering correctly.
In the first episode he quite literally puts his head in the oven, Sylvia Plathstyle.[Laughs.]
Oh yeah,that.
Mainly this unbridled expression of emotion on something that was technically a silly sitcom really tickled me.
Sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse.
But when they nailed it, they nailed it.
Its this little fossil that got buried in the world of comedy.
I certainly think its not for everyone.
But I think theres stuff in it that really was genuinely inspired.
