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What prompted the creation and debut of Suavesome 23 years ago?

Eric:Jay and I have both been big spy fans forever.

Showat the time, which was a pretty good excuse.

What makes a character stay with you for over two decades?

Hes a monster, so its wonderful.

It feels like everythings been done, but it hasnt.

We wanted at the time to have a grittier, darker spy.

It was kind of an answer to that when it started off.

You had the pilot seven years ago but it didnt go.

Eric:Its very possible.

One of the things that was restricting us was the language.

It sounded like a truck backing-up convention.

Eric:Lots of beeps.

It was four pages or something.

Eric:Guys use of pussy in this context needs to be censored for broadcast.

This must be a problem that doesnt exist with the graphic novel, right?

Eric:Thats one of the big reasons we wanted to do a graphic novel.

it’s possible for you to do it and show it exactly as you envision it.

It seems like there is alarge contingent of comedy writers who love comic books and graphic novels, includingMr.

Did you guys always talk about comics or expect to get into writing a graphic novel one day?

Then I did it again in LA when we had a show at iO West.

Jay:Then you got a publisher.

I think Kinkos was the name?

Not cleaner, because its filthy as hell.

Now what would be great isalimited series somewhere.

Jay:Like a trilogy.

The first season would be the first bookand that pop in of thing.

Eric:This is really just book 1 ofatrilogy.

Itsallabout the life of Suave, but books 2and 3 take on different personalitiesand genres.

Were looking forward to getting the whole thing out there eventually.

I mean, the use of boobsand the presentation of them.

In your time onMr.

Show, what was a favorite sketch you wrote and a favorite sketch that somebody else wrote?

Eric:Well, I love everything I wrote.

So many favorites, are you kidding?

I remember the Everest taping because they did two shows a night, and it was just totally different.

I almost wish there was a live version you could watch because theres a lot of fun stuff.

Every time it was done, of course, they had to re-set everything up.

I dont think the audience was expecting what it became eventually.

Jay:Yeah, we wore them down to absolute no laughter the last couple times the fall happens.

One was cut from the airing version.

Eric:And a sketch that I wrote?

Everyone kind of collaborates.

But it was fun working on the Teardrop Awards sketch.

So many great lines in that.

Jay:Bugged Drug Deal was also awesome.

Do you have a favorite?

Jay:I like Everest certainly.

The writer on that was fantastic, anyway.

Eric:Was the repetition always a part of it?

Jay:Yes, cause in reality it happened twice.

the rule of three and just pushing it so far that youre maybe getting lost in it.

Eric: Its very stilted.

It was like an old infomercial or something.

Do you think showrunners should be hard on writers to make them tougher, or not in your experience?

Eric:Luckily that didnt happen onMr.

Jay:He goes This is a pile of shit, were not doing this.

Eric:Well, he was right.

Jay:I didnt write it.

I dont want to give that impression.

Such as the 2003 movieBrainwarpthat I cant seem to find anywhere.

We cant show the wholeAdult Swimpilot, but thats okay because its kind of different from that now.

The trailer up there now kindadoes the job.

Its not really…

Jay:This isasubtleapology.

Eric:Its where it was several yearsago but now itsatawhole new level I guess.

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