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Seth Rogen And Mr. Beaks Talk About FUNNY PEOPLE!

Published at:  Jul 30, 2009 11:52:25 AM CDT



Fresh off of his unsettling performance as a sociopathic mall cop in OBSERVE AND REPORT, Seth Rogen has taken on what is easily his least likable character yet in Judd Apatow's FUNNY PEOPLE: he's a joke thief.

As struggling stand-up Ira Wright, Rogen has been forced to dial down his natural charm (and wit) to effectively portray a nondescript young man who has no comedic voice and, worst of all, no scruples when presented with the opportunity to tag along with and write material for George Simmons, a big-time Adam Sandler-esque movie star played by Adam Sandler. Ira impresses Simmons when he busts on the older comic for delivering a mystifyingly morose and unfunny set at a local club; however, when Simmons invites Ira and his roommate Leo (Jonah Hill) to pen some new material for him, Ira, spurred on by competitive jealousy (Leo is funnier), never passes the offer along. But that doesn't stop him from using some of Leo's jokes.

Rogen started doing stand-up in his early teens (he's twenty-seven now), so he's definitely seen his share of opportunistic ugliness - which means he's been the victim of a joke thief himself (and a rather famous one at that). But if you're looking for any other parallels between his career and Ira's, forget about it: Rogen makes it clear in the below interview that not only is he completely different from Ira, he really doesn't like the guy. At all.

So how does someone as inherently funny as Rogen convincingly play an awkward and only occasionally funny comic? We discussed that, as well as his admiration for vintage stand-up, the development of his own comedic personality, and his upcoming THE GREEN HORNET (all of which was excerpted for a previous news item on the site). But we began with an unfortunate wardrobe choice on my part...



Mr. Beaks: I feel like a douchebag for wearing my De Palma t-shirt to this interview.



Seth Rogen: I wear one of those in the movie!



Beaks: I know. You wear the Scorsese one.



Rogen: I love those shirts.



Beaks: They're great. It's just that I now feel like I'm going, "Hey, I've got one, too!" (Laughs) You're always wearing interesting shirts in these movies. Are you selecting them, or is that costuming?



Rogen: I don't go out and get the giant wealth of them from which to select generally. Pretty much at the beginning of the movie, they'll ask me some bands that maybe they could try to get some t-shirts of. I was just watching KNOCKED UP the other day, and noticed I was wearing a Rob Zombie t-shirt. I totally forgot about that. But I'm a big Rob Zombie fan, so I was like, "Hey, I got that in there!" But I won't wear something I hate. For example, I won't wear a Fox News shirt. (Laughs)



Beaks: Unless you're playing, like--



Rogen: A complete douche. Exactly.



Beaks: (Laughing) Last night, I was talking about the movie with some friends, and we were discussing the album covers and comedian photos your characters have hung up in the apartment. Most young people probably don't know the first thing about Redd Foxx, but these are comedy nerds, so I guess it's appropriate.



Rogen: What's funny is that Jonah would wander around the set and marvel, "It's scary how many of these pictures I have up on my wall." I think that's what it is. It was a strong choice, and we talked about it a lot. We were like, "It's a strong choice to have pictures of these old-timey comedians in the background of every shot in the apartment." But once we committed to the notion that these guys are comedy fans, we were like, "If they were really into rock-and-roll, maybe they'd have pictures of Bela Fleck on the wall. So in their place, they should have pictures of Redd Foxx on the wall." That's just how it is. We thought these guys would have that, and it wouldn't seem too weird. I have one of those Peter Sellers pictures on my wall. The one that gets me is the picture of Jason Schwartzman. That one makes me laugh.



Beaks: That giant one? He probably kept that.



Rogen: I don't know if he did. He should've.



Beaks: In your evolution as a stand-up, when did you start discovering some of these older comics?



Rogen: That's a good question. I would just listen to what the older comics would tell me was funny. I was around all of these comics who were way, way older than I was; when I was fifteen, they were in their thirties and forties. And they would just tell me, "You've got to listen to these people!" I remember someone was like, "You kind of sound like Steven Wright." I was much lower energy then. (Laughs) So I went out and bought some of Steven Wright's shit, and was like, "Oh, that's great!" I really consumed it. I wasn't like Judd. Judd was weird into it. I wasn't that weirdly into it, but I was definitely into it. It was a point of pride to some degree to know that I was aware of the routines of these various comics throughout the years. It's an incredibly nerdy point of pride. (Laughs)



Beaks: So what were you basing Ira on? I mean, it's Judd's script, but were you drawing on some of your own experiences?



Rogen: Ira was based... you know, back in I think 2000, when we were making UNDECLARED... what year did GLADIATOR come out?



Beaks: That was summer of 2000.



Rogen: Yeah. And Judd was like, "Come out to see GLADIATOR with me tonight." I was like, "Okay." So he picked me up, and we went to have dinner at Jim Carrey's house. (Laughs) With him and Garry Shandling. And then we all went out to see GLADIATOR together. And I don't think I said one word throughout the five hours I was with these people. I think about that a lot, honestly. I think about how I felt at that moment. It's that, and it's kind of, honestly, what I imagine Judd was like in his twenties. When I watch myself in this movie, I want to reach through the screen and smack myself. "What are you doing, man!" (Laughs) I think that guy exists. I think I've met people like [Ira]. But, personally, I relate to this guy very little. He's a chump in a lot of ways. (Laughs)



Beaks: Well, he's a joke thief.



Rogen: Yeah! He's a joke thief and he's just kind of a weakling.



Beaks: Have you ever had any experiences with joke thieves?



Rogen: You know, when I was really young, I told a joke and apparently someone heard Robin Williams tell the same joke a few weeks later on some talk show.



Beaks: Jesus! Every comic has that story!



Rogen: He's notorious for it, I've heard. But I remember that night someone told me his manager or something was in the crowd. And, to be honest with you, I didn't even think it was that good a joke. Maybe he took it to another level. (Laughs) But I did hear from a few people that they heard the exact same joke.



Beaks: I've heard that story a lot, and it usually ends with a check mysteriously showing up in the mail.



Rogen: I didn't get a check. That did not happen. (Laughs) I was originally cast in FATHER'S DAY, though.



Beaks: (Laughing) It seems like you guys stuck closer to the script on this movie than on the others. Was there as much riffing on FUNNY PEOPLE.?



Rogen: I would say on the whole that our riffing has greatly evolved over the years. It's not how it used to be. It used to be that Judd would just put the camera somewhere and say, "Go!" And we would just talk about shit until someone said something funny. Now that we've made a few movies, and we know what type of stuff makes it into the movie ultimately, and what type of stuff it's helpful to have in the editing room... it's a lot more controlled at this point. Also, visually, he was going for something that was a step forward, and you do have to sacrifice some looseness when you're doing shots that are planned; you can't just go for it because you'll ruin the logistics of what's being filmed.

That being said, there were some scenes, like with all the stand-up comics, where we had five cameras shooting at once. We also had five cameras going during the concert scenes. So in some ways, when we were doing the stand-up, we could do whatever the hell we wanted. We could do it as a routine and talk to the audience. So that was totally loose and didn't honestly feel anything like shooting a movie; it felt like we were filming a concert or something like that. But the actual scenes... yeah, it's a much more refined process now. We maybe go a little crazier in the rehearsals, and then pick what we know works. And between takes we'll go and talk about how things are going and rewrite things. But I think it is a much more reigned-in process than it used to be.



Beaks: But you still fire off some great improvised lines. I especially liked the DEER HUNTER joke.



Rogen: That was totally improvised. A lot of stuff in that scene was. But in a lot of scenes it's just a line here and line there; it's not like, "Okay... talk! There are five cameras going!"



Beaks: But were there any instances where you'd had to stop and say, "That line's too good for Ira?"



Rogen: Yes! That would happen. And then someone else would take it. (Laughs)



Beaks: So you ended up generating a lot of great material for everyone else?



Rogen: But everyone does that. I think the joke you see Jonah tell in the movie is a joke Sandler wrote originally. And some of the jokes Sandler does are jokes I wrote. It's all fluid, and we all pass it around. It's a very communal comedy environment. (Laughs)



Beaks: Is there ever any jealously or competitiveness like we see in the house?



Rogen: No, it's not like that at all. I don't care. We've all got nice cars. (Laughs)



Beaks: You've said that Adam was a huge early influence on your comedy. How intimidating was it working with him on this?



Rogen: It was great to work with him. And it was great to work with him on a movie that tonally was closer to the stuff that I first started liking him for. This is the first movie where he's, like, really filthy. He doesn't usually swear in a comedy. It was just blowing my mind filming these scenes. We'd roll, and me and Jonah and Evan would turn to each other and be like, "He's so filthy! Can you believe it?" There were days where we felt like we had a front-row seat to the funniest comedy show in town. It was really exciting. There was no sense of "We're the new guys, move over." After every take, we'd be like, "Fuck! He's funnier than us! He comes up with amazing shit, like, constantly!"



Beaks: I know that Sandler got a huge following working blue on those records, but, as a friend pointed out after the screening, he's completely clean when he's doing those prank calls.



Rogen: Yeah! He is pretty clean. I don't know. He claims that telling these dirty jokes in the movie made him uncomfortable, and that it was only something he thought his character would do. I don't know how much of that I believe. (Laughs)<.h3>

Mr. Beaks: I keep getting emails from some guy who's trying to play the role of hollywood insider on GREEN HORNET. He keeps trying to feed me information, and he is consistently wrong.



Seth Rogen: Yeah? (Laughs)



Beaks: He's always trying to tell me the movie is dead. And I'm like, "I'm pretty sure it's not!"



Rogen: No, we're building sets! There's more people working on the film every day! They traditionally don't spend millions and millions of dollars on movies that are dead. (Laughs)



Beaks: Just know there's someone out there trying to kill your movie via email.



Rogen: There are tons of people doing that. (Laughs)



Beaks: So where are you with the casting of Kato?



Rogen: We are reading many, many people from all over the globe, and it is a wild adventure. We're just looking everywhere, honestly. We're looking at people who are really famous overseas, and we're looking at people who are completely unknown. We're looking at people who are American. We're looking at people who are martial arts experts. We're also looking at people who don't do any martial arts, and who do Broadway and are actors. We know what we want. And there's some wiggle room. We're the type of writers who can easily adapt the roles to whoever is playing it. We've done that on every movie we've ever written. But we know how we want the relationships to work, and so someone needs to fill that general role. It's been really interesting, I can say that. You meet these people, and you're like, "You are clearly famous in Korea! I can see from 100 feet away that you are the most famous person in whatever country you're from!" (Laughs) And I just feel bad that we make them read with us.



Beaks: I just figured you guys put an immediate call out to Ernie Reyes, Jr.



Rogen: (Laughing) Yes, exactly! Anyone who's seen TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 2 knows that that guy can kick some ass.



Beaks: About the writing of the script, you've talked about tone before, but it sounds like Kato is the serious role and you're handling more of the comedy.



Rogen: Honestly, there have been different versions of it. There are versions where we've had more comedically-inclined people in mind for the role - and in that version, it was a tit-for-tat type of relationship. There have also been versions where we've been forced to confront "This guy doesn't speak any fucking English!" That obviously changes their relationship a little bit. That means it would be a lot more on me to be the person who drives the scenes verbally. These are all just things that have been discussed during the endless hours of talking about this movie. Obviously, there are different versions. And they're all written. We've been writing this movie for a long time. But until we find the absolute perfect person [for Kato], we'll... just keep looking! There have been some people we've seen who we think might be the perfect person, but we're just not sure yet.



Beaks: You've had all of these different versions of the script, but now that you've got Michel Gondry on board - and he's evidently going to mute his style for this movie-- (Rogen bursts into laughter) Oh, so he's not going to mute his style! Perhaps he was just talking a good game on that?



Rogen: (Laughing) Exactly. I mean, I feel like people who are fans of his won't feel let down by what they see. We're encouraging him to make it as visually exciting and inventive as anything anyone has ever seen. We're fans of these types of movies when they're done well. We think that we can handle the story and the script and the dialogue, but we know nothing about cameras and lights and fancy ways of making things look amazing. And that's what he's better at than anyone in the world pretty much. So we're encouraging him to really go for it. If he considers what he's doing on this muted - which may be the case - then I can't imagine what he first came into it thinking.

But we've been having an amazing time with him. He's so funny and so collaborative. We really work well together, I think - me, him and Evan. It's just been a lot of fun.



Beaks: I'm just glad to hear he's making a Michel Gondry film and not, like, a Shawn Levy film.



Rogen: Not at all. He's incapable of it. As much as he'd like to think he could do that, he just can't. (Laughs) There is a limit to his abilities in that capacity.





FUNNY PEOPLE opens nationwide July 31st. See it.

Faithfully submitted,

Mr. Beaks



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  • Jul 30, 2009 11:54:20 AM CDT

    No mention of DannyGlovers_Dickblood?

    by d.vader

    Weiiiiiiird. I don't believe this interview is real. That's not the real Seth Rogen.

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  • Jul 30, 2009 11:59:59 AM CDT

    Seth Rogan is not funny.

    by rattleman

    Did not read.

    Will not see.

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  • Jul 30, 2009 12:03:40 PM CDT

    Funny People = Truth-in-Advertising Failure

    by aquatarkusman

    Seriously, it should be civilly prosecuted and forced to pay treble damages.

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  • Jul 30, 2009 12:05:27 PM CDT

    Quint Already Went There, D.Vader

    by mrbeaks

    Didn't feel like bringing it up again.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 30, 2009 12:12:14 PM CDT

    Ah, I missed that article Beaks. Thanks.

    by d.vader

  • Jul 30, 2009 12:35:06 PM CDT

    Just when u thought AICN wasn't sucking Apatow's dick

    by stabby

    enough: Here we go.

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  • Jul 30, 2009 12:42:11 PM CDT

    HALF THE ACTORS IN THIS FUCKING MOVIE LOOK LIKE TWINS

    by haterofcrap

    THEY ALL HAVE THAT CURLY BROWN MESSY PUBE HAIR AND ARE NOT FUNNY

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 30, 2009 12:44:54 PM CDT

    Seth, you need to cast Ken Jeong from The Hangover

    by stabby

    as Kato. You're Welcome!

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  • Jul 30, 2009 12:46:17 PM CDT

    Has Seth Rogen never listened to an Adam Sandler CD

    by stabby

    He's dirty as hell and a lot funnier than in his movies. I want a Buffoon movie.

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  • Jul 30, 2009 12:47:34 PM CDT

    Quint, does Adam Sandler do the Buffoon character

    by stabby

    in his standup routines in the movie. Dammit, i want a Buffoon movie.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 30, 2009 12:48:40 PM CDT

    So, I was looking at my dog's asshole

    by stabby

    and that shit is fucked up! It goes this way and that!

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  • Jul 30, 2009 12:58:37 PM CDT

    Stabby!

    by ribbons

    Are you sure you're not Jonah Hill in disguise or something? You seem to be getting crazier by the post.

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  • Jul 30, 2009 1:03:25 PM CDT

    The last post is from Sandler's comedy CD

    by stabby

  • Jul 30, 2009 1:06:45 PM CDT

    I just think it's funny that Seth Rogen is a comedian

    by stabby

    and he lists Adam Sandler as an influence and yet he's never heard his comedy CDs.

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  • Jul 30, 2009 1:08:06 PM CDT

    Plus, I like having this talkback all to myself

    by stabby

    Get the hell out, Ribbons. Go play in the Twitblight talkback. This one is mine!

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  • Jul 30, 2009 1:10:09 PM CDT

    Seth Rogan : I'm an unfunny douche

    by scriptgirl_nipples

  • Jul 30, 2009 1:11:12 PM CDT

    Yeah, just hanging out til Seth shows up.

    by stabby

    I will not rest until he casts Ken Jeong as Kato.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 30, 2009 1:13:31 PM CDT

    nipples can stay, cause they're nipples

    by stabby

    but no one else!

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  • Jul 30, 2009 1:16:01 PM CDT

    Will the real Seth Rogen please stand up

    by stabby

    That was a test. The real Seth Rogen wouldn't stand up because he was to fat and lazy. I don't know who this unfunny skinny serious producer guy is.

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  • Jul 30, 2009 1:17:09 PM CDT

    Seth Rogan is a comedian?

    by seth_rogans_hairy_breasts

    You'd never know would you.

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  • Jul 30, 2009 1:18:42 PM CDT

    I wish I was Jewish

    by stabby

    because then I would be funny.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 30, 2009 1:24:19 PM CDT

    Seth Rogen stole his best lines from me

    by stabby

    "I'll be like the Iron Chef of pounding vag." Yeah, that was me!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 30, 2009 1:26:59 PM CDT

    I want my royalties, Rogen

    by stabby

    Every time someone says, "cockblocked" I want 50 cents.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 30, 2009 1:28:38 PM CDT

    I'll tell you what, we can work out a deal

    by stabby

    talk to Judd and tell him to let me have sex with Leslie Mann and we'll call it even.

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  • Jul 30, 2009 1:37:44 PM CDT

    This movie is a complete expose (laughs)

    by spandau belly

    In that it does not depict comedians as obnoxious needy manic depressives with substance abuse problems who burn through human relationships at the speed of light (laughs). I'm glad Apatow is showing people the truth. (laughs)

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  • Jul 30, 2009 1:40:15 PM CDT

    This Stabby dude is funnier than Seth Rogen.

    by rolling_stone

    Mike Myers in the Love Guru was funnier than anything Seth Rogen ever did, and that movie made me want to pour molten lead in my eyes and ears. The world is a cruel place when it allows assholes like Seth Rogen to destroy what little respect belonged to the Green Hornet.

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  • Jul 30, 2009 1:41:02 PM CDT

    I Liked It The First Time...

    by aquatarkusman

    .. when it was called Punchline. Come to think of it, I believe in Sally Field as a stand-up comedian more than Seth Rogan. Let's just say he didn't quite blossom like other teen comics like Dave Chappelle or Bill Hicks.

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  • Jul 30, 2009 1:41:57 PM CDT

    Does this movie have a laugh track?

    by stabby

    I recommend the laugh track they used in Good Times. Now they had some good laughs in that laugh track.

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  • Jul 30, 2009 1:42:10 PM CDT

    Imagine if Rogen starred in an Abrams film, written by Orci?

    by scriptgirl_nipples

    The AICN circle jerk would be immense!

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  • Jul 30, 2009 1:45:40 PM CDT

    Spandua, Rolling & Aquatark

    by stabby

    What are you guys doing in my talkback? I'm waiting for Seth to show up in his Star of David Superman shirt and then I'm gonna kick his ass. I don't need any witnesses.

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  • Jul 30, 2009 1:46:13 PM CDT

    Good point Spandau! (laughs)

    by rolling_stone

    This interview has more (laughs) by Seth Rogen than any of his movies ever got. Hope Seth saved his money because in 5 years nobody will know his name. (laughs)

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  • Jul 30, 2009 1:53:26 PM CDT

    Here's for casting yourself as the Green Hornet

    by stabby

    and here's for giving smoking weed a bad name in Crapapple Express, and here's for making Jonah Hill a star, and here's for making cops look cool, and here's for defiling Elizabeth Banks in Zack and Mitzi fake a Porno, and here's for everyone of your lame Star Wars references.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Good one. You can stay.

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  • Jul 30, 2009 1:56:52 PM CDT

    The other day I was looking at my asshole in the mirror

    by stabby

    And it was all fucked up! It went this way and that!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 30, 2009 1:57:47 PM CDT

    My neighbor's dog has a 6 inch clit

    by stabby

    It's fucked up!

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  • Jul 30, 2009 1:57:57 PM CDT

    The runtime for this is like 2 1/2 hours.

    by pixarssup

  • Jul 30, 2009 1:58:16 PM CDT

    Kind of ridiculous for a comedy.

    by pixarssup

  • Jul 30, 2009 1:58:36 PM CDT

    Someone is bitter.

    by harold-sherbort

  • Jul 30, 2009 2:02:38 PM CDT

    Jonah Hill should play Slimer in Ghostbusters 3

    by stabby

    Make it so.

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  • Jul 30, 2009 2:04:10 PM CDT

    Will the real DannyGlovers_DickBlood please stand up.

    by stabby

    Seth Rogen, this is your life!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 30, 2009 2:06:04 PM CDT

    Harold-Sherbott, Get out of my Dojo

    by stabby

    I'll give you bitter.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 30, 2009 2:07:26 PM CDT

    Nah, it's all done out of love

    by stabby

    for myself that is. (Laugh track)

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  • Jul 30, 2009 2:09:52 PM CDT

    These guys are only funny when their falling down...

    by hollywoodhellraiser

    or getting hit in the balls!C'mon these guys(with the exception of Sandler, maybe) couldn't do a 30 min standup routine to save their lives!Their movies dictates that ITS the situations that makes the films funny, not these untalent lameasses!

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  • Jul 30, 2009 2:20:38 PM CDT

    No one does getting hit in the balls like Benny Hill!

    by stabby

    NO ONE, YOU HERE ME! (Laughs to self.)

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  • Jul 30, 2009 2:23:37 PM CDT

    Jonah Hill is as believable as a stand up comic as

    by stabby

    he is getting laid by the redhead chick in Superbad. Still not as unrealistic as Rogen's loser banging Katherine Haigle and her keeping the baby. (laughs)

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  • Jul 30, 2009 2:24:21 PM CDT

    Careful Stabby, before you pull a Seth!

    by rolling_stone

    You know, in your face everywhere so often you just get sick of the guy. Shia Labeouf pulled a Seth and now he's nothing more than just shag dice hanging from the rearview mirror of a robot car.

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  • Jul 30, 2009 2:29:51 PM CDT

    Rolling, this is my talkback

    by stabby

    And no one else is invited. There's no risk in overexposing yourself to yourself. (Beat.) Unless, you're Paul Reubens, that is. (Rolling_Stone Laughs.)

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  • Jul 30, 2009 2:31:39 PM CDT

    Good LaBeouf analogy though

    by stabby

    Now, get out!

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  • Jul 30, 2009 2:37:53 PM CDT

    This talkback's dead anyway! (Delivered in best African

    by stabby

    American Female's Slang) (Laughs.)

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  • Jul 30, 2009 2:57:41 PM CDT

    GRRRRR! I HATE ALL COMEDIANS!~!!!

    by bmacsmith

    especially the ones that have been in more than one movie! seriously, though, everyonhe here hates every comedian in the world.
    but its ok to hate that shameless whore Adam Sandler.

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  • Jul 30, 2009 3:02:44 PM CDT

    btw, how many jews are in this movie?

    by bmacsmith

    not that i care, we just dont get many jewish comedians in movies nowadays!

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  • Jul 30, 2009 3:05:49 PM CDT

    How many Jews does it take to make a Judd Apatow movie?

    by stabby

    That's a trick question. (Laughs.)

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  • Jul 30, 2009 3:05:49 PM CDT

    How can Rogan lose all that weight yet still look fat?

    by zombieheathledger

    The fat in the face is the last to go.

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  • Jul 30, 2009 3:07:40 PM CDT

    BMacSmith

    by stabby

    That depends on if you count Jonah Hill as one or two people. (Laughs and applause.)

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  • Jul 30, 2009 3:13:26 PM CDT

    why the JEW STAR? - I mean, really?

    by mennen

    WE KNOW!!!!! FUCK!

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  • Jul 30, 2009 3:16:33 PM CDT

    BMacSmith - it's ALL JEWS. That's "how many"

    by mennen

  • Jul 30, 2009 3:20:56 PM CDT

    It's JEWLICIOUS. Every movie has a gaggle of'em now

    by mennen

  • Jul 30, 2009 3:21:21 PM CDT

    But did you know that Superman was Jewish? (Gasps.)

    by stabby

    No, you say. (Nods.) Well, in Apatowland yes, he is.

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  • Jul 30, 2009 3:37:10 PM CDT

    I wonder if Seth Rogan

    by homerjay1

    shaves his balls... I mean come on, it's got to be a mess down there

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  • Jul 30, 2009 3:42:29 PM CDT

    Anyone else think Judd Apatow

    by homerjay1

    out kicked his coverage with Leslie Mann... she is hot!!

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  • Jul 30, 2009 3:50:32 PM CDT

    SuperJew!!!!

    by harold-sherbort

    I like it!

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  • Jul 30, 2009 5:09:41 PM CDT

    "outkicked his coverage"

    by garbageman33

    With all this talk of joke stealing, rest assured I'll be taking that line and using it as my own.

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  • Jul 30, 2009 5:48:12 PM CDT

    I liked Seth in Paul Blart Mall Cop.

    by seth_rogens_hairy_breasts

  • Jul 30, 2009 6:03:49 PM CDT

    That was Kevin James.

    by harold-sherbort

  • Jul 30, 2009 6:20:31 PM CDT

    AREN'T COMEDIANS SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY!

    by lockesbrokenleg

    And not just overrated asses? Oh, and Seth Green, please stop ruining Star Wars with your shitty 40 dollar DVD "specials",

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  • Jul 30, 2009 6:24:06 PM CDT

    Harold-Sherbort

    by seth_rogens_hairy_breasts

    No wonder it was sort of funny then.

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  • Jul 30, 2009 6:36:06 PM CDT

    Done. Finished.

    by smokingrobot

    I will never see a movie with this prick in it. Congratulations, Seth, you've now joined an elite squad of hollywood pricks. You're not in the league as say, Jeanne Garfolo, but give it time. You're young.

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  • Jul 30, 2009 6:44:08 PM CDT

    SETH ROGEN=FAT BAG OF SHIT

    by choclatewoman

    There I said it again, seth. You may have lost some wieght but you will ALWAYS be a fat bag of shit in your soul. NO fisting rights for you, ever.

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  • Jul 30, 2009 9:10:05 PM CDT

    with all the

    by buzz_aldrin

    rogen and apatow hate i think it is my obligation to step in and come out with this: FUCK YOU, BEAKS! You rightly feel like a douche. Not because of your XXXXL t-shirt, but because you are one. A giant pseudo smart sycophant that should be put in a bottle and sent out with the chinese current. I cannot believe a hack like this shitstain still isnt out of a job after delivering one terrible piece of writing after the other. From fellating stars in zero information interviews to endless fucking KICK ASS planting... my god, i can't even go on. Please just finally go away Beaks!

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  • Jul 30, 2009 9:22:58 PM CDT

    BUZZ ALDRIN?

    by lockesbrokenleg

    The astronaut?

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  • Jul 30, 2009 9:25:55 PM CDT

    Seth Rogan plays himself in every film

    by shabbyblue

    That is why he has no talent as an actor.

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  • Jul 31, 2009 1:04:42 AM CDT

    Seth Rogen is funny

    by c0ns

    Deal with it. Only fucking dipshit pathetic AICN talkbackers have such a problem with him that they not only find him unfunny but they obsess over his success and bitterly cry themselves to sleep at night thinking about it. It is a sad state of affairs.

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  • Jul 31, 2009 1:06:08 AM CDT

    And you fucking morons

    by c0ns

    It's Seth ROGEN. There's a fucking e. If you're gonna trash the guy, at least spell his GD name right.

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  • Jul 31, 2009 1:20:41 AM CDT

    Rogen has been forced to dial down his natural charm

    by windowlicker74

    lol i love the sarcasm! And what with the star of david shirt?? After knocked up everybody knows you're a jew. We all laughed when you explained to Heigl in all seriousness what a bar mitzwa was. it was so freakin' hilarious.

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  • Jul 31, 2009 1:47:49 AM CDT

    Seth rogen and funny should never be mentioned in the same phras

    by toby_fn_wong

    You dropped the ball on that headline, AICN.

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  • Jul 31, 2009 2:03:32 AM CDT

    All people named Seth aren't funny

    by lockesbrokenleg

    They're just sad, and like to play with puppets all day

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  • Jul 31, 2009 3:18:33 AM CDT

    I saw Funny People tonight...

    by barrock

    Um, I didn't get why Ira was a bad guy at all? When did he steal a joke? When did he act bad?

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  • Jul 31, 2009 6:46:47 AM CDT

    Boy Seth Rogen is talented

    by magic_ninja

    I liked that one movie where he played a sarcastic fat ass...oh, sorry, I think the proper term is "lovable schlub". Don't worry fat ass geeks, Devin over at CHUD has had "exclusive" interviews with the cast so expect a glowing review for this piece of shit movie.

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  • Jul 31, 2009 7:13:54 AM CDT

    This is one strange talkback

    by the brains

    It's ironic that parts of one's body seems odd and unusual because you don't see them on a day to day basis.

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  • Jul 31, 2009 7:34:04 AM CDT

    146 Minutes Long

    by aquatarkusman

    I commend our cinematic marathoners who can stand that cast for 2.5 hours.

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  • Jul 31, 2009 8:58:38 AM CDT

    Rogen or Rogan: DOESN'T MATTER!

    by burnednotice_dude

    He plays the same character in every movie. Name should be Seth Norange.

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  • Jul 31, 2009 9:11:10 AM CDT

    magic_ninja

    by harold-sherbort

    Have you seen it yet?

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  • Jul 31, 2009 11:17:35 AM CDT

    There is not enough Seth Rogen product out there

    by inactionman

    A new movie or DVD with Rogen every month is not enough. We need a 24 hour Seth Rogen cable channel all Seth all the time. Here's the schedule:

    8am to 12 Pm The Seth Sucks Judd Apatow's cock and gives him a rim job show.

    12 pm to 4 pm Seth smokes Pot Show.

    4 pm to 8 Pm Seth's deformed clone Jonah Hill Sucks Seth's cock and gives him a rim job show.

    8pm to midnight the Seth Pitches producers on putting him in roles he has no business playing: Seth as Superman, Seth as James Bond, Seth as Captian America. Seth as Harry Potter, Seth as the Alien from Alien. Seth as Darth Vader.

    12 am to 4am Seth tries to talk the Devil into giving him back his soul but, keeping his career.

    4 am to 8 am Seth Rogen infomercials selling Seth merchandise.


    But that's not enough Seth. Hollywood should get George Lucas to put Seth into old movies made before Seth was born. Like Seth as Citizen Kane's pot smoking sidekick or Lawrence of Arabia's pot smoking sidekick or Charlie Chaplin's pot smoking side kick.

    But no that is not enough Seth. Congress should pass a law that no movie can be made in America without at least a five minute cameo by Seth Roegen. Because everything is better with Seth Rogen. When Seth cuts his toe nails or gets his hair cut the hair and toe nails should all be scooped up and mixed into all of the food produced in America because everything is better with Seth.

    We need huge posters of Seth's face looking down on us from every building like Saddam Hussein had in Iraq.

    We should make Seth Emperor of Earth for life to rule over us all.
    HaHahee ha he ha ha ho ho hee ha ha he ha hee hee ho he ho!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Jul 31, 2009 11:42:34 AM CDT

    InActionMan, Hilarious, dude!

    by stabby

    Best part: "We need huge posters of Seth's face looking down on us from every building like Saddam Hussein had in Iraq."

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  • Jul 31, 2009 11:52:20 AM CDT

    Movie was great, go see it

    by santiagoanddunbar

    Could've trimmed it down a little though.

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  • Jul 31, 2009 11:53:25 AM CDT

    Apatow doesnt make films. he makes "Jewvies"

    by rkdn

  • Fox News, love it or hate it, has a shit-ton of fans. Way to narrow your appeal to almost one third of America, tool.

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  • Jul 31, 2009 11:57:56 AM CDT

    The Real Interview Transcript:

    by rkdn

    Beaks: "So do you know any Funny People?"
    Rogen: "dont think so. Wait, that kid in 3rd grade always peed his pants. I recall that being a big laugh."
    Beaks: "soooo uhm...Fox News huh?
    Rogen: "LULZ I KNO RITE?"
    Beaks: "we have the same t-shirt, only its different."
    Rogen: "thats cool. I like Pantera."
    Beaks: "hey, can i ask you something about a movie that you were doing interviews for last summer, but somehow, nobody ever thought to ask it at the time?"
    Rogen: "uhm, i guess."
    Beaks: "what was it like working with those guys?"
    Rogen: "oh it was good. So, are we done?"
    Beaks: "thanks for your *doorslam*...time..."

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  • Jul 31, 2009 12:04:52 PM CDT

    RKDN, not to be a tool, but I really hope that FoxNews

    by stabby

    doesn't have fans but a shit-ton of well-informed viewers. No, news program should have fans. And talk shows like Hannity and O'Reilly shouldn't be taken as news.

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  • Jul 31, 2009 12:05:37 PM CDT

    RKDN

    by stabby

    Your interview was funny though.

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  • Jul 31, 2009 12:08:04 PM CDT

    stabby - totally agree w/ you on Fox

    by rkdn

    but seriously, the guy is just a dumbass if he's going to refer to everyone who watches that cable channel as 'douchebags'
    yes Beaks actually did it (his dumbassery is already established), but Seth sorta rolled with it.
    The most alarming part is that even in an interview with an AICN reporter, Seth isn't the one coming up with the funny punchlines. He's still the guy going "YEAH I KNO RITE?!" like every intertard on /b/. Thats how you know you're not funny - when Beaks gets all the punchlines.

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  • Jul 31, 2009 12:10:18 PM CDT

    for the record: I like Beaks

    by rkdn

    mostly because he can let a guy like me talk smack about him, and yet still be civil in an email conversation. He gets it.

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  • Jul 31, 2009 12:21:39 PM CDT

    RKDN: I hear what you're saying

    by stabby

    I guess he figures it's AICN, who's gonna read it. Good call though. Are you a publicist?

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  • Jul 31, 2009 12:34:42 PM CDT

    I think Harold-Sherbort is Seth Rogen

    by stabby

    or a surrogate subordinate. I hope he gives Seth my message to cast Ken Jeong from The Hangover as Kato.

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  • Jul 31, 2009 12:40:10 PM CDT

    I have no devout affection for The Green Hornet

    by stabby

    I barely remember the short lived Bruce Lee series and never saw any of the B&W serials so I really don't care if Rogen makes it a comedy or a spoof. In fact, I would prefer that. Now, I know Seth is a fanboy and I can see him getting all serious and trying be all Jon Favreau and shit, but I would actually like to see a badass action comedy like Pineapple Express was supposed to be. And I would love to see Ken Jeong play Kato.

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  • Jul 31, 2009 2:00:44 PM CDT

    At least he looks like he's in 20s now

    by drewlicious

    The first time I remember seeing him was "Knocked Up" and I seriously thought he was well in to his 30s. I wonder how long he'll keep it up. If he's in the habit of going out on benders I'd expect him to gain it back right after Green Hornet raps. Look what happened to Vince Vaughn. That shit happened almost overnight.

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  • Jul 31, 2009 4:13:59 PM CDT

    for the record

    by buzz_aldrin

    dear jesus, please give beaks cancer and let him die painfully and alone. thanks jesus! you're the best!

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  • Jul 31, 2009 4:26:58 PM CDT

    I'D RATHER HAVE THE SHITS FOR A WEEK....

    by haterofcrap

    ...THAN SEE THIS HOMOGENIZED JUNK.

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  • Aug 01, 2009 12:39:36 AM CDT

    Enough with the Jew stuff already

    by reno

    You're Jews. WE GET IT.

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  • Aug 01, 2009 1:46:36 AM CDT

    I WANT TO SEE THE SEQUEL SAD PEOPLE

    by lockesbrokenleg

    FOLLOWED BY ANGRY PEOPLE, HORNY PEOPLE, STUPID PEOPLE,

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  • Aug 01, 2009 5:01:28 AM CDT

    i have a serious question

    by hebrewlantern

    what joke did rogen "steal" from williams? or did i just mis read that?

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  • Aug 01, 2009 5:04:03 AM CDT

    Stabby

    by hebrewlantern

    no program on fox news should be considered news. its all just a bunch of shit used to trash the democratic party and support the republican party

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  • Aug 01, 2009 7:28:00 AM CDT

    hebrew lantern

    by buzz_aldrin

    are you dumb? are you retarded or something? i know americans don't really like reading, but this is just ridiculous. here's a thought: if you got the feeling you "mis read" something simply "re read" it. i know it's a lot of work, but you can do it buddy! believe in yourself! USA! USA!

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  • Aug 01, 2009 9:24:42 AM CDT

    Damn You Michael Bay

    by mcmlxxvi

    Damn You Michael Bay

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  • Aug 01, 2009 9:39:28 AM CDT

    Rogen was good on Stern but...

    by zoefan

    Again, why does he laugh after 98% of the statements he makes (whether it's funny or not)?

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  • Aug 02, 2009 12:19:04 AM CDT

    Do not blaspheme the mighty Seth Rogen

    by elvispresleehorsleyharveyoswaldoprahwinf

    From the wounded taint of a dying God the man crawled forth fully formed but for his beer gut
    For aeons the energies he collected in his moist areas have waited and are now unleashed.
    Speak ill of this human-deity to your own folly for his kingdom is your moms house and his throne is her snug and well cleansed pooping apparatus.

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  • Aug 02, 2009 1:29:32 AM CDT

    The End.

    by throughthebrokenwindowwithdancindelroyli

    It is officially time for this movie, and all related articles, to go away. Where is the Inglourious Basterds Review?

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  • Aug 03, 2009 3:03:40 AM CDT

    Fox "News" is a weak Entertainment Channel

    by elvispresleehorsleyharveyoswaldoprahwinf

    Can't Fox "News" come up with something else to love besides genocide, racism, rampant consumerism and turning a blind white eye to the ills of the human condition in an insane attempt to maintain a desperately antiquated status quo?
    I'm just thinking that would be easier than changing the opinions all the comedians, since Fox "News" already has a memo system and stuff.

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  • Aug 03, 2009 8:55:57 AM CDT

    FUNNY PEOPLE HUGE "MEH" AT THE BOX OFFICE

    by stabby

    YOU CAN READ BOUT IT HERE AT TIME: http://tinyurl.com/me82cj AND HERE AT CNN: http://tinyurl.com/ksevyf

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  • Aug 03, 2009 9:46:27 PM CDT

    Is Rogen in good health?

    by orbots commander

    Because I'm looking at that still up there with him wearing the Super Jew t-shirt. It cannot be healthy to drop THAT much weight in such a short period of time. From my college days, the only people I've seen pull that off had raging coke habits.

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  • Aug 18, 2009 4:12:42 PM CDT

    Yay, may very own node

    by stabby

    All to myself.

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