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Jamie Demetrioumakes this look easy, even when its anything but.
The pure silliness of the show belies how difficult it was to create.
Ive read the interviews where you talk about yourwriters blockthat you suffered while you were writing season three.
I wonder if you could talk about that a little bit.
Like, [whiny voice] Oh, Ive got to write a series of my television show!
Its not the worst tragedy in the world, but I went completely bonkers.
Im not out on the street with a notepad being like, Give me some gags, world!
So that was like a breakthrough for me.
He was like, I need a sketchbook right nowplease.
And I think I had a real absence of that.
Then I wasoff shooting a TV show in L.A., and I had to do an American accent.
America is sunglasses and Coca-Cola.
And to answer your question about pushing through it, I sort of didnt.
Oh no!Yeah.
I mean, it was horrendous, but I think it put things in perspective a little bit.
It was like,Okay, you’re gonna wanna stop thinking about yourself right now.
But thats a very long answer to your question.
And also, are you okay physically?Yeah, I was so bashed up from that.
You just sort of switch your head off for those things.
So Im like,Okay, what havent we seen him do?
We havent seen him tired.
Its not born out of any kind of morals, he just doesnt have any courage as a person.
This season I think became way more about spectacles and set pieces.
I like to think of it as having spikes throughout, like totem poles to keep the thing up.
Yeah, you jump in a canaltwice.
That looked terrible.Yeah, I know.
It was disgusting in there.
I opened my eyes underwater, and it was like luminous piss yellow.
Its a licensing thing.
And it turns out, nothing.
I understand if theres no money, theres no money, but it is a very unsatisfying reality.
Its only something I noticed because I saw both.Really?
Everyone I talked to in America whos seen it did not seem to care.
Im so glad that weve managed to use it.
But yeah, Counting Crowss Colorblind has always been the thing.
The audacity to use that song again, it feels funny to me.
Like [in a Stath voice] Its a fantastic it really has everything you gotta get going.
We get to see Sophie succeed at the open mic, and at the wedding people really love her.
In the world of this show, is she talented now?No.
Absolutely not, no.
In fact, thats a really useful question.
Let her be dumb.
I think that its very important to clarify that no, Sophie isnotgood at things in the world.
Can you tell us about who Brendan Ewen is?
I was Googling it like a dumb-dumb.I wasnt ever expecting that to come up.
So we got given the DVDs on the day that the brilliant art department had mocked up.
And theyre like, No, hes so happy with it.
So thats who Brendan Ewen is.
Thank you, Brendan, for letting us use your name.
Im so thrilled you brought that up.
Thats such a lovely moment in that.
The dumb thing is fair.
But its like: What is dumb?
Its just someone who doesnt do things rationally, I suppose.
And hes irrational because hes all emotion; hes just a pure extension of his immediate emotions.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
