I still felt it was a series, so I woke up every morning at 4:30 before I went to my other job and I wrote. (Eventually) I kind of thought it was over. And then I had lunch with some people at NBC who complimented me on the script and I said, 'Well, let's do it' and to their credit they decided to do it. It was nice that it came back to life.

That's the funny thing about havin' a kid. They come with their own set of problems; make everything else you were worried about seem kinda silly.

It's exciting that the network feels we're strong enough and the show is quality enough to be put in a slot that has housed a lot of great comedy. [But] as far as affecting our work, I wake up every morning and go to bed every night absolutely terrified that I won't do a good episode of TV, and I'm going to feel that way whether we're on Tuesdays, Thursdays or Sundays at 10 am. It doesn't matter.

He would wait until the second half of the high school football game so he could go in for free.

We use (narration) as he's just telling us a story. He could be in a bar somewhere telling the story to somebody. We just happen to be seeing it.

You can't ignore that the stakes are high for NBC for this show. They're excited because they need something to work.