Severance S1 Q&A - Dan Erickson 

TREMENDOUS INTERVIEW. WONDERFUL QUESTIONS AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE SHOW. GREAT CHEMISTRY

Underrated interview! I've liatened to a dozen or so podcasts and interviews about Severence back to back and this one was so enjoyable and thorough! The pacing and flow of conversation felt so natural and researched without seeming recited. Thank you so much for hosting and posting!

I love this interview, I love how you asked about Dan's writing process and if he had writing exercises and things like that that he would do to inspire himself. I love to learn stuff like this and people rarely ask about the hard work that does into the creative aspects of making a show or movie. Thank you!

Brilliant interview! And the edit you did made it efficient and flow really well - I appreciate that!

OMG the Graner's tooth storyline!! That's so shocking but as Dan said, seems like it would have happened in an another development of the show. It seems like Dan Erickson and Ben Stiller are a good match-up in terms of balancing the creative weirdness and also the grounding to aid the suspension of disbelief!

Great interview and great questions. The questions about Dan's creative process are unique from the other interviews. You dug into his mind! Hope Dan succeeds more in his career and gets his "Hellywood" produced!

I met Dan in Fort Smith Arkansas about 20 sum years ago, and he was the most impressive looking fighter I had ever seen in person!

The idea was informed via working a door Factory job, not telemarketing, AP programming…that kinda thing? Are Dan Ericsson’s other ideas consistent with someone who can invent a reward day of supposedly fun tightly controlled group work activities like the music dance experience involving defiant jazz (all while half asleep)? Did Dan’s have an idea grabbing team lead who drived an Audi, because that would help explain his stream of consciousness writing process? Why does he have to check the math for the timeline on something he personally conceived of and wrote? Why can’t he remember the first draft? Does he seem a bit nervous talking about the concepts? Would adding an inspired by credit help reduce interview flop sweat levels when discussing the inspiration for a hit show? A show credit and a pocket full of bitcoins could go a long way to release the muse…without hiring a rescue team of writers. Has Dan Ericsson ever read an idle man telemarketing script over and over and over completely with cheesy transitions? Would someone keep casting the ‘got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell’ guy (irrespective of fit) just because he realized its happening again and to see if he can get still get away with making casting demands in 2015? ‘Doesn’t matter, do your job, don’t rewrite gold shits’ is great guidance…’we think someone should do it’ also was. Perhaps these questions will never be answered. Pity.

The interviewer is talking too much. Ask a concise question and let the person speak. We want to hear what Dan Erickson has to say.