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Dan Harmon [1973-0] American

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Writer

Dan Harmon is an American writer and producer. Harmon is best known for creating and producing NBC comedy series Community, co-creating Adult Swim animated television series Rick and Morty, and co-founding the alternative television network/website Channel 101.

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People often ask me about what constitutes a nerd-friendly show - like, does it have to have sci-fi elements? But I think it's just a show that satisfies the secret craving we all have to be obsessed with something and not feel at all stupid about it.		101
I'm from Wisconsin so I always feel a little nauseous about begging and trying to trick people into liking me.		102
There's a fine line between a stream of consciousness and a babbling brook to nowhere.		103
Eight o'clock is hard no matter what network you're on because people have to make a decision to sit down and start watching TV. Every other time slot is a time slot that happens after someone's watching something else.		104
I care very much what the fans think. I'm starting to loosen my grip on caring about what critics say, because I think that critics care about what fans think of them, too, so there's a little bit of a refraction there, through that glass.		105
I don't think it's going to be possible for the next generation of writers to tell stories without telling stories about telling stories.		106
I feel like I am a good person and a professional, very able leader of men.		107
I love '30 Rock.' It's one of my favorite shows. It's certainly the gold standard of comedy writing.		108
Emotionally, shows like 'Cheers' and 'Taxi' were classic sitcoms when I was growing up.		109
I am absolutely and inherently self-destructive in that I am always making sure I'm doing what I want to do.		110
If your ratings are high and there's money being made, you're allowed to be a perfectionist in television.		111
The public's perception of your show is what it is, and you don't get to complain how people perceive your show or talk about it.		112
Maybe I am just a jerk.		113
I wish that television would stop selling our hatred of ourselves, and start seducing us with our love of ourselves.		114
Class clowns are never allowed to date anybody decent, but you don't get beaten up, you're invited to parties, and everybody likes you.		115
I don't really have a lot of appropriate feelings for people on an individual basis, but I've always wanted to make people happy.		116
I feel like my life has always been the 'Hey Look at Me Show.' I'm not apologetic about that.		117
I've never done well when I've been appreciated. I've done best when I'm targeted for death.		118
I am a collaborator with everyone who agrees that I need to be in control. I happily collaborate with my loyalists.		119
When you watch the sitcoms that were the big hits when I was growing up, TV was still just TV. It was allowed to just be TV. There were three channels that were competing for the whole family and you couldn't take your business elsewhere.		120
I really like performing for people.		121
Everyone knows that there are more people watching any given show than is being registered by the Nielsen system.		122
The concept of doing holiday episodes is a huge part of what's fantastic about doing TV. And viewers agree; you see the numbers going up for holiday episodes.		123
There are lots of emotions that go with the Fourth of July.		124
My passion for 'Star Trek' is actually rooted in my love of television and the art of franchise and a premise designed to stick people together that have to figure out what to do.		125
I think that casting is probably the most important thing in television production.		126
Well, the average person comes home from work really tired, and just wants to flip through channels until they land on the thing that's the least objectionable to them. They're not looking for their new favorite TV show because they know that that search will take forever and they'll go to bed unhappy.		201
Television is a populous, derivative, democratic medium.		202
I was raised on NBC television.		203
When I was a kid I never knew the difference between a sitcom and a drama. I just knew what my parents were watching and what was making them happy.		204
TV in all its ugliness can be a beautiful thing.		205
Truthfully, I'm pretty stuck in the '80s.		206
There's the same percentage of genius happening in both genders, but there's less women writing scripts and out there looking for the job.		207
I think women are different, and I think having them in the room is crucial to a family comedy, ensemble comedy, television comedy, where half the eyeballs on your show are women.		208

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