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SmartLessAug 10, 2020

Seth Rogen

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An American Pickle
Simon Rich

The host mentions 'An American Pickle' while discussing the creative process and the influence of substances like shrooms. They highlight the film'…

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A destined drop-in from writer, creator, and comedian-extraordinaire, Seth Rogen (An American Pickle, Pineapple Express, Knocked Up). The guys grill Seth on his newly brined movie, his early stand-up days, longstanding collaborations with Apatow and Goldberg... amongst a big bundle of other scintillations. Seth's new film "An American Pickle" is available on HBO Max.
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  • The conversation centers on creative process and shrooms.
  • Referenced books include An American Pickle by Simon Rich.
  • The strongest audience signal points to Fans of unique film concepts and dramedies.
  • A destined drop-in from writer, creator, and comedian-extraordinaire, Seth Rogen (An American Pickle, Pineapple Express, Knocked Up). The guys grill Seth on his newly br…

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Best for Fans of unique film concepts and dramediesOften cited around creative process and shrooms

The discussion revolves around 'An American Pickle', a story about a Jewish immigrant who falls into a vat of pickle juice and is brined for 100 years, returning to modern day.

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Sentiment: Passing Reference
For: Fans of unique film concepts and dramedies
Key quote: It's a great idea. It's an HBO Max. A Jewish immigrant comes to America in the twenties and falls in a vat of pickle juice.
The host mentions 'An American Pickle' while discussing the creative process and the influence of substances like shrooms. They highlight the film's unique premise and the challenges of capturing its tone.
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Movies & Documentaries Mentioned

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This Is the End

Confidence: 90%

The speaker mentions that 'This is the End' was the last movie they wrote and directed seven years ago.

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Steve Jobs

Confidence: 90%

The Steve Jobs movie was probably, like, the easiest thing I've ever done.

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Moneyball

Confidence: 90%

I remember when he was shooting Moneyball.

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Wolf of Wall Street

Confidence: 90%

I was so psyched, because it was actually, like, a comedic performance.

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An American Pickle

Confidence: 90%

A Jewish immigrant comes to America in the twenties and falls in a vat of pickle juice, getting brined for a hundred years and returning to modern day.

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Fiddler on the Roof

Confidence: 80%

It starts in Eastern Europe and the Cossacks come and try to kill Herschel Greenbaum and his wife.

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Being John Malkovich

Confidence: 70%

It has like a being John Malkovich-ish kind of tone.

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The Disaster Artist

Confidence: 70%

It's probably closer to like, like the disaster artist or 50, 50 kind of like.