I personally think the best ideas for TV shows – at least comedies – are very low-fi ideas. High concepts often sell pitches in movies and TV, but, especially in TV when you’re talking about hopefully a 100 or 150 episode proposition, those concepts just burn off, and then you’re stuck with nothing. Michael Schur Read Quote
All of comedy at some level is trial-and-error, whether it’s a stand-up trying out jokes or a comedy show trying stories. Michael Schur Read Quote
Society is completely unreasonable. People want everything and want to pay for nothing. They panic if they think about their taxes being raised, but if their garbage collection is a day late they scream and yell. Michael Schur Read Quote
If a show ever tries to be cool, then it’s going to be doing something wrong. Michael Schur Read Quote
The best shows are always the ones that are very, very low-concept and just about great characters. Michael Schur Read Quote
As a viewer of TV shows, I always like shows more when I just feel like the people in charge have a plan. You can just tell sometimes, ‘Oh, there’s a plan there. They have an idea for how this is going to unfold.’ Michael Schur Read Quote
