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" I am huge fan of Australian comedy. 'Strictly Ballroom' is one of my favorite movies. Definitely the British Commonwealth's sensibility is where I draw a lot of my influences. "

Jonathan Krisel

Comedy

Movies

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Jonathan Krisel

Crazy

Know

" I'm a huge 'Twin Peaks' fan. "

" I loved 'Welcome to the Dollhouse.' That was one of the most influential movies ever. You know that genre with the nerdy girl, and she redeems herself in the end. Like 'Napoleon Dynamite.' And in 'Welcome to the Dollhouse,' she doesn't. She sucks. It's like, that's what's real. That's what's heartbreaking. "

" Bands on tour are very good cultivators of what's the avant-garde of comedy. "

" I always look at 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail.' They talked about how they wrote this movie with horses, and then they realized that horses are super-expensive and time-consuming. 'Why don't we just change it to coconuts?' That's part of my process. "

" I always want to push myself. "

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Jonathan Krisel

Why

Time

" 'Fawlty Towers' was a huge influence on me. I mean, it was so slapstick, too. 'Are You Being Served?' was on 15 times a day, it seemed like, and I loved it. "

" There is no 'recycle too much.' That's an oxymoron. "

" Comedy is like horror - you have to shock something in the viewer's system to make them feel it. "

Jonathan Krisel

Horror

Feel

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