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" 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. "

Dan Harmon

You

Three

Growing Up

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" Emotionally, shows like 'Cheers' and 'Taxi' were classic sitcoms when I was growing up. "

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" I really like performing for people. "

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Performing

" 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. "

" I feel like I am a good person and a professional, very able leader of men. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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Know

Looking

" 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. "

" There's a fine line between a stream of consciousness and a babbling brook to nowhere. "

" I was raised on NBC television. "

" I think that casting is probably the most important thing in television production. "

" Maybe I am just a jerk. "

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