ABCsBetter Off Ted whose season finale airs tonight at 8:30 ET charms the pants off me week after week.
Its often quite awkward for people in the nearby vicinity.)
Itd beunfairnot to.Slavin:I think that were the marriage on this show.
Were a complexrelationship but uncomplicated.
Were so enmeshed, we cease to existwithout each other.
You went there!Barrett: I went all the way there, buddy.
[Laughs] Ive got six minutes too, and Im going to use em.
I guess theonly way I can describe it is a horrifying screeching, bird-like squawkover and over again.
They would let me go on andon, and you know you cant stop and breathe in between.
It reminded meof my days blowing theshofarin temple.
Thats what it felt like.Barrett: It felt like that for me too.
Just to see a grown man yell.
How many times do you think you practiced that?Barrett: I bet he practiced all the time.
You practiced all the time, didnt you?Slavin: I practiced a lot.
I thought it out.
My dogs were like, what are you doing?
!Barrett: He has 19 dogs, too.Slavin: Dont exaggerate.
[Silence]
That wasnt really a question, sorry.
I just wanted to say that.Barrett: [Laughs]Slavin: Did you see the one about Obama?
When presidents talk, Americans get hurt.
Brilliant.Slavin: I know.
What are a few of your favorite workplace sitcoms?Barrett: Uh…Working, starring Fred Savage.
[Laughs]
Wow, you keep going places.Slavin:Mary Tyler Moore.
I actually do love that show.Barrett:NewsRadio.
We loveBetter Off Tedat EW.
Were doing thingsyoure not going to see on TV.
It doesnt take itself tooseriously, and yet its really intelligent comedy.
I dont think wedumb anything down.
[Laughs]Barrett: Wearesaving lives.
This is similar to working in the peace corps!
No, I meanI think the things that we get away with are only seen on cable.
Idont think you see this punch in of subject matter-skewing and satire onregular TV.
Tonights the season finale.
Can you share any tidbits about the episode?Barrett:The episode is called Get Happy.
Way.Slavin: She does!Barrett: Fun fact?
Ive heard that rumor about her, actually.Barrett: Its true!Slavin: [Laughs] She wouldnever!
ABC has beenreally supportive.
From the get-go, theyve loved what weve been doingcreatively and theyve been very upfront about that.
