Jimmy O. Yang (performing a bit)

I just pursued that and thought, all right, this is going to be weird. I'm going to do a half-hour comedy show about moral philosophy, but I don't know, maybe it'll work. I just sort of rolled the dice, and I'm glad I did because the experience of working on it was wonderful. It was a big hit.

Yeah, I mean, as far as you can determine anything these days is a big hit, it was at least a show that people watched and seemed to enjoy, and it seemed to resonate with people.

Yeah, I mean, as far as you can determine anything these days is a big hit, it was at least a show that people watched and seemed to enjoy, and it seemed to resonate with people.

Yeah, I mean, as far as you can determine anything these days is a big hit, it was at least a show that people watched and seemed to enjoy, and it seemed to resonate with people.

Oh, philosophy by far. I say that only because I had no religion really to speak of. My father's side of the family are Jewish, but my grandfather, his father, renounced Judaism when he was very young and became a devout atheist. My mother's side of the family was raised vaguely Methodist, I would say, but... I had no religious upbringing at all.

Oh, philosophy by far. I say that only because I had no religion really to speak of. My father's side of the family are Jewish, but my grandfather, his father, renounced Judaism when he was very young and became a devout atheist. My mother's side of the family was raised vaguely Methodist, I would say, but... I had no religious upbringing at all.

Oh, philosophy by far. I say that only because I had no religion really to speak of. My father's side of the family are Jewish, but my grandfather, his father, renounced Judaism when he was very young and became a devout atheist. My mother's side of the family was raised vaguely Methodist, I would say, but... I had no religious upbringing at all.

When I got to college I took a couple philosophy classes and really liked the way that philosophy was able to talk about ethics and morality and other topics without

When I got to college I took a couple philosophy classes and really liked the way that philosophy was able to talk about ethics and morality and other topics without

When I got to college I took a couple philosophy classes and really liked the way that philosophy was able to talk about ethics and morality and other topics without

limiting them in many cases without limiting them to who can apply for this right like that was always one of my problems with organized religion was that it was like this is the way the world works but it's only for this group of people it's not for that group of people it's only for you over here if you believe these sets of things we told the marketing team

limiting them in many cases without limiting them to who can apply for this right like that was always one of my problems with organized religion was that it was like this is the way the world works but it's only for this group of people it's not for that group of people it's only for you over here if you believe these sets of things we told the marketing team

limiting them in many cases without limiting them to who can apply for this right like that was always one of my problems with organized religion was that it was like this is the way the world works but it's only for this group of people it's not for that group of people it's only for you over here if you believe these sets of things we told the marketing team

When we were coming up with posters and advertising materials for the show, no harps, no puffy white clouds, no halos. This is not a show about Christianity. This is a show about philosophy.

When we were coming up with posters and advertising materials for the show, no harps, no puffy white clouds, no halos. This is not a show about Christianity. This is a show about philosophy.

When we were coming up with posters and advertising materials for the show, no harps, no puffy white clouds, no halos. This is not a show about Christianity. This is a show about philosophy.

Yeah, absolutely. This show is appearing on NBC at probably 8.30 on Thursday or something. And, you know, you can't say those words. So let's come up with a reason why you can't say them within the context of the show. It wasn't just that it was on NBC. Like, I wanted that show on.

Yeah, absolutely. This show is appearing on NBC at probably 8.30 on Thursday or something. And, you know, you can't say those words. So let's come up with a reason why you can't say them within the context of the show. It wasn't just that it was on NBC. Like, I wanted that show on.

Yeah, absolutely. This show is appearing on NBC at probably 8.30 on Thursday or something. And, you know, you can't say those words. So let's come up with a reason why you can't say them within the context of the show. It wasn't just that it was on NBC. Like, I wanted that show on.

Ideally to be able to be watched by people of all ages and it was I'm happy that that show was on NBC and not you know behind a paywall on a streaming service because I think that ultimately my bet which was just a conjecture at the time but my bet was that kids would like it. And it turned out to be true when we entered the COVID era and everybody was having to go to school from home.