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Eric Schlosser, Alice Waters + Food, Inc. PanelJune 4, 2009
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Judd ApatowJuly 22, 2009
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Jane CampionSeptember 14, 2009
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Tennessee Williams Panel December 9, 2009
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Terry GilliamDecember 8, 2009
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Henry SelickNovember 18, 2009
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Jeff Bridges + Scott CooperDecember 13, 2009
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Michael FassbenderJanuary 6, 2010
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Michael CaineApril 28, 2010
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Amy RyanSeptember 14, 2010
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David O. Russell + Spike JonzeJanuary 19, 2011
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Tom Hooper, Claire Bloom + Jennifer EhleJanuary 17, 2011
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Bill CosbyFebruary 15, 2011
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Errol MorrisJuly 12, 2011
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Alexander PayneNovember 18, 2011
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Lisa Kudrow + Dan BucantinskyFebruary 23, 2011
Lisa Kudrow + Dan Bucantinsky February 23, 2011
In 2005, Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King co-created The Comeback, a penetrating and often brutal satire of reality TV, sitcoms, and show business in general. The series was cancelled, but quickly developed a cult following. After a screening of the first episode, Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky (executive producer and actor on The Comeback) discuss the conception, execution, and untimely demise of the series with Tod Lippy, editor of Esopus, the innovative magazine that had an interview about The Comeback in its special issue about television. The conversation examines how the show foresaw the trajectory of the reality TV phenomenon and how it suffered in ratings for being ahead of its time.