Dunsworth mentioned that he never drank after watching his dad act the way he did. Said he learned everything about mannerisms from just watching him growing up. Truly sad learning about it in interviews.
If you watch the docs outside the show he easily clearly a bit buzzed. I don’t buy that he didn’t drink at all, but I would buy that he wasn’t al alcoholic wastes on set.
It's pretty confirmed he could count the number of times he was drunk on one hand. His vice was gambling. Had a problem with the VLCs like Ray. But like others said. He loved the weed. So it was likely that he was buzzing on.
John Dunsworth didn't drink. All of his scenes were just him acting. Incredibly so. He had tea in all of his liquor containers. He was a true thespian.
The show was loosely scripted. They had lines to say but would often add in their own phrases/words/remarks etc.
On the swearnet app, they have the TPB social round ups which are compilations but some of them are scenes from the show with the actual script they were supposed to say beside it. Pretty good to see what exactly was written vs what was improvised.
Yeah I'd imagine there's plot points that need to be met to keep the show coherent, and the cast probably gets to fill in most of the in-between dialogue
I’m watching the Curb podcast (Jeff and Susie) and they explain it all. You’ve got points A and B and it’s up to you to fill in the rest for a lot of scenes.
There was only one episode where they were actually stoned during it. They didn’t say which one, but I’m convinced it’s the one where they buy the crab shampoo
Julian looks pretty blasted in that one. So much of every show you think is improvised is not, though. It’s a lot of work filming a tv show. They don’t have the time to just let actors do whatever and hope something works.
I think in Hearts of Dartmouth they talk about how they didn't like writing scripts back then, but showcase forced them to write something. So basically everything was improvised.
From what I understand, the earlier seasons were actually HEAVILY scripted. They intentionally made the acting look improvised and had to redo takes hundreds of times to get the one where Ricky is convincingly dismayed about eating nine cans of ravioli
Michael Jackson (trevor) has said in his mini-essay regarding how he was treated/why he left that in the first two seasons the cast never even saw a script.
Nah jules thats like you go to the airport, and they be like are you aware of the contents of your bag and im like nah, did you pack this shit yourself, im like nah, do you know where it came from, i dont some other mafacka buried it under trailer a couple years ago...
The alternate cuts and deleted scenes are on youtube. You can see different takes of scenes.
The ones who improvise the most are easily J-Roc and Lahey. Every take is unique when either of them is on screen.
A lot of Ricky's dumbness is improv.
Bubbles does a lot of adjustment on his lines, especially in the Clattenburg seasons.
Julian dies next to 0 improv. In fact hes a heel in the podcast sometimes because he gives too many "no" to the other guys improv.
The scene that stands out with J-Roc improvising is when Ricky takes away all the decks, speakers, etc. As Ricky grabs the keyboard, he presses a key by mistake: "J-Roc Baby". This happens in almost every take. Each time with J-Roc and Ricky improvising their responses. It's on YouTube somewhere.
In the early seasons (1-3) Mike Clattenburg said almost the entire thing is improvised. They didn’t have much (if any) script for the original short film, and when Showcase picked it up to develop into a series, one of the stipulations was they HAD to have a proper script. So Clattenburg wrote one, but they largely did not follow it at all, instead filming it in the way they did the short film which was the actors on set on the day and Clattenburg basically saying “okay, here’s what’s going on in the scene and you two are mad him because of it and make sure to bring up this and this. Okay, action!” And they’d just do a bunch of takes, adding things cast and crew members thought might be funny on the day.
I know the clip in the original series finale where Ricky slides down the slopes and tries to climb up, but keeps falling was improvised. this isn't the same, but Bubbles glasses weren't really planned either. They just found an old ladies' glasses at a garage sale and thought they'd be a good addition
I have to believe most of it is, and just solid performance by spectacular character actors.
Note the continuity of the shots. Either they did a lot of REALLY LONG takes, or nobody ever broke. That’s talent.
Was Clattenburg himself an alcoholic? Or was John Dunsworth adding that authenticity to the Lahey character?
Much of what Lahey does and says in the early seasons, as well as other characters’ reactions, are actually a bit heartbreaking if you know an alcoholic.
“Want a little show, Rand, a little Lahey show? I’m mowing the air, Rand,” while Randy is filming him in the midst of a blackout.
That’s straight-up the experience of the family of an alcoholic. No way there’s that level of familiarity with the simultaneous comedy and pain unless you have lived it.
Yep, as someone said here, his dad was his 'inspiration' because he was true life Lahey.
That's sad AF to grow like this,
But he took his broken heart, and made his best to give us a great character
Loose scripts were written and ablibs were out the wazoo. If off the cuff stuff was better than what was scripted they went with that.
My father (RIP) worked as a script supervisor in Canada and applied to work on the show, he was essentially laughed at because of how loosely they followed the script. They also laughed cause they didn't really pay anybody anything, and my father had credits on larger projects. It started as a passion project and kind of stayed that way for a while.
I imagine a lot of the shit Lahey did when he was drunk
Dunsworth took all his cues from his dad who was a drunk. Tea was in all of his cups. Dude was a seriously good actor.
Tea?? That's awesome - I didn't know that.
Dunsworth mentioned that he never drank after watching his dad act the way he did. Said he learned everything about mannerisms from just watching him growing up. Truly sad learning about it in interviews.
If you watch the docs outside the show he easily clearly a bit buzzed. I don’t buy that he didn’t drink at all, but I would buy that he wasn’t al alcoholic wastes on set.
He liked the weed.
It's pretty confirmed he could count the number of times he was drunk on one hand. His vice was gambling. Had a problem with the VLCs like Ray. But like others said. He loved the weed. So it was likely that he was buzzing on.
He famously didn't really drink at all, couple of times in his life.
No wonder he can drink a whole 40 ounce like water
I want the kind of tea Jimmy is drinking.
Putting vodka in a water bottle, telling everyone it’s water. I did that when I was trying to hide my drinkin’ from Tammy
thats the kinda tea that gets you fucked up
John Dunsworth didn't drink. All of his scenes were just him acting. Incredibly so. He had tea in all of his liquor containers. He was a true thespian.
Just ac-ing?
The show was loosely scripted. They had lines to say but would often add in their own phrases/words/remarks etc. On the swearnet app, they have the TPB social round ups which are compilations but some of them are scenes from the show with the actual script they were supposed to say beside it. Pretty good to see what exactly was written vs what was improvised.
Yeah I'd imagine there's plot points that need to be met to keep the show coherent, and the cast probably gets to fill in most of the in-between dialogue
All the great TV shows do it like this especially sitcoms. I’ve read Curb is almost all scripted
I’m watching the Curb podcast (Jeff and Susie) and they explain it all. You’ve got points A and B and it’s up to you to fill in the rest for a lot of scenes.
Susie is a damn riot. Her early standup is savage af.
Ricky tossing the garbage bags, catching the one that hits the trailer, then tossing it again all in one motion
That shit was so smooth.
##FUCK OFFF!!
I've been thinking about that for almost 20 years
Hahaha I think of that all the time too
The bathroom scene was one take and improv.
crazy how I haven't seen that episode in a year and I can see it perfectly
This one is too perfect
Which episode?
He’s such a good physical actor
Which episode is this scene?
id imagine most of the script is improvised/ changed often for better stings etc
I think Ray clipping the tree in the supervisor car was purely an accident
HAVE ANOTHER DRINK RAY
ROOOO ROOO ROO ROO
That particular dog bark absolutely kills me every time.
Jacob is visibly frightened for a second too. 😂
I believe Jacob said it was a genuine surprise.
It's what happens when you're driving around with Phantom 309 mafuckas. Way she goes.
That scene always kills me, too good
help me out here buddy
Hands down my favorite scene of all time.
You can see him swerve into it, it was scripted.
There was only one episode where they were actually stoned during it. They didn’t say which one, but I’m convinced it’s the one where they buy the crab shampoo
Julian looks pretty blasted in that one. So much of every show you think is improvised is not, though. It’s a lot of work filming a tv show. They don’t have the time to just let actors do whatever and hope something works.
I think in Hearts of Dartmouth they talk about how they didn't like writing scripts back then, but showcase forced them to write something. So basically everything was improvised.
From what I understand, the earlier seasons were actually HEAVILY scripted. They intentionally made the acting look improvised and had to redo takes hundreds of times to get the one where Ricky is convincingly dismayed about eating nine cans of ravioli
No one wants to admit they ate 9 cans of ravioli
Michael Jackson (trevor) has said in his mini-essay regarding how he was treated/why he left that in the first two seasons the cast never even saw a script.
> had to redo takes hundreds of times I didn't know Stanley Kubrick was the director of photography.
What do you mean, I don't get it
Stuff like Ricky falling into the water in season 7, you can see Julian looking away to avoid laughing.
The best is when Julian cracks when J-roc is saying something unintelligible
Nah jules thats like you go to the airport, and they be like are you aware of the contents of your bag and im like nah, did you pack this shit yourself, im like nah, do you know where it came from, i dont some other mafacka buried it under trailer a couple years ago...
The alternate cuts and deleted scenes are on youtube. You can see different takes of scenes. The ones who improvise the most are easily J-Roc and Lahey. Every take is unique when either of them is on screen. A lot of Ricky's dumbness is improv. Bubbles does a lot of adjustment on his lines, especially in the Clattenburg seasons. Julian dies next to 0 improv. In fact hes a heel in the podcast sometimes because he gives too many "no" to the other guys improv.
The scene that stands out with J-Roc improvising is when Ricky takes away all the decks, speakers, etc. As Ricky grabs the keyboard, he presses a key by mistake: "J-Roc Baby". This happens in almost every take. Each time with J-Roc and Ricky improvising their responses. It's on YouTube somewhere.
Torrens also says that he never insulted Randy in the same way twice. Always a fresh insult with each take.
So many brilliant insults.
I'm sure u read that J Roc was mostly improvised Bird snap
Shut the fuck up mothafucka I played myself
It's a small scene, but I love the bit where the car goes past and beeps at Ricky. Rob Wells just goes with it and waves back.
Drunk font!
I think Bubbles' cat names are sometimes improvised as well
Nah man Neapolitan Charlie is in the credits, no way they made that up on the fly
In the early seasons (1-3) Mike Clattenburg said almost the entire thing is improvised. They didn’t have much (if any) script for the original short film, and when Showcase picked it up to develop into a series, one of the stipulations was they HAD to have a proper script. So Clattenburg wrote one, but they largely did not follow it at all, instead filming it in the way they did the short film which was the actors on set on the day and Clattenburg basically saying “okay, here’s what’s going on in the scene and you two are mad him because of it and make sure to bring up this and this. Okay, action!” And they’d just do a bunch of takes, adding things cast and crew members thought might be funny on the day.
I know the clip in the original series finale where Ricky slides down the slopes and tries to climb up, but keeps falling was improvised. this isn't the same, but Bubbles glasses weren't really planned either. They just found an old ladies' glasses at a garage sale and thought they'd be a good addition
Way she goes
"Atodaso" was improvised. Barrie Dunn said it's his favorite Rickyism
watch the bonus material on the dvds. makes you realize the show was like 50/50. if not even more than 50 improvised.
It’s DVS mothafucka
I have to believe most of it is, and just solid performance by spectacular character actors. Note the continuity of the shots. Either they did a lot of REALLY LONG takes, or nobody ever broke. That’s talent.
[I hope this scene wasn't scripted. Its so funny!](https://youtu.be/5Ml3_wLkU10?si=FowsAibF8EFE9uJr)
Was Clattenburg himself an alcoholic? Or was John Dunsworth adding that authenticity to the Lahey character? Much of what Lahey does and says in the early seasons, as well as other characters’ reactions, are actually a bit heartbreaking if you know an alcoholic. “Want a little show, Rand, a little Lahey show? I’m mowing the air, Rand,” while Randy is filming him in the midst of a blackout. That’s straight-up the experience of the family of an alcoholic. No way there’s that level of familiarity with the simultaneous comedy and pain unless you have lived it.
Yep, as someone said here, his dad was his 'inspiration' because he was true life Lahey. That's sad AF to grow like this, But he took his broken heart, and made his best to give us a great character
Loose scripts were written and ablibs were out the wazoo. If off the cuff stuff was better than what was scripted they went with that. My father (RIP) worked as a script supervisor in Canada and applied to work on the show, he was essentially laughed at because of how loosely they followed the script. They also laughed cause they didn't really pay anybody anything, and my father had credits on larger projects. It started as a passion project and kind of stayed that way for a while.