What happens when you take the ultimate Twitter comedian and put him on TV?
You dontyou put him on Amazon.
Thats where Rob Delaneys raucous new sitcomCatastrophewill stream starting on June 19.
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But because Im not a monster, I come over to help her deal with it.
From there, the pair take on challenges poignant and funny.
As soon as we start trying [to make it work], terrible things start happening to us.
Our lives fall apart as we fall in love.
Delaney adds that hed been wanting to work on a project with Horgan for some time.
Im a giant fan, he says.
Shes the funniest person alive, as far as Im concerned.
And I was aware that she followed me on Twitter.
We just had a lot in common, and we laugh at the same things.
Its almost incestuous, because were more like fraternal twins in real life, but on TV were lovers.
(Theyre also married in real life, but to other people.)
The works that Delaney cites as inspirations are varied, including the Richard LinkaterBeforeseries.
Particularly the last one,Before Midnight, Delaney says.
Because theyre married in that, so we were both screaming laughing while watching that.
The honesty that the film gets to is out of control.
No, Delaney says with a laugh.
I always hate that when characters, unless it serves a certain story, spend any time online.
So we really give a shot to do stuff thats universally funny, and hopefullyfunnier.
As a standup, if somethings funny to men and not women, its not funny.
If its funny to white people but not black people, its not funny.
Our goal is to be funny, period.
Because everyone can relate to shame or fear or aspiration, longing, love, he adds.
You know, the real building blocks of comedy.
Catastrophedebuts on Amazon Prime on June 19.
