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Sarah Silverman Has Smart Take on ‘Stupid Pet Tricks’
Sarah Silverman is set to launch a modern take on 'Stupid Pet Tricks,' the fondly recalled David Letterman late night segment
“The stupid pet tricks happen in front of the camera,” says Silverman during a recent interview, but “we wanted to make it kind of a ‘Muppet Show’ where you see behind the scenes.” Every episode has a storyline that might involve a writers’ room with just one human, or Jack McBrayer as a rival host with his own animal program. And while the original “Stupid Pet Tricks” segment dates back to the earliest days of Letterman’s “Late Night” program on NBC, this show is part of very modern changes taking place with the nation’s line-up of wee-hours favorites. There’s something very vaudevillian about seeing animals try interesting stunts, and Silverman says the “low fi” concept is part of the series’ charm — just as it was when Letterman would run the segment on his late-night show.
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