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Rob Schrab (co-creator) wanted to
have a big, colorful, musical opening
for The Sarah Silverman Program. In
an effort to convince Comedy Central,
he created this animated storyboard
cut to a phone message Sarah left on
Rob's answering machine.
The first pitch didn't quite stick with
the powers that be so Rob Schrab took
the next one a step further. He
green-screened himself onto models
while lip-syncing to the same phone
message from the first pitch.
It is unclear if this idea was
abandoned due to the expense it
would take to create this sequence or
everyone being really embarrassed for
Rob dressed up like an idiot.
This is an animatic of the chase
sequence from the pilot, "Batteries."
This was done before Jay Johnston,
Paul F. Tompkins and Masi Oka were
cast. Rob wanted to get a sense of
timing before he shot this scene.
Originally the script called for an
"old school" police chase with Sarah
and the cops chasing each other on
hijacked wheelchairs. Due to time
and money this was never shot.
