'Ten Year Old Tom' Creator Steve Didarian Reveals the Secrets Behind 'Crazy' Season 2 Episodes (Exclusive)

And I think in doing so, a lot of the jokes just resonate on a different level.

There’s just another level of intimacy and familiarity.

you’ve got the option to go through the whole show that way.

Rick, the neighbor, all of a sudden, we’re getting to know him better.

He’s borrowing his boat.

He’s going into his living room.

He’s getting you know, divorce, we’re learning all kinds of stuff.

So I think across the board is wanting to get to know everyone better.

So what’s the process for brainstorming new stories?

It starts with something pretty grounded.

And how do we throw in a corrupt grown-up take on it?

So the starting point is usually very logical, very real.

And then, once a grown-up gets involved, we’re off to the races.

And let’s see where that goes.

Once in a while, it happens, but not much.

Mostly because most of this stuff is happening.

It’s hard to–with the world we live in.

So, it’s almost never come up, to answer your question.

We write things intentionally, trying to let his life get nightmarish and let the people really ruin it.

And yeah, it’s not that kind of thing.

And even though they’re screwing up, I like them.

And I, hopefully you, understand their point of view on some level.

There’s a logic at the heart of their intention.

They’re actually trying to do something decent and maybe even relatable to a lot of people.

So with that as the starting point, things don’t usually go too far.

Because I’m trying to write it from a relatable point of view.

Crossing Guard [played by] Steph Tola was hysterical.

We had to do multiple roles [with her].

She played the motivational speaker’s wife.

I gotta get [Tola] back five more times.


There’s too many.

I’m not really thinking of any actors… Usually.

It starts with the writing kind of in a vacuum.


And then, once that character is coming to life on the page, we throw names around.

And with that, it’s usually very first instinct driven.

Like, I don’t have to think for more than five minutes.


But who would be good for this?

Who is this character?'

It’s like the writing reveals itself… And then we’ve been very lucky to actually get get a lot of those people.


Surprisingly, his answer is himself:

The quick answer is myself.

And because this is not a new conversation… it’s something we’ve talked about.

It’s something where I’ve shot different things, different shorts, as an actor.


And I’ve definitely gotten a lot of encouragement to do something like this live-action.

Because any character I’ve ever written has always been an iteration of myself.

And I haven’t had a lot of success with other people doing it.


So it’s the most pure, true version of just my voice literally, with nothing diluting it.

So if that ever happens, who knows?

But my first instinct would be don’t change anything.


Let it be me.

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