Looks like Judd Apatow’s upcoming “Funny People,” dramedy is yielding what could be some pretty funny spin-offs for deeper DVD treats.
In the film, Jason Schwartzman (who’s also doing the music for the film) plays a TV star on a fake show called, “Yo Teach.”
He explained what the meta teacher show was about to ComingSoon: “[The fictional show] fits in somewhere between ‘Dangerous Minds’ and ‘The Cable Guy.’ I’m a teacher. I teach some kids that have been written off by society, but my heart is too big to let that happen. I want to make sure they’re loved and treated like humans and get an education along the way.”
Could scenes of this end up on the DVD? Schwartzman is nervous as to whether they’ll make the final cut of the film, “It could end up on the cutting room floor or in the trash can on the desktop so to speak. As of now, you do see some ‘Yo Teach.’ You see my teaching skills.” Maybe we could see some additional scenes in the credits like we did with the fake “Crime Scene” show in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall“?
Aziz Ansari, who also has a small part as a stand-up comic told Collider that a whole documentary about his character Randy will be directed by Jason Woliner from “Human Giant.” “It’s a profile about Randy,” Ansari said. “It’s like, ‘Who is this guy, where does he live?’ I asked Judd [Apatow], ‘I’d really like to see more of who this guy is, is it cool if we did a documentary’ and he was like, ‘yeah!’ “
Ansari says the documentary will be featured on the “Funny People” DVD and perhaps virally as well. We didn’t care much for “Observe & Report,” but Ansari’s little scene stole the show and was one of the best parts of the film, so we’re looking forward to his role in Apatow’s summer film.
Meanwhile, we’ve already mentioned that comedian Patton Oswalt wrote stand-up jokes for many of the cast members of “Funny People,” including Adam Sandler, and in the ComingSoon interview Apatow says comedians Brian Posehn (“Mr. Show”) and Allen Covert also wrote jokes. “[All these guys] helped out writing some of the jokes for Adam. Anybody who had a joke we were open to it,” he said. “Funny People” hits theaters July 31.
