Okay, this show is about four aliens
who come to earth.
They're scientists. They're sent to earth
on a mission to observe what earth is like
as a human.
So they're in human bodies, but they're aliens,
and they've never been anything at all like a human before.
And it's about their learning experience
of being human.
So, I'm sure as everyone's said before,
it's not about aliens at all. It's about humans.
I think basically 'cause it's different
than most stuff that's on Tv.
It's bigger and broader,
and it's not really
a realistic concept.
Kind of it's been the "Seinfeld" era recently.
I like "Seinfeld" and "friends" and all those shows
which are based on people you're supposed to be able to identify with
on a different level.
I mean, you can identify with the characters on "3rd rock,"
but it's just on a different , kind of more extreme level.
I mean, obviously no one's an alien.
They can't say, "I'm an alien. I know what that's like."
But they can say, "I've been jealous before.
I've been greedy before. I can identify with that."
So I think it's kind of higher concepts.
And also, just the kind of humor that we do
is, like, faster and bigger
than most stuff on television.
Like, it seems as if today
the biggest jokes and humor on sitcoms are kind of--
they're little throwaway lines and little subtleties,
and... our biggest things
are not subtle at all.
They're huge falls
or big scenes,
you know, stuff like that.
I think my favorite part is
the second and third day out of five
where we're kind of--
we don't quite have the script exactly how we want it yet.
That's where everyone comes together--
all the writers, the actors, and the directors--
all the creative forces of the show kind of come together
and, in a really short period of time,
make it into a half hour little play
that everyone's satisfied with.
One of my favorites was the one
where we kind of tackled ethnicity.
It was in the first season
where the Solomons were trying to find what ethnicity they were.
Everybody at school is something extra.
You know, they're African- American or Italian-American
or Asian-American, audio-Visual-American.
Well, we're human-American. That should be enough.
Dick, it's part of my mission as an adolescent
to rebel against my upbringing.
If you don't tell me what we are, then I can't do my job.
Frankly, I can't work like this.
And there was one about fame
where Sally became like A...
like a little starlet personality
for a little while. I thought that was funny.
I've got a terrific idea for a photo, Sally.
Show them how many little debbies you can shove into your mouth at one time.
Why don't you let him take a picture of you burning our dinner?
- Why don't you take a picture of her
trying to find a boyfriend?
It would have to be a long exposure.
Lies! Lies!
They're all lies!
It's amazing. When I started--
when I started "3rd rock,"
I was like, hmm...
I was 14, and I was really intimidated
'cause I had never really done comedy before.
I started acting when I was six,
and I had done, basically, drama.
I had done a little comedy here and there,
and it had always intimidated the hell out of me.
I think now I feel way more comfortable
doing comedy than drama.
I've learned so much.
I've got so much to--
all these various actors and writers
and people who are so creative and talented.
And I feel like I've absorbed a lot, and I learned a lot.
He's the oldest and most experienced.
And probably in his prime, he was the head of many missions.
He was high commander on numerous missions,
but here he's kind of in his golden years,
and now Dick's the high commander.
And I think he kind of gets envious sometimes of Dick.