Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast Blind Is Love (Nick Kocher & Brian McElhaney, Hannah Pilkes, Casey Feigh)
Mar 30, 2026
Nick Kocher (BriTANicK co-creator and filmmaker) and Weed Seinfeld (character comedian riffing on weed culture) banter about turning sketches into Pizza Movie and its wild drug-and-pizza plot. They riff on casting, directing a first feature, surreal trip sequences, and comedic pivots for a stoner persona. Short, playful scenes and improv collide with film talk and matchmaking hijinks.
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Sketch Sensibility Sustains A Feature Narrative
- Pizza Movie blends sketch comedy rhythm with a cohesive 92-minute narrative focused on college kids chasing a pizza to cure a fictional drug's escalating side effects.
- Directors Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney used tight callbacks and sketch structure to keep the film grounded while escalating surreal drug-trip sequences.
Directing Is Joy Between Action And Cut
- Expect directing a feature to strip away romance: enjoy moments between action and cut but prepare for stress from logistics, unions, and production demands.
- Brian and Nick recommend embracing the fun of performance moments while managing the grind of everything else on set.
Late Day Trip Sequence Built In Editing
- The filmmakers trimmed their editor's assembly from roughly two hours to a 92-minute final cut, saving only one scene entirely while tightening party and trip sequences.
- They improvised a large squid-and-marionette trip late in shooting and constructed much of its impact in the edit after last-day pickup shots.