Handshakes outnumber backstabs in the glamorous world of television. Yet the Andersons learned how the business of television worked and climbed the ranks steadily but separately. Mack moved to Los Angeles with a reputation of producing hard-hitting documentaries for PBS, but his first job in L.A. was as a sound man. Developing a career in notoriously competitive Hollywood was not as difficult as some might believe. That, and their choice of acquaintances, helped them assimilate.
Life's easier that way.
Still, the most grounded people they knew in L.A. were each other. We were more psychotic. We needed it like oxygen. The Andersons say the humor extends naturally from the robotic violence and doesn't need to be forced. And they contend that using the robot-building maniacs as a foil for snarky humor is unappealing anyway.