Tanner '88 (1988)

Wikidata Q7683633, series, IMDb tt0094562: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only series by that title.

Also said as Tanner '88 (TV): the same Wikidata item, so listed here.

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Who talked about it

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Came from

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Led to

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Robert Altman: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Tanner '88 ⇒ Robert Altman (the host's read). Tanner '88 is where Altman found the satirical tone he carried into The Player, using politics as the way into mocking egomaniacs.
    “that's where he figures out this satirical tone that he's then going to follow into the player.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:16:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

The Larry Sanders Show: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Tanner '88 ⇒ The Larry Sanders Show (the host's read). Bill calls Tanner '88 ground zero for the mockumentary with cameos, thrown into a real world.
    “that is kind of ground 0 for that mockumentary.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:16:51 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Connected to

Robert Altman: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Robert Altman → Tanner '88. Tanner '88 is where Altman found the satirical tone he carried into The Player, using politics as the way into mocking egomaniacs.
    “that's where he figures out this satirical tone that he's then going to follow into the player.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:16:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

The Larry Sanders Show: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Tanner '88 → The Larry Sanders Show. Bill calls Tanner '88 ground zero for the mockumentary with cameos, thrown into a real world.
    “that is kind of ground 0 for that mockumentary.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:16:51 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Vincent & Theo: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Tanner '88 → Vincent & Theo. Both made for TV and little seen at the time, now praised 30 years later; Underground Railroad may follow the same path.
    “We talked about 10 or 88, and we talked about Vincent and Theo, both of which were made for TV”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:41:41 · Wesley Morris (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

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industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Tanner '88 → Vincent & Theo. Both made for TV and little seen at the time, now praised 30 years later; Underground Railroad may follow the same path.
    “We talked about 10 or 88, and we talked about Vincent and Theo, both of which were made for TV”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:41:41 · Wesley Morris (0.50 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (lineage): Robert Altman → Tanner '88. Tanner '88 is where Altman found the satirical tone he carried into The Player, using politics as the way into mocking egomaniacs.
    “that's where he figures out this satirical tone that he's then going to follow into the player.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:16:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Tanner '88 → The Larry Sanders Show. Bill calls Tanner '88 ground zero for the mockumentary with cameos, thrown into a real world.
    “that is kind of ground 0 for that mockumentary.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:16:51 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

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