Seth Rogen is broadly known for Houseplant and weed jokes, but Norton says he has possibly the most incredible work ethic of anyone he knows. If something isn't working, Rogen quietly opens his laptop and starts rewriting — his seemingly spontaneous improvisations are usually backed by pages of brainstormed notes.
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Norton offers a passionate defense of Seth Rogen against the 'Houseplant stoner' caricature. Rogen, he insists, may have the most extraordinary work ethic of anyone he knows. When a scene isn't working, Rogen quietly opens his laptop and starts rewriting. What looks like spontaneous improv is often backed by a page of brainstormed material. In The Invite, Rogen is allowed to go to places Norton compares to Richard Dreyfuss in The Goodbye Girl — real pain, real sourness, real anger without the comedy buffer. The section ends warmly: Norton recommends watching The Invite with another couple, going straight to dinner afterward, and having the honest conversation it provokes. He invokes the Swedish film Force Majeure as a model — the kind of movie that generates the most brutally honest couple conversations imaginable.
Robby Hoffman isn't fearless — she's terrified all the time. The difference is she does it anyway, because not doing it feels worse than the fear itself.
John Mulaney texted Robby Hoffman out of nowhere saying he'd been a fan for a while and wanted to make a Netflix special with her. Robby called it 'shocking, horrifying, anxiety-inducing, surreal and thrilling' — and said yes.
Mulaney is buttoned-up, suit-wearing, classy. Robby is gritty, raw, and undefined. Together they made the collab nobody expected. Batman and Robin. Eminem and Dido.
Music had Pope Gregory forcing notation. Comedy has had 'magical thinking' — he's just got funny bones. But jokes work through discoverable, teachable mechanics. Writing down the rules doesn't kill the magic; it gives more people access to it.
Howard Ashman had one insight nobody else had: animated Disney films should be Broadway musicals. The third song of every great musical is the character sitting alone explaining what they want. That's 'Part of Your World.' That structure — combined with Alan Menken's compositions — generated Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King, and turned Disney Animation into the most profitable creative engine in entertainment history.
The Lion King musical has been running for 30 years across Broadway, London's West End, and global touring companies. It has grossed over $11 billion in total revenue — more than Avatar, more than Avengers: Endgame, more than any album, more than any video game. It generates an average of $350 million in revenue every single year. Disney owns it outright.
The anonymous French artist Invader has hidden 1,500 pixelated mosaic artworks across Paris alone, with thousands more scattered across 80+ cities — affixed to the Eiffel Tower, the Hollywood sign, and even sent to the International Space Station. He might be even busier than Banksy.
The Flash Invaders app turns city streets into a treasure hunt, letting players scan Invader's hidden mosaics for points. Players have collectively logged over 47 million flashes. Unlike most mobile games that glue you to a screen, this one forces you to look up and engage with your surroundings.
New York draws thousands of young, talented performers every year chasing Broadway stardom — but the hard truth is that most of them never make it. Zelig Williams was one of the rare exceptions.
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