When we were done and not picked up to series yet, they wanted us to read lots of writers. I was like, "No." Then we finally were picked up. It is hard not to start thinking of story lines. It is like doodling.

We feel like we are using the East Side to kind of spoof what everybody thinks is cool.

I don't think it feels like a burden. We did not really think of it ["Mary and Jane"] that way. I think it is certainly how we branded. The thing it does is enables us to be a little bit surreal.

We ["Mary and Jane"] did not want to be a weed show, like it is a bunch of people sitting around smoking.

I don't want to call the show [ "Mary and Jane" ] a satire because it is not, but there are satirical elements.

When we were done and not picked up to series yet, they wanted us to read lots of writers. I was like, "No." Then we finally were picked up. It is hard not to start thinking of story lines. It is like doodling.

The pilot is easy. It is 30 minutes, 20 minutes. It is not that much to juggle.