NYCC 2017: 'Robot Chicken' Panel Live Recap
The Robot Chicken panel at New York Comic Con turned its focus to the forthcoming Walking Dead [...]
Questions and Answers
They revealed they got a lot of people to appear on the show, including Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Stephen Yeun, and Daniel Radcliffe (who is "a wizard at singing").
The Fan Q&A opened up with a question about whether there was something they weren't allowed to do. They said there is a skit with Fonzy from Happy Days and Lucille the bat they weren't allowed to do, but that evolved into a funnier skit.
Asked if they would do a WWE special or a Disney special, they said they were totally open to it. They've had discussions with WWE brass, but they think it's unlikely for a Disney special.
They spoke about how they create new characters, and how those characters last. They try to come up with new ones by seeing what would make people laugh. But they also respond to the audience, citing Katee Sackhoff and "Bitch Pudding."
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They joked about doing a Game of Thrones special, saying they weren't big enough to be able to do it.
Asked how they get the rights to feature all of the properties they do, Green said they're allowed because of Free Speech and parody protections. But when they do full-on specials, they get together with the license holders.
Green revealed there is a Talking Dead bit in the special with Seth Green voicing host Chris Hardwick.
Asked if they considered doing a skit featuring Superman vs Goku, Green went more into the legalise behind their decisions, saying it takes more justification for them to combine intellectual properties.
The panel ended with the annual sexy photo, complete with Macaulay Culkin ripping his shirt off, followed by another clip from the Walking Dead special. Look Who's Walking Now airs Sunday evening on Adult Swim.
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