Erlich Bachman

How to American: An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents

by Jimmy O. Yang  · 13 Mar 2018  · 190pp  · 59,892 words

, Jian Yang, is a fresh-off-the-boat Chinese immigrant whose struggle with the English language often leads to comical misunderstandings with his buffoonish roommate, Erlich Bachman, played by the impeccable T. J. Miller. It felt natural for me to play this character. I was once a fresh-off-the-boat Chinese

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. I was over the moon. The “I Eat the Fish” scene would be the first time I worked with T. J. Miller and his character, Erlich Bachman. Something about our difference in size and mannerisms just instantly clicked. There was something naturally funny about the juxtaposition of a small deadpan Jian Yang

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here to stay. My first scene as a series regular on Silicon Valley was the mansion party scene in season two, where Jian Yang and Erlich Bachman tried to get into the fancy Muir Woods charity party. Christina and I made sure Jian Yang had an ill-fitting tuxedo with a crooked

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is you as old man. I’m ugly and I’m dead, alone.” These prank calls became some of the most classic Jian Yang versus Erlich Bachman moments. I still get random Facebook messages from fans asking me to prank call their friends. Some have even offered me money, upwards of a

It's Not TV: The Spectacular Rise, Revolution, and Future of HBO

by Felix Gillette and John Koblin  · 1 Nov 2022  · 575pp  · 140,384 words

will allow people to search the universe of recorded music to check for any copyright infringements. The head of the incubator, a blustery buffoon named Erlich Bachman (T. J. Miller), is not impressed and reminds Richard that “nobody gives a shit about stealing other people’s music, okay?” He implores Richard to

Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World

by Malcolm Harris  · 14 Feb 2023  · 864pp  · 272,918 words

shares. Theirs was the best-organized institution—angel investing as a for-profit university—but there were more casual setups, too. The fictional prototype is Erlich Bachman, the extroverted bullshit artist at the center of Mike Judge’s HBO clown-era Palo Alto satire, Silicon Valley. Bachman sold his web start-up

Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork

by Reeves Wiedeman  · 19 Oct 2020  · 303pp  · 100,516 words

2015, the cost of which had ballooned into the seven figures, WeWork hired T. J. Miller, a comedian who played the cartoonishly boastful venture capitalist Erlich Bachman on HBO’s Silicon Valley, as well as the Chainsmokers, the popular DJ duo, whom they paid in WeWork stock. On Saturday night, Adam was

Wild Ride: Inside Uber's Quest for World Domination

by Adam Lashinsky  · 31 Mar 2017  · 190pp  · 62,941 words

industry awards ceremony in San Francisco a couple months later the comedian T. J. Miller, popular for his portrayal of the perennially stoned company founder Erlich Bachman on the hit HBO show Silicon Valley, quipped that Kalanick deserved an award for “constantly stepping in shit.” It was a precarious moment for Uber