Netflix’s Disjoined used fake marijuana ads so that it would feel more like a network sitcom

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“We were doing a multicam on Netflix, and I wanted to shake some things up, with Chuck (Lorre)’s permission,” says co-creator David Javerbaum. “One of them was, I thought, people are used to watching this thing with ads — let’s come up with fake ads. It will make the shoot more ambitious, but let’s do it. I thought it would be funny to have marijuana-themed ads in the middle of the show.”