Rick and Morty Podcast - RaM Ep 56 – Zen Monkey Studios Interview

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It’s interview time on Interdimensional RSS! We’re joined this week by the co-founder of Zen Monkey Studios, Josh, to talk about the wonderful world of Rick and Morty Merch!

SHOW NOTES

Semi-Pertinent News

Jeopardy!
- Rick and Morty Topics
- The meme tweets
Harmon showing a circle on a whiteboard in the writers room on Insta
- I wonder if we should do a show about that story circle….?
Dan Harmon tweet minute
- Okay, can’t let recommending comedy specials turn into me consuming this societal mudslide, get back out of my eyeballs, Earth, see you on instagram we about to plank

Main Thang – Zen Monkey Studios Interview with Josh Mirman

Our guest this week is one of the co-founders of Zen Monkey Studios, one of the officially licensed distributors of unique Rick and Morty designed t-shirts and pins. Josh sat down with us to talk about a ton of different aspects of the business and some really unique insight into the process. Among the things we discussed:

The joys of merchandising
How licenses are attained
Discerning between bootleg and real

He was a great guest and a good guy to chat with. Be sure and head out to Zen Monkey Studios to look at all their fantastic designs. Also, if you want to hear more about the history of Zen Monkey Studios, check out Josh’s Twitch feed in which he talks the history of the company!