pˈeɪn sˈɛd ɪn ɐn ˈɪntɚvjˌuː wɪð tˌiːvˈiː skwˈɑːd ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd sˈɪks ðˈæt "maɪ pˈɑːɹtnɚ ænd aɪ wɜːɹ ˈæktʃuːəli wˈɜːkɪŋ ˌɔn wˈʌn əvə lˈɔŋ stɹˈɪŋ ʌv fˈeɪld sˈɪtkɑːmz ænd mˈoʊst sˈɪtkɑːmz ɑːɹ fˈeɪld sˈɪtkɑːmz!
Payne said in an interview with TV Squad in 2006 that "My partner and I were actually working on one of a long string of failed sitcoms (and most sitcoms are failed sitcoms!)