I was happy to reestablish a collaborative relationship with David Schwartz, the chief curator of the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens, for a series of Esopus events at the museum that began with this screening and in-person appearance by actress Lisa Kudrow and her producing partner Dan Bucatinsky. In 2005, Kudrow and Michael Patrick King cocreated The Comeback, a penetrating and often brutal satire of reality TV, sitcoms, and show business in general, which aired on HBO for one season (and which was featured, along with an interview with Kudrow and King, in Esopus 15: Television). The program opened with a screening of the series’ first episode, after which Kudrow, who was nominated for an Emmy for her brilliant portrayal of the show’s protagonist, Valerie Cherish, and Bucatinsky discussed the conception, execution, and untimely demise of the critically lauded series (which was ultimately resurrected by HBO in 2015 for one more acclaimed season).