He didn't drink the beer though.  Winston convinced him to not get drink away his problems before he really drank any of it.

The thing that has really struck me about this interview series is that it seems like some of the things they are disappointed in or think they took too broad are people's favorite things, which I find weird and interesting.  Specifically coming to mind is the slight cringing they do over the broadness of Jess and…

She lived in NY for several years while she and Brenda Withers wrote and performed Matt and Ben, I believe.

You kind of start to see little rays of light here and there, especially with Schmidt, but for me when they really turned the corner was in The Landlord.