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Nick Venable

The Chair Company DP Reveals Unfilmed Scene With SNL Great Jim Downey That Sounds Amazing, Even If It Would Have Broken The Show

Douglas talking to Ron in The Chair Company Season 1.

HBO’s The Chair Company wrapped up its first season by seemingly answering the longest-running question pertaining to Ron’s story, but didn’t give fans a whole lot of help in figuring out what the hell is actually going on with Tecca, RBMG and the other shadow corporations that took hold of Tim Robinson’s attention span. You know what else that episode didn’t answer? Exactly which unchosen foods Jim Downey’s Douglas survived on while trapped beneath the weight of his own refrigerator.

Okay, so I wouldn’t actually expect to learn that factoid during The Chair Company’s later episodes, but it turns out there was at least talk of potentially taking audiences into Douglas’ world to glimpse the presumably sad and humbling sight of an older man trapped beneath a large appliance. Wait, no, I meant hilarious sight. Speaking with TheContending.com, The Chair Company’s cinematographer Ashley Connor gave high praise to Saturday Night Live vet Jim Downey for being a consistent gem behind the scenes, and addressed why we didn't get to see Douglas' kitchen-floor plight, saying:

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