David Duchovny On the Origin of "Broner"

Admit it.  It's your favorite neologism of Season One.

I ran into David on set today and asked him the burning question we've all been wondering...

What is the origin of the word "Broner?"

DD:  "I wanted to create a new word for a Hank/Charlie rant.  So I spent about ten minutes thinking about it.  I initially thought of "brorection."  Rejected it.  And then it suddenly came to me...Broner."

Duchovny pitched the joke to Kapinos.  And a few weeks later -- in episode 3 -- "broner" was unleashed upon our lexicon.

So there you have it.  The humble origins of arguably the best portmanteau of 2007.

Comments

[Rob W]

I hope DD has more creative input in the upcoming season, as well. Good stuff

[SR]

One of my favorite aspects of CALIFORNICATION are the literary allusions and jokes throughout -- "piece of shit, or heartbreaking work of staggering genius." Hank: "There's a difference?" hahaha, take that, Dave Eggers! So my first question is: Which of the writers in the room is the literary one? Or are they all? Who are the favorite novelists and poets in the writer's room? I'm guessing that Hunter Thompson is one of them, but that's a bit obvious.

Question 2: Am I right to sense that, in a certain way, the novel is seen in this show as a more noble form of writing than, err, writing for TV? I'm getting the vibe that being a novelist is seen as more noble because a.) it's harder to do and b.) you make less money doing it (unless, of course, you sell the movie rights). I am thinking this because of the seen with the car saleswoman, where she asks, "What do you write, movies? tv?" and Hank is somewhat offended. But there are other scenes, too.

[Kila]

You look familiar. Were you at base camp in Marina del Rey (corner of Admiralty and Via Marina) today, walking up by the side of the trucks? I was cycling past on my super-duper folding red bike and saw the Californication sign in a truck window. I was actually hoping it'd be a Dexter truck, but what the heck, Californication and DD's all good too!

The Cayenne may have sullied Porsche's reputation, but it bounced back beautifully with the Cayman S.

[CervusWright]

Watching Hank Moody is like watching Bill Hicks, sometimes. This pleases me enormously.