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6 Things We Learnt At The Silicon Valley SDCC Panel

The Bachmanity has begun! Well, not entirely, but the spirit of Erlich Bachman's season three game-changer was palpable as the cast of HBO's Silicon Valley got together for their first ever panel at San Diego Comic-Con. Cast members Thomas Middleditch, Amanda Crew, Kumail Nanjiani, Zach Woods, writer/director/executive producer Alec Berg and co-creator Mike Judge were in attendance as fans were treated to exclusive extras, some (minor) hints for season four and also got to watch the cast hijack the panel from the poor Entertainment Weekly writer tasked with leading their conversation.

3) Something Happened With “Butt-Chugging”

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Possibly the most question-raising part of the panel, and yes I’m including the whole horse-semen thing in this, was when asked about memorable improv that doesn’t get included in the show, Amanda Crew offered up “the part about butt-chugging!”

This caused the rest of the cast to look at her with questions in their eyes as the crowd roared with laughter. The point was never elaborated on, but they kept bringing it up during the panel, probably to torture Amanda. Hopefully in season 4 it will become a bit more clear what she was referring to.

4) Thomas Middleditch Can Do Dinesh’s Voice Almost As Good, If Not Better, Than Kumail Nanjiani

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During another just-as-hilariosu bit which stemmed from another sidebar that the moderator most-definitely did not control, Middleditch started doing Dinesh’s voice from the show and honestly, he’s even better than Nanjiani.

Seriously, Nanjiani admitted that whenever he “loses the voice” he turns to his co-star and says, “do it” and then he’s back talking like Dinesh. Not exactly movie magic, but it certainly shows off the talents of the cast of Silicon Valley.