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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.

5) The Pied Piper Jacket Was Inspired By Real “Jackets” Made By The Cast

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Writer/Producer Alec Berg emerged wearing THAT jacket from season three, and I’m so happy he did because we learned a lot about the backstory of how it came to be a thing.

First, co-creator Mike Judge and Berg revealed that the jacket was so, ridiculously, incredibly hard for the wardrobe department to make because they kept making it “too nice.” They went through countless iterations of the dress and they kept having to say “no, no uglier, please” until it was the garment that fans saw on the show.

After learning this tidbit, Middleditch decided to offer up one of the most amazing stories about the cast’s on-set antics. He faux-smugly stated that they, the cast, “like to think we inspired the jacket” because they ordered jackets (“they were sweatshirt material,” quipped Amanda Crew) for their “fake gang, The Rude Boys.”

The jackets (sweatshirts) were bright purple, with the words “The Rude Boys” embroidered on the back, above a pair of dice, and the guys would wear them while “riding around the Sony lot on electric scooters.”