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Production Design doesn’t always get the laugh — but on Hacks, Rob Tokarz helps set up the punchline.
This week on Below the Line, Production Designer Rob Tokarz joins Skid to discuss Rob’s Emmy-nominated work on Hacks, the HBO Max comedy that just wrapped its fourth season. Rob shares how the show’s design evolved with Deborah and Ava’s careers — from Vegas casinos to LA sound stages — and how visual comedy can live in the details.
Among the highlights:
Rob also shares how Hacks maintained character integrity even as its world kept expanding — and why no design detail is too small when you're playing for laughs.
🎧 Press play and go Below the Line on Hacks. For more, visit belowtheline.biz.
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Production Design doesn’t always get the laugh — but on Hacks, Rob Tokarz helps set up the punchline.
This week on Below the Line, Production Designer Rob Tokarz joins Skid to discuss Rob’s Emmy-nominated work on Hacks, the HBO Max comedy that just wrapped its fourth season. Rob shares how the show’s design evolved with Deborah and Ava’s careers — from Vegas casinos to LA sound stages — and how visual comedy can live in the details.
Among the highlights:
Rob also shares how Hacks maintained character integrity even as its world kept expanding — and why no design detail is too small when you're playing for laughs.
🎧 Press play and go Below the Line on Hacks. For more, visit belowtheline.biz.

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