Get Your Alts!
Justin Roiland does a ton of improvisation for both Rick and Morty while in the recording booth. He refers to these as “alts.” After recording a significant amount of one-liners and jokes for the title characters, he selects what makes the cut for each episode. Get your alts on, folks!
So, what we’re hearing in each episode are the jokes that didn’t make the cut for previous installments. The “alts,” if you will. We have to commend Roiland for being such a natural at improv. Improvisation is not easy by any stretch of the imagination. It takes innate ability and a knack for riffing.