Decaffeination is the removal of caffeine from coffee beans, cocoa, tea leaves, and other caffeine-containing materials.
Judd Apatow is best known as the producer of films like Knocked Up and This is 40. But he has been a self-described obsessive comedy nerd since his teens, when he first began interviewing stand-up comics for his high-school radio station in effort to learn as much as possible about the form.
Paul Henning, the show's creator/producer, quickly disposed of the idea of Granny being Jed's mother, which would have changed the show's dynamics, making Granny the matriarch and Jed subordinate to her. Granny can be aggressive, but is often overruled by Jed.