That's never more in evidence than in the latest episode with guest Dan Harmon, creator of TV's (and now Yahoo's) Community, and host of podcasting's Harmontown.
"These dinners ask something more of both the guests and creators: engagement".
Guests include creators Ross and Matt Duffer, executive producer and director Shawn Levy, and many of the show's stars.
The guests and creators of Westworld seize upon her power to overwrite other hosts' code, to literally control their minds.
Toward the dessert (chocolate torte) portion of the evening, Uma Thurman rose to introduce a special guest: Aaron McGruder, the creator of the popular and subversive comic strip "The Boondocks," who, as it happens, had travelled farther than anyone else to be there, all the way from Los Angeles.
Guest artist Falk, creator of the animated series Untalkative Bunny, storyboarded the episodes "Shh!" and "Root Beer Guy".
Leno's next guest, "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane, wasn't having any of it.
In addition to Ferrell, the show's season finale will have two other major guest stars; series creator -- and British series boss -- Ricky Gervais, and Will Arnett.
The inaugural RTX kicked off in 2011 with roughly 200 people and has since grown to more than 60,000, including special guests like Oculus creator Palmer Luckey and popular online video creators like Frederator Studios.
It was a small, intimate affair, and guests included Twitter creator Jack Dorsey, Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Howcast CEO and co-founder Jason Liebman, who wrote about the event for HuffPostTech in a blog titled "Facebook, YouTube and Twitter Are Tools For Diplomacy".
