Ariel Shaffir, one of the co-writers of the current R-rated, animated hit “Sausage Party,” first met Seth Rogen on a camping trip to the Holy Land in 1998. Years later, Shaffir befriended Rogen’s writing partner Evan Goldberg at McGill University.

After Rogen and Goldberg found some success, Goldberg suggested Shaffir and his writing partner Kyle Hunter come work for him.