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KCRW's Martini Shot
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Veteran TV writer and producer Rob Long shares his behind-the-scenes look at Hollywood life on "Martini Shot". A contributing editor for the National Review and Newsweek International he was a co-executive producer of "Cheers" while still in his 20's and is the co-creator of a string of (cancelled) sitcoms: George & Leo Men Women & Dogs etc. Rob is also the author of Conversations With My Agent the cult classic about real life in Hollywood as well as its recently published sequel Set Up Joke Set Up Joke.
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The Bad One
from KCRW's Martini Shot on May 14, 2008
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Sometimes in movies or TV shows, there's a moment where a character reveals something about himself, something embarrassing or humiliating, but something he hopes other characters share. And after an awkwardly humorous pause, it turns out they do, and the characters are drawn closer together thanks to the one character's willingness to be honest and vulnerable...
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Second Act Trouble
from KCRW's Martini Shot on May 07, 2008
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Among the many, many smart things F. Scott Fitzgerald said, surely the least smart is, "There are no second acts in American lives..."
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Milt and Marty
from KCRW's Martini Shot on April 30, 2008
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Every writer – well, every comedy writer – has made this mistake. You're at work, and you're laughing with your colleagues, about something – usually what we call a "room run" – a joke that originates entirely in the writers' room, one that's usually so objectionable, so foul, so indefensibly cruel and wrong and ugly, that the entire room is paralyzed by laughter...
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Race to the Computer
from KCRW's Martini Shot on April 16, 2008
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Once, a famous writer gave a talk to a lot of aspiring writers. This kind of thing happens all the time --- and not just at colleges and universities, but at weekend scriptwriting workshop seminars and writers' conferences, that sort of thing. I've done a few myself...
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Race to the Computer
from KCRW's Martini Shot on April 16, 2008
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Once, a famous writer gave a talk to a lot of aspiring writers. This kind of thing happens all the time – and not just at colleges and universities, but at weekend scriptwriting workshop seminars and writers' conferences, that sort of thing. I've done a few myself...
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Race to the Computer
from KCRW's Martini Shot on April 16, 2008
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Once, a famous writer gave a talk to a lot of aspiring writers. This kind of thing happens all the time – and not just at colleges and universities, but at weekend scriptwriting workshop seminars and writers' conferences, that sort of thing. I've done a few myself...
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He Likes That
from KCRW's Martini Shot on April 09, 2008
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I know someone who works in advertising, and on his first week on the job, years ago, a more seasoned copywriter took him aside to give him advice. They were both on their way to the creative director's office, to pitch him some ideas for a new campaign...
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