KCRW's Martini Shot
Summary: 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 20s 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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- Artist: Rob Long, KCRW.com
- Copyright: KCRW 2014
Podcasts:
Rob redefines a hit TV show. It's anything that could possible have its own Kickstarter.
Everything can work, there?s nothing that audiences won?t like. As long as it?s good...
Rob gets some bad news about a project and, like all writers, he can only think about one thing: where is he going to eat?
We have a very good creative dialogue in which only one person gets to talk. In other words, we get notes on our script.
A new app Rob thinks everyone in Hollywood ? or at least everyone in his address book ? should have. It's called Secret and it's a way to...
Rob runs into an old PA at lunch. Twenty years ago, he was clueless, sweaty and doughy. Now he?s sleek and successful, and Rob?s a little sweaty and doughy and clueless.
Looking for signs. When the phone rings and you're doing something cool, it's good news. When it rings and you're taking out the trash, don't answer it.
For 2014, get stuff done on time, be prompt, in other words, to be a completely different kind of person.
A really cool way to steal a lot of money from ATM's. Only trouble is, according to law enforcement, it could never work in real life...
Ruining the ending to an old movie, and old play and World War II. Spoiler alert!
Dreams about winning the lottery. Or, daydreaming about winning the lottery, which happens a lot more often.
What every single producer, writer, or director in the entertainment business has done since the beginning -- irritate one?s editor with stupid questions.
A lesson about karmic justice. It doesn't exist in the entertainment industry...
Rob sorts through his clothes, like some kind of archaeologist sifting through ancient ruins. What he discover is?
A conversation with a movie producer about how fat is too fat in a presidential candidate. In other words, does a possible President Chris Christie make me look thinner?
