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
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Podcasts:
Rob Long talks about golf, dating, food poisoning, and how all three are perfect ways to describe the television business.
The only thing Rob Long doesn?t really like is goat cheese, but for some reason, people still want him to try it. How that?s like getting script notes from executives.
Rob Long suffers with a sore throat, which he didn't get from screaming at the production staff -- although it doesn't hurt to let people think otherwise.
Rob Long finally break down and gets what everyone in Hollywood has. An assistant. Now he just needs something for him to do.
It's hard to be a star these days. There's so much competition...
Rob Long learns exactly how long an actor will remember the worst night of their career. Answer: twenty years.
Rob Long moves his office from home to something a more formal, but a place that's quiet enough to get something done without being a crypt...
Rob Long cleverly embeds an advertising message for a popular brand of Diet Soda in an example of integrated advertising. You won't even notice it.
Rob Long discover how much he like agents. Even when they're making no sense at all.
The twin devils that every writer struggles with when he or she starts a new project: we know exactly how it's going to turn out, and that makes us pre-irritated.
Rob Long finds some garbage in the street, and does what any writer would do. He criticizes it!
Rob Long cleans out his garage, hauls away a pile of old junk, and gets a lesson in sizzle...
Rob Long somehow manages to convincingly ? he hopes ? compare television shows, this year?s crop of Oscar nominated movies, and complicated Japanese toilets.
Someone finally makes money on the web. And it?s not a cat playing the piano. Century City is quaking in fear.
