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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Meerkat is the latest amazingly disruptive and revolutionary app that manages to, basically, recreate 1950's live television.
The last place that might believe the characters from the show Friends could afford that apartment -- North Korea.
The last place that might believe the characters from the show Friends could afford that apartment -- North Korea.
Next time Rob heads into in a pitch meeting and someone asks if they can get him something to drink, he's going to say yes.
Next time Rob heads into in a pitch meeting and someone asks if they can get him something to drink, he's going to say yes.
What you do when you suddenly wonder what your life is all about. You do what studios do when they're making an expensive movie and they don't like the ending. They stop production and figure it out.
What you do when you suddenly wonder what your life is all about. You do what studios do when they're making an expensive movie and they don't like the ending. They stop production and figure it out.
The new and exciting directions the entertainment business is going in ? a more disruptive and entrepreneurial way of doing business. And all of those words mean only one thing: the writer's not getting paid.
Getting fired, firing someone, and Rob's personal choice, just passive-aggressively ignoring them until they stop appearing in his line of sight.
Rob's totally on fleek. And if you have to ask what that means, don't bother. No one will be saying it in a week or so.
Rob's totally on fleek. And if you have to ask what that means, don't bother. No one will be saying it in a week or so.
What the producers of the movie Selma do to historical fact as "giving history a little face lift and tummy tuck."
The worst way to sell someone on anything is to assume that they need it. No one wants to hear that.
A change of venue ? and a change in climate ? can boost your creativity. It can, but it can also freeze your hair.
What do you do when you want to take charge but don?t know, exactly, what you?re talking about?
