TV Writer Podcast 029 - Sheldon Bull (author, Elephant Bucks)




Script Magazine show

Summary: Writer-producer-author <a href="http://sheldonbull.com/">Sheldon Bull</a> was challenged by friend and co-writer Blake Snyder to write a <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/tv-writer-podcast-20/detail/1932907009">Save the Cat</a> for sitcom writing. Thus was born <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/tv-writer-podcast-20/detail/1932907270">Elephant Bucks: An Inside Guide to Writing for TV Sitcoms</a>. <br> <br> Click image to play video; more details are below. <br> <br> Sheldon Bull has earned Elephant Bucks as a highly successful TV writer and producer for 30 years. <br> <br> He has held positions from story editor to executive producer on 11 different primetime network situation comedies, working with and writing for stars like Bill Cosby, Alan Alda, Danny DeVito, Bob Newhart, Henry Winkler, Craig T. Nelson, Loni Anderson, Betty White, and Melissa Joan Hart. <br> <br> Sheldon has produced a string of hit series including Newhart, A Different World, Coach, and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. <br> <br> He lives in the Los Angeles area … You can visit his website at <a href="http://www.sheldonbull.com/">www.sheldonbull.com</a>. <br> <br> Make sure you check out the TV Writer Podcast Summer Contest, with some amazing prizes! Find out more at <a href="http://www.tvwriterpodcast.com/?p=1009">tvwriterpodcast.com</a>. <br> <br> Didn't get your questions asked? Make sure you <a href="http://twitter.com/GrayJones">follow Gray on Twitter</a> so you can get the scoop on who is being interviewed and how to get your questions in. Also check out our <a href="http://www.tvwriterpodcast.com/?page_id=530">TV Writer Twitter Database</a> to find Twitter addresses for several hundred TV writers. Find previous episodes and other resources at <a href="http://www.tvwriterpodcast.com/">www.tvwriterpodcast.com</a>. <br> <br> Hosted by Gray Jones, the TV Writer Podcast is devoted to interviews with working TV writers. It is brought to you by Script magazine and <a href="http://www.scriptmag.com/">Scriptmag.com</a>, the leading source for scriptwriting information in print and on the web; and by <a href="http://finaldraft.com/">Final Draft</a> scriptwriting software, the entertainment industry standard for scriptwriting worldwide. <br> <br> Subscribe: <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=387132396">iTunes (Video)</a> • <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/script-magazine/id318971821">iTunes (Audio)</a> • <a href="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail?pid=48451">PodBean (Audio)</a><br>