Summary: Alex and Nick invite Gary Sundt, writers' assistant on NBC's Superstore and ABC's The Goldbergs, to discuss the ins-and-outs of assisting TV writers in comedy.<br> <br> How do comedy writers' rooms operate? How do those experiences in the room help your own writing? When and how should you navigate asking your boss to read your content? What are the priorities when helping a writer develop a pilot? What is the meaning of storytelling?<br> <br> The Paper Team pulls up a chair...<br> <br> SHOWNOTES<br> <br> Content<br> Being a writer's assistant, assisting a showrunner in developing pilots, working in a writer's room, and the role of comedy in politics (00:01:20)<br> Resources and Next Time On (1:14:32)<br> <br> Links<br> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4157842/">Gary Sundt on IMDb</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstore_(TV_series)">Superstore (TV Series)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goldbergs_(2013_TV_series)">The Goldbergs (2013 TV series)</a><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5475038">Playboy's the Antiviral Show</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Comics">Archie Comics</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_Bill">Kill Bill</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_(1999_TV_series)">Angel (TV Series)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine">Star Trek: Deep Space Nine</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marley_%26_Me_(film)">Marley & Me</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerks_II">Clerks II</a><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1764618">Summertime Killers</a><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0927497/">Rick Wiener</a><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0777312/">Kenny Schwartz</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Housewife">American Housewife</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Grandy">Charlie Grandy</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guys_with_Kids">Guys With Kids</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Fun_Night">Super Fun Night</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Spitzer">Justin Spitzer</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Harmon">Dan Harmon</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulaney">Mulaney</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_Ferrera">America Ferrara</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben_Fleischer">Ruben Fleischer</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_(film)">Colossal</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_F._Goldberg">Adam F. Goldberg</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campbell">Joseph Campbell</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Arndt">Michael Arndt</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Snyder">Blake Snyder</a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2HoHrjL">"Save the Cat" - Blake Snyder</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twister_(1996_film)">Twister (Film)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(1996_film)">Independence Day (Film)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Wingard">Adam Wingard</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Note_(2017_film)">Death Note (2017 Film)</a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2HkXIKx">"The Hidden Life of Trees" - Peter Wohlleben</a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2K8bXAb">"Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life" - Winifred Gallagher</a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2HlSuhH">"Essays in Love" - Alain de Botton</a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2qT82hP">"Modern Romance" - Aziz Ansari</a><br> <br> Resources<br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6mSdlfpYLU">Michael Arndt's "Setting a Story in Motion" (Video)</a><br>
