KCRW's Martini Shot
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 ...
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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The Olive Garden
Every entertainment executive should work at the Olive Garden for ...
Every entertainment executive should work at the Olive Garden for a day. Not exactly, but close.
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Open the Gates
Trying to do the impossible: to enter the gates of ...
Trying to do the impossible: to enter the gates of a studio and park for a meeting when it's the wrong studio and still maintain a small amount of personal dignity.
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Linkly Tied
What happens in Rob's brain when a pitch meeting goes ...
What happens in Rob's brain when a pitch meeting goes well, which is that it stops working and says strange, nonsensical things.
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Forgot to Laugh
Wading into the recent controversy about what Jerry Seinfeld said ...
Wading into the recent controversy about what Jerry Seinfeld said about college kids. That they're insufferable killjoys.
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You've Got Nothing
Explaining why a movie won't work at the box office, ...
Explaining why a movie won't work at the box office, right after it hasn't worked at the box office.
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The Button
Using Evernote to prove that the entertainment business is about ...
Using Evernote to prove that the entertainment business is about to get very crazy and very good, especially for writers. This is not a scientific conclusion.
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Who Did What
Breaking the tribal rule that binds all Hollywood writers together, ...
Breaking the tribal rule that binds all Hollywood writers together, Rob gives credit to a development executive.
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Leather Jacket
Rob takes a story with the worst and most dysfunctional ...
Rob takes a story with the worst and most dysfunctional moral ever, then kind of twists it so it comes out okay.
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Change This
Sometimes when the star makes a demand you give in, ...
Sometimes when the star makes a demand you give in, sometimes you don?t.
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Twitter Horror
Belated advice to Trevor Noah, and anyone else who suddenly ...
Belated advice to Trevor Noah, and anyone else who suddenly goes from Internet famous to actually famous.
