Martini Shot

I'll Take Care of It

KCRW — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:44:00 -0700

Rob Long reveals the secret to being a powerful and effective agent: listening to clients on the phone, playing Candy Crush, and doing nothing.

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Him Again

KCRW — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:44:00 -0700

In the worst possible move, Rob reads an article about himself on the web, and then reads the comments.

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CFIT

KCRW — Wed, 29 May 2013 16:44:00 -0700

We learn the nice way to pass on a television pilot, and a soothing term for a plane crash. A controlled flight into terrain. A perfect show business euphemism...

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The Brass Teapot

KCRW — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:44:00 -0700

The three things that make a great movie producer: lots of money, an impulsive nature, and an irrational mind. Those last two tend to be a drain on the first.

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Good Webster

KCRW — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:44:00 -0700

What happens when the world wide web meets the old television business, or what Rob Long calls, the world wide Webster.

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A Sudden and Calamitous Event

KCRW — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:44:00 -0700

We take two million dollars and we give it to forty eight people we find on Hollywood Boulevard. Or, as some call it, we focus group a pilot.

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Paint the Set

KCRW — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:44:00 -0700

We repaint a set instead of doing what we need to do, which is rewrite the scene. But repainting is easier because somebody else has to do it.

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What We Need

KCRW — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:44:00 -0700

On today’s Martini Shot, I sell a series without a script starring an actor who doesn’t even know the project exists. In other words, it’s pilot season.

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Here's a Test

KCRW — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:44:00 -0700

Rob Long makes demographically undesirable references and attempt to appeal to the young people on the Facebook website.

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Sweat Act

KCRW — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:44:00 -0700

Rob complains about other writers who complain about other writers, and decries the pettiness of his colleagues in a really petty way.

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Close Call

KCRW — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:44:00 -0700

An actor throws a big party to watch his television debut. What he doesn't know is, he's been cut from the show. Humiliation, as always, makes the best comedy.

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So Great to See You

KCRW — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:44:00 -0700

I handle my powerful enemies in the best Hollywood way: I wait like a coward until they’re fired, and then I pounce.

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Better Looking

KCRW — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:44:00 -0700

An actor fires his agent for telling the truth, and another fires his agent for lying. In other words, we do the impossible: we sympathize with agents.

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My Numbers

KCRW — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:44:00 -0700

Rob Long wears a thing on his wrist that tells him how much exercise he's gotten and how long his career might last. It syncs to his phone.

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The Upside

KCRW — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:44:00 -0800

Everyone in Hollywood hires lawyers to protect against the disaster that happens when something is successful. It's perverse, which is why only the lawyers understand it.

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