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January 01, 1990 - October 07, 2012 + Martini Shot
The Event 
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In the late 1980's, a huge phone company hired a top-of-the-line consultancy to make a forecast. Cell-phone usage was growing quickly, and the phone company...
Plus Aimable
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The cliché, of course, is that American television is awful. You know the saw: bad sitcoms, predictable dramas, tame dialogue, soft characters. About four years...
No One Wants Westerns
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Years ago, on my first day in film school – never mind how many years ago; let's just say, enough years ago – there was...
Out of Town
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This is hard to believe but true. Not too long ago -- and when I say "not too long ago," I'm saying it from the...
Too Many Plates
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Hollywood is divided into two basic groups: the first group is the one-project types, the serial types. The second, the hedgers, the plates-in-the-air guys. Writers,...
Validation
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The rumor was all over town, and it was serious enough that my agent felt the need to call me. "It's not true," he said....
This Is Where We Keep the Writers
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A friend of mine was working on a show once at a large studio that offered tours of its facilities to tourists. They'd gather in...
Do You See the Problem?
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A friend of mine pitched a show last week to a network, and they didn't buy it. This isn't a sad story, because another network...
Tip Jar Money
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Here's what just happened: I'm in a hip coffee shop in Venice, It's early afternoon, and I order a
double espresso. I hand over the money...
Big Phone
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There's an famous photograph of studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg, back when he was running Disney, on the set of a movie, talking on a cell...
Write It on Spec
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I was talking to a writer the other day who has written a wonderful script. He's sort of an unknown, so he did the smart,...
Waiting
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A friend of mine called up someone he's known for over twenty years. They had had a meeting a few weeks ago about a project...
Dither
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Working in the entertainment industry is a little like being a character in one of those magical realism novels – it's about as close to...
My Back End
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In Hollywood, written -- that is to say, legally binding -- contracts are thought of as vulgar. In fact, just asking for a written contract...
The Pie
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I got a call recently from an agent I know – a guy who represents some wonderful writers – some of whom I've worked with,...
