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January 01, 1990 - October 08, 2012 + Martini Shot
A Drink on the House 
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There are really only two kinds of businesses that make sense. One, you can make a billion things and sell them for one cent each,...
Sit and Watch
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Lying on Facebook
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma110323lying_on_facebook
A friend of mine finally hit the big time. She was asked to star in her own reality television series. She turned it down flat....
Me and My Shadow
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma110316me_and_my_shadow
Sometimes, when I tell friends of mine who are not in the entertainment business, about the goings-on within the entertainment business, I get a sad...
Cleanse
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The Show Runner
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma110302the_show_runner
Not too long ago, I was producing a pilot and like all pilot-producing experiences, this one had its moments of panic, short-tempers, and those weird...
Vanity Card
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma110223vanity_card
You’d think that a business famous for its double-talk and lack of candor would have more complicated and oblique jargon, but the entertainment business is...
Don’t
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I'm teaching a writing class this semester at a large local university. Just one semester. Just one class.
Al Jazeera
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Ricky the Duck
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma110126ricky_the_duck
When I started working in Hollywood, in the early 1990's, people were still talking about a movie called Howard the Duck, which was a comedy...
The Smart Thing to Do
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma110119the_smart_thing_to_d
When you don't have any information to go on, the only thing you can do is make some up. That's sort of the way the...
OK Cupid
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma110112ok_cupid
The dating website OK Cupid is run by nerds. Very very nerdish nerds, who like to analyze the huge amount of data a site like...
The Call
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma110105the_call
A friend of mine has a pilot script at a network that was developing three scripts that dealt with the same basic subject. So there...
The Cake Is Not Here
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma101229the_cake_is_not_here
Not too long ago, I was shooting on location – well, that sounds rather glamorous: the location was West LA – but the whole company...
Shutting Down
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma101222shutting_down
This town shuts down for the holidays, someone told me years ago, around the end of October. Which isn't really the holidays – unless you've...
