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January 01, 1990 - November 18, 2012 + Martini Shot

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Put It Back listen Download

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Something most people in Hollywood would rather not do: make the script better. By listening to executive notes.

Funny Women listen Download

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Rob dives into an old controversy about women comedy writers, aggressive joke pitching, and the transgendered...

Two Possible Answers listen Download

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Rob Long on one of the stupidest things he's said – not ever, just in the past 48 hours – and how you can sometimes...

Love Your Script listen Download

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The only reason anyone is nice to anyone else in the entertainment business: because friends are your retirement plan.

Know How to Order listen Download

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Rob impresses an agent by ordering a cobb salad.  Apparently, impressing an agent is easy to do...

Is This Any Good? listen Download

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Rob Long on the only way to save a project from certain failure: fire the writer.

Where's the Pretty Girl? listen Download

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Rob Long on the foundations of the television business: funny jokes at the end of the scene and attractive people to look at. Everything else...

Smoke 'Em listen Download

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Rob Long talks about smoking, which is a deadly and cancer causing habit, of course, but does make bad dialogue seem more interesting.

No Rush listen Download

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Rob Long talks about his highly professional way of meeting deadlines.  Which is by figuring out how they don't really apply.

Say More listen Download

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Rob Long talks to others in the entertainment business and gets talked to in return – like you would a dangerous and volatile mental patient....

Smile listen Download

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Rob Long talks about good news and bad news, the difference between pessimism and catastrophic thinking. He also converts to Judaism.

I Am Small listen Download

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Rob Long talks movie stars, CGI, Bob Saget, and little people.  Somehow, he make it work...

Two Hander listen Download

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Rob Long talks about that famous movie where two women go on a crime spree and drive off a cliff. He’s speaking, of course,...

Chinese Take-Out listen Download

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Long on the theft and plagiarism that occurs when the Chinese steal sit com jokes and characters that hard working American writers stole from the...