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January 01, 1990 - November 30, 2012 + Martini Shot
Just in Case 
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An actor friend of mine once fired his agent for sending him out on too many auditions where he looked exactly like everyone else auditioning...
Your Description
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An actor friend of mine – yeah, I have them – once landed a fair-sized part on a series. When he shared the news with...
Sweat Act
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Ashton Kutcher is about to save television. Okay, he's not exactly saving it...
Deluxe Nut
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Some celebrities have side businesses, like restaurants or cosmetic lines. Some appear in Japanese commercials, some on the Home Shopping network...
Itchy
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When things get too complicated, or I want to get out of a conversation, I get itchy. Upgrading software, calling customer support, figuring out a...
I Love Lucy
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The story goes that halfway through the first script reading for an episode of Lucille Ball's final, doomed ABC sit-com in the late 1980's, she...
The Fever
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I had this fever for about three weeks – and that's not a euphemism, I mean an actual hot brain, exhausting, sweaty alarmingly high body...
Trying to Help
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The way the television business used to work was, if you had a pilot in production, you'd call up your writer friends and ask them...
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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
