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January 01, 1990 - December 08, 2012 + Martini Shot
Zoom Up 
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I only know one way to pitch a show, and that's to pitch the story of the pilot. That, of course, is how the audience...
Talking out of School
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma061011talking_out_of_schoo
I went to a lunch the other day hosted by a very high-up-there studio executive who works with a lot of writers. It was a...
Your Melon
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This is for the guy driving the BMW 5 Series, with a show on the air, a show that premiered sometime in the past few...
Friends in the Room
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I was having lunch with a friend of mine the other day. And he suddenly looked up from his Cobb salad. "Oh, here's something I...
Shoot it Single Camera
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma060913shoot_it_single_came-0
Grey Hair
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I went away for a few weeks this summer, and I grew a beard. I didn’t plan to grow it. I just planned not to...
Big Agent
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma060823big_agent-0
So, here's what went down a few weeks ago. Maybe you read about it. My agent, and his entire agency, were bought by...
Summer Sign-Up 2006
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma060816summer_sign-up_2006
Room Tone
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma060809room_tone-0
Here's a bit of technical background. One of the things you need to record, when you're shooting on a soundstage, or for that matter,...
It's Tepid!
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma060802its_tepid
In the summer, all of the big media moguls gather in Sun Valley for a conference put on by investment banker Herb Allen. I couldn't...
Big Money
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma060726big_money
Let me ask you a question: if someone gave you, say, 50 million dollars today, would you think that's a lot of money? ...
Two or Twenty Minutes
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma060719two_or_twenty_minute
In pretty much any kind of labor dispute, I instinctively side with management. This, I know, is a character flaw, and yet I can't...
House in a House
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Sometimes when I'm reading a magazine article, or one of those awful New York Times news analysis pieces, the reporter will feel compelled to say,...
Pineapple Rice
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Pineapple Rice
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma060705pineapple_rice
I have a friend who's an excellent chef. The other parents at her kid's school know that she's a great cook, and so at some...
