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January 01, 1990 - December 28, 2012 + Martini Shot
We Got Nothing 
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Once, I was working on a show when the director walked into the
writers' room. Most of the time, the director spends the entire day on
the...
Medical
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma081022medical
I once worked with a very talented actor who mostly worked in features.
We didn't really know who he was when we were casting that particular
role,...
Bomb
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma081015bomb
Not long ago, a newly-minted movie studio chairman flew to Tokyo for his first meeting with the owners of his company. It was one of...
Inside the Room
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma081008inside_the_room
In olden times, when half-hour comedies were on TV a lot, we wrote them mostly as a group, in something we called "The Room," which...
In Contact
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma081001in_contact
I wrote a piece for the Los Angeles Times a year or so ago, about my experiences with the mini-bar at the Wynn Resort in...
Maximum Individual Contribution
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma080924maximum_individual_c
Look, let's not get into politics, okay? Too incendiary, and, frankly, my politics, as I've discovered from years of working in Hollywood, aren't really in...
Put That in Writing
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma080917put_that_in_writing
This is a strange time in the television business. All of the writers
who are working on shows are working -- they're busy writing and
producing and...
My Deal
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma080910my_deal
I heard a story recently that may or may not be true, but since it
perfectly conforms to my prejudices and biases, I'm going to just...
TV Moscow
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma080820tv_moscow
Last week, for a whole bunch of peculiar reasons too complicated to get into on public radio, I was in Azerbaijan...
Is the Crew Laughing?
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma080806is_the_crew_laughing
A few years ago, during a long, hot-tempered pilot production week, I
was hanging out backstage, waiting the for fresh cookies to appear on
the craft services...
Paparazzi
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma080730paparazzi
A few years ago, I lived at the beach in Santa Monica. It was a
two-story rectangular beach house, and in the afternoons I would sit
on...
This Could Be a Pitch
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma080723this_could_be_a_pitc
When I was in film school, we used to have to present a few pages every
week of our script in progress, to be, I guess...
Coach
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma080716coach
Once, not too long ago, I was flying back to LA from London. The young
woman in front of my, checking in, was doing her very...
The Basketball
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/ma/ma080709the_basketball
Last week I told the story of a writing team I know, and what happened at their last pitch meeting together...
See?
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Once, a writing team I know pitched a show to a network. Pitches are
tricky things – sell too hard, too slick, with too much prepared...
