Martini Shot
I Don't Know, Can We?
A wry take on real life in Hollywood.
By Rob Long • • 4m ListenI Don-t Know, Can We?
This is Rob Long with Martini Shot on KCRW.
Say you-re a writer. And say you-re casting a pilot, and looking for a young leading man who can do comedy. It-s pilot season, so all over town, people are doing exactly that.
Your casting director will come to you with the name of a young actor of whom you may or may not have heard. Probably not, if you-re over 35 (and you are, for the purposes of this exercise). The conversation will go this way: CASTING DIRECTOR
This guy is perfect for you. He-s funny, he-s the right age, he-s available and interested in television. He-d be a home run.
The result is something like two cheapskates trying to avoid picking up the tab for dinner. The casting meeting goes like this. Someone brings up the name of an expensive actor. NETWORK PRESIDENT
I like him a lot.