Martini Shot
You're Flooding It
Rob helps out a writer friend with a new script by giving him totally contradictory advice. In other words, he acts like an agent.
By Rob Long • • 3m ListenEveryone who has ever tried to start a car that doesn't want to start has heard the same thing from the people standing nearby.
You turn the key, you pump the gas, the car rumbles and rumbles and doesn't turn over and the dialogue from the spectators never varies. Half of them shout, "You're flooding it." And the other half shout, "You gotta give it more gas." They're just trying to be helpful, of course. They want the car to start – they may even be expecting a ride. But there's something about watching someone do something troublesome that brings out the unhelpful advice....