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Talking out of School Oct 12, 2006

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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 small lunch, and I was seated next to a visiting college professor. "Tell me," he asked. "how does the whole TV business work?"...

Your Melon Oct 05, 2006

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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 weeks, one that did okay the first week, a little worse the second, had okay reviews except from some losers who just didn't get it, a show that's actually pretty good -- it's funny (if it's supposed to be a comedy) and dramatic (if it's supposed to be a drama) -- but for some reason just isn't catching fire. It just isn't breaking through....

Friends in the Room Sep 21, 2006

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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 forgot to tell you," he says. "You know who I ran into the other day?" "Who?"...

Shoot it Single Camera Sep 13, 2006

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Grey Hair Sep 07, 2006

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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 shave. You know how that is.

Big Agent Aug 23, 2006

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So, here's what went down a few weeks ago. Maybe you read about it. My agent, and his entire agency, were bought by another, larger, agency for a lot of money. Now, for years, they had been denying that they were even interested in such a thing. "Oh, no, never, we like our independence," they'd say. "Besides," they'd add, "we think our agency is worth a lot of money, and we're pretty certain there's no one out there with enough cash to make a deal..."

Summer Sign-Up 2006 Aug 16, 2006

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Room Tone Aug 09, 2006

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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, on location, is the noise that the place makes all by itself. The noise of the room. I know, it sounds silly, but each place has its own special sound, and it's important to record that sound so that later, when you have to fix an audio track, or record a wild line, you have something to put underneath it so that it blends in with the rest of the audio track that was recorded live...

It's Tepid! Aug 02, 2006

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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 make it this year. But I did see pictures of them, marching around in their awkward leisurewear and when I did, I thought of this story...

Big Money Jul 26, 2006

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Let me ask you a question: if someone gave you, say, 50 million dollars today, would you think that's a lot of money? I'm not ashamed to say that I myself, me personally, would...

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