Writer Brendan O'Brien (The House, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising) stops by Studio 309 and discusses playing basketball as a youth, working as an assistant to a producer, and more!

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- Box rants poker chip values.
- Drinking and rituals and hacks.
- Growing up in Scarsdale, NY and watching movies he shouldn't have been.
- Playing basketball and doing a bunch of creative writing.
- School in the city, summer on the beach and attending Georgetown.
- Starting in accounting, but switching to English and having a tough professor.
- Meeting the wife and moving to Los Angeles.
- PA on Bette and working as a waiter.
- Landing an assistant gig on The 40 Year Old Virgin and making a short film.
- Getting a manager and selling scripts.
- Co-producing Funny People and pitching to Seth Rogen / Evan Goldberg.

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