How To Fail In Hollywood

Jonah Nimoy of Furiosa (hey, they wrote our theme song!) joins host Catherine Law to talk about horror films, moms on tour buses, and how to fail in hollywood for three generations. He's played with the Offspring, Stone Sour, and Fuel. He also happens to be an incredible visual artist, whose mural was recently featured in a Kendrick Lamar video. He does it all, and has a unique talent for marketing and cross-branding - all of which he spills secrets about during this interview. Find him and his work on instagram, @jonahnimoy, @furiosarules & @boredomsketches. Website: JonahNimoy.com by RAD Portfolios.

With special guest: Mimsy Merbles Perkins Law Dickert. @mimsymerbles on instagram.

How To Fail in Hollywood - A show where entertainment industry pros talk about all the shitty jobs, false starts, and failures they had before their fun, creative careers.

How To Fail In Hollywood is a podcast all about the shitty jobs, false starts, and failures entertainment industry pros had before their fun, creative jobs.

Host Catherine Law talks with Comedy Writer Rosette Laursen about the Jordan Peele-produced documentary about Lorena Bobbitt she's working on, how she might have accidentally started the #metoo movement by outing her abusive employer, what happens when a boss dies and leaves you both grieving and jobless, and how she finally found good work with great people. More importantly, we discover truths about the enduring importance of films like the 90's-era Harrison Ford/Michelle Pfeiffer vehicle What Lies Beneath.

Art Director Kurt Gefke gives you the inside scoop on how he went from cold calling to a unionized art director in just a couple of years. Kurt breaks down how the right kind of risks led him to working on Marvel films, Sia's Cheap Thrills music video and Coachella set, and commercials for Verizon and Hugo Boss. You'll also discover how he designed the world's priciest poo. I shit you not. Dive into the world of Art Direction the $7-an-hour jobs that got him there & gave him the love of his life, too!

Save Ferris's Monique Powell opens up about mainlining brie, getting a new spine, and what the hell she was up to for the 10 years she was out of the limelight. Featuring some excellent cameos by Mimsy.

How to Fail in Hollywood is all about the shitty jobs, false starts, and failures industry creatives survived before they had the dream job... or, in Mo's case, that she had before she made her triumphant comeback to the Ska scene.

TV writers Jacquie Walters and Taylor Cox give you the scoop on how to get from disappearing jobs and canceled Christmases to writing shows like Just Add Magic for Amazon Studios and Abby's on NBC.

Great listening for comedy writers, screenwriters, and anyone who's shopping around for a writing partner or working on being good in a room. The secret? Talk about murder cults.

How To Fail In Hollywood with Catherine Law is a podcast where entertainment industry pros tell all about the shitty jobs, false starts, and failures that brought them to their dream jobs.