Martini Shot

Some actors give up their dreams of stardom and move out of Los Angeles, only to discover there’s more work available in Hollywood when you don’t live in Hollywood.

Rob learns the difference between new, old, and really old. It’s okay to be new and to be really old. In the middle, not so much.

Rob manages to do something most writers in Hollywood cannot do: he actually enjoys another writer’s successful television show.

Rob tells someone with a lot of big problems that can’t be fixed that they have only one small problem that can. In other words, he follows the Fix It Rule.

On this week's Martini Shot, Rob fails an essential job interview question to work for Peter Thiel’s venture fund. Or, for that matter, to have a hit television show. It’s the same question.

On this week's Martini Shot, Rob is not hired to play himself. He don’t have the chops, apparently.

Rob learns that some people only hear what they want to hear, and some people never hear what they want to hear. The effect is the same: people get mad at him.

Rob gets inspired to come up with really creative and fresh ideas. The inspiration came from his accountant.

This week, Rob remembers the moment that Robin Williams threw eggs in the air and told them to "Fly. Be Free."