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Rob Long talks about smoking, which is a deadly and cancer causing habit, of course, but does make bad dialogue seem more interesting.

Rob Long talks about his highly professional way of meeting deadlines.  Which is by figuring out how they don't really apply.

Rob Long talks to others in the entertainment business and gets talked to in return – like you would a dangerous and volatile mental patient. Works like a charm.

Rob Long talks about good news and bad news, the difference between pessimism and catastrophic thinking. He also converts to Judaism.

Rob Long talks movie stars, CGI, Bob Saget, and little people.  Somehow, he make it work...

Rob Long talks about that famous movie where two women go on a crime spree and drive off a cliff. He’s speaking, of course, about 'Laverne & Shirley.'

Long on the theft and plagiarism that occurs when the Chinese steal sit com jokes and characters that hard working American writers stole from the Dick van Dyke show.

Long talks about the most powerful part of the human body, if you work in television. It's the thumb. The thumb that tweets.

My dog has a rubber toy that has a hollow core, and what you’re supposed to do is fill the core with peanut butter or cheese or cubes of something delicious, and watch as she nudges it and bounces it and tries to get at the treat inside, but in general just stares at it with a totally baffled expression which is the exact same expression most people in the television business have when they’re trying to figure out what the ratings mean.

Rob Long tries and fails to baby-proof his brain.  It's a complicated metaphor, but...