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FAQs about Martini Shot:How many episodes does Martini Shot have?The podcast currently has 723 episodes available.
September 25, 2008Maximum Individual ContributionLook, let's not get into politics, okay? Too incendiary, and, frankly, my politics, as I've discovered from years of working in Hollywood, aren't really in line with most of my colleagues. I've heard stories from people who are more on my side of the fence, politically, of being denied jobs or shouted at on sets, but my experience has been generally fine – at best, I've been ignored; at worst, the object of a hilariously condescending curiosity, like, "Um, you're a Republican? But, how can that be? I know you. And you're not, like, a terrible person..."...more5minPlay
September 18, 2008Put That in WritingThis is a strange time in the television business. All of the writerswho are working on shows are working -- they're busy writing andproducing and editing and getting ready for the rolling premieres whichstart around now......more5minPlay
September 11, 2008My DealI heard a story recently that may or may not be true, but since itperfectly conforms to my prejudices and biases, I'm going to just goahead and tell it, act as if it's true, and not bother to pin down itsaccuracy. Okay? Here goes......more5minPlay
August 21, 2008TV MoscowLast week, for a whole bunch of peculiar reasons too complicated to get into on public radio, I was in Azerbaijan... ...more5minPlay
August 07, 2008Is the Crew Laughing?A few years ago, during a long, hot-tempered pilot production week, Iwas hanging out backstage, waiting the for fresh cookies to appear onthe craft services table, when I overheard one of the set decoratorsask one of the lighting guys if a certain set decoration looked right......more6minPlay
July 31, 2008PaparazziA few years ago, I lived at the beach in Santa Monica. It was atwo-story rectangular beach house, and in the afternoons I would siton my balcony, smoke a cigar, sip a bourbon, and watch the sun set overthe Pacific......more6minPlay
July 24, 2008This Could Be a PitchWhen I was in film school, we used to have to present a few pages everyweek of our script in progress, to be, I guess the phrase is"workshopped" by the rest of the class......more5minPlay
July 17, 2008CoachOnce, not too long ago, I was flying back to LA from London. The youngwoman in front of my, checking in, was doing her very best to finagle afree upgrade to first class......more6minPlay
July 10, 2008The BasketballLast week I told the story of a writing team I know, and what happened at their last pitch meeting together......more5minPlay
July 03, 2008See?Once, a writing team I know pitched a show to a network. Pitches aretricky things – sell too hard, too slick, with too much prepared "Hey!How are ya?" kind of patter, and you turn everyone off. You turnsomething that's supposed to be a sales call disguised as a casualmeeting into a sales call disguised as a…well, disguised as nothing. Asa sales call......more5minPlay
FAQs about Martini Shot:How many episodes does Martini Shot have?The podcast currently has 723 episodes available.