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FAQs about Martini Shot:How many episodes does Martini Shot have?The podcast currently has 723 episodes available.
June 26, 2008CastingYou can make a good movie from a bad script. You can make a goodtelevision show from a bad script, too, though it's slightly trickier.And of course, the reverse is true, too: a lot of wonderful scriptshave turned pretty awful when they got to the screen......more5minPlay
June 19, 2008The Last Day in the BusinessThere's an old cliché about people in this business shouting at each other, "You'll never do business in this town again," or something along those lines –- as if a person (any person) was powerful enough to read someone out of the entertainment industry......more6minPlay
June 12, 2008Craft ServicesThe best way to give somebody bad news is, first, give them a doughnut.This is basically the idea behind what we in Hollywood call "CraftServices..."...more6minPlay
June 05, 2008My Entrepreneurial AttitudeThere was a time, not too long ago, when the best way to cast atelevision show was to make a list of the biggest stars you could thinkof who were currently having money troubles. And then you'd work yourway down the list until money troubles plotted on the X-axis and sizeof part plotted on the Y-axis met, and, suddenly, you'd have a cast......more5minPlay
May 29, 2008We Love YouThe trick to being successful in the entertainment business – maybeit's the trick in every business, I don't know – is to get people to dostuff for you without realizing that they're doing it. Get people towrite your script, be in your movie, produce your pilot, for as littlecash outlay as possible......more5minPlay
May 22, 2008Faster FunnierWe were shooting a pilot a few years ago, and one of the actresses was,for some reason, wearing a strange-looking headscarf. At some point, Iguess, one of us had approved it, but on shoot night, it looked alittle odd. It wasn't until we had three scenes shot that someone fromthe network mentioned it......more5minPlay
May 15, 2008The Bad OneSometimes in movies or TV shows, there's a moment where a characterreveals something about himself, something embarrassing or humiliating,but something he hopes other characters share. And after an awkwardlyhumorous pause, it turns out they do, and the characters are drawncloser together thanks to the one character's willingness to be honestand vulnerable......more5minPlay
May 08, 2008Second Act TroubleAmong the many, many smart things F. Scott Fitzgerald said, surely theleast smart is, "There are no second acts in American lives..."...more5minPlay
May 01, 2008Milt and MartyEvery writer – well, every comedy writer – has made this mistake.You're at work, and you're laughing with your colleagues, aboutsomething – usually what we call a "room run" – a joke that originatesentirely in the writers' room, one that's usually so objectionable, sofoul, so indefensibly cruel and wrong and ugly, that the entire room isparalyzed by laughter......more5minPlay
FAQs about Martini Shot:How many episodes does Martini Shot have?The podcast currently has 723 episodes available.