Martini Shot

By KCRWArts

Martini Shot episodes

February 07, 2008 What Are You Going to Do?
People, I think you'll agree, can be awfully mean...
6 min
January 24, 2008 Iunno
If you have a kid, or know a kid, somewhere between the ages of 12 and
17, you know that when they don’t know the answer to a question, they
don’t say "I don’t know." They say, "Iunno..."
5 min
January 17, 2008 Good Agentry
True story: A writer in his late 50's, who hadn't worked in a long, long time, but
who at one point was well-paid and in-demand, found himself facing what
we'll call Typical Hollywood Career Ending Number 3: private school and
college tuitions paid, barely; 401k plan ransacked; home equity tapped;
savings dwindling; cars, one; supermarket, Ralph's; area code 661...
6 min
January 03, 2008 Lazy
I was once stuck in a writers room with a really lazy writer. And no, that's no redundant. And no, it wasn't me. I mean, yes, I am a lazy writer, but no, I'm not that lazy writer...
5 min
December 27, 2007 The Money Is Important
I was talking to a writer yesterday about the need for writers like us
to be more risk-taking, more entrepreneurial. He was pretty
enthusiastic: "You're totally right! We should just all say 'to hell
with the studios' and go to Google or Yahoo or wherever and do stuff
for them!"
6 min
December 20, 2007 My Friend's Place
I went to a party the other day and I didn't talk about the writers' strike...
5 min
December 13, 2007 Solidarity
I'm going to get in trouble for this. But, anyway. Let's be honest. If you're a writer, or a writer/producer, or any of
the constellation of hyphenates that means that along with what you do
that really brings in the dough, you also are a member of the Writers Guild, you've been on a movie or TV set before...
6 min
December 06, 2007 Continue Trading
I have a friend who, years ago, was an assistant to a big agent at a
big talent agency. Assistants like that do something called "rolling
calls," that is, they run through their bosses call sheet – the people
she needs to call back, the people she wants to call her back, and the
most crucial set, the people she needs to call right now...
5 min
November 29, 2007 Three-Bean Salad
I know two guys who make three-bean salad. A few years ago, they pooled
their money, bought a small machine that fills jars, and they went into
the three-bean salad business...
6 min
November 22, 2007 How Long Is This Going to Last?
I was joking around with a friend of mine -– a fellow writer on strike
-- a few days ago. He hurt his leg a week or so ago, so I sent him a
text message. "Hey, haven't seen you on the picket line. Hope your leg
is okay, and it didn't SCAB over." And I put "scab" in all caps. I was
kidding, of course...
5 min