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KCRW's Martini Shot

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Veteran TV writer Rob Long shares his behind-the-scenes look at Hollywood life with Martini Shot, a four-minute weekly commentary heard during KCRW's broadcast of NPR's All Things Considered.


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[ Wed, 13 May 2009 21:44:00 EDT ]


Wrap
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[ Wed, 06 May 2009 22:02:37 EDT ]


Dials Up
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[ Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:44:00 EDT ]


The Grey
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[ Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:44:00 EDT ]


The Vanishing
Childbirth, like producing a hit TV pilot, is painful, takes too long, requires muscle relaxants and ultimately involves more people than is strictly efficient. And also afterwards, the brain tends to forget all about the struggle. That's so you'll want to do it again......

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[ Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:44:00 EDT ]


Guess Who?
A friend of mine tells this story about a pilot he did years ago.  It was a pretty simple premise– single dad raising a kid; kid's smart; dad's weirded out by getting into the dating world; you know, that show – and the network was pressuring him to cast a certain actor in the lead role, an actor who was really hot at that moment, who was a major star on Broadway......

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[ Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:44:00 EDT ]


The Gates
The first time you drive onto a studio lot, the first time the gate lifts and you glide your car into the little fortress of money and cool and casual assurance, you feel like you've...won....

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[ Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:08:14 EDT ]


No TV on Your TV
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[ Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:48:01 EDT ]


The Tweet
There’s an old story about former NBC chief Brandon Tartikoff. While he was running the network in the early 1980’s, he was on the phone in his office, talking to somebody about something, and he suddenly had a flash of inspiration – totally unrelated to the conversation he was having......

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[ Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:44:00 EDT ]


Positive Rob
Not too long ago, I had a meeting with a couple of writers who hadwritten an excellent pilot. They were experienced, smart guys– they'd been on lots of shows before, never quite at the top of the pyramid, but close enough – but for some reason, the network that bought the pilot wanted to add one more element, what's called in the business a "show-runner"......

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[ Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:44:00 EDT ]


The Check
A few years ago, I had dinner with an actor andhis manager. I was trying to woo this actor to take the lead role in a pilot Iwas producing. He liked the part, likedthe script, but was a little hesitant about signing what was, essentially,a six-year commitment.In success, that is.The truth is that television pilots haveabout a ninety-eight percent failure rate, and of the successful pilots that goon to series, those have about a ninety-five percent failure rate......

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[ Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:44:00 EST ]


Honesty
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[ Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:53:50 EST ]


Honesty
I have a friend who's an executive at a large television network. No, seriously... ...

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[ Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:53:50 EST ]


Monkey
Circus monkeys, deep down, are mean. Someone once told me that a decentcircus monkey is only good for about seven or eight years until hedecides to retire, which can come at any time -– hanging around the other monkeys, in the middle of a show -– no one ever knows when, exactly, a monkey suddenly says to himself, "Okay, had enough" but when he does, here's what happens......

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[ Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:44:00 EST ]


Monkey
Circus monkeys, deep down, are mean. Someone once told me that a decentcircus monkey is only good for about seven or eight years until hedecides to retire, which can come at any time -– hanging around the other monkeys, in the middle of a show -– no one ever knows when, exactly, a monkey suddenly says to himself, "Okay, had enough" but when he does, here's what happens......

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[ Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:44:00 EST ]


The DVD Player's Not There
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[ Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:44:00 EST ]


The DVD Player's Not There
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[ Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:44:00 EST ]


Watching the Baby
We’ve got a new president. Of the United States, not the studio or network – although we’ll have a new one or two of those before long, I’m sure – and I thought I’d share some show business wisdom with him......

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[ Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:44:00 EST ]


Watching the Baby
We’ve got a new president. Of the United States, not the studio or network – although we’ll have a new one or two of those before long, I’m sure – and I thought I’d share some show business wisdom with him......

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[ Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:44:00 EST ]


We Don't Have a Phone
First, a little background: Once, a long time ago, a joke in a script fell flat.This happens every now and then, of course, Well, more than every nowand then. But the key is, fixing it. When you're in production, andyou've got a few rewrites ahead of you, and a joke falls flat at arunthrough, you try to come up with something better. You try to fixit......

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[ Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:44:00 EST ]


We Don't Have a Phone
First, a little background: Once, a long time ago, a joke in a script fell flat.This happens every now and then, of course, Well, more than every nowand then. But the key is, fixing it. When you're in production, andyou've got a few rewrites ahead of you, and a joke falls flat at arunthrough, you try to come up with something better. You try to fixit......

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[ Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:44:00 EST ]


Easy Sell
One of the many, many reasons for never telling anyone on a plane or a train or wherever you happen to be sitting next to a stranger, "I work in the entertainment industry," is because they'll inevitable say something like, "You know what you should do a show about?"  And then they'll tell you......

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[ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:44:00 EST ]


Easy Sell
One of the many, many reasons for never telling anyone on a plane or a train or wherever you happen to be sitting next to a stranger, "I work in the entertainment industry," is because they'll inevitable say something like, "You know what you should do a show about?"  And then they'll tell you......

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[ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:44:00 EST ]


Easy Sell
One of the many, many reasons for never telling anyone on a plane or a train or wherever you happen to be sitting next to a stranger, "I work in the entertainment industry," is because they'll inevitable say something like, "You know what you should do a show about?"  And then they'll tell you......

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[ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:44:00 EST ]


The Definition of a Problem
I spent most of December on a container ship, heading from Seattle toShanghai, across the roof of the Pacific. Bad weather to the southforced us to hug the Alaskan coast, slip through the Unimak Pass, crossover into Russian waters, then drift south, battling 10 meter swells,into the Sea of Japan......

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[ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:44:00 EST ]


The Definition of a Problem
I spent most of December on a container ship, heading from Seattle toShanghai, across the roof of the Pacific. Bad weather to the southforced us to hug the Alaskan coast, slip through the Unimak Pass, crossover into Russian waters, then drift south, battling 10 meter swells,into the Sea of Japan......

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[ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:44:00 EST ]


The Definition of a Problem
I spent most of December on a container ship, heading from Seattle toShanghai, across the roof of the Pacific. Bad weather to the southforced us to hug the Alaskan coast, slip through the Unimak Pass, crossover into Russian waters, then drift south, battling 10 meter swells,into the Sea of Japan......

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[ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:44:00 EST ]


My Friend's Place 2008
For some reason, I get an e-mail every now and then from an outfitcalled "TV Tracker." It's a pretty good service, I think–- I say I think because you have to pay to get access to the real stuff, what they call "the television industry's premier on-line, on time source for what's happening in TV" and if there's one thing I hatedoing, it'spaying for things......

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[ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:44:00 EST ]


My Friend's Place 2008
For some reason, I get an e-mail every now and then from an outfitcalled "TV Tracker." It's a pretty good service, I think–- I say I think because you have to pay to get access to the real stuff, what they call "the television industry's premier on-line, on time source for what's happening in TV" and if there's one thing I hate doing, it's paying for things......

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[ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:44:00 EST ]


My Friend's Place 2008
For some reason, I get an e-mail every now and then from an outfitcalled "TV Tracker." It's a pretty good service, I think–- I say I think because you have to pay to get access to the real stuff, what they call "the television industry's premier on-line, on time source for what's happening in TV" and if there's one thing I hate doing, it's paying for things......

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[ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:44:00 EST ]

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