For all the jobs that writers, even successful writers, get – there is always a long list of jobs they didn’t get. This week Ken shares his. Hopefully this will inspire you to keep pushing.
I have a very small correction with this week's excellent (as usual) podcast.
It wasn't Milt Josefsberg who came up with the "I'm thinking it over" line. It was his fellow Jack Benny writer, John Tackaberry.
As Josefsberg told the story, they were in the writer's room and had come up with the "Your money or your life" setup, but couldn't think of a payoff, and Josefsberg was getting frustrated.
When he yelled at Tackaberry, "There's gotta be a great answer to 'Your money or your life!'" Tackaberry supposedly snapped back, "I'm thinking it over" and they realized that was exactly what Jack Benny's character would say.
Your podcast is one of the highlights of my week. As a lifelong Benny fan, I just wanted to set the record straight.
Fun interested podcast. Sorry you passed on the Laugh In gig, but you got your degree and Laugh-In was so dated after five or six years, I don't think there would even be residuals.
Loved this podcast..and yes, you are correct about Mighty Ducks. I missed it when it first came out but my friends raved about it. I always had a crush on Emillio and saw it last year.
I liked it for what it was..a cute movie but nothing memorable. Emillio still can't act. I would, however, see it again..as it was filmed in the 90's around my alma mater in Downtown Minneapolis. I recognize several landmarks. That's the nostalgia for me and that's enough. I can imagine what you and David would have done with that movie to make it really memorable.
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I have a very small correction with this week's excellent (as usual) podcast.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't Milt Josefsberg who came up with the "I'm thinking it over" line. It was his fellow Jack Benny writer, John Tackaberry.
As Josefsberg told the story, they were in the writer's room and had come up with the "Your money or your life" setup, but couldn't think of a payoff, and Josefsberg was getting frustrated.
When he yelled at Tackaberry, "There's gotta be a great answer to 'Your money or your life!'" Tackaberry supposedly snapped back, "I'm thinking it over" and they realized that was exactly what Jack Benny's character would say.
Your podcast is one of the highlights of my week. As a lifelong Benny fan, I just wanted to set the record straight.
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Fun interested podcast. Sorry you passed on the Laugh In gig, but you got your degree and Laugh-In was so dated after five or six years, I don't think there would even be residuals.
ReplyDeleteLoved this podcast..and yes, you are correct about Mighty Ducks. I missed it when it first came out but my friends raved about it. I always had a crush on Emillio and saw it last year.
ReplyDeleteI liked it for what it was..a cute movie but nothing memorable. Emillio still can't act.
I would, however, see it again..as it was filmed in the 90's around my alma mater in Downtown Minneapolis. I recognize several landmarks. That's the nostalgia for me and that's enough. I can imagine what you and David would have done with that movie to make it really memorable.