tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post337154637093582684..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Notes from the front: our pilot pitch meetingsBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-32522044902038556532008-03-21T08:48:00.000-07:002008-03-21T08:48:00.000-07:00I love Jim Fritzell. But the point is he was thir...I love Jim Fritzell. But the point is he was thirty years older than me.By Ken Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-77530442368119977382008-03-21T02:36:00.000-07:002008-03-21T02:36:00.000-07:00Just a minute here. James Fritzell, your fellow wr...Just a minute here. James Fritzell, your fellow writer from M*A*S*H wrote a good thirty episodes of Mister Peepers!Bob Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06173098298949183691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-69791241109872099962008-03-17T11:07:00.000-07:002008-03-17T11:07:00.000-07:00Sports Night! I want Sports Night back or somethin...Sports Night! I want Sports Night back or something like it. The cast was phenomenal. The writing was witty and clever. And it was over in a wink. ::sniff::Alto2https://www.blogger.com/profile/04383871934188791511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-3446860143908939612008-03-16T15:28:00.000-07:002008-03-16T15:28:00.000-07:00Ken, just out of interest, how many pilots HAVE yo...Ken, just out of interest, how many pilots HAVE you sold? And how many made it to air besides Almost Perfect?Tim W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16860726607106078491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-20352701383753453402008-03-16T13:49:00.000-07:002008-03-16T13:49:00.000-07:00I had to look twice to make sure I was on the writ...I had to look twice to make sure I was on the write blog! lol I think the "Unsold" book was the first of many of Lee's books.Mike Barerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447874605833321732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-80226060430605725282008-03-16T13:33:00.000-07:002008-03-16T13:33:00.000-07:00barefoot billy aloha said: "Yeah, that 'dead' thin...barefoot billy aloha said: "Yeah, that 'dead' thing sure gets in the way of casting now and then..."<BR/><BR/>Hey, it hasn't stopped the career of Abe Vigoda.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-68661241720924144442008-03-16T12:48:00.000-07:002008-03-16T12:48:00.000-07:00According to IMDB, "Mr. Peepers" was created by Da...According to IMDB, "Mr. Peepers" was created by David Swift, with writers including Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum, and Robert Alan Arthur.<BR/> <BR/>Today's networks should have such talent in regular supply. Alive, of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-25210754773904416412008-03-16T09:56:00.000-07:002008-03-16T09:56:00.000-07:00[yo, barefoot billy - great web site. great voice...[yo, barefoot billy - great web site. great voice.]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-91851670967097417292008-03-16T09:49:00.000-07:002008-03-16T09:49:00.000-07:00you had me at "mr. peepers."i wondered which serie...you had me at "mr. peepers."<BR/><BR/>i wondered which series took place between midnight and six - john larroquette's? - so i had to look it up. <BR/><BR/>was it "open all night"? with cassandra peterson (elvira)? the review over at IMDB says it was ahead of its time, so of course it was cancelled. not sure how i missed it, tv geek that i am.<BR/><BR/>another good column, ken!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-46033679200674248092008-03-16T07:03:00.000-07:002008-03-16T07:03:00.000-07:00Yeah, that 'dead' thing sure gets in the way of ca...Yeah, that 'dead' thing sure gets in the way of casting now and then...Barefoot Billy Alohahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586870309250699505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-38962927170999457982008-03-16T06:52:00.000-07:002008-03-16T06:52:00.000-07:00i guess the only way to answer the question about ...i guess the only way to answer the question about what happens on the first show of the seventh season is to say,<BR/>"Why do you ask? Were you planning on re-negotiating already? cause we were planning on going out on Top like Newhart after the 6th. <BR/>"The Bumble Bee Pendanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782074071758250824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-10260611944896872232008-03-16T06:47:00.000-07:002008-03-16T06:47:00.000-07:00Sounds tacky but I LOLed when I read the 1 yard li...Sounds tacky but I LOLed when I read the 1 yard line bit :-)<BR/><BR/>(you know how you always write "LOL" when somebody says something funny and don't actually laugh out loud - well I did and my brother then asked me what was so funny :-D )Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936042470523695383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-45766908839577583922008-03-16T06:08:00.000-07:002008-03-16T06:08:00.000-07:00Ken, I'm curious what you think of this new "orde...Ken, I'm curious what you think of this new "ordering straight to series" thing the networks are doing. Well, I guess it's not "new" new, but being used more at the moment for several reasons. Seems like a big risk to me, but I'm just John Q. Public, so what do I know? <BR/><BR/>Also, I'm curious what the on-site fan reaction has been over there in China? Looking forward to the BoSox stuff here, although I wish the Angels will still our last pre-season exhibition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-65293767780155602842008-03-16T00:40:00.000-07:002008-03-16T00:40:00.000-07:0080s Man - The coolest party guy in 1982 falls asle...80s Man - The coolest party guy in 1982 falls asleep behind a couch. He wakes up in 1986 and totally out of touch. How does he survive?<BR/><BR/>Minute Man - A man lives one minute in the future somehow. It's like Radar O'Reilly crossed with Quantum Leap and that show about the newspaper.<BR/><BR/>Dead Detectives - an otherworldly sitcom featuring the detectives who died in Homicide: Life on the Street. Features time travel.<BR/><BR/>Man, I'd be so good at this pitching thing. That's three sales right there.Bitter Animatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06617537816971588380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-41008266532395461392008-03-16T00:27:00.000-07:002008-03-16T00:27:00.000-07:00I think if they aired a show today that was a behi...I think if they aired a show today that was a behind-the-scenes look at "SNL" in 1977, it would be a huge hit. Matthew Perry could play the one guy who's not on drugs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-20279000024674897642008-03-15T23:26:00.000-07:002008-03-15T23:26:00.000-07:00In double checking, we sold BAY CITY AMUSEMENT COM...In double checking, we sold BAY CITY AMUSEMENT COMPANY in the fall of 76, it filmed in early 77 and aired that summer as part of Failure Theatre.By Ken Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-61918958509486878852008-03-15T23:13:00.000-07:002008-03-15T23:13:00.000-07:00Is 1975 a typo? Last year you wrote about BAY CITY...Is 1975 a typo? Last year you wrote about BAY CITY AMUSEMENT COMPANY, "Ohmygod, what a mess! It aired on July 28, 1977." Since SNL only went on the air in fall 1975, that would mean you dreamed up, wrote, and sold the pilot in what remained of 1975, and then it wasn't aired until summer 1977. Is that correct? (sorry, I'm an editor)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com