tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post4983772376012534442..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Spec Script Eitiquette: What NOT to doBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-50212458051585725692011-12-01T22:22:11.520-08:002011-12-01T22:22:11.520-08:00Thanks for sharing. Funny stuff.
David Steinberg...Thanks for sharing. Funny stuff.<br /><br />David Steinberg had a good story about being creatively approached by an aspiring writer who was a valet at his health club many years ago. The guy used to try to slip his spec scripts to the members as he pulled their cars up to the curb. Guess it worked, as he eventually became a writer on Seinfeld, etc.Suzannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-76227773088332117492011-11-29T01:11:12.252-08:002011-11-29T01:11:12.252-08:00Great last story. The lady could have just had a w...Great last story. The lady could have just had a wicked sense of humour... Was Larry ever "approached"? :)Johnny Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302545167970532080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-51352304016011678512011-11-28T06:46:16.135-08:002011-11-28T06:46:16.135-08:00How would you suggest that an aspiring writer deve...How would you suggest that an aspiring writer develop a relationship with the person they are pitching a spec script to if they live in a different state, for example? Or if they don't know anyone who can introduce them to you? How do people prefer to receive spec scripts from unknown aspiring writers?Hollyhttp://www.rollthemaps.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-58972763895946624222011-11-28T04:04:49.817-08:002011-11-28T04:04:49.817-08:00True story: I'm a working screenwriter in Los...True story: I'm a working screenwriter in Los Angeles. My writing partner was at the doctor's for his yearly check up. The doctor was mid prostate exam when he learned my writing partner was a screenwriter and with his hand still in the most uncomfortable of places, proceeded to pitch his movie idea.JPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62164904965830344902011-11-27T20:22:55.869-08:002011-11-27T20:22:55.869-08:00On a baseball tangent - if the two finalists for t...On a baseball tangent - if the two finalists for the Boston Red Sox manger's job are really Bobby Valentine and Gene Lamont, the team is totally bankrupt of any ideas or ideals. (Although I think Gene Lamont is a very nice guy.....)<br /><br />Back on subject, I'm sure the while dining out Bobby V has had people shove DVDs of their son playing Little League into his hands.Phillip Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498595633633248863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-27852296579455939092011-11-27T18:31:14.455-08:002011-11-27T18:31:14.455-08:00Book editors have had aspiring authors toss 400 pa...Book editors have had aspiring authors toss 400 page, rubber-banded manuscripts under the stall doors of the restroom or found them on their room service trays.<br /><br />Great ways to get your book not read and your name added to the list of writers those editors will never sign.Mary Stellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02186261066656584772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-36408478012546721802011-11-27T14:59:22.888-08:002011-11-27T14:59:22.888-08:00Friday question: How did you get your start as a ...Friday question: How did you get your start as a director? Was it on one of the shows you were a show runner on? If not, was it difficult convincing the producers to give you a chance?Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-81543498731961064502011-11-27T13:06:05.178-08:002011-11-27T13:06:05.178-08:00I would never pitch you a script at an inopportune...I would never pitch you a script at an inopportune time. But could you loan me $20 until Tuesday?HogsAteMySisterhttp://hogsatemysister.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-59910863810363647752011-11-27T12:36:26.897-08:002011-11-27T12:36:26.897-08:00The story in your last paragraph reminds me of the...The story in your last paragraph reminds me of the story in the Steve Jobs biography about how he met his wife (she was in the audience when he spoke at Stanford, and may or may not have told her friends she was scheming to meet him that night).Tonyhttp://www.tonyscida.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-42220547002424564502011-11-27T12:03:09.876-08:002011-11-27T12:03:09.876-08:00But why bother with spec scripts when sitcoms have...But why bother with spec scripts when sitcoms have stopped evolving and are just mash-ups of tired concepts? Well, that's what Neil Genzlinger says (though I'm paraphrasing) at the NYT anyway...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/arts/television/new-girls-2-broke-girls-last-man-standing-new-season-for-old-jokes.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Naked Truth: New Sitcoms Are Reruns</b></a><br /><br />...Just wondered if you might have any thoughts on the column, Ken.<br /><br />I think I agree with large portions of it, but I don't know that the tiredness and rehashing of jokes and joke patterns is all that new. I gave up on <i>The Simpsons</i> probably 15 years ago or more because it had devolved (imo) from good linear storytelling to disjointed rambling sight gags and formula. And so many of the single camera sitcoms do similar things... Character says something odd, then quickly cut to flashback or imagined scene illustrating the telegraphed joke, then back to present day/reality for tag joke. Repeat as often as possible. Story, plot, and characters?... What are those and why bother?Dimension Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05392348422733549988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-43872390817119796872011-11-27T11:50:31.733-08:002011-11-27T11:50:31.733-08:00I'm not sure Larry would say she had bad taste...I'm not sure Larry would say she had bad taste...Graham Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01775285782385634486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-82461132044637983772011-11-27T11:16:55.300-08:002011-11-27T11:16:55.300-08:00Wow. Just...wow. But who fucks to write for RHODA ...Wow. Just...wow. But who fucks to write for RHODA over M*A*S*H? A whore and has bad taste to boot.Tony Hoffmanhttp://facebook.com/anthonyhoffmannoreply@blogger.com