tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post6050000373549056453..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: The Happy EndingBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-4445633098354469942014-02-28T08:24:07.642-08:002014-02-28T08:24:07.642-08:00I find it hard to believe people wouldn't thin...I find it hard to believe people wouldn't think you're funny.<br /><br />My husband and I watch Fraiser everyday and even after seeing every episode at least 10 times, we still laugh out loud, praising the heavens for your and David's comic genius.<br /><br />Kelsey, David, Jane and John are great comedic actors, but the words are yours.<br /><br />FWIW - we watched the episodes with the RV, the brothers writing a book and "Slow Tango in Paris".<br /><br />Valentine's Day and Niles sleeping with Lilith becomes a family affair. We drop everything and grab the kids to watch those episodes. And still laugh to tears.<br /><br />Thank you for not listening to the naysayers.<br /><br />As another commentator said "It's not that you're not funny, those around you aren't."SkippyMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479661523059481730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-87243583781500662412014-02-24T00:08:39.584-08:002014-02-24T00:08:39.584-08:00FRIDAY QUESTION
The other day I noticed that BIG B...FRIDAY QUESTION<br />The other day I noticed that BIG BANG THEORY doubled its ratings over the show's seven year run and is still doing very well. Clearly the other Levine (aka Chuck Lorre) is doing something right. Do you know whether the network has contributed to the show's success in a meaningful way?jcsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-92197817670975070132014-02-23T20:36:39.716-08:002014-02-23T20:36:39.716-08:00To make a long story short, a guy stole a quip of ...To make a long story short, a guy stole a quip of mine and ended up in jail. No, I had nothing to do with his arrest.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-3441678185437247842014-02-23T18:18:00.331-08:002014-02-23T18:18:00.331-08:00That's a gem of a story, Ken. Or is it the sto...That's a gem of a story, Ken. Or is it the story of a gem?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-74314481930492564852014-02-23T14:28:26.511-08:002014-02-23T14:28:26.511-08:00I apologize. I shouldn't have tried to guess, ...I apologize. I shouldn't have tried to guess, and in doing so, potentially besmirching a good radio personality's name.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976758043152054556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-75217017376773971162014-02-23T14:19:43.951-08:002014-02-23T14:19:43.951-08:00Great story.Great story.Mike Barerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447874605833321732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-35168214144286231132014-02-23T13:53:05.511-08:002014-02-23T13:53:05.511-08:00Well, I guess I was an oddball listener. I never g...Well, I guess I was an oddball listener. I never gave a damn about the DJ being funny. I just wanted him to shut up and play the record.Kentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-55751524783853789262014-02-23T13:24:44.419-08:002014-02-23T13:24:44.419-08:00To David Schwartz: Your story reminds me of a vid...To David Schwartz: Your story reminds me of a video production company where I was once head writer. They finally fired me with a letter explaining that my "creativity could not be contained." That was the best endorsement I ever got. <br /><br />BTW, after they fired me, they continued using the ideas I left behind from my uncontainable creativity to produce several more videos, which, along with the stuff I did when I was there, went on to be the basis of the Barney the Dinosaur show and made them about a billion dollars. I didn't get any of the money, though. Apparently, Barney's oft-stated eagerness to share with others COULD be contained. Pat Reederhttp://www.hollywoodhifi.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-63413417845134287942014-02-23T13:20:00.195-08:002014-02-23T13:20:00.195-08:00Oh, how I remember being told "don't do a...Oh, how I remember being told "don't do any bits, just shut up and play the hits" and the PD who uttered those words thought he was sooooo clever. PDs are usually the hacks who couldn't make it on the air so they tell the rest of us how to "do it right" but I digress.<br /><br />Flash forward for me, 20 years later, and I'm doing traffic in the Bay Area, a nice, easy gig. I get a call from the PD. "You don't talk enough. I need to you elaborate on what's going on during accidents and stuff."<br /><br />"Wait, are you telling me to talk *more*?"<br /><br />"Yes."<br /><br />"I've never had a PD tell me to talk more before."<br /><br />We had a good laugh.Brian Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01233187184688491057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-82297264405127197322014-02-23T12:55:14.890-08:002014-02-23T12:55:14.890-08:00Great story, Ken. Thanks!Great story, Ken. Thanks!VincentSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-87001604576311586252014-02-23T12:52:20.623-08:002014-02-23T12:52:20.623-08:00This is terrific, I can't thank you enough for...This is terrific, I can't thank you enough for recounting it and sharing. There are just too many times that things go sour and nobody ever knows the difference, nobody ever stands up and takes their lumps-kudos to Mr. Carroll for having balls enough to apologize to you. I can only imagine how good that felt.Pizzagodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03216786974237160998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-34364763009989755232014-02-23T12:50:56.186-08:002014-02-23T12:50:56.186-08:00Bah. I got my hopes up. Marilu Henner better be as...Bah. I got my hopes up. Marilu Henner better be as entertaining as you.Johnny Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302545167970532080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-78658480261384742002014-02-23T12:40:54.239-08:002014-02-23T12:40:54.239-08:00Why continue to post as Anonymous when we all know...Why continue to post as Anonymous when we all know you're "Yarrum" now?GrouchoSparxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-2181341696604066082014-02-23T12:15:26.895-08:002014-02-23T12:15:26.895-08:00"...don’t let other people tell you you’re no..."...don’t let other people tell you you’re not funny". Except if you're Dane Cook.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-71135425335386849562014-02-23T11:05:39.324-08:002014-02-23T11:05:39.324-08:00Reminds me of when I was just starting out working...Reminds me of when I was just starting out working in television and the show I was working on was very regimented about "who did what." Heaven forbid if you showed you had an expertise that wasn't within your job description. And since my job description was Xeroxing scripts and running errands, there wasn't a lot of opportunity to shine. So... one day there's a music edit that needed to be done, and I knew how to do it, so I made the edit and handed it in to my supervisor. I got reprimanded because it wasn't my job and they had someone else (much higher paid) who was supposed to do that. Flash forward about 3 years, and all of a sudden the music director of the show leaves... and they need someone who knows how to edit music. I get the job because the same people who told me not to do that, remembered I knew how to do that. So... I guess the moral of at least my story, is that if you show people what you can do, they may not appreciate it at first, but tend to remember it for the time that they may need it.David Schwartznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-79607848153434605562014-02-23T10:57:17.666-08:002014-02-23T10:57:17.666-08:00Either that, or maybe you're really not funny,...Either that, or maybe you're really not funny, even though you think are, and you'll never find success, and will grow old and bitter dwelling on how the world failed to recognize your genius and cheated you out of the success you deserve.Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-17746586466986684202014-02-23T10:54:27.600-08:002014-02-23T10:54:27.600-08:00It's not Charlie Tuna. This person is no lon...It's not Charlie Tuna. This person is no longer in radio. By Ken Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-89051693741248740962014-02-23T10:47:03.181-08:002014-02-23T10:47:03.181-08:00Charlie Tuna???Charlie Tuna???Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976758043152054556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-24030299666154029022014-02-23T10:19:54.582-08:002014-02-23T10:19:54.582-08:00Good story, Ken...Good story, Ken...Mister Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02740971667961847200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-78293065828864319292014-02-23T09:06:14.244-08:002014-02-23T09:06:14.244-08:00What became of "Bobby"? Have your paths ...What became of "Bobby"? Have your paths crossed in the years since? I hope karma caught up with him and he's now a server at Jack in the Box. That's right, even in the UK, I know of Jack in the Box's reputation.<br /><br />Hamidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-30700299230776378892014-02-23T08:26:48.606-08:002014-02-23T08:26:48.606-08:00Today's genius HuffPo headline: "Miley Is...Today's genius HuffPo headline: "Miley Is Actually A Really Good Singer"Jaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-22615660929222808542014-02-23T08:01:44.454-08:002014-02-23T08:01:44.454-08:00I thought you were going a different way when I re...I thought you were going a different way when I read the title. :)<br /><br />Stealing Jokes is bad... stealing patentable inventions is worse. I have literally been in front of tech review boards after someone has taken an idea of mine.<br /><br />I think with humor or any other creative area it's an iceberg paradigm. No one sees the 50+ ideas that "didn't work" they only see the one that did. I just get the thief to explain his process to get to the winning idea... usually that's all it takes... unless they "collaborated" with you.<br /><br />I am more careful in that area these days.<br /><br />Friday Question for ya:<br />Do you feel that your jumping from station to station in Radio and then moving to TV helped your creativity?<br /><br />In my field I have noticed that some of the most creative people I have worked with are vagabonds. These creative people have moved from design group to design group from company to company. They ooze new ideas and directions because of their varied experience.<br /><br />Any thoughts? <br /><br />Angry Gamer<br />- be Angry be very AngryAngry Gamernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-30697696197546043002014-02-23T06:05:01.140-08:002014-02-23T06:05:01.140-08:00Spike Milligan once talked about reading his jokes...Spike Milligan once talked about reading his jokes to friends in a pub, and nobody laughed. He briefly agonized about it, before he realized the problem: the friends weren't funny and he was. Realizing your own sense of humor is wonderful.Sean Gaffneynoreply@blogger.com