tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post8369805381146665159..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Who's out there?By Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger196125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-15379475961283000882007-10-02T15:44:00.000-07:002007-10-02T15:44:00.000-07:00I'm late to this post, but I'm loving the blog fro...I'm late to this post, but I'm loving the blog from North Carolina.metrocardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12674581527867844597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-73327610168908083962007-09-07T09:27:00.000-07:002007-09-07T09:27:00.000-07:00I'm in a Chicago burb. Your blog was mentioned in...I'm in a Chicago burb. Your blog was mentioned in the Chicago Tribune TV column a couple of weeks ago.David A. Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17714765997990761584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-59573011124192852262007-09-06T17:43:00.000-07:002007-09-06T17:43:00.000-07:00Hi Ken,I'm a local. Living in Diet LA as another p...Hi Ken,<BR/>I'm a local. Living in Diet LA as another poster wrote (Made me giggle). I work in the Biz, but never intended to. I'm a printing geek by choice. Like the sitcom, printing is thought to be dieing. I don't agree, but it's surely changing. I came to your site through a friend I have misplaced. I'm an avid reader, and have read all of your posts (Including the re-runs) ~ I especially like Annie's clever posts & everyone's comments. It's a grand network of opinions. I think this blog is fantastic and you must be a great teacher. Each of your post allows for such fun, frank discussion on all topics.<BR/>Best wishes,<BR/>NancyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-68564689085161314622007-09-06T13:36:00.000-07:002007-09-06T13:36:00.000-07:00Hey Ken,I found your blog 'cause I'm a Mariners fa...Hey Ken,<BR/><BR/>I found your blog 'cause I'm a Mariners fan. I fondly remember some of the games you called back in the dark days in the Dome when the team wasn't much worth watching.<BR/><BR/>'If you walk the leadoff man, he'll always come around to score, except when he doesn't.' etc.<BR/><BR/>Glad to hear you're back calling a few games for the M's, and sorry I couldn't tune them in here in the Napa valley.<BR/><BR/>On a related note, I've always found those select few games where Rick Rizzs was paired in the booth with Tom Paciorek to be a real hoot. I've always attributed this to Pags rather than to Rick, who never tickled my funny bone under other circumstances.<BR/><BR/>Any chance the M's could pair you and Paciorek in the booth? I would search out a sports bar anywhere in the Bay Area to catch that broadcast.<BR/><BR/>Thad McArthur<BR/>Napa, CA<BR/>thadmca@netzero.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-73568316835013386812007-09-06T09:26:00.000-07:002007-09-06T09:26:00.000-07:00Mark Bourne here, currently living in Seattle and ...Mark Bourne here, currently living in Seattle and loving it. (As I sit here in my office I can hear a fog horn from the bay. Now that's music to write by.) Writer. 46. Found your blog via a writer pal who had a feeling I'd like it. He was right. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the behind-the-scenes reminiscences about the series and episodes I've loved for so long, and for the insider's view of being a successful comedy writer in the thick of the scene there. (Oh, and thanks for your Huffington Post commentaries as well.) <BR/><BR/>Fun stuff all around. Keep it coming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-65326447884349349332007-09-06T00:26:00.000-07:002007-09-06T00:26:00.000-07:00I found your blog via some spanish blog talking ab...I found your blog via some spanish blog talking about Jason Bourne. I´m from Spain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-44607279830036651902007-09-05T20:54:00.000-07:002007-09-05T20:54:00.000-07:00I dunno how i found you but I read every post via ...I dunno how i found you but I read every post via google reader. I especially like the stories about the older shows, M*A*S*H and the like. I really want to know why Loretta Swit had 80s hair in a 50s show. I can believe almost EVERYTHING on that show, except for her hair.dangermandownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01192130945376734917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-40215049839635886082007-09-05T19:37:00.000-07:002007-09-05T19:37:00.000-07:00I first caught your blog via Mark Evanier's link t...I first caught your blog via Mark Evanier's link to a Frasier script and have been reading it since (about a year.) I'm a teacher over in Japan and Sitcom viewing is extremely rare here, so your blog gives me my fix for all things funny. Thanks a lot.<BR/>Michael<BR/>I try to be funny in my blog, but I can't hold a candle to yours...Michael Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01455879088769484151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-64318900605125232492007-09-05T13:45:00.000-07:002007-09-05T13:45:00.000-07:00I'm in Seattle, WA - originally from Cape Town, So...I'm in Seattle, WA - originally from Cape Town, South Africa. Like at least one other person here, I found out about your blog vis Raymond Chen's blog, earlier this year. I've been lurking ever since and loving it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62837761730915929632007-09-05T01:56:00.000-07:002007-09-05T01:56:00.000-07:00Well, I´ve been reading for quite a while but don´...Well, I´ve been reading for quite a while but don´t think I´ve commented on one of these yet, so I´ll take a go now. Better late than never... Anyway, I live in Sweden and found your blog through a link to the guest-blog Frasier episode. That´s also what I like the best, posts about MASH, Frasier and all other sitcoms you´ve worked on. Would be great to read soemthing about the shows you´ve worked on but haven´t written anything about yet as well. Behind the scenes is what I´d like more of. <BR/><BR/>I really enjoy your blog, thanks for writing!Mickehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11062151728685074467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-90257087866219164232007-09-04T20:48:00.000-07:002007-09-04T20:48:00.000-07:00I'm still here, since way back in the beginning. ...I'm still here, since way back in the beginning. <BR/><BR/>Haven't commented in a while, but my movie,<A HREF="http://imdb.com/title/tt0807028" REL="nofollow">AMERICAN SUMMER</A>, wrapped in May and I'm jumping through my ass on a rewrite of my next project, so I don't have as much screw-around-on-the-internet time as I'd like. Sigh...<BR/><BR/>I'm still here in Orlando -- lemme know whenever you find yourself in town and parched.Julie O'Horahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16580655656385169632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-36307082419155330002007-09-04T20:07:00.000-07:002007-09-04T20:07:00.000-07:00I'm in Brisbane Australia and I don;t recall how I...I'm in Brisbane Australia and I don;t recall how I found your blog. Maybe Alex Epstein, or Mark Evanier or John Rogers.<BR/><BR/>Nothing I'd like to see less of, I'm happy to read what takes for fancy on the day (although most of the baseball stuff goes way over my head.)<BR/><BR/>thanks for asking!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-16700041550500348942007-09-04T19:48:00.000-07:002007-09-04T19:48:00.000-07:00los angeles herecomedy writer, one of the guys in ...los angeles here<BR/><BR/>comedy writer, one of the guys in our room forwarded around the Sorkin/Studio 60 post<BR/><BR/>and we've all been hooked ever since<BR/><BR/>love everything (will even overlook the light bash of T. Brady) would only ask for more posts<BR/><BR/>because comedy writing comedy, as you know, is not a very funny biznessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-50654503269613818972007-09-04T19:45:00.000-07:002007-09-04T19:45:00.000-07:00I'm a freelance illustrator and animator living in...I'm a freelance illustrator and animator living in the Minneapolis area. Love your blog. I found it, I think, by a link on someone else's blog (not sure whose). I now link to your blog as well. Yours is one of the few blogs I check almost daily.Cedricstudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06281239965682009232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8223795837439411972007-09-04T19:24:00.000-07:002007-09-04T19:24:00.000-07:00Heya:I honestly don't remember how I found your bl...Heya:<BR/><BR/>I honestly don't remember how I found your blog. My best guess was when I was googling "screenwriting".<BR/><BR/>I live in Austin and am currently employed as a Writer/Designer for a video game company. Pretty interesting work, really. I like seeing the similarities and differences with other writing.<BR/><BR/>As far as blog stuff goes, I really dig anything screen writing related, but I tend to skim/skip the baseball/announcing stuff. However, I understand why you toss it in there.Shawn Ketchersidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426616293920108431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-25275462741500798572007-09-04T17:44:00.000-07:002007-09-04T17:44:00.000-07:00Hi Ken,Found your blog on the MASH forum at televi...Hi Ken,<BR/><BR/>Found your blog on the MASH forum at televisionwithoutpity.com and bookmarked you immediately. Read the blog every day; I enjoy your writing immensely.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your work, your career, and the daily entertainment.<BR/><BR/>True story: Tom Brady let me cut in front of him in heavy traffic. So while he might be a bad boyfriend, he is a very courteous driver, which is unheard of here in Bahstin...<BR/><BR/>Cheers from Quincy, MAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-80410809689496902112007-09-04T17:36:00.000-07:002007-09-04T17:36:00.000-07:00I'm outside Manhattan.I've performed comedy (stand...I'm outside Manhattan.<BR/><BR/>I've performed comedy (stand-up, Improv, etc.) for 10 years. I write and stuff full time for a cable network's Website and I like my job.<BR/><BR/>I aspire to be a really well paid comedy writer and producer working with wondefully talented people. For the Internet A+. <BR/><BR/>I found you... via a comedy friend. Don't remember who/when.<BR/><BR/>You rock Ken!Susie Felberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292604220582112517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-26129679676714543752007-09-04T16:08:00.000-07:002007-09-04T16:08:00.000-07:00Jay Bryant here, a pool of molten goo living and d...Jay Bryant here, a pool of molten goo living and dying in balmy Burbank, CA. I write TV scripts that occasionally get made and film scripts that don't (so far). I first saw your link at the Artful Writer site, but didn't click it because I had you mixed up with either Ken "The Groove Tube" Shapiro or Ken "Airplane II" Finkelman (since I'm originally from Kentucky, most Jewish names sound alike to me). Then, a few months ago, a non-"biz" friend recommended your blog, and as soon as I found out you were involved with some of my favorite TV comedies of all time, I took the plunge. Glad I did! Now I have a lot of catching up to do with the archives. No need to change anything: I don't follow sports anymore, but I wouldn't dream of depriving your fellow baseball nuts.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I also wrote the greatest unproduced "Frasier" spec in history (you may scoff, but as Criswell once said, "Can you prove that it DIDN'T happen?").Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-83055233261438083462007-09-04T15:51:00.000-07:002007-09-04T15:51:00.000-07:00Another lurker from Wilmette, IL. (If my previous ...Another lurker from Wilmette, IL. (If my previous attempt to post shows up, subtract 1 from the count of 3.) Originally from western NY (Corning, the Crystal City). Not sure which blog first led me to you (Something Old, Nothing New, or maybe Thrilling Days of Yesteryear, or maybe McKee's I'm a Child of Television). I love and collect humor in all its forms. I think the most amazingly under-appreciated body of work is Paul Rhymer's 1000's of Vic and Sade scripts.Chris Riesbeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09361434968521805027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-18722734770593263602007-09-04T15:48:00.000-07:002007-09-04T15:48:00.000-07:00I'm a student at Auburn University in Alabama, and...I'm a student at Auburn University in Alabama, and I've been reading your blog for almost a year now. I particularly enjoy the American Idol recaps and the stories of your adventures writing TV and doing radio. I was a DJ at the college station for a semester, and enjoyed it.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-51488159080498896442007-09-04T15:33:00.000-07:002007-09-04T15:33:00.000-07:00I'm in radio, and also a longtime MASH fan. Curre...I'm in radio, and also a longtime MASH fan. Currently living in the Temecula, CA area. Found your blog via LARADIO.COM <BR/><BR/>Love the behind-the-scenes stories and vicious truth telling about our favorite Hollywood icons.<BR/><BR/>Keep it coming!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-27007288613798611522007-09-04T15:21:00.000-07:002007-09-04T15:21:00.000-07:0045-year-old cable TV exec in LA.Don't remember how...45-year-old cable TV exec in LA.<BR/><BR/>Don't remember how I came to your site, but what keeps me coming back is an insider's take on a combination of topics I really love -- classic sitcoms, humor, and baseball.<BR/><BR/>Always a thoughtful and enjoyable read. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-66059514151190989132007-09-04T15:15:00.000-07:002007-09-04T15:15:00.000-07:0023, female, physics PhD student who lurks here whi...23, female, physics PhD student who lurks here while trying to get up the courage to make the jump from science to showbiz. Hi!<BR/><BR/>I think I found you from Jane Espenson or Alex Epstein, or someone else on my Vicarious Reading blogroll. I stayed for the funny and for the behind-the-scenes peeks at how the little people get inside that box in my living room. (I suspect a shrink ray).EarthicanPresidenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13218321746185555936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-17725699912714189552007-09-04T15:13:00.000-07:002007-09-04T15:13:00.000-07:00Well ...Can't really remember how I found the blog...Well ...<BR/><BR/>Can't really remember how I found the blog, might have been from a RedSox blog or might have been Raymond Chen as some other folks have mentioned. However I happened to stumble across this place I haven't missed a post since and I greatly enjoy reading it.<BR/><BR/>Growing up, my family ate dinner while watching Mash and Cheers re-runs. After finding your blog and actually googling your name I discovered you were involved in everything I ever thought was funny.<BR/><BR/>For the me part now. I'm a systems admin for the state in Montgomery, Al. I lead a boring life of attending baseball games (<A HREF="http://biscuitsbaseball.com" REL="nofollow">Biscuits</A> and Braves, ugh, at least I get to see the Sox every other year) and drinking beer. That's pretty much it, well, there is that whole outlaw in S America business, but it's best I don't talk about that.<BR/><BR/>Keep writing and I'll keep reading. As someone else said, I'll read your grocery lists if you post them. Thanks!JHayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02728843935725754098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1894526239205003972007-09-04T14:51:00.000-07:002007-09-04T14:51:00.000-07:00I can't remember how I found this; maybe via James...I can't remember how I found this; maybe via James Wolcott's blog.<BR/>I'm in the Chicago area.<BR/><BR/>I check in here once or twice a week; it's interesting to hear about life behind the scenery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com