tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post9110697293548277468..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Friday QuestionsBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-5037525071406034182016-06-11T06:57:51.766-07:002016-06-11T06:57:51.766-07:00Ken,
I read your book MUST KILL TV and enjoyed it...Ken,<br /><br />I read your book MUST KILL TV and enjoyed it. I think I read on your blog that it was a screenplay first (?).<br /><br />So I'm curious, any major differences?<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />DSDixon Steelenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-23356524988835044902016-06-11T03:34:35.803-07:002016-06-11T03:34:35.803-07:00Megan Fox is an A-list actor? Wow, that I never s...Megan Fox is an A-list actor? Wow, that I never suspected.Barry Traylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14134880916215990198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-26136449115409685862016-06-10T22:18:47.200-07:002016-06-10T22:18:47.200-07:00Hey, Elvis Costello guested on "Frasier."...Hey, Elvis Costello guested on "Frasier."VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-48009903711550074312016-06-10T18:06:09.739-07:002016-06-10T18:06:09.739-07:00Ken -
What's your take/thoughts on all the &...Ken - <br /><br />What's your take/thoughts on all the "after the show" talk shows like Talking Dead, After the Black, and After the Thrones?Sol Rosenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00765996200717537173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-76082053223115325342016-06-10T10:41:19.192-07:002016-06-10T10:41:19.192-07:00I think Fred Astaire said he agreed to appear on B...I think Fred Astaire said he agreed to appear on Battlestar: Galactica because it was his grandchild's favorite show.Kosmo13noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-18060832113295140352016-06-10T10:36:57.563-07:002016-06-10T10:36:57.563-07:00Bob Dylan was on Dharma & Greg? wowBob Dylan was on Dharma & Greg? wowtbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-26695262480671310122016-06-10T09:36:49.464-07:002016-06-10T09:36:49.464-07:00Love the blog, Ken. Here's a question for you....Love the blog, Ken. Here's a question for you. Older sitcoms like Cheers, MASH, and Taxi tied up the week's story lines on the last joke of the episode. The story wasn't complete until just before the credits when that last joke landed. Most sitcoms from the 90's on seem to end on a one to two minute denouement that has nothing to do with the story; mostly some castoff the writers couldn't fit into the dialogue that runs over the credits (with rare exceptions like Community). Any thoughts on why writers take this approach? Thanks... Benjamin Cieslinskibenjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11481714557884964091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-80967008873596801162016-06-10T09:03:06.763-07:002016-06-10T09:03:06.763-07:00I've always thought that stunt casting is a go...I've always thought that stunt casting is a good indication that a show has jumped the shark, and the makers are desperately trying to boost viewing figures.<br />DaveGLooseheadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-52263294142474056652016-06-10T08:21:25.732-07:002016-06-10T08:21:25.732-07:00Harlan Ellison said that a person wrote him a lett...Harlan Ellison said that a person wrote him a letter about one of his stories saying that reading the story helped give him further insight on Ovid's poem Metamorphoses, because of the parallels between the story and Ovid's poem.<br /><br />The catch was, Ellison, to that point, had not READ Metamorphoses! <br /><br />Have you had anyone notice references that weren't there to any of your work?Brian Phillipshttp://rockinradio.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-16992555443445541762016-06-10T07:54:46.823-07:002016-06-10T07:54:46.823-07:00Ah the big guest star...
Remember the days when Lu...Ah the big guest star...<br />Remember the days when Lucy seemed to have a different guest "Movie" star every episode?<br /><br />Rock Hudson, John Wayne, Bob Hope, Orson Welles, Van Johnson, and most famously Harpo Marx.<br />And of course, George Reeves (AS Superman).<br /><br /><br />Then there are the guest stars that weren't yet "Stars". <br />I bet MASH and Seinfeld had the most guest members who went on to become either TV or Movie stars and celebrities. <br />The Bumble Bee Pendanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782074071758250824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-7015416848863326252016-06-10T07:51:00.558-07:002016-06-10T07:51:00.558-07:00"...imagine Whitney Cumming" I'd ra..."...imagine Whitney Cumming" I'd rather not! I guess Ken dropped an "s". I've seen a couple of episodes of "Mary" and thought it was great, Ken and David did a wonderful job, not sure why it didn't take off.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />R.I.P Gordie Howe aka Mr. Hockey! Thanks Gordie.Stephen Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15382570443203706976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-40254038893239534792016-06-10T07:09:24.646-07:002016-06-10T07:09:24.646-07:00Granted that A-listers do friends favors or want t...Granted that A-listers do friends favors or want to be seen on shows that are in the zeitgeist...but it's always worth remembering that quite often they *also* simply need the work; even if they don't need that particular payment, if they're feeling their star is a little tarnished or they're getting cast in the same kind of part too much they may well feel that a well-received guest spot on a TV show might bring them back to casting directors' minds or get people thinking of them in a different light. Or, you know, they're women approaching 40 and know that soon movies will be closed to them...<br /><br />wgWendy M. Grossmanhttp://www.pelicancrossing.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-16981134185174317592016-06-10T06:18:53.739-07:002016-06-10T06:18:53.739-07:00Again, Ken, you remind me of working on a new TV s...Again, Ken, you remind me of working on a new TV show in NYC- we prepped for 2 weeks with 3 leads cast. The DAY BEFORE WE STARTED SHOOTING at 4 pm we got the go ahead from the Network to call 35 new cast members. What a nightmare that was. They were almost all men in suits and I wanted to cry. Networks have NO idea.Roseannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08393487748949411049noreply@blogger.com