Looking forward to the Sitcom Room seminar this weekend. It’s for would-be writers not looking for short cuts. As opposed to this story: ...

Here's another taste of my growing up in the 60s in LA book. Some friends have said, "Why are you posting this? No one will buy a ...

From the recent issue of THE NEW YORKER magazine . It's from their cartoon issue. They have a feature called "the Cartoon IQ Test...

The MAD MEN third season finale airs Sunday night. Another great year. As usual, there’s been a lot of speculation as to what’s going to ...

Tuesday was election day (I learned on Wednesday). I am reminded of the election episode my partner, David and I wrote for the TONY RANDAL...

Welcome to Friday question day. If you have one the comments section beckons. gottacook asks: Ken, since you've been on an arbitration...

Hooray for Santa Clarita That screwy, ballyhooey Santa Clarita ...Go out and try your luck, You might be Donald Duck Hooray for Santa Clarit...

Oh no! A baseball post! Don't worry. It's really a humor piece disguised as a sports article disguised as something worth readi...

Here are a few follow-ups to some recent posts. I ranted that certain actresses just keep getting part after part . One I cited was Kim Rav...

It seems the new rage in domestic pets is pigs –- teacups pigs to be exact (although not really exact because they’re only the size of teacu...

Or...my favorite pitch meeting ever. In 1978 my partner, David Isaacs and I were head writers of MASH. That fall we also signed on to write ...

From Christopher Lloyd, co-creator of MODERN FAMILY. This comes from a current article about the show in ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY. If I can ...

This has always been one of my favorite holidays, especially when the kids were little. Taking them trick-or-treating and seeing them so exc...

It’s Friday question day. Only one today but it required a long answer. What's your question??? From Brian Doan: I was reading Nichola...

Not to be a name dropper but as we approach Halloween I can honestly say I’m friends with “ the Queen of Scream ”, “ the Goddess of Gore ”, ...

Okay, I’m going to start talking film noir in a few minutes but let’s cut to the chase – I love BODY HEAT for the sex. That’s why I went t...

First off, get well soon wishes to Earl Pomerantz. He’s having robots operate on him or something. I’m not sure whether the WGA Health Pl...

I can’t get enough of these HuffPost Headlines for the important stories YOU need to follow. Just from today… Charlize Theron Kisses Woman ...

For you new readers, whenever I'm allowed out of the 310 area code I write up a travelogue of my trip. This saves you from having to ac...

Guest blogger today. My daughter Annie files her review of the hit musical PARADE, now playing at the Mark Taper Forum in LA. It's wo...