Okay, I’m back!  Everybody (well, not “everybody” – five of you) have wondered what my “big project” is. It’s a new play I'm writing ...

Closing out the summer with Friday Questions. But first... HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my gorgeous, talented, amazing daughter, Annie. Jeff Ale...

Jamie Farr talks about his long career, his experiences on MASH, and a harrowing story that took place in Korea. Other than a near-death exp...

Came upon this and just had to share.  I've always maintained that the funniest comedy comes out of truth .  Here' a terrific exampl...

Following up on my post from a few weeks ago about comedy being dissed by the theatre , one of the commenters, Doug McEwan made a great po...

Here’s what I sort of noticed – when a TV series or limited TV series starts with a high concept premise and becomes successful, the serie...

If you think America's Got Talent, just wait'll you see what SWEDEN'S GOT TALENT is serving up.  He's actually from Australi...

One of my favorite features I’m told, here are more Friday Questions. Bryan Thomas starts us off: How did Bebe Neuwirth get discovered...

For all the jobs that writers, even successful writers, get – there is always a long list of jobs they didn’t get.  This week  Ken  shares h...

I did this last month and it got good response.  Since very few read the archives (and I'm occasionally lazy), here's a Friday Quest...

When shows are edited for syndication I never know who exactly does the editing. All I know is that they usually do a piss-poor job. M...

Remember phone books? I think they still exist to a certain degree, but there was a time (pre-Google) where to find someone’s phone numb...

Before we had #MeToo, before we had PC, we had these ACTUAL ads.    Noted without comment except to say, JESUS EFFIN' CHRIST!!?" ...

Heading into the “Dog Days of Summer” with some Friday Questions. You ready? Vincent Saia is. D.C. Fontana said that when she was tea...

Ken  and Howard discuss their writing process and how it applies to teleplays, features, stage plays, and novels.  And probably whatever tas...

I’ve touched on this before, but a recent on-line article has prompted me to revisit it in more detail. It concerns a 7th season episod...

LA is a big tourist destination, and one of the cool things to do is see the taping of a national television show. You can’t do much of t...

NOTE: The movie’s been out for several weeks. I won’t spoil the ending but will discuss elements within the film. If you haven’t seen i...

Hey LA peeps!   I've got two short plays in the finals of the Brisk Festival in Hollywood Saturday at 7 and Sunday at 6 at the Broadwate...

Friday Questions coming at ya. Bryan Thomas starts us off: When a new character is introduced to an existing series and becomes a regu...