By Ken Levine
Friday, November 15, 2019

Friday Questions

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Hello from Minneapolis where my holiday play, ON THE FARCE NIGHT OF CHRISTMAS gets performed tonight! And yet, I still have time for Fr...
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Wednesday, November 13, 2019

EP149: Keeping it Real: a lesson in comedy

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Ken discusses the importance of reality in comedy and shares a one act play to serve as an example.  Listen to the Hollywood & Levine p...
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Adventures in Bad Make Up

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What’s with this new trend of ending movies or series with everybody made up to look old? Without giving away any story points, the ser...
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Tuesday, November 12, 2019

And while we're on the subject of actors...

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And as if the auditioning process wasn’t hard enough… Now most casting directors for TV shows want actors to put themselves on tape at h...
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Monday, November 11, 2019

Awkward Actor Moment

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From time to time, folks in show business try to use contacts to get house seats for various plays and musicals. Some participants of ...
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Saturday, November 09, 2019

Weekend Post

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Well, she got her wish. Yesterday ABC cancelled FRESH OFF THE BOAT.  Last season when the show was picked up Constance Wu very publicl...
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Friday, November 08, 2019

Friday Questions

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Time once again for Friday Questions.  Are you ready? MellaBlue starts us off: You've worked on a couple shows now with much-discu...
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Wednesday, November 06, 2019

EP148: Meet comedy writer extraordinaire Bob Ellison

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Most of the great jokes on television you laughed at for 40 years were written by Emmy winner, Bob Ellison. Now meet the man behind the mirt...
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"Bob Ellison for twelve."

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You’ve heard of the “Arnold Palmer,” but are you familiar with the “Bob Ellison?” Lots of sitcom writers over the last 40 years are. Bo...
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Tuesday, November 05, 2019

The new TV season so far

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Have you noticed there are no breakout hits this year? Not one. Four broadcast networks, at least 50 new shows and not a single standou...
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Monday, November 04, 2019

Standard Time has come today

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Is there anything more depressing than the first night you go off Daylight Saving Time and return to Standard Time?    Depending on where yo...
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Saturday, November 02, 2019

Weekend Post

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Sitting through a Shakespeare play can be hard if you struggle with the language.  At no time does a Shakespeare character say "like...
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Happy Birthday, Matt

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Happy Birthday to my son, Matt who is both a great son and dad.  Love you always, "Boy."
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Friday, November 01, 2019

Friday Questions

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Let’s welcome in November with Friday Questions. Jeff starts us off: I recently had the opportunity to see a local production of The O...
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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

EP147: Hollywood Horror Stories for Halloween

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Your worst nightmare. The chilling and terrifying tale of what it’s like to be on a TV show that’s an abject failure. Listen with the lights...
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What's your scariest movie?

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With Halloween fast approaching, what is the scariest movie you’ve ever seen? We all have one. An experience so frightening that it ke...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Fire update

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Welcome to paradise. I can’t think of anywhere you can live where you’re not in danger of something -- brush fires, hurricanes, tsunam...
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Monday, October 28, 2019

Misc. Takes

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In no particular order of importance: Lucy Boynton is going to star in a movie about rock star Marianne Faithful. If you said “Who?” you’...
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Saturday, October 26, 2019

Special Offer!!!

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I'll be honest, I'm trying to fill the house with my peeps.  So I've got a special offer to see my play, DATING THROUGH THE DE...
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Weekend Post

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I don't know who figured these out but they're pretty great... and in some cases, spooky.
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