EDITOR’S NOTE: From yesterday’s TVWriter™ gang email. (Not on the list? Join the in-group HERE.)
Gang,
Summer is “a goin’ oot,” to badly damage an old Scottish poem, so here’s how things stand as we head for Fall, 2016:
Author: LB
A legendary figure in the television writing and production world with a career going back to the late ’60s, Larry Brody has written and produced hundreds of hours of American and worldwide television and is a consultant to production companies and networks in the U.S. and abroad .
Shows written or produced by Brody have won several awards including - yes, it's true - Emmys, Writers Guild Awards, and the Humanitas Award.
LB: Speaking of Herbie J Pilato’s New Book
Look what just came via snail mail! Herbie J’s Dashing, Daring, and Debonair.
I’m digging the autograph as well as the book.
Favorite chapters so far – those about not the actor-stars but the writer-creators of the era, such as:
LB’s Poetry: “Dancing Stars”
by Larry Brody
NOTE FROM LB:
I’ve been getting emails from readers growing impatient because they haven’t yet met the Navajo Dog of this collection of poetry. Chill, gang. I’m setting it – and you – up.
One of the most obnoxious things about writing for, you know, money, is that those who do the paying always tell us who do the writing to “speed things up,” and “Forget the beginning. Start at Act Two.” But no one’s paying me now.
LB Sees “The Get Down”
by Larry Brody
What would Sisyphus do?
Your TV writing career gotcha down, bunky?
Feeling tired? Terrified? Downtrodden?
LB: At Last! A Question I Can Answer!
Glad You Asked Department 8/17/16
by Larry Brody
Regular visitors to TVWriter™ may remember that once upon a time I promised to answer TV and film writing and production questions on a regular basis and that I tried but, well, erm…
My promise kinda fizzled out in the Summer of 2013.
That’s three years ago, I know. Three years of hanging my head and going, “Oy…oy…Oy…!