…And while I don’t entirely understand the place yet, I’m enjoying myself, mainly because I seem to be gaining insight into how other people think.
If you’ve never heard of Quora, the nutshell description is that people become members and members ask questions. About anything. After which these questions are answered by other members. Some of the answers are right. Some are wrong. All, from what I’ve seen so far, are heartfelt.
Time now to once again play Answer Man. Today’s question is on a topic near and dear to me. Yep, that’s right, it’s about me. Well, my career anyway. (Which isn’t me, but once upon a time I sure thought it was.)
Sam T. has expressed his curiosity this way:
I saw your IMDB page the other day and was amazed by the size of your output. Writing credits on fifty different series? Producer on ten? Story editor on ten more? That looks to me like an amazing output. Which of all those shows was your favorite? Which was your least favorite? And I have to ask one more question too. How in the world did you do it?
…With his Wesleyan University Commencement Address, which he delivered only yesterday. Posted on the Wesleyan University blog by Lauren Rubenstein, who evidently sat there and listened so we wouldn’t have to.
But, man, we would have liked to:
Whedon ’87 Delivers 181st Commencement AddressJoss Whedon ’87 delivered the Wesleyan Commencement Address on May 26:
And since they’re both friends of mine (and Dorothy – I mean D.C.) was one of my earliest mentors, all I can say is I can’t wait to sign on.
And guess what? Leonard Nimoy – you remember him, right? Used to be…oh, what was that Vulcan’s name again? – is all gung-ho about this too:
Fortunately, the show also has Alfonso Cuaron on board.
The Good: