Awhile back, in a comment relating to his review of Pete Townsend’s autobiography, LB mentioned some research that showed that smart people drink more alcohol than, erm, not-so-smart people.
Since we all know that the television biz is comprised of smart people, surely it follows that the biz is also comprised of big alcohol drinkers. Which means that the best way to worm your own talented/genius self into the hearts of TV bigwigs is to throw big, wild, wonderful parties flowing with booze.
…But we’d feel a lot better about this project if rather than “consulting” with the original writers of the Emmy-winning episode, Rod Baker and Glen Olson, the producers had hired them to write it as well.
Instead, current Executive Story Editor Joe Halpin did the job, for which he got paid his weekly salary plus the script fee, which is about five times what it was 40 years ago when “Hookman” was first produced. (That would be 1973.)
Yeah, we know it’s not quite the season, but this is an early bird special for all those people we meet who, when we tell ’em what we do (“I, uh, try to write for TV”) invariably reply, “Oh, I never watch television:”
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And you thought TV networks were ruthless!
A little less than a year ago YouTube started approximately 160 “YouTube Original Channels” to encourage major interweb players to make their own videos, load ’em up on YouTube, and split the cut with them.
What? You never heard of the Robot Hall of Fame?
Shame, shame, shame…
(Sorry, we liked the rhyme. And the song too. And…)