by Larry Brody
What would Sisyphus do?
Your TV writing career gotcha down, bunky?
Feeling tired? Terrified? Downtrodden?
LB Sees “The Get Down”
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munchman sees ROADIES & is Thrilled and Delighted…Oh, Yeah, and A-fucking-palled
by munchman
Am I the only human on the planet still giving Roadies a chance?
Why?
No, not “Why isn’t anybody else watching this sad attempt at music biz time travel?” I mean, “Why am I watching?”
munchman: One-Sentence Reviews of July’s Premiering Series
by munchman
Yer Friendly Neighborhood munchman promised LB he would review all the Summer 2016 shows – and then missed most of the June shows. (Or, rather, was sulking in my wi-fi challenged tent at a location I can’t divulge and didn’t get to see them. Don’t know how many I really “missed.”) But ole muncho is here now, so let’s get this over with started:
POWER
Power’s back and still nowhere near as enjoyable as the much more badly written Empire, proving that going over the top is always more fun.
LA Must-See: “Forgotten Baggage” by Robin Walsh
by munchman
Robin Walsh, longtime TVWriter™ friend and puppeteer genius behind The Devil You Say and It’s a SpongeBob Christmas has a new must-see show for us at the Hollywood Fringe, but not with SpongeBob or Satan this time. This year’s she’s showing a work-in-progress version of her new show: Forgotten Baggage: Stories from the Willard Suitcases.
The true backstory:
In 1995, workers cleaning out the Willard Psychiatric Center in upstate New York discovered hundreds of suitcases from former patients packed away, their owners buried and forgotten. The objects within were time capsules of lives disrupted and interrupted, simultaneously rich with details about their owner’s past yet devoid of answers to how or why. The suitcases were unfinished stories trapped in time.
Web Series: THE NAKED MAN COMEDY SERIES
THE NAKED MAN COMEDY SERIES has been around for 4 years now, and it’s been a secret pleasure of this TVWriter™ minion all that time. I mean, what’s not to like? C’mon – it’s a naked man!
Here’s Episode 2: