Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #113 “Risky Business?”

THE USUAL NOTE FROM LB: From the summer of 2002 to  the spring of 2010, Gwen the Beautiful and I were the proud and often exhausted owners of a beautiful Ozarks property we called Cloud Creek Ranch.

In many ways, the ranch was paradise. But it was a paradise with a price that started going up before we even knew it existed. Here’s another Monday musing about our adventure and the lessons we learned.

Oh, and if y’all detect any irony, please believe me when I say it comes straight from the universe and not your kindly Uncle Larry B. read article

10 Most Viewed TVWriter™ Posts of the Week – September 14, 2020

Good morning! Welcome to another week of TV (and other) writing and production tips at TVWriter™. Here’s a look at the most popular blog posts and resource pages during the  last 7 days.

They are, in order: read article

That Time Herbie J Pilato Drove Down Ventura Blvd. with “Kung Fu” Star David Carradine

by Herbie J Pilato

It was 2004, and I was working as one of the producers on Bravo’s hit five-part series, The 100 Greatest TV Characters.

As the author of The Kung Fu Book of Caine and The Kung Fu Book of Wisdom, companion books to the 1972–75 ABC-TV series. This legendary “Eastern-Western” starred David Carradine as fugitive Asian-American-Shaolin monk Kwai Chang Caine, a.k.a. “Grasshopper,” who I suggested be included in the Bravo series. read article

How to Stop Over-Analyzing Every Conversation

Yep, we’re bringing you another article on the curse of overthinking. Why? Because we’re overthinking it, of course.

by Thorin Klosowski

During every conversation I have, I analyze everything about the other person. I’m looking at their eyes, watching body language, and listening for different keywords. I’m reading between the lines with each social interaction and never taking anything at face value. It’s making life more difficult than it needs to be. read article

Two Videos to Add New Perspective to Your TV Spec Pilot Writing

…Said perspective being based on, “Hey, goombahs! These are the most popular/best TV series from 2004-2020!”

There’s gold in these two videos, I tells ya. GOLD! Oh…and they’re also fun.

Courtesy of Data Broz YouTube Channel