LB: Writing at Starbucks

by Larry Brody

A hell of a lot of people I know write at Starbucks. They drive, bicycle, even walk to their comfort zone there.

Also, a hell of a lot of people I know don’t write at Starbucks. Some drive, bicycle, and even walk to their comfy offices wherever they may be. read article

Have You Been to TVWriter™’s News Page Recently?

All the “Writing & Showbiz News” you can eat. It’s one of our favorites, and it changes every 2 hours. All day. All night.

What you see above is how it looked as we wrote this. Unless you’re an early bird it’s changed by now. read article

Herbie J Pilato Remembers ‘The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour’

The singing duo of Sonny and Cher still resonates with Baby Boomers in a way that can seem quite a mystery to later generations. Here’s our fave Classic TV historian, Herbie J Pilato, to explain.

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The Beat Still Goes On
by Herbie J Pilato

When it comes to vintage comedy-variety shows headlined by pop-music stars, before Tony Orlando and Dawn, Donny and Marie and the Captain and Tennille, there was Sonny and Cher.

Breezy, brazen and groundbreaking, The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour started it all. read article

LB: The 2 Things You Must Do to be a Successful Writer

by Larry Brody

  1. You have to write…and finish what you write.
  2. You have to define “successful” for yourself.

Not necessarily in that order.

LB: Do We Live in ‘The Matrix?’

by Larry Brody

…Or is our worldview contaminated by omnipresent cognitive dissonance? (Asking for an invisible friend.)

Personally, I think we’re all in the Philip K. Dick-verse but haven’t yet made up my mind if Phil’s writing created it or it created his writing. (Although I think I know which of those two he believed.)