Tag: screenwriting

Must Read! ‘5 Best Screenwriting Software Programs COMPARED’

Back in July of 2018 we republished Script Reader Pro’s analysis of the five best screenwriting programs available to, well, all of us, especially those with a few $$$ to spend. Here’s the 2020  update of one of the most important elements in our TV and screenwriting toolboxes.

from ScriptReaderPro

Comparing all the best screenwriting software options out there can be overwhelming. When each program has multiple cool-sounding features, different price points and different levels of usability, knowing which screenwriting software to choose can be super confusing. read article

The Making of Babylon 5

Sure, you’ve watched J. Michael Straczynski’s groundbreaking TV series Babylon 5, and odds are you’ve loved it because groundbreaking, you know? But do you know what it took to get this sucker on the air?

Sit back, click below, and – to quote from another popular s-f TV series – “all will be revealed.” Well, almost all. Enjoy, fans and future TV series creators, enjoy!

This is just one of the well-made and often fascinating videos available on Al Schlicher’s Vimeo channel.

Herbie J Pilato’s Exclusive Interview with ‘Beverly Hillbillies’ Icon Max Baer, Jr.

“Jethro” with Herbie J

by Herbie J Pilato

“Yee-hah!”

— Jethro Bodine, as played by Max Baer Jr. on The Beverly Hillbillies

There must be something to being super-dim and mega-handsome. Just ask Jethro Bodine, The Beverly Hillbillies TV character portrayed with earnest by Max Baer, Jr. (who prefers to be known as just Max Baer) on CBS from 1962 to 1971. Jethro may have been born as “mountain folk,” but because his Uncle Jed Clampett (Buddy Ebsen) struck gold (“Texas tea”), he was fortunate enough to have “loaded up the truck and moved to Beverly . . . Hills, that is” — with the entire Clampett family, including Elly May (Donna Douglas) and Granny (Irene Ryan). read article

Kickstarting Your Web Series or Fiction Podcast – Part 2

by Bob Tinsley

(NOTE FROM LB: Part 1 is terrific, and it’s HERE.)

Rewards.

From KickStarter: read article

Sheila Kuehl (Zelda on “Dobie Gillis”) remembers: I Was A Kid Star

We’re feeling nostalgic today. Maybe it’s the influence of our buddy Herbie J Pilato, whom we’re also featuring on TVWriter™ today. Or maybe it’s the tenor of the current times, which often seem to be blowing this TVWriter™ minion away…and not in the positive sense of the expression.

Be that as it may, we’re delighted to have discovered this video memoir from one of our favorite characters back in the day. Alas, poor Zeldie, and of course Dobie Gillis too, where are you when we need you?

Thanks to Pop Goes The Culture TV for putting this, and so many other fun interviews, up on YouTube for all of us to see.