Tag: TV writing

Jim Henson’s MUPPET SHOW Pitch Up for Auction

…And we’d love to be able to buy it. (Or maybe a Porsche.)

Lisa Henson & brother Brian Henson – the Jim Henson Company’s sibling honchos

Henson’s early sketches of The Muppets up for auction – by Piya Sinha-Roy

A handwritten pitch and drawings for the television pilot episode of “The Muppet Show” by creator Jim Henson are among items being sold at an upcoming sale of Hollywood memorabilia, auction house Nate D. Sanders said on Monday.

The collection of illustrations, which includes an original Polaroid of Miss Piggy and Henson’s handwritten pitch of story ideas, marks the early stages of development for the lovable characters including Kermit the Frog that have become an American pop culture staple. read article

Speaking of Pitch Meetings…

by Larry Brody

Doug Molitor workin’ that webcam

My friend Doug Molitor is:

  1. One of the most honest, decent human beings I know
  2. One of the most talented people I know
  3. One of the funniest people I know

So if you ever get the chance to work with him, well, you’ll be very glad you did.

Among Doug’s many fascinating ventures is a video column at Funny Or Die.Com. And The 12 Worst Things You Can Say In a Pitch Meeting is one of his best: read article

LEVERAGE Showrunner Dean Devlin is a Man of Honor

…TV fans know him as the creator/showrunner of LEVERAGE, but Dean Devlin also has a couple of dirty little secrets:

He and director Roland Emmerich have been trying for over a decade to bring sequels to their smash hits INDEPENDENCE DAY and STARGATE to the screen. read article

SONS OF ANARCHY Creator Kurt Sutter Talks!

…But the article, at TVGuide.Com, doesn’t  even give us a pic of the poor guy.

Jeeze, FX, we had to do some heavy web surfing to get this pic.

Sons of Anarchy‘s Kurt Sutter: There Is No Show Without Jax – by Natalie Abrams

Now that Jax has taken over as president of SAMCRO, the SONS OF ANARCHY antihero has finally fulfilled his destiny by following in his father’s — and stepfather’s — footsteps. Will Jax go the route of John Teller, who died in servitude of the club, or Clay, who lost his way and ultimately became the enemy of the club? Either path Jax takes, one thing is for certain: “There is no show without Jax.”

That’s what creator Kurt Sutter expressed to reporters at FX’s Television Critics Association fall TV previews Saturday. Going into the fifth season, Sutter said he’s already planning for the end. The show has been renewed for a sixth season, but Sutter plans on finishing the series with a seventh and final season should FX allow it. “I think we have a sense of it playing out in seven,” he said. “I don’t think [we’d continue on past seven, but] I don’t rule that out.” read article

Writers on Writing: Mark Twain

He should’ve been a TV writer:

Not the way we usually envision Sam Clemens but still, the way he once looked

To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement. To condense the diffused light of a page of thought into the luminous flash of a single sentence, is worthy to rank as a prize composition just by itself…Anybody can have ideas–the difficulty is to express them without squandering a quire of paper on an idea that ought to be reduced to one glittering paragraph.
– Letter to Emeline Beach, 10 Feb 1868

via Gwyneth read article