You hear a lot of people say “Oh I could do better than that” when watching TV or a movie. In the case of Stephen and his writing partner, an episode of “Baywatch” inspired them to try their luck at screenwriting. That inspiration was followed by writing some bad scripts and then some not-so-bad scripts, moving to Continue reading →

Today’s profile subject is a current (January 2012) nominee for the Writer’s Guild of America Award for Animation for an episode of ”Futurama” he wrote as an assignment while he was a writer’s assistant on the show. He was not new to “Futurama,” though, nor was he new to the television business, and his path to becoming staffed on a TV show Continue reading →

In spite of being a writer, Executive Producer, and actor on one of the top half-hour comedies on network television, “The Office,” Mindy Kaling is near the beginning of her entertainment career. Unlike “Stories I Only Tell My Friends,” in which actor Rob Lowe chronicles his 30-plus years in showbiz or “Bossypants,” whose author, Tina Continue reading →

If you hear that someone has gone from being an award-winning Napa Valley wine maker to an award-winning Hollywood writer, you assume that by the time they are on the podium accepting the trophy in their 2nd career, they have it all figured out, right? Well, what happens when their source of income disappears overnight, Continue reading →