Read a book, people
Or a magazine, anyway. I can’t link to this because it’s not online, but there’s a good article in the latest Entertainment Weekly (cast of Ocean’s 12 on cover). It’s called “Notes From the Sitcom’s Deathbed,” and it’s written by Peter Mehlman, a Seinfeld writer and the creator of the short-lived “It’s Like, You Know.” That series is best remembered for having Jennifer Grey play herself in a good-natured, good-sport attempt to spoof her own career-destroying nose job.
Pull-quote:
“Sitcom writers don’t want to write, they want to be in show business. Luckily, most never have to write. Life is spent in a room all night barking out jokes. If one of the jokes sticks, you proudly get to call yourself a writer.”
Or, “why Ben doesn’t try harder to get a job on Two And A Half Men.”
