Author: Rob Long Publisher: KCRW Offered: Weekly

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KCRW's Martini Shot Podcast by Rob Long

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nhrisd, February 17, 2006
Reviewer: nhrisd from California

This was a treat to listen to even for a non-Los Angeles native. These little peeks into life in the entertainment community are witty and to the point. Everything you ever wanted to believe about how people behave behind the scenes in the entertainment business is really true! Well maybe not everything, but the host tells his tales in a wry, self-deprecating fashion that will have you chuckling and shaking your head about life in Los Angeles and its inhabitants.

LOLDavid, February 17, 2006
Reviewer: LOLDavid from Los Angeles, California

I pretty much despise the wheeling and dealing of Hollywood agents, handlers, and high rollers mostly because you look at the product they put out and wonder why they wake up in the morning. So when it comes to hearing about the rules they live by I could care less. If Rob Long was out to make fun of the behavior of these people then I would respect him, but in this short podcast he's talking about it as a witty observer trying to learn how to be a Hollywood insider. When I see these people in Los Angeles with their lingo and their leased SUV and their aura of self-importance, my first instinct is to run in the other direction. I'd rather hear about normal people.

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Author: Podcast:Talkpodmaster@kcrw.org (Rob Long)
Wed, Oct 01, 2008

Look, let's not get into politics, okay? Too incendiary, and, frankly, my politics, as I've discovered from years of working in Hollywood, aren't really in line with most of my colleagues. I've heard stories from people who are more on my side of the fence, politically, of being denied jobs or shouted at on sets, but my experience has been generally fine – at best, I've been ignored; at worst, the object of a hilariously condescending curiosity, like, "Um, you're a Republican? But, how can that be? I know you. And you're not, like, a terrible person..."

This is a strange time in the television business. All of the writers who are working on shows are working -- they're busy writing and producing and editing and getting ready for the rolling premieres which start around now...

I heard a story recently that may or may not be true, but since it perfectly conforms to my prejudices and biases, I'm going to just go ahead and tell it, act as if it's true, and not bother to pin down its accuracy. Okay? Here goes...

Last week, for a whole bunch of peculiar reasons too complicated to get into on public radio, I was in Azerbaijan...

A few years ago, during a long, hot-tempered pilot production week, I was hanging out backstage, waiting the for fresh cookies to appear on the craft services table, when I overheard one of the set decorators ask one of the lighting guys if a certain set decoration looked right...

A few years ago, I lived at the beach in Santa Monica. It was a two-story rectangular beach house, and in the afternoons I would sit on my balcony, smoke a cigar, sip a bourbon, and watch the sun set over the Pacific...

When I was in film school, we used to have to present a few pages every week of our script in progress, to be, I guess the phrase is "workshopped" by the rest of the class...

Once, not too long ago, I was flying back to LA from London. The young woman in front of my, checking in, was doing her very best to finagle a free upgrade to first class...

Last week I told the story of a writing team I know, and what happened at their last pitch meeting together...

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