samandjimgotohollywood's Podcast
Part comedy, part tragedy, it’s the life of a writing team trying to make it in Hollywood. We’ve sold movies, we’re in the Writer’s Guild, we’ve pitched TV shows to networks – but we’re still working on our big break. Our show is about writing, Hollywood and our experiences on the way to…we wish we knew what.
Episodes
Okay, it took 6 years since that last post, but we finally got around to podcasting again. But we chose a new format: inviting aspiring writers to bring their ideas into a virtual writers' room with us to work on their ideas. It's funny, surprising, and a way for us to help others go to Hollywood, now that we've made it in ourselves! Check it out, and subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Where the #@$% have we been?!
...Scouting out the new landscapes of business in Hollywood, among other things.
Ageism? Sexism? Racism?
That's the big listener mail topic this time. There's more mail, of course, and the inevitable career update (hint: we're being flown to Seattle! Woo-hoo!)
In real life, though, it's a good time to do a podcast. While we're waiting for, well, anything to happen, we do a quick career check-in and answer MORE listener mail.
...but they haven't called your name yet. A little career update and lots of listener Q&A, including our thoughts on videogame writing.
and finally, we listen to our audience. This episode: listener mail, and some overview on what we've learned so far.
What does it mean for the future of Hollywood? More importantly, what does it mean for us?
TV is in BIG trouble.
We applied for a WGA program to train future showrunners -- and damned if they didn't accept us...
Why? Because it's the future -- for all of us. An inside take on what's going on and our thoughts about where Hollywood is heading. Get ready: everything you know is about to change.
An update from the picket lines, some thoughts on the latest contract offer, Sam's mom is finally impressed, and a shout out for help on our new projects.
The deadline passed. Now we're on the picket lines. The latest updates, and why you shouldn't even think about scab work.
...just in time for a strike. What it all looks like through the smoke as California burns...
Or, in our case, find yourself pondering more career options than you ever expected. Each with complications you never anticipated, too.
PS: in big bold letters, let us say here and now, WE'RE SORRY it took so freakin' long to get this episode made. As we'll explain, we've been, well, kinda busy.
...which is good, cause we sorta live there. Further reflections on this whole "being on staff" experience as we write our first episode of The Dead Zone and prepare to send it into production.
Reflections on finally getting to the place we set out to reach so long ago: the writers' room.
...or so we hope. This is a big (and much-delayed) update on developments in our career -- and our personal battles with our own hearts and minds.
Of course. But when? And why? Just what DO they do?
but can we sell one TV show based on it? Months of hard work are put to the test as we start making the rounds to the networks.
it ain't easy, but it has to be done. We've got a few thougths for you that might help, and, as always, a career update.
...to getting through the door in Hollywood, despite the rejections. But getting in isn't the end: you still have to find inner strength to push ahead. We talk about some books and experiences with this struggle, and share our own tips.
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