Aloha still. Here are some Friday questions.bobomo asks:
So did you write the recent Frasier/Lilith Dr. Pepper commercial?
No. An ad guy did but they wisely had Christopher Lloyd (one of the FRASIER showrunners) revise it. Here's the spot:
From John:
Since you're flying off for (I assume) some time for relaxation, here's a kind-of related topic -- What's your opinion/outcome of trying to be creative in comedy writing while either having imbibed a little, or under the influence of any other intoxicants?
For the most part, not a good idea. Intoxicants tend to cloud your judgment. All too often something you write late at night when you’re well intoxicated or good and medicated turns out to be something Jack Nicholson’s character would write in THE SHINING.
Yes, there are stories of writers who snort coke and bang out entire brilliant hour episodes over night but (a) I don’t know how true they are, and (b) sooner or later there’s a price to pay.
But before I start sounding like your parents, I will admit a glass of wine or beer won’t kill ya. This is why you want to be on shows like FRASIER because those guys know good wine.
And finally, from Dean W.:
For shows like "Two and a Half Men" it seems like the creators write half of the episodes. For shows like "Cheers" or "M*A*S*H", was it common for the creators to offer input to the writers?
TWO AND A HALF MEN is all room written and credits are just rotated. In most comedies, unless the creators have gone off and are no longer associated with the show, they have TREMENDOUS input. Every MAD MEN is rewritten by Matt Weiner. Every MASH the first four years was rewritten by Larry Gelbart. Sometimes 100%. Usually the series creators have too much to do to write first drafts but their influence is ever present.
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