{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep. 120 Larry Dorf and The Summer of Showbiz: Hollywood is Out on Two Strikes","description":"Hi\u2026 I have not been taking our relationship very seriously have I.  I\u2019m sorry\u2026 I haven\u2019t called, haven\u2019t written, you think I haven\u2019t even been thinking about you probably.  Well that\u2019s not true.  If fact this is the 4th attempt at episode number 120.  I can\u2019t tell why I haven\u2019t been producing, creating, whatever this is and at the same time I have a few really important-ish reasons why I haven\u2019t but we\u2019ll talk about that later\u2026 maybe. My guest is my good friend Larry Dorf.  I would consider him a \u201csuper friend\u201d isn\u2019t that in like the league of justice with the DC comics realm.  Only we don\u2019t use the word \u201crealm\u201d anymore.  Now we say \u201cmultiverse\u201d, right?  That\u2019s the craze for the last ten years\u2026 this obsession with the idea of a multiverse, from the 10,001 Marvel Comics movies to the animated Spider-Verse to Everything, Everywhere all at once, it\u2019s all a multiverse.  Maybe this is why I don\u2019t do episodes anymore\u2026 I can\u2019t stay on topic for shit.   Larry Dorf is a super-friend, that\u2019s how I digressed.  Larry if you remember is a fancy (from my cubicle\u2019d perspective) Hollywood writer, producer and actor.  He and my other superfriends who he is partnered with have created Mike Tyson Mysteries for cartoon network and hit it pretty darn big with the Netflix show, \u201cThe Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window\u201d  It did really well, I loved it and if you like a parody that\u2019s not in your face schticky like Scary Movie, not that it doesn\u2019t have a place, but this was more suspense and definitely more subtle but very funny and well acted and well written and yes I\u2019m biased. We recorded this episode in the first week of June 2023 and here it is mid July and I\u2019m just now trying for my fourth time to publish an episode. The writer\u2019s strike had already been going on for some time, in fact by the time this episode sees the light of day the actors union SAG-AFTRA  has joined the writers and we may have to call Larry all over again. We talk about shows they are pitching or shows they were TRYING to pitch and the general process of pitching a show and how that was put on hold well before the writer\u2019s strike began  We briefly get off track talking about TV to fall asleep to.  That\u2019ll really put you on the edge of your ear buds so you don\u2019t want to miss that.   Another thing is\u2026 I did not spend as much time editing this episode down.  Will that make a difference?  Who knows\u2026 but if you notice a difference please include it in all the virtual cards an letters that have been coming in by the thousands.  I edited like the first 15 minutes and then said stop being so precious.  It\u2019s just the four of us listening to this anyway.  Let\u2019s see what happens.   We start our conversation by trying to get Larry comfortable as I know he loves to spin around in office chairs and then I have to set him straight on the difference between an office for a TV show or movie\u2026 a production office versus an office in the real world where you and I live.  I\u2019ve worked in both and I can tell you\u2026 they ain\u2019t the same. CLOSE - I think there\u2019s something going on with Larry blocking certain things out from his childhood.  Maybe we need to get his wife Sam on the podcast and dig a little deeper.  Hope you enjoyed this episode.  I\u2019ve missed you.  I have another summer episode to publish, hopefully it will be this summer of 2023.  Stay cool, stay hydrated for God\u2019s sake stay hydrated and thank you for listening to the Modern Moron.   ","author_name":"TheModernMoron podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/themodernmoron.libsyn.com\/website","html":"