Winning FAN FICTION TV PILOT – THE GHOST AND MRS MUIR, by Richard Mueller

Originally posted on FAN FICTION Film and Writing Festival:
Winning Screenplay – THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR Written by Richard Mueller CAST LIST: NARRATOR – Elizabeth Morriss LUCY – Olivia Jon CONNOR/MARTY – Daniel Chung DELLA – Tea Nguyen GREGG – David Occhipinti NASH – John Fray SUNSHINE – Georgia Grant TARA – Cora Matheson…

Winning LGBT WEB SERIES – LITTLE SISTA “GET SHORTY” by Charmaine Bingwa

Originally posted on LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival:
Winning Screenplay – LITTLE SISTA “GET SHORTY” Written by Charmaine Bingwa CAST LIST: NARRATOR – Sean Ballantyne CHARMAINE – Cassandra Guthrie SHAUN – Dan Cristofori TALIA – Jane Hailes LUCY – Val Cole SYNOPSIS: Genre: Comedy, Romance, LGBT Commitment-phobe, Charmaine must learn to grow up when she is…

Is The Good Fight Just A Network Show in Disguise?

Originally posted on The Idiot Box:
It’s been a year since the events of The Good Wife, CBS’ high-profile and critically acclaimed legal drama that put Alicia Florrick in the middle of a political scandal. But The Good Fight isn’t about Alicia, but rather throws Diane Lockhart, Lucca Quinn, and Maia Rendell into a financial crisis…

Was ‘Friends’ Really a ‘Seinfeld’ Rip-Off?

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong Spoiler alert: My answer is going to be NO. I do think it’s interesting, though, that Jerry Seinfeld was, during the Must See TV era that his show and Friends dominated, and has continued to be, convinced that Friends “stole” their show premise from his hit. I like that Seinfeld is so competitive when it… Continue reading Was ‘Friends’ Really a ‘Seinfeld’ Rip-Off?

Coining Catchphrases on ‘Seinfeld’

Originally posted on Longreads:
“Humor can be dissected as a frog can,” E.B. White famously wrote, “but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the purely scientific mind.” It’s from this quotation that Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations With Today’s Top Comedy Writers, Mike Sacks’ 2014 collection of interviews…