Set Up, Joke, Set Up, Joke - Softcover

Long, Rob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747579695 ISBN 13: 9780747579694

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2007

Synopsis

It must be sweet to be an award-winning television-comedy script writer but maybe not if it's been fifteen years since your last major success and your ideas have dried up. Especially not if your agent is constantly on the phone demanding the next script whilst at the same time shattering your confidence with news of other clients' roaring successes, as well as demanding unswerving loyalty. In fact it's a fragile, nerve-racked existence and one where this writer begins to realise that only the strongest survive. By turns hilariously funny, shockingly honest in its brutal deceptions and full of raw emotion, "Set Up, Joke, Set Up, Joke" gets to the core of Hollywood society whilst holding a mirror up to all of our basest desires.

About this title

About the Author

Rob Long is a writer and producer in Hollywood. He began his career writing on TV's long-running 'Cheers', and served as co-executive producer in its final season. He has co-written several feature film scripts, including Just a Shot Away, currently in pre-production with a France-based production company. He is a contributing editor of National Review and Newsweek International, and writes occasionally for the Wall Street Journal. His recent book, Conversations with My Agent, chronicled his early career in television. Rob Long graduated from Yale University in 1987, and spent two years at UCLA School of Film, Theater and Television, where he has also served as an Adjunct Professor of Screenwriting. He serves on the Board of Directors of My Friend's Place, an agency for homeless teens in Hollywood and the American Cinema Foundation.

Review

'It ain't pretty, but it is a hilarious tale of the life sitcom that's Hollywood.' New York Post on 'Conversations With My Agent' 'By a long way the funniest book on Hollywood since Julia Phillip's 'You'll Never Eat Lunch In This Town Again'... Long's agent is is a superb comic creation.' Sunday Times on 'Conversations With My Agent' 'Rob Long's fictionalised account of his years spent as a script writer should be read by anyone who dreams of writing for television or films ... if you want an agent invest in this entertaining book.' Literary Review on 'Conversations With My Agent'

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0747579695
• ISBN 13: 9780747579694
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256