33: On being celebrity adjacent in LA, with TV exec RJ Larese

Be Here For A While

Comedy Interviews, Education, Self-improvement, Comedy

4.6 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2016

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Be Here For A While, former ABC television executive, RJ Larese, stops by to dig into all things Television and Talent over a glass (ok, a bottle) of rose! RJ and Rachael talk extensively about the process of selling television shows, the boom of reality TV after the television writer's strike, and the struggle of "networking" in LA. RJ gives great insight into the interworkings of many of the entertainment industry positions he's held and shares some really hilarious stories from his dynamic career path.

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0:00.0	Hello, Hello everyone welcome back to the episode of Be here for a while I'm so
0:18.1	excited my guess well it was it was a long time coming I asked him to be a guest like maybe two months ago
0:24.4	and he was playing hard to get.
0:26.1	He moved companies.
0:27.2	It was like, I was the Amy scene, no I'm not.
0:29.9	And he couldn't podcast as easily.
0:32.4	But now he's here, and I'm so excited he's here
0:36.3	Great guy. He's a would you call you like an entertainment exec? What are you? Sure
0:41.6	He's an entertainment exec I work in development now I'm casting development
0:46.7	everything yeah he's an adorable beautiful Italian man name Arjay.
0:52.6	Hello.
0:53.3	Hello, I'm so happy you're here.
0:55.0	I know I'm happy I'm here too.
0:56.3	I actually delayed you at first because I got my nose job.
0:59.2	So that is true.
1:00.1	I didn't know if I was allowed to say it.
1:01.9	You can say it. Yeah, because I was gonna say it was job related, but I was allowed to say it. You can say it.
1:03.0	Because I was going to say it was job related,
1:04.0	but I knew it was a nose job related.
1:06.0	The job stuff.
1:07.0	Yeah, it was a job.
1:08.0	No, the job stuff I can, I would have been able to do it, but the nose job
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