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The James Altucher Show

459 - Mike Reiss: True Stories: How To Survive a Horrible Boss, The Oscars, Make a Cartoon From Scratch & More

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Mike Reiss had a horrible boss. He'd call him up just to say, "XYZ sucks." He'd hold group meetings just to put his insults on display. "He was impossible," Mike said. But he dealt with it. Which seems like something a lot of people don't know how to handle. Mike gave me his tips and then also told me what life is like now. He's a co-founding writer of "The Simpsons." And he still flies to LA once a week to work on the show. "I can make jokes. I can't really do much else," he said. "And thank God it's a job. I'm the luckiest man in the world."  I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.    Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify   Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:06.8

This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.

0:12.8

Today on the James Altiger Show.

0:15.7

So we got canceled in the ABC and we went to Fox and of course the president of Fox got

0:21.8

fired and they replaced them with one of the worst men I've ever worked with.

0:27.5

Just a terrible man I can't mention his name but it was John Matoi and and

0:34.9

and and we came on Fox after the Simpsons and the ratings were huge and was like

0:42.1

hey you did it you have a hit but this new president of Fox it wasn't his hit

0:47.3

and he hated the show but so he just didn't publicize the critic every week he

0:53.3

called me at the office well I hated last night's show to you.

0:56.7

You would call you to tell you he'd say I hated that show and finally he said what would

1:01.1

you say to him would you say hey thanks yeah I don't really don't remember I mean we

1:05.9

were really flabbergasted and I remember the great moment where he says he said I'm

1:11.8

going to show you why your show is terrible and we go to his office and he's sitting

1:16.4

there with a bunch of his assistants and aides and secretaries and he goes now watch

1:20.8

this episode he puts in the tape player and everybody starts laughing and they're

1:25.3

laughing all the way through and he's like why are you laughing what's the matter

1:28.2

with you and he was just impossible. Steve can we get him on the phone right now

1:33.0

we're Steve. Try try to get him on the phone right now.

1:36.2

Okay fine.

1:37.2

So.

1:48.2

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen welcome to Stand Up New York.

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