From KCRW in Santa Monica and KCRW.com, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business.

You listen, if you listen and learn, then you're going to be able to do anything you want next time.

Everybody thinks your business, business really, really, all right life.

He doesn't clean.

What's with him?

Oh, I'm afraid he's gone Hollywood.

This week on the business, Fran Dresher and her gay ex-husband on their sitcom happily divorced, based on their own relationship.

Plus, advice on making short films from the Sundance Comedy Shorts Lab.

But first, it's the Hollywood News banter.

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You can imagine Hollywood.

Everything is really driven by making money.

What's with him?

Oh, I'm afraid he's gone to Hollywood.

I'm joined by my fellow banterer, John Horn of the Los Angeles Times.

Hello, John.

Hello, Kim.

So, John, R-rated comedies, boy, if there were a stock called R-rated comedies, I wish I had bought some at the beginning of the summer.

Same here.

I mean, it's been kind of a grim to lackluster year at the box office so far this year.

But our rated comedies, and we have two more coming up in the next two weeks, have done amazingly well.

Over a billion dollars so far this summer.

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