Alison Bennett, Steven Lilien, & Bryan Wynbrandt + Bonus Interview w/ Winnie Holzman
The Writers Panel
Ben Blacker
4.7 • 796 Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2018
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Roundtable interview with Alison Bennett (You're the Worst; LA to Vegas; Single Parents) and Steven Lilien & Bryan Wynbrandt (God Friended Me). Starts at 20:48.
Plus a bonus interview talking witches with Winnie Holzman, the creator of My So-Called Life and the librettist for the musical version of Wicked.
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| 0:00.0 | Forever. |
| 0:02.8 | Dog. |
| 0:04.2 | Guys, God Friended Me is a new show on CBS. |
| 0:08.7 | It starts at the end of September, but starting on August 31st, you can watch it at |
| 0:14.7 | CBS.com. |
| 0:15.5 | You can watch the pilot. |
| 0:16.4 | At CBS.com, you can watch it. |
| 0:17.8 | I think they're also putting it on Facebook and YouTube and all over the place. |
| 0:20.7 | We have the creators, Steve Lillian and Brian Winbrandt here today along. You can watch it. I think they're also putting it on Facebook and YouTube and all over the place. |
| 0:21.0 | We have the creators Steve Lillian and Brian Winbrandt here today, along with Alison Bennett, |
| 0:26.3 | who is a terrific and very funny writer and human. |
| 0:29.9 | She was on all of the seasons of You Are the Worst. |
| 0:32.4 | She's currently on single parents, which is coming out soon. |
| 0:36.7 | Before all of that, we talk witches with Winnie Holtzman, |
| 0:40.8 | whom you may know as the creator of my so-called life. She is also the writer of the book for the |
| 0:46.5 | musical Wicked. And so we talk mostly about that. Winnie is terrific. We did a long interview with |
| 0:53.1 | her some years ago that's worth looking up. It was a really fun panel. We did a long interview with her some years ago that's worth looking up. |
| 0:56.1 | It was a really fun panel. We talked a lot about my so-called life, which I can't get enough of. |
| 1:01.6 | And I also can't get enough of Winnie Holstman. Enjoy this. |
| 1:07.3 | We're talking to Winnie Holstmann on the phone. Winnie is an old pal. |
| 1:11.9 | Thank you for returning to the show and chatting with us. |
| 1:14.7 | Of course. |
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