David Mandel
The Writers Panel
Ben Blacker
4.7 • 796 Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2016
⏱️ 82 minutes
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The showrunner of Veep discusses taking over those duties in the just-aired season 5, early writing opportunities with Al Franken, his three years on Saturday Night Live, his time on Seinfeld, scripting Curb Your Enthusiasm, and lots more.
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| 0:00.0 | Now entering nerdist.com. |
| 0:04.9 | Welcome to the Writers Panel. |
| 0:06.4 | I'm Ben Blacker, the creator and moderator of the podcast. |
| 0:09.3 | I created the show because I wanted to talk to writers about the business and process of writing. |
| 0:14.0 | I've had more than 400 writers on the show, so go back and check the archives. |
| 0:17.9 | I'm sure you'll find more creators and more shows that you're interested in. |
| 0:22.7 | I'm a writer myself, having written with my partner, Ben Acker, for supernatural, Puss and Boots, |
| 0:27.8 | FX's, Cassius, and Clay, among others. We've also written comics from Marvel, Image, Dynamite, and |
| 0:33.3 | more. We created a show called The Thrilling Adventure Hour. Maybe you'd like it. Go to thrillingadventurehour.com for more info. |
| 0:40.8 | Let me know who you want to hear in this podcast by following me on Twitter at Ben Blacker, |
| 0:45.9 | like the color, only more so. |
| 0:47.9 | And follow me on Tumblr at writerspanel.tumbler.com. |
| 0:52.4 | And if you enjoy the show, please leave a review on iTunes. It always makes me feel good about |
| 0:56.0 | myself. They write, they talk, |
| 0:58.2 | and talk about what they write. |
| 0:59.7 | Tune in, tonight, tonight, or whatever the time |
| 1:02.1 | is right, it's the writer's panel with |
| 1:03.9 | Man Blacker, and it's starting now. |
| 1:07.5 | Oh, yeah! |
| 1:10.6 | Great. David Mandel is here. |
| 1:12.3 | Hi. |
| 1:12.7 | Thanks for being here. |
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