So I picked scale for my word of 2023. Did you pick something? I did. First of all, I love your word. I picked Phoenix.

Phoenix is my word for 23. Oh, I love Phoenix because you're rising from the ashes of...

That's the last to hear. But that is such a good word. I love the word Phoenix. Little on the nose, but I'll take it.

Oh, I love it.

Hi and welcome to Happier and Hollywood, the podcast about how to be happier, healthier, sane, or more creative, more successful, and more productive,

and a back-biting superficial, chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world. I'm Liz Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA, and with me is my high school friend and writing partner Sarah.

That's me, Sarah Fane. On this podcast, we talk about being writers in Hollywood, how we balance a career and friendship, and how to survive the war of attrition that is life in Los Angeles.

In today's episode, we're going to talk about our team motto for 2023. Woohoo! I'm so excited about this.

And then we've got to take two on 2022, and a Kraft and Fane on pitch visuals. Finally, this week we have a reading Hollywood hack.

But first we have an update, and this is really pressing because it's coming up very soon. This is your weekly reminder that Fantasy Island Season 2 premieres on Monday, January 2nd at 8 p.m. 7 Central.

Yes, we are so excited. Please watch. It's great if you watch that night. If you don't watch it that night, it's available the next day on Hulu, and those numbers really matter.

It does help us out. If you watch the show, it's close to when it airs as possible. Yes, and feel free to record it on the night, watch it, and then watch it again.

Yes. And Sarah, for anyone who hasn't seen Season 1 or wants to refresh Season 1, it's available on Hulu. You can rewatch that, and then go right into Season 2.

I'm just so excited. I love it. I love it. I love it so much. I really just delights me totally every episode.

Okay, now that we've patted ourselves on the pass, well, our cast is amazing. Give it up.

Oh, yes, sincerely. Could not be more incredible.

Okay, so let's dive into from the treadmill desks of in which we discuss what's most pressing in our worksikies. And this week, it is our team motto for 2023.

Yes. So Sarah, let's first remind everyone of our 2022 motto, which you came up with, which was, what would Dolly do 2022?

Yes. And I mean, I don't know, Liz, did we live up to that motto? What would Dolly do? I mean, that's, we set a high bar for ourselves.

I know. We really did. Well, I think we did stick up for ourselves some, which is something that Dolly always does. She sticks up for herself.

Yeah.

Didn't give millions to find a vaccine. No, we failed to do that.

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