Ep. 317: Being A Number Two

Happier in Hollywood

The Onward Project

Education, Business, Self-improvement, Careers

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Liz and Sarah talk to one of their best friends, Karine Rosenthal, about what it means to be a Number Two on a TV show. What are the duties? How does she get into the mind of the Showrunner? Then they answer a Mailroom question about how they would have dealt with Season Three of Fantasy Island, given that there’s a WGA strike going on. This week Hollywood Hack comes from Executive Producer Chuck Reed and is useful for summer travel: the Tripsy app. Finally, Liz has a premium buttered popcorn TV show recommendation — love & death on MAX. Get in touch on Twitter: @sarahmfain & @elizabethcraft Get in touch on Instagram: @Sfain & @LizCraft Visit our website: https://happierinhollywood.com Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/HappierinHollywood/ Happier in Hollywood is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts—Happier with Gretchen Rubin, Side Hustle School, and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler . If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! LINKS: Karine Rosenthal: Karine Rosenthalimdb.com Tripsy: Trip Planner for iPhone, iPad & Mactripsy.app love & death official trailer: Love & Death | Official Teaser | Maxyoutube.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I mean, the craziest thing is we have lived in LA longer than we lived in Kansas City.
0:08.4	Like I feel like such a Kansas City person, but maybe we're Angelinos?
0:12.9	Well, not only that Sarah, but I realize the direction the other day that I think as of
0:19.8	another year I'll have lived in my house longer than I lived in Kansas City.
0:25.4	Oh my gosh.
0:26.4	By now, we are Angelinos.
0:29.8	Yes.
0:30.8	Hi and welcome to Happier in Hollywood, the podcast about how to be happier, healthier,
0:40.9	sainter, more creative, more successful, and more productive in a backbiting superficial
0:46.4	chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world.
0:50.7	I'm Sarah Fane, a TV writer and producer living in Ohio right outside of LA and with me
0:55.8	is my high school friend and writing partner Liz.
0:59.6	That's me, Liz Kraft.
1:00.9	On this podcast, we talk about being writers in Hollywood, how we balance a career in friendship
1:05.9	and how to survive the war of attrition that is life and less angelous.
1:10.3	Today, we are going to talk to one of our best friends, TV writer, Karine Rosenthal,
1:15.0	about what it's like to be a number two on a TV show.
1:19.5	Then we have a mailroom question about what our lives would look like right now, mid-strike
1:24.4	if fantasy island had gotten picked up.
1:27.6	And this week's Hollywood hack comes from our executive producer Chuck Reed.
1:31.8	It's great for summer travel and finally Liz has a recommendation.
1:37.5	But first Sarah, I have an update.
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