Ep. 33: Make People Love You (and the World Will be Yours)

Happier in Hollywood

Lemonada Media

Education, Business, Self-improvement, Careers

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2017

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Assistant extravaganza! We talk to our former assistant, Elysse Applebaum, about her super intense Writer's Group— there’s an admissions process. We also sit down with our very first assistant, Tony Dodds (now a successful sitcom writer) to talk about what it takes to be not just a good assistant, but a GREAT one. Tony also provides this week's Hollywood Hack: using the PDF Reader to prepare a pitch. Finally, a celebrity sighting: Mandy Moore! 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What was Tony wearing when he came in for his interview?
0:03.9	I feel like it was a bow tie.
0:06.2	Oh my god, with like a member's only jacket, right?
0:09.4	I, in my mind, I have no idea.
0:11.9	Ha ha ha.
0:12.9	Hi and welcome to Happier and Hollywood, the podcast about how to be happier, healthier,
0:22.4	sainter, more creative, more successful, and more productive in a backbiting superficial
0:27.4	chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world.
0:31.1	I'm Liz Kraft, a TV writer and producer, living in LA, and with me is my high school friend
0:36.7	and writing partner of 17 years Sarah.
0:40.3	That's me, Sarah Fein, also a TV writer and producer.
0:43.8	On this podcast, we talk about being writers in Hollywood, how we balance a career and friendship,
0:48.6	and how to survive the war of attrition that is life in Los Angeles.
0:52.5	Today we have a former assistant extravaganza.
0:56.9	Our former assistant, Elise Applebaum, is coming on to talk about writers' groups with us,
1:01.9	why they're so important and how to make the most of being in one.
1:05.8	And then we ask our very first assistant, Tony Dodds, to come in and talk with us about
1:11.3	what it takes to be not just a good but a great assistant.
1:16.3	Yes, and Tony is also providing a writing-related Hollywood hack this week.
1:21.5	And finally, we have what is probably our last, this is a celebrity sighting.
1:27.2	But first we wanted to share an email from a listener named Diana.
1:30.7	In episode 28, we debated the merits of business gifts, and we heard from a lot of you.
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