How many critics are there? I think like 200? Oh my god. This'll be our by dinner.

By lunch. Yes.

Hi and welcome to Happier and Hollywood. The podcast about how to be happier, healthier,

sane, or more creative, more successful, and more productive,

in a backbiting 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 of 19 years, Sarah. That's me, Sarah Fein. 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 and less angeless. In this episode, we'll answer a listener question

from its television writer who's just starting out. Yes, she got rewritten by another writer,

and she wants to know how upset she should be about it. And the answer is not at all. We'll

explain why. And then we'll share why we think it's essential to always have a lot of irons in the

fire. We'll also head to the outer office and check in with our assistant Mary who's been doing

something interesting in her spare time. Then this week's Hollywood hack was inspired by a piece

of art in Sarah's house, and finally we'll reveal a restroom celebrity sighting courtesy of our

editor, Brad Katz. But first, Sarah, we have an update. Well, first of all, I should say, you're sick.

Yes. So your voice is a little off. I apologize. It's a little huskier than usual.

Sexy. Let's call it sexy. Sexy. Okay. And we wanted to tell everyone that we have finally set the

date for our next happier in Hollywood meetup. We've been hoping to have it in January, but a few

things came up. So it is going to be Sunday March 3rd at 5 o'clock, 5 to 7 pm at idle hour in

North Hollywood, which is the same place we had at last time. We figured it was a great place.

Let's keep it easy for everyone to do it in the same spot. And while we're there, we're going to

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