You know the thing and no one picked up your thing

And so you buried the thing that's not the big and love the thing

Don't you let's eyes yet there's a spooky surprise

And the book cannot revise and nothing ever really dies. Welcome to Dead Pilot Society, the show that takes comedy pilots from A-list writers that were sold and developed at networks and streamers, but never produced and gives them the table reads they never got a chance to have.

I'm Andrew Reich, the creator and host of Dead Pilot Society, and this is the after show for Letters to Beyonce,

featuring my interview with Austin Earl.

Austin is written on Up All Night, The Millers, about my father.

He was the co-creator of Happy Together.

We get into more of the true story of Austin's mom, who inspired the pilot,

how Austin made his way out of his tiny Vermont town to

Hollywood by virtue of his athletic prowess, which is something few comedy writers can say.

We hear about all the various cancellations that Austin has been associated with over the years,

including a major investment house.

And we hear about the role that White Lotus creator Mike White played in Austin's show business

journey.

You know, one of the best parts of doing this podcast is getting to know writers who I know

by name and reputation, but who I've never really crossed paths with.

And that's definitely been the case with Austin. So, all right, enjoy my interview with Austin Earle after a brief message. The Flop House is a podcast where we watch a bad movie and then we talk about it. Robert Shaw in Jaws, and they're trying to figure out how to get rid of the goolies, and he scratches his nails and goes, I'll get your gooling. He's just standing above the toilet with a harpoon.

No, I'm just looking forward to you going through the other ways in which Wild Wild West is historically inaccurate.

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