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Dead Pilots Society

Episode 176: Ilana Peña (Diary of a Future President) and Anne Sundell (writer and comedian) Interview

Dead Pilots Society

Ben Blacker and Andrew Reich

Tv & Film, Dead Pilots Society, Tv Pilots, Tv Reviews, Andrew Reich, Documentary, Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Ben Blacker, Sitcoms, Society & Culture

4.6563 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Andrew chats with Ilana Peña (Diary of a Future President) and Anne Sundell (writer and comedian) about their pilot How to Get Over Bryan Byers.

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0:00.0

You know the thing and no one picked up your thing

0:05.0

And so you buried the thing

0:07.0

That's not the end of the thing

0:10.0

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

0:14.0

And though you cannot revise

0:16.0

And nothing ever really dies The Dead Pilot Society.

0:26.6

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.

0:47.8

I'm Andrew Reich, the creator and host of Dead Pilot Society, and this is the after show for How to Get Over Brian Byers by Alana Peña and Anne Sundell.

0:59.3

I absolutely loved talking to these, too.

1:02.2

They tell us more about the real guy who they both dated and who inadvertently inspired the show.

1:07.9

I mean, we don't docks him or anything, but we get some more details.

1:12.8

And it's just really fun to hear the real story of how these two became friends and ultimately

1:18.9

writing partners. They tell us about the just absolutely improbable and incredible career breaks.

1:25.4

Each of them got. I mean, both stories are wild and you just

1:30.6

can't be anything but happy for both of them. You know, there's so much negativity about show

1:37.1

business, the TV business right now. But this episode is a good reminder that amazing things

1:43.0

can and do happen here and even sometimes to good people.

1:48.0

Also, I think we get into some incredibly valuable advice about writing partnerships and kind of what to look for.

1:55.1

I think this one's, this is a good one.

1:58.0

This is a must listen.

1:59.2

So here's my interview with Alana Pena and Anne Sundell

2:02.2

after a brief message.

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