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Hello, Malcolm Glabel here.

A little while back, I became obsessed with stories that fell apart.

Specifically, Hollywood projects that fell apart and why they did.

So I started calling up everyone I knew in Hollywood and asked them to pitch me their favorite idea, the one that broke their heart because it never got made.

These stories were so good, and we decided to turn them into a series on revisionist history.

We're calling it development

hell the dreaded phrase known in Hollywood ever wants to hear, the one that describes

the purgatory, where once promising scripts go to die.

There's going to be name dropping, celebrity gossip, endless digressions,

a story that was way too shocking for the studios,

one that was told from the point of view of an exotic pet.

And about the wild ride we went on trying to adapt my book, Blink.

I can't wait to share it all with you.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts and as always you can listen to all

of Revision's History ad free by subscribing to Pushkin Plus. The Welcome to Talk Easy, a show around conversations with the people shaping our culture today.

I'm Sam Fregoso and thank you for being here.

For episode 27 of the podcast, we have the brilliant hip-hop producer and

instrumentalist Ringo and Cheddar, otherwise known by his stage name, Mind Design.

Born in San Diego but raised in New Jersey, Ringo is one of the premiere producers in modern hip-hop.

With over a half dozen albums to his name, Stone'soreau, the record label responsible for

catapulting the careers of Jay Dilla, Mad Lib, and A.L. Black, saw something in Ringo early

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