Katie O'Brien (The Z-Suite)

The Writers Panel

Ben Blacker

Tv & Film, Tv, Writing, Movies, Hollywood, Screenwriting

4.7 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Katie O'Brien (creator, The Z Suite; co-creator, Teachers; The Santa Clauses) discusses improv and showrunning, her post-Teachers struggle, optimism in the face of rejection, the bananas sample script she had to write, and more.

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0:00.0	Cabin crew, prepare for landing.
0:02.0	Wow, that was a quick flight.
0:03.8	Yeah.
0:04.2	Oh, never mind.
0:05.2	Bondi Beach, Barry Reef, here we come.
0:08.2	Holiday of a lifetime.
0:09.5	I can't wait.
0:11.0	Me neither.
0:12.3	Ladies and gentlemen will shortly be landing in Austria.
0:16.0	Austria?
0:17.0	We're supposed to be going to Australia?
0:19.7	What have you done?
0:20.5	Um, should have gone to spec savers. Book an eye test online. Uh... We're supposed to be going to Australia. What have you done?
0:23.0	Should have gone to spec, save us.
0:24.3	Book an eye test online.
0:27.3	Anyone got any long trousers I could borrow?
0:28.9	I've only got a bikini, Andy.
0:29.6	Oh.
0:37.4	Hey folks, it's me, Ben Blacker, the creator and host of the writers panel. Thanks for listening. It's
0:39.9	2025, and what a decade, 2025 has been so far. I hope you are hanging in all right. I hope you
0:51.4	are keeping your head on as straight as he can. It's not great out there.
0:59.6	I don't know. I don't want to belabor this, but I hope you are safe. I hope you're doing well,
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