Two WGA Writers Sitting Around Talking

Naked Lunch

Straw Hut Media

Arts, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.9 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

With the Writers Guild of America on strike, Phil and David -- who've both been on the picket lines -- discuss how they each eventually became TV writers and longtime members of the WGA. Phil traces his journey from starting out as a "failed actor" in New York, while David talks about starting out as a journalist and editor at "Rolling Stone" magazine. To learn more about the WGA, go to https://www.wga.org/.To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com.

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0:00.0	Hi everybody. Welcome to a slightly special edition. We don't want to say special because you determine if it's special. They're all special.
0:11.5	All my children. I love all my children, David. Almost equally. Almost equally.
0:17.7	It's like a horse race. Who's in front today?
0:23.4	But I do This is a nice episode
0:25.6	And our featured guests
0:27.8	On this episode
0:29.5	Of Naked Lunch
0:30.9	Is David Wilde
0:32.9	And some idiot
0:34.4	How did we get them?
0:36.5	How did we get us?
0:37.8	It is amazing, isn't it?
0:39.1	Well, I got to fire my agent.
0:41.4	We're actually both been on the picket line within the last 24 hours, but we are sitting in Phil's house, and we're going to discuss our journey as writers.
0:51.3	Phil's journey went a lot further so far than mine, but we both ended up
0:56.0	becoming professional
0:57.7	writers who have had a life, in part
1:00.2	thanks to the Writers Guild, making that
1:02.1	possible. Here we go.
1:04.4	Let's spill the beans, chew the fat,
1:07.6	food for thought, and jokes on tap.
1:10.7	Talking with our mouths full having fun
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