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Listen "Ep301 - Tim Long, Screenwriter ‘The Exchange,’ ‘The Simpsons,’ & ‘Late Night with David Letterman’"
Episode Synopsis
Tim Long got his start writing for magazines where he eventually landed a job writing for Bill Maher on ‘Politically Incorrect,’ and then ‘Late Night with David Letterman,’ where he eventually became the head writer. Today, Long is best known for writing for ‘The Simpsons’ and he’s just created a movie about his life as a teenager.
In ‘The Exchange,’ the fictionalized Tim Long is played by Ed Oxenbould and the movie directed by Dan Mazer (Da Ali G Show). The plot is described as, “Hoping to find friendship with a French exchange student, an awkward teenager discovers that the student is not as sophisticated and cultured as he assumed.”
In this interview, Long talks about the mistake of firing people too early in television, how to write 40-50 “passable” jokes in an hour, what it means to create a “hot sheet” for monologue jokes, how to eradicate self-consciousness as a writer, and the evolution of his latest movie ‘The Exchange.’
If it’s your first time listening, make sure to subscribe and visit my new website for information on the YouTube channel, the blog, this podcast, and my new book ‘Ink by the Barrel’ which takes advice from these 200+ interviews at the link below…
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If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It only takes about 60-seconds and it really helps convince some of the hard-to-get guests to sit down and have a chat (simply scroll to the bottom on your iTunes Podcast app and click “Write Review"). Enjoy the show!
In ‘The Exchange,’ the fictionalized Tim Long is played by Ed Oxenbould and the movie directed by Dan Mazer (Da Ali G Show). The plot is described as, “Hoping to find friendship with a French exchange student, an awkward teenager discovers that the student is not as sophisticated and cultured as he assumed.”
In this interview, Long talks about the mistake of firing people too early in television, how to write 40-50 “passable” jokes in an hour, what it means to create a “hot sheet” for monologue jokes, how to eradicate self-consciousness as a writer, and the evolution of his latest movie ‘The Exchange.’
If it’s your first time listening, make sure to subscribe and visit my new website for information on the YouTube channel, the blog, this podcast, and my new book ‘Ink by the Barrel’ which takes advice from these 200+ interviews at the link below…
Follow us on Instagram: @creativeprinciples
If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It only takes about 60-seconds and it really helps convince some of the hard-to-get guests to sit down and have a chat (simply scroll to the bottom on your iTunes Podcast app and click “Write Review"). Enjoy the show!
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