Synopsis
An account by a former writer and producer of the hit television show "Cheers" as he tries to secure another deal in Hollywood, answer the endless calls from his agent, and maybe write something
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Review
The funniest and wittiest thing to come out of Tinseltown since Curb Your Enthusiasm (Arena on Set Up, Joke, Set Up, Joke)
My book of the year ... There's simply no more reliable guide to contemporary Hollywood (Evening Standard Books of the Year)
Very, very funny ... as riveting and real as gossip. Indeed, there's a brilliant section on the nature and meaning of Hollywood gossip ... There's just enough moral weight in this hugely enjoyable book to make you wonder if it's all really worth it (Guardian)
His novel within a novel within a script is a hilarious, shocking and honest account of how Hollywood really works (Daily Mirror)
There are numerous passage here that still chime gruesomely with present-day experience, as Long's naïve positively is met head- on by his agent's crushingly cynical reminders that he's just a writer . This isn't just a showbiz humour but Jewish humour (Christopher Fowler Independent 2014-06-16)
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Rob Long's two brilliant, funny and ironical books about what really goes on behind the scenes in Hollywood are now published in one volume for the first time
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Paperback. Condition: New. This brilliant account of one writer's rise and fall in the salt mines of Hollywood crackles with wit -- and only a little bitternessRob Long rose from staff writer to become co-producer of Cheers in its final season. When the show went off the air, he went from being top dog on a highly rated program to just another writer scrambling to get any project rolling. It wasn't pretty, but as Conversations with My Agent demonstrates, in hindsight at least, that's the hilarious reality of life in the wonderful world of the Hollywood sitcom.Suddenly thrown into the absurdity of Hollywood television development, Long and his writing partner find themselves with an office, an assistant, lots of cigars, and absolutely no idea what they are going to write. But that doesn't matter in Hollywood, where hype is more important than substance. Especially when you have a good agent.Here Long recants the true tale of his time in that limbo, from the wildly funny but awful meetings with studio executives to the unending string of phone calls with his self-absorbed agent, who is emblematic of the uniquely absurd chaos that is Hollywood.-- Conversations with My Agent received terrific reviews.-- Appeals to an enormous market including aspiring writers, screenwriters, producers, and directors. Seller Inventory # 9780452277137