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One of the better things about LA is public radio station KCRW, and one of the best things about KCRW is Rob Long's Martini Shot, two minute interstitial bit of industry observation. Rob Long is a television writer (he wrote on Cheers, and also wrote a funny book about the business called Conversations with my Agent), and he calls it exactly as he sees it in his commentary. From this week's assessment of the end of the writer's strike as analogous to that moment in a slasher movie when the "dead" villain rises in the background just when everyone feels safe...

"And rushed and frantic as it is, it's never so rushed or so frantic or so hurried that every single executive still on the payroll (and surprise! Even after four months, they're all still on the payroll!) doesn't build a little time into the process to deliver a set of script notes. We're in a time crunch, sure. But I'm making it better."

Anyway, check out Martini Shot past episode podcasts here. Among my favorites, Good Agentry, Continue Trading, and the one to which I personally connect most, Check Email. And support your local public radio station.