This week, Rob explains why drinking and then shopping online and the knee jerk tendency of people in the entertainment business to automatically disparage a new idea or venture are both bad habits. Rob Long’s...
This week, Rob explains the relationship between a classroom of vomiting kids and actors over-botoxing themselves. Yes, there is one. Really. Rob Long’s Martini Shot is brought to you by Kushy Dreams, the smokeable CBD....
Rob explains why there’s one standard for hackneyed dialogue in movies and TV, and a very different one for real life. And why an old song by Prince created a personal RomCom moment for him....
In this entry from the Martini Shot archives (OK, it’s actually a thumb drive), Rob offers some advice for the newly inaugurated President Biden based on his years (and more years) of show biz experience....
Rob looks into the cutting edge world of NFT (non-fungible tokens — a way to create unique digital assets that can be bought and sold) and wonders if it may open up a new revenue...
In this Martini Shot Classic episode, Rob exhorts his fellow writers not to dwell in cynicism and self doubt about their new projects, but rather think of them in terms of wonder, enthusiasm, excitement, curiosity,...
Rob explains how studios exercise control over writers through cash flow and why often the sweetest words a writer can hear from the studio are “what’s your tax ID number?” Rob Long’s Martini Shot is...
Rob explains how to master the fine art of telling an off color joke. Rob Long’s Martini Shot is brought to you by Kushy Dreams, the smokeable CBD. For 20% off your next order, go...
Rob explains why it is sometimes necessary to laugh even if a joke isn’t funny and the striking similarities of a pre-school parent’s event and a Hollywood sitcom writer’s room. Rob Long’s Martini Shot is...
This week, Rob coaches an actor on how to read lines like a star and reveals the secret to playing a drunk. Rob Long’s Martini Shot is brought to you by Kushy Dreams, the smokeable...