This post originally ran in 2012 under the title Tasting & Smelling Comedy (Tip#61): “Buddy Hackett held up a matchbook and said, ‘What jokes can you write about this?’ I pitched a few about the advertisement on the outside of a matchbook, then a few behavior jokes about trying to light a match with one hand to […]
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Author ArchiveProducer/writer/director Garry Marshall was raised in the Bronx, educated at Northwestern in Chicago, and kinda broke into the entertainment business with an unlikely group—The United States Army. In an unlikely place—Korea. “Then they sent me to Korea. They didn’t know how to run the radio stations. I was a private but they put me in […] This post ran in 2012 under the title The Odd Monks: “If you pretend the characters can’t speak, and write a silent movie, you will be writing great drama.” David Mamet “Many Odd Couple fans have their favorite episodes, whether they be ‘The New Car,’ ‘Let’s Make a Deal,’ ‘That Is the Army, Mrs. Madison,’ ‘Password,’ ‘The […]
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‘Back to the Future’ in 2015Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“It seems like 2015 kinda sucks.” Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) on Jimmy Kimmel Live 10/22/2015 “Nobody read it said, ‘Oh, we’ve got to make this.’” Bob Gale on the Back to the Future script he co-wrote After thinking about yesterday’s post Garry Marshall’s “Stuckinna” concept he used, some more situations came to mind where […] This post originally ran in October 2012 with the title The “Stuckinna” Plot: Long before writer/director Garry Marshall‘s success in films (Pretty Woman), or as the creator of TV shows (Happy Days, Mork & Mindy), he was a comedy writer for some of the biggest names in the 60s; Lucille Ball, Danny Thomas, Joey Bishop, and Dick […] This post first ran back in 2012 under the title Wanted: Writers with No Lives: You can file this one under, “What they don’t teach in film school”: “Penny [Marshall] and Cindy [Williams] would plow through writers, leaving me constantly looking for replacements. Sometimes I would go over to Happy Days and entice a writer or two to […] This post originally ran in 2012 under the title Happy Days in Hollywood: “Happy Days was for me the quintessential television success story. I had followed my instincts, and they had turned out to be right.” Garry Marshall The early 70s were not happy days. A sweeping snapshot of the United States during that time might […] This post first ran in October 2012 under the title, Jumping the Shark: “Fonzie began as a secondary character with very few lines. When he started drawing so much focus, we had to adjust the scripts.” Garry Marshall, Happy Days creator You can’t base a month of posts on Hollywood legend Garry Marshall without touching on one of the […] This post originally ran in 2012, but now it’s updated with a video clip: I’m going to be flying by memory today, but feel confident I have my facts straight. There’s a scene in Pretty Woman where Julie Roberts and Richard Gere are having a conversation in their hotel room one morning. On one of the director’s […] This post originally ran in October 2012 as Garry Marshall Directing Tips (Part 9): “Film directors should jump at any chance to direct a play because it can improve their relationship with actors. What’s wonderful about theater is that you get to move the actors around and stage scenes. You don’t have to worry about […] |
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