First up is Lisa who has two questions:
Ken, I was looking for the list of all the awards which you have won. Wiki list is short and here on the blog too no list is given. Could you please post a blog with the list of all the awards that you have won?
Not to toot my own horn, but…
One Primetime Emmy
Two WGA Awards for Best Comedy Script
One People’s Choice Award
One GLAAD Award
Peabody Recognition
Humanitas Recognition
Two Southern California Sportscaster Awards – Best sportstalk host
One Virginia Sportscaster of the Year Award
And numerous nominations.
Also can you please share your experience of some of them. I am sure they are interesting. So far, apart from the Emmy, you have not written about the rest of the awards.
Okay, Lisa, here’s one of my favorites:
My writing partner, David Isaacs, and I had been nominated a few times for WGA Awards and lost. They were presented at dinners that were black tie optional. We each would spend a hundred dollars and rent tuxedos and never go on stage.
Finally, we decided to just dress in dark suits. Why waste the money?
We won. David got up to the microphone and said, “Sorry. We dressed for nomination only.” It brought down the house.
1955david wonders:
My wife and I are binge watching FRASIER. We are loving them. My question, how were the guest callers lined up? And how were they recorded? We always watch to the end to see who they were. Thank you.
They were lined up by casting director, Jeff Greenberg. And then recorded after the episode in question had been filmed. I don't know who in the sound department handled the actual recording, but since they were phone calls, the celebs were able to just call in and record it over the phone. They'd be sent the script and a time was arranged.
In front of the audience we just had an actor off-stage pinch-hitting for the celebrity actors. And the actually recording was done later at the actor’s convenience.
As a writer, I had no idea who was going to be the caller when writing episodes.
A few of the celebs who voiced our call-ins were Kevin Bacon, Art Garfunkel, Linda Hamilton, and Dr. Timothy Leary. Not many people can say they wrote comedy for Timothy Leary.
And finally, another Lisa. LisaDins asks:
Been re-watching the first Season of Cheers this week and man, does it still hold up. Shelley Long and Ted Danson have such great chemistry. Did they screen test together or was it just a miracle of casting?
There were three candidates for Sam and three for Diane. They were paired up and the plan was to mix and match. Ted & Shelley happened to be paired together in the first round. Once they did it it was clear they were the ones.
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