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You Are Your Longest Relationship: Artist DaQuane Cherry on Psoriasis, Art, and Self-Care 32:12

منذ 19 يومًا32:12

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DaQuane Cherry was once the kid who wore a hoodie to hide skin flare-ups in school. Now he’s an artist and advocate helping others feel seen. He reflects on his psoriasis journey, the power of small joys, and why loving yourself first isn’t a cliché—it’s essential. Plus, a deep dive into the history of La Roche-Posay’s legendary spring. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

Martini Shot

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When you’re filming a movie or a television show, when it’s the last shot of the day, the first assistant director will call out, “This is the Martini Shot!” I call these stories “Martini Shots” because they’re exactly the kinds of stories we tell — and lessons we learn — after we’ve wrapped for the day. - Rob Long theankler.com

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Martini Shot

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updated منذ 6 أيام

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Martini Shot

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When Will the Young Lions Finally Attack? 8:17

منذ 6 أيام8:17

8:17

Recording from Botswana, Rob Long figured he was as far as he could get from the chaos of showbiz. But it turns out that the wild African plain is a lot like Hollywood. Directors? They’re the Cape buffalo: loud, bossy and always wearing a headset (he’ll explain). Buzzards are akin to agents (no disrespect to either). And writers are rhinos — kind of prehistoric, not always strategic and endangered. Hey, even the sound of relief when Superman pulled in a $217 million opening weekend has a safari counterpart. But on the savanna, respite doesn’t last. It’s always back to getting stalked and eaten. Kind of like Hollywood. And the old lions better watch out. Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Never Talk Down to Your Audience — Even When They Have Terrible Taste 8:05

منذ 13 يومًا8:05

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Some debates are nuanced. For Rob Long, this isn’t one of them: Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace is a disaster, from the pod racing to Jar Jar Binks. No amount of revisionist history can make George Lucas’ Star Wars prequel any less disappointing. Yet Rob once had a meeting with a brilliant, respected man who claimed it was his favorite Star Wars film. Did Rob laugh in his face? No. He smiled and moved on. Because a lesson, in Hollywood and life, is that even if you can’t fathom your audience’s taste, mocking them for what they like rarely helps. Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Dumb Comedies Will Save Hollywood 9:17

منذ 20 يومًا9:17

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As Rob marks a milestone birthday while traversing France, his thoughts drift — as they often do — from real life to showbiz. Gone are his days of being 24 years old, writing for 20 million viewers on Cheers . In their place: streaming “drops” that sound more like bodily functions than cultural events. But amid all that change, one rule still holds: If the laughs are flowing, showbiz is worth betting on. Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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What Keith McNally Can Teach Hollywood 9:20

منذ 5 weeks9:20

9:20

Keith McNally isn’t in showbiz, but he might as well be. Whether you’re dining at Balthazar or, like Rob, a frequenter of Minetta Tavern, it’s all lights, noise and timing. The food matters, but it’s the vibe that keeps people coming back — and the same goes for Hollywood. It’s not just plot and characters; it’s atmosphere, tone and letting the audience feel at home. Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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'Cheers' & Art of the 'Norm!' Entrance 7:51

منذ 8 weeks7:51

7:51

If a joke falls flat, you’ve got two options: fiddle with the set-up or adjust the punchline. That’s comedy writing 101 — unless you had George Wendt. As Norm on Cheers , George’s timing, presence and even just how he walked into the bar got a laugh. But Norm was a lovable loser, while George was just plain lovable. And for writers like Rob, lucky enough to work with him, George was the secret third trick to make any joke land. Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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The Missing Middle-Zone Shows 11:51

منذ 9 weeks11:51

11:51

The best TV shows are like the best restaurants, says Rob Long: familiar, comforting, and just stylish enough. Not everything needs to be a tasting menu or guilty junk — sometimes you just want a steak, buttered broccoli, baked potato and a laugh. So in this era where prestige and junk reign in both food and TV, Rob asks, where are all the Hillstones and Houston’s? Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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My ER Trip to Grey's Anatomy: Gen Z 10:47

منذ 10 weeks10:47

10:47

This week, Rob wakes up spinning — literally — and ends up in the ER being evaluated by what appears to be the cast of Grey’s Anatomy: Gen Z . It wasn’t a stroke (spoiler), just vertigo, but that doesn’t stop Rob from noticing these physicians seemed to behave a little too much like TV doctors from ER , House or Chicago Hope — all of which gave Rob his own hope: TV really does still matter. Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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The Trickery of Tariffs & Incentives 10:01

منذ 11 weeks10:01

10:01

As President Trump involves himself in showbiz finances, Rob Long raises the problem of what happens when government gets involved in Hollywood spreadsheets: Everyone above the line gets a raise because A. money is fungible; and B. greed. And below the line? Taxpayers in whatever state is offering cash-back goodies end up paying for second season salary bumps for the cast and the producers. Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Upfronts, Auspices & Half-Truths 11:51

منذ 12 weeks11:51

11:51

Time was when networks would land a major star, with the next step finding a writer with “auspices” — an industry term for somebody proven, with a hit show already on air. The only issue? Those successful writers often couldn’t write. In spite of that, those series sometimes became massive hits. Which is why Rob Long wants to keep optimism alive. After all, as he says, “Hey, could work.” Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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The Leakiest Business 11:06

منذ 13 weeks11:06

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Like Rob Long’s old Subaru, show business is leaky and can emit a toxic cloud — but it works. That is, until Silicon Valley strides in and tries to plug up the holes with things like “ad-free offerings” and an “all-inclusive monthly price”. What the tech overlords don’t get, though: It’s all those wires and oil and grime that keep the engine running. Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Just Buy It. Just Say Yes 11:39

منذ 14 weeks11:39

11:39

No matter how successful you are, the pitching never ends. Even the most seasoned TV creator has been known to melt down in front of their G-Wagon when they can’t land a greenlight: “Why don’t they just say yes?” Silicon Valley tech giants thought they could disrupt the “terrible business” of entertainment — less buying and selling, more ownership and verticality — which led to the streaming wars, and now a contracting industry where “the yeses just aren’t coming.” Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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The Bezos Divide 11:45

منذ 15 weeks11:45

11:45

There are two keys to making money in showbiz: make a hit, and make it easy to watch and find. In other words, make the experience more like shopping on Amazon. Easy is why kids are on YouTube, Rob Long is watching The Gilded Age in TikTok snippets and why Amazon makes being online a seamless experience — except on Prime Video. Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Let’s Hold an IP Swap Meet 11:54

منذ 17 weeks11:54

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Rob Long recently sold all the old junk from his house: airplane bottles of Dutch gin, a Yemeni incense burner, asparagus tongs and two boxes of computer cables, naturally. Refreshed and ready to begin a new chapter, Rob thinks studios need a similar garage sale with each other’s libraries. Offer up titles, make some swap deals — and reset the whole system, from the IP up. Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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The Lineman TikTok TV Show 10:08

منذ 18 weeks10:08

10:08

Languages other than English have special words for special situations (looking at you Germany and your fingerspitzenfühl) . Now, Rob Long proposes a new local lexicon to help capture this particular moment now in the industry, a place where schadenfreude is giving way to another, strange new feeling: Hope for even someone else’s show, any show, to get made. Even if it’s about linemen in buckets. Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a new members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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A Priest Walks Into a Pitch Meeting... 8:42

منذ 19 weeks8:42

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Mid-life, Rob Long has gone back to school. Princeton Theological Seminary has been a nice timeout from Hollywood — no profanity, shouting or the pressure to wrap up every meeting with a joke. But Rob is not ditching Hollywood. Instead he ponders bridging the secular and ecclesiastical divide by showing up to his next meeting in a priest’s collar to watch what happens. Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a new members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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James Bond's New Corporate Suit 12:50

منذ 21 weeks12:50

12:50

Brand extensions? Prequel? Janet Bond?? Rob Long bets meetings at Amazon are underway with those bullet points in a PowerPoint now that the franchise has been wrested away from its legendarily impossible owners, the Broccolis. Corporate-controlled and obligated by fiduciary responsibility, 007 has secured the plot of his next adventure: shaking every last dime out of his Savile Row suit. Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a new members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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The Garbageman's Vanity Card 9:37

منذ 24 weeks9:37

9:37

One of the problems facing showbiz right now: Too many production companies, private equity investors, and celebrity shingles — but not enough set-up projects. That’s why it’s worth remembering the actor-producer-garbageman Rob Long once hired, whose business card was a reminder of simpler times: the producer’s vanity card. Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a new members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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‘You Guys Are All the Same’ 12:48

منذ 25 weeks12:48

12:48

New streamers all want to be the place that gets it . They’ll say, “Come here and be creative! Give us your quirky, oddball stuff!” But before you know it, Rob Long finds they’re giving notes on the act break and telling writers to raise the stakes. But anybody that’s been in this business awhile, or had any degree of success, can relate — it’s easy to forget that you don’t know all the answers. Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a new members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Craft Services Warning Signs 10:18

منذ 26 weeks10:18

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When the streets of L.A. and New York hummed with production, Rob Long would pass so many shoots that he’d zip through and stealthily swipe a coffee and pastry. Now, though, as production shrinks , artisanal donuts and Nespresso pods have given way to Dunkin’ and off-brand coffee. And you know the industry’s in really bad shape when rumors about having to pay for valet parking at your own agency pop up — and everyone believes them. Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a new members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Wanted: A Hollywood Happy Ending 10:14

منذ 27 weeks10:14

10:14

When tourists come to Manhattan, some check out “historical landmarks,” like the Sex and the City cupcake shop, where a bite of buttercream frosting can spark the fantasy of a romantic adventure in the Big Apple with best friends. Indeed, Rob Long believes showbiz is at its greatest when, in hard times, it lets the audience daydream. Especially today, amid so much ash and smoke, when the people who make movies and TV need their own escape. Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a new members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Gelson's, Ralph's and the Palisades 12:38

منذ 28 weeks12:38

12:38

“Gelson’s is gone.” That’s what Rob Long heard the TV newscaster say solemnly as he watched flames engulf the grocery store. Rob loved that now burned-down market off Sunset in the Palisades, now in the midst of catastrophic loss. All kinds of industry folk — executives, crews, a couple of famous faces — also did. Now with an industry-wide contraction, he understands you might be asking yourself: “Is it time to go?” But the industry’s best trait has always been to ignore and adjust. And start again. Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a new members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Sharing Our Showbiz Luck 9:53

منذ 31 weeks9:53

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As a 24-year-old aspiring screenwriter in L.A., Rob Long didn’t have the money or job prospects to purchase a $400 leather jacket. So, naturally, he did. As luck had it, Rob got his first job as a TV writer a few weeks later. And now, decades later — and oft-bemoaning how things used to be better — he reflects on his good fortune, and why he shares it with a charity helping homeless youth right here on Hollywood Blvd. All while asking you to keep going long enough to appreciate your lucky selves to be in this business. Head to My Friend’s Place , Rob’s charity of choice, to help support youth experiencing homelessness. Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a new members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Luigi Mangione, Murder & Movies 11:34

منذ 32 weeks11:34

11:34

From the moment the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO hit the news until the arrest of suspect Luigi Mangione in a McDonald’s, every loudmouth had a theory about the killer and his motive. You see, whether it’s a murder case, the Middle East or Hollywood’s upheaval, the know-it-alls all pretend they have all the answers. But society needs them, argues Rob Long. After all, who else would greenlight anything? Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a new members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Hollywood is Just Like Trump 11:26

منذ 34 weeks11:26

11:26

Look deeply into the eyes of many of the team surrounding Donald Trump and you might find the same hollow and exhausted looks ubiquitous on the faces of talent managers, agents and executives. You see, that’s because the past and future president is a lot like an insane director or temperamental movie star. And it’s why this industry is the one best equipped to advise that one. Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a new members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Should You Write TV With Friends or Strangers? 8:20

منذ 36 weeks8:20

8:20

A TV writers room can be a cranky, hostile place. Rob Long and his colleagues spend their days arguing over which story beats to keep, whose joke is funnier, and what to order for lunch. But is it better when that chaos happens with people you’ve worked with before or strangers? An academic study gave Rob the answer. Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a new members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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What to Say About What Just Happened 11:16

منذ 37 weeks11:16

11:16

The next few weeks are going to be tough, a little bit like being force-fed goat cheese if you are Rob Long . So in this current toxic political environment, or really in any uncomfortable situation forced upon you, Rob has some simple advice. Use the word ‘huh’ — the one magic word that saves you from further confrontation. Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a new members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Let Them See You Sweat 11:12

منذ 38 weeks11:12

11:12

The Ankler recently launched The Ladder , a hub for early career entertainment professionals, which has Rob Long wondering one thing: What are these people thinking? Gone are the days where a 24-year-old like Rob could come to L.A. and months later be staffed on a show like Cheers , or make a lot of money specializing in just story beats or jokes. Today, you have to be a “multi-hyphenate,” or, to put it in Rob’s old Hollywood lingo, a “sweat act” — able to do a little bit of everything. Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a new members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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'I'm Working on a Cancer Comedy' 9:20

منذ 39 weeks9:20

9:20

A normal person, when a friend tells them about their broke dad with cancer, think this is a sad story; this poor guy; how can I help? Not Rob Long. He latches on to the part of the story about the dad having to move in with his New-Age vegan daughter to be closer to the hospital, and begins to wonder could this be a pitch ? Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler or apply to The Ladder , a new members-only hub for early career entertainment professionals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Botox and Fillers 11:39

منذ 40 weeks11:39

11:39

We perform plastic surgery on a lot of things in Hollywood — even history. Say you’ve got an amazing true story about the highest-ranking woman in the mafia, as Rob Long once did, but you don’t know how many people she killed. Why not make it lots of them? Now it’s not quite true, it’s “based on true events,” but good enough. As Rob can attest, there’s not a story in the world — true or not — that couldn’t use a little Botox. Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Sell the House 9:27

منذ 41 weeks9:27

9:27

Like many writers, Rob Long enjoys opining on writing more than actual writing. There’s no greater procrastination than, say, teaching a class on “maintaining focus.” Meanwhile, there are other writers at their computers, getting ideas out the door that are getting pitched first. Which may be when it’s time for procrastinators to turn to the best TV writing hack of all time: Sell the house. Transcript here . For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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