Set Up, Joke, Set Up, Joke

By Rob Long and Rob Long

Book Overview

'Right now we're deep into what the phrase-makers around here call "heavy development ". Essentially that means that the studio which gives us an office, a secretary, two parking spaces, and two pay... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0747547777
• ISBN13: 9780747547778
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub.
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 10.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Into the mind of a funny TV writer

Rob courageously shows his true feelings on writing for television. It's tough enough to be funny, but it's even harder to be funny and successful. He shows the high and low points of writing comedy for TV. Very entertaining and worthwhile read for anyone wanting to understand the behind the scenes of network comedy.

Fantastic funny and inciteful

I devoured it . Its funny , acerbic and as far as I am aware an accurate portrayal of the jungle of beasts who roam the Hollywood Hills writing producing and starring in TV comedy . An hilarious must for anyone who has ever watched and wondered about TV comedy . I howled