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John Pierson -“Clerks,” “She’s Gotta Have It,” “Slacker” and More

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The man that brought you “Slacker,” “Clerks,” “Thin Blue Line” and “Go Fish” comes on the podcast to talk about the golden age of indie film – the 80’s. John Pierson talks about negotiating, finding new films, dealing with film makers and more. He tells his story of making a place for himself in the indie film scene in his great book, “Spike, Mike, Slackers and Dykes.” This book is filled with great stories. Instead of having JohnPierson just repeat them, I tried to get him to expand and give…

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10 Things I learned about Batman from watching “Gotham”

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I just watched a sneak preview of Fox’s “Gotham.” It takes place while Bruce Wayne was just a kid. Here’s a lot of background I learned about the characters’ history. While The Penguin always liked to eat fish, he never like anchovy pizza. Cat Woman was more of a dog person. Alfred was into Cosplay. The Joker was in a UCB harold called “The Fish Mooneys.” Robin’s future parents met on Grinder. The Riddler amassed 6 NPR Weekend Edition lapel pins by the age of 25. Two of which he earned.…

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Writing “The Main Event”

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https://media.blubrry.com/proudlyresents/proudlyresents.com/media/prp104.mp3Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS The writer of Barbra Streisand & Ryan O’Neal’s “The Main Event,” talks about making the boxing rom-com.  Andrew Smith exposes how the movie was pitched, why it was really made and what it was like to work with super producer Jon Peters. Andrew also spills what it was like to write for SNL – the Eddie Murphy years. Welcome to Proudly resents. This show is for Bucky Sinister. My friend Andrew Smith was on an earlier show talking about what it was like to have…

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Three of the Week – RIP Edition

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Boo! Every Monday, we present three podcasts you might not know about. Try them out. Tell me what you think. In honor of Halloween, we feature three podcasts that are no longer making new episodes, but you can still find them on itunes. They are now dead. DEAD!   Things We Did Before Reality –This show is more of a zombie. About once a year a new episode will may show up. It’s comedian Will Franken’s show from top to bottom. He writes, records and plays all the characters. The…

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