Alex and Nick invite Billy Domineau, writer of the popular Seinfeld 9/11 spec script and staff writer on Family Guy, to talk about the pros and cons of writing a TV stunt spec. When should you write a stunt script? What is the process of making and distributing one? How can a TV spec get shared around town? How do you use that popularity to get represented and staffed on a TV show? The Paper Team goes viral... SHOWNOTES Content 1 - Brainstorming, writing, distributing and having the stunt spec script go viral (00:54) 2 - Getting representation, being staffed on Family Guy, lessons from the writers' room, and using social media as a TV writer (31:01) Resources and Next Week On (53:23) Links Billy Domineau on Twitter Seinfeld Billy Domineau's Seinfeld 9/11 stunt spec ("The Twin Towers") (PDF) Family Guy Upright Citizens Brigade Nicole Conlan's The People v. O.J. Simpson stunt spec ("The Briefcase Switcheroo") (PDF) The Bechdel test Jerry Seinfeld (character) Elaine Benes Cosmo Kramer George Costonza Julia Louis-Dreyfus "The Conversion" (5x11 - Seinfeld) "The Secret Code" (7x07 - Seinfeld) Rachel Bloom "The 9/11 Seinfeld spec script you absolutely have to read today" - The Comic's Comic "What Happens When Your 9/11 'Seinfeld' Spec Script Blows Up the Internet" - Splitsider "This Seinfeld Episode about 9/11 Is a Model of Comedy Writing and Monumentally Bad Taste" - Slate Jon Lovett James Adomian Chris Kelly Brandon McCarthy "Billy Domineau talks September 11 spec script" - Entertainment Weekly Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Rachel Bloom's "Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury" (Video) 3 Arts Entertainment United Talent Agency Alec Sulkin
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