John Markus

They were the perfect young sitcom-writer-writing team. Hansen and Pollock. Hansen, the Wasp, all single malts and tweed, was good at lobbing the deft bon mot. Pollock, the sputtering Yid, was funny 24/7 with the jokes and shtick. In their third season of the Fox hit Crotch!, the team was cleaning up. They even had a piece of Crotch!
Then Hansen drops a bomb on Pollock. Weekend, solo, he’s been penning a dark dramatic screenplay. Miramax, after a sneak peek, … Continue reading →

PERSKY: When you’re a writer on a sitcom, you’re always living in three tenses at once: You’re dealing with the show that you’ve done-you finish a show Friday so on Monday you’re editing that show-and you’re also putting finishing touches on a show you did two weeks ago. At the same time you’re working on the show you’re shooting that week, and you’re dealing with the rewrite of the show that’s coming up, plus probably having meetings with writers to … Continue reading →