Jay sits down with Lee Metzger (Executive Producer of NBC's "The Voice"). Lee's story begins in the early 90's on the Sunset Strip shredding hot guitar licks in his hair metal band "Mona Lisa". When the band broke up Lee traded in his Flying V and studded leather jacket for a career behind the camera. From Boom Operator to Screenwriter to Show Runner Lee's story of diligence and devotion is a perfect example of what it takes to "Live the Dream". How do you get that job? Listen and find out.
This week we sit down with an old friend, Zeb Wells. For years he wrote comic books for Marvel before working full time as a staff writer on the popular Adult Swim show Robot Chicken. Before long Zeb upgraded to Director and has successfully directed the last two seasons of Robot Chicken. Currently he's hard at work on a new show of his own creation, "Super Mansion", which will air on Sony's Crackle.com online network in late 2015.
Zeb tells the unbelievable story of his "big break" during college that led to a full time gig writing comic books and eventually a career in television and film. Buckle up.
Jay sits down with Film/TV/Commercial director Nick Jasenovec. Nick walks us through his journey from the early days dubbing tapes at a post house in Burbank and shooting no budget short films on the weekend to shadowing Judd Apatow on the set of Knocked Up and the eventual launch of his directing career on the feature film Paper Heart. The story of Nick's rise from total obscurity to highly successful in-demand Director is about as unlikely as it is inspiring. This one is packed with tales of Nick's adventures with Martin Sheen, Bill Hader, Judd Apatow, Jonah Hill, Charlyne Yi, Michael Cera, Jake Johnson and many others.
Rich Talarico is not only a master of Long Form Improv Comedy but also writes, directs and acts in television and film. Jay talks with Rich about his fascinating journey from small town life in Upstate New York to working on some of the best comedy shows of our time.