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Just the funny parts : ...and a few hard truths about sneaking into the Hollywood boys' club / Nell Scovell.

Summary:

"For more than thirty years, writer, producer and director Nell Scovell worked behind the scenes of iconic TV shows, including The Simpsons, Late Night with David Letterman, Murphy Brown, NCIS, The Muppets, and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, which she created and executive produced. In 2009, Scovell gave up her behind-the-scenes status when the David Letterman sex scandal broke. Only the second woman ever to write for his show, Scovell used the moment to publicly call out the lack of gender diversity in late-night TV writers' rooms. "One of the boys" came out hard for "all of the girls." Her criticisms fueled a cultural debate. Two years later, Scovell was collaborating with Sheryl Sandberg on speeches and later on Lean In, which resulted in a worldwide movement. Now Scovell is opening up with this fun, honest, and often shocking account. Scovell knows what it's like to put words in the mouths of President Barack Obama, Mark Harmon, Candice Bergen, Bob Newhart, Conan O'Brien, Alyssa Milano, and Kermit the Frog, among many others. Through her eyes, you'll sit in the Simpson writers' room...stand on the Oscar red carpet...pin a tail on Miss Piggy...bond with Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy...and experience a Stephen King-like encounter with Stephen King. It's part memoir, part how-to, and part survival story. Or, as Scovell puts it, "It's like Unbroken, but funnier and with slightly less torture."

Record details

ISBN: 9780062473486
ISBN: 0062473484
ISBN: 9780062473479
ISBN: 0062473476
Physical Description: xi, 316 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition
Publisher: New York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-316).

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword / by Sheryl Sandberg -- Introduction -- Who is Nell Scovell? Every character needs a backstory -- Sports and SPY -- Setup -- Big twist -- Payoff -- Get me Nell Scovell! The Simpsons: Fugu me! -- Brush with greatness: working for Letterman -- Meet cute -- We're all Oompa Loompas -- So you want to run a TV show -- Get me a younger, cheaper Nell Scovell! Poetry is in the doing -- Ones that got away -- You sexy motherwriter -- Decade-long roller-coaster ride -- Who is Nell Scovell? "Fame whore" -- One I'd been waiting for -- Lily Tomlin, the Kennedy Center... and a surprise guest -- Our funny president -- Stage five of a Hollywood writer's career -- Job timeline.