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029 – Elephant Bucks Author, Comedy Writer Sheldon Bull (VIDEO)
029 – Elephant Bucks Author, Comedy Writer Sheldon Bull (VIDEO)
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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Mar 6, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Writer-producer-author Sheldon Bull was challenged by friend and co-writer Blake Snyder to write a Save the Cat for sitcom writing. Thus was born Elephant Bucks: An Inside Guide to Writing for TV Sitcoms.
Sheldon Bull has earned Elephant Bucks as a highly successful TV writer and producer for 30 years.
He has held positions from story editor to executive producer on 11 different primetime network situation comedies, working with and writing for stars like Bill Cosby, Alan Alda, Danny DeVito, Bob Newhart, Henry Winkler, Craig T. Nelson, Loni Anderson, Betty White, and Melissa Joan Hart.
Sheldon has produced a string of hit series including Newhart, A Different World, Coach, and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.
He lives in the Los Angeles area … You can visit his website at www.sheldonbull.com.
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First published July 21, 2011.
Released:
Mar 6, 2020
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