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Bonus Episode: Interview with writer Janis Hirsch (Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Hacks, Murphy Brown)

Bonus Episode: Interview with writer Janis Hirsch (Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Hacks, Murphy Brown)

FromThe New World Pictures Podcast


Bonus Episode: Interview with writer Janis Hirsch (Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Hacks, Murphy Brown)

FromThe New World Pictures Podcast

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Length:
65 minutes
Released:
Sep 30, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We talk with writer Janis Hirsch about her incredible comedy writing career, starting with working for the National Lampoon, then completely rewriting Girls Just Want to Have Fun, and moving on to It's the Garry Shandling Show, Murphy Brown, Square Pegs, and more!  Learn about how what a sweetheart John Belushi was, why people stranded on a desert island look so good, how late-night rewrites work on television shows created by Anne Beatts, and why Cyndi Lauper didn't want her vocals used on New World Pictures's Girls Just Want to Have Fun!
Released:
Sep 30, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The New World Pictures Podcast is dedicated to every movie released by New World Pictures. Founded by the infamous Roger Corman, New World Pictures was responsible for the greatest genre films of the 1970's and 1980's.  Remember all those movies that lived proudly in the back isles of the video store?  Most of them were made by New World Pictures. From Death Race 2000 to Hellraiser and Piranha to Heathers. We talk about them all.  The things we loved and the things we hated along with the detailed history of each film's history and production. Some movies are great. Some are bad. All of them are New World Pictures.