TV Writer Podcast

029 - Sheldon Bull (author, "Elephant Bucks")

Jul 22, 2011 Episode Archive
About this series: The TV Writer Podcast, partner of Script Magazine, features interviews with working TV writers, screenwriting authors, and television industry experts. It is hosted by Gray Jones, a reality TV editor, produced writer and award-winning short film producer located in Toronto.
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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 ...
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 thirty years. He has held positions from Story Editor to Executive Producer on eleven different prime time 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. Make sure you check out the TV Writer Podcast Summer Contest, with some amazing prizes! Find out more at tvwriterpodcast.com. Didn?t get your questions asked? Make sure you follow Gray on Twitter (@GrayJones) so you can get the scoop on who is being interviewed and how to get your questions in. Also check out our TV Writer Twitter Database to find Twitter addresses for several hundred TV writers. Find our previous episodes and other resources at www.tvwriterpodcast.com. Hosted by Gray Jones, the TV Writer Podcast is devoted to interviews with working TV writers. It is brought to you by Script magazine and Scriptmag.com, the leading source for scriptwriting information in print and on the web; and by Final Draft scriptwriting software, the entertainment industry standard for scriptwriting worldwide. Less
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