From the Trenches

Whether you want to be a Hollywood producer, or just wonder what it’s like to work in the film and television business, these posts will lift the veil on the “black art” known as producing. In other words, you’ll finally know what a producer actually does.

Do the Late Show or Die Trying

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Our passion project documentary, Dying to do Letterman, currently playing in Chicago at the Just For Laughs comedy festival, made the front page of The Daily Herald today. You can read the article Do Late Show or Die Trying at The Daily Herald site. If you or someone you know is in Chicago, check out … Read more

The Twitter Rapture from Joke and Biagio

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If you haven’t already heard, we (and by we, I mean me, Biagio) accidentally unfollowed a bunch of you — including super-star actor @Michael_Rooker — when I was trying to unfollow a lot of “dead accounts” (like people who hadn’t tweeted in 10 months, etc.) Haven’t really tried that before, and after two years of tweetin’, there were a bunch.

Well, a couple wrong keystrokes and there went about 300 REAL followers.

And that’s when I knew there was at least one rapture today. I sent a bunch of you to Twitter heaven. (And yes, @VegasWalkinDude I’m stealing your line.)

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Joke and Biagio on the Radio Today (Sunday) with Film Courage Noon PST

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They’ve sat down with legends like John Sayles, Ted Hope, and indie up-and-comers like Gary King and Julie Keck and Jessica King. And now…well, you read the title of this post :-) Today (Sunday May 1) we’ll be live at the Film Courage studios at 12 noon PST, 3pm EST. Not Ashamed to Admit… …been … Read more

See Our Documentary Dying to do Letterman in Two More Cities Soon

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We love traveling around with Dying to do Letterman. We’ve met so many of you in person, sharing meals, swapping stories, and getting to know each other better. The best part of making friends on Twitter, via our Facebook page, and here at the Joke and Biagio blog is eventually getting face to face time … Read more

Final Cut Pro X $299. Ships in June.

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Holy Cow. $299 for Final Cut Pro X. Downloads directly to your computer. Available in June. Apple is making a huge statement: we want to rule the editing universe. If you’ve been around this blog, you know that we have some pretty heavy-duty uses for Final Cut Pro. I edited Dying to do Letterman on … Read more

Final Cut Pro 7 Released

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Update: This is the OLD version of Final Cut Pro. You want this post on FINAL CUT PRO X. Been waiting four years for a real upgrade to Final Cut Pro. Anxious to see if it lives up to the hype. What do you think? Check out the new features and let us know. [ad#Square]

Featured Kickstarter Project: How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song

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Independent writer/director Gary King seems like one of nicest, most daring filmmakers we’ve never met–though we hope to change that someday. He’s currently raising funds to finish, of all things, a MOVIE MUSICAL called How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song. Now, full disclosure…we’re not really fans of musicals, though we can respect the … Read more

Dying to do Letterman Press and Teacher Love

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Nice little article from the blog of one of the big A.M. stations in Cleveland. I wanted to post a link to it here because it speaks to something I’m very passionate about…teachers. And not all teachers…let’s face it, we’ve all had some pretty awful teachers along the way. But the good ones…the ones who … Read more