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Article about Rawson Thurber in the June issue of Premiere

May 11, 2004 News

dodgeballThe June issue of Premiere magazine — on newstands now! — has a nice article on Rawson Thurber, who longtime readers will recall was my faithful assistant from ’99 to ’02. He wrote and directed this summer’s DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY, which I’ve seen twice and highly recommend. If you watch television, you’ve already seen his work; Rawson created the Terry Tate: Office Linebacker series of ads for Reebok.

DODGEBALL, which unfortunately couldn’t keep its original-and-better title of UNDERDOGS, began as a spec script Rawson wrote while he was working for me. In stark contrast to all the advice I give on this site, he wrote it specifically for Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn. Since he wanted to direct it himself, he had the foresight to create a funny and award-winning commercial campaign (Terry Tate), so that people would take him seriously as a director. He got an agent, got the script to Stiller’s production company, and within a year had a movie in production. It’s a helluva story.

This same issue of Premiere also features the annual Power List, which is always entertaining. So pick up a copy.

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May 19, 2015 Books, Producers, Scriptnotes, So-Called Experts, Story and Plot, Transcribed

This week, we time-travel back to our first centennial, a live show in Hollywood with special guests Aline Brosh McKenna and Rawson Thurber. We discuss the rise of the “writer-plus,” the importance of early mentors, and the emails that outline the very origin of Scriptnotes.

Through the past 100 episodes, a lot has changed, so John provides updates on some topics, including how the Golden Ticket winner presaged the later full script challenge. So even if you listened to this episode 97 weeks ago, you’ll find something new.

Links:

  • Scriptnotes, the 100th Episode
  • The Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
  • Scriptnotes, 190: This Is Working
  • Aline Brosh McKenna on IMDb
  • Rawson Thurber on IMDb
  • Slate’s article on Save the Cat! (and Stuart’s review of the series)
  • Makers: Women Who Make America on PBS
  • Scriptnotes: A podcast about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters
  • The classic Pilot G2 and the brand new erasable Pilot Frixion on Amazon
  • Stuart, Ryan and Nima (and Matthew)
  • One Hit Kill is on Kickstarter now
  • Outro by Scriptnotes editor Matthew Chilelli (send us yours!)

You can download the episode here: AAC | mp3.

UPDATE 5-19-15: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

101: Q&A from the live show

August 2, 2013 Genres, QandA, Rights and Copyright, Scriptnotes, Story and Plot, Television, Words on the page, Writing Process

In this special bonus edition, John and Craig answer listener questions from the 100th episode with help from guests Rawson Thurber and Aline Brosh McKenna.

LINKS:

  • Scriptnotes, the 100th episode
  • Aline Brosh McKenna on IMDb, and her first and second appearances on Scriptnotes
  • Rawson Thurber on IMDb
  • Go see We’re the Millers on August 7th!
  • Fair use on Wikipedia
  • The Slate Political Gabfest
  • John on Mohr Stories, The Talk Show with John Gruber, Brett Terpstra’s Systematic, and Moisés Chiullan’s Screen Time
  • The Winds of War on Wikipedia
  • Outro by Scriptnotes listener Seth Podowitz

You can download the episode here: AAC | mp3.

UPDATE 8-6-13: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

Scriptnotes, the 100th episode

July 30, 2013 Directors, Film Industry, Meta, Producers, Scriptnotes, Story and Plot, Transcribed

John and Craig are joined by Aline Brosh McKenna and Rawson Thurber for the 100th episode of Scriptnotes, recorded live at the Academy Lab in Hollywood. It was a great night with an amazing audience.

We discuss the origins of the show, the rise of the Screenwriter Plus, and that Slate article about Save The Cat! which so many listeners had mentioned. It’s such a big show that we’re splitting the audience Q&A into a separate episode.

This episode has more swearing than most, so parents beware. You might not want to play it in the car.

Huge thanks to The Academy for the event, sponsored on behalf of the Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting.

LINKS:

  • The Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
  • Aline Brosh McKenna on IMDb, and her first and second appearances on Scriptnotes
  • Rawson Thurber on IMDb
  • Go see We’re the Millers on August 7th!
  • Slate’s article on Save the Cat! (and Stuart’s review of the series)
  • Makers: Women Who Make America on PBS
  • Scriptnotes: A podcast about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters
  • The classic Pilot G2 and the brand new erasable Pilot Frixion on Amazon
  • Stuart, Ryan and Nima
  • Outro by Scriptnotes listener Mike Timmerman

You can download the episode here: AAC | mp3.

UPDATE 8-4-13: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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