HoS: The Striking Matt Klinman
Great friend of pod and great friend in life Matt Klinman is back so we can compare notes on our respective industries getting throttled. Does this (currently striking) comedy writer and Internet prophet feel some “I told ya so” now that I’m going through something similar to his past experiences at Funny or Die? We get into that plus a lot more as the future of all entertainment and culture hangs in the balance. Topics in this podcast include but are not limited to…
I attended the “Has the Sexual Revolution Failed?” debate in Los Angeles. I give my debate scene recap.
How Matt discovered that Funny or Die and everyone else in comedy content was about to get destroyed by Mark Zuckerberg’s strategy
The divorce between Elon and Substack has consequences
Regis and Kelly narrating 9/11 live
Matt talks about the writers/actors strike and addresses my customers having reservations about his ilk
Outcome of Charter vs. Disney dispute
Is Bill Maher strike breaking?
Are there female degenerate sports gamblers?
The time Matt saved my life from a gang beating in Irvine, CA
HoS: The Striking Matt Klinman
Thank god for Matt. Throwing this woke, NPC substack subscriber a bone!
That was better than I thought and I’m warming up to Matt. Along the lines of what others said—These writers appear to be playing with fire in an environment where content is abundant.
And they aren’t especially sympathetic because they have jobs where they can exercise a level of creativity many of us would kill for. That’s not to say they don’t deserve it, but it’s easier to feel sympathy for people in unions doing work that doesn’t make people envious.