'We Don't Laugh Around Here. We smile politely.'
No one came out and said that, but such a message was clearly conveyed yesterday afternoon as I pitched an animated TV show idea to a pair of execs. I could feel my energy draining like air from a punctured volleyball.
It made for a long pitch.
Oddly enough, last week I was at CBS for a meeting with two different execs. where I didn't pitch a thing. Nevertheless, they laughed at my every jest and bon mot no matter how tepid. While leaving I said I had to attend a child's funereal. They roared.
Meanwhile, a second animated show pitch to a different studio—involving a different idea— looms on Monday.
What reaction I'll receive is unknown.
But I'll exchange non-laughter for a development deal any old day.
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Try to make them cry so you've covered all bases.
I must first break through apathy to anger.
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