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Itinerant screenwriter with 35 years in "The Business," now turned novelist and author of the forthcoming And Introducing Dexter Gaines: A Novel of Old Hollywood, available May 6, 2025 from Amble Press https://www.markbperry.com
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66 years and my debut novel is being published in May by Amble Press!
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RM at his best, as in when he lets others write fictionalized nonfiction. Except for Feud2 which was only redeemed by the casting.
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Cool. Love their Columbo reboot!
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Tallulah was one of the earliest one name wonders. If you said Tallulah, everybody knew you meant Bankhead!
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My first gig feels like it was another century. Oh, wait...
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And as she would have said, "And wasn't I fabulous, dahling!"
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I have only the vaguest memory of that one. Two of my personal favorite scripts were never produced for a variety of reasons.
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I could list my least favorites, but even those I wouldn't call "worst."
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No surprise here!
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I can't even count the ways in which this does not surprise me.
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How do I join this rarefied club?
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It's nice to see the excitement for Superman. I admit to being an occasional curmudgeon.
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Very true. That said, I realize I sounded like a lot of DS fans who rejected even the notion of a reboot.
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Think I'll stick with Christopher and Margot. And John Williams. 😉
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Same for me. I was a writer on the first 13 of Sam Waterston's first season.
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And that's why I maintain the Emmys are obsolete.
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I have some catching up to do.
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Solidarity!
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Not to date myself but I watched the premiere at my Granny's house with my sister and cousins. Have loved it ever since!
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Context is killer.
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I thought I was alone in remembering this!
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Funny. The last two times, they only talked about Desperate Housewives. Good to know that's no longer the case!
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And no mention of Leave it to Beaver, The Munsters et al on Wisteria Lane.