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by Ben Blacker and Andrew Reich
In Dead Pilots游戏副本 Society, scripts that were developed by studios and networks but were never produced are given the table reads they deserve. Starring actors you know and love from television and film, a live audience, and a good time in which no one gets notes, no one is fired, and everyone laughs. Presented by Andrew Reich (Friends; Worst Week) Ben Blacker (The Writers Panel podcast; co-creator, Thrilling Adventure Hour), and Noah Findling (The New York Times, Comedy Central).
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- 1 weeks ago1h 0m
Episode 211: Alex Herschlag Interview
Episode 211: Alex Herschlag Interview This month’s after show features Andrew in conversation with Alex Herschlag, the writer behind our latest pilot Life of the Party. With credits including Will & Grace, Modern Family, Arrested Development, and Mike & Molly, Alex has spent years honing his comedy chops across some of television’s biggest sitcoms. Alex talks about his path from stand-up and sketch comedy to a humor magazine and, eventually, television writing. He and Andrew also reminisce about the early days of the Hollywood writers’ co-op The Fourth Floor and get into the craft of building a writers’ room, bringing together writers with different strengths, and finding ways to consistently generate great jokes. Royal Pains Reboot Live Read!Tickets are now on sale for Dead Pilots Society’s live reading of the never-produced Royal Pains reboot! Join the original cast, including Mark Feuerstein, Paulo Costanzo, Brooke D’Orsay, Reshma Shetty, and Henry Winkler, on December 15th at the Elysian Theater in Los Angeles. It’s a rare chance to see the cast reunite and bring this unaired pilot to life. Tickets are expected to sell out, so get yours now! Get your in-person tickets here! https://app.opendate.io/e/dead-pilots-society-in-person-december-15-2026-794507Video on Demand tickets here! https://app.opendate.io/e/dead-pilots-society-video-on-demand-december-15-2026-794525 Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joindeadpilots
- 2 weeks ago40 min
Episode 210: Life of the Party by Alex Herschlag
Episode 210: Life of the Party by Alex Herschlag Dead Pilots Society is back this month with Life of the Party, a multi-camera workplace comedy from writer Alex Herschlag (Will & Grace, Modern Family, Arrested Development). Multi-camera sitcoms have become a rare breed, which makes this one a special treat. Life of the Party is a workplace comedy about Neil, a man who suffers from high self-esteem, who takes a job at a party planning business where he becomes the de facto leader of a group of oddball employees and bumps up against Elizabeth, his mercurial, uber-rich, slightly insane boss. The cast includes Al Madrigal as Neil (comedian, Lopez vs Lopez), Natasha Leggero as Elizabeth/Woman (Another Period), Lucas Hazlett as Tony (Loot, American Princess), Bob Glouberman as Robert (Government Cheese, The Shrink Next Door), Izzy Diaz as Eddie (The Residence), Andrew Lopez as Joe (The Bear, Platonic), Scarlett Strasberg as Ruth (theater, Including Violet), Aaron Abrams as Andrew (Clown in a Cornfield), Olivia Scott Welch as Joan (Fear Street), and Andrew Reich with stage direction. Plus, we have an exciting announcement for Los Angeles fans! Dead Pilots Society will bring the original cast of Royal Pains together for a live reading of the unaired reboot pilot on December 15th at the Elysian Theater! Tickets will be on sale soon, so keep an eye on social media for details. Dead Pilots Society Comes to Brooklyn!Tickets are now on sale for the first-ever Dead Pilots Society live show in New York City! The show takes place this Sunday, October 25th at The Bell House in Brooklyn, featuring two brand new dead pilots from two incredible writers: Allison Silverman (Russian Doll, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Colbert Report, Portlandia) and Chris Kelly (Saturday Night Live, The Other Two). There will be a star-studded cast featuring Amber Ruffin (Late Night with Seth Meyers), Robin Lord Taylor (Gotham; You), Lucy Freyer (Adults), Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother), Josh Segarra (The Other Two; Abbott Elementary), Fina Strazza (Dig), Gideon Glick (Mrs. Maisel), Greta Titelman (Los Espookys), Max Jenkins (Dead Boy Detectives), Jimmy Fowlie (SNL) and more! Andrew Reich and Ben Blacker will both be there as well, so New Yorkers and fans throughout the tri-state area can finally experience Dead Pilots Society live. Click this link for tickets! https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3000651E456BB0C6 Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joindeadpilots
- Sep 24, 20261h 5m
Episode 209: Michael Colton and John Aboud Interview
Episode 209: Michael Colton and John Aboud Interview As we continue to celebrate ten years of Dead Pilots Society, we bring you this month’s after show with Michael Colton and John Aboud, writers of Weekly World News, which was featured on last week’s episode.The two longtime collaborators take a look back at their path from journalism to founding the early-internet comedy magazine Modern Humorist, becoming VH1 talking heads on Best Week Ever and I Love the ’80s, and eventually building a career writing for television and film.Colton and Aboud talk about their work on Penguins of Madagascar, their time working in animation, Home Economics, and the many pilots and projects that never made it to the screen. They also discuss the mysterious death of National Lampoon creator Doug Kenney, and how it became the inspiration for A Futile and Stupid Gesture, a film the two co-wrote and produced, starring Will Forte and directed by David WainThe conversation digs into what drew them to the bizarre world of Weekly World News, how they approached turning the tabloid into a TV workplace comedy, and the advantages of combining familiar genres in unexpected ways. Dead Pilots Society Comes to Brooklyn!Tickets are now on sale for the first-ever Dead Pilots Society live show in New York City! The show takes place Sunday, October 25th at The Bell House in Brooklyn, featuring two brand new dead pilots from two incredible writers: Allison Silverman (Russian Doll, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Colbert Report, Portlandia) and Chris Kelly (Saturday Night Live, The Other Two).A star-studded cast will be announced soon. Andrew Reich and Ben Blacker will both be there, so New Yorkers and fans throughout the tri-state area can finally experience Dead Pilots Society live. Follow Dead Pilots Society on social media for cast announcements. Click this link for tickets! https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3000651E456BB0C6 Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joindeadpilots
- Sep 17, 202647 min
Episode 208: Weekly World News by Michael Colton and John Aboud
Episode 208: Weekly World News by Michael Colton and John Aboud Dead Pilots Society celebrates 10 years with Weekly World News, a comedy pilot from Michael Colton and John Aboud based on the popular newspaper tabloid, Weekly World News is about the reporters who bring us the amazing but true stories of ghosts, aliens, and mutant freaks.Colton and Aboud created and ran ABC’s Home Economics for three seasons, were showrunners on HBO Max’s animated series Close Enough, and have written for Acapulco, Leverage, and Children’s Hospital. They also wrote and produced the Netflix feature A Futile and Stupid Gesture, directed by David Wain and starring Will Forte, and wrote Penguins of Madagascar for DreamWorks Animation. Before moving into television and film, the duo worked as journalists, launched the online comedy magazine Modern Humorist, and became familiar faces as VH1 talking heads on shows including Best Week Ever and I Love the ’80s.Andrew was especially excited to bring this one to Dead Pilots Society, having been a fan of Weekly World News as a kid.The pilot features an incredible cast, Rich Sommer (Mad Men), Fred Melamed (Barry, Gail Doughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass), Jackie Tohn (Nobody Wants This), Courtney Pauroso (Ruthie Joins a Death Cult, Jackass Forever), Jessica Lowe (Minx), Alex Moffat (SNL, Bad monkey), Zac Oyama (Dimension 20), James Adomian (Comedian), and Stage direction by Andrew Reich. MaxFun members can watch the full table read, along with all of the Dead Pilots Society video and bonus content from the past decade, for as little as $5 a month at maximumfun.org/join. Dead Pilots Society Comes to Brooklyn!Tickets are now on sale for the first-ever Dead Pilots Society live show in New York City! The show takes place Sunday, October 25th at The Bell House in Brooklyn, featuring two brand new dead pilots from two incredible writers: Allison Silverman (Russian Doll, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Colbert Report, Portlandia) and Chris Kelly (Saturday Night Live, The Other Two).A star-studded cast will be announced soon. Andrew Reich and Ben Blacker will both be there, so New Yorkers and fans throughout the tri-state area can finally experience Dead Pilots Society live. Follow Dead Pilots Society on social media for cast announcements. Click this link for tickets! https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3000651E456BB0C6 Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joindeadpilots
- Aug 27, 20261h 4m
Episode 207: Claudia Lonow Interview
Episode 207: Claudia Lonow Interview Here is the after show for Fan Girl, featuring Andrew's interview with Claudia Lonow. Claudia has created four television shows: Rude Awakening, Good Girls Don't, Accidentally on Purpose, and How to Live With Your Parents (For The Rest of Your Life). She's also an actor and director, most recently directing and acting in the indie movie D(e)ad. Claudia and Andrew go way back, not only as friends, but as co-workers. She previously appeared on Dead Pilots Society in Episode 13, where she was interviewed by Ben Blacker. This time, Andrew goes further back, getting into Claudia's early acting career and the unlikely chain of events that landed her a television series almost immediately after becoming a writer. They also talk about her lifelong love of science fiction, where the idea for Fan Girl came from, and why loving the thing you're parodying makes all the difference. It's a conversation about an unconventional route through Hollywood, a pretty incredible first writing job, and some very good Claudia Lonow stories. The next Dead Pilots Society live show is at the Elysian Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 13th, featuring pilots from Alex Herschlag ( Will and Grace, Modern Family, Arrested Development), and Katie Greenway (Welcome to Flatch). Go to https://www.elysiantheater.com/ to get your tickets. Dead Pilots Society is also heading to New York City for the first time ever, with a live show at The Bell House in Brooklyn on Sunday, October 25th. The show will feature two brand new dead pilots from two incredible writers: Allison Silverman (Russian Doll, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Colbert Report, Portlandia) and Chris Kelly (Saturday Night Live, The Other Two). Tickets will be available soon, so keep an eye on Dead Pilots Society's social media for details. And if you're in Los Angeles, don't forget about the upcoming show at the Elysian Theater on September 13th! Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joindeadpilots
- Aug 20, 20261h 2m
Episode 206: Fangirl by Claudia Lonow
Episode 206: Fangirl by Claudia Lonow This month, Dead Pilots Society presents Fangirl by Claudia Lonow, a returning guest who previously appeared on the podcast with her pilot Assisted Loving, featured in Episode 13. Claudia has had a long and impressive career as a writer and producer. She has created four television series including How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life), Accidentally On Purpose, Rude Awakening, and Good Girls Don’t. Logline: Bad ass, sexy freedom fighter, MORRIGAN CHASE, escapes from certain death into a worm hole that lands her in the closet of her biggest FANGIRL -- edibles-loving, Beth -- who’s watching similar-but-different events unfold on her favorite sci fi series, DOMINION, which seems to be based on Morrigan’s galaxy! Each week, Beth and Morrigan battle Talarus’s assassins and make alien allies as they struggle to get Morrigan home, the unlikely friendship causing each woman to grow. The pilot features a cast packed with familiar faces from Dimension 20 on Dropout, making this live reading especially fun for fans of the show. Fangirl is a wild, funny, and wonderfully strange pilot featuring some of the most entertaining stage directions in Dead Pilots Society history. The cast is Isabella Roland (Sex Lives of College Girls, Dimension 20), Rekha Shankar (Dimension 20 Star Trek Starfleet Academy), James Adomian (Krapopolis, Jimmy Kimmel), Zac Oyama (Dimension 20), Jackie Tohn (Nobody Wants This), Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dimension 20; Critical Role), Caroline Kingsley (Love on Tap), Alex Moffat (SNL, Bad Monkey), and Andrew Reich with stage directions. The next Dead Pilots Society live show is at the Elysian Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 13th, featuring pilots from Alex Herschlag ( Will and Grace, Modern Family, Arrested Development), and Katie Greenway (Welcome to Flatch). Go to https://www.elysiantheater.com/ to get your tickets. Video of the live table read is available exclusively to Maximum Fun members. Become a member for as little as $5 a month at maximumfun.org/join. And don’t forget to check out Andrew’s documentary Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story at https://www.reddkrossfilm.com/ Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joindeadpilots
- Jul 30, 20261h 7m
Episode 205: Kathryn Borel Jr Interview
Episode 205: Kathryn Borel Jr Interview This month's aftershow features a conversation with writer Kathryn Borel Jr., whose ambitious adaptation of On the Road was featured in last week's episode. Kathryn has written for Rush, American Dad!, Anne with an E, and Kung Fu, and is currently working on Damon Lindelof's upcoming limited series The Chain. Kathryn talks about her remarkably unconventional childhood, her winding path to television writing which included an acclaimed career in Canadian radio and the experiences that led her to write Corked, her memoir about a drunken, father-daughter road trip through France's wine country. The conversation also dives into the unique challenge of adapting Jack Kerouac's On the Road into a half-hour television series with two female leads. Kathryn explains how she reimagined the novel, what drew her to the project, and where the series was headed if it had made it beyond the pilot. It's a funny, thoughtful, and fascinating conversation with a writer who isn't afraid to take on impossible adaptations and make them feel entirely her own. Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joindeadpilots
- Jul 23, 202644 min
Episode 204: On The Road by Kathryn Borel Jr
Episode 204: On The Road by Kathryn Borel Jr This month's dead pilot is On the Road, Kathryn Borel Jr.'s daring reimagining of Jack Kerouac's iconic novel. Instead of trying to recreate a literary classic beat for beat, Kathryn takes its spirit and builds something entirely her own. It's exactly the kind of ambitious swing we love celebrating on Dead Pilots Society. Kathryn's credits include Rush, American Dad!, Anne with an E, and Kung Fu, and she's currently working on Damon Lindelof's upcoming limited series The Chain. She's also the author of the memoir Corked. The cast features Kelly Marie Tran (The Last Jedi, Raya and the Last Dragon), Zosia Mamet (Girls, Laid), Rebecca Pidgeon (Euphoria, State and Main), and Brian McElhaney of BriTANicK (Pizza Movie). Video of the live table read is available exclusively to Maximum Fun members. Become a member for as little as $5 a month at maximumfun.org/join. And don’t forget to check out Andrew’s documentary Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story at https://www.reddkrossfilm.com/ Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joindeadpilots
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