“[Writing a Choose Your Own Adventure] is very much like writing a video game, and weirdly enough it was very much like writing remotes for Lettermanâ€
- Fred Graver, my guest on this week’s Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show
Other things I discuss with Fred in this episode:
What it was like writing for Letterman in the 80’s when he was still finding his voice.
The challenges of writing a Choose Your Own Adventure novel (#35 - Journey to Stonehenge, pictured above).
The difficulty of writing for In Living Color and the joy of writing for Cheers.
How he ended up spending two years in the 90’s at Disney brainstorming the future of television with computer greats like Marvin Minsky and Alan Kay (Wikipedia them, they’re impressive).
How editing The National Lampoon was kinda his first real job.
What it’s like to run programming for VH1 and how he came up with the idea for Best Week Ever.
What he’s currently doing for Twitter.
And, believe it or not, more.
Fred is pretty much the coolest and I think anyone who is seriously interested in anything would enjoy hearing about his career. The Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show comes out Tuesdays and is available iTunes, YouTube, and JeffRubinJeffRubinShow.com.
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