John and Craig return to the Austin Film Festival for a raucous show with a full house. They invite Brenda Hsueh (The Afterparty, How I Met Your Mother) and Chuck Hayward (Ted Lasso, Wandavision) on to discuss breaking in, staff-able samples, and the dangers of losing your voice (literally!) in the room.

Then we welcome back Alec Berg (Barry, Silicon Valley) and Phil Hay (Mysterious Benedict Society, The Invitation) to discuss showrunning the modern comedy and making multiple seasons on streamers. We also play a game of ‘Nothing is Scary When Everything is Terrifying.’

In our bonus segment for premium members, the group answers listener questions on developing experience, development experiences, and writing turn-offs.

Special thanks to our guests and the Austin Film Festival!

Links:

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• Outro by John Venable originally from 266 — this is the outro Jerry was looking for! (Send us yours!)
• Scriptnotes is produced by Megana Rao and edited by Matthew Chilelli.

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