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>>> THE CELEBRATED WRITER HAS TURNED HIS HAND TO FILMMAKING.
SY ROSEN'S RECENT PROJECT IS A
SHORT PROJECT CALLED THE
MATCHMAKER.
MATCHMAKER. THE MATCHMAKER IS A COMEDIC
ENACTMENT OF A SNAPSHOT
RELATIONSHIP OF HIS MOTHER.
WE ARE GLAD YOU'RE HERE AND IT
IS LOVELY TO MEET.
YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE PREMISE
OF THIS MOVIE.
IT IS ABOUT YOU AND YOUR MOM.
WHAT ARE THE PARTICULARS?
>> WHEN MY MOTHER WAS GETTING
UP THERE A LITTLE BIT, I WAS
WORRIED THAT MAYBE SHE WAS
LOSING IT A LITTLE BIT, SO I
WANTED TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO WAS
A GOOD MATCH FOR HER AND WOULD
MENTALLY STIMULATE HER.
>> SO SHE DID HAVE A FRIEND.
>> SOMEONE SHE COULD TALK TO
ABOUT POLITICS AND WHETHER
GEORGE CLOONEY'S MARRIAGE WOULD
WORK OUT.
WORK OUT.
WORK OUT. THE IMPORTANT STUFF.
SO I WENT -- AND SHE FOUND THIS
FRIEND WHO IS PLAYED BY BARBARA
BAIN, AND I TRY TO FIND SOMEONE
WHO WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE
FRIEND FOR MY MOTHER AND I
FOUND THAT SHE WAS ACTUALLY
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. >>
THAT. >> YOU TAKE ON THIS FRANTIC
SEARCH.
SEARCH.
SEARCH. >> SAM STARTED LOOKING FOR
SOMEONE HIS MOM COULD TALK TO
ABOUT STIMULATING THINGS.
HE MAY BEEN TOO PICKY AND GOT A
LITTLE CRAZY, BUT HE WAS
LOOKING FOR SOMEONE FOR HIS MOM.
AGNES WAS SWEET, BUT HE WAS SURE
SHE POISONED HER THREE HUSBANDS.
HELEN WAS TOO DRAMATIC.
DD SPENT TOO MUCH TIME ON
FACEBOOK.
FACEBOOK.
FACEBOOK. KATHLEEN, TWO IRISH.
SUSIE CHEATED AT BINGO.
EDITH WAS A CLOSE TALKER.
HE WAS ABOUT TO GIVE UP WHEN HE
MET IRENE.
MET IRENE. >> I'M SO SORRY.
>> I DON'T WANT TO BE LATE FOR
MY SHOW.
MY SHOW.
MY SHOW. >> JUST PLAYING WITH YOU.
I LOVE RACHEL MADDOW'S TAKE ON
POLITICS.
POLITICS.
POLITICS. >> ONE OF THE THINGS I READ
ABOUT THIS WAS THESE ARE KIND
OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE
REAL SITUATION AND YOU WANT TO
BE RESPECTFUL ABOUT THEIR
PRESENTATION EXCEPT THEIR OWN.
>> I WAS THE CRAZY ONE.
>> WAS THAT FUN TO WRITE?
>> IT WAS AN SHOT THAT AT A
RETIREMENT HOME AND A LOT OF
THE PEOPLE WERE FROM THERE.
SO IT WAS GREAT.
>> YOU HAVE HUGE NAMES IN HERE.
HAD A TO INTEREST THEM?
>> SHE WAS FRIENDS WITH THE
DIRECTOR AND BARBARA BAIN, WE
CAST HER.
CAST HER.
CAST HER. SHE CAME TO SOME OF THE
FESTIVALS.
FESTIVALS. >> WE ALSO HAVE ROBERT ROMANO
FROM FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT
HIGH.
HIGH.
HIGH. AND
HIGH. AND HERE HE IS.
>> HE IS A FRIEND OF MINE AND
HE IS GREAT.
>> HE IS ALWAYS FUNNY.
>> I WANT TO READ A LIST OF THE
SHOWS YOUR WORK DONE.
TAXI, MASH, SANFORD AND SON,
THE WONDER YEARS, FRAZIER.
IT IS THIS CRAZY WONDERFUL
CAREER FOR DECADES.
>> THERE WERE A LOT OF SHOWS I
DID NOT MENTION.
WHEN I GOT STARTED, I RODE
WROTE A SCRIPT FOR THE BOB
NEWHART SHOW.
NEWHART SHOW. HE DID NOT NEED AN AGENT AND I
SNUCK ON THE LOT AND DROPPED IT
OFF ON SOMEONE'S DESK AND THEY
LIKED IT AND THEY CALLED ME AND
GAVE ME FOR ASSIGNMENTS, AND
THEY ASKED ME TO BE THE HEAD
WRITER.
WRITER.
WRITER. >> HOW DID YOU HAVE THE COURAGE
TO WRITE THIS AND STICK ONTO
THE SET AND DROP IT OFF?
>> BACK THEN IT WAS A GREAT
LINEUP.
LINEUP.
LINEUP. IT WAS ON THE FAMILY AND THE
BOB NEWHART SHOW.
WE USED TO WATCH IT ALL THE
TIME, MY WIFE AND I. AND I KNEW
THE SHOW.
THE SHOW.
THE SHOW. >> AND YOU SAID I CAN DO THAT.
>> THE FIRST THING I WROTE WAS A
SPEC FOR THE MARY TYLER MOORE
SHOW.
SHOW.
SHOW. I
SHOW. I SENT IT IN AND THE STORY
EDITORS LIKED IT, BUT HE SAID I
WAS INSANE.
WAS INSANE. HE SENT ME A SCRIPT AND I KNEW
THE FORMAT AND THEN I WORKED
FOR THE BOB NEWHART SHOW.
HE WAS REALLY, REALLY NICE AND
REALLY FUNNY.
REALLY FUNNY. AND DIDN'T HAVE TO WRITE REAL
JOKES FOR HIM.
YOU WOULD GIVE HIM A LINE AND
HE WOULD PAUSE AND HE WOULD GET
A LAUGH.
A LAUGH.
A LAUGH. HE IS GREAT.
>> HOW HAS HOLLYWOOD CHANGED
FOR WRITERS OVER THE YEARS?
CAN YOUNG WRITERS DO THE SAME
THING THAT YOU DID?
>> NOWADAYS YOU DO NEED AN AGENT
TO BREAK IN AND IT IS A LITTLE
HARDER.
HARDER.
HARDER. I
HARDER. I THINK IT WAS EASIER FOR ME TO
BREAK IN.
BREAK IN.
BREAK IN. IT IS GETTING HARDER AS YOU GET
OLDER AS WELL.
THIS IS HOLLYWOOD.
>> MY FRIEND SAID THAT 60 IS
THE NEW 90.
>> THAT IS GOOD.
>> THANK YOU SO