Scott Douglas Jacobsen: This is session three of “Ask Scott Anything.” Rick Rosner: You listed eight topics that we could discuss, including the various jobs you’ve had. I think both of us have had a diverse range of jobs. We know you’ve worked with horses, done extensive writing for different sites and publishers, and worked …
Continue reading Ask A Genius 963: Ask Scott Anything, Session 3
Rick Rosner: So when did you start doing and posting journalism? Scott Douglas Jacobsen: I put In-Sight: Independent Interview-Based Journal together on August 2nd, 2012, and then the publishing house informally, which it still is to the present, in 2014. Rosner: So, almost 12 years, approximately. Jacobsen: When doing interviews, I remember I was in the psychology department at Kwantlen, where …
Continue reading Ask A Genius 962: Ask Scott Anything, Session 2
Rick Rosner: In this session, we are turning the tables, and I am asking you questions about yourself. Question one: what do you want your legacy to be? Let’s start with a pre-question: Do you want to live to be a hundred or even longer so you have a long time to establish a legacy? Scott …
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Rick Rosner: You can hold bad TV in contempt, but you must give good TV its due. How do you distinguish between the two? Bad TV is lazy. For example, my wife grew up with The Brady Bunch. She was just a child, probably six or seven years old, when it aired, so she couldn’t necessarily discern …
Continue reading Ask A Genius 960: Tips for Working in Television
Rick Rosner: You are in a much more difficult situation than I was because the financial opportunities available now are much worse. When I worked at Kimmel, we got paid 52 weeks a year, even though we only worked 46 weeks and had six weeks of paid vacation. It was a dream job, one that nobody …
Continue reading Ask A Genius 959: Writing Comedy Used to be a Better Gig
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: Yesterday, we discussed the possible reasons why birth rates are declining globally. You are 32, correct? Scott Douglas Jacobsen: No, I am 34. Rosner: I see. At some point, do you wish to have a wife and children? Jacobsen: I don't know. Rosner: We could examine why you do not feel a sense …
Continue reading Ask A Genius 940: Marriage, Kids, and Scotty
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: A few weeks ago, I read about rapidly changing estimates of the maximum human population, the peak human population, at which point we'll have the most humans ever, and then the total human population will subsequently decline. The estimate has been revised from about 10.8 billion in the year 2100 to …
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Masculinity—you get a pair of these giant testicles made out of plastic and hang them from the rear of your truck. So, your truck has testicles. What is another American cultural item, an Americanism that is also like this? Rick Rosner: It used to be barbed wire tattoos that run all the …
Continue reading Ask A Genius 938: Porn, Masculinity, and Virginity
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: Right, so you just showed me a clip from the roast of Joan Rivers featuring Gilbert Gottfried, where he describes in great, flowery detail what it is like to have sex with Joan Rivers. It was all made up, but it went on for a long time. I've seen him perform …
[Recording Start] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, you have had opportunities to gain fame. Rick Rosner: Yes, I have done four pilots centered on either myself as a smart person or involving other people as well. None of these pilots have been successful, which is not unusual, but it is frustrating. I have a significant number …
Continue reading Ask A Genius 936: Opportunities for the Fabled Fame
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