
About this episode
Babs Greyhosky joined me to discuss her love of early sitcoms; her and her father watching The Rockford Files; always wanting to be a writer; having a family friend in Don Bellasario; wrote spec scripts as a substitute teacher; moved to LA and became a secretary for Battlestar Galactica writers; typed pilot of Magnum, PI; humor; first assignment; her name; memorable episodes; stories the king; Greatest American Hero asked to write wedding episode and another fan favorite; Bill Culp; how writing The A-Team was part of the Cannell factory; left before Peppard / Mr. T feud; Cannell v. Larson; Juanita Bartlett; Babs being the only female one hour executive producer in Hollywood; Riptide; people wrote to TV Guide to find out if she was a woman; added depth to Riptide; parodied its competition "Moonlighting" in its last episode; Stefanie Kramer; J.J. Starbuck; got George Clooney his SAG card; writing for Xena, Farscape, and Sheena; residuals; teaching at USC film school; teaching Fernando Kalife of Seven Days; becoming a therapist for veterans with PTSD; her selection of short stories, Hero Avenue; EMDR; Hero Avenue - Kindle edition by Greyhosky, Babs. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
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