John Rogers has a post today in his continuing series about making a TV pilot. It makes me happy that in a lot of ways, live-action TV is very similar to animated TV (they’re both maddening). Of particular interest is this bit:

That said, there are some interesting bits in the process. I had the usual thrill with clearances. This is when the legal department checks out your script and sees where it may cross with actionable coincidences in the real world. For example , in my script a children’s toy named “Mr. Flopsy” is brandished by a drunk dad. Nothing more than a funny name. The Legal Department informs me, in all seriousness, that there is indeed a Mr. Flopsy-brand bunny rabbit doll, and we need to change the name.

This sounds remarkably similar to my coverage of the same issue. So at least I know that, after years of experience, clearances still make no sense at all.

I will return to my regular schedule of posting about making a TV show sometime next week, when I’m not quite so close to some of my topics, and can mock them more effectively.

Tags: insights into making a show, john rogers

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