Demi Moore, Alyssa Milano and CNN's Wolf Blitzer Love "Twitteleh" (VIDEO)

Last week I covered Reg Tigerman (C'07, Mask and Wig) and Matt Johnson's (C'99, Mask and Wig) hot new viral video, "Twitteleh"

Since then (as of this posting), the video has gotten over 177,000 views (!) and has been tweeted by Demi Moore, Alyssa Milano and covered by Wolf Blitzer on CNN's "The Situation Room".

Check out the CNN coverage above! Classic!

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Twitteleh: Twitter For Your Jewish Mother

Here's a Rosh Hashananh gift for all of you from the brilliant minds of writer Reg Tigerman (C'07, Mask and Wig) and director/editor DT favorite Matt Johnson (C'99, Mask and Wig).  The piece also co-stars another Penn alum Dov Kogen (C'07).

Reg and Matt put it up this past Monday expecting 10 people to watch it. They're now up to 20,000 after Demi Moore tweeted it last night, and now, barring breaking news, it was supposed to be featured on CNN's Situation Room in the 4PM hour, eastern time (1PM west coast time.)

You should watch it, enjoy it and wear a sweater.

Wishing all of you a happy and sweet new year!

(...If you enjoyed the clip above, then you'll also love THIS clip!)

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The Remaining 21 Videos of Advice From our Hollywood Penn Panel

(l to r): Lew Schneider (C'83), event producer Reg Tigerman (C'07), Zach Lutsky (C'97),

Sherri Cooper Landsman (C'94) and Jason Resnick (C'92)

Back in February, I posted a whole bunch of videos from our LA Penn in Pictures 2008 panel including Jason Resnick (C'92) (Universal acquisitions), Sherri Cooper Landsman (C'94) (Brothers and Sisters Writer), Zach Lutsky (C'97) (ER Medical Consultant) and moderator Lew Schneider (C'83)(Everybody Loves Raymond, New Adventures of Old Christine).

In that series, I posted about 4 videos from the Q&A session with the audience and the panel.

...However, I never got around to posting the remaining 21 videos from that QA that I'm sure you're all find very interesting.

Continue reading to (finally) watch the remaining videos and a quick guide to all the videos in the series...

The remaining Q&A videos:

• QA5 - Who has gone on from a Penn performing group to the entertainment business? (Lew)
• QA6 - What's the best way to break into scripted television? (Sherri)
• QA7 - What is the reality behind the stories on medical dramas? (Zach)
• QA8 - What do you look for when selecting a film for distribution? (Jason)
• QA9 - What is the state of documentaries? (Jason)
• QA10 - Can you put me in touch with actresses on your show? (Sherri, Lew, Zach)
• QA11 - Why are distribution costs so high? (Jason)
• QA12 - How do you choose the actors for their roles? (Sherri)
• QA13 - Are you developing any pilots right now? (Sherri)
• QA14 - Do you pay attention to production design when choosing a film? (Jason)
• QA15 - How did you get your first game show hosting job? (Lew)
• QA16 - Will the studios go back to making musicals? (Jason)
• QA17 - Were there any moments at Penn that led you to your career now? (All)
• QA18 - What is the future for multicamera comedies? (Lew)
• QA19 - What do you think of content being redistributed online? (Lew, Sherri)
• QA20 - What was the inspiration behind Everybody Loves Raymond? (Lew)
• QA21 - Would the writers be behind a new online distribution plan? (Lew)
• QA22 - Do you expect a SAG strike? (Sherri, Lew)
• QA23 - Do you notice trends in film? (Jason)
• QA24 - If you had to do it all over, what would you do differently? (All)
• QA25 - Is there a future for art house films? (Jason)

And if you missed it, I've also included the videos I already published from the event which include:

• Lew Schneider speaks
• Sherri Cooper Landsman (1/2)
• Sherri Cooper Landsman (2/2)
• Zach Lustky (1/2)
• Zach Lustky (2/2)
• Jason Resnick (1/2)
• Jason Resnick (2/2)
• QA1 - Can someone give me a job? (All)
• QA2 - What makes a good pitch? (All)
• QA3 - Why was your spec script successful? (Sherri)
• QA4 - Where does Sherri get ideas for stories? (Sherri)

A special thanks to editor David Chalfin (C'96), a fantastic editor living in Los Angeles who recorded and edited all the Penn in Pictures videos. Check out his reel here!



Photos from past Penn in Pictures events HERE!

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Penn in Pictures '08: The Event Videos You'll Want to See

(l to r): Lew Schneider (C'83), event producer Reg Tigerman (C'07), Zach Lutsky (C'97), 

Sherri Cooper Landsman (C'94) and Jason Resnick (C'92)

"How do I break into the entertainment business?" is the number one question Penn alumni and undergrads always ask of me.

In late October, the Penn Club of Los Angeles hosted its annual Penn in Pictures event at ICM and those who attended got some answers from some of our successful alumni panelists.

These paneslists included Jason Resnick (C'92) (Universal acquisitions), Sherri Cooper Landsman (C'95) (Brothers and Sisters Writer), Zach Lutsky (C'97) (ER Medical Consultant) and moderator Lew Schneider (C'83)(Everybody Loves Raymond, New Adventures of Old Christine)

If you missed the event, not to worry!  For the first time, we have recorded the event and starting tomorrow (for the next 2 weeks), I will be sharing with you the videos from all of our panelists and more importantly, the 20+ questions that our alumni asked of our panelists including the ever popular question on "how do I get into the business"!

Check back here on DT, you'll definitely want to know what our panelists said!  (sign up for the free newsletter below to get the updates delivered to your email!)

A special thanks to editor David Chalfin (C'96), a fantastic editor living in Los Angeles who recorded and edited all the Penn in Pictures videos. Check out his reel here!

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This TV Writer Is Putting the Show in Showbizzle.com

What happens when you graduate from Penn, have a hot TV spec that catches the attention of ABC, ..and then the writer's strike happens?!

You partner with your successful Hollywood father to create an entertaining and informative website for other creative types to join and network on.

Lindsey Rosin (C'07, The Excelano Project, The Writers House, Kappa Alpha Theta) has joined forces with her father Charles Rosin (Executive Producer of Beverly Hills 90210 for the first five seasons) to create www.showbizzle.com , a new form of internet entertainment that combines daily updates of original, scripted video content with a social network aimed at emerging actors, writers, directors, fans of the biz – basically anyone with a computer who is looking for some fun entertainment.


Other Penn alumni friends have worked with Lindsey on showbizzle; Gabe Laskin (C'05, Mask and Wig) and Spencer Crawford (W'05, Mask and Wig), both have appeared as actors on the site (Gabe even has one of the three leads). Joey Power (C'06), Stacey Lloyd (C'06), Reg Tigerman (C'07, Mask and Wig) and Jonah Platt (C'08, Off the Beat) all wrote different characters for showbizzle as well.


Per Lindsey,

"The website serves as the daily blog of our fictitious blogger and main character, Janey. She hangs out at her favorite coffee place listening to old friends and new acquaintances, from all strata of Hollywood, confide intimate details about their career ambitions; creative aspirations, pipe dreams, hook ups, romantic liaisons, embarrassing day jobs, galvanizing moments, personal quests, major revelations, unexpected characters and narrative twists – you know, the basic personal and professional stuff that typifies what it's like to be young and in Los Angeles in 2008."

Lindsey sums up the site in 4 points:...+/-

1) Entertainment: it is a social entertainment website that streams scripted two-minute vignettes – updated on a daily basis – these vignettes are centered around the lives of twenty-somethings as they live and work in Hollywood.

2) Community: By joining our site, users can create their own profiles and submit their own videos and blog entries to tell their own stories – as well as comment on our scripted entertainment content, which will influence future story lines.

3) Insider information: Ever wonder what it really takes to make it in Hollywood? showbizzle also offers career advice and insider info via video-taped conversations between showbizzle writer/executive producer Charles Rosin and various Hollywood types. The one thing we can assure you about the 170 videos we will be posting on the showbizzle website this fall is that each vignette feels authentic and different from virtually everything else you can currently find on the world wide web.

4) In addition users will be encouraged to send in videos and blog entries and allow the community to determine their favorites. The winners will then be brought to Hollywood and be involved with the professional production of showbizzle when we go back into production in early 2009,” Charles said.  Lindsey adds, “For some people, it might be an incredible opportunity and a big break -- the amount of exposure available on the internet is endless and that is so priceless to a young talent who is just starting out on their career and trying to break through.”

Find out how Lindsey got her start as a writer, & what she wrote at Penn which led to her selling a pilot pitch idea to ABC.

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