October 31, 2015: Jay’s Birthday Bash!

It started early that morning - whispered conversations, furtive looks amongst the members of the Prodigy Pictures production staff.  "Is this about me?"I wondered. And then, when I saw them sneak the balloons, pizza, and cake into the conference room I concluded: "This IS about me!".  THIS, of course, being the totally unexpected "Welcome Back…

February 17, 2015: The many superhero shirts of Jay Firestone!

The first time I met Jay Firestone was about two years ago, while I was in town working on some nameless production.  My agent called to inform me that he had scheduled me a meeting with a very busy, very successful local producer.  I thought: "Sure, why not?".  Ninety-nine percent of the time, these meet…

November 18, 2014: Notes! Notes! And notes!

Today, Paul and I sat down with fellow Dark Matter Executive Producer (and President of Prodigy Pictures) Jay Firestone for a marathon notes session.  Well, it was only three scripts, so not so much a marathon as it was, say, a 5k sustained jog through episodes #101 through #103.  And, I'm pleased to report, a good time was…