Sep 25, 2015
Gary Brown is the guest on this week's edition of
The Chauncey DeVega Show.
Gary is a TV writer, producer, and
director who worked on such landmark shows as Benson and
227. Mr. Brown is also a former writer with World
Wrestling Entertainment. Chauncey and Gary connected because of the
latter's great piece in the L.A.
Progressive that detailed how Donald Trump is actually a
professional wrestling heel. Given Chauncey's series of essays
on politics and professional wrestling, and how Donald Trump is running a reality TV show
professional wrestling hustle on the American people, a
conversation with Gary was natural and essential.
In fun conversation, Gary shares the
details about his eclectic career in television, gives advice about
pitching shows for TV, talks about Robert Guillaume and the show
Benson, and tells some stories about working in
professional wrestling and how it helped him to understand Donald
Trump.
Gary and Chauncey also talk about
day-to-day life on a sitcom set, the puzzle that is charisma and
talent, the rise of reality TV as a genre, and the future and
legacy of Bill Cosby.
On this episode of The Chauncey
DeVega Show, Chauncey also tells a story about poverty, race,
parenting, child abuse, and his local McDonald's "restaurant",
muses on the nature of truth vs. opinion, and sings a Madonna song
inspired by the Pope's visit to the United States and Chauncey's
experience growing up in a black Catholic church before he
renounced religion.