Episode 42: Sterling written by Dan Sterling (The Sarah Silverman Program, Long Shot)

Published: Sept. 26, 2019, 10 a.m.

b"We're back to business as usual in this month's Dead Pilots Society episode. Our dead pilot is\\xa0Sterling, written by Dan Sterling (The Sarah Silverman Program, The Office, Girls, South Park, The Interview, Long Shot). Sterling\\xa0is about a TV news producer whose life is turned upside down when he is paired up with a beautiful, loose-cannon reporter. Andrew sat down with Dan to talk about his impressive career: Getting the job running\\xa0The Daily Show\\xa0after hitting it off with\\xa0Jon Stewart at a Comedy Central Emmy Party, despite never having worked in late night...The decade long journey from his script\\xa0Flarsky\\xa0to\\xa0Long Shot...\\xa0Writing\\xa0The Interview\\xa0and getting caught in the middle of an international diplomatic firestorm, and why the writer is the only one who doesn't get a bodyguard... How\\xa0Sterling\\xa0was partly inspired by his working relationship with Sarah Silverman...\\xa0and much more! Sterling stars\\xa0Nat Faxon as Philip Sterling,\\xa0Hannah Simone as Scarlett Lacy,\\xa0Malcolm Barrett as Jack Winthrop,\\xa0Jon Cryer as Lloyd Foote/Grebs/Harting,\\xa0Felicia Day as Faye/Norah O\\u2019Donnell,\\xa0Nichole Bloom as Shelby/Fox News Anchor,\\xa0Daniel David Stewart as Mitch/Bartender, and Andrew Reich with stage directions.\\xa0 For more Dead Pilots Society episodes and information about our live shows, please subscribe to the podcast! Make sure to like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram @deadpilotspod, on twitter @deadpilotspod, and visit our website at\\xa0deadpilotssociety.com."