The 10 Best Martini Shot Podcast Episodes
1) Hollywood’s Earned Media Evolution
When it came time to market the Harold Lloyd silent movie classic Safety Last! in 1923, the studio knew it needed to make a big splash. So they hired a famous stunt performer, Harry F. Young, nickname...Show More
2) Ellison’s Paramount Goes to the Dentist
When Rob Long was 18, a dentist said his wisdom teeth had to go. His father told him to hang up the phone: “The whole wisdom tooth thing is a scam.” Forty years later, Rob's fine — mostly. And now, wa...Show More
3) Psychos, Muggers, Thieves (And Agents)
Those who lived in New York during the ’70s and ’80s knew to carry around “mugger money”: a small wad of bills kept handy on the assumption you’d eventually be mugged. While New York has improved sinc...Show More
4) Back to School, Hollywood: Start with Porky’s
In show business, “after the holiday” — Labor Day, that is — are the three magic words that make August a breeze and September feel like back to school. But for Rob Long, it actually does mean back to...Show More
5) Bip Bip Bip: Showbiz’s Lost Language
Industry jargon once separated the insiders from the posers. Rob Long remembers a network president who tried to talk the talk — pitching a spinoff with a cheery “bip bip bip” and some magician-like h...Show More
6) You’ll Eat Lunch in This Town Again
Years ago, a well-known comic actor hosted an ill-fated late-night show that was canceled halfway through its 13-week run. But rather than leave town under a cloud of immense failure, this guy went to...Show More
7) Here’s What New Paramount Should Really Do
Rob Long’s experience with Paramount goes back so far, he was there in the Gulf and Western days. He was there when Barry Diller fought Sumner Redstone for the company in 1994 for the company — and lo...Show More
8) Hollywood vs. TikTok
Walk up Madison Avenue, and there’s Hermès, Gucci and Tom Ford. Then, down in Soho is The RealReal, a luxury consignment store where you can find largely the same Gucci stripes, pebbled Hermes leather...Show More
9) No One Knew How Johnny Carson Voted
Stephen Colbert’s out, Greg Gutfeld’s in, and late-night TV is a shell of its former self. Rob Long breaks down what went wrong, why Johnny Carson wouldn’t survive 2025, and how Kimmel, Stewart, Meyer...Show More
10) When Will the Young Lions Finally Attack?
Recording from Botswana, Rob Long figured he was as far as he could get from the chaos of showbiz. But it turns out that the wild African plain is a lot like Hollywood. Directors? They’re the Cape buf...Show More