Seinfeld writer, and unconventional comedy clairvoyant Peter Mehlman talks about writing for the greatest sitcom of all time, Larry David, and his new book, It Won’t Always Be This Great. He also talks about pitching shows to networks-with mixed results-and the inspiration for some of the most iconic characters and jokes of the Seinfeld canon, and delivers it all with wry humor and laconic insight in this Lip News interview, hosted by Gabriel Mizrahi.

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Peter Mehlman, after whom a hypochondriacal giraffe was named in the Madagascar movies, lives in Los Angeles where he writes essays, screenplays, NPR commentaries, and hosts the Webby-nominated YouTube series Narrow World of Sports. A multiple Primetime Emmy Award nominee, Peter Mehlman has coined such Seinfeld-isms as “spongeworthy,” and “double-dipping,” and is probably most famous for the Emmy nominated “Yada Yada” episode of Seinfeld, arguably one of the most popular and iconic sitcoms of all time. He grew up in Queens, New York, and graduated from the University of Maryland before writing for the Washington Post and ABC’s SportsBeat with Howard Cosell. He has written for Esquire, GQ, The New York Times Magazine and virtually every Conde Nast women’s magazine because of his powerful grasp on what women want. He was also a writer and co-executive producer of Seinfeld.

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EPISODE BREAKDOWN:
00:01 Welcome to TLN.
00:30 Introducing Peter Mehlman.
00:50 Seinfeld, Larry David, and not thinking like everyone else.
10:40 The idea of one writer fits all.
13:10 It’s Like, You Know…, and pitching tv show ideas to networks.
17:00 Writing, It Won’t Always Be This Great, marriage, and Seinfeld characters vs. those in the novel.
20:00 Thanks and goodbye.