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Rule # 14: Never play/show to an empty house

Rule # 14: Never play/show to an empty house

Charles Champlin, former critic for the L.A. Times, chose my first feature film, KGOD (aka Pray TV) as his entry into the USA film festival, a critics-only festival. He wrote in the Times:      “My pick this time was Rick...
Rule # 13: No six people laugh at the same joke

Rule # 13: No six people laugh at the same joke

I directed six pilot episodes of a VH1 TV series called Shoot the Band, which was patterned on the popular cable show Mystery Science Theater 3000. The series starred four stand-up comics who play in an over-the-hill garage band that hasn’t had a gig in...