Whistling in the Dark

This week my guest is tv comedy writer/show runner Ben Wexler, whose illustrious credits include - among others - Arrested Development, Community, and most recently two sadly canceled shows - The Comedians starring Billy Crystal and Josh Gad - as well as the Rob Lowe vehicle The Grinder.  Though both shows were brilliantly executed and critically acclaimed, neither found a big enough audience to fill the network coffers and thus, were unceremoniously axed. Such is the business of show. It seems few comedies are working anywhere on television these days, and Wexler is right in the trenches of battling that weird and often unwarranted war.  Though I was dying to pick his brain about the current state of our industry, the craft of writing (because who doesn’t love listening to two writers talk about their process) and other such self-indulgent, insider baseball-y, type fare, we talked about pretty much everything but. OK there’s a little industry stuff but it’s appetizer size so suck it.  Fresh off a breakfast w