Susan Silver

Listen to "Susan Silver The Broadcasters Platform" on Spreaker. Actual students from actual broadcasting campuses across the United States.  Creating conversation is my art.  I want these students to steal it.  Talking with people of fame.  Knowing its time for them to share their story or someone will write it for them.  We are Unplugged and Totally Uncut with Susan Silver. A trailblazer for female writers in Hollywood, Susan Silver has written for some of the greatest sitcoms of all time, creating laugh lines for Mary Tyler Moore, Sarah Jessica Parker, Beatrice Arthur, Bob Newhart, and The Partridge Family. Susan began her writing career in 1971 at The Mary Tyler Moore Show in an industry overwhelmingly dominated by men, who sometimes referred to her as "the broad with beauty and brains." And she was the first and only television writer to be featured in TV Guide wearing hot pants. Now, in her memoir Hot Pants in Hollywood: Sex, Secrets and Sitcoms (Hi Mount Press, May 2, 2017), ( www.hotpantsinhollywood.com ) Susan tells all about her times as a sitcom writer -- from the female camaraderie on The Mary Tyler Moore Show to being considered too old to write for Square Pegs. Silver reveals herself as a modern-day Zelig, working and flirting with some of the biggest names in Hollywood and Washington, DC. From a date with Lenny Bruce (with her Uncle as a chaperone) to reveling in the rapport with a smitten Elvis Presley on the set of Viva Las Vegas; and from communicating with Bill Clinton to having Warren Beatty mess up her date with a presidential candidate. Susan reveals her exciting experiences with movie stars (Sean Connery, Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, and James Garner) and fascinating interactions with presidents (Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, Shimon Peres) -- not to mention athletes and rock stars. And through it all, it's Susan's humor that keeps both her and this hilarious memoir so sparklingly seductive. ABOUT SUSAN SILVER Susan is a trailblazing female writer who began her career at The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1971. She went on to write for The Bob Newhart Show, Maude, The Partridge Family, and Square Pegs. She continues to teach comedy writing at venues including the Television Academy and the New School and has lectured at the Paley Center, SCAD, and Brandeis University. Susan has appeared on CNN, HLN, Good Day NY, and The Today Show. She has written opinion-editorials for The New York Times and Refinery 29 and had a long running column on newyorksocialdiary.com called “The Search For Mr. Adequate.” Her weekly radio commentary “Susan Says,” which covers news, politics and culture can be heard on an NPR affiliate in Connecticut as well as on-demand at robinhoodradio.com and iTunes. She lives in New York City.