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August 31, 2005
Out of Pocket
Last night, I watched the documentary Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. In an interview segment filmed at the 2000 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, which included a 30th anniversary Smothers Brothers show reunion, one of the panelist's comments struck me as important and insightful.
Steve Martin, one of the program's early writers, was discussing his early pay: $300 a week. Then the interesting bit: "Mason [Williams] was paying me out of his own pocket."
Think about the people on your team. Who would you be willing to pay out of your own pocket?
Posted by Heath Row at August 31, 2005 10:10 AM | Category: teamwork |
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If Jay, David or Conan wants to hire me and pay me out their own pocket, I'm available! Oh, and I'm cheap!!
I don/t care who pays me out of what pocket/front or back, with the right hand or left - I may not be cheap, but I'm reasonable. And, boy -- and am I good! ! !