As the WGA strike of 2023 continues, we chat with legendary screenwriter Michael Elias, an award-winning writer, actor, and director who has written film, television, theatre, and fiction. You may know Michael as the co-screenwriter of The Frisco Kid, starring Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford, or The Jerk, starring Steve Martin, both from 1979. He also created the hit sitcom Head of the Class, which ran on ABC from 1986 to 1991. More recently, he has turned to writing novels, including You Can Go Home Now, published by HarperCollins in 2020.
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0253498/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
Michael’s Website
https://www.michaeleliaswriter.com/
The Making of the Frisco Kid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8emMFvkXot0&t=2535s
The Frisco Kid - Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOZP2iKns3M
The Jerk - Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lduFFNqBFPs
Head of the Class - Opening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjb3Py_37nM
Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeles
https://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/
Cool Shul Cultural Community
https://www.coolshul.org/
Atheists United
https://www.atheistsunited.org/
