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- James Griffin - Funny As Interview
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- NZ On Screen
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James Griffin is the brains behind many successful Kiwi TV dramas and comedies (he co-created Outrageous Fortune and The Almighty Johnsons). He talks in this Funny As interview about failing, succeeding and more, including: Putting together a TV pilot for comedy group Funny Business, while working at TVNZ's drama department Writing comedy scripts for "old school gentleman" Billy T James How he became script editor for 1980s melodrama Gloss in his mid-20s, and drank lots of champagne Being a...
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- https://www.nzonscreen.com/interviews/funny-as-james-griffin-2019
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- outrageous fortune / gloss / writer / funny business / pete murphy / billy t james / tvnz / 1980s / sione's wedding / john barnett / city life / diplomatic immunity / auckland university / auckland university revue / dean butler / peter rowley / comedy / melody rules / failure / janice finn / auckland / shortland street / kiwi humour / oscar kightley / naked samoans / david fane / script writer / mataku / bro'town / sitcom / buck house / serial killers / tony holden / john leigh / 7 days / wellington paranormal / hawke's bay / eighties / 80s / bomb / scriptwriter / scriptwriting / screenwriting / university revue / almighty johnsons
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