Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 27, 2024

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    BE THIS GUY  10 months ago

    He writes the checks. Is there any more important position?

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    BasilBruce  10 months ago

    He gets paid. That’s it.

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    GeorgeInAZ  10 months ago

    He’s like the CEO. Everyone thinks he does nothing, but the business doesn’t really move without him.

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    The dude from FL  Premium Member 10 months ago

    Seems like everybodies a producer when you read the credits!

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    hariseldon59  10 months ago

    So what does an executive producer do!

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    Cornelius Noodleman  10 months ago

    My brother’s a producer…you don’t want to know what he produces!

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    Purple People Eater  10 months ago

    From Wikipedia:

    A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, directing, editing, and arranging financing.

    The producer is responsible for finding and selecting promising material for development. Unless the film is based on an existing script, the producer hires a screenwriter and oversees the script’s development. These activities culminate with the pitch, led by the producer, to secure the financial backing that enables production to begin. If all succeeds, the project is “greenlit”.</em<

    The producer also supervises the pre-production, principal photography and post-production stages of filmmaking. A producer is also responsible for hiring a director for the film, as well as other key crew members. Whereas the director makes the creative decisions during the production, the producer typically manages logistics and business operations, though some directors also produce their own films. The producer must ensure the film is delivered on time and within budget, and in the latter stages before release, will oversee the marketing and distribution of the film.

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    Gent  10 months ago

    Eh producers is produce. What else they be do?

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    Walrus Gumbo Premium Member 10 months ago

    If he’s like a black hole, it means he sucks at everything!

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    Imagine  10 months ago

    Does it have anything to do with the produce in the supermarket?

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    Charles  10 months ago

    Watch Mel Brooks’ “The Producers” to find out.

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    iggyman  10 months ago

    In the News world the Producer gathers all the news he/she feels are newsworthy, and sorts it out for the writers to write the scripts the anchors read on the air!

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    James Wolfenstein  10 months ago

    They put money into the movie. That’s how many actors get the parts. “Do you want me to read or do you want 50 million?”

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    NaGrom Premium Member 10 months ago

    Kinda like the conductor of an orchestra, if the conductor also raised the money to pay for everything.

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    PaulAbbott2  10 months ago

    Watch the series The Offer. It details how producer Albert Ruddy got a movie made that did well. The Godfather. How he had to raise the money, deal with the studio, get a script wrote, cast the actors, find locations, etc. And deal with a certain Italian-American organization. One bone he had to throw to them, the word “Mafia” never is spoken in the film.

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    some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member 10 months ago

    He produces.

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    Skeptical Meg  10 months ago

    The producer produces money, according to Alfred Hitchhike.

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    Count Olaf Premium Member 10 months ago

    Invest money or allow them to put your name in the credits without doing anything and get paid for it.

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    Ellis97  10 months ago

    That’s showbiz.

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    mrwiskers  10 months ago

    Aren’t producers the ones who coordinate the money?

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    l.vaillancourt  10 months ago

    In my short time in the Industry, Producers were the only people who could say “No” to directors with insane visions.

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    NRHAWK Premium Member 10 months ago

    From what I ‘ve seen they mostly just coddle the talent, make sure the catering is exactly right and the espresso machine is fired up. The executive producer is the one who goes out begging for money from investors or advertisers for TV. Not jobs I would ever want. I dated a makeup artist once that was on-call for studios. It didn’t last long but I got to meet Tom Selleck. Nice guy, or he was. I heard about him stealing water for his crops.

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    KageKat  10 months ago

    They provide the cash!

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    ladykat  10 months ago

    You get money, buddy.

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    wongo  10 months ago

    My cat “produced” a hair ball. Does that count?

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    JoshHere  10 months ago

    They have no mouths, they must be telepastis

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    Tired  10 months ago

    My job is Top Secret. Even I don’t know what I do!

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    Kalkkuna  10 months ago

    Producers PRODUCE, you morons.

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    Goat from PBS  10 months ago

    A writer writes. A director directs. A producer… produces. Makes sense to me.

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    strandedonearth Premium Member 10 months ago

    Should have named him Chuck, as in Lorre, one of the more prolific sitcom producers in recent times…

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    Ermine Notyours  10 months ago

    Maybe Stephan is still disappointed that Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made was removed from Disney+.

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    ForbesField  10 months ago

    Ask Buddy Sorrell what Mel Cooley did, and there’s your answer.

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    VictorJulison  10 months ago

    I remember a young Pigathia Lee once explained that a producer’s job is to fire the director.

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    KEA  10 months ago

    They do "development"… now if we can just find someone to explain what “development” is.

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    old_geek  10 months ago

    A tomato vine is a producer…

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    curtlyon19  10 months ago

    made me look

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    itsacatsworld Premium Member 10 months ago

    Don’t they put loads of dosh in the projects, and hope for a tsunami of profits? Dunno, else wouldn’t their products be more risky, adventurous, and dare we say it….creative?

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    LaughterIsJoyMuliplied  10 months ago

    It would appear that Steph has had a bad experience — or two — or thr…

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    stamps  10 months ago

    Ask Mel Brooks.

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    marilynnbyerly  10 months ago

    There’s one producer who does stuff. The rest of them are actors who think they have some control over their project.

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    Brilliant_Birdie   10 months ago

    That’s Hollywood for yah!

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    WCraft Premium Member 10 months ago

    So he works for the Department of Homeland security?

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    oakie817  10 months ago

    hey Billy Mumy – Lost in Space – is now a producer for Ancient Aliens…how cool is that? (Bill, now) i follow Angela Cartwright on facebook

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    Richard S Russell Premium Member 10 months ago

    I’ve wondered the same thing about publishers for newspapers.

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    Bilan  10 months ago

    The Executive Producer does nothing more than put money into the movie.

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    Zebrastripes  10 months ago

    No wonder TV is called the boob tube!

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    TIMH  10 months ago

    The title "producer’ is much more nebulous when used in the recording industry.

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    willie_mctell  10 months ago

    And they’re totally different jobs in TV vs. movies.

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    zeexenon  10 months ago

    I’m a Producer … one’s a Registered Nurse and the other is a School System Quality Leader (former teacher of chillins).

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    TheWildSow  10 months ago

    Heh heh — I just sent this to my son-in-law! Who is, yes, a producer! And I always wonder exactly what he does.

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  10 months ago

    My understanding is that producers get the project started and ensure that everyone is there to do their jobs and and do them. Maybe strips like these are why in part ‘Pearls’ has yet to show up in animation. Producers and others in the media might not like his criticism.

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    raybarb44  10 months ago

    Yeah but you can still get awards from your peers……

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    JoeMartinFan Premium Member 10 months ago

    I can’t speak for movies and TV, but in music, the producer is integral in actually producing music. Bands and artists write and compose (and sometimes produce), but the producers/engineers are the reason the music you buy sounds the way it does.

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    christelisbetty  10 months ago

    See the movie(s), “The Producers”

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    Snuffles [Previously Helikitty]   10 months ago

    Don’t they give the money and the supplies to make the movie or something like that?

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    wildlandwaters  10 months ago

    Gotta love how the people in this strip look like they’re all in a trance! Lol!!

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    sperry532  10 months ago

    Producers, for the most part, put up the money. That’s pretty much all they do.

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    [Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce]  10 months ago

    You can name many leading men. You can name many leading ladies. You can name many famous directors.

    Name ONE producer!!

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    DarkNStormyWriter Premium Member 7 months ago

    It depends — is he a producer, a line producer, or an executive producer? Because the exec producers tend to be mixed bags…

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