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Stephen (Steve) Krespel is San Fran Bar Man @stephenkrespel.bsky.social · 13d

My pleasure! I'm so glad we got to read each other!

Stephen (Steve) Krespel is San Fran Bar Man @stephenkrespel.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks so much for the read, Kasi!!! I'm so glad you liked it!!!🙏❤️

I'm very pleased with my rewrite of it and grateful it made this years AFF second round!!

Kasi Brown @kasibrown.bsky.social · 13d

Big 'ole #scriptshoutout to @stephenkrespel.bsky.social for his #AFF32 Second Rounder comedy pilot, The Substitutes. It gave me burnout Breakfast Club feels wrapped in the warm fuzzy blanket of second chances.

It's WE ARE LADY PARTS meets SCHOOL OF ROCK.

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Stephen (Steve) Krespel is San Fran Bar Man @stephenkrespel.bsky.social · 13d

100% seeing this at work!❤️🔥❤️🔥

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Carole Kirschner @carolekirschner.bsky.social · 13d

Writers, we need to talk about this myth that writing is a solitary profession. The truth? Behind every "breakthrough" writer is usually a small group of peers who kept them sane, gave them honest feedback, and refused to let them quit when rejections piled up.
#scriptsky

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13d

SCOOP / UPDATE — Disney saw more than 1.7 million total paid streaming cancelations during the period 9/17-9/23, a Disney source confirms to me. The total includes Disney+, Hulu and ESPN.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19d

NEW — I wrote about my confirmed scoop from last night that Disney hastened Kimmel's return because of a planned Disney+ streaming price increase announcement coming on Tuesday:

Kimmel reinstatement preempted Disney+ price increase

The Handbasket reported first Monday evening on Bluesky

www.thehandbasket.co

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Stephen (Steve) Krespel is San Fran Bar Man @stephenkrespel.bsky.social · 13d

Major #scriptshoutout to @ZackMorrison18 for his funny AF/realistic AF pilot LIVE FROM STUDIO 7C!!

This excellent story takes us BTS on a late night show leading us in real time to opening curtain.

We root for Zelda as she navigates her dream of one day making the writers room.

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Stephen (Steve) Krespel is San Fran Bar Man @stephenkrespel.bsky.social · 16d

What character permanently altered your brain chemistry?

Very likely this guy.

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Stephen (Steve) Krespel is San Fran Bar Man @stephenkrespel.bsky.social · 19d

Thrilled to see the terrific MEGADOC last night with @derricksco.bsky.social and @myneesh.bsky.social !!!

A truly great documentary for those of us who love MEGALOPOLIS!!! ❤️❤️🔥🔥

Also, Roman Coppola was there to talk about it!

#Megalopolis #Megadoc

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Stephen (Steve) Krespel is San Fran Bar Man @stephenkrespel.bsky.social · 20d

YW!!!

Thank you for sharing your exciting AF screenplay with me!!!

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Stephen (Steve) Krespel is San Fran Bar Man @stephenkrespel.bsky.social · 20d

A huge #scriptshoutout to @kylewritestuff.bsky.social for his excellent and gritty western THE PALE HORSE.

Not only did the story make me feel I was right there in the wild west...

Kyle cleverly pitted good vs evil to make for a fantastically satisfying ending!

An exceptional read!🔥🔥

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David August ❌👑 @davidaugust.bsky.social · 23d

Former Disney CEO thinks Disney and ABC messed up.

Because they did.

#USpol

Screenshot of a post by Michael Eisner @Michael_Eisner:

Where has all the leadership gone? If not for university presidents, law firm managing partners, and corporate chief executives standing up against bullies, who then will step up for the first amendment? The “suspending indefinitely” of Jimmy Kimmel immediately after the Chairman of the FCC's aggressive yet hollow threatening of the Disney Company is yet another example of out-of-control intimidation. Maybe the Constitution should have said, “Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, except in one’s political or financial self-interest.” By-the-way, for the record, this ex-CEO finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny.

Sep 19, 2025 · 5:17 PM UTC

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Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · 24d

Moments from today’s protest against ABC in support of #JimmyKimmelLive ✊ #WGAStrong

Someone holding a sign that says “Reinstate Kimmel”

Someone holding a sign that says “Writers against fascism”

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Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · 24d

🚨 Join us TODAY at 12 PM at the main Disney Gate at 2201 W Alameda Ave in Burbank to protest ABC and tell them to bring back #JimmyKimmel.🚨 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Writers Guild Rips ABC’s Decision to Pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ From Air: “The WGA Stands With Jimmy Kimmel and His Writers”

SAG-AFTRA also released a statement following the news, noting, "The decision to suspend airing 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' is the type of suppression and retaliation that endangers everyone’s freedoms."

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Stephen (Steve) Krespel is San Fran Bar Man @stephenkrespel.bsky.social · 24d

In case you need to complain to the FCC about Chairman Brendan Carr... here is the website where you'd do that.

Don't call... they don't take formal complaints over the phone.

consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us

This is an important moment in time. Act accordingly.

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Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · 24d

Lunchtime loud singalong:

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Conversation With The Devil

YouTube video by Ray Wylie Hubbard - Topic

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Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · 24d

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice.
As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree.
Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich.
Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.
The WA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

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Cameron Colony @cameroni101.bsky.social · 24d

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · Jul 26

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Stephen (Steve) Krespel is San Fran Bar Man @stephenkrespel.bsky.social · 25d

Thank you for making a glorious movie!!!🥞🥞🥞🥞❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Paul Newton @paulnewton.bsky.social · 27d

Huge shout-out to the fine folks at @terrorfilms.bsky.social who are working tirelessly to bring HAUNTED HOUSE OF PANCAKES to the masses!

It's an honor to be included in this slate. Congrats on your 10-year anniversary!

Terror Films Releasing @terrorfilms.bsky.social · 27d

In celebration of the 10-Year Anniversary of #TerrorFilms, we have a very exciting October slate coming your way!

GRAVEYARD SHARK - 10/3/25
TERROR TALES: POETRY & DEATH VOL. 1 - 10/10/25
JABBERJAW - 10/17/25
HAUNTED HOUSE OF PANCAKES - 10/24/25
HELL HOUSE LLC: LINEAGE (Shudder only) - 10/30/25

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Stephen (Steve) Krespel is San Fran Bar Man @stephenkrespel.bsky.social · 25d

Ok…

I watched HAUNTED HOUSE OF PANCAKES…

Here’s my review: It’s AMAZING!!! More specifically… it’s campy, fun, and delivers on the promise of the premise!

A perfect spooky season romp that reeks of maple syrup.

Thank you for this movie @paulnewton.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🥞🥞🥞

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Stephen (Steve) Krespel is San Fran Bar Man @stephenkrespel.bsky.social · 27d

Congratulations, David!!!👏👏👏

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David Dean @cynohead.com · 27d

Well, damn, I'm a PAGE Finalist.

#scriptsky

2025 Page Awards Finalist. Voiceless by David Dean.

First page of the feature script VOICELESS:

Over BLACK:

The CRUNCH of a boot against wood.

A second, harder CRUNCH -- a door violently assaulted.

Finally a SPLINTERING CRASH as the door is KICKED IN.

A BURLY MAN stands silhouetted in the doorway of:

INT. NORTH FORK CABIN - DAY [1894]

The job done, the man steps aside in favor of SHERIFF TABER -- a gruff man in his mid-fifties. His paunch and Cattleman hat block out the sun.

TABER
Hell's teeth...

His POV:

A FOURTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL -- CALLIE -- slumps on the floor of the cabin. Resting back against the log wall.

Her face is pale under her dirty blonde hair. She stares up at Taber -- her chest rising and falling with shallow breaths.

Her petticoat is STAINED WITH BLOOD. No way to tell if it's hers.

A thin trail of blood leads to a KITCHEN KNIFE lying a few feet away on the cabin floor.

Taber takes this in. Speaks without urgency.

TABER
Where is he?

Callie nods loosely toward the open door of an adjacent room.

Taber doesn't need to look in there.

TABER
Can you walk?

INT. CARRIAGE - DAY

The sound of horses' hooves on a dirt road.

Callie is slumped in the back of the carriage. Her CUFFED hands resting on her lap.

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Stephen (Steve) Krespel is San Fran Bar Man @stephenkrespel.bsky.social · 27d

Listening to the Sam Fragoso interview of Terry Gross leaves me nothing but grateful.

Grateful for NPR.

Grateful for Terry Gross.

Grateful for our screenwriting community.

Grateful for you.

Keep writing, keep being you.

#screenwriting #supportNPR @npr.org

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Stephen (Steve) Krespel is San Fran Bar Man @stephenkrespel.bsky.social · 28d

Oh hi! This is actually a movie you can watch on Amazon. Check it out!