With Time Off For Bad Behavior

Veteran writer Marc Sotkin brings his comic chops to chart the odyssey of fictional Barry Klein from down on his luck Hollywood dreamer to one of TV’s most successful, unhappy, producer-writers. With loads of unwitting insight into the biz, behind the scenes observations and insider wit, our wannabe hero Klein ironically finds his true mission as a storyteller and rediscovers his relationship with his wife. Through it all, author Marc Sotkin brings us into our comically confused hero’s heart. We are with Barry’s pain and his ultimate redemption as we celebrate his coming of age. Through Barry’s odyssey – self-absorbed artist to inspired mensch – we feel there is hope for us all.

Marc Sotkin began his writing career in 1976 and has been a staff writer and producer on more than 350 episodes of various situation comedies for every television network. His credits include head writer and executive producer of Laverne & Shirley, The Golden Girls, as well as co-writing and producing two Garry Shandling specials for Showtime. He has been honored with multiple Emmy, Golden Globe and Cable Ace award nominations and has won a prestigious Writers Guild Award In 2008 he began writing, producing and performing Boomer Alley, a weekly online video that is syndicated to various websites (www.boomeralley.com). In 2009 he published his first novel, The Comatose Adventures of Lenny Rose. In 2010 he began hosting Boomer Alley Radio airing weekly on KFWB, the CBS affiliate in Los Angles as well as on stations across Colorado. The show is also available world-wide via podcast. He continues to write and develop projects for TV and the web.