Joe Franklin Speaks Out

BLOGGER: Joe Franklin
(Invented the TV Talk-Show; Radio Host on Bloomberg; TV Legend)

My advice to those who aspire to a spot in the business that there is no business like--the entertainment field--is the following: Get specific. Do not hound everybody. Instead, set your sites on one or two people and concentrate on those two.

When I was 15 years old, I pursued Eddie Cantor and the famous radio personality/disc jockey Martin Block, host of the "Make Believe Ballroom." They both became enchanted by my youthful vigor and persistence. As a result, they both retained my services--I wrote radio scripts for Eddie Cantor and became Martin Block's record selector.

People always ask me for additional advice. I advise the following: don't leave your wallet in the dressing room... Don't bump into the furniture... And what's your motivation? Your motivation is your paycheck on Saturday night--work for it. Work for it.

One last bit of wisdom might be to tell a few lies on your resume. For example, back in the days when you were allowed to advertise cigarettes on television, I told my television viewers that nine out of ten doctors who tried Camels went back to women… That remark got me censored off the air for a full week—quite a difference from today’s free wheeling on the media. Yet, I single handedly created today’s wide open atmosphere and I hope that my good friend Howard Stern appreciates what I did for him.

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