BA #227: Paul Lieberstein

On the two-hundred and twenty-seventh Box Angeles writer Paul Lieberstein (The Newsroom, King of the Hill) stops by Studio 309. He discusses making a sitcom in high school, playing the vibraphone, learning how to act on ‘The Office’, and more!

the BA #227 breakdown

– Box rants a random episode button idea for VOD.

– Drinking and rituals.

– Growing up in Conneticut and doing a sitcom in high school.

– Attending Hamilton College in upstate New York and an economics hot take.

– Playing vibraphone in the jazz band and briefly playing soccer.

– Moving to NYC and briefly working in finance before starting to write.

– Landing a William Morris agent with a writing partner and feeling rich after ‘Clarissa Explains It All’.

– Living on Hollywood Blvd and getting into some various writing rooms.

– Getting ‘King of the Hill’ from brother-in-law and starting acting on ‘The Office’.

– The Scrantron Strangler fan theory and venturing into film w/ ‘Song of Back and Neck’ at Tribeca.

For more Paul, catch him and his writing in The Office and follow him on Twitter @PaulLieberstein

STUDIO BEER – Reel Brewery, Untitled Pilsner