Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (TV Series)
The Option Period (2006)
Timothy Busfield: Cal Shanley
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Quotes
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Cal Shanley : I'm gonna show you something and I don't think it's stupid. It comes from a creative place but it also doesn't bother me and it might help solve a problem since most of those 15 people would come from my department.
Danny Tripp : I followed some of that.
Cal Shanley : In the 20 years of the show, what's been your favorite home base?
Danny Tripp : What do you mean?
Cal Shanley : Your favorite permanent set. You favorite home base since the show went on the air.
Danny Tripp : None of 'em.
Cal Shanley : That's right. We never found it.
Danny Tripp : We're working on it.
Cal Shanley : The Hollywood sign?
Danny Tripp : It's the most viewed landmark in the world. Beats the Eiffel Tower. And don't say the Santa Monica Pier.
Cal Shanley : Downtown?
Danny Tripp : Downtown isn't where L.A. is!
Cal Shanley : It's not. L.A. is on Sunset between Doheny and Highland. It's the Sunset Strip. And Wes knew that because he put it right in the title.
Danny Tripp : Hey, I would love to do the Strip, but if you think about it it's made up almost entirely...
[pauses]
Danny Tripp : of billboard ads.
Cal Shanley : [shows a sketch of a set that would allow for product placement]
Danny Tripp : This is... both good and profitable.
Cal Shanley : Yeah.
Danny Tripp : You know how that confuses me.
Cal Shanley : I do.