Black Tie Affair

I worked this show as the boom operator and I have to say it was one of the smartest, funniest scripts I have ever read. Jay Tarses was a fabulous man to work for and put everything he had into it - great fun and at least one giant laugh every day. The cast were all great folks (Brad Whitford, Maggie Han and Kate Capshaw come especially to mind) and the we crew had our bits of fun too. It was such a shame that the "suits" at NBC had no sense of what I call intellectual low-brow humor - Not only did they change the name from Smouldering Lust (very funny), they only aired 5 episodes, the whole while shifting time slots so as to drown it out. It is a period of my life that I remember with great fondness.