Karen Simmons
Award-winning neurodiverse tv writer, Top 3% Coverfly, Winner of Scriptapalooza’s 2021 TV-Writing Comp, various Finalist accolades: ISA’s Table-Read My Screenplay, Santa Barbara International Screenplay Comp, etc. Seeking UK agent
- Just found out “The Wild, Wild West” is on one of the retro-tv channels! I know it’s goofy & Robert Conrad was a macho ass, but I loved their fun guest-villains (especially Victor Buono as Count Manzeppi & Michael Dunn as Dr. Loveless!👍) & this was my intro to steampunk as a kid! #Classictelevision
- I was so shocked to wake up to this news!😢💔 Catherine O’Hara was always one of my fave funny women since way back — I’ve loved her ever since SCTV & was just rewatching her in the brilliant Christopher Guest mockumentaries “Best in Show” & “Waiting for Guffman” over the holidays!😭💔 #Catherineohara
- #RIP Catherine O'Hara (1954 – 2026)
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- So glad Jessie Buckley got an Oscar nomination for her role in “Hamnet” — I’ve been saying since I saw the film that she definitely deserved a nomination & she also definitely should win for her performance!👏🎭 (& glad to hear the film got nominated for Best Picture, too; it deserves that as well!👏)
- Thanks so much to the woman who returned my package that was mis-delivered to the wrong address (her apt. bldg. instead of mine) when she could’ve easily kept it as so many would & do!🙏 (Of course UPS refused to accept my claim when I tried to tell them it was missing!😒) #ups
- Went to visit this gentleman at Valhalla cemetery in Burbank today! “Well this is ANOTHER fine mess you’ve got me into, Stanley!”😂Only just found out he’s here even tho I’ve lived nearby for yrs!🤦🏻♀️(to be fair, Forest Lawn‘s the cemetery that gets all the publicity b/c of all the celebs buried there!)
- Just went to see “Hamnet”, one of the best films I’ve seen in a while! Go check it out! (especially if you’re a fan of Shakespeare’s plays) Bring tissues, though!😄😭 #Hamnet
- Why is it that Science Fiction sections of US bookshops seem to be taken over by “Romantasy” books (a COMPLETELY different genre!🤨) instead of ACTUAL sci-fi?🤦🏻♀️Guess I’ll wait til my next UK trip to stock up! (usually bring back so many books from AMAZING UK bookshops that I have to ship some home!😄)
- Just watched “Muppet Christmas Carol” again this weekend, my fave version of C.C. & one of my fave Xmas films; Michael Caine is so good as Scrooge, he should’ve been nominated for an Oscar! Such a perfect blend of the usual Muppet humour with moments of genuine pathos!👍😭❤️#MuppetsChristmasCarol
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- Just rewatched “Sneakers”, one of my all-time fave films (& fave fun caper-film, too; better than Oceans 11, IMO); Great cast (Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, David Strathairn, Ben Kingsley, Dan Ackroyd, etc.) of quirky characters & funny, smart writing! #movies youtu.be/fyyWOM3beXI
- I used to watch this classic Turkey Day episode of WKRP in Cincinnati every Thanksgiving, but for some weird reaso, none of the retro-tv channels show it on Thanksgiving anymore!😕🤷🏻♀️ #WKRP youtu.be/Lr1cJdH6ffg
- Just watched a great doc called, “John Candy: I Like Me”!😭What a sweetheart he was! Was a fan of his since his early days on SCTV long before he hit it big in the movies (along w/the whole cast: Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Short, etc., before they hit big too); check out this doc & SCTV!
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- Rented “Good Night & Good Luck: Live on Broadway” (On Demand) & it’s VERY good & just as timely as it was (if not MORE so!😬) when the film came out in 2005! Definitely worth a watch!👏🔥“#goidnightandgoodluck #broadwayproduction #goodnightandgoodluckplay #broadway #theatre #truehistory #mccarthyism
- Aw, so sad to hear about the passing of Prunella Scales!😥 “Fawlty Towers” is one of my all-time fave shows & she was brilliantly-funny in it as the imperious Sybil! She will be missed!😔 #RIPPrunellaScales
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- Is it me or is @tcmtv.bsky.social not showing any of the classic Univeral horror films much this Halloween season? (none of them are even on TCM’s On Demand, either!🤷🏻♀️) Is it some kind of licensing issue & they just don’t want to pay for the rights? Seems like it’s been that way the last few yrs!😕
- I’m not really a big believer in Tarot card readings but I’ve collected a few decks just for their artwork, so I just picked up this Edgar Allan Poe deck at Barnes & Noble tonight since I thought it would be appropriate for Halloween decor! Cool artwork, right?😍❤️🐦⬛#Halloween
