StartUp Podcast: Ask Alex (Season 5, Episode 9)

July 4, 2017 9:09 PM

You called with your questions. Alex Blumberg has your answers—about growth, diversity at Gimlet and, oh yeah, that ABC sitcom that's currently being made about the first season of StartUp.

Here's the trailer for 'Alex, Inc'.

posted by bq (6 comments total)

I LOL'd when Alex revealed he would be played by Zach Braff.
posted by bq at 9:10 PM on July 4, 2017 [1 favorite]

Is it just me or is that trailer terrible?
posted by primethyme at 9:39 PM on July 4, 2017

It's not great, to be honest, especially considering the multitude of ways hat Alex bobbles his pitch.
posted by bq at 10:44 PM on July 4, 2017

I think the "Alex, Inc" trailer is terrible enough that I've been showing it to people as an example of something that is remarkably terrible.

Surprisingly, they didn't seem to take that tone on the podcast. Though they did mention something about not having much editorial control.
posted by tjgrathwell at 10:02 PM on July 5, 2017

I'm hoping that Alex, Inc is better than the trailer. I agree that the tone seems totally off. I wonder if they were trying to be diplomatic by not bashing the trailer on this episode.

I'm interested to see if a TV deal happens for Homecoming. Part of what I think makes it great is that it *is* an audio format. It's just *so* immersive. I find myself really impressed at how much goes into the voice acting.
posted by radioamy at 2:36 PM on July 6, 2017

Is it just me or is that trailer terrible?

It makes the title of the show seem a lot better.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:50 PM on July 6, 2017