I roll with Lindsay-Elizabeth Hand, a producer, writer, comedian, and mom who has spent the last three years producing animated content for Mattel, including Barbie and Polly Pocket, and a stop motion Frozen series for Disney that won a Telly Award. We get into how she started her production company in 2011 after dude producers kept withholding her footage, how she sold a COVID-era comedy special called Shelf Life to Amazon that earned three New York Emmy nominations, and what it actually looks like to be a female producer pitching TV shows in NYC. We also get into why Broadway people do coke, casting for The Bachelor, going on a complete stranger's honeymoon through Southeast Asia, almost getting eaten by a crocodile in Georgia, and the sketch she has going viral right now about a speech therapist who treats vocal fry. 00:08 – Lindsay Hand the producer, writer, comedian, and mom, meeting Madi at Governors Ball, and the Flagler theater kids who froze her out 02:16 – The dude producers who wouldn't hand over her footage, buying a book and starting a company at City Hall, and breaking even on play two 04:48 – Pivoting to sketch for Funny or Die, making Gianmarco Soresi famous by pushing him into stand up, and Shelf Life selling to Amazon 05:35 – Shooting a comedy special outside with masked audiences right before the 2020 election, and NPR calling it the best of the year 08:20 – Almost eaten by an alligator at 10 in the canoe with her mom, and the therapist who called her an attach instead of an avoid 10:31 – Wanting to meet a ghost for a little Q and A, the zombie dreams that won't die, and becoming one with the alligator in her sleep 13:00 – The four shot Americano debate, Madi chain smoking her first cigarette fetal in the shower, and faking coke to turn a boyfriend on 16:03 – Never aging in your soul and raving at the Edge till 3am, plus Madi's little sister pulling seven numbers a night while she gets none 18:03 – Meeting husband JL at a birthday party her friend dragged her to, calling dibs in the bathroom, and him saying yes because of a Jim Carrey movie 21:15 – Three years producing Barbie and Disney Princess for Mattel 23:24 – Mapping whole animated seasons as a creative producer, the three Emmy noms for Shelf Life, and gold at the Tellys for a Frozen stop motion 28:00 – Moving to New York in 2009 with a month free above two Indian restaurants, the illegal third bedroom, and getting grounded over a Facebook status 31:08 – The leather lady aunt who forced her to get a website in three months, and Madi telling a chef his Instagram gives cafeteria vibes 33:00 – The 350 dollar consulting flyer for everyone who wants to pick Madi's brain, and why Lindsay keeps off LinkedIn to protect her connections 36:00 – Southern hospitality with decorum, LinkedIn making people see Madi as an entrepreneur first, and trading brand deals with Chef Darian 38:34 – The actor blacklist for canceling the day before a shoot, and Madi warning a flaky friend he's one strike from dead 41:52 – What casting really means by stir the pot, why is there a mean girl in every reality show 44:33 – The vocal fry speech therapist sketch going viral, short films off to festivals, and the Thailand trip to see her mother in law's cooking 46:41 – The Thailand honeymoon she crashed after one drunk invite, a month riding the Mae Hong Son Loop, and swearing the newlyweds were swingers Come on the pod, sponsor an episode, collab, or just reach out ▫️ https://linktr.ee/maditellsall Follow my world outside the podcast (food, tailgates, health, behind-the-scenes life) ▫️ https://linktr.ee/madelinehall.nyc Thanks for being here guys. Catch me yap same time next week, cheers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
