Really shows how intelligence and common sense are two different things.
Or making decisions based on emotionality and what you want.
Just because you want 8 kids (or 5 or whatever) doesn't mean it's a good idea to have that many kids.
And just because you think your passion is being a comedy writer doesn't mean it's a good idea to take that career path or take that gamble.
I mean I would imagine it would have been possible when he was offered the dream job by Tom Arnold to look at it rationality (hard but possible) and know enough about the business to realize the gamble he was taking.
As opposed to the gamble that a person fresh out of college w/o kids or a family in the same "go for the brass ring" situation.
The alternative to taking that job was staying in magazine publishing. Magazine publishing has probably done even worse than comedy writing over that time period.
Really shows how intelligence and common sense are two different things.
Or making decisions based on emotionality and what you want.
Just because you want 8 kids (or 5 or whatever) doesn't mean it's a good idea to have that many kids.
And just because you think your passion is being a comedy writer doesn't mean it's a good idea to take that career path or take that gamble.
I mean I would imagine it would have been possible when he was offered the dream job by Tom Arnold to look at it rationality (hard but possible) and know enough about the business to realize the gamble he was taking.
As opposed to the gamble that a person fresh out of college w/o kids or a family in the same "go for the brass ring" situation.