WHAT ELSE CAN POSSIBLY GO WRONG? When I pitched the idea of “Doubting Riley” to my manager, it took him all of five seconds to interrupt. It was right after I said “It’s a comedy about an Irish Catholic gay guy-” He looked at me and wondered aloud if I could just try to write a comedy about a family that doesn’t have to deal with any social issues such as racism, homophobia or anti-Semitism. You know, like “Ferris Bueller” or “Sixteen Candles”…
PETE JONES’ “DOUBTING RILEY” DIARY II
By | August 2003