*Check out Jon’s latest films Scarlet Pirate (https://amzn.to/3oeP7KJ) and The Civil Hoax (https://amzn.to/2XcHiZS) **Please go to FamousFounder.com to sign up for our free 30 minute webinar on How Podcasting Can Build You a Huge Crowd of Customers. In addition to filmmaker and entrepreneur interviews this podcast features several specific segments. This episode is a segment we call “Commentaries On Commentaries” or #ConC for short. Each episode involves myself and another filmmaker watching the DVD commentary for one of our favorite and most influential films while taking notes of the most important, impactful and beneficial advice shared by the filmmakers. Then we share these insights during our discussion. If you love film, are looking to be the greatest filmmaker you can be, and wish DVD commentaries would make a comeback then this is the podcast segment for you! This episode's guest is Jon Silver (@JonSilverPoop) a Chicago-based filmmaker coming from a comedy background. He is the Co-Founder of ShowPup Productions (https://showpup.com/) and has worked with Second City and other theaters to produce comedy sketches, short films, web series, TV pilots. His first feature "The Civil Hoax", was called 'Can't Miss Indie Cinema' by the Chicago Tribune, and his latest film “The Scarlet Pirate” is your real Dad. Thanks for tuning in and please check out @TheAnxiousFilmmaker on Instagram to see short videos of all the best moments from this and every episode! 0:11 Initial thoughts on commentary 0:13 Why are there no comedy cinema deep dives? 0:17 Blazing Saddles discussion; people and relationships 0:27 Trixter Gods, See No Evil, Stir Crazy 0:32 First Mel Brooks Film? 0:42 The only racism complaints were from white people? 0:47 Comedy is like jazz 0:52 The violently importance of having final cut on your movie To see the complete show notes, specific links to everything mentioned, and videos of the 10 best moments from the episode please go to https://AnxiousFilmmaker.com/ Now let’s go make some great money and then some even greater movies! Visit the AF Website: http://anxiousfilmmaker.com/ Follow AF on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theanxiousfilmmaker/  Follow Chris Brodhead on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisbrodhead Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuhz3mTvsafjhEx23PDpslw Like AF on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Anxious-Filmmaker Follow AF on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnxiousFilmmakr Follow Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisBrodhead