Episode 187: Guy Text Written by Aaron Brownstein & Simon Ganz

Episode 187: Guy Text Written by Aaron Brownstein & Simon Ganz This month’s dead pilot is Guy Text , written by Aaron Brownstein and Simon Ganz, whose credits include Santa Clarita Diet , Beavis and ButtHead , and About a Boy . Four geriatric millennial friends struggle with what it means to be sensitive, thoughtful, emotionally available modern men. It’s a fast paced and funny pilot that you’ll really enjoy. This episode launches a special two-month experiment on Dead Pilots Society . Two pilots built around the same premise—male group text threads—landed on Andrew’s radar, and both received table reads. In January we will be posting the second pilot, the after show interview, and a special roundtable episode featuring the writers of both pilots, diving into their approaches, creative choices, and the challenges of tackling the same premise. The cast includes Ben Feldman ( Superstore ), Ritesh Rajan ( Definition Please , Ken in animated Barbie TV shows ), Alex Klein ( Guardians of the Galaxy 2 ), Josh Banday ( Upload ), Jonathan Slavin ( Better Off Ted ), Holly Chou ( X-Men 97 ), Jessica Lowe ( Minx ), writer and comedian Megan Gailey, Anna Seregina ( The Civil Dead ), and Andrew Reich with stage directions. Video of the Zoom table read is available exclusively to Maximum Fun members. Become a member for as little as $5 a month at maximumfun.org/join . And don’t forget to check out Andrew’s documentary Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story at . Thanks to everyone who participated in this year's MaxFunDrive! Still want to get in on the action? Follow this link to support this show (and get in on our limited-time keychain sale to benefit the Center for Constitutional Rights):

You can listen to Episode 187: Guy Text Written by Aaron Brownstein & Simon Ganz online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

Episode 187: Guy Text Written by Aaron Brownstein & Simon Ganz is an episode from Dead Pilots Society by Ben Blacker and Andrew Reich.

This episode is 00:45:54 long.

This episode was published on Dec 18, 2025.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Dead Pilots Society when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.