MY COUSIN RAY
My Cousin Ray Ford is a very good script editor.
Give Ray a script and he can point out things that are too long, overstated , unnecessary , all of those things which are important. He's extremely critical but when you point out your script issues and he comments he can be very helpful. Upon my death I will give all my scripts to Ray as a form of punishment from the after life.
I suggested he should write comedy but the reality is , he wasn't a comedy writer and the with the scripts he did write he borrowed too many ideas from his favourite shows. he did write some stuff .
However give him a script to edit and he's very good.
When I wrote my GET SMART film script he asked could he write some scenes. He did and they are in the final copy. I'm sure I've given him a co writing credit.
His style was more Mel Brooks-Buck Henry which was a good thing because I went the Arne Sultan Leonard Stern, Allan Burns and Chris Hayward style.
