Every Production Needs Their Dog
To avoid making eye contact with Ellen, they were instructed not to approach her. Hedda Muskat described the experience of pitching a story as “traumatic.” In character for Ellen, she used snide remarks and insults to frighten her, which was completely inappropriate. In reference to both the television host and a real-life friend she calls “awesome,” Muskat jokingly referred to “two Ellens.”
“Ellen was aware of it because she had witnessed Ed Glavin yelling at writers both as a group and individually,” she said. After a long day at work, Ellen would sit back and watch as Glavin screamed at everyone she worked with. “Every production needs their dog,” she once jokingly said.