Local boy makes good.

[Tyson Schmidt]

Never thought I'd ever use "jack Olsen" and "GQ" in the same sentence, but here I go.

Our very own "Golden Boy" Jack Olsen is featured in an article in GQ magazine this month. It's an article about successful screenwriters who have as yet been unproduced. They chose Jack exclusively for the photoshots due to his rugged good looks and smokin' hot sex appeal. (Jack's words, not mine) (kidding! I'm just kidding!)

Anyway, it's a very good article, and it portrays Jack in a very good light. I have a whole new respect for him. He's evidently very humble, because to hear him talk, you'd never know how talented and successful he is. I always suspected he was talented, simply because the kid is flippin' sharp and insightful. But, you all know that already from some of his more famous posts here. Always seems to sum things up perfectly when the rest of us are struggling to put our finger on it.

Anyway, go to a newsstand and check it out. Pretty cool.

[RoninLB]

No kidding.. that's great.. what an Up feeling.. fantastic

[}{arlequin]

Damn... and here I thought (while reading the first few lines) that finally someone has seen the light and did a feature on his wonderful car. I guess it's just a Pelican perspective.

Either way, that's great news. Congratulations to you, Jack-O. Looks like you're on your way. It's about time that ride got it's own studio parking spot. Good luck.

[Bob's Flat-Six]

Congratulations Jack,
But I must say I'm not surprized at all.

It will be fun watching you young guy's build your careers.
Good luck to you all.

Oh and by the way I'm interested in a future job exercising a car collection

[MY83SC]

Jack, glad to hear about your article....I am sure you will be produced soon....If your screen plays are half as good as your posts are here.....Jacks fleet of Porsches will someday make Sienfield envious

Any relation to the Jack Olsen who wrote Detective novels???

[makaio]

Don't forget he's a nice guy too! I've only met him a few times, but he's always been very friendly.

Ataboy Jack.

[bell]

werd.........congrats jack.
what month issue?........aug or sept?

[Jack Olsen]

Thanks, guys. It's not an article about my car, although you'll see I got them to mention it in the first paragraph.

Since I scanned it for my parents to read, you can read the article here.

And Mike, I'm not related to the Jack Olsen who wrote true-crime novels, but I knew him (he died about a year ago) because we sometimes used to get each others' emails. Oddly, he was a fan of early 911's, too. I think he had three of them in his lifetime.

As cool (and strange) as it is to have my picture in a magazine like GQ, I'm more excited about an upcoming feature about BB2 in Excellence -- and another one a month or so later in Grassroots Motorsports.

[Mike Kast]

That is so cool! Not as cool as your 911 though Jack!

[RoninLB]

Originally posted by bell

werd.........congrats jack.

it's a weird business.
I was very close friends with a brilliant NYC producer before a sad thing happened.. he was a few years older than me and had a wide field of experience.. from crisis management at Dow, to flying into Mexico to brainwash for 8hr a political leader so he could give a 15min interview, to starting up MTV.
although I never enjoyed, nor wanted to enjoy the social politics involved in the business one thing was clear.
It's A Weird Business..............Ron

[layzee]

Interesting insight into your world Jack, thanks.

[pbs911]

It's only a mterr of time till your name gets on the credits. Great job Jack.

[Neilk]

Cool article Jack. So how long have you been 39?

I look forward to seeing your credits on the screen. Can you tell what some of your uncredited films are so we can see them?

[power]

Youll' always get credit here Jack. Sounds like you have a great attitude, perhaps with some of that hard earned money you could afford office space indoors somewhere. I know it doesn't rain much down there and writing updates to the "maps to the stars houses" on street corners pays the bills, but.....come on Jack! your better than that.

[Chuck Moreland]

Way to go Jack. Just keep an eye out for Ben Affleck.

[MY83SC]

Great article Jack! I always had a feeling that there was more to you than just a Porsche fanatic......Now we all know!

Man...Did I ever choose the wrong line of work...But then, I have no talent

LOL

[island911]

GQ, Jack Olsen:
Lightning's got to strike about six times for a moive to go from being an idea in someones head to the point where it's a whole lot of splashy pictures on a screen.

Interesting. (thanks for the link, Jack)

Though GQ's slant, saying it's seemingly strange for one to make money on an still-born project . . .what were their words?. . . "In any other industry, this would be an inconceivable phenomenon . . ."

Well, apparently GQ knows nothing of my Product Development world. (people get paid, and few products "stick".)
For that matter, had GQ somehow NOT noticed all the wealth given 1990's start-ups? "CEO's" were taking in great money, with far less than a half-baked product.

In the end, I suppose those "CEO's" were very much like Jack. . . selling a good story.

[350HP930]

If you don't mind my asking Jack, what did you do to pay the bills before this whole screen writing thing took off for you?

Also, did you get solicited to do this article or is this a bit of sly publicity on the part of your people?

[LeeH]

Congratulations Jack. Interesting that so many writers turned down the article. In my (ignorant of the industry) mind I would think any press that would increase your name recognition would be a good thing.

It seems like any trade where you get paid a lot, but have to wait, wonder, and worry about the next gig has got add a bit of stress to life. I guess eventually you build up a nest egg and get some sense of security.

I was just discussing a screen play idea with a friend yesterday, but after reading that article it seems I'd be better off with lottery tickets.