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Working in the entertainment industry can look pretty enticing from the outside.

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The Other Twois here to tell you thats a lie.

Instead of swag bags, you get a constantly bruised ego.

But as fodder for comedy?

Oh my God, itsfantastic.

Theres even a swipe at the TV-blogging game: The A.V.

Reader, I felt every part of that exchange, in every bone in my body.

Chase Dreams, who Biebered his way into teen-pop superstardom.

Pat still interviews the woman anyway: You do know who Mayim Bialik is?

Shes so cute on that show.

Its statistically impossible for me not to be on one, Cary complains.

I just saw my upstairs neighbor, whos a shut-in, onOzark.

Brookes job is overwhelming, too.

Even the Ps who qualify for VI status have downsides to their jobs.

As cynical asThe Other Twois with regard to the entire pop-culture-generating machine, the show never punches aggressively down.

A lesser actor might play Pats eagerness to hey and her goofy platitudes as something fake.

But like everyone inThe Other Twouniverse, Pats constantly being asked to cut authenticity corners.

On Friday night, shell make chicken paillard for the whole family.

Oh, thatll be fun, Pat says.