In honor of this news, here are some things that happened when I interned in the writer’s room for the 8th season of 90210 in 1998-
1. Two writers got into a physical altercation in the middle of the office
2. They really did not like Shannen Doherty. They said that the only way https://twitter.com/alyssamastro44/status/1312921825261875200

2. she would come back would be in a box.
3. They loved Tori Spelling because she worked hard but they talked a lot about how little she ate.
4. Hillary Swank came by the offices to thank the writers for the opportunity which I thought was so sweet.
5. I wasn’t allowed to offer

5. any ideas&had to be as invisible as possible. There was no social media so I ate my weight in jelly beans to pass the time. Once I accidentally misjudged the time and was about a half hour late getting back to the office from lunch-no one noticed I was gone.
6. Once when I was

6. Handing out rewrites of scripts, I walked into an office without knocking. The writer was sitting on the floor in the dark. He said he was doing yoga but he jumped up way too fast and was way too nervous for it to be yoga, but to this day, I’d like to believe it yoga and not..

7. I went on a bad date with an intern from 7th Heaven who smoked like a chimney, was a half hour late to the date and thought I’d be impressed by him telling me he had gotten out of rehab for punching his dad in the face. Pretty sure he’s in prison now. Just guessing.

8. I met Jason Priestley. He was really nice. I didn’t meet Luke Perry-his picture was above my bed back in junior high. May he Rest In Peace.

It was an interesting way to spend a summer. They really wanted me to blend into the walls. But hey, at least I got college credit!