# Entourage Season Opener **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entourage-season-opener/399305 "2007-04-09T14:07:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entourage-season-opener/399305/21 "2007-04-10T15:32:00Z")
[QUOTE=BabaBooey] Good episode, but coulda used more Sloan. [/QUOTE] Will you tell Sloan I said, “What up?” ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entourage-season-opener/399305/22 "2007-04-10T15:35:58Z")
[QUOTE=Rubystreak] Seems like Ari is a liaison with directors and producers, getting scripts for Vince and negotiating jobs. He has that huge office at his disposal for generating contracts, dealing with paperwork, etc. E manages the details of Vince’s life, like appearances, coordinating his household, making decisions about more personal stuff. No idea if that’s how the agent/manager breakdown is for real celebrities. [/QUOTE] This is pretty much my understanding- the agent handles the career, and the manager handles the person. Sometimes they dovetail, sometimes they cover the same ground, but there’s definitely a need to keep an arm’s length between the client and the agent. And _every_ episode could use more Sloan. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entourage-season-opener/399305/23 "2007-04-10T15:47:15Z")
I have ambivalent feelings about this show. I like Jeremy Piven and Kevin Dillon on the show and I like the material that actually deals with the movie business, but I get so sick of half of every episode being a party scene and I really can’t stand Turtle. He’s such a repulsive little parasite. He almost ruins the show for me. Do we really need a party in every single episode? After a while that just starts to become tedious and juvenile. Oh look, it’s girls in bikinis serving umbrella drinks. Just like every single other episode ever. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entourage-season-opener/399305/24 "2007-04-10T16:44:37Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] I have ambivalent feelings about this show. I like Jeremy Piven and Kevin Dillon on the show and I like the material that actually deals with the movie business, but I get so sick of half of every episode being a party scene and I really can’t stand Turtle. He’s such a repulsive little parasite. He almost ruins the show for me. Do we really need a party in every single episode? After a while that just starts to become tedious and juvenile. Oh look, it’s girls in bikinis serving umbrella drinks. Just like every single other episode ever. [/QUOTE] I feel the same way a lot of the time.. but really life for that kind of celebrity would be party after party. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entourage-season-opener/399305/25 "2007-04-10T17:28:07Z")
I seem to remember an interview with the show’s producer who described it as wish fulfillment, which is what Turtle is there for. (And he might seem to be a parasite, but he does drive Vince places and Vince does seem to appreciate having them around to ground him.) As for the agent vs manager thing, I think there are certain things that an agent is legally barred from doing (producing movies?). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entourage-season-opener/399305.md?page=1)