Come up with a TV show idea and pitch it. Bonus points if your show could actually happen (ie the stars are still alive, it doesn't star James Marsters and YOU as a happily married couple, etc). Feel free to use this handy formula in this example:
Title: Untitled Shatner/West Project
Potential Network: CBS
Stars: William Shatner & Adam West
Concept: Two mature, still-handsome but mismatched guys share an apartment. Somewhere.
The Pitch: We've got 2 TV icons here. They're beloved by old & young alike. They can do comedy (although 'comedy' IS a relative term). And, let's face it- West is available. And Shatner will probably do it for a sandwich.
They're probably closeted gay, too- so we're talking a HoYay Factor of at least 5 right out of the gate. Just think of the innuendo! If we can get them to actually PLAY gay guys we can sell it to Bravo. Throw in Charles Nelson Reilly as their nosey landlord with a thing for Bill & we're PFLAG-approved, baby!
And that's it. Now, you try! But, make it snappy! I'm doing lunch with Ashton & then I've got my 3 o'clock rolphing. And where IS that kid with my latte?!
The Pitch
Started by
Sleestak Hunter
, Jul 07 2004 03:43 PM
439 replies to this topic
#1
Posted Jul 7, 2004 @ 3:43 PM
#2
Posted Jul 7, 2004 @ 5:40 PM
I'll write mine as a promo script:
V.O.
You've seen the Bachelor. You've seen the Bachelorette. Now: The Widower
CUT TO
Man in his 80s smiling in a nice suit.
V.O.
One widower.
CUT TO
25 widows in their 70s
V.O.
25 Widows.
CUT TO
Widower with widows at bingo night at the town hall
WIDOWER
BINGO!!
A widow starts to make out with him.
WIDOW #8
Ooh my back!!
V.O.
This year on FOX, sexy has a new name
CUT TO
Widower in the hot tub with four widows making out in bikinis.
V.O.
The widower.
V.O.
You've seen the Bachelor. You've seen the Bachelorette. Now: The Widower
CUT TO
Man in his 80s smiling in a nice suit.
V.O.
One widower.
CUT TO
25 widows in their 70s
V.O.
25 Widows.
CUT TO
Widower with widows at bingo night at the town hall
WIDOWER
BINGO!!
A widow starts to make out with him.
WIDOW #8
Ooh my back!!
V.O.
This year on FOX, sexy has a new name
CUT TO
Widower in the hot tub with four widows making out in bikinis.
V.O.
The widower.
#3
Posted Jul 7, 2004 @ 5:48 PM
I love it!
Title: Hangin' With Marissa Cooper
Potential Network: Fox
Basic Concept: Current events/news talk show hosted by The OC's "starlet", Marrissa Cooper. Co-hosted by Joan Rivers.
The Pitch: Marissa & Joan interview people who are hated throughout the world in the hopes that it will make the 2 of them seem less heinous. Guests could include: Osama bin Laden (live via videophone), Scott Peterson, OJ Simpson, Michael Jackson, Martha Stewart, the Spongmonkys & that little kid from the 'Smart & Final' commercials.
ETA: I changed the potential network to Fox, 'cause it's their fault we're talking about her in the first place....
Title: Hangin' With Marissa Cooper
Potential Network: Fox
Basic Concept: Current events/news talk show hosted by The OC's "starlet", Marrissa Cooper. Co-hosted by Joan Rivers.
The Pitch: Marissa & Joan interview people who are hated throughout the world in the hopes that it will make the 2 of them seem less heinous. Guests could include: Osama bin Laden (live via videophone), Scott Peterson, OJ Simpson, Michael Jackson, Martha Stewart, the Spongmonkys & that little kid from the 'Smart & Final' commercials.
ETA: I changed the potential network to Fox, 'cause it's their fault we're talking about her in the first place....
Edited by Sleestak Hunter, Jul 7, 2004 @ 5:52 PM.
#4
Posted Jul 7, 2004 @ 6:23 PM
Wow, now this one I actually have archives to plunder as response fodder. Two of my better concepts, at least in my strange view:
Title: Asshole (or maybe just A-hole)
Potential Network: ESPN 8 "The Ocho"
The Stars: Drunken frat boys
Concept/pitch: Watch out, you boring-ass World Series of Poker! You're about to get kicked in the balls by the hottest, newest (oldest) card game in town! Hosted by Taint and Dickcheese, kegmeisters at the Chico State chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha, the seminal drinking/card game finally comes to TV, and boy, what an energetic show! Will Moosecock stay vigilant for the ever-sneaky thumb rule when he's on his 14th cup of Natty Lite? Can just-one-of-the-guys chick Jennifer "Hooty McBoob" Lawrence successfully quote Animal House every time she plays a face card? Holy crap, did Juan "Dirty" Sanchez just piss himself? Stay tuned for all the drama, projectile vomiting, and five-minute laughing fits at jokes nobody told, and place your bets on who will be the Supreme Asshole each week!
The other is my vanity project because, ya know, everybody should get to have a vanity project:
Title: Enki!
Network: Spike
Stars: DeeJayEnki, Elizabeth Berkley, Emilio Estevez
Concept: A show patterned after Jerry!, the crappy show George and Jerry created on Seinfeld
The Pitch: I'd get to play myself on the show, of course, with the character being a wisecracking DJ/record nerd with hilarious friends and, in a running gag that appears in every episode, an uncanny ability to do exactly the wrong thing when it comes to girls. My similarly wisecracking female compatriot (Elizabeth Berkley) would provide the necessary dose of estrogen, not to mention reality checks and general peanut gallery-style running commentary. My science nerd homie (Emilio Estevez) fulfills the "wacky gadgets and general hi-jinks" quota, while in another running gag, my neighbor across the hall would be played by a new DJ every month (Z-Trip holds it down for month one, followed by Cut Chemist, DJ Faust, and DJ Rap, with whom I will have a hilariously inept courtship). Watch for special appearances by Angelina Jolie as the unattainable, Hustler-reading sexpot! Can the laffs come any quicker? Can I get a green light? A call back? An acknowledgement of existence? No? Damn.
Title: Asshole (or maybe just A-hole)
Potential Network: ESPN 8 "The Ocho"
The Stars: Drunken frat boys
Concept/pitch: Watch out, you boring-ass World Series of Poker! You're about to get kicked in the balls by the hottest, newest (oldest) card game in town! Hosted by Taint and Dickcheese, kegmeisters at the Chico State chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha, the seminal drinking/card game finally comes to TV, and boy, what an energetic show! Will Moosecock stay vigilant for the ever-sneaky thumb rule when he's on his 14th cup of Natty Lite? Can just-one-of-the-guys chick Jennifer "Hooty McBoob" Lawrence successfully quote Animal House every time she plays a face card? Holy crap, did Juan "Dirty" Sanchez just piss himself? Stay tuned for all the drama, projectile vomiting, and five-minute laughing fits at jokes nobody told, and place your bets on who will be the Supreme Asshole each week!
The other is my vanity project because, ya know, everybody should get to have a vanity project:
Title: Enki!
Network: Spike
Stars: DeeJayEnki, Elizabeth Berkley, Emilio Estevez
Concept: A show patterned after Jerry!, the crappy show George and Jerry created on Seinfeld
The Pitch: I'd get to play myself on the show, of course, with the character being a wisecracking DJ/record nerd with hilarious friends and, in a running gag that appears in every episode, an uncanny ability to do exactly the wrong thing when it comes to girls. My similarly wisecracking female compatriot (Elizabeth Berkley) would provide the necessary dose of estrogen, not to mention reality checks and general peanut gallery-style running commentary. My science nerd homie (Emilio Estevez) fulfills the "wacky gadgets and general hi-jinks" quota, while in another running gag, my neighbor across the hall would be played by a new DJ every month (Z-Trip holds it down for month one, followed by Cut Chemist, DJ Faust, and DJ Rap, with whom I will have a hilariously inept courtship). Watch for special appearances by Angelina Jolie as the unattainable, Hustler-reading sexpot! Can the laffs come any quicker? Can I get a green light? A call back? An acknowledgement of existence? No? Damn.
Edited by DeeJayEnki, Jul 7, 2004 @ 6:27 PM.
#5
Posted Jul 7, 2004 @ 6:29 PM
What? Are you kidding, DeeJayEnki? It's brilliant! I know I said "not starring yourself", but in your case I'll make an exception.
Also, anything that will get Elizabeth Berkley & Anglelina Jolie in the same room at the same time totally works for me. So, y'know, if you need me to do a cameo for a scene with those two- I'm available.
ETA: heh-heh 'Taint & Dickcheese'...
Also, anything that will get Elizabeth Berkley & Anglelina Jolie in the same room at the same time totally works for me. So, y'know, if you need me to do a cameo for a scene with those two- I'm available.
ETA: heh-heh 'Taint & Dickcheese'...
Edited by Sleestak Hunter, Jul 7, 2004 @ 7:22 PM.
#6
Posted Jul 7, 2004 @ 8:04 PM
Title: Untitled Project
Potential Network: WB
Stars: Stars of all informercials
Concept: "Surreal Life" spinoff
The Pitch: Cast a season of "Surreal Life" with stars from informercials/home shopping shows. Ron Popeil, Suzanne Powter, Tony Little, Miss Cleo, Roger Daltrey, Christie Brinkley, Jeanne Bice (Quacker Factory), Bob Mackie
Potential Network: WB
Stars: Stars of all informercials
Concept: "Surreal Life" spinoff
The Pitch: Cast a season of "Surreal Life" with stars from informercials/home shopping shows. Ron Popeil, Suzanne Powter, Tony Little, Miss Cleo, Roger Daltrey, Christie Brinkley, Jeanne Bice (Quacker Factory), Bob Mackie
#7
Posted Jul 7, 2004 @ 9:13 PM
Decormaven's a genius! You could even have Eric Estrada (the 'father figure' of Surreal Life 2) show up to visit like former cast member Vince Neil (the 'drunken father figure' of Surreal Life 1) did. (Estrada used to do infomercials for some real estate company a few back, if I'm not confusing him w/someone else).
Just wanted to get these off my chest before I head off to dinner with Brad & Jennifer....
Marsters & Servant, WB, dramedy, starring James Marsters & Anthony Stewart Head
Synopsis: James Marsters plays a 'fictional' version of himself- a currently unemployed actor with time on his hands who used to play a British person. His rich uncle (also played by Marsters, but without the flattering lighting) dies and in a videowill leaves James his most trusted valet, 'Anthony' (played by actual British person & former instant coffee pimp, Anthony Stewart Head). It's like 'Jeeves' meets 'Buffy' as Anthony gets James out of one wacky situation after another!
The pilot: On the plane on the way to his appearence at a scifi convention, James & Anthony meet a man who claims he invented the mp3 (Eric Estrada). He offers to help James raise $50 million to make another movie version of Macbeth (that James will write, direct, star in and compose the music for). James promptly tells a room full of Buffy fans that he's gonna be Macbeth. Is this mystery man for real? It's up to Anthony to find out! Cameo by Tom Lenk! Based on a true story!
Hogan & Hogan, Fox, Reality show, starring Paul Hogan & Paul Hogan
Synopsis: Australian comedian/actor Paul Hogan (Crocodile Dundee) & Australian valet & reality show host Paul Hogan (Joe Millionaires 1-2) travel the globe to see if anyone still knows who they are. Hilarious scenes of people yelling "Hey, Paul Hogan!" and both of them turning around and saying "What?"
Just wanted to get these off my chest before I head off to dinner with Brad & Jennifer....
Marsters & Servant, WB, dramedy, starring James Marsters & Anthony Stewart Head
Synopsis: James Marsters plays a 'fictional' version of himself- a currently unemployed actor with time on his hands who used to play a British person. His rich uncle (also played by Marsters, but without the flattering lighting) dies and in a videowill leaves James his most trusted valet, 'Anthony' (played by actual British person & former instant coffee pimp, Anthony Stewart Head). It's like 'Jeeves' meets 'Buffy' as Anthony gets James out of one wacky situation after another!
The pilot: On the plane on the way to his appearence at a scifi convention, James & Anthony meet a man who claims he invented the mp3 (Eric Estrada). He offers to help James raise $50 million to make another movie version of Macbeth (that James will write, direct, star in and compose the music for). James promptly tells a room full of Buffy fans that he's gonna be Macbeth. Is this mystery man for real? It's up to Anthony to find out! Cameo by Tom Lenk! Based on a true story!
Hogan & Hogan, Fox, Reality show, starring Paul Hogan & Paul Hogan
Synopsis: Australian comedian/actor Paul Hogan (Crocodile Dundee) & Australian valet & reality show host Paul Hogan (Joe Millionaires 1-2) travel the globe to see if anyone still knows who they are. Hilarious scenes of people yelling "Hey, Paul Hogan!" and both of them turning around and saying "What?"
Edited by Sleestak Hunter, Jul 7, 2004 @ 9:25 PM.
#8
Posted Jul 7, 2004 @ 9:33 PM
Title: Family Circus
Potential Network: ABC on TGIF
Stars: unknowns
Concept: A sitcom about people in a traveling circus. The main characters are acrobat family that has at least one cute kid, the lion tamer, the ringmaster/owner who is a Louie DePalma kind of character, the divorced clown and his teenage son who is embarrassed by his father’s job, and of course the little person.
I have wanted to see this show since I was old enough to come up with a show concept. Think it will ever happen?
Potential Network: ABC on TGIF
Stars: unknowns
Concept: A sitcom about people in a traveling circus. The main characters are acrobat family that has at least one cute kid, the lion tamer, the ringmaster/owner who is a Louie DePalma kind of character, the divorced clown and his teenage son who is embarrassed by his father’s job, and of course the little person.
I have wanted to see this show since I was old enough to come up with a show concept. Think it will ever happen?
#9
Posted Jul 7, 2004 @ 9:47 PM
never mind
Edited by Add It Up, Jul 7, 2004 @ 9:50 PM.
#10
Posted Jul 7, 2004 @ 10:37 PM
Hey, thanks for the props, Sleestak Hunter. And hey, if Enki! ever gets off the ground, I'm sure I'll need somebody both Elizabeth and Angelina can turn me down in favor of, so there ya go. I'll send you the script as soon as it's written.
By the way, Asshole was part of a package I put together to launch an entire new channel, the Drinking Game Show Network. The other shows aren't quite as developed, though so only Asshole is at all postworthy, but I have high hopes for a drinking game show version of Quien Es Mas Macho?.
By the way, Asshole was part of a package I put together to launch an entire new channel, the Drinking Game Show Network. The other shows aren't quite as developed, though so only Asshole is at all postworthy, but I have high hopes for a drinking game show version of Quien Es Mas Macho?.
#11
Posted Jul 7, 2004 @ 11:12 PM
a drinking game show version of Quien Es Mas Macho?
Now, the only problem with that? Is we all know Fernando Lamas es un poco mas macho que Ricardo Montalban.
Topic? I got nothin'. For now, anyways!
Edited by screamapiller, Jul 7, 2004 @ 11:14 PM.
#12
Posted Jul 8, 2004 @ 7:39 AM
No one gets to option my Surreal Life spinoff unless: 1) Uncle Bob gets to do the TWOP recaps 2) Uncle Bob gets a feature spot in a Very Special Episode with John Basedow and 3) Rick James makes a cameo return appearance.
Just think of the commercial tie-ins! It'll make Bravo's Blow Out look like a grade school production, what with every star hawking his/her product in every other breath. Priceless! A show that will pay for itself, right out of the gate!
Just think of the commercial tie-ins! It'll make Bravo's Blow Out look like a grade school production, what with every star hawking his/her product in every other breath. Priceless! A show that will pay for itself, right out of the gate!
#13
Posted Jul 8, 2004 @ 9:41 AM
(Hee, this bud's for you, great Hunter. Great thread.)
Just when you had written off C-Span as the boring reality refuge of pencil-necked policy geeks and asskissing interns, the Fox network steps in and delivers its promise to remake the world of television as we know it. When Fox bought C-SPAN over the summer for $50 in singles and a four-martini lunch at the world renowned cafe, Jiggles, it became committed to controlling every aspect of how the world sees our government hard at work. And we mean *every* aspect.
So what, you ask, is its first campaign to liberate C-SPAN from its snooze-inducing Senate floor monologues and appropriations committee snorefests, and bravely importing some good ol' fashioned democracy and more working-man standards to make C-SPAN the new home of "ultimate reality"? Two new shows this fall will make you think loonnnnong and haarrrd about democracy as we know it:
"The Hard-Knock Life":
We take 10 highly opinionated members of each of the parties in Congress and force them to live in parts of the country that represent the extreme opposite of their views for six months. Some ideas: Tom DeLay lives into a small walkup in the Castro with a leather daddy and two buzzcut leaders of Lesbian Nation. Ted Kennedy moves into a trailer park with Randall Terry and two members of the Aryan Nation in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Who lives? Who dies? Who changes parties? Will they ever learn to see how the other side lives?
"Wonks Gone Wild"
Follow the nocturnal activities of some of famous-for-DCs movers and shakers as they try to redeem their abysmal professional accomplishments by getting jiggy with it with their cohorts. But what's the catch? Each person's wearing a wire and a buzzer, so when they mislead, inveigle, obfuscate or just flat out lie about their opinions to get someone in the sack, they get zapped with electrodes.
Mary Matalin and James Carville provide the play by play as members from both parties learn to "compromise," "promote growth" and "conduct findings." Guest judges who will comment on personal style *and* political substance include Chris Matthews, Madeleine Albright and Ari Fleischer.
Fox and C-Span: Making Reality Work For You. Now More Than Ever.
Just when you had written off C-Span as the boring reality refuge of pencil-necked policy geeks and asskissing interns, the Fox network steps in and delivers its promise to remake the world of television as we know it. When Fox bought C-SPAN over the summer for $50 in singles and a four-martini lunch at the world renowned cafe, Jiggles, it became committed to controlling every aspect of how the world sees our government hard at work. And we mean *every* aspect.
So what, you ask, is its first campaign to liberate C-SPAN from its snooze-inducing Senate floor monologues and appropriations committee snorefests, and bravely importing some good ol' fashioned democracy and more working-man standards to make C-SPAN the new home of "ultimate reality"? Two new shows this fall will make you think loonnnnong and haarrrd about democracy as we know it:
"The Hard-Knock Life":
We take 10 highly opinionated members of each of the parties in Congress and force them to live in parts of the country that represent the extreme opposite of their views for six months. Some ideas: Tom DeLay lives into a small walkup in the Castro with a leather daddy and two buzzcut leaders of Lesbian Nation. Ted Kennedy moves into a trailer park with Randall Terry and two members of the Aryan Nation in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Who lives? Who dies? Who changes parties? Will they ever learn to see how the other side lives?
"Wonks Gone Wild"
Follow the nocturnal activities of some of famous-for-DCs movers and shakers as they try to redeem their abysmal professional accomplishments by getting jiggy with it with their cohorts. But what's the catch? Each person's wearing a wire and a buzzer, so when they mislead, inveigle, obfuscate or just flat out lie about their opinions to get someone in the sack, they get zapped with electrodes.
Mary Matalin and James Carville provide the play by play as members from both parties learn to "compromise," "promote growth" and "conduct findings." Guest judges who will comment on personal style *and* political substance include Chris Matthews, Madeleine Albright and Ari Fleischer.
Fox and C-Span: Making Reality Work For You. Now More Than Ever.
#14
Posted Jul 8, 2004 @ 10:15 AM
I used this in a Pixel Challenge, but I think this is actually where TV is headed.
Sitcom, The Reality Show
A Making the Band style reality show which shows the making of a sitcom in all its backstage glory. Unknown actors and writers are chosen for their potential and their personalities and thrown together in an enclosed space where their lives are filmed every second of every day. See them sit in creative meetings and fight over who stuck their finger in the peanut butter. Presumably, after a few months, they will come up with the material to film a network sitcom, which will air directly after Sitcom, The Reality Show.
Of course I'll have to pitch that sitcom as well:
Reality Show, The Sitcom
A group of unknown actors and writers have been chosen after a national search to produce this sitcom about the making of a reality TV show. Watch the final product as all the reality show whores you've been loathing the previous half hour try to entertain you with their actual talent in this half hour. Hilarity, or snark, is sure to ensue.
Sitcom, The Reality Show
A Making the Band style reality show which shows the making of a sitcom in all its backstage glory. Unknown actors and writers are chosen for their potential and their personalities and thrown together in an enclosed space where their lives are filmed every second of every day. See them sit in creative meetings and fight over who stuck their finger in the peanut butter. Presumably, after a few months, they will come up with the material to film a network sitcom, which will air directly after Sitcom, The Reality Show.
Of course I'll have to pitch that sitcom as well:
Reality Show, The Sitcom
A group of unknown actors and writers have been chosen after a national search to produce this sitcom about the making of a reality TV show. Watch the final product as all the reality show whores you've been loathing the previous half hour try to entertain you with their actual talent in this half hour. Hilarity, or snark, is sure to ensue.
#15
Posted Jul 8, 2004 @ 10:43 AM
Or better yet Fukui San, put the band and the sitcom together.
Behind the Re-making of a Sitcom Band!
Potential Network:VH-1
That's right folks you asked for it! You will now get to watch as TV's greatest has-been singers compete to form a new band!
Host: La Toya Jackson
Contestants: David Cassidy; Donny and Marie Osmond; Barry Williams; Raven Simone; Scott Baio; Leather Tuscadero; Mickey Donenz and many, many more!
Watch as David and Donny's fight over the hair dryer turns ugly. Laugh as Barry really tries to write a song. Feel your heart swell as surprise guest Shirley Jones comes to dole out hugs and wisdom.
Behind the Re-making of a Sitcom Band!
Potential Network:VH-1
That's right folks you asked for it! You will now get to watch as TV's greatest has-been singers compete to form a new band!
Host: La Toya Jackson
Contestants: David Cassidy; Donny and Marie Osmond; Barry Williams; Raven Simone; Scott Baio; Leather Tuscadero; Mickey Donenz and many, many more!
Watch as David and Donny's fight over the hair dryer turns ugly. Laugh as Barry really tries to write a song. Feel your heart swell as surprise guest Shirley Jones comes to dole out hugs and wisdom.
#16
Posted Jul 8, 2004 @ 10:55 AM
Watch as David and Donny's fight over the hair dryer turns ugly. Laugh as Barry really tries to write a song. Feel your heart swell as surprise guest Shirley Jones comes to dole out hugs and wisdom.
most importantly: Watch Suzi Quatro (aka Leather) kick Raven's ass!
#17
Posted Jul 8, 2004 @ 11:13 AM
I love each and every one of you. Our network rocks.
I don't have much time. I just had breakfast with one of the Olsen Twins (What? I can't remember their names or which is which! The one not in rehab. And who eats) and I've got a 10am with Whedon (the Serenity shoots off for today- Nathan pulled a groin muscle getting into his leather pants- it's a mess).
emdroberts, I love 'Family Circus'! I'm sending over tapes of Circus Boy to your bungalow. We might be able to steal some stuff from that, too (remember- it's TV)! It kinda reminds me of Carnivale, too. But a lot less creepy, weird & naked. But, creepy, weird & naked sells. We'll talk!
(beep)
Add It Up, hello? Hello?
(beep)
DeeJayEnki, shut UP! You'r a DJ for godsake! How cool is that? Chicks love DJs! I kill imaginary lizard people for a living, for God's sake. Get out of here! We'll talk!
(beep)
screamapiller, who loves you, babe? That's right. SH do. We'll talk!
(beep)
Decormaven, Uncle Bob is IN, babe! He was in from the beginning. Are you kidding? The schadenfreude is through the roof! We'll talk!
(beep)
quotidian! I can get you Albright for a song! We used to date. Long story. Still friends. I love what you're doing over at C-Span! We'll talk!
(beep)
Fukui San, you're a genius! A show that actually lives off its own waste! 2 shows, even! I'm buying you lunch! Let's conference with Phred62 on this. Who doesn't love Shirley Jones, am I right? We'll talk!
(beep)
I've got an idea I want to bounce off you guys. But, I've blabbed enough for one post. I'll get back with you guys after my 10am Whedon. Love ya!
I don't have much time. I just had breakfast with one of the Olsen Twins (What? I can't remember their names or which is which! The one not in rehab. And who eats) and I've got a 10am with Whedon (the Serenity shoots off for today- Nathan pulled a groin muscle getting into his leather pants- it's a mess).
emdroberts, I love 'Family Circus'! I'm sending over tapes of Circus Boy to your bungalow. We might be able to steal some stuff from that, too (remember- it's TV)! It kinda reminds me of Carnivale, too. But a lot less creepy, weird & naked. But, creepy, weird & naked sells. We'll talk!
(beep)
Add It Up, hello? Hello?
(beep)
DeeJayEnki, shut UP! You'r a DJ for godsake! How cool is that? Chicks love DJs! I kill imaginary lizard people for a living, for God's sake. Get out of here! We'll talk!
(beep)
screamapiller, who loves you, babe? That's right. SH do. We'll talk!
(beep)
Decormaven, Uncle Bob is IN, babe! He was in from the beginning. Are you kidding? The schadenfreude is through the roof! We'll talk!
(beep)
quotidian! I can get you Albright for a song! We used to date. Long story. Still friends. I love what you're doing over at C-Span! We'll talk!
(beep)
Fukui San, you're a genius! A show that actually lives off its own waste! 2 shows, even! I'm buying you lunch! Let's conference with Phred62 on this. Who doesn't love Shirley Jones, am I right? We'll talk!
(beep)
I've got an idea I want to bounce off you guys. But, I've blabbed enough for one post. I'll get back with you guys after my 10am Whedon. Love ya!
Edited by Sleestak Hunter, Jul 8, 2004 @ 11:15 AM.
#18
Posted Jul 8, 2004 @ 2:07 PM
Title: Law & Order: Grammar Squad
Network: NBC
Concept
Police Drama. Tired of all the bad grammar, spelling, and punctuation, New York City introduces the NYPD Grammar Squad. Pilot: The Grammar Detectives hunt people who use apostrophes in plurals.
Network: NBC
Concept
Police Drama. Tired of all the bad grammar, spelling, and punctuation, New York City introduces the NYPD Grammar Squad. Pilot: The Grammar Detectives hunt people who use apostrophes in plurals.
#19
Posted Jul 8, 2004 @ 2:17 PM
And Smallville's Lana Lang is Pink Public Enemy Number ONE!Pilot: The Grammar Detectives hunt people who use apostrophes in plurals.
Title: Sandwich & Son
Network: WB
The Pitch: It's an animated comedy about a ham sandwich (voice of William Shatner), his wife, a turkey breast on white bread (voice of Kate Mulgrew) and their adult son, Monte Cristo (voice of James Marsters) who are trying to break into show business. BUT- they're being hunted by the villianous Spongmonkeys (playing themselves, thanks to an exclusive arrangement with Joel Veitch).
Here's the sweet, sweet part: We get Quizno's AND Subway in on the deal. We double our sponsorship AND we've got creative grist (what with all the conflict).
#20
Posted Jul 8, 2004 @ 2:17 PM
I could try to think of something oh so clever, but really the best ideas for a show is one that is so obvious yet inexplicably hasn't been made. The top idea of course would be a minority version of Bachelor. Black Bachelor, Latin Bachelor, Asian Bachelor, etc. I am shocked that it hasn't been done. It would be worth it if only to see the two token white girls amongst the bachelorettes. Of course then you would get the obligatory complaints. "What if they did White Bachelor?" Any response to that question is an insult to everyone's intelligence.
#21
Posted Jul 8, 2004 @ 2:24 PM
It would be worth it if only we get to see the white girls eliminated in the first round. It seems like on all those dating shows, the non-white ladies don't last very long. Granted, my experience is limited to only the 2 Joe Millionaires (where both meatheads ejected those gals toot-sweet)- but that won't stop me from shooting my mouth off!The top idea of course would be a minority version of Bachelor. Black Bachelor, Latin Bachelor, Asian Bachelor, etc. I am shocked that it hasn't been done. It would be worth it if only to see the two token white girls amongst the bachelorettes.
PS: don't worry about being clever. We're talking about TV, remember? ; )
Edited by Sleestak Hunter, Jul 8, 2004 @ 2:24 PM.
#22
Posted Jul 8, 2004 @ 2:57 PM
The latest round of Big Brother commercials were just too much:
Title: Sweet Home Alabama (or possibly "Alabammy Weddin'")
Potential network: FOX (who else?)
Concept: Reality marriage shows hit a new low!
The Pitch: A handsome hick from the back woods of Alabama gets cleaned brought to the city, cleaned up, and woos twelve potential wives. The twist? One of them's his long-lost sister! Wackiness ensues.
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And hitting an even lower low:
Title: Dude, Where's My External Genitalia?
Potential network: FOX, again
Concept: It's "The Swan". For the FOX Generation!
The Pitch: What if, instead of turning ugly girls into beautiful women, we did the same for ugly guys! Added plus-- it might distract the GLBT community long enough for us to give Mike Savage a show on Fox News!
Title: Sweet Home Alabama (or possibly "Alabammy Weddin'")
Potential network: FOX (who else?)
Concept: Reality marriage shows hit a new low!
The Pitch: A handsome hick from the back woods of Alabama gets cleaned brought to the city, cleaned up, and woos twelve potential wives. The twist? One of them's his long-lost sister! Wackiness ensues.
--
And hitting an even lower low:
Title: Dude, Where's My External Genitalia?
Potential network: FOX, again
Concept: It's "The Swan". For the FOX Generation!
The Pitch: What if, instead of turning ugly girls into beautiful women, we did the same for ugly guys! Added plus-- it might distract the GLBT community long enough for us to give Mike Savage a show on Fox News!
#23
Posted Jul 8, 2004 @ 3:08 PM
Title: Alternate Universe
Network: ABC
Concept: All of the missing children from various shows all meet in an alternate reality and start their own family.
Starring: Chuck Cunningham; Judy Winslow; Tina Pinciotti and the kid from All My Children who went up to the attic and never came down.
Network: ABC
Concept: All of the missing children from various shows all meet in an alternate reality and start their own family.
Starring: Chuck Cunningham; Judy Winslow; Tina Pinciotti and the kid from All My Children who went up to the attic and never came down.
#24
Posted Jul 8, 2004 @ 3:13 PM
I hope they adopt Ben & Emily from Friends!Concept: All of the missing children from various shows all meet in an alternate reality and start their own family.
#25
Posted Jul 8, 2004 @ 3:35 PM
Kapurasama reminded me of a backburnered pitch from last year for Fox/UPN. I'm shocked they passed on this, actually.
Seriously, Who Wants to Go to Heaven?
The Concept: 700 Club/Al Jazeera meets "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?"
The Pitch: Religious fundementalists of every stripe face off for the ulitmate test of spiritual purity. (Except for Jews. We don't like them to get represented on TV.) Scriptural knowledge and a willingness to don ultra conservative fashion and oppress/stone women perceived to be adulterers are the initial tests; "heathens and heretics" make them crazy by questioning their religious tenets; plus, contestants must also face trials like gay men and lesbians "flouting their lifestyle" and criticising their clothing; and temptations are faced in the form of "sexy" music, as well as lots of naked, booty-shaking "virgins" who taunt the contestants at every turn. Each contestant who loses at the end of the episode is smote, from on high atop the thing by a "God" who looks suspiciously like Aaron Spelling. Panelists include a Benedictine nun, an imam from Tehran and a former cop turned Buddhist arhat from Thailand who has a tendency to be rather snarky. Clay Aiken hosts.
The winner is determined by a national call-in vote (What? You think the Almighty would actually handle this?) and the winner gets eternal happiness. Yep, that's it. No material gratification. No costs to the network. And everybody wants to watch people suffer!
Seriously, Who Wants to Go to Heaven?
The Concept: 700 Club/Al Jazeera meets "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?"
The Pitch: Religious fundementalists of every stripe face off for the ulitmate test of spiritual purity. (Except for Jews. We don't like them to get represented on TV.) Scriptural knowledge and a willingness to don ultra conservative fashion and oppress/stone women perceived to be adulterers are the initial tests; "heathens and heretics" make them crazy by questioning their religious tenets; plus, contestants must also face trials like gay men and lesbians "flouting their lifestyle" and criticising their clothing; and temptations are faced in the form of "sexy" music, as well as lots of naked, booty-shaking "virgins" who taunt the contestants at every turn. Each contestant who loses at the end of the episode is smote, from on high atop the thing by a "God" who looks suspiciously like Aaron Spelling. Panelists include a Benedictine nun, an imam from Tehran and a former cop turned Buddhist arhat from Thailand who has a tendency to be rather snarky. Clay Aiken hosts.
The winner is determined by a national call-in vote (What? You think the Almighty would actually handle this?) and the winner gets eternal happiness. Yep, that's it. No material gratification. No costs to the network. And everybody wants to watch people suffer!
#26
Posted Jul 8, 2004 @ 3:43 PM
I hope they adopt Ben & Emily from Friends!Concept: All of the missing children from various shows all meet in an alternate reality and start their own family.
Be sure to include a brief cameo by Seven Bundy from MWC. Brief, though. That kid is MIA for a reason.
#27
Posted Jul 8, 2004 @ 3:44 PM
quotidian, we could package your idea with a little project I've been nursing, That's My Mullah! Think about it.
Aiken would make a good host as he's "hot" right now. But, and just here me out now, what if we brought Scientology into this and got Jenna Elfman to host? Eh? She's funny, she's sexy. She's currently unemployed. No? Kirstie Alley then? She's funny, she's sexy... to some people...
We'll talk!
ETA: WhyTheLongFace, you're a genius!
ETA: I'm one of those people who thinks Kirstie Alley is still sexy. Funny chicks are hot, no matter how much of them there is. Also, in an interview recently, she said, unapologetically: "I know why I'm fat. I eat a lot." Heh. You go, girl!
Aiken would make a good host as he's "hot" right now. But, and just here me out now, what if we brought Scientology into this and got Jenna Elfman to host? Eh? She's funny, she's sexy. She's currently unemployed. No? Kirstie Alley then? She's funny, she's sexy... to some people...
We'll talk!
ETA: WhyTheLongFace, you're a genius!
ETA: I'm one of those people who thinks Kirstie Alley is still sexy. Funny chicks are hot, no matter how much of them there is. Also, in an interview recently, she said, unapologetically: "I know why I'm fat. I eat a lot." Heh. You go, girl!
Edited by Sleestak Hunter, Jul 8, 2004 @ 3:48 PM.
#28
Posted Jul 8, 2004 @ 4:15 PM
Sleestak Hunter-- marry me?
Topic:
Title: Can't buy me love!
Premise: Can you buy love? This millionaire will try! Watch as he tries to woo 12 single women into everlasting love-- not with his personality, but with cold hard cash. The twist: he doesn't get to meet them in person until the end.
Star: The Donald? (Already shown a willingness to star on a reality show.)
Michael Jackson? (How else could anyone fall for him?)
Topic:
Title: Can't buy me love!
Premise: Can you buy love? This millionaire will try! Watch as he tries to woo 12 single women into everlasting love-- not with his personality, but with cold hard cash. The twist: he doesn't get to meet them in person until the end.
Star: The Donald? (Already shown a willingness to star on a reality show.)
Michael Jackson? (How else could anyone fall for him?)
#29
Posted Jul 8, 2004 @ 4:29 PM
Who wants to be an ADA?
5 deeply devoted L&O fans take on the difficult task to find the perfect replacement for Elisabot. Will they succeed in finding that one woman who will make us relive the days when this show actually had a good "Law" part, and viewers did not reach for the remote halfway through?
Find out this fall!
5 deeply devoted L&O fans take on the difficult task to find the perfect replacement for Elisabot. Will they succeed in finding that one woman who will make us relive the days when this show actually had a good "Law" part, and viewers did not reach for the remote halfway through?
Find out this fall!
Edited by bella1013, Jul 8, 2004 @ 4:29 PM.
#30
Posted Jul 8, 2004 @ 4:44 PM
Fukui San, you're a genius! A show that actually lives off its own waste! 2 shows, even! I'm buying you lunch! Let's conference with Phred62 on this. Who doesn't love Shirley Jones, am I right? We'll talk!
(beep)
Sleestak Hunter, if you ever become a network exec, please look me up.
As for a dating reality show, I'm waiting for the show in which a bisexual person gets to choose from a pool of same sex gays and opposite sex heteros.
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