with the writer's strike going on, i'm put in mind of a poll...
you're given an opportunity to pitch a TV show. right now, what would you pitch to a studio? i'm assuming a drama or a sitcom, but i suppose it could be something else entirely.
ed
p.s.: as always, my answers later, yadda yadda yadda...
silverwhisper posted on Dec 03, 2007
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Fallyn said on Dec 03, 2007....
ahhhh, wow. i'll have to think about this one.
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uniquely-ironic said on Dec 03, 2007....
I'd pitch a series based on Piers Anthony's books on Xanth. I read almost all of the series to my kids and always thought it would translate well to small or big screen. Lots of characters and imagination, plays on words, etc. -
Fallyn said on Dec 03, 2007....
hmmmm, that would be cool.
following a turning books into a tv show theme......a show with characters based on terry pratchetts books would be pretty cool.
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wombat said on Dec 03, 2007....
I have had an idea for a tv show, and wish I could write it--so should I spill it here? -
uniquely-ironic said on Dec 03, 2007....
my sister is a big pratchett fan and I'm sure she'd agree enthusiastically. -
Fallyn said on Dec 03, 2007....
wombie of COURSE.
UI.....i have read everything he has written.....all 30 some odd books. *laughing*
i love terry pratchett!
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wombat said on Dec 03, 2007....
Fallyn: Was I speaking to you? (Ha! Just kidding...!) I think I am searching for the easiest format of writing---something I can just do practically in my sleep, and make tons of money! -
lampshade said on Dec 03, 2007....
So theres a cop, and his sidekick is a monkey. The monkey is telepathic so and reads minds to solve crimes. Each week they pair up while the cop tries to save his marriage and the monkey tries to find a way to explain to the cop what he knows, because he can't speak. Not sure if this is a comedy or not.
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uniquely-ironic said on Dec 03, 2007....
Only if the monkey steal the wife away. -
wombat said on Dec 03, 2007....
lampshade: Sounds like a good premise there for something......something along those lines...yea--I could see that. And tv needs more updated comedy/drama that is reminiscent of the old days. Most of the new stuff is boring to me. (with the exception of House and The Women's Murder Club! I can't complain about those!) -
Fallyn said on Dec 03, 2007....
lamp.....wooooow. -
lampshade said on Dec 03, 2007....
Its no dumber than half the crap on tv. I watch a lot of tv but I can't stand sitcoms anymore because they are so fake. The jokes are predictable, laugh tracks get on my nerves, and I just don't find them funny. Dramas these days are just unnecessarily dramatic to the point where they are stupid. You don't have to kill or wound a main character in every episode! You don't need to turn everything into a love story. TV frustrates me. I pretty much watch nothing but sports, documentaries, and a few reality-competition type shows. and food network. -
wombat said on Dec 03, 2007....
Maybe that is what I meant in a round-about way. I keep flipping channels, and come up empty. That's why I end up watching old shows like "Andy of Mayberry" and "Cheers" "Frasier" and "Mash." "Friends" (and several others). I guess, I meant if they could do that good again, with something new, it would be an improvement. Something with a bit of lasting substance. -
Mamie said on Dec 03, 2007....
I am ready for a new Mamie takes on NYC Runway show with all the soulcasters guest appearing each week...interrupting with love while I try to remember how to manage a fashion house...kind of like a cross between "clueless (I love that humor) and love boat" but with a big city in the background. K? -
Fallyn said on Dec 03, 2007....
documentaries are awesome.
i'd like to watch a documentary on fashion and sociology and how they have affected each other through history.
but i think most people wouldn't be interested.
i'm embarrassed to say i watch reality tv shows..........it's a fishbowl study of sociology.
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TinSoldier said on Dec 03, 2007....
Okay, picture this:
A combination of the post-Civil War Old West and Science Fiction. Our heroes, the Captain and his First Mate, were on the losing side of the war and they are quite bitter about it. They barely make a living flying their ship from planet to planet taking on whatever jobs they can, regardless of legality. They still have a set of ethics, though -- lines they will not cross.
Included in the crew are they happy-go-lucky pilot (who is married to the First Mate), the "Companion" -- a woman who is kind of like a combination of high-end call girl and geisha, and who is also the Captain's love interest, the big dumb mercenary who is not really as dumb as everyone thinks but whose loyalties are often in question, the sweet and innocent mechanic, and the fugitive doctor and the crazy sister who he is trying to protect.
Hey, it's just crazy enough to work...
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lampshade said on Dec 03, 2007....
tinsoldier: add a chimp and I'm sold! -
TinSoldier said on Dec 03, 2007....
Heh -- a combination of BJ and the Bear and Firefly? Hey, why not? -
Fallyn said on Dec 03, 2007....
tin...wow...i'd watch it.
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queenparanoia said on Dec 03, 2007....
Tinsoldier: i watched the movie version of that show... =)
anyway my show would be someone who cooks all over the world while visiting many interesting places... yeah i know it sounds so familiar with some show... but the host is me!!!! =)
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wombat said on Dec 03, 2007....
Queen: Just thought of a cooking show along those lines, if it is not being done--I don't know. But how about a cooking show with only those herbs and plants indiginous to those areas? How do people really cook with what they have at hand? I don't watch this show you refer to, so I may be off the mark....But I know my mom and grandmother cooked with "what they had in hand." Even if they had to go pick and steal it...ha. -
pickersplock said on Dec 03, 2007....
Ooooooohhhhhh I know this!I got this idea from reading the Jasper Fforde novels.Picture a world of the future...Blade Runner meets Lord of the Rings.A large group of high tech criminals have figured out a way to hide from law enforcement by hiding out in books.The whole thing is centered around the literary police trying to track these criminals down and bring them to justice.Add some rogue chimps and voila! The TV series of the century! -
queenparanoia said on Dec 03, 2007....
wombie; that's a great idea!!! although i think there's already a show like that... iwatch it before but forgot the title!!! but that would be so cool!!! =) -
wombat said on Dec 03, 2007....
Queen: Sorry, but shows that I have a mind for that sort of thing, I guess.... will have to work for something else better and not done yet....
What has not been done yet?
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queenparanoia said on Dec 03, 2007....
wombie: how about a baking show? cooking shows always showed cooking and stuff how about just for purely baking pastries? =)
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CreativeWoman said on Dec 03, 2007....
How about a drama where a middle aged woman realizes she has married the wrong man and is afraid to let go. The internet becomes her escape from her everyday unhappiness.
CW
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Fallyn said on Dec 03, 2007....
pickers have you heard of the book, The Eyre Affair?
it's kind of similar to that.
CW....are you sure that wouln't fall under the heading of reality tv?
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wombat said on Dec 03, 2007....
Queen: good, but you will need more than that turbo broiler...ha.. I wish you luck!
And so will I, I will keep my idea to myself right now.....
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CreativeWoman said on Dec 03, 2007....
Fallyn,
No, I would write it as a drama. I'm not a big fan of reality programs.
CW
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Fallyn said on Dec 03, 2007....
CW......ahhh......i thought that's what you meant.
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D6fer said on Dec 03, 2007....
mine would be a game show....I actually wrote it out awhile back.....got it figured out down to the letter.....then I checked into submitting it....and the networks will have no part of it....they dont allow submissions -
preacherman said on Dec 03, 2007....
I miss 7th Heaven and the Gilmore Girls. -
silverwhisper said on Dec 04, 2007....
fallyn: oddly, despite the fact that several friends have spoken highly of pratchett's work, i've never picked up any. with what novel should someone new to him start?
u-i: hey, wow--i've read that series! that would be kinda nifty and highly punny! plus, with the amount of films lately that revolve around magic and children, i think it would go quite well!
wombat: well, in that case you should write it and pitch it yourself!
lampshade: aw, c'mon, that's gotta be a sitcom!
mamie: i like it! :D
TS: oo, i dunno...the studio might do something stupid like change the show's time slot a few times, run the episodes out of sequence, then with the final slot show the pilot! but wait, that's just stupid, no studio would be as dumb as to do something like that![/bitter]
queen: i'd totally watch that!
pickers: you know, i just love the idea of "literary police"! of course, that just has me thinking about guys playing good cop/bad cop..."look, ya scum, this work is derivative and boring! don't make me bust out finnegan's wake on your lousy ass!" "no, no, joe, leave the poor guy alone--ignore my partner, he's crazy!"
CW: gee, something about that idea sounds so familiar to me but i just can't place it... :>
d6: see, now you've got me curious!
preacherman: ah, two shows i've never seen. so were you thinking of something that might have the same general qualities as those shows, then?
me, i'm thinking a show about a bunch of folks who frequent an internet site, like a blogging site or a discussion forum would be interesting. here's the hook: you track a few people in their day to day lives, then see what they post in response to their days. so i guess it's not unlike what CW was saying.
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pickersplock said on Dec 04, 2007....
Fallyn, yes, that's were I got the idea!I just made it tv friendly. -
CreativeWoman said on Dec 04, 2007....
Ed,
They say to write what you know. :-D
CW
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Fallyn said on Dec 04, 2007....
ed.....oh my goodness......wow...um......i'd recommend not starting at the beginning.....his work got better as he went along.......i'd recommend Small Gods.
Monstrous Regiment is a good one ......
i'm trying to think of good ones that don't involve the other books much.
um.....or... the Hogfather is a really good one....especially this time of year.
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harriedpsychmajor said on Dec 04, 2007....
I always thought my workplace would be a good idea for a sitcom. We have a young, inexperienced smart-ass (me, of course), a misanthropic cleaning lady, a neurotic intake worker and an air-headed senior program director. Who can forget the decrepit old man who runs it all?
I'd want it in a similar format to The Office, with really off-kilter characters driving the dialogue instead of flat, tired jokes. No laughtrack.
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crybabylu said on Dec 04, 2007....
I can't think of a dream tv show, but I sure don't like the ones that are on. -
Zaraida said on Dec 04, 2007....
I would definitely pitch a show about women's history. It would start with the first Woman Rights Convention in Seneca Falls in 1848 and end with 1920 when women finally won the vote. But I would cast strong female actresses, such as Jodi Foster, Sandra Bullock - women who have strong voices and personalities, not namby-pamby voices like the ones used in Ken Burns' documentary a while back on the Suffrage movement. I don't think Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton would have those timid, soft voices heard on that program. I could see why people would lost interest. Even though I love the subject, his documentary bored me to death!
My program would also show how women were jailed and force-fed for picketing in front of the White House, and all they endured in order to give us equal footing with men in voting rights. Maybe that would give more women an incentive to get out there and vote and not stay home and say they don't care or don't have time.
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PassionTraveler said on Dec 04, 2007....
Ah ha! If I post it here, someone will STEAL my idea. ;)
Can't have that happening! :) Mine's a secret!!!
PT
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silverwhisper said on Dec 04, 2007....
CW: they do indeed. :>
fallyn: duly noted--thanks!
harried: hey, i thought the same of my last office!
dee: um. OK.
zaraida: hey, where've you been all this time?! now that is an interesting idea--cool!
PT: [steals it anyway] :p
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Zaraida said on Dec 06, 2007....
Howdy, Silver. Yeah, I missed this place. I was fiddle-faddling with different hobbies, but everything bored me. So I'm back. I really love all the questions you post! -
silverwhisper said on Dec 07, 2007....
good to see you and i'm glad you're back. and you know me, i like to know what people think. :>
ed
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