comedy writing: April 2010

Friday 16 April 2010

Family Guy Season 1, Episode 3 - Chitty Chitty Death Bang

Lois wants Stewie's first birthday party to be perfect, but complications arise: Meg ditches the party and unknowingly joins a cult, while Stewie thinks the party's climax will be his reinsertion into the womb and acts accordingly.

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When the local news announces that the Earth will be destroyed by a black hole in 24 hours, everyone in Quahog goes nuts trying to live out their last day. Stan and Francine Smith were initially supposed to visit the Griffins, but having been announced on April Fool's day, this was revealed to be false.

Thursday 15 April 2010

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Wednesday 14 April 2010

Classic Cartoon Characters
Classic Cartoon Characters have "marquee value" which means people are familiar with the characters already and have their audience. Network and Television executives don't want to splash out on characters no one has ever heard of before like you guys 'EDD and LARRY' I never heard of you before!

LARRY: Ouch!
EDD: Yeah I got the picture, there was no need for that.

Wasn't meant to insult you, well yeah I was. That's one of the main reasons you see shows like the The New Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh.

LARRY: That's show's title is very misleading!

I'm going to ignore that. You can take shows that have been around for years and just change them up and because of their fan base it doesn't need so much work to get it seen and recognised. Pre-existing characters like Yogi Bear was turned into a teenager was called Yo, Yogi.

EDD: A pup named Scooby doo.
LARRY: Is just a younger version of Scooby Doo.

Exactly. This is taking an old idea and making it High-Concept which means an idea can be pitched in a few sentences and immediately illustrates it's marketability. You want to make sure your idea is High-Concepts because for executives, the essence is all about the money and revenue you can bring in.