Historical Concept Societies

Idea: To create societies of 100,000+ people who *loosely* live the lifestyle of a historical era (but with flushing toilets), including both the popular culture and the technology of the era. That way, they can make money on tourism, and if a huge global disaster occurs, and we lose all electricity or all computers or something, we have a large supply of people who know how to do stuff using older technology, who can instantly step in to help the rest of the world and prevent mass starvation. Also: the need for more physical leisure activities; as tech advances, there'll be a need for more and more societies based on different levels of technology, which will create more and more jobs

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 46

David Shank (Broken Knuckle Podcast Recording Studio Sitting Down WIth Standups Podcast)
Jason Spitsbergen (Twitter: @JSpitsbergen)
Josh Bowab
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (Podcast Detroit)

Twitter Theater

Idea: A performance venue where you vote on Twitter (or some other social media platform) for who will perform that night. It would encourage friendly competition between performers, and would encourage famous people who are in town for other reasons to "drop in" spontaneously Also: purchasing the ticket as part of the vote and getting refunded if the performer you voted for loses; checking the candidates every day at lunch would keep people interested in the venue; it would be a step towards freeing humanity from the prison of constant time commitments

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 41

Avery Sommerfeld (Facebook: @crazeecomedy, YouTube: Funny News)
DC Bradley (Instagram: @dcbradleyonig)
Steven G Sullivan
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Neverending Virtual Open Mic

Idea: To have a never-ending (24 hours a day) virtual open mic for standup comedy. It would use a proprietary system of filtering out background noises of the audience, and would incorporate the emcee, phone screeners, and "bouncers" (who can mute audience members). Also: a few other ideas for movie theaters and live comedy venues; where to locate the emcees around the world for the 24-hour virtual open mic so they all work an evening/night shift; combining a virtual comedy show with a live in-person comedy show

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 39

Myles De Leeuw (Twitter: @mylesdeloser)
Jon Mullinix (Instagram: @mullinixjon)
JR Williams (Twitter: @jrstandsup)
John Sopkowicz (Twitter: @sopkowits)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Movie Premiere Comedy Showcase

Idea: A show which consists of live standup comedy followed by a movie premiere (such as a Marvel movie). The show is located in a movie theater, and the comedians sometimes do comedy which is loosely related to the movie. Also: how to run shows in movie theaters, falling asleep as an emcee of a midnight show

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 38

Garri Madera (Twitter: @garcom)
Gerrit Elzinga (Twitter: @GerritElzinga, Podcast: This Better Be Good)
Shane Dials (Twitter: @ShaneDials)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Deadly Escape Room

Idea: Escape rooms with real danger, like the movie Saw, which are possibly televised. Also: a more intense corporate team-building exercise or test of character for engaged couples, white-collar criminals tend to be smarter than regular criminals and thus would be funner to watch in a Saw-like escape room, wondering why there aren't any recreational drugs that are taken using acupuncture needles

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 36

Kurt Brown (Twitter: @KurtBrownTown)
Jason Alt (Twitter: @JasonEAlt)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (PodcastDetroit.com)

Robot Fish for Scuba and Underwater Theme Parks

Idea: To put fake robot fish in the ocean for scuba-divers and snorkelers to look at to compensate for the real fish that are dying off, and to create underwater theme parks to scuba-dive through such as Atlantis, haunted sunken pirate ship, Little Mermaid, scuba through the human body, etc. Also: mistaking a real shark for a robotic shark, a VR-headset scuba mask in an empty pool, "The best way I can describe the experience of snorkeling is 'a shared unspoken conspiracy of fake positivity' because everybody can see that the ocean is mostly dead"

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 35

Avery Sommerfeld (Facebook: @crazeecomedy, YouTube: Funny News)
Gimmy Cipriano (Twitter: @theRealGimmyC, @aBitTooMuch1)
Austin Gosnell (Twitter: @AustinSGosnell YouTube: ThemBoyzSkittin)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (PodcastDetroit.com)

Valet Simulator Videogame

Idea: A silly, over-the-top "valet simulator" videogame, similar in spirit to Paperboy, where you have to dodge obstacles, fight off dragons, perform reckless driving maneuvers, etc. and still return the car to the owner with minimal damage. Also: the odd trend of videogames based on boring jobs, tipping the hospital valet, tipping driverless cars, accidentally leaving stuff in the car like guns, babies, or both a gun and a baby

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 33

David Wellfare (Twitter: @DaveWellfare)
Chris Young (Twitter: @chrisyoungcomic, Comedy Special Video: Chris Young: Buoyant Mon)
Jon Ruggiero (Twitter: @ComedyRugg)
Ryan Allen (Twitter: @ryanallen92)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (PodcastDetroit.com)

Car Dealership Murder Mystery

Idea: A comedic murder mystery play similar to the movie "Clue" which takes place in a racially-diverse car dealership during a big car sale. Also: your coworkers at the car dealership are being killed off but you don't run away or call the police because their deaths mean that you'll get more sales commissions, the worst customers at a used car dealership are white women who are retired schoolteachers

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 30

Bree Pratt formerly Brian Pratt
Joe Morgan (Instagram: @jomoworx4u )
Peggy Beattie (Twitter: @Peggy4859)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Breakfast Club Musical

Idea: A musical remake of the 1985 teen movie "The Breakfast Club". Also: questioning whether the 80s "goth" and "burnout" stereotypes from the movie are still relevant, casting the burnout kid from the 80s movie as the stuffy principle in the musical remake, making the audience of the musical sit in uncomfortable school desks like they're in detention with the cast

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 30

Bree Pratt formerly Brian Pratt
Joe Morgan (Instagram: @jomoworx4u )
Peggy Beattie (Twitter: @Peggy4859)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Squawkbox

Idea: A series of soundproof rooms (called "squawkboxes") along the walls of a movie theater in which small groups of people can talk to each other and use their cell phones while watching the movie. Also: themed squawkboxes such as "hotel room squawkboxes" and "parental lounge squawkboxes" and "singles bar squawkboxes", types of movies that would be best for squawkboxes

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 29

Brett Mercer (Twitter: @brettmercer_)
Corey Rice (Facebook: @coreyrice)
Bryan Harrison (Podcast: moistdefinatelypodcast.com)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (PodcastDetroit.com)

Innovation Olympics

Idea: A new type of Olympics where each event is designed to promote innovation in human biological enhancement/recovery, sporting equipment technology, or both; events include Human Battering Ram, Vertical Running, Flugtag (human powered flying machines), Artificial Liver Drinking Contest, and Team Pole Vault (where the pole vaulter goes so high they need to parachute down). Also: a moderate amount of danger and serious injury is encouraged because it advances the technology of medicine and physical therapy

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 28

Robert Johnson (Twitter: @blackrob2006)
DC Bradley (Instagram: @dcbradleyonig)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (PodcastDetroit.com)

Drone-Propelled Rollerskating VR Game

Idea: A virtual reality videogame where the main character uses a handheld helicopter drone to propel himself/herself around on roller skates and chop up enemies. Also: VR for exercise, changing the stereotype of a "gamer", movement in VR that won't make you feel sick like walking or running often does

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 27

Felicity Blue (Twitter: @FelFelBlue)
Sai Dharmarajan aka "Sai-D" (Twitter: @saidee27)
Michael Dinkelis (Twitter: @MichaelDinkelis)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (PodcastDetroit.com)

Backwards Time Travel

Idea: A weird way to approximate backwards time travel in video games and possibly the real world. Also: the "Back to the Future" disappearing photo, memory manipulation and trans-cranial direct-current stimulation, delayed remembering of externally-stored memories, the perils of living in the past, the "satanic panic" of the 80s, Wild West bar fights

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 26

Steve Hansen (Twitter: @StevenRHansen)
Branden Milsk (Twitter: @BrandenMilsk)
Joey Derderian (Instagram: @derderianjoey)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (PodcastDetroit.com)

Choose-Your-Adventure Movies

Idea: Choose-your-adventure movies in movie theaters, where the audience votes what happens next. Also: possible fights if the rest of the audience wants to go the same direction you've already seen

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 25

Ken Witzgall (Twitter: @KenWitzgall42)
Scott Fischer (Instagram: @scottimscott)
Justin Mcleod (Twitter: @jibtron_zero)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (PodcastDetroit.com)

Brailleoke

Idea: Karaoke for blind people. Also: human record players, can you drink while doing brailleoke, the blind kid who tried to play football

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 24

Samantha Rager (Twitter: @SGRager)
Max Sheldrick (Instagram: @maxsheldrick)
Teena Green (Twitter: @TeenaMGreen)
Jeewan Gill (Facebook: @jeewan.gill.5)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (PodcastDetroit.com)

Recreational Fake Kidnapping

Idea: A recreational fake kidnapping service (as inspired by "escape rooms") where you have to solve puzzles to escape. Also: a fake kidnapping "promposal" and how it could go wrong, PTSD, staging a heroic escape (as a couple) from fake kidnappers and then never telling your girl/boyfriend that it was fake

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 13

Alex Bozinovic (Twitter: @truheroism)
Jeff Ford
Dan Turco (Twitter: @Dansplaining)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Human Landscapes Golf

Idea (NSFW): A golf course filled with nature that looks like human anatomy (cactuses that looks like dicks, trees with lumps that look like butts, sand dunes shaped like the female body, etc.). The caddies would use a bunch of silly adult golf puns ("if you hook your shaft you could get lost in the bush", "there's a ball washer available after you complete the back 9", etc.)

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 6

Amy Probst (Instagram: @amydetroitrockcity)
Ted Moss (Twitter: @TedMossComedy Podcast: TEDTALKS2much)
Anthony Slanda (Twitter: @Runfromcheney)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Obama Challenge

Idea: A social experiment or contest to see what's memorable. A bunch of contestants would each do something weird or interesting while meeting a famous person (such as President Obama) in public for a 5-10 second handshake or autograph. Then, years later, the famous person is put in a room with each of the contestants, to see which contestants were remembered by the famous person

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 4

Derek Brand (Instagram: @brand9470)
Jon Mullinix (Instagram: @mullinixjon)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Hole-y Day Holiday

Idea (NSFW): An atheist holiday named "Hole-y Day" where you put a hole in your yard, such as a giant tire, to signify both the vast emptiness of the universe and your desire to participate in a Holey Day free love session with someone you've never been with. Also involves throwing things into holes, monkeys, and a symbolic deity who wears yoga pants

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 1

Ted Moss (Twitter: @TedMossComedy Podcast: TEDTALKS2much)
Josh Bowab
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Joey's Comedy Club

Kid-Powered Theme Park

Idea: An amusement park containing carnival-sized rides and small roller-coasters which are all powered by kids, either while they're riding the ride or while they're in line for the ride. They'd power the rides by pedaling, pulling on a rope, spinning a giant wheel, etc. The fact that they'd be contributing to the fun of other kids would provide a deeper level of contentment than just passively experiencing the rides. Also, it'd wear them out, and therefore give their parents some private time later in the evening.

Bryan Deuchler (Podcast: Cartoon Tonic)
Matt Hamilton (Podcast: Moist Definitely)
Avery Sommerfeld (Facebook: Comedy Comedy, YouTube: Funny News)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Broken Knuckle Studios in Waterford, MI