Creativity Wasted Podcast

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Criminal Execution Death Games

Evil, TV Show, NSFWKurt BrownComment

Idea: To create a TV show where the worst repeat-offender unrehabilitatable criminals (murderers, pedophiles, etc.) either compete for their survival, or are left alone to fend for themselves and try to survive. Also: it might accidentally encourage lesser criminals to commit worse crimes to be on TV, movies with a similar premise (Hunger Games, Death Race, The Running Man, etc.), fencing off states to be massive prison colonies like the George Carlin comedy bit, selling the "prisoner inventions" that the prison colonists invent while trying to survive

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 36

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

Drone Tarzan

Drones, Futuristic, Silliness, TV Show, TechTom WalmaComment

Idea: To use drones to help you swing through the trees like Tarzan by performing tasks such as helping you build platforms, attaching ropes, transporting piles of leaves to use for padding, resetting the ropes back into swinging position after each stunt, adjusting the position of the ropes as you're flying through the air so you don't miss them and fall to the ground, and filming the stunts for YouTube. Also: other stunts such as ziplines, waterslides, trapeze swings, and catapults; an elaborate Rube-Goldberg machine that results in you breaking your ankle, using a live alligator instead of an inner tube on a waterslide

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 34

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Josh Bowab
Kyle Forsyth (Twitter: @IAmKyleForsyth)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (PodcastDetroit.com)

Truman Show Prank

TV Show, Prank, EvilJosh BowabComment

Idea: To prank someone into thinking they're a star of a hidden-camera reality TV show, similar to the Jim Carrey movie "The Truman Show". Also: When you're a weird person, you sometimes think that you're being "Truman Show'd", using VR to "Truman Show" someone, using VR porn as a weapon to get people to injure themselves by kinking their necks trying to see the action

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 34

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Josh Bowab
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (PodcastDetroit.com)

Like For Real Though

TV ShowJustin CovingtonComment

Idea: a mid-2000's-MTV-style talk show which interviews college kids returning to their dorm building late at night about their night out (or whatever else they decide to talk about). Also: drunk college kids describing crazy parties, sometimes you get Fresh Air and sometimes you get Jerry Springer, an improvised mock interview which might appear on the show

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 31

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Diego Attanasio (Twitter: @DiegoComedy)
Justin Covington (Twitter: @JCov1 )
Bret Hayden (Twitter: @ComedyRumble)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit (PodcastDetroit.com)

Animation Studio Sitcom

TV Show, MovieBrett MercerComment

Idea: A smart, topical, and meta sitcom about workers at an animation studio who never get to finish their movie because real world news keeps necessitating plot changes. Also: not knowing the plot of the movie you're animating, releasing the movie that the animators are creating in the sitcom as an actual movie, manipulating world events to match the movie you're working on

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 29

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

Bondage Basement (Reality Show)

TV Show, Silliness, NSFWJason GilleranComment

Idea: A home renovation reality show where they build BDSM "dungeons" and deal with drama such as cost trade-offs, the structural support required to mount equipment on the walls or hang it from the ceiling, prudish contractors, etc. The idea is to be a parody of HDTV reality shows. Also: tiger cages, customized equipment for the obese, the "Silence of the Lambs" pit, a room full of dirty glass coffee tables

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Jason Gilleran (Instagram: @hardgcomedy)
Dave Crumbley (Instagram: @davecrumbley)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Recorded at Broken Knuckle Studio

Devil Sitcom

TV ShowScott WildingComment

Idea: A campy sitcom where the devil loses Hell in foreclosure, goes to Earth, and tries to buy enough souls through telemarketing to buy back Hell. Also: the devil's Napoleon complex, annoying and possibly illegal guerilla marketing tactics for the show

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 14

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Erich Laux (Twitter: @ErichJLaux)
Scott Wilding (Twitter: @Wilding138)
Michael Dinkelis (Twitter: @MichaelDinkelis)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Brain Altering Helmet TV Show

TV Show, Tech, Futuristic, EvilTom WalmaComment

Idea: A TV show where people wear a brain altering helmet (as covered on the Radiolab episode "Nine-Volt Nirvana") which can temporarily induce terror, relaxation, enhanced learning ability, disabled morality, etc. Then, they'd be put in a scenario, such as putting someone in a haunted house and modifying their brain to induce terror, or testing a religious person by putting them in a stressful situation and shutting off their sense of morality, just to see what will happen

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 9

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Jeff Johnson
Tom Stoner (Facebook: @zomgftw)
Paul Pipitone (Facebook: @paul.pipitone.5)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Mechanic Sitcom

Cars, TV ShowAnthony SlandaComment

Idea: A sitcom about a mechanic, featuring all of the weird things about being a mechanic in a car dealership, such as people leaving weird things in their car (guns, soiled undies, drugs, etc.), people's dumb failed attempts to fix their own cars, and how it's somehow still allowed for them to display pictures of nude women in the workspace

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 6

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

At-Home Fan Referees

Silliness, TV Show, SportsSal DemilioComment

Idea: A random sports fan watching a live game in their house is contacted via webcam or smart TV, and given the task of being the referee and making a call in the game. This'll make watching the game exciting because people get a chance to affect the game, but it might destroy your Nana's life if Nana makes a bad call and angers everyone in the community

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 88

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Stu McCallister (Twitter: @StuMcCallister Podcast: LMNOPodcast)

Sal Demilio (Twitter: @SALLYD08 Podcast: The Sal And Bob Show)

Simon Carlson (Twitter: @its_ah_me_simon)

Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

British X-Rated Game Shows in US

TV Show, NSFWNaz NeenComment

Idea: American versions of adult-themed British game shows, including i) "Spring Break with Grandad", where college kids and their granddads compete as a team in party and beach-themed events, ii) "Naked Attraction", where people compete for dates by showing off their naked body in three rounds: genitals, midsection, and face, and iii) "Sex Box", where strangers are instructed to perform a specific sex act in a small room (where the audience can't see), and then afterwards, they talk about it in front of an audience

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 83

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Naz Neen
Mike Geeter (Twitter: @OhMikeGeeter, Kevin Hart's "Hart in the City")
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Late-Night History

TV Show, Standup Comedy, Politics and Social IssueTom WalmaComment

Idea: A TV show where people learn about history by watching jokes, primarily obtained from late-night talk show monologues from the relevant time period. Each half-hour episode would be a series of jokes, all about the same historical event, such as the Iran-Contra scandal. Blurbs and graphics would display pieces of information required to understand the event and "get" the jokes, even if you knew nothing about the historical event before watching the episode

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 81

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Gerrit Elzinga (Twitter: @GerritElzinga Podcast: This Better Be Good)
David Sutherland (Twitter: @skrtskrtsuther1)
Diego Attanasio (Twitter: @DiegoComedy)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Last Addict Standing Competition TV Show

Evil, Event or Activity, NSFW, TV Show, SillinessDavid SutherlandComment

Idea: A competition-based reality show, like Survivor, where each team member is addicted to a different recreational drug. The teams compete in both physical and mental events, and the drug addition may help or hinder their performance in the event, possibly in hilarious ways. The members of the winning team are rewarded either with a large supply of their drug, or rehab (their choice)

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 81

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Gerrit Elzinga (Twitter: @GerritElzinga Podcast: This Better Be Good)
David Sutherland (Twitter: @skrtskrtsuther1)
Diego Attanasio (Twitter: @DiegoComedy)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Christian Apocalypse Cartoon

Silliness, TV ShowConnor MeadeComment

Idea: An "Adult Swim"-like cartoon about life after the Christian apocalypse, including biblical characters like God and demons, and also humorous discussions about STDs in bomb shelters

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Connor Meade (Twitter: @connormeadian Comedy Show: The Independent)
Sarah Wooley (Facebook: @sarah.s.wooley.7)
Justin Siekierka (Facebook: @justin.siekierka ComedyShow: Comedy at Liberty Street Brewing Company)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Broken Knuckle Studio in Waterford, MI

Retired Housewives of Lucas County

TV ShowJenson StrockComment

Idea: A reality show showcasing the mystery, intrigue, and drama of cliquey elderly women in a senior living community, who refuse to let a strict, almost totalitarian condominium association destroy their individuality. The elderly women drink, gossip, and call each other out, such as for not cleaning up dog poop in the middle of winter (which caused quite a storm)

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 77

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Alan Black (Twitter: @alanblah)
Jenson Strock (Twitter: @J_Strock)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Juggalo Sitcom

TV Show, Music, NSFWTrebuchetComment

A sitcom about a group of young juggalos (fans of the band "Insane Clown Posse", aka "ICP") growing up in the mid to late '90s. It would include things the wild and chaotic "Gathering of the Juggalos" concerts, backyard wrestling, and the political and pop culture context of ICP and the 1990s, such as music censorship, Columbine, and a feud with Eminem

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 62

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Trebuchet (Twitter: @trebuchetlol YouTube: TotallyAwesomeTrebuchetAwards)
Scott Wilding (Twitter: @Wilding138)
Ian James (Twitter: @dinosaurianjam)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Educational Lifecasting

Social Media, TV Show, EducationPatrick FowlerComment

"Truman Show"-like television shows, each of which follows somebody throughout their entire life without their knowledge, but for educational purposes, such as to show obese people how thin people shop for groceries

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 60

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Robert Jenkins (Twitter: @RobJComedy)
Brent Von Kalamazoo(Twitter: @brentvonkzoo)
Patrick Fowler (Twitter: @DontCallMePat)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit