Truman Show Prank

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

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

Like For Real Though

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

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

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

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)

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

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

Recorded at Broken Knuckle Studio

Monkey and Pomeranian Buddy Sitcom

Idea: A comedy sitcom where a stoner has a Pomeranian dog and a spider monkey, which may or may not talk, depending on whether he's hallucinating.

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 22

Kerry McCabe (Facebook: @kerryalanmccabe)
Megan Cottington (Instagram: @megtasticmeg)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Steve Gay (Twitter: @sgaytwo)
Recorded at Hard Knocks Grill in Jackson, MI

50 Shades of Rainbow

Idea (NSFW): a TV show like Reading Rainbow but for fan-fiction. Also: it would drive LeVar Burton insane, maybe the authors of the creepy perverted fan fiction were on Reading Rainbow as kids and it somehow corrupted them

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 16

Darnell Anderson (Twitter: @darnell_IRL)
Zachary Burcar (Twitter: @burcarz)
Nicki Wright (Twitter: @ohthatnicki)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)

Devil Sitcom

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

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

Brain Altering Helmet TV Show

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

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

Mechanic Sitcom

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

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

At-Home Fan Referees

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

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

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

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

Late-Night History

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

At-Home Sitcom Reenactments

Idea (NSFW): A service where the entire cast of a sitcom come to your house and perform the sitcom for you, either as dinner party entertainment, or in your bedroom while you lay in bed and try to sleep

Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 75

Ken Witzgall (Twitter: @KenWitzgall42)
Scott Gaughan (Facebook: @scott.gone)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma)
Recorded at Podcast Detroit

Juggalo Sitcom

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

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

Educational Lifecasting

"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

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

Humiliation Debt Relief Network

A social network (or TV show) which connects an addict with a wealthy person or group, where the wealthy person pays to fix the addict's financial and/or medical problems, and in exchange, the addict must endure a public humiliation. Also: drinking with cops, a boar head fixation, and a disgusting use of a stepdaughter's toothbrush

Heather Koos (Facebook Heather Koos Comedy IG: heatherkooscomedy)
Abbie Lemke (IG: abbielemke)
Marcco Gonzalez (Twitter: @marccogonzalez IG: milenio_the_clown Podcast: Sitting Down with Standups)
Tom Walma (Twitter: @thomaswalma IG: tomwalma)
Recorded at Broken Knuckle Studios in Pontiac, MI