vote_for_palpatine said:I've got a show I want to develop, C3PX. It's basically a bunch of slackers, working at something like a video game/toy/collectible shop, who exhaust every available resource in trying to not work. Customers are messed with time and time again, the district manager is treated to a dog and pony show with every visit, books are cooked to show that the store is profitable, and so on. All the while, employees just come in to fuck around, play with the toys at the store, and have their little episodic adventures. I happen to find lazy people funny, and lazy people making an effort to remain lazy is even funnier.
I don't know how to pitch a show or develop one, but if you or anyone else wants to help develop this idea, let me know.
The problem is that you really need to know, or at least be sleeping with someone to really get anywhere in the entertainment world. It is all about connections. You can imagine how many TV viewer decide since they enjoy watching movies and TV so much, they ought to give it a go themselves. The world is full of people with bad ideas, who just happen to think their ideas are absolutely brilliant. So I can only really begin to imagine what it is like to be in the position to have to sift through every submission while looking for the rare gem. Really the first step to getting any of your work looked at is to have a decent agent representing you, which isn't really all that easy.
It is no exaggeration that we are in some very serious need of decent comedies on TV. I am constantly stunned when I turn on the TV and flip through channels and witness what is being passed off a humerous these days. Ridiculous characters with exaggerated personalities and a new silly predicament each and ever episode. The characters just go on doing what they do because that is what they do. Beyond mindless entertainment. Look back at all your favorite comedy shows over your lifetime? What was the thing that kept you coming back to that show? I think most people would say that it was the characters. I think that is the key to a successful sitcom. Characters that you can really care about. Really love. Really hate. Really imagine them existing in real life. Once you have real three dimensional characters, then you can throw them into all kinds of silly and bizare situations. Most sitcoms seem to focus more on the situations than the characters, resulting in 2-D hyperbolic charicatures. And that is why probably more than 90% of all situation comedies infesting the airways and cableboxes are complete, generic crap, and only funny to a point, and even that only when you care to turn off your brain before watching.
Okay, stepping off my soap box now... So yeah, ultimately I have very little to offer you.