Can We Save the Cat?

Ho! Ho! Ho! It's that special time of year to bust out the eggnog, diet coke, and BONE BROTH! That's right, it's Holiday Episode time! On this week's episode, Bryan, Dani, and Tiffany discuss (and spill) their favorite beverages, the well-known CowValley, and a pitch about a family trying to live with their friendly until their not spirits!

Hosts IG: @bredacted, @officialdanihanks, @tiffany.a.albright, @canwesavepod
Originally recorded on: 12-08-2021.

When an older brother invites his occultist roommate home for Christmas, all hell breaks loose as the family learns to communicate with spirits that have been lurking in their house for decades.

Happy Holidays from everyone at Can We Save the Cat!!

Ah yes, here lies the drug wrappers! On this week's episode, the group of Andrew, Bryan, and Gracie discuss what it truly means to be a gaffer, the unnecessary hate for Marvel's Eternals, and a pitch about a group of people blissfully happy in their life's patterns...until one of them starts to question it altogether.

Hosts IG: @bredacted, @therealgracegiffune, @writerbrandt, @canwesavepod
Originally recorded on: 12-01-2021.

In a utopian society where everything is perfect and everyone has a role to play, one person finds themselves convinced that the reality around them isn't quite what it seems and attempts to dig further into the truth.

This week on Can We Save the Cat, it's all about the egg, baby! Okay, well, not really. It's ashes and it's not the ENTIRE episode. This week, the writer's room of Bryan, Dani, and Justin discuss being home alone, an infamous Risky Business scene, and a story about a couple of schmucks who can't help but get in way over their heads.

Hosts IG: @bredacted, @justineugene, @officialdanihanks, @canwesavepod
Originally recorded on: 11-21-2021.

When a viral documentary brings light to an unsolved mystery, two nobodies discover they accidentally stole the president’s ashes and must figure out how to return them.

Happy Charlotte's Web week on Can We Save the Cat! Okay, it's not really but you would think it was based on the way Andrew, Bryan, and Dani talked this week. It's actually Thanksgiving week and the writers talk about the beloved children's book, what it means to be family, and an alien invasion that happens during a "friends"giving. It's...ThanksTAAAKIIING!!!

Hosts IG: @bredacted, @officialdanihanks, @writerbrandt, @canwesavepod
Originally recorded on: 11-15-2021.

Thankstaking is an irreverent comedy about a group of two-faced twentysomethings at Friendsgiving who must work together to escape a colonialist alien genocide.

It's a new week for Can We Save the Cat and love is in the air with this rom-com pitch! Well, in the air for everyone except the producer aka Bryan (it's fine, I'm fine, everything's FINE) and Dani's friend from high school. Join Andrew, Dani, and Tiffany as they discuss a modern-day, transgender love story full of Disney, Dallas, and Doug the douchebag.

Hosts IG: @officialdanihanks, @tiffany.a.albright, @writerbrandt, @canwesavepod
Originally recorded on: 11-08-2021.

#TransMenAreMen #TransWomenAreWomen

When socially awkward music promoter Bryce meets the love of his life, Jake, he realizes they met once before as teenagers. A few decades and a gender transition later, can they both finally be themselves, without caring what other people think?

Well, talk about misleading episode titles! This pitch might actually be more terrifying than our Halloween episode! This is one for the creep-out books as Andrew, Dani, and Tiffany join the writer's room to talk the BFF After School Program (it's gonna be a thing, people), Dani's lack of 90s technology knowledge, and a genuinely creepy pitch about a girl who just wants to reconnect with her mother and the woman who pretends to be exactly that.

Hosts IG: @officialdanihanks, @tiffany.a.albright, @writerbrandt, @canwesavepod
Originally recorded on: 11-03-2021.

The Mommy is a dramatic thriller. When a pregnant teen goes to meet her birth-mother IRL, she finds out that people aren't always who they say they are on the internet.

Heeeeeello everybody to a NEW episode!...Okay, that was my radio voice. How did it sound? ANYWAYS, on this brand new episode, the writer's room gets unintentionally science-fiction on your butts with this pitch about tv series where your past will continue to shape your many, many futures.

Hosts IG: @bredacted, @justineugene, @therealgracegiffune, @canwesavepod
Originally recorded on: 10-27-2021

Born Again is an hour-long drama series taking place over multiple, interwoven timelines where a common worker is sentenced to do time for crimes committed in their past. Can our hero discover the truth in the puzzle their past self left them, or will time finally catch up with them?

Månestein - Norwegian for "moon rock", CWSTC for "spooky pitch." On this special Halloween episode, the group discuss spoopy season, having a bones or no bones day, and have a very roundabout conversation on time-travel and having to kill your former self in this wild and terrifying pitch about a young boy who just won't die and the person tasked with trying to kill them.

Hosts IG: @bredacted, @crooklyncat, @officialdanihanks, @canwesavepod
Originally recorded on: 10-20-2021

When a ten year old boy gets struck by a tiny meteor that embeds into his brain, his small Minnesota town notices that he’s different and must figure out how to get rid of him…by killing him over, and over, and over again.

It's officially Season Two time, y'all! Up first in the writer's room is Bryan, Gracie. and Justin as the trio discuss unique living room setups, Justin's pitch abilities, and eventually settle on the tale of a woman finding herself and love while dealing with a cancer diagnosis. 

Hosts IG: @bredacted, @therealgracegiffune, @justineugene, @canwesavepod
Originally recorded on: 10-13-2021

Recently divorced and ready for life's next chapter, a self-described 'realist's' life is put on hold when she receives a devastating diagnosis: cancer. Left in the care of a younger, fresh out of residency doctor, she finds herself coming to term with life and the love you can find along the way.

It's a celebration episode as Bryan, Dani, and Justin are joined by Gracie Giffune and Tiffany Albright in this very special, live episode. Join along as the group discuss the history of the podcast, have a trivia competition, and take part in a writer's panel discussing writing during the pandemic and in general!