Can We Save the Cat?

Would you listen to a podcast where we make Justin do random stuff? What about where Bryan and Dani nerd out on things? Hmm...how about one where we take three random ideas and turn one into a Hollywood project? Okay, good! This week, the group discusses all of the above and more in a pitch about a recently divorced dad tagging along for his daughter's cross-country move. 

A woman is about to embark on a road trip from New Jersey to California to move into a new house with her husband – but when she finds out he's been cheating, she decides to shift gears and keep the house all to herself. Right when she’s about to be wheels up, however, her concerned, formerly-absentee father invites himself along for the ride. Can they pioneer a new bond on their journey out west, or will they drive each other crazy?

What's behind the cellar door? Is it mystery? Madness? History? Sadness? All of the above? Join us this week on this title-based pitches episode where the gang pitches three titles, pick one, and develop it into the next saddest hit! 

When a live-in nursing aid is hired to assist a winery owner who has dementia, she is told they both need to stay away from the cellar for his health. The entire town begs her to stop asking questions, but through the owner’s brief glimpses of lucidity, she gets the strange feeling something sinister is behind that locked door. Can they work together to uncover the truth?

Racist rats, trophy shops, and Tom Cruise, oh my! Okay, so we take a few detours along the way with this raunchy rom-com about two people just trying to make it work. It being the literal "it." Sex. We are talking about sex. A LOT. It ends up really sweet though, we promise! 

A woman looking for love finally meets the type of handsome, sensitive, and intelligent man she’s been wanting to marry her whole life – but, it turns out, he’s bad in bed. Aaaaand she can’t tell him. Can she low-key teach him how to get her off, or is she screwed?

It's a very exciting episode of Can We Save the Cat?, as award-winning writer Andrew J. Brandt joins the group to discuss their love for Richard Linklater, gold-digging daughters, and a man who just can't catch a break!

Seven years into his picture-perfect, predictable, and entirely underwhelming marriage; run-of-the-mill accountant and wannabe rockstar, Jesse, decides to go out for a pack of smokes and never come back. On his road trip to LA, however, he’s seduced and kidnapped by a veterinarian and her sister who need to steal his organs to save their dear ol’ dad. Can Jesse escape from Albuquerque with both his kidneys, or will his selfish choices ultimately be the death of him?

Episode Guest IG: @writerbrandt

It's a hot one on this week's episode as the trio discuss a mother/daughter set of arsonists just trying to make it in this world. It, obviously, being a bit of extra cash. Join along as the group discusses their moms, if nuns are funny, and the documentary Framing Britney. Yeah, it's a pretty broad episode.

Bringing the Heat is a dark comedy about a mother and daughter team of arsonists. After a soccer mom and her teenage daughter accidentally set their vacation rental ablaze, the insurance payout gets them pretty fired up. Through trial and error, the pair must figure out how to burn down grandma’s house without getting caught – wreaking havoc across town in the process. Can they blaze a trail to glory and walk away with wads of cash, or will their plan go up in smoke?

Originally Recorded 02-21-2021

Who would have thought that baby names would turn out to be such a divisive idea! Well, good thing we didn't go with that and instead went with a pitch about...*checks notes*...Multi-Level Marketing. Okay, this isn't going well at all. Let's see what Bryan, Dani, and Justin can do when it comes to someone new and caught up with the glamor of an MLM!

After drunkenly joining her best friend’s Direct Sales business at a luxurious company retreat, a young graduate student realizes that multi-level marketing might be the perfect opportunity to raise next year’s tuition. When she learns she’s profiting off a broken system, can she maintain her personal integrity, or will she get sucked into the cult of cash?

The gang is back this week to discuss one of the their most unique pitches to date. Inspired by beautiful artwork done by Twitter user, @Runesael, join along as Bryan, Dani, and Justin discuss synesthesia in a pitch that is as grand as it is colorful!

The Color of Music is a romance movie-musical. When brain damage from a car accident causes a run-of-the-mill accountant to start seeing colors when he hears music, (chromesthesia), he begins to see his old college flame – a singer-songwriter – in a new light. The lovers create sweet harmony as they paint the town red, but will the relationship survive when the colors begin to fade? 

Photo Artwork: @Runesael
Originally Recorded: 02-02-2021

Love is in the air on this Valentine's day themed-episode. In it, the group is taking previous pitches but adding a rom-com twist to them, and what a twist this one turned out to be! Let's just say quarantine has caused some weird situations to arise and none are more weird than The Hinge!

When two roommates start to get thirsty three months into a strict quarantine, they decide to expand their bubble and find one guy who can satisfy them both, separately, during a one-night stand. Can they stay best friends with a man in the middle, or will they become more when their hinge shows up asking for a threesome?

Welcome to the world of stooping. Here, anything found on the street can be turned into a new centerpiece for your home and you can find endless treasures just by walking out your front door. Take our friend here, Bartholomew. Bartholomew was found by Dani and her roommate and is the basis for this week's episode, all about the joys of stooping. Take a look and a listen because who wouldn't save THIS cat?

StoopMates is a half hour sitcom where a career-oriented woman in New York City stumbles into creating her own small business when she lends a hand to a few strangers stooping furniture off the curb. Every episode, she turns one man’s trash into another man’s treasure with the help of her unemployed artsy roommate, the accountant from her day job who drives a van, and a hot garbage man who gives her the inside scoop on the stoop.

Originally Recorded on 01-27-2021

Come along for the ride in this high-speed, high-stakes episode! This week, the trio discuss what happens when a fugitive on the run jumps into the cab of a regular delivery driver and the high-speed game of cat and mouse that ensues. 

On a typical Tuesday, a wannabe Instagram influencer and daytime UberEats delivery driver looks in his rearview mirror – only to find a distressed woman with a gun clambering from his trunk onto the backseat. While strictly following his hijacker’s orders (and live-streaming to his audience on the side in the hope of escaping), he discovers that she’s trying to escape from something even darker…

Originally Recorded on 01-17-2021