Creativity Wasted

Idea: To use Boston Dynamics robotic dogs to save the lives of people whose hearts have stopped by jumping on their chests and rapidly cooling their bodies, thus giving rescuers an extra hour or two to revive them. Also: "ice dogs" roaming the neighborhood looking for medical emergencies and, in the meantime, serving as police dogs and package delivery dogs; the risk of "ice dogs" sticking to your body like a frozen flagpole; robotic "hot dogs" to prevent malfunctioning "ice dogs" from freezing healthy people to death Matt Harper (twitter.com/MattHarperJokes anotherepisodepodcast.podbean.com twitch.tv/mattopoly83) Brett Mercer (twitter.com/brettmercer_ bigtimegarbage.libsyn.com linktr.ee/Brettmercer) Johnny Mocny (twitter.com/JohnnyMocny linktr.ee/wearemoviespod) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma)

Idea: A reality TV show where a family temporarily replaces the dad with a washed-up action movie star, such as Steven Seagal or Brian Bosworth. The action star would complain that his whole body aches and begrudgingly participate in family-oriented events organized by the reality show. He could be so horrible that he makes the family more appreciative of their real dad, or he could sleep with the mom and destroy the family. Also: action moms; solving every family problem using violence (for example, beating up a hostile neighbor); the family could help the action star more than the action star helps the family; the dad could temporarily live the action star's life and act in a SyFy channel B-movie involving a natural disaster and a random predatory animal Matt Harper (twitter.com/MattHarperJokes anotherepisodepodcast.podbean.com twitch.tv/mattopoly83) Brett Mercer (twitter.com/brettmercer_ bigtimegarbage.libsyn.com linktr.ee/Brettmercer) Johnny Mocny (twitter.com/JohnnyMocny linktr.ee/wearemoviespod) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma)

Idea: A redesign of Netflix which is actually good. It'll be good because a) the shows are better (obviously), and because b) it'll offer a much more immersive experience. It'll support immersion into a particular movie or TV show by including commentaries, Arsenio Hall talk show promotional segments, bloopers, and other bonus content related to the movie or TV show. It'll also support immersion into the time period of the movie or TV show by showing TV commercials from the time period (and allowing you to buy the old-timey products in the commercials), by enabling censorship rules from the time period, by simulating audio/video quality problems of the time period (such as tracking issues), and by simulating other inconveniences from the time period (such as stopping the video stream at 1:00 AM to simulate the local TV broadcast tower shutting down for the night) Matt Harper (twitter.com/MattHarperJokes anotherepisodepodcast.podbean.com twitch.tv/mattopoly83) Brett Mercer (twitter.com/brettmercer_ bigtimegarbage.libsyn.com linktr.ee/Brettmercer) Johnny Mocny (twitter.com/JohnnyMocny linktr.ee/wearemoviespod) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma)

Idea: A DJ-in-a-box for a Covid-era wedding (or other social event). It'd be extremely cheap because the socially-distanced event would only have around 10 people in attendance and therefore wouldn't justify the cost of a normal DJ. It'd consist of an oscillating fan with some laser pointers taped to it, a pack of three "smart light bulbs" to put around the venue, and a Spotify playlist which you say is customized but is actually the same playlist for every wedding. Also: a self-hating DJ; optional add-ons like a holographic DJ, a celebrity Cameo for a wedding toast, and an entire wedding-in-a-box; a sad single person ordering a DJ-in-a-box to use alone in his apartment Matt Harper (twitter.com/MattHarperJokes anotherepisodepodcast.podbean.com twitch.tv/mattopoly83) Brett Mercer (twitter.com/brettmercer_ bigtimegarbage.libsyn.com linktr.ee/Brettmercer) Johnny Mocny (twitter.com/JohnnyMocny linktr.ee/wearemoviespod) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma)

Idea: A barrier that surrounds a table or desk to block pets from jumping onto the table and eating your food. It would have sliding doors on your side of the table to either allow you to access the table, or block the table when you need to leave the table to go get ketchup. It would have a hand crank to allow you to lower it below the surface of the table when its not being used, so you don't have to store it somewhere. Also: Taking the Mark Rober creative engineering online course and trying to convince teenagers not to do dangerous things with motors and knives which might cause them to lose fingers; dogs eating poop and then breathing their stink breath onto you with the intention of making you lose your appetite so you'll give them your food Joe Bates (twitter.com/JoeBatesComedy Comedy Album: https://orcd.co/joe_bates) Jason Alt (twitter.com/JasonEAlt) Joseph Johnson (twitter.com/JJohnsonComedy) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma)

Idea: A virtual-reality simulation of your daily commute to work, to help make you feel like your life has returned to post-Covid normalcy. You'll get the sensation of moving a couple hundred feet every few minutes, just like a real commute. You can simulate driving inconveniences such as stressful traffic jams (by locking the virtual-reality helmet onto your head until you're late logging onto your real work computer), cracked windshields (the crack appears to slowly grow on the VR headset's screen until you pay $65 in real money to get it repaired), and lifespan-reducing smog (by breathing through a pipe which is hooked up to your furnace). There could also be a bus simulation for kids to simulate their daily commute to school, which could include a gadget that throws real spitballs at them to simulate being bullied on a real bus Joe Bates (twitter.com/JoeBatesComedy Comedy Album: https://orcd.co/joe_bates) Jason Alt (twitter.com/JasonEAlt) Joseph Johnson (twitter.com/JJohnsonComedy) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma)

Idea: A dark and exploitative game show where poor or jobless contestants compete for basic human needs, such as health insurance, basic income, or citizenship. Also: eliminating taxes for game show winnings because the poor depend on those winnings; the British game show called "Beat the Crusher" where they crush your car if you lose; an idea for a celebrity game show called "Loan Shark Tank" where celebrities break your legs if you lose and can't pay; a jobless future based on building/crafting competition shows like "Forged in Fire" instead of full-time jobs Joe Bates (twitter.com/JoeBatesComedy Comedy Album: https://orcd.co/joe_bates) Jason Alt (twitter.com/JasonEAlt) Joseph Johnson (twitter.com/JJohnsonComedy) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma)

Idea: A home renovation TV show for the homes or habitats of wild animals (bears, beavers, birds, etc). Examples of renovations include a recliner for a sloth, "salmon on tap" for a bear, and an even dirtier toilet for a sewer rat. The TV show could show sad back stories (such as a penguin getting covered with oil during an oil spill) and could give the animals special gifts (like a prosthetic leg). The animals could maul the hosts to death if they don't like the renovations. Also: a more humane zoo; famous attempts to build armor to survive animal attacks; PETA bailing out somebody who burned down an animal testing lab at a university and then returning to the university to recruit new members; Tom got chewed out as a child in the 90s for sending an email to a nature conservatory asking for funny chimp videos Joe Bates (twitter.com/JoeBatesComedy Comedy Album: https://orcd.co/joe_bates) Jason Alt (twitter.com/JasonEAlt) Joseph Johnson (twitter.com/JJohnsonComedy) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma)

Idea: Traveling "food circuses"which are each based on a specific genre of food (Ethiopian, Vietnamese, Greek, etc.). Cooks and market vendors from that country would serve/sell food of every class of that food genre (markets, street food, normal everyday restaurants, fancy 4-star restaurants). The food circus would have scheduled activities, like speeches from famous chefs or cooking lessons. It would be designed to allow walking around, but also designed to enable quick entry and exit so people can go during their lunch hour at work Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 57 Melanie Gresham (twitter.com/mel_gresham) Adam West (facebook.com/adam.west.73307) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://PodcastDetroit.com)

Idea: A kit for toy drone enthusiasts to convert an attic vent to a "drone doggy-door" and put a grid of wireless drone charging stations in their attic. They could then register their house as a "drone charging station" to create a nationwide "drone charging network", thus allowing people to gradually fly toy drones (which are connected to the cell phone network) across the country Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 57 Melanie Gresham (twitter.com/mel_gresham) Adam West (facebook.com/adam.west.73307) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://PodcastDetroit.com)