Creativity Wasted

Idea: A show which consists of live standup comedy followed by a movie premiere (such as a Marvel movie). The show is located in a movie theater, and the comedians sometimes do comedy which is loosely related to the movie. Also: how to run shows in movie theaters, falling asleep as an emcee of a midnight show Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 38 Garri Madera (twitter.com/garcom) Gerrit Elzinga (twitter.com/GerritElzinga, Podcast: anchor.fm/thisbetterbegood) Shane Dials (twitter.com/ShaneDials) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://PodcastDetroit.com)

Idea: Suitcases with retractable wheels so they don't get torn off in the baggage claim. Also: could maybe use the same mechanism as "heely" shoes; could maybe remove them and use them as "fidget spinners" Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 38 Garri Madera (twitter.com/garcom) Gerrit Elzinga (twitter.com/GerritElzinga, Podcast: anchor.fm/thisbetterbegood) Shane Dials (twitter.com/ShaneDials) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://PodcastDetroit.com)

Idea: An online database of jokes (like IMDB is for movies), so comedians who think of a joke can easily check to see if it's been done before. Also: Has every joke you've ever told been done before? Should only headliners' jokes or only jokes told on comedy specials on television be eligible? Shane's story of getting called out on stage for stealing a joke... from himself Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 38 Garri Madera (twitter.com/garcom) Gerrit Elzinga (twitter.com/GerritElzinga, Podcast: anchor.fm/thisbetterbegood) Shane Dials (twitter.com/ShaneDials) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://PodcastDetroit.com)

Idea: A bar themed after the movie Jurassic Park. The bar tap would be amber with a mosquito in it. There'd be themed drink names, such as "Clever Girl" and "Hold On To Your Butts". Behind the bar, there 'd be a mural of a shirtless Jeff Goldblum. In the parking lot, there'd be an upside-down car, and a toilet sitting nearby with a bunch of broken boards on the ground next to it Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 38 Garri Madera (twitter.com/garcom) Gerrit Elzinga (twitter.com/GerritElzinga, Podcast: anchor.fm/thisbetterbegood) Shane Dials (twitter.com/ShaneDials) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://PodcastDetroit.com)

Idea: To open a coffee shop where the employees are comedians. The coffee might get served with lewd images in the foam. If the customer orders a roast, they get roasted. Or if it's a dark roast, they might get jokes about 9-11. Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 38 Garri Madera (twitter.com/garcom) Gerrit Elzinga (twitter.com/GerritElzinga, Podcast: anchor.fm/thisbetterbegood) Shane Dials (twitter.com/ShaneDials) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://PodcastDetroit.com)

Idea: To shoot overweight people into space so that they can't cheat on their diet, and therefore scientists can gather better diet data. Also: in the movie "Gravity", Sandra Bullock is risking her life jumping from spaceship to spaceship to avoid space debris. In this case, people would be risking their lives jumping from spaceship to spaceship...for a candy bar; overweight people in space could accidentally serve as appetizers for aliens who might develop a taste for human meat Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 37 Jeff Johnson Mark Bonto (twitter.com/Mark_Bonto) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://PodcastDetroit.com)

Idea (NSFW): To fill empty seats at a standup comedy show with inflatable audience members. Also: comedians would perform lewd acts on the inflatable audience; disguising yourself as an inflatable audience member and waiting for the comic to perform lewd acts on you; questioning whether to give the inflatable audience a "heckle mode"; an inflatable audience could be a safety feature if you're in a flood zone or on a cruise ship Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 37 Jeff Johnson Mark Bonto (twitter.com/Mark_Bonto) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://PodcastDetroit.com)

Idea: A lawnmower with sponges instead of blades, so you can't cut your feet with the blades. But how can you cut the grass? Also: avocado hand, questioning where sponges come from Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 37 Jeff Johnson Mark Bonto (twitter.com/Mark_Bonto) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://PodcastDetroit.com)

Idea: To use your toilet bowl as an aquarium. The problem is that you'd have to buy new fish three times a day. Also: piranhas would be a bad choice; using your toilet tank as a fishbowl and having a relaxing view of fish while you vomit into the toilet Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 37 Jeff Johnson Mark Bonto (twitter.com/Mark_Bonto) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://PodcastDetroit.com)

Idea: To use tiny LED lights which can be powered remotely via radio waves (like RFID) for miscellaneous purposes around the house, such as to help you find things or to prank people. Also: putting red LEDs in a squirrel lawn ornament's eyes to scare people walking by at night; using a PC app to find your phone, then using your phone to blink an LED to find your glasses, and then using your glasses to find something else, and then maybe using that thing to find something else, like a never-ending scavenger hunt Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 37 Jeff Johnson Mark Bonto (twitter.com/Mark_Bonto) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://PodcastDetroit.com)