Creativity Wasted

Idea (NSFW): A home renovation reality show where they build BDSM "dungeons" and deal with drama such as cost trade-offs, the structural support required to mount equipment on the walls or hang it from the ceiling, prudish contractors, etc. The idea is to be a parody of HGTV reality shows. Also: tiger cages, customized equipment for the obese, the "Silence of the Lambs" pit, a room full of dirty glass coffee tables Jason Gilleran (instagram.com/hardgcomedy) Dave Crumbley (twitter.com/cavedrumbley) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Broken Knuckle Studio in Waterford, MI (Facebook: Broken Knuckle Studios)

Idea: A virtual reality videogame where the main character uses a handheld helicopter drone to propel himself/herself around on roller skates and chop up enemies. Also: VR for exercise, changing the stereotype of a "gamer", movement in VR that won't make you feel sick like walking or running often does Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 27 Felicity Blue (twitter.com/FelFelBlue) Sai Dharmarajan aka "Sai-D" (twitter.com/dsaihurrish) Michael Dinkelis (twitter.com/MichaelDinkelis) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://www.PodcastDetroit.com)

Idea: A service for wealthy old people to send money to unemployed millennial hipsters and art students to feel young and cool again. Also: taking old people to parties and pretending they fit in, the old person can teach the millennial about money and the young person can teach the old person how to use an iPhone, what to do if the unemployed millennial isn't cool enough to attract wealthy old people Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 27 Felicity Blue (twitter.com/FelFelBlue) Sai Dharmarajan aka "Sai-D" (twitter.com/dsaihurrish) Michael Dinkelis (twitter.com/MichaelDinkelis) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://www.PodcastDetroit.com)

Idea: An app to hire maternal or paternal figures to give advice, teach you life skills, provide emotional support, help perform errands, etc. Also: your real parent can hire someone to do things for you that they don't want to do, hiring parental figures means they can't give you "tough love" and are thus "parent as slave" (unless you choose the "tough love" option in the app), no "adult baby" stuff Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 27 Felicity Blue (twitter.com/FelFelBlue) Sai Dharmarajan aka "Sai-D" (twitter.com/dsaihurrish) Michael Dinkelis (twitter.com/MichaelDinkelis) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://www.PodcastDetroit.com)

Idea: Underwear which captures farts and releases them on demand, which is a silly idea that might help save the world from global warming. Also: getting out of boring work tasks, holding farts to be released later during police pat-downs, catching and bottling fart bubbles when in a bathtub or when wearing fishtank pants Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 27 Felicity Blue (twitter.com/FelFelBlue) Sai Dharmarajan aka "Sai-D" (twitter.com/dsaihurrish) Michael Dinkelis (twitter.com/MichaelDinkelis) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://www.PodcastDetroit.com)

Two idea: 1) Two sharp blades connected by a pivot point and used to cut paper, 2) house payment contracts which are meant to be paid until you die. Also: totally-not-invented-before ideas, the origins of the word "mortgage", quitting a job out of moral principle Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 26 Steve Hansen (twitter.com/StevenRHansen) Branden Milsk (twitter.com/BrandenMilsk) Joey Derderian (instagram.com/derderianjoey) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://www.PodcastDetroit.com)

Idea: To somehow use your rear-view mirror to blind people who are driving behind you with their brights on. Also: the poetic justice of blinding someone with their own light, intentionally becoming a victim so you can justifiably take delicious revenge Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 26 Steve Hansen (twitter.com/StevenRHansen) Branden Milsk (twitter.com/BrandenMilsk) Joey Derderian (instagram.com/derderianjoey) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://www.PodcastDetroit.com)

Idea: Voice cancellation where a person's voice is replaced by the soothing sounds of the ocean. Also: it'd make you more likeable if you're an annoying person, the best way to get fired, ruining ocean vacations Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 26 Steve Hansen (twitter.com/StevenRHansen) Branden Milsk (twitter.com/BrandenMilsk) Joey Derderian (instagram.com/derderianjoey) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://www.PodcastDetroit.com)

Idea: A weird way to approximate backwards time travel in video games and possibly the real world. Also: the "Back to the Future" disappearing photo, memory manipulation and trans-cranial direct-current stimulation, delayed remembering of externally-stored memories, the perils of living in the past, the "satanic panic" of the 80s, Wild West bar fights Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 26 Steve Hansen (twitter.com/StevenRHansen) Branden Milsk (twitter.com/BrandenMilsk) Joey Derderian (instagram.com/derderianjoey) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://www.PodcastDetroit.com)

Idea: A grocery store where, instead of having only a handful of free samples, you can have a free sample of anything you want. You select the item and scan it with a phone app, which will tell you if you've reached your free sample limit for the week, if you've already tried the item (and thus can't have another free sample), or if you're approved for the free sample. Some items will be totally free (you can just throw it in your grocery cart and it'll be free when you check out), and other items will have smaller free portions, in which case the app will instruct an employee in the store to prepare a free sample for you, which will be available for you to pick up at the customer service counter by the time you finish shopping. The goal is to motivate people to come to the grocery store instead of shopping online. Scott Gaughan ("Free Netflix Online" Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ar48A2btUjcZZ7Gcox2Ut?si=CnIg4QqlQEebPfPPJ0s_Zw) Diego Attanasio (twitter.com/DiegoComedy) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Broken Knuckle Studio in Waterford, MI (Facebook: Broken Knuckle Studios)