Creativity Wasted

Idea: A TV show where people learn about history by watching jokes, primarily obtained from late-night talk show monologues from the relevant time period. Each half-hour episode would be a series of jokes, all about the same historical event, such as the Iran-Contra scandal. Blurbs and graphics would display pieces of information required to understand the event and "get" the jokes, even if you knew nothing about the historical event before watching the episode Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 81 Gerrit Elzinga (twitter.com/GerritElzinga Podcast: facebook.com/thisbetterbegoodpodcast) David Sutherland (twitter.com/skrtskrtsuther1) Diego Attanasio (twitter.com/DiegoComedy) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://podcastdetroit.com)

Idea: "Augmented reality" glasses that make dogs look like cats, or vice versa. Also maybe headphones, so the person who sees the cat as a dog can say a dog's name, and other people (and the cat) hear them say the cat's name. This technology would also allow everyone to live a lie, causing other people to see and hear them in a way that isn't real Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 81 Gerrit Elzinga (twitter.com/GerritElzinga Podcast: facebook.com/thisbetterbegoodpodcast) David Sutherland (twitter.com/skrtskrtsuther1) Diego Attanasio (twitter.com/DiegoComedy) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://podcastdetroit.com)

Idea: A competition-based reality show, like Survivor, where each team member is addicted to a different recreational drug. The teams compete in both physical and mental events, and the drug addition may help or hinder their performance in the event, possibly in hilarious ways. The members of the winning team are rewarded either with a large supply of their drug, or rehab (their choice) Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 81 Gerrit Elzinga (twitter.com/GerritElzinga Podcast: facebook.com/thisbetterbegoodpodcast) David Sutherland (twitter.com/skrtskrtsuther1) Diego Attanasio (twitter.com/DiegoComedy) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://podcastdetroit.com)

Idea: A pill to remove self-doubt and shame, but without causing you to lose self-awareness and/or becoming arrogant (like alcohol). Because good people feel self-doubt and shame when they shouldn't, and bad people already don't feel shame Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 81 Gerrit Elzinga (twitter.com/GerritElzinga Podcast: facebook.com/thisbetterbegoodpodcast) David Sutherland (twitter.com/skrtskrtsuther1) Diego Attanasio (twitter.com/DiegoComedy) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (Https://podcastdetroit.com)

Idea: An app that monitors what you're doing all day and uses artificial intelligence to give you advice, kind of like "an angel on your shoulder that also keeps you from being stupid". It can also go back into it's recorded history of your life, and show you a sequence of decisions that led to a bad outcome, to help you learn from your mistakes Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 80 Nick Earl (twitter.com/fakenickearl) Amanda Brewington (facebook.com/amanda.brewington) Bryan Deuchler (twitter.com/MrDrRobot Podcast: https://cartoontonic.buzzsprout.com) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://podcastdetroit.com)

Idea: A social media app/feature which requires other people to be "witnesses" of a post (i.e. confirm that they were there and saw what happened), so it's harder to lie about yourself on social media. Also, other people can post (possibly bad) things about you, along with corroborating witnesses, which will hopefully pressure people to not be jerks Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 80 Nick Earl (twitter.com/fakenickearl) Amanda Brewington (facebook.com/amanda.brewington) Bryan Deuchler (twitter.com/MrDrRobot Podcast: https://cartoontonic.buzzsprout.com) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://podcastdetroit.com)

Idea: Hair ties marketed to men who have long hair and are too macho or "bro"-like to buy hair ties marketed primarily to women Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 80 Nick Earl (twitter.com/fakenickearl) Amanda Brewington (facebook.com/amanda.brewington) Bryan Deuchler (twitter.com/MrDrRobot Podcast: https://cartoontonic.buzzsprout.com) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://podcastdetroit.com)

Rules for defining a "vacation", how travel isn't required for a vacation because (unlike migrating birds) location isn't one of our five senses, five ideas for new types of stay-at-home vacations (ranging from realistic to wildly futuristic) Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 80 Nick Earl (twitter.com/fakenickearl) Amanda Brewington (facebook.com/amanda.brewington) Bryan Deuchler (twitter.com/MrDrRobot Podcast: https://cartoontonic.buzzsprout.com) Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://podcastdetroit.com)

Idea: A robotic, Roomba-like device to clean up dog poop in your yard, so you don't have to pick it up. We also discuss women using poop in acts of revenge, "code brown", simulated pregnancy in adult robots, and shooting dog poop into tiny pieces with high-powered water jets built into sprinkler systems Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 79 Chris Miller (twitter.com/ImChrisMiller) Tom Swan (twitter.com/GreatLksComedy https://greatlakescomedy.com) Teena Green Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://podcastdetroit.com)

Idea: A pill to instantly (or within a few minutes) absorb the alcohol in a drunk person's body and make them sober, so they can drive home (or go back into the bar for round 2), and won't have a hangover the next morning Originally from Creativity Wasted episode 79 Chris Miller (twitter.com/ImChrisMiller) Tom Swan (twitter.com/GreatLksComedy https://greatlakescomedy.com) Teena Green Tom Walma (twitter.com/thomaswalma) Recorded at Podcast Detroit (https://podcastdetroit.com)