Scott Payne is an aspiring actor who books the opportunity of a lifetime as the TV pitchman for a new window cleaner. When his enthusiastic pitching becomes a pop culture sensation, Scott is propelled into fortune and fame, but deep down, all he really cares about is telling the public about a product he’s so passionate about, it borders on love. As his career - and the public’s interest in cleaning their windows - fade, Scott has to reckon with his life on camera and his relationship with a product that turns out to be maybe a little bit poisonous. Shine-on!

Scripts start at 50:56

Starring

Gabe Michalski

Laura Petro

Hobert Thompson

And Chris Ianucci as Scott Payne

On a desolate future Earth, workers made of undead people enhanced with mechanical parts toil away in a factory. All day and night they make things the living need, but is there anyone left to use the household items they create? When one worker suddenly remembers his past life, he sets out to learn who he was, and remind his fellow workers what it means to be alive. UGGHHHH! 

Scripts at 56:30

Starring 

Laura Petro

Hobert Thompson

Chris Dritsas

Zoe Thibault

And Michael Serio as Josh Derek Steven

A long withstanding legend within each Please Make This episode is the mysterious writer's room, where your hosts step inside after a wondrous pitch only to return with their fresh scripts hot off the presses. But what happens behind that closed door where there's no microphones and the magic really happens? Tune in as Laura finally breaks down this barrier to give you a peak into the full process of making a PMT episode. This time Laura's breaking down her ending for Syrens, her writing process, and what her ideas were to put together a thrilling conclusion to the ulitmate sci-fi horror flick. 

When six alien explorers visit an uncharted, water-covered planet, their mission is simple. Very simple, really. Just collect a water sample to prove the existence of water to their galactic empire’s ever growing search for resources. With time to kill before they return to their command ship, the researchers decide to party it up on a planet that boasts perfect sunsets and calm, clear waters. But what’s lurking under the waves? A friendly local sentient species? Or something much larger and predatory, something capable of luring in its prey by making them see what they desire?

Starring 

Hobert Thompson

Laura Petro

Lizzie Kaniecki

Madeline Wilson

Cate Hale

Script Rippers Mike and Hobert are back with special guest Laura to spend five nights (or 58ish minutes) talking about Five Nights at Freddy’s, a film about an amateur dream detective who fights ghost robots that isn’t nearly fun or cool or interesting as that premise promises. Well, at least The Youth like it! Tune in as the rippers tear apart this lore-heavy, anti-sleeping pill PSA that loves its robot antagonists more than any of the living characters and try to piece together their own haunted monstrosity: a version of this film they would have liked!

Laura and Hobert sit down with their buddy Gabe Michalski to talk about Frankenstein Unbound, a surreal retelling of the classic Mary Shelley novel that adds time travel, super cars, and reframes Shelley as a non-fiction writer. You only have 8 years till John Hurt destroys the timeline so he can have sex with a historic author, so tune in to this mini and check out Laura, Hobert and Gabe at GABEWATCH, a live movie riffing show returning to The Whistler bar in Chicago on October 29th!

Join Laura and Hobert as they sit down to revisit REM Cycles, the almost-finished rough draft of a film conceived during wind-down of the lock-down. A lot has changed for the hosts since then, so it’s time to sit down, crack open a beverage, and re-explore the dreamscape-filled romance/sci-fi/coming-of-age script with the intention to tear the original idea apart to see if it’s worth putting back together. 

Chester Callahan’s never been good at working. Lazy but charismatic, Chester is better at managing expectations than he is at meeting them. When he finally loses his bland office job, he treats himself to a burger at his favorite local joint, and notices a dip in the quality. Spotting an opportunity to make Barn Burger a better place, Chester adopts the disguise of the restaurant’s elderly owner and sets about turning around the struggling fast food joint. Can he bring back Barn Burger to its former glory while living a double life under the noses of his family, “employees,” and the real Mr. Stevens? 

Scripts start at 51:18

Starring

Laura Petro

Hobert Thompson

Nick Marino

Kelsey Blackwell

With Mark Soloff as Chester

Dan and Kate are two stuck-up trivia buffs given a chance to appear on America’s favorite game show for couples: Secrets of the Heart. Confident in their ability to win on brains alone, they quickly realize the show is more intense than they’d anticipated, featuring a host who’s as sinister as he is sincere and a fast-paced quiz pitting them against two other couples and sprinkling in personal details they’ve never revealed. Can they survive a taping as the secrets of their hearts are put on display, and most importantly: will they win the coveted “Congenial Couple” prize? 

Scripts start at 40:22

Starring

Hobert Thompson

Jessica Mance

Laura Petro

Matt Roarty

Sofia Tew

Brian, Stephanie and David are three college friends who are about to move into a brand new apartment together over the course of a weekend. When the movers bring their furniture and drop off their stuff, they discover that there’s a mysterious trunk accidentally left behind. Agreeing to leave the trunk alone till the movers return on Monday, they try to settle into their new place. As tension builds between the friends, what will destroy them first: the secret of the trunk, or the secrets between them?

Scripts begin at 54:51

Starring

Conner Stumm as David

Laura Petro as Cassi

Hobert Thompson as Brian

And Cassidy Kulhanek as Stephanie