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Friday, February 7, 2014

The Biggest Hater In The World

I came up with a written short series that costs nothing to shoot. It's made to look like one friend just pulled out his phone and started filming his other friend to show the world what a huge hater he is. It's meant to be the absolute cheapest, simplest, low maintenance, funny internet series I can possibly think of. Each episode would be a dissection of why this guy hates on different things.


Andre is pointing an iphone at Conrad. Conrad is on camera.

ANDRE
(voice off camera)
Yo. This is my friend Conrad, he's the biggest hater in the world. 

Conrad pulls out his phone and starts filming back at Andre
 ANDRE
Why are you filming this?

Cut to a shot from Conrad's perspective, Andre on camera.

CONRAD
(off camera)
For legal reasons. I don't trust you. I want my own copy of what's going on here.

ANDRE
(speaking to the audience)
 See what I am saying? Watch this.
Conrad, why do you hate my friend Rondell?

Andre's perspective.

CONRAD
Who's Rondell?

ANDRE
(off camera)
You met him a few times. He was at my house when you came over to watch the Raptors game.

CONRAD
I honestly don't know who Rondell is.

ANDRE
(off camera)
You told me you don't like him because of his jeans.

CONRAD
Oh that guy. Yeah. I don't like him. So?

ANDRE
(off camera)
You said it was because he wore those faded jeans.

CONRAD
It wasn't JUST those jeans.
He wore other jeans that pissed me off, he wore those jeans with the big red patches that other time.

Conrad's perspective.

ANDRE
So?

CONRAD
( off camera)
Why does he do that?

ANDRE
That's just his style, that's what he likes. 

CONRAD
(off camera)
Who needs to spice up their jeans that much? I don't like it.

ANDRE
You're the fashion police? If someone doesn't dress how you like then you hate them?

CONRAD
(off camera)
It's not only about his jeans. He did other stuff.

ANDRE
Like what?

CONRAD
He kept asking if he could have my Oh Henry bar.

ANDRE
(laughs)
Oh yeah.
Andre's perspective.

CONRAD
Remember that? I met up with you guys after the gym. I had an Oh Henry and he kept asking if he could have it.

ANDRE
(off camera)
I remember that. He only asked you twice though.

CONRAD
Why would he even ask me once? Obviously I bought it because I wanted it.

ANDRE
(off camera)
Yeah that was weird, you still don't hate someone over that though.

CONRAD
What kind of dick asks you for your chocolate bar?
I told him the first time "uhhhh no. I bought this for myself" and he still asked me again later.

ANDRE
(off camera)
And that's it, now you hate him?

CONRAD
The chocolate bar thing really did it.

Conrad's perspective.

ANDRE
Wow.
So now you legitimately hate this guy?

CONRAD
 With good reason. 

ANDRE
Because you don't like his jeans and because he asked you if he could have your chocolate bar.

CONRAD
(off camera)
A couple times he asked. It's not like I had a whole bunch of chocolate bars either, I had ONE in my hand. Screw him.

Andre's perspective, we end with the shot of Conrad with Andre's voice over.

ANDRE
That's my friend Conrad, biggest hater in the world. 

-END-

So each episode would be a discussion on why Conrad hates something, Conrad hates everything and everyone due to the smallest of infractions. 


Monday, February 3, 2014

Cats or Komodo Dragons - Which Is The Better Housepet


CONT'D...


INT-Kitchen

Andre comes running into the kitchen.

ANDRE
Call the exterminator!

JEREMY
We don't need an exterminator for one mouse; just put some cheese down for it and it'll leave you alone.

ANDRE
What do you mean "leave me alone"?

JEREMY
I'll take care of it. I'll just leave some cheese out tonight.

ANDRE
And?

JEREMY
And he won't bother us. He just wants cheese.

ANDRE
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

GORDON
Jeremy do you think we're worried that we won't be able to like...live harmoniously with the mouse? 

JEREMY
Well we can just give him the cheese, then he gets what he wants and leaves.

GORDON
That's not how a mouse thinks!

JEREMY
He thinks about cheese. He's just trying to get our cheese, if we give him our cheese he'll think "I have all their cheese, now I can leave"

GORDON
No! He thinks "Oh boy! There's a lot of cheese in this house, I'll live here forever and start a family."

JEREMY
Well we'll find out. 

CONRAD
Benjamin confiscate the cheese.

BENJAMIN
I am on it.

Benjamin goes into the fridge and takes out the house's cheese, it's a large block of cheese. Benjamin guards it.

ANDRE
Don't feed rodents Jeremy, otherwise they never leave.

BENJAMIN
This is why I think we should have asked for a cat.

JEREMY
What would a cat do?

BENJAMIN
Uhhh...cats eat mice.

JEREMY
Cats don't care about mice.

BENJAMIN
Cats HATE mice!

JEREMY
I don't think so.

ANDRE
Cat's kill mice Jeremy. Everyone knows that.

CONRAD
You didn't watch cartoons growing up?

JEREMY
There was never any cartoon about mice...and cats.

GORDON
Oh my god!
Tom and Jerry
Itchy and Scratchy
So many others...

 JEREMY
Yeah but you never see them fighting. 

GORDON
THAT'S ALL THEY DO!

ANDRE
CATS ALWAYS GO AFTER MICE!

JEREMY
I don't think so.

GORDON
ARRRRRRRGGG!!!

JEREMY
Why do you care?

GORDON
It's ANNOYING. It's annoying that you don't know this. Babies know this.

ANDRE
Alright. Enough, we're getting a cat.

JEREMY
Why don't we just get a lizard?

GORDON

(loudly)
Because it's a lizard!

JEREMY
 We can get one that bites mice with poison though, cats don't have poison when they bite.

CONRAD
Ok lets vote on it. How many people think we should get a cat?

Everyone except Jeremy raises their hand

CONRAD
How many people think we should unleash a poisonous lizard in this house to run around and bite us with venom when we reach for the remote?

Jeremy raises his hand

CONRAD
and that's how we got a cat.

INT - LIVING ROOM

They have a cat.

-END-

Well that was stupid.