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Idea: A movie about an old man and his dog who travel together and where the old man gains wisdom from a mushroom trip. Also: the dog talks to the man during his trip and has a pretty southern belle accent; Wes is hesitant to reveal plot details; finishing a script as a scriptwriting learning exercise; a brief discussion of the other guests' script ideas and scriptwriting class experience Wes Partrich (instagram.com/wespartrich facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576307855359) Natalie Renee (facebook.com/NadyNay instagram.com/natalie_renee_mi) Tyler Caldwell (facebook.com/tyler.caldwell.96742 instagram.com/thetac32 Sketch Show: Something Has To Happen:youtube.com/@Paradizo-TV) Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com/creativitywasted x.com/thomaswalma twitch.tv/gameymcfitness) This podcast is part of Planet Ant Podcasts (https://planetant.com) This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Idea: Genetically-engineered miniature goats that live in your house as pets and only need to be fed the boxes and packing materials from your Amazon deliveries. Also: Amazon could use hay as packing materials if it knows you ordered one of their goats, and/or they could automatically ship you nutrition supplements and give you veterinary reminders to make it easy to care for the goats; maybe you could train the goats to use a doggie door to go outside and grab your package off the porch, bring it inside, and eat the box, so by the time you get home from work, the only thing there is the product that you ordered; being chastised by AI for asking whether a goat can live solely off of cardboard boxes Michela VanDam (facebook.com/michela.vandam instagram.com/mkela17) Tim Russ (instagram.com/timrussacomic facebook.com/feerslugteacher) Dan Feister (instagram.com/buddyfeastepisodetwo Podcast: Not Real) Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com/creativitywasted x.com/thomaswalma twitch.tv/gameymcfitness) This podcast is part of Planet Ant Podcasts (https://planetant.com) This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Idea: Holograms that perform improv with you, so you can do improv if you don't have friends or it's too difficult to coordinate with them (and so you don't have to bug stand-up comics to do improv). Also: the holograms could be AI, could be controlled remotely by a real person in another location, could disguise a real person who's actually there, and could be things like horses that move around the stage; the odd animosity of stand-up comics towards improv; being an improv bully to your holographic AI improv troupe; kicking a holographic AI out of the improv troupe for not performing "on the same level" as everyone else, and then convincing the AI to go to a real therapist Michela VanDam (facebook.com/michela.vandam instagram.com/mkela17) Tim Russ (instagram.com/timrussacomic facebook.com/feerslugteacher) Dan Feister (instagram.com/buddyfeastepisodetwo Podcast: Not Real) Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com/creativitywasted x.com/thomaswalma twitch.tv/gameymcfitness) This podcast is part of Planet Ant Podcasts (https://planetant.com) This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

A loose conversation about pranking telemarketers/scammers and pranks in general, including a couple ideas for pranks and Michela's style of pranking telemarketers which risks her getting SWAT'd by the police. Also: examples of military pranks; an idea for a software prank ("Easter egg") where you trick someone into putting their head up next to a computer to listen for something and then eject the CD tray into their face; "pranking for good", such as pulling a prank on someone to make them realize they need to be more cautious about a risky aspect of their life Michela VanDam (facebook.com/michela.vandam instagram.com/mkela17) Tim Russ (instagram.com/timrussacomic facebook.com/feerslugteacher) Dan Feister (instagram.com/buddyfeastepisodetwo Podcast: Not Real) Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com/creativitywasted x.com/thomaswalma twitch.tv/gameymcfitness) This podcast is part of Planet Ant Podcasts (https://planetant.com) This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Idea: To become a scam therapist for pet reptiles. Also: a TV show like "The Dog Whisperer" for reptiles, but where you actually whisper to the reptiles, with your head right next to an alligator's jaws; Tim's anecdote of accidentally traumatizing a reptile; to make money helping reptiles relax before being "factory farmed" (so the meat tastes better) or before being smuggled into the US along with 40 other reptiles inside a guy's trench coat; to hire a former reptile hunter/catcher who had a career-ending injury and can no longer physically do his job as a reptile therapist Michela VanDam (facebook.com/michela.vandam instagram.com/mkela17) Tim Russ (instagram.com/timrussacomic facebook.com/feerslugteacher) Dan Feister (instagram.com/buddyfeastepisodetwo Podcast: Not Real) Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com/creativitywasted x.com/thomaswalma twitch.tv/gameymcfitness) This podcast is part of Planet Ant Podcasts (https://planetant.com) This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Idea: A camera on a thumb glove that you wear while brushing or flossing which pairs to a tablet or smart mirror to show you live video of the inside of your mouth so you can see where you're failing to clean properly (stuck food, receding gums, etc.) so you don't develop a cavity there over time. Also: you'd probably momentarily pause brushing/flossing to look inside your mouth and then resume brushing/flossing afterwards; it would come with a base station for an electric toothbrush, the thumb glove, and a mount for a tablet on which you watch the video of your mouth; AI could find problem spots in your mouth and/or pester you if you don't floss; you could use the thumb camera for other things; paying for dental bills by withdrawing from your retirement account early or getting dental work done overseas Derick L. Gilling (https://sites.google.com/view/dericklgillingcomedy facebook.com/lastofkings Book: Junior Blaze: Birth of a Hero: https://a.co/d/0eFcXBy1) Ian Jam (instagram.com/ian_jam15 youtube.com/@ian_jam15 https://substack.com/@ianjam15) Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com/creativitywasted x.com/thomaswalma twitch.tv/gameymcfitness) This podcast is part of Planet Ant Podcasts (https://planetant.com) This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Idea: Harnesses to keep kids strapped into the seats on school busses for safety during accidents and to reduce misbehaving. Also: you could put TV screens on the back of the seats that pair to the kids' phones and don't turn on until they strap into the seat; the bus driver could drive recklessly on purpose for fun if the kids were strapped into the seats; bus driver stories of kids fighting or misbehaving on the bus; questioning if kids do homework on the bus or at all now that AI exists Derick L. Gilling (https://sites.google.com/view/dericklgillingcomedy facebook.com/lastofkings Book: Junior Blaze: Birth of a Hero: https://a.co/d/0eFcXBy1) Ian Jam (instagram.com/ian_jam15 youtube.com/@ian_jam15 https://substack.com/@ianjam15) Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com/creativitywasted x.com/thomaswalma twitch.tv/gameymcfitness) This podcast is part of Planet Ant Podcasts (https://planetant.com) This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Idea: A remote-driving system for school busses so the school bus drivers can casually and conveniently drive the bus from home. Also: a minimum-wage bus monitor could be hired if the kids get rowdy on the bus; self-driving and remotely-driven cars like Waymo and how a bus could stop on the train tracks if it loses the Internet connection to the remote driver; anecdotes of riding the school bus as a kid and of dumb traffic mistakes Derick L. Gilling (https://sites.google.com/view/dericklgillingcomedy facebook.com/lastofkings Book: Junior Blaze: Birth of a Hero: https://a.co/d/0eFcXBy1) Ian Jam (instagram.com/ian_jam15 youtube.com/@ian_jam15 https://substack.com/@ianjam15) Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com/creativitywasted x.com/thomaswalma twitch.tv/gameymcfitness) This podcast is part of Planet Ant Podcasts (https://planetant.com) This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Idea: An AI-powered hidden earpiece that helps you do better in important or awkward conversations, such as job interviews, conversations with the police, fish-out-of-water social situations, "code switching", etc. Also: having it shock you or warn you if you start saying something stupid or something you'd regret; questioning whether it could help you avoid arguing with a spouse even if you feel like arguing at the time; using it to be intellectually lazy; AI in sci-fi movies Derick L. Gilling (https://sites.google.com/view/dericklgillingcomedy facebook.com/lastofkings Book: Junior Blaze: Birth of a Hero: https://a.co/d/0eFcXBy1) Ian Jam (instagram.com/ian_jam15 youtube.com/@ian_jam15 https://substack.com/@ianjam15) Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com/creativitywasted x.com/thomaswalma twitch.tv/gameymcfitness) This podcast is part of Planet Ant Podcasts (https://planetant.com) This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Idea: A social media and digital media app/site where when you post, you must classify the post as either 1) free, 2) a post meant to give other people enjoyment (they "take" selfish enjoyment) and therefore they must pay to consume it, or 3) a post that other people earn a micropayment/karma when they read or respond to it (i.e. they "give" advice/effort/attention). Also: all digital media (such as Netflix) could be part of this "give and take" system, not just traditional social media posts, so you could, for example, give advice to people and/or watch commercials to earn enough money to watch a Netflix movie; this structure that encourages people to ask for help/advice could coax people into asking for help, and could make other people feel good for helping them, thus making social media feel less selfish and "hollow"; examples of "take" posts: movies, news, juicy gossip, p*rn, art; examples of "give" posts: commercials/ads, requests for advice, requests for music recommendations/playlists, tit-for-tat artist reviews, birthday posts; the site would probably include financial micropayments as well as a general karma/point system for helping people and group/category specific point systems (such as to encourage comedians to watch or rate each other's videos) Nicole Gilbert (instagram.com/nicolegilbertcomedy facebook.com/nicole.gilbert.75) Juwan Tett (facebook.com/juwan.tett instagram.com/jahdawan instagram.com/newworldcomedynwc) Rob Bagley (facebook.com/ComicRobBagley instagram.com/comicrobbagley youtube.com/@robbagley) Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com/creativitywasted x.com/thomaswalma twitch.tv/gameymcfitness) This podcast is part of Planet Ant Podcasts (https://planetant.com) This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Idea: For movie theaters to show a movie in the morning specifically for senior citizens, including discounts and special accommodations. Also: special accommodations could include selling Werther's and prune juice as snacks, having large-text subtitles, having an intermission to explain the plot of the movie to those who have questions, having defibrillators on standby, etc.; some movies would star older actors and be in the recently popular mini-genre where the plot is "they're not too old to do some fun thing"; memories of old people giving us Werther's as kids, and how Sugar-Free Werther's don't cause cavities because (according to AI) the bacteria in your mouth can't ferment the sugar alcohols into tooth-enamel-destroying acid Nicole Gilbert (instagram.com/nicolegilbertcomedy facebook.com/nicole.gilbert.75) Juwan Tett (facebook.com/juwan.tett instagram.com/jahdawan instagram.com/newworldcomedynwc) Rob Bagley (facebook.com/ComicRobBagley instagram.com/comicrobbagley youtube.com/@robbagley) Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com/creativitywasted x.com/thomaswalma twitch.tv/gameymcfitness) This podcast is part of Planet Ant Podcasts (https://planetant.com) This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Idea: To create a new A1 BBQ beef flavor of Ritz crackers. Also: the lack of variety of cracker flavors compared to chips; the risk of a "classy" brand like Ritz losing it's high-class image if it has too many flavors; if you're gonna blow through a bunch of calories, you want to get more enjoyment out of it than by eating plain crackers; putting chili-flavored Fritos on chili dogs and eating foods in non-traditional combinations or times Nicole Gilbert (instagram.com/nicolegilbertcomedy facebook.com/nicole.gilbert.75) Juwan Tett (facebook.com/juwan.tett instagram.com/jahdawan instagram.com/newworldcomedynwc) Rob Bagley (facebook.com/ComicRobBagley instagram.com/comicrobbagley youtube.com/@robbagley) Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com/creativitywasted x.com/thomaswalma twitch.tv/gameymcfitness) This podcast is part of Planet Ant Podcasts (https://planetant.com) This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Idea: For restaurants to have enclosed private booths with a small table and a video screen on which to videochat with someone in another videochat booth at another restaurant (usually in a different city). Also: people who can't agree on which restaurant to go to could go to different restaurants and still kind of eat together; the video of you eating could be livestreamed and/or saved so you can review it later to, for example, hyper-analyze the video of a date; the walls of the private booths might need to be partially transparent to discourage people from having hanky-panky in them Nicole Gilbert (instagram.com/nicolegilbertcomedy facebook.com/nicole.gilbert.75) Juwan Tett (facebook.com/juwan.tett instagram.com/jahdawan instagram.com/newworldcomedynwc) Rob Bagley (facebook.com/ComicRobBagley instagram.com/comicrobbagley youtube.com/@robbagley) Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com/creativitywasted x.com/thomaswalma twitch.tv/gameymcfitness) This podcast is part of Planet Ant Podcasts (https://planetant.com) This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Idea: Side windows of a car (and maybe also windshield) that are not actually windows, and instead are actually video screens that disguise the driver by making them look like someone else to the people outside of the car. Also: you could look like a cool person when dropping your kids off at school (and how even Eddie Van Halen's kids are embarrassed by him when he drops them off at school); a person of color could disguise themselves as a white lady to reduce the likelihood of being pulled over; other futuristic ways to disguise yourself, such as live video chat face filters and "V-tubers", and the Admiral who was in the news recently who's real face looked like a creepy mask Erik Bauer (facebook.com/erikbauer) Chris Young (https://chrisyoungcomic.com instagram.com/chrisyoungcomic) Wes Allen (facebook.com/wes.allen.264240 instagram.com/wesallencomedy Email: [email protected]) Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com/creativitywasted x.com/thomaswalma twitch.tv/gameymcfitness) This podcast is part of Planet Ant Podcasts (https://planetant.com) This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Idea: As inspired by the restaurants located above highways in Illinois, there should be groups of food trucks on some existing highway overpasses. Also: they could use carpool parking lots near highway on-ramps for customer parking, and could put barriers up on the sides of the overpass so kids can't fall onto the highway; they could vary the selection of food trucks, and the food trucks could hang banners over the highway for you to see when driving to work and then stop there after work for dinner; they could also have a flea market or carnival games or other stuff to do; they could keep one lane open for (alternating) traffic and/or move the food trucks off the overpass during busy times or holidays Erik Bauer (facebook.com/erikbauer) Chris Young (https://chrisyoungcomic.com instagram.com/chrisyoungcomic) Wes Allen (facebook.com/wes.allen.264240 instagram.com/wesallencomedy Email: [email protected]) Tom Walma (https://creativitywasted.com/creativitywasted x.com/thomaswalma twitch.tv/gameymcfitness) This podcast is part of Planet Ant Podcasts (https://planetant.com) This podcast is powered by Pinecast.