I just sent in my sitcom script for the contest on the Bravo network. It is the funniest thing ever, so, if there is any justice, I will win. If not, though, I’ll publish it on my blog.
Also, to Whom it may concern: Okay, we took three hurricanes now and have a fourth on the way; what did we do? Why are You doing this to us? Is there someone extra blasphemous here in Florida, because, if there is, just tell me who to smite and he will be smoten. It’s just I finally took my storm windows down yesterday, and it’s tiring.
You want me to burn a goat? I’ll burn a goat; I will. Whatever You want; just stop the hurricanes.
Thank You.
First!
You should burn a Muckadoo.
Perhaps God is worried that there might be problems with Florida again regarding the election, so He’s pre-emptively striking people down so they can’t screw up.
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Uhhhh…. Veda, that was third…..
I vote for burning a Muckadoo.
How about you just publish that script on your blog right now anyway? Come on, do it!
Isn’t it a little suspicious how these “hurricanes” are timed to coincide with John Kerry’s switching positions? It’s obviously a VRWC to steal his thunder. If only the mainstream media would quit focusing on the Republican issue of hurricanes and focus on what Kerry has said to the media… What’s that? Kerry hasn’t talked to the media in 35 days? Even though he said that as president he’d have a press conference every month? Nevermind.
Speaking of scalawags, I heard that Sunday is International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
God is punishing Florida for not voting for me.
God is punishing Florida for allowing it’s votes to be stolen by Bush.
Allah is punishing Florida because it is infested with JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS.
Frank, i think you’re the culprit. it’s so obvious. God isn’t going to stop with the hurricanes until you move to Texas. why else would the National Hurricane Center be predicting the storm to make a direct left turn right when it gets east of your house??
you’re going to love Amarillo.
I think God is trying to kill/drive out as many liberals as possible before the elections to guarantee that Bush wins.
All of you are dead wrong.
The hurricanes are being created with Cold-War weather weapons by rouge Soviet scientists for the Chineese Military, who made enough money from ventures such as Cosco and Walmart that they can now set their master plan into effect to take over even more American realestate on the Atlantic Seaboard, as well as gain contracts for rebuilding in Cuba were they will launch their invasion of America in 2054.
It’s all Florida’s fault. You all voted. The choice was clear – warm and balmy or Hurricane.
Darn Butterfly ballots.
Don’t you people have SCHOOLS?
Well, not anymore. Most of them are in Georgia by now.
I wrote a script.
It’s a show about everything.
I figure, Seinfeld was about nothing. This should be about everything.
Frank,
I think God is pissed about the space lasers. Those things in orbit are like pink flamingos in the yard…
to take a punchline from a popular joke..
I don’t know Frank. There’s just something about you that pisses me off.
— God
Well, whatever you did (or burned) worked. Jeanie is now a TD and Karl is moving out to the Atlantic. Keep up the good work.
No G-d looked at America and thought “Hmmm no it needs to be a girl”
Bravo is the “gay-friendly” Cable network.
Frank J. always seems happy.
Hmmm.
Frank, the Lord God Almighty doesn’t need your assistance to smite anyone. Maybe He’s just trying to teach you a lesson.
Frank:
I believe that this may have something to do with the Southern Baptists’ running fight with Disney. Please ask all Southern Baptists to direct their prayers to the destruction of Euro Disney as it is in France and will give a double bang for the buck.
Or this could be the first sign of the Apocalypse(sp?). The second would be a Red Sox v. Cubs World Series. Then John Kerry would be elected. Finally, the French would actually back us in the GWOT and Hell would freeze over.
Last theory, this one is testable. Frank needs to move to Amarillo. If they have record tornadoes (or a single hurricane) we’ll just have to sacrifice Frank. Sorry sarahk.
Sadly, I don’t think your sitcom has a chance unless you wrote it so that Chomps is the world’s most sensitive dog, and starts yelping uncontrollably at the words “Donald Rumsfeld”.
You’ll have to sacrifice a Mouse, I think. That’s been my theory for the last few weeks. You want the Mouse? Come get ’em.
I heard this on Paul Harvey’s radio cast today:
a house in Florida had this painted on the plywood covering the windows:
1 Charley
2 Frances
3 Ivan
4 Sale
Uhhh… sorry – that was me. I’ve been very very bad lately. God keeps aiming at me but luckily he’s not that great of a shot.
(Picture me in a dunking booth – God with a baseball taking aim) “C’mon! You can’t hit the broad side of a barn!”
I have a feeling that one day I’ll pay for this post.
It seems simple to me…the displaced arabs in Isreal have learned to control the weather. Hurricanes are sent to kill the “joooooos.”
Or else its an election warning. Either way, Vote BUSH!
Frank, just buy the platinum, and move to Texas…. You say you don’t want to run for political office; I say, raise kids to be little FrankJ-SarahK politicians!! lol
Oh, and the hurricanes are really symbolic pressure washers. God wants to scrub Florida clean of the hippies and French, and this is His way of saying so.
on the sitcom contest: any idea of a timeline? I entered too.. that will obviously place second now… but just wondering what they’re doing for letting us know
I submitted my script too. And it’s way funnier than yours. 🙂 There’s even a Bravo-friendly character (effeminate heterosexual) in it!
By the way, if I were you, I wouldn’t post your script on your blog. Why? Because if the Sit: Com people don’t want it, you can keep working on it, and perhaps find other venues to submit it to at a later time. I say this as an amateur writer but a professional in software development: Don’t give away your talent.
Aaron: According to the rules, Sit: Com will have their third-party reviewers review every script before they tabulate the ratings and decide who the top 50 are. So, the timeline depends on how many scripts they received.
Steve,
Thanks for the input. kind of an odd experience writing a sitcom. I’ve done a few features..and tend to try to make the dialogue ‘better than TV’ quality… here I was shooting for TV.. liberating in some ways, scary in others. you done any full lengths?
I also submitted a sitcom. It was really tough, and I swear I will never mock another TV sitcom again.
For everyone who submitted, how long are your scripts? The one that my roommate and I submitted is 56 pages. We originally had about 30 some odd pages, but when we went into Final Draft, we were way short. Oh, and if any of you do not have a collaborator, you are going to get skunked by a team. Just a friendly jab at you guys. Good luck to everyone. We just might need it.
Phaeton
Has anyone gotten a call or letter or any kind of correspondence about the Sitcom contest? I submitted one with my wife and we are getting anxious. I don’t really care if we don’t make it, I’d just like to know. We figure that they have to contact everyone by no later than the end of October. There was something in the rules about “moving to LA for 10 weeks in the Fall of 2004.” If that’s the case a person selected wouldn’t have much time at all to film their segment, then make the 2 week trip to LA BEFORE the 10 weeks begin.
BTW, I think our script was 29 pages, plus 4 or 5 more for concept and character Bios.
Aaron: I haven’t written any full-lengths, although if I’m rejected for Sit:Com, I may convert my script to a full-length.
Phaeton: My script is 37 pages. It’s shorter than a traditional sitcom script because I followed the film short format used by sitcoms like Malcolm in the Middle. If I used the traditional format, I’m sure I would have had around 45 pages (due to double spacing and top-of-scene character listings). Based on what little I know, 45 pages is the norm for a traditional sitcom script.
Hey guys, I happened upon this site because I was googling to find out how many people may have entered the bravo contest. I entered, my script was around 40 pages. I was emailed yesterday telling me that I moved onto the second round. My buddy who sent in at the same time didn’t hear anything. Anyone interested in discussing or taking a looking at the letter I recieved feel free to email me at kginsbo@hotmail.com.
I just spoke with someone at Bravo TV regarding the contest. She said that as of today (11/17) the 50 semi-finalists were being contacted, and that if I hadn’t heard from them by the end of the week I could safely assume that my script didn’t make the cut. Someone mentioned that they had been contacted as a semi-finalist in October. Based on my conversation this morning, I would doubt that. She also said that they would be posting the “winners” on their website within the next week.
Good luck everyone.
I submitted a script to Situation Comedy back in August- Has ANYONE heard out there? The WSJ on-line had an article last week saying they received over 7000 entrys!! Doing the math, they should be reading scripts until January!
ANY WORD OUT THERE??
I wrote a script for the Bravo contest. It would’ve been nice to have been a confirmed loser. I’m sure they didn’t have time to explain why….maybe it just sucked. But it doesn’t really matter anyway because I was just doing what a writer does…..they write.