http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=42424 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:43:27 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=42424#post-121515 Sat, 05 May 2012 14:58:19 +0000 beau-jolly 121515@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Oooh I've been there too. Talk yourself out of one answer by commitee. Many years ago we had a regular but unsuccesful quiz team. We then recruited a very large chap who quietly got all the answers right while we got pissed. That year we banked over £1500 in winnings and went on a team piss up in Dublin. We were called the Sad Lads. As in "You sad bastards!".<br /> Do you want to see the scribblings so far Al? PM me with an email address and its done.<br /> BTW whwen I say "half a sitcom" I mean a synopsis and half of one episode. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=42424#post-121513 Sat, 05 May 2012 14:34:12 +0000 Al OPecia 121513@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>That sounds like it has potential - E.g.</p> <p>Quizmaster: "Who was Eleanor of Aquitaine's husband"?</p> <p>Our Hero: "Henry the Second"</p> <p>Team Twat (who always holds the pen): "Oh - in what sense"?</p> <p>Our Hero: "In the sense that he was her husband, and that is, in fact the answer"</p> <p>Team Twat: "I can see where you are coming from"</p> <p>Our Hero: "Yes I am coming from the position of having told you the correct answer, so fucking well write it down".</p> <p>Team Mouse (Twat's wife): "There's no need to be like that"</p> <p>Our Hero "Like what - correct"?</p> <p>Team Twat: "Yes, we can all have an opinion"</p> <p>Our Hero: "Such as the wrong one - what's your answer then"</p> <p>Team Mouse: "Well I don't have one, but that's not the point"</p> <p>Our Hero: "No this way we'll end up with no bloody points"</p> <p>And so on, and of course each week they lose by a single point. Sadly drawn from real life. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=42424#post-121506 Sat, 05 May 2012 14:17:42 +0000 beau-jolly 121506@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I have half a sitcom written which is based on a pub quiz team. A lot of it is semi-biographical. I think its too British and probably too personal but if anyone fancies a look and wants to expand it I'm open to offers. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=42424#post-121490 Sat, 05 May 2012 10:48:08 +0000 ronseal 121490@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I like the idea.</p> <p>But one thing worried me.</p> <p>Amazon are a bunch of cants </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=42424#post-121479 Sat, 05 May 2012 08:19:53 +0000 Thor 121479@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>How about a sit-com set in the warehouse of an on-line retailer? Must be a rich vein of comedy gold to be mined there. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=42424#post-121460 Fri, 04 May 2012 23:50:06 +0000 shitsu_tonka 121460@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Yes, they want both. In one interview an Amazon person said they were looking for the new Seinfeld. Personally I didn't find the old Seinfeld funny but I know what he means. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=42424#post-121459 Fri, 04 May 2012 23:28:17 +0000 Yikes 121459@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Wasn't in both comedies and childrens series they were interested in? Maybe I read it wrong .. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=42424#post-121458 Fri, 04 May 2012 23:11:18 +0000 Quaz 121458@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Children's series. 2-14 years old. Good money though. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=42424#post-121370 Fri, 04 May 2012 10:59:57 +0000 Ian Searle 121370@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Thanks for posting this - I need a new project. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=42424#post-121289 Thu, 03 May 2012 16:33:30 +0000 shitsu_tonka 121289@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Amazon are about to start making comedies for download and are offering a very decent amount of cash for ideas. Sitcom writing Biscuits might want to give it a look.</p> <p><a href="http://studios.amazon.com/getting-started/series/?ref=hp_r1_tvwriters">Seems like a jolly scheme.</a> </p>