Sitcometry
Once upon a time in a faraway land I was working with someone, who shall remain nameless, on a "comedy" screenplay. We put in a decent amount of time and effort on the script, but not enough to get results any higher than average. Then, just when I thought it was starting to get good, my partner seemed to lose interest, and soon after I did as well.
I had so much unused energy once that project ended that I needed to find a new outlet. One night, while watching an episode of According to Jim on ABC, it smacked me in the face like a rubber chicken. And that's when I started developing my sitcom.
Here's the premise: A mom and dad who are both zookeepers live in a house in the zoo with their two children and their sassy maid. Hilarious? Absolutely.
I will be posting a few bits of script here at The Jer-King, so I thought it might be a good idea to get you guys briefed a little on the character's and such.
With all the creativity I've invested in developing the story and characters, I haven't had a chance to come up with a good title. I'm open to suggestions! Any ideas?
I had so much unused energy once that project ended that I needed to find a new outlet. One night, while watching an episode of According to Jim on ABC, it smacked me in the face like a rubber chicken. And that's when I started developing my sitcom.
Here's the premise: A mom and dad who are both zookeepers live in a house in the zoo with their two children and their sassy maid. Hilarious? Absolutely.
I will be posting a few bits of script here at The Jer-King, so I thought it might be a good idea to get you guys briefed a little on the character's and such.
- The dad's name is Frank. He's a mid forties "man's man" with a heart of gold and a belly full of booze. Although he almost always means well, his common sense often fails him, resulting in some very funny moments!
- The mom's name is Sue. She's younger than Frank, and sharper too! She keeps him in check when his stupidity gets the better of him.
- The son is a 12 year old boy named Lucas. He loves his mom and idolizes his dad, often trying to take on zookeeper tasks that he's not quite ready for. He's starting to discover girls!!! He's also partially deaf.
- The daughter, Lisa, is sixteen years old and boy does it show! She is a little on the nerdy side, so she's often struggling to fit in among her peers. She has a crush on the varsity quarterback, she hates her parents and her little brother, and she also plays the flute. It will be revealed later on in the series that she can communicate with the animals through song, using her flute to summon and control the zoo's wildlife.
- Then there's Zelda, the elderly ethnic maid. She is a woman experienced in life. She isn't the hardest working housekeeper, but she makes up for it in pizzazz! She is practically part of the family, and dishes out words of wisdom like that's her job.
- Let's not forget that the show takes place in a zoo! This allows for many side splitting moments of animals turning up in places they're not supposed to be (Monkey in the refrigerator! Possum in the cupboard! Giraffe in the chimney! Elephant in the tub!) and "loads" of animal fesces jokes.
With all the creativity I've invested in developing the story and characters, I haven't had a chance to come up with a good title. I'm open to suggestions! Any ideas?

6 Comments:
Maybe you should call it Troubling Paradise.
What a great idear for a show! You should actually propose that to Comedy Central, as a satire of sitcoms.
Maybe it should take place in Australia, which will help the world come to terms with their grief over the loss of Steve Irwin, by giving us another wacky but loveable man's man naturalist with an Australian accent.
I think it's too high brow for comedy central, I'm probably going to pitch it to Bravo. I will have to make one of the characters gay though.
You should call this blog
Jer-King Of Blog
or smthg of that nature, to show you're really all about masturbating.
I'm not sure if I should be offended by your comment Shani, but the fact of the matter I'm just excited to have someone else besides me and jason posting a comment! plus i actually spend quite a bit of my time locked in the bathroom masturbating. it's putting quite a strain on my marriage.
That makes TWO comments in this comment section by people who are not me and jason!!!!! I am giddy!
Also, christy I think we need to sit down and have a serious talk.
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