Stu, are you sure you work for a TV production company?
'Cos when I worked for one of them, what people were never short of were ideas for programmes. Time and money, yes. Ideas -- not so much.
Are you sure you don't actually work in an advertising agency?
Advertising agencies don't generally ask before nicking someone's ideas.
Unless you're really stupid and work for Virgin Money. But I won a PSP in that furore so I'm not going to complain all that much.
Yeah I'm reasonably confident I know what my job is, Mike, though yours might be a possible explanation for my pay packet.
As I'm sure know, frequency of ideas is never a problem; originality is the thing. There's only so many things you can make a celebrity do, aspects of a punter's life you can swap with another punter, or places you can assemble a group of people in the hope of conflict arising, before you realise that TV is one of the most depressing industries around at present.
Of course, you finally come up with a brilliant new format and nobody has the money for it.
*hangs self*
Youth Hostelling with Chris Eubank?
What's the tagline for that Johnny?
Wark this way
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Quote: Stu R @ January 13 2009, 12:58 PM GMTWhat's the tagline for that Johnny?
I'm still not sure I understand this thread after having read it - you want other people to come up with ideas? What's in it for them - aern't you getting paid to do that?
Cooking in prison.
Yep, exactly that Stan. Yes I was hoping for ideas, and yes it is what I am paid for. But I was feeling hideously lethargic yesterday and sought inspiration.
With regards to what's 'in' it for anyone, well, if they were serious about an idea and we thought it would work, then we'd get em in and have a chat about it, pitch it, sell it and make unthinkable riches.
(Funny you should mention Cooking in Prison actually; believe it or not we'd pitched an idea called something like 'Doing Thyme' a while back.)
I would Google ideas first, I have a sneaking feeling that one, and many of the others suggested have been pitched and rejected. By the same person in fact.
However, you could try offering TV execs the chance to smell your cheese, I think they like that.
Yeah, you suckers have all missed out. Dissing Stu R, when in fact he's the comedy writer's equivalent of The Secret Millionaire.
How about Bathos? A format where one nominates a person one hates to be given everything he or she has ever dreamed of. The presenter really builds them up, shows them what they're going to win, then tells them to walk through a door to get their fabulous prizes.
The twist is, on the other side of the door is an alleyway the contents of which are some bins and a tramp pissing against a skip.
Quote: Graham Bandage @ January 13 2009, 2:04 PM GMT.....
How about Bathos? A format where one nominates a person one hates to be given everything he or she has ever dreamed of. The presenter really builds them up, shows them what they're going to win, then tells them to walk through a door to get their fabulous prizes.The twist is, on the other side of the door is an alleyway the contents of which are some bins and a tramp pissing against a skip.
You know, that could actually be coming to a (reality) TV screen near us soon, Graham. Endemol would love it!
Quote: Graham Bandage @ January 13 2009, 2:04 PM GMTThe presenter really builds them up, shows them what they're going to win, then tells them to walk through a door to get their fabulous prizes. The twist is, on the other side of the door is an alleyway, some bins, and a tramp pissing against a skip.
Wasn't this Bullseye?
Nah. Bullseye was the one where if one didn't win the grand prize it was a car, and if one did win, it would be a speedboat.
Are you ever going to move this thread, by the way?
Quote: SlagA @ January 13 2009, 2:19 PM GMTWasn't this Bullseye?
Quote: Graham Bandage @ January 13 2009, 2:28 PM GMTAre you ever going to move this thread, by the way?
Not in my power, I'll ask one of the others. 