Can anyone think of sitcom ideas that have never been done before?
How about a sitcom about a serial killer...
Never been done
I started one about a family of serial killers.. mom, dad, 2.4 kids, hostage in the cellar kinda-thing..
Sounds good - what happened to it?
Never did more than a couple of scenes, felt it wouldn't really go much further than a few sketches... here's a scene I put in the FAMILY Script Comp a few weeks back:
INT. A MAN IN PYJAMAS STANDS OUTSIDE A DOOR WAITING. HE KNOCKS ON THE DOOR SHARPLY.
DAD:
Come on hurry up, I’m late…
DAD WAITS THEN KNOCKS AGAIN.
DAD:
Oh come on you’ve been in there ages. Bloody teenagers. You can never get into the cellar in this bloody place.
AT LAST THE CELLAR DOOR OPENS AND A TEENAGE BOY COMES OUT WITH BLOOD ON HIS FACE
WILL:
Sorry I’ve been so long Dad, I cut myself raping and there was no bog roll to stick on it… oh, and we’re clean out of duct tape.
DAD:
Well, it was Mum’s turn to do ASDA this week. Alice?
MUM APPEARS OUT OF BREATH CARRYING TWO ASDA BAGS.
MUM:
Hi dear, sorry I was so long at ASDA they’ve moved all the aisles around. I couldn’t find the duct tape but I got this bike security chain though. Reduced!
SHE PULLS THE CHAIN OUT AND THEY ALL LOOK AT IT ADMIRINGLY. THERE IS A FEMALE GROAN FROM THE CELLAR. DAD GRABS THE CHAIN LOOKING ANNOYED.
DAD:
I’m getting sick of this bloody 9 to 5 routine, I’m holding this family together single-handed…
DAD GOES DOWN THE CELLAR
MUM:
That’s the last ASDA shop for now. We’re skint. How’s the kidnap going?
WILL:
We-e-ll.. the family say they want more proof it’s their mother.
MUM:
More proof?
WILL:
Yes and Dad’s already sent an ear, two fingers and the whole left foot…
MUM OPENS A PACKET OF ASDA CRISPS AND OFFERS WILL ONE.
MUM:
Sign of the times, nobody’s got cash any more but your dad just wont take credit cards…
WILL NODS IN AGREEMENT AND CHOMPS ON A CRISP.
Oooh.
I like it.
Dexter is a new show on living. He's a crime photographer but also a serial killer. What gets his goat is when people do evil crimes, he has to do evil to them.
Watched the first episode. Very disturbing.
Dexter is a dark comedy drama about a serial killer and it is absolutely brilliant, I can't imagine anyone creating another show about a serial killer quite like this one.
Dexter is good, although can be a little... nah it's good.
I'm not sure Dexter is a comedy...very good though.
Yeah Dexter isn't strictly a comedy, it's more in the drama category. But it does have a good dark sense of humour to it, which really makes the show great.
Dexters my favourite thing on TV right now, a really great show.
I thought this thread was Simon's sequel to 'Never Been Kissed'?
Quote: Matthew Stott @ September 10, 2007, 6:43 PMDexters my favourite thing on TV right now, a really great show.
Yeah, his sister Dee-Dee is kinda wacky too, isn't she?