Which Production Company is the best? Page 2
Quote: Lee Henman @ September 16 2009, 3:16 PM BSTYes.
I might've known. Mr. Lee 'I only work with the best' Henman. 
You do realise who ever you big up will be drowned beneath an avalanche of shitty spec scripts.
They won't thank you.
One prodco (NOT Screenplay) who looked at one of my scripts took note of THIS scene:
A fare dies in a taxi and the taxi owner sits the corpse in the waiting room of the cab office with a blanket over it, because he wants the taxi back out in the field, earning him money.
And he said:
"The taxi owner wouldn't act around a dead body like that."
Like DUH!
In real life, that's correct.
In a FICTIONAL HEIGHTENED REALITY COMEDY SITCOM, it's possible.
I couldn't believe he even said that.
If they watched the Only Fools episode Danger UXB, I bet that prodco would say "they wouldn't act around inflatable dolls like that."
Quote: Mark Norton @ September 16 2009, 1:06 PM BSTProducer, partner of Pozzitive and paragon of percussive alliteration.
What shows have they made?
Quote: Mikey Jackson @ September 16 2009, 9:55 PM BSTOne prodco (NOT Screenplay) who looked at one of my scripts took note of THIS scene:
A fare dies in a taxi and the taxi owner sits the corpse in the waiting room of the cab office with a blanket over it, because he wants the taxi back out in the field, earning him money.
And he said:
"The taxi owner wouldn't act around a dead body like that."
Like DUH!
In real life, that's correct.
In a FICTIONAL HEIGHTENED REALITY COMEDY SITCOM, it's possible.
I couldn't believe he even said that.
If they watched the Only Fools episode Danger UXB, I bet that prodco would say "they wouldn't act around inflatable dolls like that."
This does not completely surprise me, unfortunately.
BTW, nice little set-up there in your script there, MikeyJ. 
Funny thing is...
The taxi owner/dead body thing is actually based on a real event that happened when I was working as a taxi driver many moons ago.
Just a bit more exaggerated.
Of course, my taxi boss at the time didn't actually sit the body in the cab office, but when the poor cabbie radioed in and said "my fare has died in the cab", the boss replied "Have you rifled through his pockets for the fare?"
True story.
Quote: Mikey Jackson @ September 16 2009, 9:55 PM BSTOne prodco (NOT Screenplay) who looked at one of my scripts took note of THIS scene:
A fare dies in a taxi and the taxi owner sits the corpse in the waiting room of the cab office with a blanket over it, because he wants the taxi back out in the field, earning him money.
And he said:
"The taxi owner wouldn't act around a dead body like that."
Like DUH!
In real life, that's correct.
In a FICTIONAL HEIGHTENED REALITY COMEDY SITCOM, it's possible.
I couldn't believe he even said that.
If they watched the Only Fools episode Danger UXB, I bet that prodco would say "they wouldn't act around inflatable dolls like that."
And what about that real bloke who had a dead friend behind his sofa for years because he didn't like cleaning up (he was a very poorly alcoholic)?
And what about that real bloke who had a dead friend behind his sofa for years because he didn't like cleaning up (he was a very poorly alcoholic)?
You should put the story into one of your sitcoms?
Hold on... didn't the smell get a bit bad?
Quote: Mikey Jackson @ September 16 2009, 11:04 PM BSTHold on... didn't the smell get a bit bad?
Well, as he seemed to live in the sort of flat that had bags of human excrement on the coffee table, I don't think he noticed.
ewwwwww
Quote: Stan Doubt @ September 16 2009, 8:47 PM BSTI might've known. Mr. Lee 'I only work with the best' Henman.
Correct. I do wish people would use my official title more often. Thanks Stan.
What, "Mr"?
Quote: Tim Walker @ September 17 2009, 12:08 AM BSTWhat, "Mr"?
It's "mass'r" to you, boy.
Quote: Mikey Jackson @ September 16 2009, 11:01 PM BSTFunny thing is...
The taxi owner/dead body thing is actually based on a real event that happened when I was working as a taxi driver many moons ago.
Just a bit more exaggerated.Of course, my taxi boss at the time didn't actually sit the body in the cab office, but when the poor cabbie radioed in and said "my fare has died in the cab", the boss replied "Have you rifled through his pockets for the fare?"
True story.
To be fair he won't be needing it. Plus they probably had to make a detor to the hospital.
Quote: Lee Henman @ September 17 2009, 12:07 AM BSTCorrect. I do wish people would use my official title more often. Thanks Stan.
Btw, how did the Northern Laughs thing go?