gythaogg
Wednesday 29th June 2011 7:05pm
6 posts
Quote: Vader @ June 29 2011, 6:53 PM BST
Wasn't it Adam Sandler in Click? And it seemed like you had too many characters, certainly for a 6 part sitcom with other characters coming in, and not enough of a hierarchy. Plus I wouldn't have thought the chracters would have much contact apart from on their breaks since they're all from different parts of the Supermarket.
Sandler! That's the chap! Vaguely similar names.
I had the idea that it would be a bit more of a sketch show within a sitcom, iyswim, but it wasn't 'finished' by any means. Oh, and workers do wander in a supermarket. A lot. I speak from experience.
Quote: Mikey Jackson @ June 29 2011, 6:55 PM BST
I had a vegetarian butcher in a sitcom episode I wrote about two years ago.
Oh, and I also have a sitcom pilot set entirely in the staff room of a supermarket.
Proves that similar (and near-exact) ideas happen.
But I can see how you'd be a bit effed off after the discover of V Wood's involvement, seeing as she read your script.
Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean pinched ideas. (Which is of course a pretty strong accusation without proof)
She might have then read another supermarket script which she liked enough to star in.
Don't bin your scripts though. It doesn't mean the end for your supermarket idea. Just put it on the back burner for now and write something else.
Thanks, Mikey, that helped a little!