Submission Samples from the Comedy Genre

Title: Fast Forward

Logline: Two reckless buddies struggle while trying to quickly earn money for unpaid rent. Bad decisions lead their efforts into comical dead ends, until their VCR mysteriously tapes into the future.

Synopsis: Two reckless buddies struggle with quickly earning money after their landlord gives them 10 days to produce unpaid rent. Bad luck combined with bad decision making leads all of their efforts into hilarious dead ends. Just when they have run out of all options, their VCR mysteriously tapes into the future. Will this strange event produce the answer to their problems? The screenplay Fast Forward is a cutting edge comedy aimed towards the mainstream 16-35 year old movie goer (A "Swingers" meets "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle"). As you can see this screenplay is a full length feature and production costs would be minimal.

Title: Don't Ask

Logline: This comedy chronicles the hillarious experiences of an openly gay man who is inspired by Obama's elimination of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy to enlist in the army.

Synopsis: The film's central character has suffered from a traumatic past of exclusion from the Boy Scouts and ostracism by his college peers. As a soldier he shows his true colors, detailing his hairstyling history to a boot camp barber and returning his platoon mates' sophomoric digs at his homosexuality with quick-witted repartee. Throughout his military service the protagonist tirelessly pursues his ambition to bridge the gap between his own culure and that of the people of Garounistan, the fictional country to which he is assigned. Finally, he shows his courage in his daring escape from captivity and his unlikely contribution to the success of a military raid.

Title: Diary of A Madman

Logline: Dave Dwyer keeps a steady diary of all his indiscretions while living a life with no rules, only to fall in love in the end.

Synopsis: Dave Dwyer loves Ozzy Osbourne, girls, his friends and lives life by the seat of his pants with absolutely no rules. Seemingly successful, working in software sales, he's constantly on the run from love. Only Dave's diary holds the secrets behind his mind...until he visits a frail psychiatrist for help. Slowly his life begins to unravel and horror of horrors, return to normalcy. He blames a past flame for his odd behavior. He moves on from his distressed past to fall in love with a beautiful gal he had met early on. They eventually marry. (This was written with a sequel in mind after they are married - tentatively titled: Diary of A Madman - The Married Life)

Title: MOM'S BOARDING HOUSE BLUES

Logline: A hell-raising country music star's tour bus picks up a hitchhiking songwriter, taking him to Nashville & Mom's Boarding House. Dark secrets from the bus ride lead to comical adventures & stardom.

Synopsis: Country Music Ensemble Comedy - PG-13 - 113p. HANDSOME HOMER HANKS, stoically stands on the side of I-40. Tired eyes facing West, thumb pointing East, 50 miles from Nashville. "The Cottonpicker", hell-raising, country music star, CURTIS COTTON's, tour bus, going back to Music City, stops to pick him up. When he steps on, and dark secrets on board, he dosen't know it, but it's the downbeat to a wild musical ride that begins at Mom's Boarding House, to the stage of the Grand Ole Opry and stardom. When he meets, MOM, he meets a half grin on a crinkle cut, Cheshire cat face, sizing up a potential mouse. She rules the boarding house and the loose spirit boarders in a no-nonsense fashion. The boarders have a common love of music, and a common fear named, Mom. Curtis's kinky secrets lead the boarders and Mom, running from the cops, to a surprise ending full of laughter, love and Country Music fun.

Title: THE DEVIL'S CURSE

Logline: Paddy is a witty standup comedian from 'outer space' whose bizarre sex life is revealed in a series of hilarious episodes.

Synopsis: Paddy is a 70 year old virgin who works as a standup comedian. He looks for sex counseling but mistakenly meets up with Dr. Won Ball, a sex change quack. Dr. Won Ball won the Victoria Cross for bravery in battle even though he blew a testicle to smithereens playing Russian roulette. He seduces Paddy into signing a transplant contract to replace the testicle he lost. The crazy doctor uses a meat chopper and Paddy ends up in a hospital with a gay nurse minus a testicle. Luckily he had three to begin with. Paddy struggles to lose his virginity in an old folk's home; a place known for some hanky panky. He conveniently finds a supply of Viagra just as a new resident shows up; a French lady who works as a prostitute in order to pay the rent. She is 70 years old and dresses like a teenager...;. Paddy goes for it but has a heart attack and dies on the job with the Viagra still working. This creates problems for the undertakers at the funeral because they can't close the lid of the coffin.

Title: Recession Men: Minimum Wage, Maximum Rage

Logline: High-stakes hustlers on the run hide out in a coastal town in the Northwest.

Synopsis: Two Ponzi schemers flee their financial carnage, barely escaping Federal investigators. Holed up in a quiet town on the Northwest coast, Adam apparently has found Zen peace as a bus boy dishwasher, unfazed alike by the bullying loggers and sweet temptresses. Meanwhile, Orion continues to hustle, whipping the locals into a frenzy with his get-rich schemes. A savagely clever con job leaves one to face the town's tirade (and Federal handcuffs), while the other is hailed a hero.

Title: Mr. Tooth Fairy

Logline: After losing his tool booth job, a divorced amateur magic buff is chosen to be New York City's tooth fairy and struggles to maintain a relationship with his kids.

Synopsis: My screenplay has placed in the following competitions: Nicholl Fellowship - sponsored by the Academy Awards: Semifinalist (top 1% - 2005) Red Inkworks: Third Place Page International: Finalist FadeIn: Semifinalist 20/20: Semifinalist FilmMakers: Semifinalist

Title: The Family Inheritance

Logline: An incompetent, inept waiter suddenly becomes the Boss of New York's most powerful mafia family.

Synopsis: With a deathbed confession, the dying Boss names the families new Boss his son Tommy, who he put up for adoption as a child is to become the Top Wise guy. The shock of this news causes dissention among the ranks, especially for Raimo Primavera, the overlooked underboss. Tommy gets a crash course in Mob 101, while trying not to get himself killed along the way. Madness culminates as Tommy's first order of business is to sabotage Raimo's daughters' wedding day.

Title: Remember Fern

Logline: What starts out as Cross Gramaldi, an Oscar winning actor, helping Jade Westin out of one of her con-jobs gone bad turns into two strangers trying to put on a facade for his family and the paparrzi.

Synopsis: Jade Westin takes the thick stack of one hundred dollar bills and slides them into her purse. She glances over the half dressed man in the bed as she exits the hotel suite. Jade Westin, 28, is a free spirit with checkered past. She's always taken care of herself and has had to fight and scheme for everything she has gotten with the occasional con job not out of the question. Jade had met her match in a Las Vegas when she is caught trying to out wise a wise guy. Through a twist of fate she ends up face to face with Oscar Award winning actor and Holywood's golden boy Cross Gramaldi who helps her escape the hotel. While intrigued by the firey stranger, Cross knows she's trouble but can't resist one more conversation when they end up on the same flight. With the slip of Jade's tongue and a stranger who turns out to be Cross's mother, the two are stuck together for the next four days. Jade is swept into the world of the rich and famous and into the hearts of Cross's family.

Title: Doubleheader: Two-Headed Steroid Monster

Logline: A small town is scandalized when a popular, light-hitting shortstop hulks up and becomes a raging, home run-bashing "monster" in this steroids-era satire.

Synopsis: The quiet, baseball-loving small town of Yakima is visited by a scandal that shakes it to its roots, when the popular, light-hitting shortstop ARMON KILLBREW hulks up, and becomes a home run-hitting machine. Now chiseled like a body builder, the formerly mild-mannered Armon becomes sulky, arrogant and unpredictable - when someone pastes a tabloid story about a "Two-Headed Steroid Boy" to his locker, Armon flies into a rage, nearly killing a teammate. His moodiness carries over to his home life, as his long-time girlfriend ANGIE complains Armon has lost interest in her, now that he spends all his time with BRUCE, his demanding trainer. Some suspect Bruce is loading Armon up with steroids and HGH. As his personal life spirals out of control, the increasingly bizarre Armon calls a news conference - to "vehemently deny rumors that I have a second head." With major league scouts on the way, Armon ends up at the police station, covered in blood.