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1. Create Comedy Content intro with website resources: What's the Gums favorite movie? What? To based on a hue story. Who's the Gums
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tallest Tower. I don't care about my wife. I don't care about my kid. All I care about is my Tower. Hi. I'm Jordan Damela. I'm a screenwriter, show runner, director,
movie producer, sketch writer, podcast host, and an actor out of necessity. I've been creating comedy
content for over two decades, and I love creating comedy. I've written and
produced comedy movies, and I'm the creator and
headwriter of many comedy series. In this class, I'll teach
you everything I know from the many years of creating
my own comedy content. Making comedy is
not complicated, but it does take creativity, commitment, and a drive to
make sure it gets done. We'll go through all
the steps you need from brainstorming idea to
going into production, to getting it out
into the world. Now, let's have fun and
create some comedy. For free student resources
that correlate to this course. Visit my website at
www.jordanemola.com. There you can also
find my ebooks, podcast, script coverage
services, and a whole lot more. My website offers one on one writing sessions and
group courses over Zoom. Can teach you to write
your first movie, TV show or how to write and
produce your series or film. I have clients who work
nine to five jobs, and I have had ideas for
movies or TV shows for years, but they just haven't taken the action to put their
ideas into a script. And I can guide you on how to do that and make sure
you finish it. You can find more
information on my website at www Jordan emola.com.
2. Brainstorming and Developing Your Idea: Thank you for
watching this class. I'm excited to get started and help you create more comedy. This first lesson is all about brainstorming and
developing your idea. Define what content
you want to make. Maybe it's a sketch, maybe it's a web
series, a short film, or a TV pilot, whatever it is, try to figure it out
by the end of today. If you haven't already,
if you're unsure, just pick one for now so you
can keep moving forward. Your idea might change
later, and that's fine. Broad City is one of
my favorite TV shows. And Broad City started as
a web series before it got picked up by county
is central, a TV show. Abby Jacobson and alanine
Glaser did 26 webisodes, ranging from two
to five minutes. Most of them were
about 2.5 minutes. My newest movie, love at first bite, is in
post-production. But this movie was
originally a TV show idea. I wrote it as a TV pilot first. And then I kept getting
the same note by different people that it
shouldn't be a movie. So it became a movie. Your type of media
can change later, but for now, just choose
something to keep in mind. The shorter the type
of media it is, the shorter the time it
will take to produce. Producing a sketch will take no time compared to
producing a movie. Let's talk about money
or lack thereof. The approach I will take
for most of this class is you have little or no money
to make your content. Because I've been there
for most of my sketches, short films, and web series. But guess what? Having no money is a good thing. It makes you write
with perimeters if you do have some
money for your content. Awesome. But this is my point. Use what you already have. If you want to produce
your content, then, right, with the resources
you already have, Let's say you want to start
on your own web series. Well, you know what you
can do if you can cook. Maybe you want to write your
own comedy cooking show. I had a friend who loved to
cook and also loved for 20. So we combine this two
pyruvate love interests into an online cooking show called freshly baked
with bud leaf, we had a mutual friend
who was greater producing an already had
a camera and Mike's. So the only thing
they had to pay for was the cost of food. Broad City started to funny women who wanted to write and produce
their own material. And that's what they did. If you watch those webisodes, they look like the cost
practically nothing. As a kid, I loved Wrigley gum. I used to buy all five flavors
and stack one piece of each flavor and which you a giant five flavor piece of gum. I was a weird kid and
as a weird adult, I had the idea to give
these gum flavors, a personality like
the M&M characters. And I also love Nick
Lillian's sticks directly. So I created a web series
called readily friends. The actors lead their voices
to this project for free. The only thing that's serious
cost me was the price of gum and materials we
used to make many sets. And we built these sets inside cardboard boxes and shoe boxes. Jerry Seinfeld and Ray Romano. We're great at stand-up
and already did bits about certain
Everyday Things. They then took these bits and develop them into
TV episode ideas. Again, use what
you already have. Whatever that is. Think about locations you have. Do you have an uncle
with a fancy house? Do you know a park that's
pretty empty most days? Do you work somewhere
with a boss is cool with you filming there. Kevin Smith wrote and produced clerks because he worked inside a convenience store and
he got permission to film there during the night
when the store was closed. If you don't have a lot of
locations, that's fine. Use the ones you got or
maybe don't use any at all. In 2020, nobody could feel anything outside because
of the pandemic. I lived in Hollywood and most of the year I couldn't
leave my apartment. So I decided to
write and direct and entire feature film via Zoom. The result is a
Christmas film title of Christmas vacation. I'm pretty proud of this film and it still makes me laugh. I also found
distribution for it. It made all the money
back that I put into it. And then sum plus filming on Zoom is a lot faster than
filming in real life. If you do happen to have money, but a comedy content
you want to create, then make sure you
use it wisely. Still, think of the parameters
of what you can afford. After this lesson,
write down a list of all the resources you have
at your disposal already. For locations, maybe
just walk around your neighborhood
and take pictures of possible locations
you could film. Here's a cool little tip. Sundays or the cellist days
to film during the week. Most people have work, Saturdays, people plan
parties and events. But Sundays are
pretty laid back. Whenever I film something, I look at Sundays
because most people are off work and people are
generally in a good mood. After you make a list of possible locations and other
resources at your disposal. Think about your characters. Think about a type of character. You can have a lot
of fun writing. Keep in mind, the smaller
the number of characters, the fewer people you
have scheduled onset. When I was 23, I had
two roommates and we all loved old Charlie Chaplin
and Buster Keaton films. So we created an online series that was an homage
to these films. My roommate Matthew
and I started it and our other roommate
produced and directed it. Our series was called
Orville vs. Pedro. The episodes were one-minute long and we edited
them altogether. It costs us practically
nothing but the cost of gas. All the props we used were prompts we already
had in our apartment. Find your concept. After brainstorming characters, resources, and what
type of media it is. Brainstorm what your
idea and concept are. Maybe you already know, but if you don't spend
an hour doing this, if you're the star, think
about what you're good at, your gifts and talents. If you have a talented friend, think about what
they're good at, thinking about the strengths and resources you already have? Or are they already have? Play to those strengths? Once you get a better
sense of the concept, keep brainstorming
different angles for it. Say it's a sketch. What's the game in the sketch? If it's a web series, what are some ideas for
different episodes? If it's a TV pilot or movie, what are a few scenes
that can take place after you land on your idea
and define what it is. Sketch, series,
film or TV pilot, come up with a logline. A logline is a very
short synopsis of the idea that you can easily pitch to your potential
cast and crew. Make this 30 words or less. Your logline might change later. But for today, write
something down. If you want a better
idea and a logline, use IMDB and look at the short synopsis that's written for every film
and TV show there. The logline for my web
series, monster therapy, is monsters and their spouses work on relationships
and marriage therapy. This is exactly what I said the people as I
pitched it to them. I would then give them examples like how Jason's wife
wants them to get rid of his old ratty hockey mask or how the children of
the Corn grew up. Another adults of the corn. And how the wives are sick of living in
the same vegetable. Brainstorm a bunch and have fun. But remember, try
using what you already have and then come
up with a logline.
3. Write the Script: Now that you know
what your idea is, now it's time to
write the script. If you need
screenwriting software, there's a ton of free script
writing software out there. My screen reading software
of choice is right or duet. And you can write your
first three projects for free at writer do at.com. Pretty much all script
writing software uses the same keyboard strokes
to move things around. Press the Enter key to change between action,
dialogue and character. If you're a new script writing
software, just dive in. It's not that hard
to figure out. And you can find tutorial
videos on YouTube. Usually, you'll
be able to master the basics after reading
with it for five minutes. In general, the
shorter the content, the faster it'll
get done if it's a sketch than writing may only take an hour to a few hours. If it's a short film that it may take a
few days to write. Tv pilots, may take
a week or two. And if it's a movie, it could take a
couple of weeks to write that first draft. If you're doing a web series and the episodes or
three minutes or less, this will take a lot
less time than say, two episodes of
ten-minute content when we shot Wrigley friends, because the episodes
were so short, we were able to film two to
three episodes in a day. Right? Every day continuously
with anything you're right, ensure you're writing a
little bit every day. It keeps the ideas and your
subconscious and it makes it easier for inspiration to hit you if you only write
once in awhile, like once a week,
it makes it way harder for your brain
to come up with ideas. So I highly suggest writing
a little bit every day, even if it's the last thing
you do before you go to bed, you'll get your script
done much faster. Keep reading the script
until you haven't finished. Don't worry about
making a project Perfect, Just get it done. First drafts are just
that. First drafts. The script will
change a lot between now and the finished product. Jot appetite calls his
first drafts vomit passes. Because you're just
vomiting the story out. You can always rewrite
and make it better later. Give your characters flaws. Remember to give your
characters flaws. Nobody likes perfect people. They're boring. So think about how
to give them flaws. And I've attached a
character questionnaire which I use for every project. Answering these questions and the character questionnaire will really help draw
your characters. Do you have friends who
aren't writing credit? If you're reading
several episodes of something and you're the
creator and produce rabbit, then feel free to bring
on other staff writer's. Share the wealth in
terms of credit. Don't be stingy. Again, for Wrigley friends, I wrote a few episodes and I know several
talented writers. And I asked them if anyone
wanted to write an episode. They only needed to be
one to three pages long. So I wasn't asking a lot. I asked about 12 funny writers. I knew six of them said yes, I gave those six
writers the scripts I already wrote and a
deadline to submit. And not only did
many submit one, some of them submitted
several episodes. I had so many episodes
all of a sudden that I got to pick and choose
what I wanted to produce. Some of those scripts
stayed the way they were. And others, I tore
apart because I'm the creator and head writer. But I still kept
certain jokes or ideas and I gave them
credit for those episodes. This is the same process
for TV sitcoms today. Just keep writing until
you have a first draft. Or if it's a movie or a TV show, at least have the
first five pages and don't worry about
it being perfect, just get it done.
4. Table Reads and Rewriting: Welcome to me or no meal. I'm your host ************,
and I'm so excited. We are first to contestants. I'm audience of teams and
teachers during class. Please welcome the President, your student
government and Junior. Was, he walks on stage and you've probably seen
him in the back alley. He's known as installer
and it's all more. Once we combine making deals and cooking all
into one show, you. The rules of the games are easy. Every suitcase as an ingredient that you use because it we'll, or makes them more to it. Delicious meal with their
ingredients wins the game. Oh, I'm still going to cooking. You're going down the
secret ingredient. It only using greens
down to the suitcase. Worst case model. Steven. The audience go wild as Carlos exits carrying
several suitcases, should I really be the
only person doing this? Would have to get the
job done. Well, I guess that's true. Okay. After reading a draft or two
of the Script or scripts, now it's time to
do a Table Read. A Table Read is when
you get a group of actors or friends together and assign character
roles to all of them and have them act out
the entire script. You can do this in your
living room or do it on Zoom if it's more
convenient for everyone. The good thing about having
a Table Read and real life is if it's a comedy, you can hear the labs. But either way, you'll be
able to feel the flow and feel what Scenes O2 Short and
what Scenes are too long. You'll feel the rhythm
of the whole script. Kill your darlings. After each Table Read is time to cut anything
that doesn't work. For writers, we call this kill your darlings or
kill your babies. There may be a line of dialogue
or whole scene that just doesn't work and you need to cut it to make the
Script better. You might Rewrite something or just cut an idea altogether. Often, the more simple
something is, the better it is. Any Scenes, there may be
confusing or complicated. Make them simple. Try
out different actors. After you do your
first Table Read, Rewrite the Script
and make it better. Then do another Table Read. It may be beneficial
to you to have a whole new group of friends or actors the second time around, or at least switch the rows up. You never know what
different actors will bring to your characters. Sometimes actors even
mess up their dialogue, but the way they say it or the sound they make
is so unique and funny that I will change the
Script to what they did. Listen to all the notes. But follow your heart
when applying them. After every Read. Asked for notes from your
friends, ask questions. But more importantly, watch the actors and your
friends as they read it. Don't be part of the Table.
Read, just take it in. See if the jokes work
and if the pace works. And ask for notes
from everyone there, sometimes people are
shy with giving notes. But once they start with OneNote than one node leads to
another and another. When you get notes,
trust your instincts. You're going to get a lot of
notes from a lot of people. Some of those ideas,
maybe you're really good and you may
want to apply them. But some nodes might
just be terrible. You can get a good note and a terrible note from
the same person. I write down all my notes
from different people, but I usually only apply about 20 to 40% of the notes I get. Once you do several
drafts and table reads, it's hyper casting
and pre-production
5. Casting: Now that your script
is in good condition, now you can officially
start casting. How to find actors. After you do your table
reads, think about casting. Maybe someone during your table reads was perfect for that role. Or like Broad City. You want to act in it yourself. But if not, then you
can find more actors. A good place to check out for
actors is a local theater. Maybe make some flyers with a
logline of your content and a short synopsis of
the role than leave your phone number or
email on the flyer. You could also just watch
a show with the theater. And think about your characters. As you watch the show, are the characters on
stage sharing some of the same characteristics as
the one in your content. If you live in a small city, the chances of an
actor working for free are highly likely. A lot of small theaters
and small cities. The actors just act for free. They have fun doing it. The great thing
about small cities is people just love
helping each other out. Before I moved to Los Angeles, I made about a dozen
short films in Buffalo, New York and all the actors
I had worked for free. And I even had access to free locations for
my short film. I'm 21, give me a beer. One of the actresses worked
at a bar and the owner, let us film inside
the bar on a Monday, because Monday is we're more
dead than other knights. Tell the actors, it's for
free as soon as possible. If you're filming this
whole thing for free, say this right off the bat. In my experience, most
actors will work for free, but just let them know
as soon as possible. So there are no expectations. Making things just for fun
is how most people start. Let them know they're
not getting paid. But it is a lot of font
after all, it's comedy. Also, just use the internet to see if there are websites or places where you can hold auditions or actors
consent in self tapes. Before the pandemic, there was a great place in
Hollywood called cast CA z t. Tons of actors pay
to be part of this place. And any series or film could hold auditions
here for free. If you live in a bigger city, there may be a place
like this there. Also, if you live in
New York City or LA, you can use websites like
Actors Access or backstage. Listening on these
sites is usually free. Most of these websites
will ask for sides, and let's talk about
those right now. Sides include a script sample, but it has just the lines
that the actor will go over. Usually cross out
the other parts so the actors know
what to focus on. If you have a small role
or two with a line, or if you just need
people in the background. I'm sure your friends
will do this for free. Let's be honest. Most people want to act
or at least try it out. Maybe offer them pizza and
beer once you wrap this at. But people like
seeing their names and their credits
of films in series. Once you assign actors to all your character roles,
prepare for production.
6. Producing: After you get your
script and casting done, then produce your content. When looking for
people to help out, pitched them the logline. And you want to work
with **** yes, people. This is something my friend, co-writer and co-producer,
Marissa Zen tires told me. And I worked with Marissa
on several comedy projects. She and I and a lot of the same people we work
with, our ****, yes. People when looking to build a team of cast and crew members, only work with people
who say yes or ****, yes right away and are excited
to be part of the project. If you have someone
you want to bring on the project and they're like, I got to check my schedule. They just seem like
a maybe warning. Do not work with that person. Because even if you
bring them on board now, you're going to be doing most
of the work, and later on, you'll be trying
to get them to do work unless they checked her schedule that same day
and get back to you that day. Be careful of working
with these people. There's a ton of
wonderful creators and filmmakers who just want
to produce content. There are a lot of great
actors out there as well who just want to act. Even if the work is for free. They are always down
work with these people. They are **** yes, people. If you look at some of my series and movies, you might notice, I worked with a lot
of the same people because they are
**** yes, people. And these people are fun to work with and I know
they are reliable. Jot appetite tends to work
with the same people too, because he knows they're
dependable and funny. When I work with ****, yes,
people who are excited. I don't even have to chase them down because they stick with their deadlines and are excited about the
content we're creating. Every once in a great while. I'm just not in the
mood to do something, but because I work
with ****, yes, people, they get me
excited again and give me energy and vice versa. I give energy to my
producer friends as well. Even if they're not
in the mood when we plan meetings, we
don't reschedule, cast a wide net asking for help and you'll discover and
see who those ****, yes, people are these ****, yes, people also may
do more work than they're asked because they
really care about the project. Well, my friends and I produce my Zoom movie,
Christmas vacation. I built my team with
**** yes, people. One day when we were in the
middle of filming the movie, I got an email from erisa. There was a poster
she designed for the film with a tagline that
made me burst out laughing. This year. A Silent Night means
you're on mute. Just because she was excited and appreciate it
acting in the project. She made a poster, and
I love this poster. I virtually had no notes for it. She just did it for fun. Don't be afraid to ask for help. You'll find a lot
of people who loved the film or would love
the opportunity to act, even if they never acted before. Eventually, you'll
find those ****, yes, people who will be
your friends and teammates over communicate
with your team. This is advice I got from a
colleague when I worked at Marist entertainment and she was a producer on over
a dozen movies. The best advice she gave
me was over-communicate. When I produce my newest movie, love at first bite, I saw how important this is. You want to make sure nothing
slips through the cracks. So you're not onset waiting
for someone to do their job. You want everyone to get
their job done on time. So the production runs smoothly. Have hard workers onset, pay attention to who you
invite onset if you have friends who are talkers and they like to hang out more
than they like to work, then don't invite these
people as they may get in the way and
slow the process down. You don't want people
just hanging out onset. You're there to work.
So get the work done. If you're waiting forever on one person who's holding
up everyone else, that person may not be the
best person for the job. Stay organized, gets a set
early and stay organized. If any problems arise, you want to get
in front of them. Again, the smaller
the cast and crew, the last dress there is, when it's only two people, you can move a lot quicker than if you have
20 people on set. You want to have fun, but also you want to let
people do their jobs. Don't talk too much onset. If you're a producer,
don't be a director. Let the director do their job. If you are the director, that makes sure you
give directions, creative triangle, or
create a pentagon. If you have several producers who are helping to
make decisions, I would suggest having
three or five people, but odd numbers
always work better. This is advice I got
from Ron Howard. You want to create a triangle. So if you vote on something, there are no ties
with three people. Two out of three can
vote for something, or with five people, three out of five can
vote for something. If you look at the producers of, it's always sunny
in Philadelphia. They have three people as well. Rob, Michael Heaney,
Charlie day, and Glenn Horton make all
the creative decisions. If you just have you, that's fine, but make sure you
stick with your deadlines. I have a creative
triangle right now for my film and my two
Reading Partners, and I will take
turns on the script. And our deadline
is always six PM. If one person has the script, that'll be due at
06:00 PM on this day. Then the next person hasn't until 06:00 PM on the next day. Try to use more people. You know, if this is one
of your first projects, I advise, try to use people. You know, one time I shot a music video for the
Canadian band Sloan. And my music video was about a party that
got out of hand. We shot this music video and my apartment
on a Friday night. But the problem with this
party is the party I was filming turned out
to be an actual party. A lot of people didn't realize. It wasn't a party as much
as it wasn't music video. I kept having to stop the
music and direct people, people who are just there to
party were very confused. Have good video and good sound. Your phone might
be good for video, but you may need to invest in a boom mic or clip mikes or
some kind of microphone. Do the research to find out what you need in terms of audio. If you Bye Mike, sign line, make sure you buy them
in time for the shoot. Tinker around with a mic and
camera before you shoot. When you're onset,
you're not wasting time for Wrigley friends. We shot the entire
thing on a phone, but we recorded the audio
first with the actors in an audio booth that one of the actors built
in his apartment. Think about food. If it's long hours. If the set goes on for a
long time, think about food. Depending on how big
your cast and crew is. You may want to think
about catering of some kind, even if it's pizza. But if you're not filming
for more than five hours, then don't worry
about food too much. If it's a short film under five-minutes or a short
episode of a web series, you can probably shoot
everything you need to do in one day or one night. If your content is longer
than five minutes, then it may be best
to do five pages in one day and then
the rest of it the day after that and
the day after that, I'd say a good rule
of thumb is try not to fill more than five
pages in one day. It's totally doable. But you do need to
feed the cast and crew if you're scheduled
for a long period of time and the cost of feeding everyone onset
can be expensive. Actors improv after
the second take. If you have actors who
want to improv some lines, let them play and have fun, but do this after
the second take. So you have the story down. A lot of times,
what they improv, maybe funny, but it
can tend to run long. I have one friend who's
really good at improving, but he makes scenes
three times longer. So I usually try to keep
the best improv lines from him and not entire scenes. Special effects, take time. Think about your time and budget when you do
special effects. Unless you know
someone who's already a pro at CGI and
special effects. These can take a lot of time. I created a web series
once named spy time, and we had fun making it. But it fizzled out because
it took eight months to do two episodes with all
the special effects we had. Whereas with my series
monster therapy, we found five
episodes in two days. Only one episode had special
effects added to it. Make-up took a long
time for that, sometimes depending
on the monster. But we still managed
to get everything done in a timely manner. Take pictures of
behind the scenes. Actors and most people
onset loved these. And you can use these photos
to promote your content. Production is probably
the most work, but also the most fun. And this is where a lot
of bonding takes place. Relationships are built onset if you're filming
in your apartment, well, now your
apartment is a sad. Feel free to take pictures
and use hashtag, setLife. Think about production
and all the ****. Yes, people you
have in your life. If you don't have
them yet, you will. As you create more content.
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8. Editing: The best advice I can give when it comes to
post-production and editing is set deadlines and tell these
deadlines to everyone. Set and stick to your deadlines. When people say
they've been editing a short film and it's
been over a year. It just makes them
sound so lazy. Tv pilots and feature films, I can be more lenient towards. But if your content and short, then it should not take forever to edit and get it
out in the world. What drives us to finish things though, is
accountability. Set deadlines and tall
people your release date. Make your deadlines realistic and give yourself a
little wiggle room. If you're doing a web series and think that you can edit the
series in three months, maybe set it for four months. So if something goes wrong or you need to
re-shoot something, you still have time and announce a release
date on social media. Once you do that,
there's no turning back. The more detailed the
release date, the better. If you say I'll have
it done in the fall. Well, that's a big
three-month span. But if you say September 8th, then this will hold you
accountable and kick your butt to get it
done by September 8th. So tell your friends,
cast and crew a premier date and
then get it done. Get a dedicated editor. If you want to learn how to
edit, then edit yourself. But if you're hiring someone or bringing editor on the project, I highly suggest paying them
after the work is done, or at least half the money
before and half after. I really advise not to pay them all the money upfront before
the project is finished. I've been burned by this before, and I know several
others have to, because editing is a lot of work and sometimes
they're not ****, yes, people are not completely passionate
about the project. I use Adobe Premier Pro, but this is a monthly service. And if you're just starting out, then you probably don't need
something that's expensive. Editing can be a long process, especially if you have
a lot of footage. In general, if you
ever three-minute sketch the national and
take a few days to edit. But if you have a feature film, the unexpected to take months. But like writing, editing is best if you do a
little bit every day, even if it's just
for a half an hour, getting a little
bit done every day, can go a long way. Have the director
work with the editor. If you're the director
on the project, might also help immensely
to be there with the editor and do
editing sessions. Make it at least once a
week on the same day. You always want to make
sure you move the project forward until you have
a finished project. Kill your darlings. This is a term we
use to cut things. It's also referred to
as kill your babies. Sometimes you may
have to cut things that you thought worked
in the script or onset, but it just doesn't
work when you watch it. A lot of comedy is about rhythm. So feel the rhythm and follow your heart when you make
creative decisions, like killing your darlings. Show it to people
who are not onset. Once you have a cut,
show it to a friend, family member, or neighbor, and watch their reactions. People who worked on set
are already a little biased because they want to keep something that
they were part of, say an actor had
a long monologue. They may want to keep
that whole thing, but that monologue may not work. It's best to show
it someone who's completely new to the
project and watch them. Are they laughing at the jokes? The board at some parts, and do that with
multiple people. Some people are
really hard to make laugh and others are easy. So it's good to get a wide
spectrum of laughable people. Right now, jot down a deadline of when you want
to release your content. It can be a soft deadline, but at least have
a month in mind.
9. Get It Out Into the World: After your comedy is done, get it out into the world. Set a premier. Premiers are always
fun and also build comradery amongst the cast
and crew for future projects. If it's a short film, maybe gather some friends
over to watch it. At the person's house who has the biggest TV and
have a premiere party. If you put it on YouTube, a YouTube premier setting that lets you choose a
time to premiere it. Then at that time, they have a countdown clock
and a chat next to the video. So you can chat with
your friends as you watch together for my sketches, sketches, we have a YouTube
premier for every sketch. And this brings all the writers
and some of the cast E. And we chat in the chat
box as we watch it. If you have time, put together a quick trailer
for your content. This is a way to get your
cast and crew excited for it. And more of your friends too. Don't let perfect be
the enemy of good. Especially if you're
the director, you're going to
notice something that isn't perfect about
your content. You're going to think if only
this shot was different, or I wish this actor did this thing that they
did the audition, but they didn't
bring it this, that something will bug
you and that's okay. It happens to all directors. Here's the thing.
The small thing you notice is probably something almost no one else will notice. And you created something. There's a saying,
10% due in 90%. Don't. So be proud that you're
part of that 10% that do. And don't stress out
about the imperfections. The more content you create, the more you learn
for the next time, you'll be so busy doing
something else that, that one small thing
you think matters now really doesn't matter
at all in the long run. Hashtag, if it's a
web series you're producing or a TV
pilot or feature film. Set up a hashtag for my
series monster therapy. We used hashtag monster therapy. So everyone who posted
about it could use this. And it's cool to see what people post on all the
social media outlets. Make sure your hashtag isn't something that's
already commonly used because then it's
going to get lost with other posts about other things. If your title is something
commonly used as a hashtag, then feel free to
add the word movie or series to the
end of the hashtag. For a terrible example, say your series is
called coffee and tea. Maybe use the hashtag, coffee and tea series. After you release it. Start listing IMDB credits.
People love those. Feel free to share it with
me so I can check it out. Once it's out into the world. Be proud you did it, and now create more
comedy content. If you enjoyed this class, please check out my series. You can find most of them
on my YouTube channel, funny buffalo films at www.youtube.com
slash funny buffalo. Thank you for watching
this comedy content class. I hope you enjoyed it. And if you did, please check out my other classes by
clicking on my profile.
10. Inspirational Advice: All right, So every
month my two friends and I interview and learn from
other successful writers. And I wanted to share some of my favorite inspirational advice from professional screenwriters. You have any big lessons you've learned when
ready for that show? I remember the first the first season for sure I felt very over my water over my head. I felt I was pretending. I felt really, you know, I was it was fake it
till you make it. And I remember we'd
all be pitching on jokes in the room that other writers are so
funny on that show, it was very intimidating. And they will be pitching
and I'll be laughing. I wasn't even
pitching on laughing. And I just knew this is not good because not getting
paid to laugh, I'm getting paid
to pitch, right? And I just couldn't get any
of the writer's to the punch. They were just so good. And then I remember
talking to march McCall, who was he was at the time he had just finished running the Conan O'Brien show. And I was like,
man, I don't know, I can't beat these guys. And he gave me some really
good advice that I've always that really
changed the game for me. And it was he said You're never going to beat them
there too fast. So you can, Everyone's pitching down this one line of thought. You're not
going to beat them. Go around and find another
way to get to the joke. And it didn't occur to me that there's more than one
way to get to the job. I really didn't know. It's like, oh, and after that, the way you explain it
just it really opened everything up for me and
then then forget it. Then then it was like I
was off to the races. So you've also done
the production side of things and has that
helped with writing? Do you feel like that's
improved your writing? Yeah. I mean, I think it's really, really important for
riders to be aware of what is and isn't suitable. Not just in terms of writing ridiculous CGI flying dragons or whatever into your scripts. Like, I think most
logical people know that that's not suitable. But just simple things like, I remember it an early script, I've written a sequence
where the characters were running back and forth
across the soccer field. And my bosses at the time, my boss at the time
told me, like, you know what, that's
actually going to be kind of annoying to shoe. Why don't you have
them stay in place doing burpees instead. It's that kind of
thought process that you don't really understand
till your onset and you're watching people move the camera, watching them work with the
actors and understanding things like don't ever, you don't want too many, like one line characters because if you can
condense them, you can save a lot of money. You don't want a ton of
different locations. You don't want things like the hawk character
on Cobra Kai. He has this gigantic
back tattoo. And so anytime we have
hoc taking off his shirt, that's like that kid has it's been two hours
and the makeup chair and stuff like that. I think once you're on set, you start to learn a lot
about it and you start to write scripts that are
just a lot more producible, which makes them
more enticing for studios and for producers
who wants to make them. What would you, What's
a tip for doing? Mean humor? How do
you make it work? Okay, so number one, you have to be clever, right? Like mean is not funny
if it's not clever, I think it ultimately has to be really clever.
So that's number one. Number two is that there's different ways we want to
say someone's a induced bag. Instead of saying
thereof induce bag. If those ways to say, to convey that sentiment in a more artistic way,
then that's funnier. So I know you're nicer than me, but I wrote a joke
that got quoted in the media a few years
ago about an culture. But you guys know who that is. So this is for the Rob
Lowe Comedy Central roast, where she was seated
in the audience. And I had Rob say, and cultures here tonight. And if you're wondering
why it's so that all the right to lifers know what an abortion
looks like up close. That's vicious. And it's also horrible visual. But you can see like, I think it's clever. But it's definitely in, oh yeah. What are you worried? It too is like so good. Is there is there a certain rhythm you
always looking for? Are you you know what it is? It's like, as, you know, I'm a violinist,
classically trained, is I know it when I see it. Like I have that
stand-up comic rhythm that I know how
something sounds. But obviously with joke writing, mean jokes like that. The shorter the better. Like it's always best to have
as few words as possible. I always just tell anybody
that's trying to do anything. Give it your all focused on it. Don't have acid and put
it out into the universe. Whether that'd be
riding, act in whatever. I just feel like. Especially for
entertainment nowadays, you don't even really
need Hollywood anymore. Everybody who's
doing it all day. So you don't have to
Hollywood to come save you and give you
these opportunities. You can create your
own opportunities. You have a favorite joke that
you just love of all time, all the jokester and
proud of your shots. People asked me that. I don't
remember half the things. I honestly do not remember them. I think that's important
because jokes are disposable. And people who think their
precious all my favorite joke and if it doesn't get
and what will happen. And now it's like if it
doesn't get it, I don't care. I'll come up with another one. Stories are not disposable, but jokes or disposal. Okay, so you can forget
about the good jokes easily, but can you forget
about the failed ones? Do you have any failed ones that are burnt in
your brain? Yeah. I think it's just shoot me. We were on my part and I
were writing a script. And I wanted to
put this joke in. And he's like That's not funny. It's very funny. Trust
me. It's not funny. You don't know what you're
talking about. It's funny. I mean, insisted we put it in. So we put it in, it
gets to the table read and the joke just dies. It just bumps. I started go so wrong. I'm laughing because
it's never been through. Because I'm laughing. Everyone thinks my partner wrote that joke on him out
for a ****** job. And now I'm laughing
even harder. That's how you sell
your partner app.
11. Behind The Scenes: Comments, comments. To give you a more
behind the scenes look at creating comedy content. Here's a couple of videos
I made for my web series, monster therapy and my short
film, break up with me. **** it. It's so today is the first day of food for Monster therapy. We're gonna be shooting
three episodes today and we feeling good. We're going to go for it. Oh yeah. Hey, what's
up, guys doing it? I don't want a new mask. I had my old man,
Jordan crater, Show. Care about right here,
standing over there. Hello. Let's see
what's in there. So it sounds good to me. Mentally, the radio, the
video from easy to XXX. Know what you got. Yeah. Hello. Hello. One word, man. Look at that. Multiple form. I am
Deborah Molokai. One chatter Candy, Corn Candy. That's how you
pronounce it, right? Children of the Corn fan, if you want to say thank you everyone that
helped out monster therapy. It was a great success. He wants to therapy, stay tuned. Break up with me. ****, it is a new
film I wrote and directed that stars Dan Morris. Hi, I'm Dan Morris. I play Adam. Let
me try this again. Chrissy, go, go, go, go labs, Cholesky, gold,
gold, gold school. Oh hi, I'm Christy. And I play Lisa. All the actors. They, they take everything
very seriously. Very professional. They, they know their
lines like that. You give them a script
and Lenovo next day. What's first-line? I'm telling you I'm telling you, Dan, he could be the
next vessel grow. He does. He just knows as lions. He never messes
up. It's all I do. When you went to
Patrick are at home. Okay. So abnormal? I think the biggest
problem we had so far, this foam is the first day Dan came to the set and
it was the pig row scene. And I told Dan to make a sandwich made
entirely out of meat, just like layers upon
layers upon layers of meat, sausage, pork. I've been a vegetarian for
six years, almost seven. Slow weird having
meat and my mouth. But the other problem
we had was crazy. She cut her hair right in
the middle of shooting. We started filming and
then I cut my hair. So that's probably why I'm
wearing abandon or no. Excuse. My hair's
about three inches shorter than it was
about a week ago. Oh, yeah. Those tires off. You stupid mother, father. That's ridiculous. If I slip up, I'm
definitely using fun. I'm going to faint you harder
than Keith Moons drones. It's always empty. Crystal Lake has been
condemned for years, trying to open it
again, always do. And all I ever hear
is I don't know. Man wants a therapy, you're gonna go walk around
and discovered this amazing, fabulous location for
not getting away. If people absolutely impressive. You have all these different
sets, but you could use for your friend
scenes outlined. This is at the Los Angeles
Film School. The real kitchen. He took some laws and lunch. We had to dress. This
is still very naked. How do you feel that? I feel it? We'll just open that is happening
or could it be awesome? Yeah, that's it. I'll
see you next time. I don't have to be
a regular people want to live in a
different vegetable. Thank you so much for watching.
I really appreciate it. If you're writing a
movie, by the way, I recommend watching
my first few classes that are also on Skillshare, writing a movie in 14 days and screenwriting with
movies, you know. Thank you so much for
watching this class. Now go out there and create
some comedy content.
12. Romantically Hopeless Table Read: Give a better idea of
how table reads work. I've added one of my own here. That's where my TV pilot, my friend jerk summers, and I wrote based on my web series,
romantically hopeless. The script is attached if
you want to read along. Romantically hopeless
pilot written by Jordan hemiola
and Jared summers. Alright, told open exterior
elementary school playground, day, recess is in
session, fill and fill. A five-year-old is a scrawny kindergartener
with thick glasses. He walks up to Victoria five, Juan Hill holds up a flower. Hi Victoria. Pick
this flower for you. Thank you. You're so sweet. Do you think someday you
can be my first kiss. I'm so excited for
my first kiss. My dad told me it's romantic. I don't want to kiss you. Anyone but you. Five, another
kindergartener over here is the conversation anymore. What about me? I haven't been to yet. Yes. Anyone else
except for Phil. Can we do that? Bob and Victoria share
their first kiss. Other kids see this. I want my first kid. Boys form a line
in front of fill. They take turns getting their
first kiss from Victoria. So groovy. Who else except for
Phil, wants to kiss me. Jump in line for
their first calf. Mantis hurts. But Philip Garrett,
Garrett won't quit. I'll find that romantic
thing is soon. Interior radio
station studio night. Now 45 sits with a multi-line phone and
a microphone nearby. Samantha, operate
the soundboard. The clock on the
wall reads 03:45 A.M. Phil is on the air. And that happened
39 years ago today, my entire kindergarten class, except for me and the
teacher is Victoria. After that, did you get your
first kiss 17 years later? Sympathetic, but I
am not surprised. It's 03:45 A.M. time for my favorite new
Wednesday segment. That's right. It's with a date
would fill Wednesday. First-person who calls us, wins a date with me
will know the rules. Yes, we do unfortunately, owe me $1 for every minute we do the segment without getting a phone call, the
clock starts now. Some Angeles starts at time
or fail stares at the phone. I know it's I know it's now 03:46 A.M. on a
Wednesday morning. But there's no better time
to win a date with me. Come on, come on, audience. I went $47. Let's go for a new record. Felt mom needs fixed or current. Anybody anybody can call? I just want a date with me. I'll pay for half of it. The phone rings. Oh, right. That's what I'm talking about. No. I was gonna get food
delivered to the studio. Hello. Puts the
color on the air. It's Victoria, but all grown up. Color. Congratulations, you've won a date on
romantically hopeless. Did I went? That was easy. So you're going to date me. Yes. I'd love to. Don't you want to see
what I look like first? No, I am game. You're better looking at
NFL. Yeah, that's true. I can tell but I can
tell by your voice. You don't recognize
my voice, should I? It's Victoria. I feel really sorry that I
didn't kiss you that day. I want to make it up
to you with a date. You do really well in
your contract. Yeah. I must do anything
for love and I have to talk about
it on the radio. Wonderful. Can you pick me up around noon? Stay on the line, Victoria, and we'll get your address. I'm going on a date with a
girl at never kissed me. And hold open X1 interior. My mom is this gets sold
food restaurants, fail, Eugene and not can you do the bile is
really quick actually. Oh, sure. Yeah, My bad. Alright, bias, main character. So 45, the world's
biggest hopeless romantic and a dorky,
lovable leader. He's an AM radio
show host from 03:00 A.M. to 07:00 A.M.
Samantha at 22, fills board operator and
production assistant. She's a millennial who drinks
on the job and give a ****. Karen, 25 hills younger
sister, quirky, doesn't know what
she wants to do with their lives and has
a crush on back. That 34 fills roommate. He's the most naive and
nicest guy in New York City. Jerome, 27, fills cool friend. He runs a family
soul food restaurant with his parents in Harlem. Eugene fills oldest friend. He's short, Husky, and
owns a funeral home. Cool. We get to move on with X1. X1 interior. My mom has biscuits, soul food, restaurant day, still, Eugene and
Karen eat breakfast. I think there's a reason
she didn't kiss you? I think reuniting on
AM radio is romantic. Only old people at creepy people and weirdos
listen to his station. Jerome enters from the kitchen
with a plate of biscuits. That'll be fine. Just kinda be positive. It's only one. Don't see
what could go wrong. You remember that time you dated a blind woman and she's
still find you ugly? Yes, I do. Remember the 36 woman, women who gave you the less
just be friends speech. I sadly remember every speech in explicit detail. Thank you. Karen. Remember that woman who
you found out had a *****? Yes. I bumped into
Michelle last week. She's gonna be a father-son. That enters the restaurant with the springiness step
holding a Manila envelope. It's happening. It's finally happening. I'm getting a divorce. I wouldn't be a free single man. That's great news, Zack. All I gotta do is go to prison
and get the paper side. I'm so happy for you. It's about time. Drum parents, pops
and mama Walker 50s enter from the kitchen
with several suitcases. Well, kids were off to the
land of jazz and whiskey. What land is that? It's St. Louis and we've
talked a lot of whiskey. I can't believe my
parents want me to run this place all by myself, who do respect to help me figure it out
somewhere on vacation. Now, you know the rules. If there's an
emergency, then you owe us a new restaurant. Oh, I gotta go to I gotta
pick up my hot date. Does she have a venous pumps
is only one way to find out. Exteriors treat tonight. Hello, pulls up to a building with a gate and
guard posts filthy. It's correctional officer Carl 40th fill shows him a piece
of paper. Excuse me, sir. I'm I'm looking for this
address. Can you help me? You got the right address. Were you looking for Victoria, Angus mean violent Vicky. I hope not. Make sense. She's getting released today. Released. A gate opens and
three women walkout fills childhood crush
is no longer Victoria. She is now violent. Vicky. She wants her
to other selamat, Cindy and Mindy 30s, early, rugged and
bad at free at last. Thank God Almighty, I am sorry. We're all very proud of you. Violent Vicky. Please. Don't murder anyone. No promises, Carl. Promises. She walked over to sales
car and get some shotgun. Cindy and Mindy,
getting the back. Good luck man. I hope you're not the
first one she murders. Hill is preached the **** out. Why didn't you tell me
you were in prison? Would you have come
to pick me up? No. I didn't tell you. Yeah. Don't ask. By the way, these are my
friends, Cindy and Mindy, and they just got released to this that both on the radio. Yeah, Be nice to the fool. He's taken me out on
a sexy estate later, another car pulls up
next to Phil, exact car. What are you doing here? I'm going on a date with
three prison chicks. Can you handle three
prison checks? I don't know if I
can handle one. Good luck, buddy. Try not to get Shanks. Interior prison
visiting room day that sits at a table across
from Brooke 36 right here. Freckles and intimidate. Please brought just assign
them so it can be a free man. I'll sign the divorce papers, but under one condition. Anything I want
your big sweet fat did one more time right here, right now in the Kangxi. Did they clean it
after people do it? I haven't had your **** in mind. I married you for that
juicy piece of meat. And just wants the
right one last time and then you'll sign
it just once more. She put your pinky out. He's takes some thinking yet. Prison promise. Interior my mom has biscuits
day violent, the heat, Cindy and Mindy pig
out on fulfills bell, Jerome and Eugene talk. What happened to your hot date? I didn't tell you
to bring him here so I could feed jail bars. Look, Victoria and I are gonna go on a date later to an arcade, but they were hungry. So you brought them here. They were talking in the car about how they wanted
jobs to become working members of society and
you need help around here. I'm Dan, like a dead clown. When do we start? I hear job. I like money. Could you start today? Yes, sir. Oh, by the way, because
you're cute friend. Cindy rests her hand
on eugene shoulder. Mindy snuggle the
other side of him. Eugene is Yeah. What's your name? Doll face Eugene Lipschitz knew James do lacked about
women talk a lot. Yeah, We just love soccer lot. Chocolate makes us *****. Do like Honi thing. ***** things are my favorites. Interior time to
go visit room day. Back in Brooklyn, do
it hard and my candy? Yes. Yes. You're telling me you
liked this farewell, Derek. You're telling me
the hasta la vista, my long strong slog. Oh, yeah. I'm killing you. Like finding how much am I
killing you? No response. She falls over on the ground. Did you come end of S1, S2, interior arcade
at night fill in violent Vicki play
whack-a-mole on their date. Like to use my fist instead of a mallet. It's more bloody. Ask them good with
their fifth ship books. She, Mrs. a. Mole and it goes in the hole. You think you can
get away from me. I'll show you stupid chipmunk. It's actually whack-a-mole,
not like a chipmunk. She reaches into the
hole and pull that the more toward snap and it breaks the game
where my tickets. Did you just kill that mole, reaches into the hole again and grab the entire role of tickets. Look how many tickets
I want sweet shakes. Yeah, That's sure is a lot of tickets you sure
showed that mole. They walk they walk
through the prize section, they see several trophies
and one is a boo, boo, the Hannah
Barbera character. I'm going to give you this
because you're my boo, boo, and I'll always be a yogi. So sweet. Thank you, yogi. She sees an employee. Yeah. Ticket mofo. How many
tickets for this trophy? Yes. I'm afraid we can't
accept you tickets. You broke the whack-a-mole. Well, I guess it's for
free then come on. I got another place
I want to go to. She picks up the trophy. You can't just
leave. Second mofo. Look what I did to
those chipmunks. Imagine what I could do to you. Please enjoy your Trophy. Trophy. Interior. My mom has biscuits night night,
Sunday and Monday. Clean the tables
during supervisors. Nicely done. Keep up the good work, ladies. Jerome, walk to the
kitchen to count inventory and overhears
Cindy and Mindy talking. This is total easy street
with a dope like that. As boss. I know rats speaking a dope rear wheel
that takes out a bag. Oh, yeah. As long as we keep
running game on him, we have it made a pound. Jerome is not pleased. Than the outside door opens. You might be the fool. Eugene enters. Hello ladies. Hey, tertiary phase. What are you doing here? I wanted to bring you these Eugene unveils to
miniature statues and Cindy and Mindy
made out of chocolate. Oh crap on a stick. That's a minim Indiana many
Cindy scope from shackle. You must really
like us, don't you? I also got you
roses and candles. Eugene grabbed bags of
flowers and handle. That's a lot. I also went to bed, Bath and Body Works and
got you some body works. You can grab another
bag from BB BW. If you like me, like I like you. Maybe someday we could be
boyfriend and girlfriend. That's what you want. How about this? How about if you get us
an apartment and pay our rent every month and then one of us will become
your girlfriend. Really? Sure about this? He pulls me to the side. Monday were criminals
who's going to rent to us. And if Eugene wants
to pay our rent, let's take advantage of it. That's our honey
bunches of cuteness. Exterior, gun store
night fill and violent. Vicki, pick out guns together. What do you think
about this gun? From what I understand
about guns, if it's Shruti than it's good. Hey, I didn't just come
here to buy a gun. You didn't come
here to shoot me. Did you know silly Mendeley? I, um, I actually came here
to ask you a question. What's that? Violent Vicki gets
down on one knee. I know we've only been
dating for a day. What I should've kissed
you 39 years ago. She reaches into her
pants and takes out a ring box somewhere. I always thought I'd
be doing this part. Boom, read ever? Philip, Garrett. Garrett, Will you marry me? Really? We haven't even known
each other for 24 h. Yes. Wonderful. I knew you'd say yes. Now, can you buy the guns
and put them in your name? Anything for my future wife. Pill looks at the cashier. These 11 guns, please. Interior filling tax
department days that prize Karen is consoling in
the deck of death. It's not the tick
of dust its place. I killed her. Don't blame yourself. She tried to kill you
to matter of fact, that's why she was in prison. I miss the good old days. I'm a bad person. You're not a bad person. It's just good people kill
other people with their ****. Dale and violent the apartment. Hey guys, we got some big news. My wife is dead. Congrats, but now you get
all the freedom you wanted. No, I feel like we've
all been there. Wait, are you serious? How? My backup death. You killed her with your ****. That's how did this happen? I was just trying to give her
what she wanted and oh God. And now I got to plan awake at Eugene funeral home is
cremating are right now. I can list the big
news you have. Maybe it'll cheer us up. Victoria and I got engaged. I proposed or weddings
tomorrow morning. I'm the new woman for
the rest of life. Violent. Vicki stares
at Karen with an evil where y was yours. Glare. Interior. My mom is
this gets stake. Cindy and Mindy enter
Jerome has a table full of hot delicious
food on the counter. Hey boss, the school looks bomb. What's the occasion? I just thought I'd
cook something yummy for my two favorite employees. That's Zhu, Cindy and
Mindy start eating. But first a few rules
I wanted to go over. From now on whenever
you eat will becoming out of your paycheck. Cindy Mindy, stop eating. And I'm going to
need you to clean the toilets and
bathrooms from now on in bus tables every 20 min and you'll
be doing the dishes. Jerome points to a heaping
pile of dirty dishes. I laid off the
dishwasher this morning seeing that I have
YouTube here to help out. Not chill anymore. Exterior Hudson River day. Karen Parks your card Zack has earned on his lap and
the passenger seat. This cool with you.
Do you think I can have some alone time
with her to say goodbye? Oh, sure. All wait in the car and try to think of what is
to stop fills wedding. Zach exit the car and gets the car and walks towards
the Hudson River. Remember when we
used to come here and threatened to
take my life away, appear falls from his eyes. Times. Times. Two mobsters carrying a body bag next to them and throw
the bag in the river. You see nothing? Yeah. No, I know the drill. My
wife did the same thing. What do you do in here anyway? I killed my wife by
penetrating too hard, so I decided to throw
her ashes in the rubber. That's a good idea. We should cremate people before we chuck
them into the room. And I know a dude, his name is Eugene Lipschitz. That smart getting rid of the
evidence for the tip guy. Carrier radio station
studio night, fill is on the radio
with violent Vicki. Samantha drinks
from a wine bottle. Yes, it's romantically hopeless. The show where we talk about our many problems finding
love, but not today. Today I found my true love. That's right. That's right. Boo, boo. Oh boy. Yep. She was a prison chick, but it was always
meant to be we're getting married right away
where Dharma and Greg in it. Sound any older, fill the
phone rings till picks up. Hello, color. Did you call it a congratulated
us on our engagement? No. I'm asking you to back out. Are you insane? Hey, listen, craft-based, you call here one more time
and tell him to back out. I'm going to track you
down and I'm going to pull your scrotum
from your throat. And then I'm going to decorate my wedding cake with the
juice of your scrotum. Yes, ma'am. You by the caller hangs up. There's been a lot of
violence scrotum talk today. Let's just stop
telling people to call in. It's talking
about something else. Okay. Well, where do you
want to get married? Yeah. Where is the party hats? Let's get wasted on Phil's dad. Oh, I got it all picked out. It's the perfect spot. This place is magical like
Disneyworld minus the fun. Where's that? Riker's Island? Oh ****, no. Getting wasted at home. The prison. You see, almost my
entire family's there, at least my friends and family, which just select
half my family. Can't we go somewhere
more romantic like literally anywhere else? No. There's island is romantic. Yeah. For those who like to get murdered before
getting their cake. But for my wedding day, I always dreamt of
a place that was a more elegant than a prison. I am picking up what
you're putting down, but I'm putting it back down. She gives them an
extra violent look. Okay? Okay. If it means that much to you will get buried in prison. That's my boo boo bear will
be something interior. My mom has biscuits,
kitchen day, Cindy and Mindy scrub dishes. I thought this job was easy. All this work is worse than the work we
have in the joint. I know this is torture
compared to home. Back door opens
and Eugene enters. Ladies, you're all set. I did it. What did you do? Sugar nipples. I got you. Already. It's been
less than a day. I decided to just give
you my apartment. I live in my funeral
home for the time being. I just moved all my stuff out. Holy crap, that was fast. I also went to ikea
where I bought and built new furniture and I decorated
the house with Feng shui, four rooms and installed
new carpeting. So about our deal. Who wants to be my girlfriend? Indian? Many look at each other. I promise I will be with my girlfriend every waking second. Kiss her every hour. On the hour, I will
love her like crackers. Go ahead. Mindy would be his girlfriend. Idea. You'll be his girlfriend. Went to who's got my type? My top, either have
to be somebody's tie. Your name starts with a C. So alphabetically, you go first. Okay. How about this? Let's
both be his girlfriend. She turns to Eugene. Eugene sweetheart,
you would rather have two women instead
of one, right? No, I'm cool with one. Haven't you ever heard
of double or nothing? No. One is fine with me. I'm already at nothing. The job Cindy, real smart move. Okay. It's really give us to give
us till the morning and I promise one of us will
be your girlfriend. Okay. It's been
nine years anyway. What's another day? But then after that, I'm going to be like every breath you to
be watching you. Eugene exit. Sunday and Monday are passed. What are we going to do? That dude is clear
that a wet tampon. I know. I know. We don't have money to leave the state and he's not
going to leave us alone. Not to mention our new
boss, Sergeant **** hole. Mindy, there's
only one solution. Only one thing that'll fix this. We need to go back to prison. End of act two. Act three, interior recurs or Riker's that we're going for. Let's go record. All right. Karen, Zach, Jerome, Eugene, Cindy, and Mindy stand at the altar of
the Christian church. You can't do that. She
is that crazy nuts. Okay. This may be my only
chance to get married, Karen. I have to give it a shot gun, but you probably will get shot. She's not gonna shoot me
with the 11 guns that are in my name to this isn't right. You didn't even invite mom and dad get out of this
one. You still can't. Just give her a chance. Victoria is my
cellmate, soulmate. You guys talk some
sense into my brother. Actually thinks she's
out of his league. I'm into and if she makes you happy bunny, then go for it. Do you think Cindy or Mindy
will marry me to Cali? I hope so. Here comes the
bride plays violin. Vicki walks down the aisle. She seems to be looking for
some someone in attendance. She reaches the as she
reaches the end of the aisle. You look stunning. I always do boo-boo the
priest to begin the ceremony. Dearly beloved. We are gathered here
today to witness Father. Let's just get to the bowels. Shall we enough to ever jabber? Of course, of course. So please don't murder me. The groom like to go first, So yes, I would. Victoria La Verne Angus, You are my favorite listener
that I've ever had. The kiss we're about to
have is meant to be, I'll always be your boo-boo in, you'll always be my yogi violin. Vicky, keep searching
the audience. Where is she? I don't
think she's here. Yeah. I don't see her anywhere. Who are you looking for? Don't you want to hear my vows? And others prisoner yells out. What do you mean? She did? She got killed. Vicki looked at back. Who did you can oh, you're talking about Brook. You killed my prison life. Your your one now, I thought she was my wife. Killed both of our why? I guess I'm having
this wedding for her. I wanted to make her jealous, so she'd wait for me. I knew you were too good for me. Becky is outraged. You kill the best prison
wife I've ever had, and I've had prison wives. I'm sorry, I felt horrible. Well, now I gotta kill. Yeah. She feels the priests Bible
and chases after Zach. He runs towards the coffee. No, Don't leave me with a Bible. Somebody else faster, Zach, she's quickly than she looks. Alarms go off.
Correctional officers run into the ceremony. Quick. Now's your chance to go back to prison, get the shin kept. Victoria, you you still
want to get married, right? Violent. Vicki gets a few feet
towns and Anzac that the Bible suddenly
Cindy Shanxi gene. Was that for. Mindy grabbed the shank
and then Shanks to Rome. Why why don't I do. Thanks for making
us work too hard. Bendy grabbed the shank
back and shank spill. That's for all the
times I had to listen to you in solitary confinement. Mindy grabs the shank
and it's about to shank Karen when Karen grabs
a Shank from her dress, don't even think
about shaking me. I came prepared. What the ****, Karen, you think I'm
going to go to a prison? When would that ashamed, I'm Indian tear and try
to shake each other. Let's Dance. Prison
chick, violin. Vicki sees them and yell
to another prisoner. Number five, past me, my Shank. Finally, Vicky's fifth prison
wife, passenger a shag. I had a feeling I was
going to get stabbed. The other prisoners
start chanting. Shag fish. Correctional officers
roster every direction. One officer handcuffs Cindy, another officer tuples Mindy, takes six officers
to stop buying. And Vicki, we're putting you
back in prison right now. We did it. Thank God, we don't have to
end up with these fools. And I've asked three, tag interior radio
station studio night. The quantum law reads 03:09 A.M. Samantha drinks the
40 fill is on the air. You're listening to
romantically hopeless. So this week, everybody in
my wedding party got shank. No surprise there. And learn how much loved Hurts. Literally. Always does for you. Phil fields has been
on the phone ring, fill puts the collar on the air. It's Cameron and Zach. Color. You're on the air. It's your sister and Zach. What's going on, guys? Not everybody in your
wedding party got shamed. I didn't get shamed. Yeah. And I got beat with a
Bible before I got shamed. Well, yeah. So sorry to my prison
audience listening. Yes, my sister did
not get yanked. Don't tell them that. I can bring it up. If you didn't want my
prison audience to know. I'm gonna get my sleep. It's okay. Karen, you can have
one of my 11 guns
13. Thank You + Summer Course Promo: Thank you so much for watching this course. I really
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